Herrad von Landsberg, Whore of Babylon, 12th century
“No peace with Rome” is the motto of reason as well as of religion.
From “The Religion of Rome,” C.H. Spurgeon, Sword and Trowel, January 1873
Source: spurgeon.org
Herrad von Landsberg, Whore of Babylon, 12th century
“No peace with Rome” is the motto of reason as well as of religion.
From “The Religion of Rome,” C.H. Spurgeon, Sword and Trowel, January 1873
Source: spurgeon.org
Thanks, Maria. You may not receive too many “Likes” with this one. Ecumenical evangelicals love Spurgeon except for when he wrote bluntly about Catholicism. I looked up Herrad von Landsberg and I see she was a 12th-century nun. The illustration seems to show the pope, emperor, and clerics mourning over the fallen Whore of Babylon. Am I interpreting that correctly? If so, I wonder how the nun escaped the wrath of Rome?
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Good question, Tom. Before the Reformation many Catholics saw the pope as Antichrist, right? but I haven’t read that many saw the Church of Rome as the Harlot then but rather the true church. Yep, I think that’s what this picture depicts. Got to check out more info on brave Herrad!
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Little about her, from Wikipedia,
As early as 1159 Herrad had begun within the cloister walls the work for which she is best known, the Hortus Deliciarum, a compendium of all the sciences studied at that time. Hortus Deliciarum was written as a compendium for the women in Herrad’s convent, in order to further learn biblical, moral, and theological material, and was completed in 1185.[7] In it, Herrad delves into the battle of Virtue and Vice with vivid visual imagery preceding the text.
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Thanks, Maria. I know such people as Dante and Savonarola were also openly critical of the papacy. Of course, pope Borgia eventually got his revenge and had Savonarola burnt at the stake.
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Yes! Would like to read a good bio of Savanarola.
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I’ve seen him referred to as a pre-Reformation Christian but I’ve seen other sources that portray him as a hyper-Catholic. His bands of zealous inquisitors and “bonfires of the vanities” terrorized Florence. Yes, I’d like to read a good biography down the road also.
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History is rarely simple, is it? The Lord will judge all of this.
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Sounds like a very interesting lady, way ahead of her time!
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Hi, Dawnliz! yes, but such a life!
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Reblogged this on Talmidimblogging.
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Vincent, I was a bit confused this morning – you obviously can disregard my other comment. Deleting it…
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Ok, no worries
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