On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Sascha Noyes wrote:
A good example of why it is a bad idea to use the CE as a starting-point for a wikipedia entry: (found on [[Witchhunt]] and quickly removed)
"The question of the reality of witchcraft is one upon which it is not easy to pass a confident judgment. In the face of Holy Scripture and the teaching of the Fathers and theologians the abstract possibility of a pact with the Devil and of a diabolical interference in human affairs can hardly be denied"
;-)
Sad to say, but this is the least of the problems I have encountered with the CE. At one point, when researching the Controversy of the Three Chapters (one of the many twists & turns of the dispute over the nature of Christ), I found that the CE actually lied about its effects in the West. Its account of the resulting schism in Northern Italy clearly made it seem as if the dispute was resolved within a life time, when I knew from other accounts that it persisted for about 150 years.
Sometimes even to simply cut-n-paste PD materials, with minimal editting, one must needs be an expert.
Geoff