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To: TheThirdRuffian
It's called simple history. Generalizations are the norm when talking about historical groups. It says nothing about what some individuals may have done. I doubt this Jewish author considers his work a "half-truth" when he says,
"According to surviving records, Jews helped the Arabs in many places. From Syria to Spain, they opened city gates to the besieging armies; and in Spain, they often garrisoned the captured cities to enable the Muslims to sweep on to further conquests. " (Lucien Gubbay -The Jews of Arabia)

"The reason for the Expulsion and Inquision (according the official Roman Catholic Church apology) was greed."

Do you have a link for this?

38 posted on 03/06/2013 12:50:34 PM PST by Varda
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To: Varda

“Do you have a link for this?”

I would start with the Tertio Millennio Adveniente and then read then-Cardinal Ratiznger’s follow up letters which were much nitter-and-gritter and called out the “Inquisition Deniers” as essentially schismatics and false-apologetics who bring shame upon Christ’s Church.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_10111994_tertio-millennio-adveniente_en.html

To be blunt, we Christians screwed up majorly. Worse, we did it in the name of Christ’s Church.

Was it a long time ago? Yep. Were there mixed reasons for the things we did? Yep.

Does Christ expect us to rise above mixed reasons and live to a higher standard? Yep.


54 posted on 03/07/2013 9:51:11 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (RINOS like Romney, McCain, Dole are sure losers. No more!)
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