Talk:Robert Bellarmine
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"Bellarmine had not enough deep knowledge of his own nature or Christian experience to be able to appreciate the Augustinian doctrines of the corruption of man and the necessity of divine grace to any good movement of the will."
"Bellarmine's exposition of the views and arguments of the Protestants is surprisingly full and accurate, so much so that the circulation of the book in Italy was for a time not encouraged. He fails, like most of his contemporaries, in understanding the principle of historical development, and his belief in authority, pressed to an extreme, injured his sense of truth and allowed him to handle both the Bible and history in an arbitrary manner."
This is quite obviously a Protestant POV. To write that a Doctor of the Church had "not enough deep knowledge of...Christian experience" is risible.66.133.249.120 10:30, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
In my opinion burning of Giordano Bruno should be mentioned in the begining of article – Giordano Bruno#Trial and death Superborsuk 00:08, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Second. Horrible POV. Sounds like quotes were lifted from 19th century apologetics.
The quotes above have been edited out, leaving this critique irrelevant. ----
In my opinion, this whole article on Cardinal Bellarmine is written from an overwhelmingly Catholic point of view, and is unsuitable for an unbiased encylopedia. There should be mention of the torture and deaths of Giordano Bruno and Giulio Cesare Vanini, in which Bellarmino was a major participant. It is unacceptable for a Saint to be an unrepentant murderer without some explanation. Ronpeek 08:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Need confirmation of his feast day
He is listed under feast days for May 13, yet the info box says September 17. Which is correct...? Thanks --Midx1004 21:16, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Paragraph after "New Duties"
Does not make sense and should be rewritten. Who is Gaetano?
4.243.167.224 00:28, 5 October 2007 (UTC)Daniel F. Baedeker
[edit] Unhelpful external link
The external links section of the article had advertised this website as containing "primary source texts from his writings". However, the website appears to contain nothing but dummy links, as it has done for some months. It doesn't appear to contain any primary source texts at all, nor does it appear to have done so in the past. I have therefore commented out the link so Wikipedia readers won't be misled into wasting their time by following it. I don't believe the link should be reinstated until the webpage it points to does in fact post some primary source texts. —David Wilson (talk · cont) 14:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
