2006-09-21 03:21:59 · 12 answers · asked by prettyqbee07 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Of course not. The pope is not trying to become a martyr for the Christian faith. It is Muslims who seek to become martyrs (shahid) for their faith.
The pope and other non-Muslims love the beautiful world, plants and animals that God created. The pope and other non-Muslims seek to live a long and fruitful life glorifying God and enjoying the love of family, friends and pets. The fruit of the Christian spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, gentleness, meekness, temperance and faith.
It is the pope's duty to dispel the delusion that Islam is a peaceful religion (except under the circumstance that all non-Muslims are converted or killed to rid the world of fitnah). (Quran 8:39)
Christians became martyrs when they refused to convert to Islam. Manuel II Paliaologos, the Byzantine Emperor whose discourse was quoted by Pope Benedict, was overrun by Muslims and had to pay the jizyah (submission tribute) to avoid being killed. Between 1379 and 1402 Byzantium had paid 690,000 hyperpyra (or 345,000 ducats) to the Ottomans.
http://www.roman-emperors.org/manuel2.htm
The pope said in his own words, "Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul."
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg_en.html
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=46474
At his weekly audience in St Peters Square on Wednesday, September 22, the pope said, "I wished to explain that not religion and violence but religion and reason go together," he said.
Pope Benedict has invited the ambassadors of Muslim countries at the Vatican, as well as leaders of Italy's own Muslim community, to a meeting on Monday at his summer palace.
http://cbs3.com/topstories/topstories_story_265051734.html
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060922/2006-09-22T102431Z_01_L22706866_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-POPE-ISLAM-MEETING-DC.html
2006-09-21 09:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you mean? If you are trying to ask if the Pope is trying to martyr himself for the Christian faith- I think being the Pope is martyr enough, he doesn't have to try.
2006-09-21 03:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by uptheladdertotheroof 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 06:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he is not. The goofy Muslims who try to prove they are not a violent religion by rioting in the streets and killing nuns are always trying to be martyr's for their faith.
2006-09-21 04:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Shalom. My appreciated friend. Faith it is based in one triune God the Father, Son, Holly Spirit, If this person adores also images it do not meet the Scriptures of the Old Testament neither the New.
In conclusion the Pope is not a Christian in the Scriptural sense of the Word of God the Bible! neither can be a martyr of the Christian faith! see this http://www.elolivo.com/messiah.htm
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2006-09-21 03:36:45 · answer #5 · answered by Marcos B 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The catholic religion dose not believe in martyrdom. Besides that he is not, he was speaking of fact and truth. Sorry if it is offending to anyone but it is a factual event that was being quoted.
2006-09-21 03:24:47 · answer #6 · answered by Bill 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean is he trying to provoke the enemies of Christianity into killing him? No.
2006-09-21 03:35:55 · answer #7 · answered by freeetibet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think old George Bush is making him feel left out.He wants some action too.
So he wants to be labelled an idiot ,stupid , crazy ,no good ,self centred monkey!
2006-09-21 03:59:21 · answer #8 · answered by All Star 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The pope is an idiot!
2006-09-21 03:30:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
No he just wanted people to not fight
2006-09-21 03:23:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋