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'''The Catholic Church without the Holy Spirit:''' The lives of the Popes in the Dark and Medieval Ages and the Reformation age are mainly secular, and highly immoral. For example: | '''The Catholic Church without the Holy Spirit:''' The lives of the Popes in the Dark and Medieval Ages and the Reformation age are mainly secular, and highly immoral. For example: | ||
*Pope Benedict IX (d. 1048)was pope three times (abdicated for money twice), and was perhaps the most morally perverse of any other pope. | *Pope Benedict IX (d. 1048) was pope three times (abdicated for money twice), and was perhaps the most morally perverse of any other pope. | ||
*Pope Nicholas V (d. 1445) Legitimized the slave trade of "unbelievers" | *Pope Nicholas V (d. 1445) Legitimized the slave trade of "unbelievers" | ||
*Pope Boniface VIII (d. 1303) imprisoned the previous pope, who died in custody, and wrote that ''"is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman pontiff"'' and ''"The Christian religion is a human invention like the faith of the Jews and the Arabs."'' (Based on a posthumus investigation held from 1303-1311 republished by J. Coste) | *Pope Boniface VIII (d. 1303) imprisoned the previous pope, who died in custody, and wrote that ''"is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman pontiff"'' and ''"The Christian religion is a human invention like the faith of the Jews and the Arabs."'' (Based on a posthumus investigation held from 1303-1311 republished by J. Coste) | ||