this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago

It's because it's come from Mastodon with hashtag spam

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Is there a [c/titlegore](https:/lemmy.ml/c/titlegore)?

FTFY.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

The Catholic church is wild, man!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Sure. The church was super reach in middle age, they collected taxes on everyone and their monasteries were working hard and were very efficient. Also people made a lot of donations in hope of staying out of hell

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Also people ~~made a lot of donations in hope of staying~~ bought their way out of hell.

Indulgences were literally sold, those weren't considered donations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

100% true for some priests