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πŸ‘‰οΈοΈοΈοΈοΈοΈUS commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆοΈοΈοΈοΈοΈοΈ

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...#Crusade and #Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from #InnocentIII to the Fall of #Acre, 1187-1291," edited by #JessalynnBird, #EdwardPeters, and #JamesMPowell."

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πŸ‘‰οΈοΈοΈοΈοΈUS commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆοΈοΈοΈοΈοΈ

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...nostrae et sanctorum"

Source:
Bull of Pope Gregory VIII,
"Audita tremendi" [Having heard of the terrible/dreadful thing],
Dated at Ferrara on the fourth Calends of November [October 29, 1187], the sixth indiction, calling for the #ThirdCrusade

la.wikisource.org/wiki/Audita_…

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One of the most authoritative English translations by This excerpt from...

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πŸ‘‰οΈοΈοΈοΈUS commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆοΈοΈοΈοΈ

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...poenitentia peccatorum et fide recta decesserint, plenam suorum criminum indulgentiam, et vitam pollicemur aeternam...

Ex occasione quippe dissensionis quae malitia hominum ex suggestione diaboli facta est nuper in terra, accessit Saladinus cum multitudine armatorum ad partes illas,...

Accingimini, et estote filii potentes, quoniam melius est nobis mori in bello quam videre mala gentis...

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πŸ‘‰οΈοΈοΈUS commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆοΈοΈοΈ

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...the sins of CHRISTIAN men,

-He does not claim that this was #Armageddon or that somebody is the reincarnation of Christ.πŸ‘ˆ

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Excerpts of an/the original text:

"Audita tremendi severitate iudicii, quod super terram Ierusalem divina manus exercuit...

Eis autem qui corde contrito et humiliato spiritu, itineris huius
laborem assumpserint, et in...

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πŸ‘‰οΈοΈUS commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆοΈοΈ

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...inspiration of the devil, Saladin approached those parts with a host of armed troops...

β€˜β€˜Gird yourselves and be powerful sons because it is better for us to die in battle than to witness the desecration of our nation and our saints’..." 2)

πŸ‘‰ Please do note:
The combat-unit commander is even more presumptious than Pope Gregory VIII:

-HE attributes the horrific deeds of Muslims to the wrath of God due to...

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πŸ‘‰οΈUS commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆοΈ

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...horror, afflicted by such sorrows, ...
We promise full remission of their sins and eternal life to those who take up the labor of this journey with a contrite heart and a humble spirit and depart in penitence of their sins and with true faith...

In fact, because of the conflict which the πŸ‘‰ malice of [#Christian] menπŸ‘ˆ has recently brought on the land by the...

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πŸ‘‰US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆ

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...by #Jesus to light the signal fire in #Iran to cause #Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”. πŸ‘‰ He had a big grin on his face...πŸ‘ˆ " 1)

Contrast that with this #PapalBull of 1187, calling for the 3rd #Crusade:

"When we heard of the severity of the awesome judgment that the hand of God visited on the land of #Jerusalem, we and our brothers were disturbed by such a great...

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πŸ‘‰US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran πŸ‘ˆ

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"A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing...He urged us to tell our troops that this was β€œall part of God’s divine plan” and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the #BookOfRevelation referring to #Armageddon and the imminent return of #Jesus #Christ. He said that β€œ#PresidentTrump has been anointed..

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