No eunuchs at papal training camp, duh. They have an actual genital grab test to be sure that the pope is an intact male: any candidate for the pope undergoes an intimate examination to ensure he is not a woman (or eunuch) in disguise. This involved sitting on a chair which has a hole in the seat. The most junior deacon present then feels under the chair to ensure the new Pope is male. "And in order to demonstrate his worthiness, his testicles are felt by the junior present as testimony of his male sex. When this is found to be so, the person who feels them shouts out in a loud voice testiculos habet ("He has testicles") And all the clerics reply Deo Gratias ("Thanks be to God"). Then they proceed joyfully to the consecration of the pope-elect" - Felix Hamerlin, De nobilitate et Rusticate Dialogus (ca. 1490), quoted in The Female Pope, by Rosemary & Darroll Pardoe (1988). lol catholics. |
| TESTICULOS HABET, FRANCIS! |
1490? Really? |
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^^^ we could just rename this the Troll Forum. Or the Preteen Boy forum. Either would work!
- signed, not a Catholic, but happy the bigots will be quarantined here! |
Sadly they are not. You find them both all over DCUM. But you are correct, any thread containing the word "Catholic" is like a dog whistle for trolls and bigots. |
I know, expecting a religious institution to NOT have on their radar at any given time 2,000 priests who have molested boys is such a tall order, these horrible bigots who expect more out of their religious "leaders." So annoying. |
| Yes, there are a lot of anti-Catholic bigots out there. And we will shake our heads someday in mock sorrow when they find that Hell has no wifi |
Awesome Christian sentiment. Know how you can tell you're going to Hell? You make a lot of pronouncements about who is or is not going to Hell.
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