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Lepanto, 1571: The Battle That Saved Europe
Crisis Magazine ^
| December 2006
| H. W. Crocker III
Posted on 12/30/2006 6:14:41 AM PST by NYer
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H. W. Crocker III is the author most recently of Don’t Tread on Me: 400 Years of America at War, from Indian-Fighting to Terrorist-Hunting. His prize-winning comic novel The Old Limey and his books Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church, A 2,000-Year History and Robert E. Lee on Leadership are available in paperback.
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12/30/2006 6:14:44 AM PST
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NYer
To: NYer
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posted on
12/30/2006 6:16:12 AM PST
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Diago
("Upon hearing about such things, I confess that I'm tempted to look for my shotgun and baseball bat")
To: Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; Romulus; ...
So in honor of Don Juan, of Lepanto, of who we are as Catholics, let us pray for them, for their safety and for their victory. St. George, St. Michael, Our Lady, pray for themand for us.
St. Michael, protect them!
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posted on
12/30/2006 6:17:07 AM PST
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NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
To: NYer
Lepanto! Ave Maria Virgo Fidelis!
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12/30/2006 6:19:07 AM PST
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Cap'n Crunch
(Rush Limbaugh, the Winston Churchill of our time)
To: NYer
Wow thanks, Triumph was a hoot.
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12/30/2006 6:24:44 AM PST
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AliVeritas
(Even if a mother forgets the child of her womb, I will not forget you.)
To: NYer
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12/30/2006 6:34:14 AM PST
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AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: NYer
But then, as now, the unity of Christendom was shattered; and in the aftermath of the Protestant revolt, Islam saw its opportunity. Islam always gets in when there is weakness in the Christian church. The division brought to the African church by Arianism and Donatism lingered for a long time and opened a breach that Islam, a syncretist cult that has a strong Arian tinge, fresh from the fevered mind of Mohammed, rushed in to fill. And the Church was really too weak in that area to resist it.
Later Islam was able to take advantage of the division and hostility between the Eastern and Western Church.
Islam first gained entry to Spain because Muslim armies were invited there by "Christian" kings who were fighting with each other (and the lingering Arianism left over from the Visigoths didn't help). Of course, the Muslims immediately turned around and overran the useful idiots who had invited them.
I suppose all this is a way of saying that Christian unity is crucial in withstanding Islam. And that orthodoxy is essential to this. I think this approach is the one the Pope is taking: unity in orthodoxy. The problem is that it will take a long time to work this out, and Islam is already at the gates.
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12/30/2006 6:46:14 AM PST
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livius
To: NYer
One hell of a story. Bump.
To: NYer
Thank God for the Catholic Church!
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12/30/2006 7:15:59 AM PST
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Titanites
To: NYer
Don Juans ship and men were getting the worst of itdespite the handsome heros pet monkey hurling Ottoman grenades back at the enemy Did I read that correctly, even the monkey was fighting the enemy? LOL.
To: NYer
Certainly one of the most important battles in the history of the world and it is not taught in schools.
Did you know that Andrea Doria had an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Americas) in his ship's cabin? It was maybe the very first replica made of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The image is now in a cathedral along with some other items from the battle.
To: NYer
It is one of the many commonly accepted myths of history that Protestants invented capitalism, but Venice is proof that Catholic states were exercising their capitalist muscles centuries before Luther burped into his tankard or Calvin had his first glint of his predestined salvation and others predestined damnation.Someone's been reading not only Chesterton, but Hillaire "Old Thunder" Belloc as well.
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12/30/2006 7:34:06 AM PST
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Huber
(And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. - John 1:5)
To: NYer
Great article.
Thanks for posting.
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12/30/2006 7:52:13 AM PST
by
EternalHope
(Boycott everything French forever. Including their vassal nations.)
To: NYer
Somewhat familiar with the politics behind Lepanto, changes in technology, course of the battle, etc. A very important event.
It is interesting that the same moral choices are presented to every individual, culture, and age. One sees the light of the Divine Help.
One is reminded of Albrecht von Wallenstein, killed on February 25, 1634. Wallenstein had very nearly single handedly brought what is now known as the 30 Years War to an end. If he had been successful Europe would have been much less intractably divided and so more ready for the Moslem invasion.
The villain of this piece is Cardinal Richelieu. For the Glory of France, (Richelieu would claim for the Glory of God) Richelieu had Wallenstein assassinated.
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12/30/2006 8:18:04 AM PST
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Iris7
(Dare to be pigheaded! Stubborn! "Tolerance" is not a virtue!)
To: Iris7
It is interesting that the same moral choices are presented to every individual, culture, and age. One sees the light of the Divine Help. A very astute observation which is born out in Scripture.
Ecclesiastes
Chapter 1
- 9
- What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun.
- 10
- Even the thing of which we say, "See, this is new!" has already existed in the ages that preceded us.
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12/30/2006 9:24:15 AM PST
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NYer
(Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to Heaven. St. Rose of Lima)
To: Iris7
Victor Davis Hansen wrote a nice chapter on Lepanto in "Conflict and Culture"
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12/30/2006 10:12:52 AM PST
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Huber
(And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. - John 1:5)
To: Cap'n Crunch
Pray the Rosary. But I think I am preaching to the choir here. LOL!
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12/30/2006 10:25:31 AM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Titanites
Lepanto is one thing that Protestants are usually aware of, but not accepting of.
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12/30/2006 10:26:25 AM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: NYer
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12/30/2006 11:44:47 AM PST
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Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
Amen! Preach it! All the mysteries... 'The Rosary is the weapon'..
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12/30/2006 1:40:04 PM PST
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Cap'n Crunch
(Rush Limbaugh, the Winston Churchill of our time)
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