Steve Lefemine on History

"Smokescreens" Chap. 2
- St. Bartholomew massacre, Rome's slaughter of Protestant French Huguenots, France - 1572




Smokescreensby Jack T. Chick
© 1983 Jack T. Chick
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[ CCL: excerpt, emphasis added - St. Bartholomew massacre, Rome's slaughter of Protestant French Huguenots, France - 1572 ]


"Let's go back in history now and touch on what took place in France at the St. Bartholomew massacre and what happened later in Ireland.
We will then look at what took place in Yugoslavia during World War II."

"On August 22, 1572, the bloody St. Bartholomew massacre began. This was to be one fatal blow to destroy the Protestant movement in France.
The king of France had cleverly arranged a marriage between his sister and Admiral Coligny, the chief Protestant leader. There was a great feast
with much celebrating. After four days of feasting the soldiers were given a signal. At twelve o'clock midnight, all the houses of the Protestants
in the city were forced open at once. The admiral was killed, his body thrown out of a window into the street where his head was cut off and sent
to the pope. They also cut off his arms and privates and dragged him through the streets for three days until they finally hung his body by the heels
outside the city."

 
     The New Book Of MartyrsMassacre of Protestants on St. Bartholomew's Day

     "They also slaughtered many other well known Protestants. In the first three days, over ten thousand were killed. The bodies were thrown
into the river and blood ran through the streets into the river until it appeared like a stream of blood. So furious was their hellish rage that they
even slew their own followers if they suspected that they were not very strong in their belief in the pope. From Paris, the destruction spread to
all parts of the country. Over eight thousand more people were killed. Very few Protestants escaped the fury of their persecutors."

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