anyone have GOOD HONEST books on the Crusades and INQUISITION??
I wonder if Hagee also believes that the people of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri were also punished for their sins last week when they were devastated by tornados?
This Catholic forgives Mr Hagee. I hope he will continue learning about the Church, warts and all.
Well met. Onward!
Hagee didn't compromise any theological principles. He just apologized for some things he did say but should not have.
Now, when will he apologize to the Protestants?
Well, Hallelujah! This now, de-fangs, the poisonous, little, four-eyed, faggot, Keith Olbermann, who insisted (even as recently as the in the last 7 days) on continually refering to John Hagee as “John McCain’s Pastor”.
Whacha gonna do now Keithie? Huh? Hey, I have a great idea; why don’t you turn your venom on the Marxist, racist, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright? Nah; never happen will it Keithie? PUNK!!!
I will believe his apology only if I never hear him adding another anti-Catholic joke to his Sunday worship services which are broadcast in San Antonio.
That's not how to apologize. It puts the blame on the target rather than the shooter. A true apology admits the wrong and then asks or does what he can do to right the wrong.
He needs to point out his offensive words and say why they are wrong. Unless, of course, he doesn't think they are wrong. Anyone can say they are "sorry for anything offensive they said." That's a piece of cake.
I have never been comfortable calling Hagee an “anti-catholic” in the first place, at least not in the way this term is generally used. The meaning usually intended seems to be that of bigotry, which certainly explains why apologies are needed. Hagee, and many like him, seem to have a theological or exigetical position contrary to the Catholic Church. That, in my view, is no more anti-catholic bigotry than is our denial of their positions. We in the Church should be more careful. I fear that the Catholic League is beginning to look too much like the ADL.
You wrote:
“Rev. Hagee’s eyes have been opened through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I have to give him credit for opening his heart and his change of heart. Bigotry of any kind wounds the soul.”
Amen to that! What Hagee did took a lot of courage and circumspection. I have a new found respect for him.
John Hagee once called the Roman church "the great whore." He also called the Roman church "apostate." But now that he's endorsed John McCain, Hagee is retracting all the mean things he said about the Roman church. The first and greatest evangelical political commandment is this: "Use your influence to get the right man elected." And the second is like it. "If it will help, apologize for all of the offensive things you said beforehand, even if those offensive things are truths deeply held." (Riddleblog)