You can find your modern Beckets among the bishops who protected and shuffled about the child molesters, because, after all, priests should not be subject to the laws of anything but the church.
"Without the permission of the Pope, Thomas Becket excommunicated the King and the nobility" Actually - a Catholic Bishop or Archbishop does not need the Pope's permission. St. Thomas Becket was acting within the powers he had to do so.
@philessexuk No, the bishop has now and always has had in the Catholic Church, this authority. I was only pointing out the narrators error in regards to this fact.
@WinefrideofWales hehe i know i was just speaking sarcastically how the catholic church evolved from single rule to not being able to handle it alone and appointing more staff as it were and repeating it so the religious empire it had in its possession could be maintained ^^
You can find your modern Beckets among the bishops who protected and shuffled about the child molesters, because, after all, priests should not be subject to the laws of anything but the church.
SailingMoominmama 3 months ago
"Without the permission of the Pope, Thomas Becket excommunicated the King and the nobility" Actually - a Catholic Bishop or Archbishop does not need the Pope's permission. St. Thomas Becket was acting within the powers he had to do so.
WinefrideofWales 5 months ago
@WinefrideofWales convenient how religion evolves to suit the few ^^
philessexuk 3 months ago
@philessexuk No, the bishop has now and always has had in the Catholic Church, this authority. I was only pointing out the narrators error in regards to this fact.
WinefrideofWales 3 months ago
@WinefrideofWales hehe i know i was just speaking sarcastically how the catholic church evolved from single rule to not being able to handle it alone and appointing more staff as it were and repeating it so the religious empire it had in its possession could be maintained ^^
philessexuk 3 months ago
@DawkinsForWeAreMany Beckett was pretty much screwed once he started with the ego trips. Both of them suffered from them.
BDollScream 6 months ago
Oh Beckett, you never had a chance.
BDollScream 7 months ago
good dokumentary!! =D
Vidis88 11 months ago
wow this helped so much (i had a history test about this)
izzy22121 1 year ago