The Hidden Love of Jesus For the Animals
Animals - The Defenseless Victims
The End of Inner Christianity
Emperor Constantine I:
Emperor Constantine I (285-337) gave preferential treatment to the Christian
Church, gave it freedom of religion and in the year 324 finally made it de
facto a state religion. For this, the church even made him a saint. However,
in obsession with power, despotism and cruelty, Constantine lagged behind
his predecessors in nothing. He waged many wars. Under threat of torture,
the Early Christians who wanted to remain true to their pacifist ideals were
now forced to go to war for the emperor. It was said that under the orders
of Emperor Constantine, melted lead was poured down the throats of those who
did not want to eat meat.
Thus, original Christianity was nearly dissolved. “Christians were now
officially forced into military duty, into eating animals and drinking
alcohol.”
At the Council of Nicösia (325) Constantine forced through his ideas of
Christianity.
Now the Gospel also had to be tailored to fit the spirit of the times then.
So-called “correctors” were put to work for this. Deliberate falsifications
are said to have been carried out particularly in the time following the
Council of Nicösia. How much was also changed by Paul is unknown and can
only be conjectured, based on several citations that have been passed down.
The Middle Ages
During the Middle Ages the persecution of Christians who lived as vegetarians and vegans continued. Over whole centuries the Church persecuted Early Christians who were vegetarians and found no pleasure in the frills and furbelows of a pagan state church. For the most part they were stigmatized, slandered, persecuted and murdered as heretics and sectarians.
The philosophic basis for persecution during the Middle Ages was made by the church teacher, Thomas of Aquinas. According to his teaching, neither animals nor women have a soul. Free Christians "who at the time of the Inquisition refused to kill animals were forced to either publicly slaughter an animal or be hanged as a heretic. In 1051 several so-called heretics were condemned to death because they refused to kill and eat chickens." *
"During the Middle Ages there were many groups that wanted to turn back to an Early Christian way of living."** For example, the Bogumiles or the Cathars and the Albigensers. They lived a vegetarian or vegan life. The vowed "to kill no animal, to eat no meat and to live only from fruit." ** All of them were cruelly exterminated by the Church.
Even today, many people still carry these church prejudices deep in their subconscious, even though they think they are progressive thinkers. Just to hear the word "sect" is enough to awaken ancient prejudices in them, and in most cases, without a reason.
Today
"Today’s church Christendom, particularly Catholicism, has practically
nothing to do with the actual Early Christianity, with Nazarenism, and thus
with the true teachings of Jesus. Instead, it is primarily a self-fabricated
teaching that bases itself almost exclusively on exercising and maintaining
power. Alone through the Inquisition, the burning of witches, the Crusades,
the hatred of Jews and women, as well as cooperation with the National
Socialists in the so-called 3rd Reich, the history of the Catholic Church is
red with blood. Entire seas could be filled with this blood.
The highest church holidays – Christmas and Easter – are also the greatest
slaughter feasts of the year!" ***
* Carsten Strehlow, Vegetarianism as a Component of Christianity, p. 55
** Walter Nigg
*** Carsten Strehlow, Vegetarianism as a Component of Christianity, p. 58
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