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...most fundamental objection is simply that-St. Thomas or no St. Thomas-prostitution is immoral. The Bible says so quite clearly and condemns it emphatically. Of the countless reformers who tried to do something about the Christian injunction that lust is a primary tool of the devil, King Louis IX of France may be taken as archetypal. Before setting out on a Crusade to Palestine, he ordered all brothels closed. Many of the prostitutes simply joined the Crusade, serving as camp followers on the way to the Holy Land...
...infallibility evolved later, and has been defined dogma only since Vatican Council I a century ago (see box). Drawing on Catholic historians, Kűng claims that infallibility as propounded by Vatican I had less to do with the church's desire to preserve doctrine than Pius IX's desire to increase his authority at a time when he was blatantly lobbying to maintain a weakening grip on the Papal States...
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...they have been traced back 4,000 years to the Egyptians. They appear in the culture of the Polynesians, the Maoris of New Zealand, the Mayas and the Incas. King George V, Czar Nicholas II and King Frederik IX of Denmark wore them. For years they have adorned the arms and chests of sailors, roustabouts and construction workers. Now, after a decade or two of decline, tattoos are enjoying a renaissance. They have become the vogue of the counterculture...
...Right after the vote was announced, 533-2, Fitzgerald and a Neapolitan bishop who also voted non placet went forward to Pope Pius IX and declared "Now I believe." Absent dissenters sent in their submissions...