Posted on 05/07/2016 4:20:53 PM PDT by marshmallow
This is a fight against the fearsome foe that is currently not only spreading evil through the Middle East but also threatening the whole of mankind'
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called the fight against terrorism a “holy war” and urged international unity and an abandoning of double standards to defeat this global evil.
“Today, when our warriors take part in combat operations in the Middle East, we know that this is not an aggression, occupation or an attempt to impose some ideology on other people, this has nothing to do with supporting certain governments,” Patriarch Kirill said as he held the Friday mass at the major Moscow memorial to those who fought in World War II. “This is a fight against the fearsome foe that is currently not only spreading evil through the Middle East but also threatening the whole of mankind.”
He added: “Today, we call this evil terrorism.”
The Patriarch also said that terrorists were targeting innocent civilians to intimidate their opponents and to crush any resistance to their doctrines, causing a great number of casualties and human suffering.
"This is why the war on terrorism today is the holy war today. I pray to God that people all over the world understand this and stop dividing terrorists into good and bad ones as well as connecting the war on terror with their own goals, that are often non-declared yet strongly present on the political agenda,” the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church said.
(Excerpt) Read more at russia-insider.com ...
You never know where a world war begins, until it does.
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren’t punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That’s war. And this is war.
— Ann Coulter
This is what we need from our pulpits!! We better get real.
Somebody gets it
Maybe God is moving his “authentication” process to the Eastern rite... while the Rome based congregation gets a much needed upgrade.
Most people do not recognize it for what it is, a political system..... with a beard so it can masquerade as a religion.
Ka-Bump
“We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren’t punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That’s war. And this is war.
— Ann Coulter”
Wild boasting....Christianity has to have control of it’s own countries before it can forcibly convert other lands. At this time it’s possible (even probable) that Christianity will lose influence in the West...UNLESS its adherents wake up and take action.
I guess if Francis won’t recognize the Holy War, I’ll have to go Eastern Orthodox.
CRUSADES!!!!
The time is NOW
Agree. What a contrast. Even Pope Benedict was pathetic when it came to this. Pope Francis is worse than useless.
“Wild boasting....Christianity has to have control of it’s own countries before it can forcibly convert other lands.”
Agree.
House cleansing begins at home.
The Russian Orthodox Church would enjoy saving us from ourselves if given half the chance. Evangelicals and prostestant denominations are outlawed in Russia. There never was a protestant reformation in Russia.
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