Pope John Paul ii - the controversial personality?
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He is controversial in the sense that he seems liberal but at the same tiem conservative. However, the fact remains that he is the only person whose burial was attented by leaders not only of states but of religions as well
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The Pope who didn't do anything to denounce the Nazi regime and the holocaust.  Don't remember his name.
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Well: he was a brilliant scholar and a very good man who stood up for what he thought was right and, particularly, defended his catholic religion.\n\nHe ran into trouble, however, first when he "began to oppose the large and unjust exactions of money which King Henry VII [father of Henry VIII] was making from his subjects through the agency of Empson and Dudley, the latter being Speaker of the House of Commons. In this Parliament Henry demanded a grant of three-fifteenths, about 113,000 pounds, but thanks to More's protests the Commons reduced the sum to 30,000. Some years later Dudley told More that his boldness would have cost him his head but for the fact that he had not attacked the king in person. "\n\n"As chancellor it was his duty to enforce the laws against heretics and, by doing so, he provoked the attacks of Protestant writers both in his own time and since. The subject need not be discussed here, but More's attitude is patent. He agreed with the principle of the anti-heresy laws and had no hesitation in enforcing them. As he himself wrote in his "Apologia" (cap. 49) it was the vices of heretics that he hated, not their persons; and he never proceeded to extremities until he had made every effort to get those brought before him to recant. How successful he was in this is clear from the fact that only four persons suffered the supreme penalty for heresy during his whole term of office. "\n\nThen came the Great Matter of Henry VIII, who wanted to divorce his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, and marry Anne Boleyn and, in the course of this, break away from the Catholic Church and the Pope - to whom he and other Catholic kings were answerable -  and proclaim himself Supreme Head of the Church of England.  There was a royal proclamation to the clergy to acknowledge Henry as this, and More refused, continuing to do so.  In the end, as Henry could not change More's mind, the king had him beheaded:\n\n"...that innocent mirth which had been so conspicuous in his life, did not forsake him to the last . . .his death was of a piece with his life. There was nothing in it new, forced or affected. He did not look upon the severing of his head from his body as a circumstance that ought to produce any change in the disposition of his mind".\n\nSo, if you lived in those times of religious dissent, and where the penalty for disagreeing with a king whose ego knew no bounds was death, standing up to him and for your faith and for what you believed to be true was not a good example to follow!  \n\nWould it have been better if More had compromised his faith and agreed with Henry - and lived?  Or did he do the right thing?
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Jesus, Pope John Paul II, Richard Nixon.\n\nI need to pick more than 3...\nAlexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, William Rehnquist, Condoleeza Rice, George Bush (Sr. and Jr.), The Edge from U2, and the guy from school that I never had the nerve to talk to.
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In the recent past I have come across only John Paul II. He was pious and he was having the qualities of a saint! Jesus Christ and Christianity have to bless him with Sainthood, for which he deserves!!
813600
The pope has no reason to infuriate the Muslims by going to Turkey. He should stay home and mind his own business. I'm sure he can find enough problems at home.
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Absolutely he should have apologized.\n\nThe Pope was warned before he gave that speech that it was going to be controversial and cause major problems. He knew exactly what he was doing and it was a political setup for him to ignite hostility among the Muslems.
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Exactly. Pope John Paul was a great man. He should be an example for all of us. I strive to uphold his example in my every day life.
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I think santaria is a very interesting example of religious syncretism between west african beliefs and catholicism.  I am not Catholic but I think if someone is true to Catholicism and the legitimacy of the pope then they would have to reject Santaria.  That is just my opinion though.  I find it very interesting how much variation there is in catholicism despite the authority of the vatican.
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Hey Kango dude, are u trying to find ways in which you can kill the Pope  or something?\n No Bad,] but yu have got at least four questions saying ''Has a Pope ever been assasinated by a ......whatevr'' \nChill.
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he was also called pilgrim pope. he made more foriegn trips ( over 100) than all prevous popes put together. ex. 1st to go to U.K. to the Queen.
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Pope Benedict XVI.\nI'd like to raise the issues of women's rol inside the church and celibacy.
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Thousands of people here in Istanbul think that he shouldn't have come here - the question is not merely his recent comments on Muhammad but also past comments (when he was still a cardinal) about Turkey's place in Europe. He's not a popular figure here.\n\nHowever, as far as I'm concerned, whatever. His work here has more to do with the Orthodox Church than is does with either Islam or Catholicism. As the Republic of Turkey is not officially a Muslim country, he's as welcome here as anyone else.\n\nBut it doesn't change my life in any way knowing he's here.
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Maybe but I don't think he is catholic. Actually I don't know what he is. I tried once after watching a Frontline show called The Jesus Factor, to find out if he had ever been baptized, and from what I have research, I found nowhere that he has.
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The prevailing intellectuals of the day persecuted him and dragged the Roman Catholic Church into it with them. They disagreed with his interpretations of scientific data and with the way that he gathered & publicized his data, so they mocked and threatened him. Kind of like darwinists and liberal churches today.\n\nAccording to Thomas Schirrmacher at http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v14/i1/galileo.asp , "Contrary to legend, both Galileo and the Copernican system were well regarded by church officials. Galileo was the victim of his own arrogance, the envy of his colleagues and the politics of Pope Urban VIII. He was not accused of criticising the Bible, but disobeying a papal decree." (This article is pretty long. Here's a shorter article by Russell Grigg: http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v19/i4/galileo.asp )
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Septink, first of all a welcome to Yahoo Answers. Start asking questions, replying to previously asked questions, and share your knowledge.\n\nBoth Wikipedia and New advent provide a complete listing of popes. Here are the links :\n\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes
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I agree to some of your points. Jesus taught that everyone is equal, hence the lesson he taught his disciples when he washed there feet, so why is the pope treated so special? He should be treated on the same level as everyone else.