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Liberal Controversies

 Liberal Controversies to look up and refute:

 The doctrinal and christological controversies of the early church, especially involving Popes Liberius (352-66), Vigi’iius (540-55), Honorius (625-38) and Alexander III (1154-81).

–              The rise of the Crusades to recapture the Holy Land by the use of violence, especially under Urban II (1088-99).

–              The banning of Jews from holding public office by Innocent III (1198-1210).

–              The justification of torture to acquire confessions of heretics by Innocent IV (1245-54).

–              The assertion that civil power is subordinate to ecclesiastical authority by Boniface VIII (1294-1303).

–              The justification of slavery over a long period, specifically by Nicholas V (1447-55).

–              The long condemnation of usury by popes such as Pius V (1566-72) and Sixtus V (1585-90).

–              The condemnation of those who received smallpox vaccinations by Leo XII (1823-29).

–              The condemnation of freedom of conscience by Gregory XVI (1831-46) and

Pius IX (1846-78).

–              The condemnation of the movement for christian unity by Pius XI (1922-39).

–              The various rulings of the Pontifical Biblical Commission invested with papal authority by Leo XIII (1878-1903), Pius X (1903-14) and Benedict XV (1914-22).

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