Blasphemous?
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- Kirshar0
Most of the movers-and-shakers in the Reformation were not violent in any way nor did they support violence against anyone, not even against Roman Catholics. These primary reformers that I mention are Luther, John Calvin, John Knox and the majority of the Puritans. They were all peaceful. The worse thing that any of these men did during the reformation was on the part of Knox, who stood on a hill as Mary queen of Scots rode by and screamed down at her to repent her blasphemies, calling her a papist whore, etc. etc....
There is no one alive who considers that to be one of Knox's shining moments, in spite of the fact that queen Mary was a rampant whore.
The violent reformer to whom I think you primarily refer to is Oliver Cromwell. He was not a minister nor a theologian by any stretch of the imagination, just an angry violent man who took an opportunity to retrofit the Reformation doctrine into his desire for domination.
The rest of the Puritans actually fled from violence as they were being killed by the Pope's men. They were not exactly proud of Cromwell.
gramme
(Oct 25 07, 06:35)isn't that how it usually works with religion? The majority are peaceful, while a few contort it for their own ends, and, and add a half cup of violence, bring to a boil, soon having a negative outlook on the movement as a whole.