(November 21, 2012 at 11:32 am)Darkstar Wrote: Oh, you know that pope, he's not a True Christian™. Seriously, I think someone here once claimed that the pope during the crusades wasn't actually a Christian. I'm pretty sure said person actually asked how we could possibly prove that the pope was really a Christian.
I think it may be true that at one time a person of wealth could buy high positions in the Catholic church, possibly even the pope's office. If a person of little faith wanted the power of an office it probably could have been purchased for the right price no matter what the person's religious standing. You might say their religious standing also had a price and they could afford that too.
