Sulpitius Severus

By Richie Cooley

The writings of Severus have received warm receptions throughout church history. In reality, his strange teachings helped pave the way for the horrors of the Inquisition. This writing explores his extant works.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richie Cooley
• Release date: Feb 19, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215635322

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Sulpitius Severus

by Richie Cooley

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Richie Cooley (2023)

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Table of Contents

I. Crime Sprees

II. Seducers and Sycophants

III. Untangling of Ego

IV. Works Cited

Before getting started, let’s review a few notes…

*Old Testament Scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (NASB), copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

*New Testament Scripture is taken from the English Majority Text Version. Translated by Paul Esposito. Copyright © 2011.

*British spelling is often used, except for the quoted material, which normally employs U.S. spelling.

*Divine pronouns are normally not capitalized, unless they appear that way in Bible versions or other quotes.

*As a general rule, words that appear in brackets within quotes are not found in the original texts, and were added by the translators or are my personal comments, etc.

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I. Crime Sprees

Let’s remember that Dylan tried to stop this. Dylan gave the web page info to Brooks long before Columbine. That was a warning. This was to protect Brooks. This was probably long before any plans had been made about the school. When Dylan saw that nothing happened from trying to report these threats, Dylan must have felt helpless. Dylan knew we had gone to the police with the info. Dylan knew nothing was done. I think that Dylan had given up. Dylan was involved, way too far, and was resigned to his fate. [April 16, 1999]

And who is this Dylan? He was one of the two young men responsible for killing many people at Columbine High School. He would go from warning others about his dangerous friend to being an equal partner in his crimes.

That’s just one of the many unexpected twists in popular contemporary criminology.

That opening blurb comes from Randy Brown, one of the few people who recognised that there was real trouble brewing before the tragic day. He tried to warn others and no one listened. Apparently even one of the killers also tried to give warnings.

Randy Brown published his extensive journals unedited for all to read. It is fascinating, raw, and riveting stuff. Just trying to understand why these shootings keep happening is a worthwhile pursuit. I wish more books like Mr. Brown’s would see the light of day.

Shifting gears, another twist-filled, interesting sub-genre in the domain of true crime involves murderous medical professionals. It’s startling to realise that there are quite a number of criminals that fit this bill. Although sometimes a doctor may be involved (such as Shipman, one of the most prolific killers of all time), more often than not—the cases I’ve read about at least—have involved nurses. It’s quite a strange occurrence.

Nursing is probably the profession best known for kindness and compassion; yet as many police investigations have demonstrated, sometimes the hospital scrubs are donned by wolves.

What’s more, beyond the immediate tragedies of those hurt or bereaved, it’s an especially costly crime in many unique ways. For example, because any such trial will involve a large number of professionals, the financial cost alone can be overwhelming for most budgets. Added to that, when a hospital staffer has intentionally hurt people then the door is thrown wide open to incessant civil litigation.

And of course beyond physical damage and financial chaos, such criminals have done much to tarnish the public’s positive emotional perspective of medical professionals. Nobility will always have its antithesis. The pastor will always encounter the false prophet, just as the darnel and the wheat spring up in the same plot of earth.

Another big problem regarding the prosecution of medicinal crimes is trying to prove motive. Although motive doesn’t technically have to be proven in court, if there is no discernible motive then the guilt of the perpetrator will appear less plausible to the jury, making reasonable doubt easier to come by. Thus a big problem is that there just isn’t a ready motive to be found among nurses who kill. It doesn’t make any sense; what is there to gain? It doesn’t come down to money or sex or anything explainable. In the end it may be more comfortable and soothing to a juror to deny that such crimes can occur at all.

Having examined many of these cases, I believe that the actual motive is