To further assist the scope of understanding , it ’ s convenient to divide our subject into time-periods , while listing a few Papal Bulls . Some may not directly correlate to this fictional Christian “ Doctrine of Discovery ” although I ’ ve chosen to include earlier ones ( prior to the sixteenth century ) to help portray an overall historic milieu . The Roman Catholic Church ’ s egoist claims on territory are criminal , a violation of natural law and sovereignty . And the cruelty proclaimed from the Vatican perpetrated on innocent people is also simply criminal .
We turn now to history ... looking back centuries to glean an underpinning for the “ Doctrine of Discovery ” rife with dire repercussions as a legacy of injustice seeded by the Papal Bulls :
Early Phase of the Papal Bull
( 367 CE ) Pope Damasus I deliberately and consciously usurped the natural principles of fair justice through a Papal Bull declaring it heresy to question the nature of Christ and other doctrinal points as decreed at Nicea . This implied that heretics ( including their family ) could have their lands seized and be sacrificed through torture and death .
( 650 CE ) Pope Martin I issued a Papal Bull stating that anyone telling a slave to rebuff his master or leave from his service will be excommunicated as a heretic , liable to forfeit of all property with eventual death by burning .
( 1095 CE ) Pope Urban II published a Papal Bull granting general amnesty for all convicts ( robbers and thieves ), so they would join an army to conquer Muslim lands . Pope Urban , in releasing this law , told an assembled mass of criminals : “ Let those who have hitherto been robbers now become soldiers .” Additionally , he granted legal permission ( to all crusade participants ) to the lawful theft of two-thirds of the property of Muslims with one-third being paid to the church . In 1096 , Pope
Urban II also granted permission to hundreds of thousands of priests , nuns , and former peasants ( who heard about a “ fabulous crusade for personal wealth ”) to follow the army of the first crusade because the bull ’ s division-of-riches also applied to them .
( 1113 CE ) Pope Paschall II established a new enterprise ( military organization ) known as the Sovereign Order of Saint John . This monastic order ( Knights Hospitaller ) was founded following the First Crusade .
Papal Bulls Develop
( 1136 CE ) Though already in use , Pope Innocence I purportedly “ invented ” the first Papal Bull , Omne Datum Optimum or “ Every Perfect Gift .”
( 1146 CE ) The Papal Bull of Pope Eugenius III authorized the Second Crusade against all Muslims at Edessa .
( 1155 CE ) Pope Adrian IV issued Papal Bull Laudabiliter giving the English King Henry II lordship over Ireland . Thus , Pope Adrian IV falsely claimed ownership to Ireland . “ There is indeed no doubt , as thy Highness doth also acknowledge , that Ireland and all other islands which Christ the Sun of Righteousness has illumined , and which have received the doctrines of the Christian faith , belong to the jurisdiction of St . Peter and of the holy Roman Church .” Henry invaded Ireland using the authority of this Papal Bull to claim sovereignty over the island , forcing the Cambro- Norman warlords and some Gaelic Irish rulers to accept him as their overlord .
( 1187-92 CE ) Pope Gregory VIII endorsed the Third Crusade through a Papal Bull , declaring holy war on Muslims in Jerusalem , and pagan Cathars and Jews in Europe . As a result , approximately 1,000,000 lives were lost .
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