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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

Kolesar

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4. There were no hatreds in Ireland until the Protestants...

Reply to 47of74 (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 17, 2016, 09:49 AM

Dec 2016

...decided that they had to stomp any Catholic ascension to the English throne by invading and dividing the country. The Protestants objected to Papism and the changes it made to Biblical Christianity and replaced it with something that is as arbitrary and contrived as Catholicism.

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I remember reading one time... 47of74 Nov 2016 #1

Good article. rug Nov 2016 #2

Yeah, unlike what that chest thumping Orange One and his followers say... 47of74 Nov 2016 #3

There were no hatreds in Ireland until the Protestants... Kolesar Dec 2016 #4

You're off by 200 years. rug Dec 2016 #5

Sorry, don't follow ... eom Kolesar Dec 2016 #6

The hatreds go back to the English invasions hundreds of years earlier. rug Dec 2016 #7

The scale is quite different. Kolesar Dec 2016 #8