Posted on 11/23/2019 6:23:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The indefatigable apologist for Islam Pope Francis on Monday issued yet another mea culpa to Muslims, saying: “A scene from The Song of Roland comes to me as a symbol, when the Christians defeat the Muslims and line them up in front of the baptismal font, with one holding a sword. And the Muslims had to choose between baptism or the sword. That is what we Christians did.”
Was it really? The Song of Roland is actually a work of fiction, a French epic poem loosely based on the Battle of Roncevaux Pass between Muslim invaders and Christian defenders in the year 778. As The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS shows, in the eleventh century, three hundred years after the battle, The Song of Roland appeared, describing the heroism of Charlemagne’s nephew Roland, who is leading the rear guard of Charlemagne’s forces and is caught up in the Muslim ambush.
Roland has an oliphant, a horn made of an elephant’s tusk, which he can use to call for help, but he initially declines to do so, thinking it would be cowardly. Finally, Roland does blow his horn. Charlemagne, way ahead of the rear guard, nonetheless hears Roland’s horn and hurries back, but it is too late: Roland and his men are dead, and the Muslims victorious. Charlemagne, however, pursues and vanquishes the Muslims, and captures Saragossa.
Thus the legend. The Song of Roland was enormously popular and inculcated in the Christians who sang and celebrated it what came to be known (in the European Middle Ages) as knightly virtues: loyalty, courage, and perseverance, even in the face of overwhelming odds. These were virtues that would be needed if Europe was to hold out against the ever-advancing jihad.
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If Francis can’t tell the difference between Islam’s death cult and Christianity’s offer of life then he’s lost...
.....” The Church will survive this heretic”.....
Well the Catholic chrch will indeed continue but I don’t believe for an instance it’s membership is going to like what it ultimately becomes...and already on it’s way to.
It’s time to replace the replacement Pope with the replaced Pope with Alzheimer’s. Let’s bring back the Nazi youth leader... At the very least, he appeared to be Christian.
The battle the poem celebrates is over a thousand years old. Isis is burning people alive in this day and time but yeah, they’re just alike.
This guy wants to be deposed.
Little dog syndrome.
You spelled “Commie mole” wrong...
Another Frankie thread. He’s even more dangerous to Civilization than the Demoncrats. Retire, you fat slob!
Well, the cat's out of the bag. We had Roland safely covered up, hiding in plain sight in the medieval literature ghettoes in the universities. We've been outed, folks.
Just like obammy. Hates Christianity and blames it for all the ills of the world. Remember obammy told Christians not to get on a high horse over m*slim terrorism.
“That is what we Christians did.” Sorry, pope, but that fictional event was placed before the year 778, and does not include “US.” By using the word “WE,” pope is trying to paint us as responsible for the action.
The truth, pope, is that Christians no longer do that, but m*slims do.
With “Vicars of Christ” like this, who needs satanic enemies?
It is firmly inculcated in Catholics from the earliest age that their faith is the ONLY legitimate “church” and all others are impostors or pretenders. Not to discredit ardent Catholics, but that’s where they come from.
Pope needs to put away his book of poems and pick up a Bible!
Pope needs to put away his book of poems and pick up a Bible!
In real life, the Basques killed Roland, not the Moslems.
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