Sainte Jeanne d’Arc was a heretic in just the ways Jesus was a heretic. The trial was procedurally fair. Sure, the Pharisees pitched it to Rome as insurrection, but that wasn’t illicit by Rabbinic law. Jesus clearly claimed to be God which was considered blasphemy according to the law. His followers claimed to hear a Voice declaring him the Son of the Father, and he didn’t do anything to repudiate their testimony, in fact on trial, he claims that everyone will see him seated at the right hand of the Father. Private revelation much?
It’s like you say: Joan was a heretic *and she was right*. Dostoevsky was also right: the Holy Roman Empire fraught with libido dominandi (Augustine) would’ve put Jesus on trial. Instead they got the daughter of La Fille de l’Église plus âgée.
I think Mark Twain makes a couple of important points here. First, a superior Church forum had already investigated Joan and found her orthodox. Cauchon simply had no jurisdiction but was abusing a prisoner of war. Secondly, Joan appealed to the Pope. Cauchon had an obligation to send her on.
More importantly, the Church has already proclaimed Joan a saint. The matter is settled and Cauchon is a disgrace. To believe otherwise is heretical, which I think undercuts your point.
Sainte Jeanne d’Arc was a heretic in just the ways Jesus was a heretic. The trial was procedurally fair. Sure, the Pharisees pitched it to Rome as insurrection, but that wasn’t illicit by Rabbinic law. Jesus clearly claimed to be God which was considered blasphemy according to the law. His followers claimed to hear a Voice declaring him the Son of the Father, and he didn’t do anything to repudiate their testimony, in fact on trial, he claims that everyone will see him seated at the right hand of the Father. Private revelation much?
It’s like you say: Joan was a heretic *and she was right*. Dostoevsky was also right: the Holy Roman Empire fraught with libido dominandi (Augustine) would’ve put Jesus on trial. Instead they got the daughter of La Fille de l’Église plus âgée.
I think Mark Twain makes a couple of important points here. First, a superior Church forum had already investigated Joan and found her orthodox. Cauchon simply had no jurisdiction but was abusing a prisoner of war. Secondly, Joan appealed to the Pope. Cauchon had an obligation to send her on.
More importantly, the Church has already proclaimed Joan a saint. The matter is settled and Cauchon is a disgrace. To believe otherwise is heretical, which I think undercuts your point.
I'm halfway through, will finish later, but wow this is fascinating. I never read historical trials this extensively. You should be an author