debbiejo
The church in it's determined ways to please god though seeking out the devil in all its forms did many hideous things. For instance the belief in Werewolf's. It was reported that a werewolf was captured by the Inquisition in 1598 and was possessed by a demon...While in prison it was said that he drank a tubful of water until his belly was distended and hard...This was the official report...Though in actually he was probably the unlucky guy who was subjected to the water torture and died of a ruptured stomach.
Another report was that of Peter Stubb of Cologne,, tortured until he confessed to being one himself by taking a magic girdle given him by the devil...though the judges never could find the girdle, saying "it has gone back to the devil who gave it." Though this case was unproved, Stubb was nastily executed and was sentenced to have his flesh pulled off his bones in 10 places with red-hot pokers, then have his legs and arms broken with wooden axes and finally beheaded and burned.
There were many cases of were wolves at this time. If a person had scratches and scars over his/her body, it was said they came from their transformed werewolf bodies running through the brambles.....IF you were found out, the usually would hack off your arms and legs, searching for the wolf hair that you wore inside your skin.........If they could not find the hair, then you were considered innocent, which did you NO GOOD, since you were dead.....oh god.......
Though werewolves have taken a back seat, has the church changed much in it's superstitions?
Another report was that of Peter Stubb of Cologne,, tortured until he confessed to being one himself by taking a magic girdle given him by the devil...though the judges never could find the girdle, saying "it has gone back to the devil who gave it." Though this case was unproved, Stubb was nastily executed and was sentenced to have his flesh pulled off his bones in 10 places with red-hot pokers, then have his legs and arms broken with wooden axes and finally beheaded and burned.
There were many cases of were wolves at this time. If a person had scratches and scars over his/her body, it was said they came from their transformed werewolf bodies running through the brambles.....IF you were found out, the usually would hack off your arms and legs, searching for the wolf hair that you wore inside your skin.........If they could not find the hair, then you were considered innocent, which did you NO GOOD, since you were dead.....oh god.......
Though werewolves have taken a back seat, has the church changed much in it's superstitions?