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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Zacharias the Prophet
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According to the opinion of many Fathers of the Church, based on
an ancient tradition, this is the Zacharias whom, as our Lord said,
the Jews slew between the temple and the altar (Matt. 23:35), first,
because even after the Virgin Mary gave birth, he continued to refer to
her as virgin and number her among the virgins; second, because
Zacharias' son John was not found during the slaughter of the Innocents,
since the elderly Elizabeth had taken him and carefully hid him while
he was yet an infant, in an unnamed place somewhere in the desert,
where, according to the Evangelist, "the child grew, and waxed strong in
spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel"
(Luke 1:80). When the child was not found, his father was slain by
Herod's command.
an ancient tradition, this is the Zacharias whom, as our Lord said,
the Jews slew between the temple and the altar (Matt. 23:35), first,
because even after the Virgin Mary gave birth, he continued to refer to
her as virgin and number her among the virgins; second, because
Zacharias' son John was not found during the slaughter of the Innocents,
since the elderly Elizabeth had taken him and carefully hid him while
he was yet an infant, in an unnamed place somewhere in the desert,
where, according to the Evangelist, "the child grew, and waxed strong in
spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel"
(Luke 1:80). When the child was not found, his father was slain by
Herod's command.
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