tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post385284264967675795..comments2024-03-28T08:42:07.659-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Buda Liberated — 333 Years Ago Hungary’s Capital Was Freed From the TurkTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-32385352558116357222019-09-16T09:05:54.007-07:002019-09-16T09:05:54.007-07:00Great to see them celebrating and commemorating th...Great to see them celebrating and commemorating the event. <br /><br />In the USA, they'd apologize for their ancestors having been rude to the Turkish invaders, accuse their ancestors of Islamophobia, and invite the Turks back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-63705043222256177252019-09-16T07:29:02.156-07:002019-09-16T07:29:02.156-07:00The Hungarians are praiseworthy in so many respect...The Hungarians are praiseworthy in so many respects.But with all other Eastern European countries, they do not repudiate the Enlightenment. Democracies are constantly as shifting majorities, and can be subject to new governments at any given time. <br /> Nationalism, another child and byproduct of the Enlightenment is not the same as the ancient virtue of patriotism. Patriotism, is love and appreciation of one's country, and willingness it defend it from threats. Nationlism, in contrast, is the raising of one's country and culture above, and at the expense of all others. Catholism, and not the nation-state is the ultimate Universal Good. But nationalism leaves the nation loving the Church because, the Church is a sacred element of the whole culture. Instead, it should be the national culture that should love itself for the sake of, and even at the expense of, the Church. Much of the nationalists, liberals, and the democracy lovers see the Church as a servant of the Nation.Nationalism can be helpful for the Church, but the Church also has to be a but weary of the national goals and ambitions. The Turks must be destroyed. The Muslims must be converted. And so must the malaysian, middle-eastern, chinese, and amazonian peoples. The Church is not just Europe. It is a Universal Church. Nationalism is often goid in helping the Church to defend itself against a foreign nonCatholic aggressor against a Catholic nation. But nationalism can can also build trenches that draw lines as to where Catholicism begins and where it ends. Tito Edwards is correct. The Church is not, and cannot be seen as synonymous with Europe: it is Universal. We must send missionaries to pagan and heretical majority nations:China, India, Indonesia, Germany, Vatican City, Italy, the US. Etc.Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957650751915614843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-50451483975507803682019-09-15T18:16:36.725-07:002019-09-15T18:16:36.725-07:00There is a piece of Europe still under the Muslim ...There is a piece of Europe still under the Muslim yoke. It is of Eastern Thracia, Anatolia, North Africa & the Middle East.Tito Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218771096085701665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-64403891567513394992019-09-15T16:34:39.251-07:002019-09-15T16:34:39.251-07:00If you read any writing of Islam, there is a const...If you read any writing of Islam, there is a constant theme. The goal is the subjugation of Christianity. The thrust has never changed. Only the interpretation has changed. We have a pontiff who only sees the world through "the rose colored glasses" of world socialism. There is no evil. There is only the acting out of the poor against a godless capitalist structure.----The 9-11 attack against the World Trade Center was almost entirely made up of Muslims from Saudi Arabia. They are supposedly the more moderate Sunni brand. The more violent Shia variety just attacked Saudi Arabia through its proxy of Hezbollah.----You can bet in any way possible, there will be another 9-11 type attack against America by the "religion of peace". Actually, we now have a "peaceful pontiff" who cares nothing about attacks on America. In his mind, capitalism must be destroyed and replaced with his world socialist agenda which includes secret deals with the Red Chinese.JBQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344181644293746758noreply@blogger.com