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This is not the Koran but the Book of Gospels of the Orthodox Church — usuaally green. Check it out. Are you just repeating what you think is true?

You mean as you did when you posted your erroneous assertion that Peter was mentioned in Scripture more than all the other apostles combined, which was not even close? And which you have yet to admit?

As for your assertion here, where is your documentation that refutes your fellow RCs? Just some pictures? To you want a green Qur'an? http://images.go-makkah.com/upload/images/dossiers/go-makkah-hajj-oumra-f66jb5-the-holy-quranjpg.jpg

You were even on the FR thread which tried to deny this but in which the opposite is the only thing documented: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2820143/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2820143/posts?page=85#85

At the end of the audience the Pope bowed to the Muslim holy book, the Qu'ran, presented to him by the delegation, and he kissed it as a sign of respect. The photo of that gesture has been shown repeatedly on Iraqi television and it demonstrates that the Pope is not only aware of the suffering of the Iraqi people, he has also great respect for Islam. - http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=10415

Father Joe, Pope John Paul II Kisses the Koran: "The Koran was a gift to him from the delegation. Islamic peoples are not casual in the giving of gifts. It represents the giver. They knew perfectly well that the Pope was a Catholic Christian, but they gave to him that which was regarded as most important in their life, their own holy book. Thus, at the end of the audience, the Pope showed his deep appreciation to this intimate self-donation, by bowing and kissing the Koran as a sign of respect." - http://fatherjoe.wordpress.com/instructions/debates/anti-catholicism/pope-john-paul-ii-kisses-the-koran/

This is not the Koran but the Book of Gospels of the Orthodox Church — usuaally green.
Check it out.
Are you just repeating what you think is true?

JPII kisses the Koran
May 14, 1999 - John Paul II kisses the Koran (Qu'ran) at the Vatican.
To the objectors who claim that this book was not the Koran, we present an excerpt from an interview with FIDES News Service (June 1, 1999). In it, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Raphael I affirmed that he was present when John Paul II kissed the Muslim "holy" book:

"On May 14th I was received by the Pope, together with a delegation composed of the Shi'ite imam of Khadum mosque and the Sunni president of the council of administration of the Iraqi Islamic Bank. There was also a representative of the Iraqi ministry of religion. ....

"At the end of the audience the Pope bowed to the Muslim holy book, the Qu'ran, presented to him by the delegation, and he kissed it as a sign of respect. The photo of that gesture has been shown repeatedly on Iraqi television and it demonstrates that the Pope is not only aware of the suffering of the Iraqi people, he has also great respect for Islam."
For the full text of the interview, click here.
Posted June 21, 2004

This is not the Koran but the Book of Gospels of the Orthodox Church — usuaally green. Check it out. Are you just repeating what you think is true?

Demonstrably false ...

To the objectors who claim that this book was not the Koran, we present an excerpt from an interview with FIDES News Service (June 1, 1999). In it, Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Raphael I affirmed that he was present when John Paul II kissed the Muslim "holy" book:

"On May 14th I was received by the Pope, together with a delegation composed of the Shi'ite imam of Khadum mosque and the Sunni president of the council of administration of the Iraqi Islamic Bank. There was also a representative of the Iraqi ministry of religion. ....

"At the end of the audience the Pope bowed to the Muslim holy book, the Qu'ran, presented to him by the delegation, and he kissed it as a sign of respect. The photo of that gesture has been shown repeatedly on Iraqi television and it demonstrates that the Pope is not only aware of the suffering of the Iraqi people, he has also great respect for Islam."

For the full text of the interview

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/features/index.cfm?recnum=10415