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submitted 1 year ago by bleistift2@feddit.de to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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Years after my R.E. teacher said, “I will never fall lower than into God’s hands,” I finally came up with the retort, “Let’s go on the roof and check.”

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[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Asceticism has never been much of a thing in Christianity.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Eh, it's out there. By its nature, it's not something that tends to make itself well known.

Pope Celestine V was just a guy living in a cave. The Papal elections were dragging out, and he sent a letter to the council saying divine vengeance would come down if they didn't make a decision soon. So they elected him.

He sucked at the job, because pope's need to know politics and administration just as much as religious matters. Living in a cave doesn't prepare you for that. He's one of the few pope's who resigned.

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