1.0Religion & Public Life With Mark Silkhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclifeMark Silkhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/author/msilkNewt misspeaks - Religion & Public Life With Mark Silkrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jyNZ2DU7PA"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/2011/03/newt-mispeaks.html">Newt misspeaks</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/religionandpubliclife/2011/03/newt-mispeaks.html/embed#?secret=jyNZ2DU7PA" width="600" height="338" title="“Newt misspeaks” — Religion & Public Life With Mark Silk" data-secret="jyNZ2DU7PA" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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In his 12th-century chronicle, The Two Cities, Bishop Otto of Freising retells the story of Bishop Tiemo of Salzburg, who as prisoner of the Emir of Memphis in 1100 was said to have broken to pieces idols that he’d been ordered to worship and was tortured to death for his pains. Otto, who had gotten…