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Who was the first person ordered executed by a Roman Catholic pope?

The first person formally condemned to death by the papacy was Arnold of Brescia (c. 1090 – June 1155), an Italian canon regular from Lombardy. He called on the Church to renounce property ownership ...
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What is the Catholic view of separation of church and state in terms of war and application of the death penalty?

St. Thomas Aquinas's view on "Whether heretics ought to be tolerated?" St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica II-II q. 11 a. 3 c., his answer to the question "Whether heretics ought to be tolerated?," ...
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Was the theory of many extraterrestrial worlds considered blasphemous by the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century?

As mentioned in one of the comments, Bruno was not condemned and executed for this scientific views. This proposition is a product of anti-catholic propaganda of 18th and 19th century (by Andrew ...
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