Catherine Nixey...44 minutes in....
Augustine lays the intellectual foundation for the Inquisition. It's Augustine who argues very strongly that if people don't believe in Christianity, that's not o.k. Before you might believe in Zeus and I might believe in Mithras....and we're fine together. Now, with Augustine....it's not just not ok, it's my duty as a Christian to convert...St. Augustine says, "You should take a rod, and if necessary, you must use physical force."
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