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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

hedgehog

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4. My fear is that it will take a complex piece of history

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 01:20 PM

May 2012

and simplify it beyond recognition in order to gin up feelings that Obama is persecuting the Church.

For example, the revolutionary government seized Church properties. That statement is meaningless without context. Coming our of colonialism, what percent of Mexican land was held by the Church?

During the Spanish Civil War, the government killed many priests and nuns, but that doesn't mean that Franco was the good guy!

Imagine an America in which Cardinal Dolan literally controlled the lives of millions of citizens, and you can begin to understand the complexities.

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"For Greater Glory": Anybody else heard about this upcoming movie? [View all] Brigid May 2012 OP

I was just reading about it in TNR this afternoon. CBHagman May 2012 #1

This is my problem with the Cristeros, and with a movie glorifying them. rug May 2012 #2

I was reading about it a few weeks ago... brendan120678 May 2012 #3

My fear is that it will take a complex piece of history hedgehog May 2012 #4

More about this here: hedgehog May 2012 #5

For what it's worth -- CBHagman May 2012 #6

My mother, now dead, told me about this portion of Mexican history. She said it was terrible. The demosincebirth May 2012 #7

Another story inspired by this history is hedgehog May 2012 #8

Oh, they're able but it would it would change their script. rug Jun 2012 #11

"'For Greater Glory' moving, but glosses over aspects of war" hedgehog May 2012 #9

I seen it today and I don't care what the critics say (mostly negative). It was a very heart demosincebirth Jun 2012 #10

I'm glad you saw it. I probably will at some point. rug Jun 2012 #12

Self-defense, basically. Brigid Jun 2012 #13

I must be in the pacifist wing of the Church. rug Jun 2012 #14

They handled it, more or less, as freedom of religion. But,their battle "cry" was "viva Cristo Rey." demosincebirth Jun 2012 #15

"The Mission" explores the same conflict between self defence hedgehog Jun 2012 #16

That's one I intended to see but never did. Thanks for the reminder. rug Jun 2012 #17

Here's a review. rug Jun 2012 #18