Saeculum Obscurum: Dead Popes and Holy Wars in the Dark Age of the Catholic Church 

Someone ALLEGEDLY smashed the popes skull ALLEGEDLY... 🤫

@@pygmybean8050 my grandmother almost shot one with a slingshot for shits and giggles, allegedly, but no really she almost did.

@@dudepool7530 it’s all shits & giggles… until someone giggles and shits…

@@MissCharChar13 it's a vicious cycle, cuz it becomes shits and giggles again.

@@MissCharChar13 especially if my grandmothers sling shot is involved. That woman still amazes me with that thing!

One of the things I aim for with this channel is that it should be inappropriate to sign off with "DONT FORGET TO SUB SUB SUB!!!"

Still did though

@@jakeh8780 obviously didn't actually watch this video...

Unfortunately the RU-vid algorithm in a way requires content creators to say "like and subscribe"

@@IntotheShadows Unlike most videos out there, yours deserve a like. Doesn't need to be said every time.

Truth

"The Borgias, Faith and Fear" has that covered.

August 29th

do you know any rich folk willing to fund my newly thought of game "the pope wars"

I’m sorry for your loss of intelligence by being a catholic.

@@jaketurner7321 I'm sorry for your poor grammar and for you, because clearly you were taught to hate and belittle people based simply on their faith.

@@jaketurner7321 indeed

@@jaketurner7321 why would you suggest a lack of intelligence because someone wants to feel part of a collective? It’s a natural human instinct, as is religious belief (although that varies in strength) and more to the point, insulting people for their religion is just plain rude and considered a hate crime.

I tried to resist googling, but my spirit is weak and curiosity got the better of me

Formosus is Latin for "The Beautiful".

Cool, I'll look into this. Thanks!

Does this guy take a day off?

Honestly even calling the time period “dark” is not really accepted by most historians that I know of

The Dark Ages referred to the entire span of the Middle Ages and was a result of Italian Renaissance writers like Petrarch lamenting the lost glory days or "light" of ancient Rome compared to the "dark" days that came afterwards and patting themselves on the back for being supposedly morally and intellectually superior than their predecessors by rediscovering Roman writings and ideas. The term "dark age" was coined by an Italian cardinal in the 17th century to refer specifically to the period of the 10th to 11th centuries which he saw as particularly nasty, and was later adopted by Enlightenment thinkers to refer to the entirely of the Middle Ages as they saw themselves as intellectually superior and "enlightened" compared to all who came before. It was only later on that other scholars fought back and pointed out that the "dark ages" weren't all that dark and the pagan Romans weren't actually more advanced than the medieval Christians. It's around this time that the idea that the dark ages referring only to the early middle ages appears due to their lack of records and that's because some people wanted to keep the term alive, not because that's what it always meant.

@@jonathancampbell5231 Fair enough! Maion point being that human intellect (and evolution) does not do sharp 360's every 2 or three years. Pick and "age" and it was full of people exactly like us trying to get on gettiong on with the means available.

Also Saeculum obscurum started in 904 with the election of Pope Sergius III (and lasted until 964 with the murder of Pope John XII while he was engaging in adultery). This video is more like the direct precursor to the Saeculum obscurum.

The lack of written records might be related to a lack of people who could write.

It also resulted in the oldest surviving manmade structure on the continent. The survivors built a fort to defend themselves from the hostile breakaway faction, and parts of it still remain today.

Fun fact, those two mutineers were the first people ever that got marooned to Australia. But yeah the story of the Batavia is pretty grim one. A lot of backstabbing, senseless violence, rape and even a bit of cannibalism from what i've heard.

Thanks :).

That's what we mean when we call people Influencers. ❤

@@sarahcoleman3125 absolutely! And the best kind :)

Well it does seem that the Church (all denominations) are basically pedophile rings with robes and tax exemption.

Some of his channels have hours long videos lol. Fact Boi puts in work recording, has amazing writers, and an awesome team editing all his vids!

Immediatly though of good old sam when seeing this title:) Oh, how do I hope he comes back one day...

Might have put the kids off Catholicism.

Funny. At my catholic school we have learned about the three pope period

It doesn’t take much to out-research the Infographics Channel. One example that comes to mind is they said that the Iron Maiden was a medieval torture device. A device that didn’t really exist.

The catholic church is only focused on power and money,so I wouldn't think much has changed since then.They just murder their popes a lot less nowadays,as it's highly frowned upon,and will require at least saying the WHOLE rosary twice in order to to be forgiven by God,which we all know is a major pain to do.It turns out that you can indeed talk about God and spread his word for free.You don't even need a big fancy building,or Lamborghini to talk about God and have people listen to you.You don't even need to ask for money,because having someone else believe in God and his positive teachings,and having them go forth and be kind to others as well,is its own reward in itself...But apparently you actually have buy a ticket into heaven,and they're SUPER expensive I guess lol

All religions are about earthly power, and damned little else. The faith of people without earthly power, tho'; that's a powerful thing.

@@dsnodgrass4843 I disagree with you to a certain point as I believe the religion is about what the people believe but the religious leadership is all about earthly power over others and gaining wealth for the religious leaders.

@@ernestbywater411 Religion is about what people without power (are directed to) believe; faith is the act of believing, which is non-exclusive and has a power of its own, which is why earthly power is so desperate to "direct" it.

This would be really cool except Simon would probably die mysteriously two weeks after the video uploads from a "congenital heart defect" with two bullets in the back, arsenic poisoning, and his brake lines cut.

@@colin3424 lol true

Things are bad on your side of the Atlantic, but maybe not quite so bad....yet..

Buy me a plane ticket first! I'm on the wrong side of the ocean.

No it is evil. Babylon religion. Only the Roman empire which will produce the beast and the false prophet. Wonder which unholy pope will be the false prophet.

Lol trial.

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I love that the reason why protestantism exists is because someone needed to fix the church roof ⛪😂😂😂😂

I got kicked out of my mother-in-law’s kitchen once when she asked me to ask my father-in-law to come carve a turkey and I asked him to come cut up the cadaver.

@@oneminuteofmyday 😂

You should do it again it's about Turkey time😂

Atheism is the idea that there is no god, which is equally as stupid as saying there is one. You can't prove it eitherway. Which is why anything other than agnosticism is stupid.

I'm an amateur historian and I very strongly agree. First off, idealizing ancient Rome is a big error. Some aspects of A Rome were definitely glorious but there were also many years of instability that made the post communism Balkans look delightful in comparison. There's a reason why classical historians refer to the 5 Good Emperors (it's because the remaining 65 or so suuuucked). For every Marcus Aurelius there were dozens of losers who were ineffective at best, and monsters at worst. As for the Renaissance, yes there was a rebirth in many areas but it also brought increased religious violence and wars, exploitation of the New and Old Word, and set the stage for modern chattel slavery and racism. And finally, yes the so called "Dark Ages" had a good deal of instability and disease, but it also was a time of great art and literature, amazing advances in architecture, the drafting of the Magna Carta which was the beginning of limiting kings' power, and very important inventions including the printing press which was world changer. Times are complex.

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@@rattyratstuff7125 Thank you. His name is Henry Mankini.

Has he ever replied?

not yet :(

It's on a par with Bernard of Clairvaux's immortal line on the enthronement of Pope Anaclus II about a hundred years later that 'it is an insult to Christ that the offspring of a Jew has occupied the throne of Peter'. Once you reach a certain level in a church it seems that self awareness becomes in increasingly short supply.

@@lukedaniel7669 Offspring of a Jew,? Jesus IS a Jew, not Catholic. Saying he is Catholic is blasphemy! Go against the true believing Jews, you will seal your soul to the devil.

WHOA! You gotta write a whole novel about this.Thats some insane personal info you've got there.Its weird your parents chose to spell it differently though,but thag makes for a better twist ending I suppose.Im sure this could be spun very easily into its own cinematic universe.Keep up the good work!

@@jeffdroog I'm a female. My dad wanted a boy named after himself. Didn't quite work out as he wanted. His first lesson in parenthood you might say.

Me

I worship myself, personally.