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Originally Posted by somerfrost
Then there appears to be considerable evidence that the church leaders "eliminated" several original books of the Bible which elevated women to a place of equality in the church; wasn't it the Diet of Worms in around 1066 (may have the date wrong) that finally "decided" that yes...women also had a soul same as men? My favorite of course remains King James I dictating to his scribes that "chasaph" translated from the original Hebrew to "witch" instead of "poisoner"...that set of a bloody chain of events which lasted for centuries....but maybe James wasn't a paranoid schizophrenic but a messenger of god???
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as for the diet of worms, mid 1500's. . william of normandy invaded england in 1066. i do love my history.
-edit-diet took place in 1521--charles the v presiding