The extraordinary grace and forgiveness of Christians in Middle East

The Middle East.

"Prince Charles said he had met “many Christians who, with such inspiring faith and courage, are battling oppression and persecution, or who have fled to escape it”.

“Time and again, I have been deeply humbled and profoundly moved by the extraordinary grace and capacity for forgiveness that I have seen in those who have suffered so much,” he said, adding that forgiveness was “an act of supreme courage, the refusal to be defined by the sin committed against you” and a “determination to endure and overcome”.


World Watch Monitor: "Prince Charles praises ‘extraordinary grace and forgiveness’ of Christians in Middle East" (full text)
https://www.worldwatchmonitor.org/2018/12/%C2%AD%C2%AD%C2%ADprince-charles-praises-extraordinary-grace-and-forgiveness-of-christians-in-middle-east/?fbclid=IwAR0DOJggysXhqdqXuuKsdXAPjddYe1FkaJ647taE7u57fmRTbesU_6zqQII
"He said he had been particularly touched by stories of those who had returned to rebuild their homes and communities devastated by Islamic State. Theirs were wonderful testimonies of “the resilience of humanity and the extraordinary power of faith to resist even the most brutal efforts to extinguish it”, the prince said. --- “To live in a country or a society where a government, or an armed group, or even a minority of people, consider that you should be consigned to oblivion because of your faith in Christ is an experience without parallel,” he said. --- Whether in large and flourishing communities, such as in Lebanon or Egypt, or smaller, struggling Churches, they need the protection and encouragement of governments and people at home and abroad, and foreign popular expression … Without this they cannot live out their vocation as citizens of their native lands in co-operation with other religious groups.”




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