this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

It's because it's come from Mastodon with hashtag spam

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Is there a [c/titlegore](https:/lemmy.ml/c/titlegore)?

FTFY.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The Catholic church is wild, man!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sure. The church was super reach in middle age, they collected taxes on everyone and their monasteries were working hard and were very efficient. Also people made a lot of donations in hope of staying out of hell

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also people ~~made a lot of donations in hope of staying~~ bought their way out of hell.

Indulgences were literally sold, those weren't considered donations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

100% true for some priests