tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post6688267401461747811..comments2023-10-31T11:50:09.773+00:00Comments on Mulier Fortis: Solomon's Foot-In-Mouth SagaMulier Fortishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-82036184739047978702007-10-14T19:11:00.000+01:002007-10-14T19:11:00.000+01:00National Catholic Register film critic Steven D. G...<I>National Catholic Register</I> film critic Steven D. Greydanus discusses the film's anti-Catholicism in <A HREF="http://www.decentfilms.com/sections/reviews/elizabeth2.html" REL="nofollow">his review.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-10341811891353052102007-08-15T11:20:00.000+01:002007-08-15T11:20:00.000+01:00Msgr Langham has put up another comment on his blo...Msgr Langham has put up another comment on his blog; though ungrammatical, it appears to be offering him congratulations. How bizarre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-79149246937594713212007-08-13T21:32:00.000+01:002007-08-13T21:32:00.000+01:00I'm almost surprised the saint in the Cathedral ha...I'm almost surprised the saint in the Cathedral hasn't gotten up to tell off the hierarchicals yet!<BR/><BR/>Mac, St Sophia's cathedral was indeed turned into a mosque, and one can read about how it happened in Oriana Fallaci's magnificent book <I>The Force of Reason</I>, the relevant extract of which reads thus:<BR/><BR/><I>"…Crashing aside the Christians at Varna in 1444 they secured possession of Walachia, Moldavia, Transylvania, the territory now called Bulgaria and Romania, then in 1453 they put again under siege Constantinople which on May 29 fell into the hands of Mehmet II and by the way:<BR/>do you know who was Mehmet II?<BR/><BR/>A guy who, by virtue of the Islamic Fratricide Law which authorized a sultan to murder members of his immediate family, had ascended the throne by strangling his three year-old brother.<BR/>Do you know the chronicle that about the fall of Constantinople the scribe Phrantzes has left us to refresh the memory of the oblivious or rather of the hypocrites ?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps not. Especially in Europe, a Europe that weeps only for the Muslims, never for the Christians or the Jews or the Buddhists or the Hindus, it would not be Politically Correct to know the details of </I><B>the fall of Constantinople.<BR/><BR/>Its inhabitants who at daybreak, while Mehmet II is shelling Theodosius’ walls, take refuge in the cathedral of St. Sophia and here start to sing psalms. To invoke divine mercy. The patriarch who by candlelight celebrates his last Mass and in order to lessen the panic thunders:<BR/>“Fear not, my brothers and sisters! Tomorrow you’ll be in the Kingdom of Heaven and your names will survive till the end of time!”.<BR/><BR/>The children who cry in terror, their mothers who give them heart repeating:“Hush, baby, hush! We die for our faith in Jesus Christ! We die for our Emperor Constantine XI, for our homeland!”.<BR/><BR/>The Ottoman troops who beating their drums step over the breaches in the fallen walls, overwhelm the Genovese and Venetian and Spanish defenders, hack them on to death with scimitars, then burst into the cathedral and behead even newborn babies.<BR/><BR/>They amuse themselves by snuffing out the candles with their little severed heads... It lasted from the dawn to the afternoon that massacre. It abated only when the Grand Vizier mounted the pulpit of St. Sophia and said to the slaughterers:<BR/>“Rest. Now this temple belongs to Allah”<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile the city burns, the soldiery crucify and hang and impale, the Janissaries rape and butcher the nuns (four thousand in a few hours) or put the survivors in chains to sell them at the market of Ankara.</B><I> And the servants prepare the Victory Feast.<BR/><BR/>The feast during which (in defiance of the Prophet) Mehmet II got drunk on the wines of Cyprus and, having a soft spot for young boys, sent for the firstborn of the Greek Orthodox Grand Duke Notaras. A fourteen year-old adolescent known for his beauty. In front of everyone he raped him, and after the rape he sent for his family. His parents, his grandparents, his uncles, his aunts and cousins. In front of him he beheaded them. One by one. He also had all the altars destroyed, all the bells melted down, all the churches turned into mosques or bazaars.<BR/><BR/>Oh, yes. That’s how Constantinople became Istanbul. But Doudou of the UN and the teachers in our schools don’t want to hear about it."</I><BR/><BR/>Cited from <A HREF="http://www.topix.net/forum/world/armenia/TR2GE0F67R0SP301M" REL="nofollow">Topix.net</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-74012649233953410312007-08-13T09:06:00.000+01:002007-08-13T09:06:00.000+01:00These are abundant fruits of false ecumenism.These are abundant fruits of false ecumenism.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019463202735275839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-7710433786025897382007-08-12T22:33:00.000+01:002007-08-12T22:33:00.000+01:00Thank you for the info, Mac.(It seems a bit odd to...Thank you for the info, Mac.<BR/>(It seems a bit odd to me, but whatever, I guess.)Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840370708098022422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-88047914953813989502007-08-12T20:30:00.000+01:002007-08-12T20:30:00.000+01:00I have the opportunity of going to Mass at Westmin...I have the opportunity of going to Mass at Westminster Cathedral each day and each and every day there are so many candles and devotees at the Relic body of St. John Southwark a Priest, Saint and Martyr who died for the Mass for his fellow Priests so that they could be Holy and freely Proclaim the Word of God and the Eucharist in Westminster and in England. Then in the very place where his Dear and Sacred body remains there are people who wish to use this public place of worship to promote, twist and destroy the reputation of the Holy Priesthood. I feel offended by this action and will make it known to him.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342713528373741011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-89153292773837657122007-08-12T20:29:00.000+01:002007-08-12T20:29:00.000+01:00Hagia Sopha was turned into a mosque after the con...Hagia Sopha was turned into a mosque after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, but under Ataturk (in line with his secularization policy in Turkey, I guess) it became a museum, and is so still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-17951474932296730812007-08-12T20:01:00.000+01:002007-08-12T20:01:00.000+01:00Anonymous - I will certainly pray for you: we need...Anonymous - I will certainly pray for you: we need to hate what the hierarchy are <I>doing</I> when it is so obviously wrong, rather than hating the hierarchy themselves.<BR/><BR/>Anne & White Stone - he hasn't published my comment either. To be fair, he might not have time (or energy) to blog on Sundays. I shall check again tomorrow...Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-13466137768137293172007-08-12T19:34:00.000+01:002007-08-12T19:34:00.000+01:00I sent a message to his blog saying politely that ...I sent a message to his blog saying politely that this was a wrong thing to do.<BR/>Wonder if he'll allow it.WhiteStoneNameSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817511811745085749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-27346346882979718082007-08-12T19:24:00.000+01:002007-08-12T19:24:00.000+01:00Has the cock crowed yet?How much more of this are ...Has the cock crowed yet?<BR/><BR/>How much more of this are we supposed to put up with?WhiteStoneNameSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817511811745085749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-12891716648049364932007-08-12T17:48:00.000+01:002007-08-12T17:48:00.000+01:00This is what I wrote to Fr. Langham, he did not po...This is what I wrote to Fr. Langham, he did not post it on his website, now there's a surprise!<BR/><BR/>I take it that you asked the film company more than 30 pieces of silver for this transaction? You ought to be ashamed of yourself for lending the City Cathedral for this public display of indecency about our Catholic Priests. You continue to use the Cathedral for public spectacle, like the public farce of 99 names for Allah concert which brought you only disrepute. STOP offending Your God, in the name of your Priesthood, stop right now!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05342713528373741011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-35722012623679655552007-08-12T16:12:00.000+01:002007-08-12T16:12:00.000+01:00Another example of the work of the &^*&^$£$ heirar...Another example of the work of the &^*&^$£$ heirarchy's priorities. I am beginning to hate them - pray for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-77042226435982606552007-08-12T16:05:00.000+01:002007-08-12T16:05:00.000+01:00Yeah, that's it, Mac. I'm not sure it's so much in...Yeah, that's it, Mac. I'm not sure it's so much in bad taste, because the Cathedral is notably in the Byzantine style...but I'm growing very cold towards the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-85227408516330443612007-08-12T14:43:00.000+01:002007-08-12T14:43:00.000+01:00It was the boast by the Emperor Justinian on the c...It was the boast by the Emperor Justinian on the completion of the Hagia Sophia, referring to Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem.<BR/><BR/>The Hagia Sophia has been converted to a mosque, I think...<BR/><BR/>Anyway, presumably it's making a reference to the Byzantine style of Westminster Cathedral, but I feel that it's rather an arrogant title...Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-25798233232233253952007-08-12T14:25:00.000+01:002007-08-12T14:25:00.000+01:00Completely off-topic.I'm curious. Does anyone know...Completely off-topic.<BR/>I'm curious. <BR/>Does anyone know the meaning of his blog title?<BR/>Thanks.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15840370708098022422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-12546212697662449032007-08-12T09:37:00.000+01:002007-08-12T09:37:00.000+01:00Well I told Mgr Langham exactly what I thought...B...Well I told Mgr Langham exactly what I thought...<BR/>But to be frank I am just so hurt by them...<BR/>Thirty pieces of silver?<BR/>They're acting like they'd sell their souls for ten benson, a mucky mag and a chance to get their face on telly or their name in the newspaper.On the side of the angelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558623489507006790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-41216233758970525592007-08-12T09:23:00.000+01:002007-08-12T09:23:00.000+01:00Thirty pieces of silver? More likely £10 K! Or mor...Thirty pieces of silver? More likely £10 K! Or more. Avarice, my friend, avarice.<BR/><BR/>When Hollywood were looking to film the Da Vinci Code in Westminster Abbey the Dean, very correctly and for the right reasons, said no. <BR/><BR/>The Dean of Lincoln on the other hand, couldn't wait to get to the bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-16964243185363055192007-08-12T08:31:00.000+01:002007-08-12T08:31:00.000+01:00I presume the Cardinal and his auxillaries would h...I presume the Cardinal and his auxillaries would have been consulted about the use of the Cathedral for this film. It is a sad reflection on them that the "Mother Church" of our nation should be used to perpetuate anti-Catholic myth and sully the name of those glorious martyrs of the faith.<BR/>Following on from the Cathedral being used for the performance of the 99 Beautiful Names one is left to ask: to what ends will the Cathedral authorities not stoop to for their thirty pieces of silver? <BR/><BR/>Is it folly or avarice that drives them?Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-57918411346490528902007-08-12T08:13:00.000+01:002007-08-12T08:13:00.000+01:00I used to like him and his blog; to be truthful, n...I used to like him and his blog; to be truthful, now I'm not so sure. He seems to be content, as you say, in broadcasting distortions of the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-56713415495569555742007-08-12T06:03:00.000+01:002007-08-12T06:03:00.000+01:00Would I be right in thinking that a substantial 'l...Would I be right in thinking that a substantial 'location fee' had anything to do with this further 'secular' use of a consecrated church? More like the actions of a pimp than a Cathedral Dean (for that is what they seem to be called these days).<BR/><BR/>Somehow, I can't see the Holy Father nodding through a request to use St Peter's as a location for a remake of "The Borgias".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com