The purpose of this blog is to frequently quote saints,the bible and spiritual classics with little or no commentary
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
“Zeal for the faith, fervent devotion and compassionate love ought to rouse the hearts of the faithful, so that all who glory in the name of Christian grieved to the heart by the insult to their redeemer, should rise vigorously and openly in defence of the holy Land and support for God's cause. Who, filled with the light of the true faith and thinking over with filial affection the marvellous favours conferred on the human race by our saviour in the holy Land, would not burn with devotion and charity, and sorrow deeply with that holy Land, portion of the Lord's inheritance ? Whose heart will not soften with compassion for her, from so many proofs of love given in that land by our creator? Alas! the very land in which the Lord deigned to work our salvation and which, in order to redeem humanity by payment of his death, he has consecrated by his own blood, has been boldly attacked and occupied over a long period by the impious enemies of the christian name...” Pope Gregory X presided over and published the acts of the Second Council of Lyons, later included by Pope Boniface VIII in his Liber Sextus. Seond Council of Lyon, opening paragraph of Constitution I
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