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1 posted on 04/14/2004 10:44:45 AM PDT by Destro
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2 posted on 04/14/2004 10:45:00 AM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: Destro
"We cannot forget that tragic day for Constantinople and for our Patriarchate but we forgive... and we accept with satisfaction the expression of their regret and the reassurance that the West will never again undertake such an abomination against the Christians of the East", Vartholomaios said. "It is a fact that a great sin was committed against Constantinople 800 years ago,"

This sounds less like an apology and more like a condemnation.

5 posted on 04/14/2004 11:29:37 AM PDT by Between the Lines
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Fourth Crusade ping
9 posted on 04/14/2004 1:53:42 PM PDT by Dajjal
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To: Destro
I don't understand why this is an issue. Everyone involved in these incidents died 750 years ago. Catholics today don't bear collective guilt and they don't need to be "forgiven" for this "sin" by anyone.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What is the meaning? That you use among you this parable as a proverb in the land of Israel, saying: The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge. As I live, saith the Lord God, this parable shall be no more to you a proverb in Israel. Behold all souls are mine: as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, the same shall die. (Ezechiel 18.1-4)
10 posted on 04/14/2004 1:55:25 PM PDT by gbcdoj (in mundo pressuram habetis, sed confidite, ego vici mundum)
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ping: Looky here...don't we feel better now?
11 posted on 04/14/2004 4:13:36 PM PDT by Polycarp IV (PRO-LIFE orthodox Catholic--without exception, without compromise, without apology. Any questions?)
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To: Destro
That's good. Now let's all get ready to square off and face our joint historic enemy: Islam.
17 posted on 04/14/2004 5:23:24 PM PDT by livius
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