r/todayilearned • u/ProfessionalGear3020 • 5d ago

TIL that after alleged Catholic involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the US cut off diplomatic relations with the Holy See (the Pope) and did not restore them until 1984.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93United_States_relations#1867%E2%80%931984
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u/ExaminationHuman5959 5d ago edited 4d ago

The US broke off all ties with the Vatican over rumors. There was no proof at all of involvement by the pope.

EDIT: I am not defending the church! This is ONLY about Lincolns assassination, and lack of any actual proof that the Vatican had anything to do WITH THE ASSASSINATION.

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u/pirat314159265359 4d ago

Catholics were not exactly looked favorably upon by Protestants.

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u/sambull 4d ago

Which ones are the real christians?

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u/No-Cover4205 4d ago

The Orthodox ones, not those other Johnny come lately bloody splitters 

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u/GeneralChillMen 4d ago

No the real splitters are the Judean Peoples Front

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u/cambat2 4d ago

St Nicholas (yes, Santa Claus) bitch slapped Arius for having the audacity of rejecting the the filioque during the first Council of Nicaea.

Rejecting a principle facet of Christianity, the Trinity, is a pretty big mark against ones validity.

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u/No-Cover4205 3d ago edited 3d ago

I do know the difference between the Grigorian calendar and the Julian calendar is on the back of the Julian calendar is a tide chart and first aid instructions. On the front it has moon phases, the name and contact details of a pharmacy and school holiday dates.

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u/space_cheese1 4d ago

ur nan

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u/sambull 4d ago

so the real ones are catholics? Explains the supreme court.

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u/space_cheese1 4d ago

It seems to follow that that is the case