Thy Geekdom Come Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 [quote name='theculturewarrior' date='Aug 19 2004, 02:26 PM'] Oh, okay. I was under the impression that the Oriental Orthodox were the majority group in Ethiopia, with an Eastern Catholic minority. [/quote] They were often separated from the rest of the Church, especially by the Muslims later on, so they could be a different rite, but I think that they were always Catholic. Maybe I'm wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 [b]Pope St. Victor:[/b][img]http://www.dailycatholic.org/images2/014pope.gif[/img] [b]Pope St. Militiades:[/b][img]http://www.rcan.org/bca/images/melchiades-st1.jpg[/img] [b]Pope St. Gelasius [/b][img]http://catholiccitizens.org/content/img/f11272/SZ200_StGelasius_I.jpeg[/img] [b]Future Pope Arinze:[/b][img]http://www.cesnur.org/2004/arinze.jpg[/img] Anyway, that artwork looks like they were puttin a lil tint into Victor, and Militiades def. looks black in that artwork, Gelasius seems to be white, but Cardinal Arinze is def. black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 St.Augustine was from Africa, and so he might of have been black (although no one honestly claims it). The dates on those pictures matter. Europeans would of just generally assumed the pope is white when they drew, I'd think. Simon, the man who carried the cross with JEsus for a while, is also African, and may have been black. Africa played a big role in the early Church. I don't know how many were black skinned however. God bless, Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thy Geekdom Come Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 A lot of the trouble with this is that the Romans weren't really racist. They were equal opportunity slave-drivers, so black, white, hispanic...Greek, Jew, Briton...it made no difference to them and they wouldn't bother noting the differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 Not neccesairly racist. However, the people around them were white. It would be sensible that the Vicar of Christ, a European (mostly) would be consistantly white. THey all didn't have history documents. Thats why I asked for the dates of the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 (edited) always nice to find such scholarly discussion in the open mic board! Edited August 20, 2004 by phatcatholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelFilo Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I'd hate to say it, but I wish there were more of this going on. Since it all isn't debate, just discussion. Howver discussion is like debate, but the debate table has some unhappy mod's with me >.< So I find my debating/discussing skillz (or lack there of) here and the muzik lounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicke Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 [quote name='Raphael' date='Aug 19 2004, 01:24 PM'] Some part of it, maybe, but Ethiopia, I believe, is devoutly Catholic now and the Church always had a strong standing there (because the Muslims keep trying to conquer them but they seem to be protected very well)... [/quote] Plus they have the Ark of the covenant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo el Feo Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 [quote name='thicke' date='Aug 19 2004, 10:30 PM'] Plus they have the Ark of the covenant. [/quote] Actually, the real Ark of the Covenant was found during WWII. It's currently kept in a secret US government warehouse. Didn't you see Raiders of the Lost Ark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JeffCR07 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I am so confused...what is going on with the Ark? I know the Raiders thing is a joke, but how is it related to Africa/Ethiopia at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mateo el Feo Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 In reality, there are some rumors that the Ethiopians have the Ark of the Covenant. [url="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=%22ark+of+the+covenant%22+ethiopia"](Google Search)[/url] Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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