Of course, the bones weren’t of the Anabaptists who were murdered, or rather ‘executed’, but others; however, it does help to remind us in the West of our trouble past with freedom of religion:
On Dec. 4, 1529, seven Anabaptists were sentenced to death by sword “due to the error of rebaptism,” and the executions were carried out three days later Dec. 7. They were the uncompromising core of an original 40 Wiedertäufer “rebaptizers” — half of whom were women — who were arrested for both “hidden preaching” and the more serious offense of unauthorized assembly.
MWR : Skeletons found in Germany raise awareness of martyrs.
HT: Dave Black
The title of this post refers to the fact that far too often, we like to cover up what we don’t wish to see.
January 20th, 2010 12:27 pm
In addition to helping us be aware of our religious past, this discovery of people killed for “unauthorized assembly” is also a reminder of just how valuable the right to free assembly is.
January 20th, 2010 6:54 pm
and yet still people today idolise the ‘theologians’ of this time, horrid old men who authorised or condoned these sorts of executions. People today either ignore their evil deeds or don’t care about them – they just worship every word they wrote.
January 20th, 2010 11:58 pm
[...] The Anabaptists had to die because the Reformers and Catholics were more manly than them. [...]