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None of the Salem executions were by burning. Nineteen were hanged; Giles Corey died while being questioned under torture and at least five more died in prison.
Burning alive was a punishment reserved for heretics; the various Catholic inquisitions were primarily for the punishment of heresy – they did not go after witches because official church policy was that witchcraft did not exist. Witch hunts were primarily a phenomenon of the protestant countries.
The confusion arises from the fact that the bodies of executed witches were cremated in the belief that doing so would deny those persons resurrection on the day of judgement (a policy maintained by the Catholic church until just a few years ago). Apparently, the Christian deity is capable of forming man from the dust of the earth and re-animating a sack of bones but ashes were completely beyond his ability to reconstitute.
margueritem over 12 years ago
Lucky for Broomie.
have a good week, LB!
Llewellenbruce over 12 years ago
MARG! I thought you’d be in bed by now sinceyou’ll probably be heading out early for the campground. Watch out for the ticks and have a goodtime.
Sisyphos over 12 years ago
A soggy little green witch in the Enchanted Forest! But if that sogginess had been of the alcoholic variety, would it not have fed the flames?
Kvasir42 Premium Member over 12 years ago
I think that’s WAY too much information.
rnmontgomery over 12 years ago
I thought most of the witches were drowned proving they were not witches?
REDROCKER51 over 12 years ago
i like my steak medium rare…
runar over 12 years ago
None of the Salem executions were by burning. Nineteen were hanged; Giles Corey died while being questioned under torture and at least five more died in prison.
Burning alive was a punishment reserved for heretics; the various Catholic inquisitions were primarily for the punishment of heresy – they did not go after witches because official church policy was that witchcraft did not exist. Witch hunts were primarily a phenomenon of the protestant countries.
The confusion arises from the fact that the bodies of executed witches were cremated in the belief that doing so would deny those persons resurrection on the day of judgement (a policy maintained by the Catholic church until just a few years ago). Apparently, the Christian deity is capable of forming man from the dust of the earth and re-animating a sack of bones but ashes were completely beyond his ability to reconstitute.
boldyuma over 12 years ago
At least the trees in the enchanted forest behind Broomie
are of no danger burning..They look like “kneecap” trees
and seem to have water on the knee.