You cant even accept that cats may have offered some protection from the plague. The same evil popes who say God created all creatures of the earth, yet they, wantonly murdered these defenseless creatures of the earth that God created. Required fields are marked *. The only problem is that this story probably isnt true. Denmarks Fastelavn held at the start of lent was based on the premise that for spring to begin, evil had to be banished. Gregory IX was the head of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241. Afterwards, they sit down to a meal and when they have arisen from it, the certain statue, which is usual in a set of this kind, a black cat descends backwards, with its tail erect. While there were no immediate effects of the unjust cathunt, Europe will be affected in the years to come, with the rise of the Bubonic Plague. In Ypres in Belgium, it was the custom to hurl cats from the belfry of local churches and then set them on fire during the festival of cats or Kattenstoet. However, historian Donald Engel believes that the Vox acted as a death warrant for the cat. why did pope gregory think that cats were evil? If you survived, you lost many people you loved. Name is important in the papacy as it is seen as a signal of how their reign is envisioned. THE HUMAN OVER-POPULATION IS CAUSING ANIMAL SPECIES TO GO EXTINCT. Cat burning and other forms of cat hating have survived the centuries since. (2017, February 6). I am here because of a PBS documentary on cats that I saw recently. HUMAN OVER-POPULATION ISNT PRETTY, IT IS THE CAUSE BEHIND CHRONIC WARS. Not only did the Egyptians hold the cat sacred in the form of Bast, a warrior goddess associated with fertility and the moon, but so too did the Romans, for whom the cat was one of the symbols of the goddess of freedom, Liberta. Gregory was a reluctant pontiff- and not just because of his age. The theory that plague pandemics happen amidst a cat vacuum doesnt hold up: Europe didnt keep its cat population depleted for nearly 500 years. Neither does rogue operative, Jason Bourne. Henry was acquitted when he appealed to the bishop of Mainz and later that year Marburg himself was mysteriously murdered- probably at Henrys behest. If these furry creatures association with fictitious international criminals isnt enough, cats also have been linked to witchcraft: In the Middle Ages, women who owned black cats came under suspicion as did the cats, who were assumed to bewitches in disguise and were burned at the stake. Apparently snakes and scorpions were threats too. THE RELIGIOUS SECTOR ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS W/ THEIR POOR REASONING OF ENCOURAGING BIG FAMILIES. Thanks, As one might have predicted, thereafter, mass slaughters of cats blanked Europe. That was when Ugolino was over 80 years old. Both rats and pigeons would make a great next plague material though, The bull does not, however, dictate that Catholics across Europe kill all cats to stop Satan Islam doesnt tell Muslims to kill pigs but they still chase and try to kill one by kicking and hitting if they see it on the street because they believe it is evil and forbidden. The cat had obtained a darker connotation through its association with Galinthias, who became a servant of Hecate, a Greek goddess of the underworld after she was turned into a cat by the goddess Hera. Theres one thing you havent considered. Your writing is comical! Further down the line, his influence grew larger and larger, and by 1217 he was named the papal legate and Honorius chief representative in Liguria and Tuscany. Thank you for your cooperation.You can sign-up to the Membership any time to remove the adds and enjoy the content with no interruptions, 2 popes and a plague are to blame for burning felines at the stake. Missionary Activity under Pope Gregory the Great. Cats Blamed for Spreading the Plague During the Middle Ages, it wasn't uncommon for cats to be killed, given their association with evil, Compora says. This cruel practice continued until 1817 although the Kattenstoet continues to this day- involving stuffed cats instead. February 8, 2013. The mass murder of cats was not the only cause of the Black Plague, but it removed a crucial natural predator of the flea-carrying rats that spread the disease. You wouldnt hate that, would you? He is mostly known for issuing the Decretales and starting the Papal Inquisition. No one can say for sure how many cats were killed because of the association made between them and witchcraft by the Vox in Rama. In the 13th Century a wave of anti-cat sentiment swept through Europe, with religious leaders labeling cats as evil and diabolical, including Pope Gregory IX who did so in 1232 AD. The purpose of the papal bull Vox in Rama, was to condemn a cult that had allegedly popped up in the Rhinelandand the bull was specifically sent to the city of Mainz. Like, if I were to think of evil depictions on display in a museum, this would be one of them. If cats were evil, it made sense that they were responsible for all the death and . But how did cats become to be seen as evil? Conrads methods, however, yielded results and in 1231, the Archbishops of Trier and Mainz wrote to the Pope, full of praise for their heretic catcher. And thats the official take on Halloween from theVatican News. For some reason, we find the idea that our ancestors were dumb rather appealing. Its long-term effect, however, was to reshape the view of the cat in European society in general, morphing it from a pagan sacred animal into an agent of hell. April 1st was originally celebrated as the New Year day, until in 1582 Pope . But cats? This dudes job was to rid Germany of heretics, so he had plenty of reason to stoke the Popes fears of heretical activity (gotta keep that job). I soon realized thatpublic affairs combined the best of both worlds of journalism and television talk shows I get to learn interesting and unusual things about people who worked with me, I then get to tell their story. Homeless Cats Recruited to Fight Rising Tide of Rats, Erika Engelhaupt National Geographical, September 29, 2017. All this was about to change. To learn more about me and my digital travels, visit myTwitterpage. Between 1347 and 1352, some 100 million people died of the Plague, representing almost half of Europes population. Wages rose fast in the absence of labor. Other sects, such as the Cathars or Albigensians had more esoteric beliefs. Im on the fence about getting an electronic cat that responds to touch (i.e., purring, meowing and flicking its robotic tail) but I can see why Egyptians of antiquity fell in love with cats. However, it was also a piece of papal legislation that was notable in another way, for the Vox was the first papal bull to associate the cat with witchcraft. But the cars we have for pets are not naturally in the wild for thousands of years. And each time it hit Europe again, it appears to have come from Asia. How then could he have impacted the good people of the 1300s? 23 April 2018, Vox in Rama, Pope Gregory IX, uoregon.edu, Conrad of Marburg, Kevin Knight, Catholic Encyclopaedia, 2017, Was there a great Cat Massacre in the Middle Ages? Those arrested by Conrad, therefore, had only two options: admit to heresy and spend the rest of their lives as a known former heretic or burn. Tomb of Ancient Viking High King Discovered, The Most Bizarre Relics From The Ancient Funeral Rite. The Remains of Dead US Presidents Will Be Sent Into Space, The Man Who Surgically Brought Back Unicorns. All That's Interesting is a Brooklyn-based digital publisher that seeks out stories that illuminate the past, present, and future. Wolves/dogs integrated themselves into society. Others posit that the smaller geoglyphs were used as location markers for travelers. Cats, dogs, horses, humans. A LION; I will wager $500 we can debate this and I will win with 100 literate judges NOT taught as toddlers the pope or priest can send them TO HELL. CATS ARE BETTER THAN PEOPLE. Retrieved from https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Vox-in-Rama-authentic-What-effects-did-it-have, PetMD. For a lot of folks, everything you need to know about the Middle Ages you can find in Braveheart or Monty Pythonit was a simple, stupid period when superstition ruled the land, heads rolled daily, and people were covered in sh*t all the time. designs at:Threadless.com and Zazzle, Why Cats Were (Wrongly) Blamed for the Black Plague in Europe. A quick Google search shows that a felinefemme fatalecat mask is conveniently available on Amazon for only $25.22. Cats that I know are devoted to their humans my dog runs off as soon as the door is open, my cat sits on my knee, engages in conversation with me, stays closeby our home, and kills lots of mice, bringing them to me rather than eating them cats keep down rodent populations for farmers and humans who store and eat grain etc definitely as handy as dogs. This info on Pope Gregory the ASSWHOLE is just another scandal caused by a Pope. Pope Gregory IX, who held the papacy from 1227 to 1241, most definitely fell in the second camp largely because he believed that the fluffy hairball-hackers embodied Lucifer himself. Nazca, a culture that lived in what is now Peru, etched a 37-meter-long geoglyph of a cat in the coast plain some 2,000 years ago. Often fueled by a fear, individuals are often capable of doing illogical or terrible things as groups when given permission by authority figures. His pontificate was notable for the papacy's attempts to intervene in the quarrels between Emperor Louis the Pious and his sons. He said they ate too much grain and it was the responsibility of every person to kill a sparrow if they saw one and they were not to give up until they achieved it !!.. Honestly, I feel like even thinking that the cathunt resulted or directly influence the black plague is a bit of a stretch. no- blood dives; you are 100% wrong, irrational clearly an agnostic who mocks then defends his false god, the pope- also, review another diatribe from papal high tower urging cats killed-clearly minions of satan, word cat not in catholic bible problem is, what did david kill as shepherd attacking his sheep? The disease was ravaging Asia before it ever made its way to Europe. Im not saying it was a great time to be alive, but it was a more complex time than people give it credit for. As a journalist, I spoke daily with public affairs officers who represented diverse government and corporate clients. For Conrad in his quest for heretics around Mainz and Hildesheim claimed to have uncovered a Luciferian cult. (2010, February 4). This timeline stretched from 1346 to 1353, a little more than a century after Gregory. As it went into the fourth and fifth years ! There are two types of people in this world: cat people, and not cat people. Retrieved from http://historycollection.co/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/, Gibbens, Sarah. For years there was a debate if the Black Death and the Bubonic Plague were the same, adding speculation to the rat spreading theory. In Ypres in Belgium, it was the custom to hurl cats from the belfry of local churches and then set them on fire during the festival of cats or Kattenstoet. Henry was acquitted when he appealed to the bishop of Mainz and later that year Marburg himself was mysteriously murdered- probably at Henrys behest. The Black Death in Egypt and England: A Comparative Study. But feline-human relations deteriorated sometime in the early 1230s (CE) when Pope Gregory IX issued a papal bull called Vox in Rama. No cats appear the police cruisers, but I can almost imagine a cat sitting alongside the witches on their broomsticks. I didnt expect to read the whole article, but I found myself tickled in all the right places, so dear sir, I did indeed finish the article in its entirety. Even in Egypt, where they still view cats as sacred animals, plague hits. Then, there is the fact that cats just arent good ratters-, which is why dogs; especially terriers are employed to catch rodents. The truth is that cats could not have prevented the black death. Its believed by some that the plague spread, at least in part,via rats. They not only killed rodents, hence less infected animals but they themselves are more likely to get bit for you, with their sweet tasting blood. He has a brother named Adenulphus who later on in life served as the rector of Anagni, while Ugolino himself was educated in Paris and per known tradition, Bologna. The most likely targets were often older cat-owning peasant women (The Crazy Cat Ladies of their time) who were labeled witches and often burned alive at the stake. I thank you for your service to this great multiverse. February 8, 2013. The cat throwing. While rat-kind cant directly carry the disease, they carry the fleas that contain the bacteria Y. Pestis. Pope Gregory IX (Source: les.tresors.de.lys.free.fr) Oh and I like dogs but dog people kind of irritate as they always say or think negative stuff about cats, like cats are arseholes. The novice then feasted with the rest of the congregation, after which they assembled to pay homage to a black cat which emerged from a kind of statue which normally stands in the place where these meetings are held., The whole coven was required to kiss the cats behind, and once they had done this, a wild sexual orgy occurred. Some kiss this creature on the hind quarters and some on the mouth, they receive the tongue and saliva of the beast inside their mouths. Pope Innocent VIII came to power in the late 1400s, during the throes of witch crusades in Western Europe. The Pope also gave Conrad carte blanche to deal with all heretics as he saw fit- including permission to disregard usual church rules. What effects did it have? This is mainly because the black plague ravaged Asia before it goes on its way to Europe. We accept this storythat we humans once crossed cats and it resulted in one in three of us dyingbecause it just feels rignt. Like a lot of other myths about history from the Middle Ages, the idea that Europeans wiped out cats and then paid for it with the Black Death makes more sense the less you think about it. In those days, papal inquisitors extracted confessions from prisoners that they worshiped the devil and his black cat by torturing them vigorously. Lets see if the math adds up. Many of these rodents had fleas that carried diseases including the Black Plague. Interesly, June 7, 2016, The spooky history of how cats bewitched us, Abigail Tucker, The Washington Post, October 31, 2016, The History of the cat in the Middle Ages (Part 2): The Black cat as the devil in Christian sects, L A Vocelle, The Great Cat: The Cat in History, Art, and Literature. His condemnation of cats may not be responsible for the spread of black death, but its definitely connected to the decline in cat populations at the time, andthe proliferation of rat populations. ), Then, in 1484, another pope, Innocent VIII, issued apapal bullthat condemned to death all cats and their human companions. With Halloween is around the corner, Chairman Meow is reminded of a time hundreds of years ago when similar institutional dogma helped fuel the outbreak of The Black Plague across Europe, leading to the (ignorant) mass killing of cats in the 14th century. If the Nazca thought enough of cats to etch a 37-meter geoglyph of one into the mountain that persists 2,000 years later, they must have thought highly of them. Gregory IX. Encyclopedia of World Biography, Encyclopedia.com. Pope Innocent VIII came to power in the late 1400s, during the throes of witch crusades in Western Europe. As one might have predicted, thereafter, mass slaughters of cats blanked Europe. I adore cats, they are so zen. Which brings us back to Pope Innocent VIIIs 1484 declaration that the cat was the devils favourite animal and idol of all witches., The cat was the devils favourite animal and idol of all witches. Pope Innocent VIII. Heretical beliefs were on the rise at the time, . Like most diseases, were hard pressed to find thebad guy. Cats were later blamed for the Black Death (13461352), though rats were actually the culprit. Where do we get our stuff? I have no idea where you get the idea that cats place is in the wild. NASA is launching the DNA of some of the most prolific presidents in US history, The 1985 story of a bear that ate 77 pounds of Plabo Escobar's finest cocaine. Tying the cat to satanic worship was a natural progression- and one that would have dire consequences. Yet, in 2014 Pope Francis sparked an uproar by telling a girl whos cat who had died that she would be reunited Gods creatures in Paradise except for cats, who end up in hell. I would suggest that theres more to the story. Thanks for writing this! It also saw the breakup of the Carolingian Empire in 843. Its true that paper cutouts of these furry creatures make nice imagery at Halloween parties. I live in a city, so I have plenty of experience with both cats and mice. Where do we get our stuff? There are two things we need to shed light on; whether Gregory IX endorse the newly-coined cathunt and whether the cathunt directly correlates with the black plague that happens 100 years after. If they were dumb, then that means were comparatively smart. Consider a quote from Rastafari leader Haile Selassie; Throughout history it has been the inaction of those who could have acted, the indifference of those who should have known better, the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible for evil to triumph. Iz just as true during Dark Ages as iz now. Gregory immediately recognizing Conrad as a useful tool in his war against religious dissent. Granted, Im sure it was easier to get into back then, but thats right in the Medieval period. 2022 History of Yesterday | All Rights Reserved. Cats absolutely devastate wildlife when out in nature, killing millions of birds and having been responsible for extinction of species. Since that time, black cats have symbolized bad luck, or a curse, to people not only in Europe but throughout the world. While in power, Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were to be associated with devil worship and had them exterminated. (2017, June 6). I dont really agree that cats offered no protection from the plague. After food, clothing and medicine, the fourth item is cosmetics and the fifth is pets, he said, referring to a study on where most peoples income goes. BUT HUMANS , NOT SO. Welcome to BELIEVE.art, home of Revolutionary Artist & Warrior-Poet, Chairman Meow. (Accessed June 1, 2018). Ugolino chooses the name Gregory IX, as he assumed the office at the monastery of St. Gregory ad Septem Solia and fully embracing the papal supremacy policy following the footsteps of Gregory VII and Innocent III. We may still see the effects of the mass cat slaughter today: Its been suggested that the small black cat population in Europe today is a direct result of that breed being deemed particularly devil-like. Id rather see them in the wild doing what cats are meant to do than as someones indoor pet. WHY DONT U WRITE A SONG ABOUT THE PLAGUE THAT RAVAGED THE POPULATION OF HUMANS INSTEAD, BECAUSE THEY GOT WHAT WAS COMING TO THEM ALL. One should not direct them the affection due only to persons.. We have detected that you are using extensions to block ads. Poor cats though. During these witch trials, a woman even testified in court that cats spoke to her, and threatened to hurt her if she didnt abuse children in the town. Even for modern times, that is not a young age to take on the papal role. The Black Death or Black Plague was the original zombie apocalypse. These inferences have led to a story that appears to lack evidence. The few versions of this story that bother to give anything like some substantiation claim that cats were declared servants of evil by Pope Gregory IX in 1232 or even that he declared that they should all be killed. THE HUMAN POPULATION NEEDS TO BE CUT BACK BECAUSE OF THEIR EVIL NATURE. Thou Shalt not suffer a Cat to Live: Why Pope Gregory IXs Vox in Rama Implicated Cats in Devil Worship. Not a cat person? Gregory IX. Encyclopedia of World Biography, Encyclopedia.com. A witch and her cat. Cats came to be seen as a symbol of witchcraft, and even as the embodiment of Satan himself. But some of their adversaries do. However, historian Donald Engel believes that the Vox acted as a death warrant for the cat. Some people are sick. For one, rate outnumber cats by a huge margin, like everywhere, and always have. Indeed the belief that the torture or killing of cats could break spells continued across northern Europe. Both, however, rendered the Catholic Church redundant. Cats were seen as agents of the devil, throughout much of history, and slaughtered again centuries later in New England during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. In the Middle Ages, devil-fearing Christians killed cats, which carried the unintended consequence of increasing the rat population and the spread of the Black Death. 10 Things To Know About Stephen Hawking, The World's Coolest Scientist, Mary Somerville: The Woman For Whom The Word "Scientist" Was Made, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch, six really weird pets that you could actually own. as a dvm (research quickly with phd, now DO, but still love animals) I agree about cat fanatics but this loser has all wrong about the need for cats to kill the Y Pestis flea vector rats; also, that species of flea does not infest on cats or dogs- their anticoagulant is perfect match for RATTUS NORweigica, and humans; not even mice suit them; his map of plague is laughingly inaccurate. There were probably several strains of plague spreading through Europe. They catch cockroaches, snakes, and scorpions too. The cat thing is a footnote in his story. During this period, cat-burning was considered to bringgood luck. In the meantime, accusations of witchcraft began to spread amongst the ordinary people, as a way of settling grudges or seizing property and cats began to be used as proof of satanic association. DeAgostini/Getty Images. Retrieved from https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/ravens-memory-unfair-trade/. In the 13th century, an inquisitor described, in a report to the pope, a Satanic cult in Germany that used cats as part of a ritual, and the pope's response quoted some of his information (which has been described as medieval propaganda by some). Eventually, the ItalianRenaissance would put this so far in the rearview, all we could think about wasfrilly collars. One assault (I despise catholic church so much-am true protestant) by a pope- I do not bother with their names- was due to cat allegedly not suiting him mentioned in their bible; one pope reversed these edicts-seeing half of europe dead- and anyone abusing a cat was severely punisheds), I love catholic people, but HATE the evil infiltration that came early, making a mockery of Jesus real story, one mother superior teaching mary got impregnated by another man when engaged to Joseph; also, during world war II; we fought germany japan and ITALY; so his holie ness: (misspelled to mean he is full of holes) sat in basement- the asshole that had power to divide spain and portugal surely could have rallied his cult to fight nazis and japanese fanatics; Luther returned us, PRAISE JESUS to the real truth of Jesus, God the Father, the Holy Spirit, this jackass is an I read one briticanna entry, now I know it all- when he knows zero; he paints pope as trusting one bad apple in this eradication of the limiting factor on rats- either a sharpshooter (as healthcare provider, like my clients who read one footnote in a pharmacology book I am not immediately aware of, suddenly, they should have DVM and PHD and DO (believe it or not, I do)-. Good luck keeping cat population low for 500 years. Fleas tend to prefer cat blood. The mass murder of cats was not the only cause of the Black Plague, but it removed a crucial natural predator of the flea-carrying rats that spread the disease. In my home, I use cat statuettes as bookends, and have various other representations of these felines throughout my home. Keep in mind that Chairman Meow iz not targeting religion, ceiling cat forbid ,but shedding light on human nature to digest and follow institutional dogma. Denmark's Fastelavn held at the start of lent was based on the premise that for spring to begin, evil had to be banished. Chairman Meow Says: Iz so awful that such a time occurred in our history. There are many variables to navigate to make this assertion, but it doesnt look good for Gregory. The story youre most likely to find in popular history articles goes something like this: Cats were brought to Europe from Egypt by the Romans and enjoyed a decent reputation for a long timeprobably because they were such a boon to agricultural societies. I suppose its possible that Vox in Rama simply set the stage for a cat-killing trend that would, generations later, result in the Black Death. Locusts and every other kind because the sparrow not only ate grain but also insects the great 3 year famin followed and the official Chinese records showed 15 million people died of starvation but later studies done by experts from outside of China say the official numbers are fudged badly in an optimistic attempt to cover the true death toll of around 45 million plus some even say as high as 70 million!! Why did Pope Gregory IX issue Vox in Rama in the first place? (Accessed June 1, 2018). First, consider the dates: Pope Gregory IXs papal bull was issued between 1232 and 1234. Gregory based his theory on evidence from Conrad of Marburg, a papal inquisitor. My guess is this had something to do with ancient cat worship in places like Egypt, which made its clams by farming the fertile land around the Nile.1. Dear Sir, The Decretals reorganized the whole library of Catholic laws. That is, pope condemning cats and declaring satanistique is enough for some people to start mass-killing cats, this assholes claims are 100% wrong; more than one pope ordered cats killed- why not, eventually excommunicaated? There are holes in your arguments as well. ALL ANIMALS ARE BEAUTIFUL, EVERY SPECIES KNOWN IS A JOY TO BEHOLD, EVERY ONE, RIGHT DOWN TO THE HIPPO, THE PIGS, EQUINES, PACHYDERMS , FELINES, CANINES, BOVINES. So why not witches? It kept happening, lets say once per generation, until the 1700s. The Black Plague did happen. I came just to quickly peruse the article in attempts to finally finding out whether or not there was validity to the Pope being the plausible cause of the Black Plague in hopes that he did indeed cause it, since today is Sunday and when I refuse to go to Church with my grandmother I could hit her with this, and it could be a legitimate reason for me not attending Church because the Pope caused millions of people to die from the Black Death/Plague, and I am in no support of mass killing. Did Pope Gregory's comfort with the law cause him to overstep his station as the pope? Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics: What Does Muscle Shoals Has Got the Swampers Mean? Some historians have forgiven the rats. We know they had terrier like dogs in Medieval Europe and that they were used as ratters. Gregory lived from 1145 to 1241, AD. Retrieved from https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Vox-in-Rama-authentic-What-effects-did-it-have, Sheldon, Natasha. Cat burning became a favorite medieval pastime in France, where cats were suspended over fires in cages or doused and set alight- even chased on fire through the streets by cat chasers. Kitty cats are not everyones flavor of pudding, but they serve an important role in many urban areas, especially in the developing nations outside the western world. Lead bulla of Gregory IX. Cats breed quickly, know how to survive on their own, and are hard to catch. Before the prospect of burning at the stake for having contact with the purring pets, Catholics around the the continent began slaughtering any feline that entered their property. No one can say for sure how many cats were killed because of the association made between them and witchcraft by the Vox in Rama. For example, ever heard of Oxford University? Gregory believed him. The Vox described the depraved rituals of the cult in detail, portraying the devil worshipped by the witches as a shadowy half cat and half man figure. It's like visiting the museum with a close friend who just happens to know all the best stories, secrets and gossip. Public Domain. (Accessed June 1, 2018). From there, its just a couple of logical leaps to the connection to the Black Death: inspired by Pope Greg IXs bull, everyone across Europe killed off all the cats. 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