expiate
[ˈɛkspɪeɪt]
VERB
make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing).

Already Polyhymnia, leaning on her elbow, had begun to resume the golden thread of her meditations; already, in the gardens, the comely Graces and the Nymphs and Satyrs were weaving their mazy dances, and at length the earth had joy once more within its grasp. But, O calamity, unlucky fate, -- most tragic circumstance! A German monk, all swollen with beer and theology, rose up against this renaissance of paganism, hurled menaces against it, shattered it, and prevailed single handed against the Princes of the Church. Inciting the nations, he called upon them to undertake a reform which saved that which was about to be destroyed. Vainly did the cleverest among us try to turn him from his work. A subtle demon, on earth called Beelzebub, marked him out for attack, now embarrassing him with learned controversial argument, now tormenting him with cruel mockery. The stubborn monk hurled his ink-pot at his head and went on with his dismal reformation. What ultimately happened? The sturdy mariner repaired, calked, and refloated the damaged ship of the Church. Jesus Christ owes it to this shaveling that his shipwreck was delayed for perhaps more than ten centuries. Henceforth things went from bad to worse. In the wake of this loutish monk, this beerswiller and brawler, came that tall, dry doctor from Geneva, who, filled with the spirit of the ancient Iahveh, strove to bring the world back again to the abominable days of Joshua and the Judges of Israel. A maniac was he, filled with cold fury, a heretic and a burner of heretics, the most ferocious enemy of the Graces.

“These mad apostles and their mad disciples made even demons like myself, even the horned devils, look back longingly on the time when the Son with his Virgin Mother reigned over the nations dazzled with splendours: cathedrals with their stone tracery delicate as lace, flaming roses of stained glass, frescoes painted in vivid colours telling countless wondrous tales, rich orfrays, glittering enamel of shrines and reliquaries, gold of crosses and of monstrances, waxen tapers gleaming like starry galaxies amid the gloom of vaulted arches, organs with their deep-toned harmonies.

All this doubtless was not the Parthenon, nor yet the Panathenæa, but it gladdened eyes and hearts; it was, at all events, beauty. And these cursed reformers would not suffer anything either pleasing or lovable. You should have seen them climbing in black swarms over doorways, plinths, spires, and bell - towers, striking with senseless hammers those images in stone which the demons had carved working hand in hand with the master designers, those genial saints and dear, holy women, and the touching idols of Virgin Mothers pressing their suckling to their heart.

For, to be just, a little agreeable paganism had slipped into the cult of the jealous God. These monsters of heretics were for extirpating idolatry. We did our best, my companions and I, to hamper their horrible work, and I, for one, had the pleasure of flinging down some dozens from the top of the porches and galleries on to the Cathedral Square, where their detestable brains got knocked out.

The worst of it was that the Catholic Church also reformed herself and grew more mischievous than ever.

https://youtu.be/V9UhQK-16QE

https://signsofthelastdays.org/roman-pope-top-muslim-sign-one-world-religion-agreement/?fbclid=IwAR0rSY_xBBcY8ORld3x_uRzamBhknWysiOhN--a3GXLRl-OZaoqHbbd5wDs

http://www.whale.to/c/eyewitnesses_testify.html?fbclid=IwAR2_3ZxCj3-xXEEa8kd-iUh6yxuR8Ggmsj26gGDY3gDqI2g14NZWHZSDbdo

pls rich

pls rob Logrian#1709

You were caught **HAHAHA**
You paid the person you stole from **500** coins.

*be ye not lost among the precepts of order*
-The book of uterus

I am an athiest, but I respect your belifs too

yes

praiseallah

I do not believe in any gods

no

i am eligigi

I can tell

ok

your name says so

yes

Who wants to make an army and help me invade the Vatican city?

I wanna know all their juicy secrets

https://youtu.be/PdUogt0H2fk (I agree with the lyrics minus taking vows.)

https://youtu.be/e3sUvLQAowI

https://gnosticteachings.libsyn.com/the-entire-path-to-liberation-audio please listen and share if you care ❤️

how is religion handled in murica? are you part of any religion only when you join one at the age of 18 or how does it work?

Religion would be much different if you could only join from the age of 18.

i know. i would certainly be less pissed about them demanding money from me for to me unknown benefits and with me never signing any contract if i actually made the choice to be part of them

also they make it unnecessarily complicated to leave.

i have no idea why this is legal