It is hard to imagine any greater betrayal of the spirit of Christ than the impulse to crucify and burn one’s enemies. Sadly it is an impulse the church itself, in much of its history, has found hard to resist. One victim: Marguerite Porete, Beguine mystic, burned on June 1 1310.
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Her writings, whatever “errors” they may contain suggest she was a holy woman whose heart burned with love of God. Of the men who condemned her, whatever their good intentions it is hard not to conclude that they loved orthodoxy more than they loved Christ.
