During the
medieval age, witchcraft was something very popular but at the same time it was
underrated, it was only consulted by the Christian church. During this period Christianity
had a powerful influence not only in matters of faith but also in the decisions
of state. And because the witchcraft was against religion, it was considered
devil's work, therefore the church said that these acts should be banned and
punished.
From
1184-1965 the Catholic Church was dedicated to blame, arrestee, judge and
sentence to death millions of people who were considered "pagan" and
"heretics" by the benevolent and morally superior Christians who
judge them just because they didn't follow the moral norms dictating them as correct. The Holy Inquisition said supposedly
witches were dark people that should be purified so this evil couldn't be spread
among the society so they had to burn their souls back to purity by burning
them. The social context was the divinity so all the events were related to a
supreme being, thus charitable things were related to goodness and the unknown
or harmed stuff was considered the work of the devil.
The fire is
a symbol that has much relevance in cultures, both pagan and Christian. In the
medieval age, according to Christian mentality of the time, it is said that the
fire purifies, that ends with "the flesh" (the body), who considered
the subject of sin.
Nowadays
this topic is more open, although the church doesn't like it; the situation is
still brought up and talked about in educational ways. Whether the acts of the
church were considered sins and evil themselves, the supernatural is still
something we can’t decide if it’s real or just all in our head.
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