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Funny, the event that triggered the most brutal war in European history was actually the unbanning of the Bible.

• emiliobumachar 9y ago
  Could you please elaborate? I did not get the reference.
  • naturalgradient 9y ago
    I think it refers to the 30 years war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War
    • hyperion2010 9y ago
      Yep!
      • somecontext 9y ago
        Can you elaborate on "the unbanning of the Bible"? Thank you.
        • hyperion2010 9y ago
          Under the Catholic Church the Bible was number one on the list of banned books ('The Index') and it was only written in Latin (vernacular translations were a capital offence) and the only people allowed to interpret it were the clergy. One of the core elements of the Reformation was the translation into vernacular of the Bible and the propagation of the idea that anyone could interpret it. The explosion of interpretations and beliefs during that period is often cited as one of the driving forces behind the viciousness of the wars of religions. (Apologies for not having citations on hand, this was mostly pulled from memory)
          • AnonymousPlanet 9y ago
            The bible is written in Hebrew and Greek. Latin was the only officially accepted translation.