Posted on 10/28/2018 5:19:49 AM PDT by daniel1212
An incident between police and Coptic clerics that occurred outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has drawn accusations of police violence against the monks, after officers tried to break up the group of protesters who would not let Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) maintenance workers into the church...
Police said they initially spoke with protesters and warned them that if they did not leave the area and allow the workers to enter, they would have to be evacuated. According to police, the protesters ignored these warnings, leading one who refused to move to be arrested...
Anba Angaelos, the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London...criticized the “unprecedented and unacceptable violence used by Israeli police on Coptic monks, arising from the execution of an order that contravenes a standing Israeli court property ruling in favor of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem.”..
Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qasem stated on Wednesday evening that the incident is "another crime" committed by Israeli against the Palestinians and "reflects the racist and brutal demeanor of the Israeli occupation."..
The dispute is between the Coptic and Ethiopian monasteries over the ownership of Deir El-Sultan, located on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Amen.
Part of history. Also a pilgrimage attraction.
“But He’ll be back!”
Not to the tomb!
Darn right!
I believe what He DID is recorded in the bible.
Mine says He couldn't stand that area; so after 3 days He left it!
Are not ALL differing aspects of today's Christian groups unlike the letter delivered in Acts 15?
I'll await the EVIDENCE that EITHER are 'wrong'.
I'll leave this little tidbit to ferment in your own mind a while.
Bingo!
IIRC; wasn’t it a NEW tomb?
Didn’t it EVER get used to store OTHER dead people?
--it's far superior...
I'll leave this little tidbit to ferment in your own mind a while.
Must every single thing I write here be misunderstood?
It's superior to historical chrstianity; it is not superior to the Truth (ie, Torah).
You people can't even come up with a reason for being chrstian other than "I feel something in my heart" or "Americans are supposed to be chrstians" or "chrstianity is true because chrstianity says it is true." And you think I'm going to go back to that???
Dream on.
possibly
Joel Osteen says if I follow him I will get a good parking spot, so I am going with him.
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