Robert Spencer in FrontPageMag Dont expect any high-ranking Imams to repudiate any part of violent Islamic history. WebEximiae devotionis declared on 3 May 1493 is one of three papal bulls of Pope Alexander VI delivered purporting to grant any and all overseas territories in the west and ocean to kings of Castile and Len that were found by the kings of Castile and Len provided those territories were not already in the possession of another Christian lord. 
The Pope has ordered the genocide and enslavement of Millions of people. And, as an aside, I would contend that as the Vatican goes, so goes the fate of the West if not even all of mankind. Categories: Catholic, Papal-Bulls. But since, as we are informed, although the king and infante aforesaid (who with so many and so great dangers, labors, and expenses, and also with loss of so many natives of their said kingdoms, very many of whom have perished in those expeditions, depending only upon the aid of those natives, have caused those provinces to be explored and have acquired and possessed such harbors, islands, and seas, as aforesaid, as the true lords of them), fearing lest strangers induced by covetousness should sail to those parts, and desiring to usurp to themselves the perfection, fruit, and praise of this work, or at least to hinder it, should therefore, either for the sake of gain or through malice, carry or transmit iron, arms, wood used for construction, and other things and goods prohibited to be carried to infidels or should teach those infidels the art of navigation, whereby they would become more powerful and obstinate enemies to the king and infante, and the prosecution of this enterprise would either be hindered, or would perhaps entirely fail, not without great offense to God and great reproach to all Christianity, to prevent this and to conserve their right and possession, [the said king and infante] under certain most severe penalties then expressed, have prohibited and in general have ordained that none, unless with their sailors and ships and on payment of a certain tribute and with an express license previously obtained from the said king or infante, should presume to sail to the said provinces or to trade in their ports or to fish in the sea, [although the king and infante have taken this action, yet in time it might happen that persons of other kingdoms or nations, led by envy, malice, or covetousness, might presume, contrary to the prohibition aforesaid, without license and payment of such tribute, to go to the said provinces, and in the provinces, harbors, islands, and sea, so acquired, to sail, trade, and fish; and thereupon between King Alfonso and the infante, who would by no means suffer themselves to be so trifled with in these things, and the presumptuous persons aforesaid, very many hatreds, rancors, dissensions, wars, and scandals, to the highest offense of God and danger of souls, probably might and would ensue We [therefore] weighing all and singular the premises with due meditation, and noting that since we had formerly by other letters of ours granted among other things free and ample faculty to the aforesaid King Alfonso to invade, search out, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens and pagans whatsoever, and other enemies of Christ wheresoever placed, and the kingdoms, dukedoms, principalities, dominions, possessions, and all movable and immovable goods whatsoever held and possessed by them and to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery, and to apply and appropriate to himself and his successors the kingdoms, dukedoms, counties, principalities, dominions, possessions, and goods, and to convert them to his and their use and profit by having secured the said faculty, the said King Alfonso, or, by his authority, the aforesaid infante, justly and lawfully has acquired and possessed, and doth possess, these islands, lands, harbors, and seas, and they do of right belong and pertain to the said King Alfonso and his successors, nor without special license from King Alfonso and his successors themselves has any other even of the faithful of Christ been entitled hitherto, nor is he by any means now entitled lawfully to meddle therewith in order that King Alfonso himself and his successors and the infante.may be able the more zealously to pursue and may pursue this most pious and noble work, and most worthy of perpetual remembrance (which, since the salvation of souls, increase of the faith, and overthrow of its enemies may be procured thereby, we regard as a work wherein the glory of God, and faith in Him, and His commonwealth, the Universal Church, are concerned) in proportion as they, having been relieved of all the greater obstacles, shall find themselves supported by us and by the Apostolic See with favors and graces we, being very fully informed of all and singular the premises, do, motu proprio, not at the instance of King Alfonso or the infante, or on the petition of any other offered to us on their behalf in respect to this matter, and after mature deliberation, by apostolic authority, and from certain knowledge, in the fullness of apostolic power, by the tenor of these presents decree and declare that the aforesaid letters of faculty (the tenor whereof we wish to be considered as inserted word for word in these presents, with all and singular the clauses therein contained) are extended to Ceuta and to the aforesaid and all other acquisitions whatsoever, even those acquired before the date of the said letters of faculty, and to all those provinces, islands, harbors, and seas whatsoever, which hereafter, in the name of the said King Alfonso and of his successors and of the infante, in those parts and the adjoining, and in the more distant and remote parts, can be acquired from the hands of infidels or pagans, and that they are comprehended under the said letters of faculty. WebHe issued a Papal Bull called "Inter Caetera," words that instructed Europeans to "civilize" every "savage" they encountered. They might harm the dialogue. Rome Cancels Anti-Muslim WebOn 25 June 1493, King Ferdinand secured another papal bull, Piis fidelium, appointing him apostolic vicar in the Indies. Hell, even former bad Popes like Alexander VI (1492-1503) were only bad in a venal way and never in any doctrinal manner. When have Muslims cared anything about the rights of indigenous peoples? So while it is good that the Vatican has repudiated the doctrine of discovery, the Catholic Church is still not taking the responsibility it should for what was done to the peoples of Africa and the Americas. Kent McNeil is an Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor at York Universitys Osgoode Hall Law School. Webhe had sworn at Alcobas and defying papal excommunication. 3. Images on this blog are copyright to their respective owners. Nicholas, bishop, servant of the servants of God. Moreover, since this is fitting in many ways for the perfecting of a work of this kind, we allow that the aforesaid King Alfonso and [his] successors and the infante, as also the persons to whom they, or any one of them, shall think that this work ought to be committed, may (according to the grant made to the said King John by Martin V., of happy memory, and another grant made also to King Edward of illustrious memory, king of the same kingdoms, father of the said King Alfonso, by Eugenius IV., of pious memory, Roman pontiffs, our predecessors) make purchases and sales of any things and goods and victuals whatsoever, as it shall seem fit, with any Saracens and infidels, in the said regions; and also may enter into any contracts, transact business, bargain, buy and negotiate, and carry any commodities whatsoever to the places of those Saracens and infidels, provided they be not iron instruments, wood to be used for construction, cordage, ships, or any kinds of armor, and may sell them to the said Saracens and infidels; and also may do, perform, or prosecute all other and singular things [mentioned] in the premises, and things suitable or necessary in relation to these; and that the same King Alfonso, his successors, and the infante, in the provinces, islands, and places already acquired, and to be acquired by him, may found and [cause to be] founded and built any churches, monasteries, or other pious places whatsoever; and also may send over to them any ecclesiastical persons whatsoever, as volunteers, both seculars, and regulars of any of the mendicant orders (with license, however, from their superiors), and that those persons may abide there as long as they shall live, and hear confessions of all who live in the said parts or who come thither, and after the confessions have been heard they may give due absolution in all cases, except those reserved to the aforesaid see, and enjoin salutary penance, and also administer the ecclesiastical sacraments freely and lawfully, and this we allow and grant to Alfonso himself, and his successors, the kings of Portugal, who shall come afterwards, and to the aforesaid infante. These bulls, with their statements about how important it is to resist the efforts of Islam to conquer and subjugate Christians, embarrass Pope Francis and todays Vatican, Spencer said, lamenting how the pope is wholeheartedly committed to the fond and false notion that dialogue with Islam will blunt, and possibly even extinguish, the jihad imperative.. Pope Francis I will go down in history as the dhimmi Pope. This 61-minute video explains how the 1493 Doctrine of Discovery became encoded into US Law and history and why it matters today. Rome Cancels Anti-Muslim Papal Bulls As Uncatholic, by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, April 4, 2023: VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) The Vatican has abrogated three papal bulls claimingthat the documents are offensive to indigenous peoples and have never been considered expressions of the Catholic faith.. Not necessarily, NASA reveals Artemis II crew, the first moon astronauts in 50 years, T. rex had lips, upending its enduring pop culture image. In this regard, the Church is committed to accompany indigenous peoples and to foster efforts aimed at promoting reconciliation and healing. The papal Doctrine of Discovery was used to justify colonization in the name of Christianityand eventually became embedded in U.S and international law. In contrast, the juridical status of people who did not fit these categories was more ambiguous. On May 4th, 1493, shortly after Columbus' discovery of the Americas, Pope Alexander VI released a papal bull commonly known as Inter Caetera. Upon returning to Portugal, Gonalvez treated his captives in accordance with this custom, and allowed them to negotiate the terms of their release. And we decree that they shall also cause them to be denounced by others, and to be strictly avoided by all, till they shall have made satisfaction for or compromised their transgressions as aforesaid. With this proviso however that none of the islands and mainlands, found and to be found, discovered and to be discovered, beyond that said line towards the west and south, be in the actual possession of any Christian king or prince up to the birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ just past from which the present year one thousand four hundred and ninety-three begins. for a perpetual remembrance. Open Access educational resources cost money to produce. The Vatican offered no evidence that the three papal bulls (Dum Diversas in 1452, Romanus Pontifex in 1455 and Inter Caetera in 1493) had themselves been formally abrogated, rescinded or rejected, as Vatican officials have often said. Early raids such as the one made by Gonalvez and Tristo in 1441 were unusual, and may have only been possible because the Portuguese had never previously raided south of Cape Bojador. What a world. Moreover, because it would be difficult to carry our present letters to all places whatsoever, we will, and by the said authority we decree by these letters, that faith shall be given as fully and permanently to copies of them, certified under the hand of a notary public and the seal of the episcopal or any superior ecclesiastical court, as if the said original letters were exhibited or shown; and we decree that within two months from the day when these present letters, or the paper or parchment containing the tenor of the same, shall be affixed to the doors of the church at Lisbon, the sentences of excommunication and the other sentences contained therein shall bind all and singular offenders as fully as if these present letters had been made known and presented to them in person and lawfully. The result of that proclamation, they claim, was hitler tried to get the bad publicity to stop and when he could not, he began persecuting the Witnesses living in Germany and other places where his army had control. WebThe Bull Romanus Pontifex (Nicholas V), January 8, 1455. WebThe bull Romanus Pontifex is an important example of the Papacys claim to spiritual lordship of the whole world and of its role in regulating relations among Christian princes Our mailing address is: David Horowitz Freedom Center, P.O. 3. WebThe Papal Bull of 1455 justified the expansion of (black) African slavery within early Iberian colonies, and the acquisition of more African captives and territory, but the same decree The doctrine of discovery is not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church. The doctrine of discovery is not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church. to invade, search out, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens and pagans whatsoever [and] to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery, and to apply and appropriate to himself and his successors the kingdoms, dukedoms, counties, principalities, dominions, possessions, and goods, and to convert them to his and their use and profit . Its first version was They authorized colonial powers such as Spain and Portugal to seize lands and subjugate people in Africa and the New World, as long as people on the lands were not Christians. 5. bull, the name of which was hardly chosen by accident, addressed and amended, therefore, an established framework of papal grants in a changed geopolitical reality, as Spain seemed to have discovered the western route to Asia. 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