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Originally Posted by Victor Ziegler
OK, and you got this history....where? The CBC? Or from his books and essays (in print or the Internet)? Personal communication from the man himself? Each of these sheds a different light on such "history".
It still doesn't address the issue: you are taking a few sentences here and there and passing a sweeping judgement. Just like the extremists do.
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A variety of sources, including interviews and theological papers he's written (remember he did teach as a professor for a while) - one of the primary sources would be his views on rejecting membership to Turkey into the EU because of their Muslim culture and faith...
However there are a number of academic papers he has written with regards to the theological history of the Church during the Crusades; some published in Speculum under his secular name (prior to his Cardinalship), and others circulated to centres of Mediaeval study & research (such as PIMS - Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies). After becoming Pope, many of these articles and published views were examined in a series of seminars and lectures presented by PIMS... to which I was both an attendee, and the host in some cases...
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