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Today in 1588 the "Invincible Armada", sent by Catholic King Philip II of Spain to overthrow Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, is defeated in the English Channel
31 Aug 1681: Stephen College 'the Protestant Joiner' executed #otd in Oxford Castle Yard by Jack Ketch. A balladeer and satirist he attacked the coming succession of James II.
"By Irish oaths and wrested law I fell/
A prey to Rome & sacrifice to hell"
31 Aug 1581: First (of four) debates between St. Edmund Campion & #Protestant divines in the Tower of #London #otd. Campion was permitted no reference material so had to do it all from memory. Rumours that he was prevailing led to a government decision to shut down the debates.
- (pope) Bergoglio says we smell of the devil and Roche calls us Protestants
The truth is the Bergoglians are separating from the Faith, we are remaining true to our Lord and the Apostles
The Feast of the Assumption of Our Blessed Mother. The Queen of Heaven & Earth. Mirror of Justice. Seat of Wisdom. Mystical Rose. Ark of the covenant. Queen conceived without original sin. Please pray for Protestants who deny the Mother of God the honor she deserves. ✝️🙏🏻❤️👑
#OTD in 1566, the first phase of the Iconoclastic Fury began during which Calvinist Protestant crowds wreaked havoc in Catholic Churches. King Philip of Spain sent the Duke of Alba to the Low Countries to end the “Beeldenstorm” by all means necessary: https://t.co/alHGosypk8
5 Aug 1552: John Bale #writer ex-Carmelite & polemical #Protestant reformer meets Edward VI at #Southampton #otd & is promised the diocese of #Ossory in #Ireland (Bm/eebo)
Henri IV of France signing the ratification of his abjuration of Protestantism before Alessandro de Medici, the Pope’s Legate & future Leo XI. This happened #otd 1 Aug 1596.
The image was made in 1610 which was the year Henri was assasinated.
#WorthAMass
(British Museum)
30 July 1560: #Protestant theologians Matin Bucer & Paul Fagius posthumously restored to honour in the University of #Cambridge #otd at a ceremony in Great St Mary's. In 1557 their bodies had been exhumed & retrospectively burnt for heresy (BM)
A 19th century romanticized painting of this event!
But the peace didn't last long.
Just two years later in 1531, they clashed again in the Second War of Kappel where the Catholics defeated the Protestants and killed the famous Huldrych Zwingli.
Nothing was solved.
26 June 1551: John Bale #writer ex-Carmelite & polemical #Protestant reformer is collated Rector of Bishopstoke Hampshire #otd He would be nominated bishop of Ossory on 22 Oct 1552, where he made his mark on #Kilkenny (eebo/BM)
The British Empire created a myth of Indigenous race theory that was never rooted to factual history and they used Act of Settlement 1701, Act of Succession, Supremacy of God clauses, BNA Act and Protestant laws to bind us to a British Empire Crown governance.
@petedako First past the post is crafted to ignore the votes of everyone but the ones who supported the winner. Like the rest of Canada’s policies it ignores people by design. Constitution And Charter ignore non Protestants & unceded & Federal Jurisdictional Indigenous communities.
Hellsing Ultimate: protestantes vs católicos vs nazis. Estilo sobre sustancia... Pero bien hecho. Sirve para entretenerse y se ve bien, aunque no resiste mucho análisis. 6/10
Thread: 1798 Irish Rebellion (23 May-12 Oct)!
"To unite Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter under the common name of Irishmen in order to break the connection with England, the never failing source of all our political evils, that was my aim" Wolfe Tone https://t.co/7XpE8Dog9c
@coeerthas i grew up in white midwest protestant vaguely homeschooled household and this shit was everyyywheere, all of the kid illustrations in my textbooks looked like this (but cheap knock offs). i think its still super cute! its reminiscent of sarah kay's work, just even more cutesified
Our Charter Rights has bias to a Protestant interpretation of Crown laws that viewed Roman Catholics and unceded people as Terra Nullius people under Oliver Cromwell’s laws. We are stuck in British Empire’s abuse of dominance and anti competitive laws in Canada.
@CTVNews The BNA act was handed to Canada. We never had a constitution that was written with the inclusion of Indigenous, Black and non Protestant people. Women were excluded as were LGBTQ and disabled people and other ethnic groups. We need a new constitution to assure equity for all.