Today in Labor History July 10, 1921: Bloody Sunday: Seventeen people died and 200 houses were destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The violence erupted the day before the beginning of a truce that was supposed to end the Irish War of Independence. As the truce approached, police launched a raid against republicans. However, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed them, killing an officer. In retaliation, Protestant loyalists attacked Catholic enclaves in west Belfast. As a result, Protestants and Catholics paramilitaries battled each other in the streets. There were also gun battles between Republicans and the police. And police also fired indiscriminately at Catholic civilians. Belfast saw almost 500 people killed from 1920–22 in political and sectarian violence related to the Irish War of Independence.

The Irish War of Independence has been portrayed in the play “The Shadow of a Gunman,” by Seán O'Casey, the 1929 novel, “The Last September,” by Elizabeth Bowen, the 1931 short story, “Guests of the Nation,” by Frank O'Connor and the more recent novels: “Troubles,” by J. G. Farrell (1970), “The Old Jest,” (1979) by Jennifer Johnston, and “The Soldier's Song,” (2010) by Alan Monaghan.

Wussten Sie, dass #Protestierender ursprünglich synonym zu #Protestant war? Beide Wörter bezeichneten zunächst evangelische Gläubige. Erst später entwickelten sich ihre Bedeutungen auseinander. Mehr in unserer #Wortgeschichte: https://www.zdl.org/wb/wortgeschichten/Protestierender

28 Apr 1558: Walter Mylne executed in St. Andrews #otd - he was the last #Protestant to be burnt in #Scotland before the kingdom itself officially turned #Protestant

"In the Church of Rome the Sacrifice of the Mass is the chief act of worship. For this the priesthood exists, for this the Church exists. If the body and blood of Christ are not really present on the altar, there is no true and proper sacrifice for the priest to make. It follows from this, that there is no true and proper priest, no true and proper altar. The Church, the ministry, the sacraments must be differently regarded the moment we deny a real, that is an actual, presence of the body and blood of Christ." The words of Anglican heretic John Hunt in 1870 as he attempts to discredit the #Catholic Church. Reading him and other like him, they felt that the #Protestant nature of Christianity was complete such that there would be no future novelty. Oh, if he could see the state of these religions today! One that doggedly defends ancient teachings on contraception while the other opens the doors to sodomites calling what they do "marriage."

Jan Hus Memorial, Prague, Czech Republic. March 2016. Ref-11562
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/jan-hus-memorial-prague-czech-republic/en/11562
#statue #religion #memory #protestant #janhus #sculpture #denisolivier #denisolivierphotography #urban #denisolivierphoto #prague #denisolivierphotographer #photography #monument #pragueeu

#DietrichBonhoeffer #pastor #christian #religion #hero #heroic #nazi #ww2 #hitler #martyr #german #germany #history #lutheran #protestant #peace
There are many heroes from WWII, and whenever I come across a name I’ve never heard of, I always like to publicise it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - A pastor and devoted Lutheran Christian who opposed the Nazi regime and simply wanted peace. Unfortunately, this kind and heroic man paid the ultimate price for his beliefs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

Today in Labor History January 21, 1525: Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz and George Blaurock founded the Swiss Anabaptist movement by baptizing each other and breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. The Anabaptists were considered Radical Reformers. They preached against hate, killing, violence, taking oaths, participating in use of force or any military actions and against participation in civil government. They also believed in separation of church and state. However, some Anabaptists went even further, like those in the Munster Commune, who called for the absolute equality of man in all matters, including the distribution of wealth. They called upon the poor of the region to join them in sharing all the wealth of the town. Many also believed in polygamy and free love. Not surprisingly, both the Roman Catholics and the nascent Lutherans persecuted them heavily. This history is wonderfully portrayed in the epic novel, “Q” by the Italian fiction collective, Luther Blissett.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #peasants #protestant #Reformation #LutherBlissett #anabaptist #equality #freelove #communal #polygamy #lutheran #books #novel #fiction #historicalfiction #author #writer #collective #freelove @bookstadon

John Calvin's Grave in Geneva, Switzerland

A modest grave marks the final resting place of one of the world's most influential religious figures.#protestant #religion #graves #gravestones #section-Atlas
John Calvin's Grave

@burnoutqueen @miiamustang @hannu_ikonen Democratic Socialism would ultimately fail due to corporate/government corruption not unlike what we’re about to witness.
The elephant in the room is religion someone needs to take on white hypocrites by literally calling out #Christianity in the primary they probably wouldn’t win but there’s nothing to lose. #Protestant churches are nothing but recruitment arms for the #Republican Party divide them up and conquer I’ll be happy to do it.

Via #CTV News, 12:10pm EDT, Oct 24, 2024

#FrançoisLegault's #CoalitionAvenirQuébec (#CAQ)→refusing to end public funding for #ReligiousSchools

All CAQ MNAs present in House on Thur voted against a #PartiQuébécois (#PQ) motion calling for consistency w/ principles of #secularism & withdrawal of funding for these schools

In #Quebec, some 50 pub schools — #Catholic, #Evangelical, #Protestant, #Muslim, #Jewish & #Orthodox — receive ~$160M/year in public funding

#Bill21

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/caq-refuses-to-end-public-funding-for-quebec-s-religious-schools-1.7085725

I drew this for "Catholic vs Protestant debate" group. #christian #catholic #protestant