Secrets of The Church
Feb 6
Six Creepy Secrets of The Church
Secrets that will probably keep you up at night
History Of Its Creepiness
The Catholic Church’s influence predates times when the idea of democracy was nonexistent and lands were ruled by kings, who were often powered and allied with the Church. The Church has a history of staying involved in what it found relevant at the time, most importantly, politics. It has also had a vital impact on the events we call history, and its social, economic, and political influence has reshaped societies, empires, and kingdoms.
To put into context just how powerful the Church was, remember that at one time in history, all kings directly consulted the pope and the Church in making decisions. It was also because of the Church’s insane influence that kings ruled by the Bible. This was the Church’s way of remaining prominent and permanent throughout the power circuit.
Church’s Weird Relationship With Exorcisms
As we dive deep into the secrecy of the Church, it only makes sense to mention the most grueling and perhaps the creepiest point. Back in the day, the Church would perform exorcisms on those it found to be ‘haunted’ or ‘disturbed.’ This meant that any person who acted out of the ordinary or ‘abnormally’ would be cast as evil and have exorcisms performed on them.
As this wasn’t such an anomaly, the Church had a chief exorcist who’d perform these acts. The late chief exorcist of the Vatican performed over 160,000 exorcisms throughout his ministry, some of which predate modern times like today. This is something the Church doesn’t want people to know.
The Church And Nazis Friendship
The 1900s were littered with significant world events and gave rise to some of the most notorious dictators the world has ever seen or history has ever recorded. Perhaps the most infamous one was Hitler, who gave rise to the racist Nazi ideology and was responsible for plunging the world into its second world war. Nowadays, even being associated with the Nazis or referring to their ideologies is considered a horrible thing, and rightfully so.
However, the Vatican has been found to have associations with the Nazi party. The Church received massive church tax from Hitler and never gave any explanation. This is problematic as the ChurchChurch held such immense power, and taking tax from Hitler gave the impression that the Church prioritized money and power over basic human decency.
The Church’s Obsession With Dealing Money
The Vatican is an extremely powerful institute and can get away with stuff that others may not be able to. Its sheer capability to exert control and power allows it to get away with shady situations that it finds itself.
One such problem was when the Italian Banco Ambrosiano chairman, Roberto Calvi, moved the Vatican’s money to illegal sure accounts and took massive pay cuts. While it’s unclear why they were involved in this, it shows just how weak they play underhand games.
Adding on to the underhand monetary dealings the Vatican has been involved with, they also successfully evaded over 4 billion Euros in tax. A court found them guilty of this and asked them to pay for the years 2006–2011; although it had been participating in tax evasion since the 1990s, it could’ve been liable to pay 13 billion Euros instead.
Again, With Nazis
We must address one more crucial point when discussing Nazis and the Church. So after the second world war ended, Europe became a very hostile place for the Nazis, and many of them made new identities and fled to South America.
The Vatican was responsible for helping them in escaping and aid them. Many say it was in fear of the Soviet Union coming in and Christianity will become secondary hence its power reduction.
That’s Not Where The Weirdness Ends
The Vatican also has a secret conscience court that judges and sentences people based on conscience only. Some sentences range from simply spitting to a priest losing celibacy. People who want to go to trial have to put in a petition to be heard. They also have fake names for the sake of protecting their identities. It’s not understood why it’s a big secret, despite being present for over 900 years, but it’s something people don’t know of.
Another one of the dark secrets of the Vatican is that the Catholic Church put a dead man on trial. The posthumous trial of Pope Formusos, an event known as the Cadaver Synod, took place in 897 AD. Pope Stephen VI conducted the prosecution against a man who was already dead for 7 months.
Pope Formusos was charged guilty of the illegal papacy. Subsequently, his body was exhumed, dressed in pope attire, and brought to the papal court for judgment. Pope Formusos was found guilty, and his papacy was declared null and void.
When we look back at the Church, we usually see an institution that is the pinnacle of Christianity and represents itself as the perfect picture of humanity and respect. The information above goes on to show that not everything is what it seems and that some people and places have dark secrets so deep that they can’t afford to let anything out.
It’s also important to remember that people will exploit others and get away with sketchy actions in the name of religion and humanity. In reality, faith and society don’t tell people to do and hide activities as much as the Vatican did.
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