A Lista de Mártires da Espada do Islã

O Papa Francisco clamou por São Francisco no seu discurso em Marrocos, querendo apresentar uma semelhança entre o que ele faz e o encontro que São Francisco teve com o sultão Islâmico Al-Kamil. Eu relatei esse encontro no meu livro Teoria e Tradição da Guerra Justa (Editora Vide Editorial).

Vejamos aqui o que eu disse no livro sobre isso:

"Riga (2007)  relata o encontro entre o Sultão muçulmano do Egito Malik al-Kamil com São Francisco de Assis, durante a Quinta Cruzada, em 1219. São Francisco estava lá para apoiar a Quinta Cruzada e resolveu entrar nas linhas inimigas desarmado. Ele conseguiu ficar frente a frente com o líder muçulmano. Al-Kamil entrou em um debate teológico com São Francisco sobre guerra e paz no Cristianismo. Al-Kamil disse a São Francisco que não entendia por que os cristãos estavam combatendo os muçulmanos, pois em Mt 5:39 Jesus disse "àquele que te fere na face direita oferece-lhe também a esquerda”. São Francisco defendeu os cruzados usando outra passagem do mesmo evangelho de São Mateus, na qual Jesus afirma em Mt 5:29:30: “Caso o teu olho direito te leve a pecar, arranca-o e lança-o para longe de ti, pois é preferível que se perca um dos teus membros do que todo o teu corpo seja lançado na geena (inferno). Caso a tua mão direita te leve a pecar, corta-a e lança-a para longe de ti, pois é preferível que se perca um dos teus membros do que todo o teu corpo vá para a geena.” São Francisco concluiu dizendo que os muçulmanos estavam tentando que os cristãos abandonassem sua fé e o amor por Deus e que o sultão era tão querido por ele como seus próprios olhos."

Em suma, o Islã deveria ser arrancado, segundo São Francisco. Terá o Papa Francisco a mesma opinião? Não me parece, longe disso.

No meu livro, eu também mostro que São João Damasceno chamou Maomé de Anticristo e que São Tomás de Aquino, na Suma contra os Gentis (Livro 1, Capítulo 6, Artigo 4) chamou Maomé de bandido tirano que conduz os homens pelas armas e pelas lascividade.

Ontem eu li que Peter Kwasniewski, também assustado com a abordagem do Papa Francisco sobre Islã, resolveu lembrar todos os mártires da Igreja inscritos no livro Martirológico Romano, livro oficial da Igreja, que descreve os santos, mártires e doutores da Igreja.

Primeiro, Kwasniewski fala de como a Igreja abandonou a compilação tradicional do Martirológico Romano após o Concílio Vaticano II.

Posteriormente, ele mostra que todo mês do ano tem mártir e santo católico morto pela Espada Islâmica para se celebrar e homenagear.

Eu não vou traduzir as descrição desses mártires e santos, mas aqui vai a lista dele:

• On Mount Sinai, thirty-eight holy monks, slain by the Saracens for the faith of Christ. (January 14)
• In Morocco, Africa, the passion of five proto-martyrs of the Order of Friars Minor, namely, Berard, Peter and Otho, priests, and Accursius and Adjutus, lay-brethren; for preaching the Catholic faith and because of their rejection of Mohammedan Law, after divers torments and mockeries, were beheaded by the Saracen king. (January 16)
• In the town of Amatrice, in the diocese of Rieti, the death of St Joseph of Leonissa, Priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who, for his preaching of the faith, suffered patiently torments inflicted by the Mohammedans. (February 4)
• In Palestine, the commemoration of the holy monks and other martyrs who were cruelly slain for the faith of Christ by the Saracens, under their duke Alamundar. (February 19)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Eulogius, Priest and Martyr. On account of his fearless and outstanding confession of Christ, he was scourged and beaten with rods, and finally beheaded in the Saracen persecution. He merited to have part with the martyrs of the city for he had written of their fight for the faith and wished to join them. (March 11)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Leocritia, Virgin and Martyr; she was subjected to different torments and beheaded in the Arabian persecution for the faith of Christ. (March 15)
• At Cordova in Spain, the holy martyrs Elias, a priest, Paul and Isidore, monks, who were slain in the Arab persecution on account of their profession of the Christian faith. (April 17)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Perfectus, Priest and Martyr, who was beheaded by the Moors for disputing against sect of Mohammed, and courageously professing his faith in Christ. (April 18)
• In Palestine, the passion of the holy monks slain by the Saracens at the laura of St Sabbas. (May 16)
• At Cordova in Spain, blessed Sancho, a youth who, although brought up at the royal court, yet hesitated not to undergo martyrdom for Christ’s faith in the Arab persecution. (June 5)
• At Cordova in Spain, the holy martyr monks Peter, a priest, Wallabonsus, a deacon, Sabinian, Wistremund, Habentius and Jeremias, who for Christ’s sake were slain in the Arab persecution. (June 7)
• At Cordova, St Fandila, Priest and monk, who underwent martyrdom for Christ’s faith in the Arab persecution by decapitation. (June 13)
• At Cordova in Spain, the birthday of St Pelagius, a youth, who for his confession of the faith, at the command of Abderrahman, King of the Saracens, was torn limb from limb by iron pincers, and consummated his glorious martyrdom. (June 26)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Argymirus, monk and Martyr, who was racked and slain by the sword for Christ’s faith in the Arab persecution. (June 28)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Abundius, Priest, who was crowned with martyrdom in the Arab persecution for preaching against the sect of Mohammed. (July 11)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Sisenand, Cleric and Martyr, whose throat was cut by the Saracens for the faith of Christ. (July 16)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Aurea, Virgin, sister of the holy martyrs Adulf and John; for a while she apostatized through the persuasion of a Mohammedan judge, but, quickly repenting of what she had done, she overcame the enemy in a second contest by the shedding of her blood. (July 19)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Paul, Deacon and Martyr, who rebuked the heathen princes for Mohammedan impiety and cruelty, and preached Christ with great courage: by their command he was slain, and passed to his reward in heaven. (July 20)
• In Cyprus, St Theophilus, Praetor, who was taken by the Arabs, and as he could neither by gifts nor by threats be brought to deny Christ, was slain with the sword. (July 22)
• At Cordova in Spain, the holy martyrs George, a Deacon, Aurelius and his wife, Natalia, Felix and his wife, Liliosa, in the Arab persecution. (July 27)
• At Burgos in Spain, in the Benedictine monastery of St Peter of Cardegna, the passion of 200 monks and their Abbot, Stephen, who were slain by the Saracens for the faith of Jesus Christ, and buried there in the cloister by the Christians. (August 6)
• At Cordova, Spain, the holy martyrs Leovigild and Christopher, monks, who were cast into prison for their belief in Christ during the Arab persecution, at once had their necks broken and were then burned and so obtained the crown of martyrdom. (August 20)
• At Thessalonica, St Fantin, Confessor, who suffered much at the hands of the Saracens and was driven from the monastery where he had lived in amazing abstinence. After he had brought many to the way of salvation, at last he died at a good old age. (August 30)
• At Cordova in Spain, the holy martyrs Emilas, Deacon, and Jeremy, who after long enfeeblement in prison suffered martyrdom for Christ’s sake in the Arab persecution. (September 15)
• At Monte Cassino, blessed Pope Victor III, who as the successor of Pope St Gregory VII shed a fresh lustre on the Apostolic See, and with God’s help gained a famous victory over the Saracens. (September 16)
• At Cordova in Spain, St Pomposa, Virgin and Martyr. In the Arab persecution she was beheaded because of her fearless witness to Christ and so obtained the palm of martyrdom. (September 19)
• At Cordova in Spain, the holy martyrs Adulf and John, brothers, who were crowned with martyrdom for Christ’s sake in the Arab persecution. Their sister, the blessed Virgin Aurea, was inspired by their example to return to the faith, and later suffered martyrdom bravely on July 19. (September 27)
• Near Ceuta in Morocco, the passion of the seven holy martyrs of the Order of Friars Minor, namely, Daniel, Samuel, Angelus, Leo, Nicholas, Ugolino and Domnus, all of whom were priests except Domnus. There they suffered insults, bonds and stripes from the Saracens because they preached the Gospel and put to silence the sect of Mahomet [Mohammed]; finally, they were beheaded and thus obtained the palm of martyrdom. (October 10)
• In the Thebaid, St Sarmatus, a disciple of St Antony the Abbot, who was slain for Christ’s sake by the Saracens. (October 11)
• At Huesca in Spain, the holy virgins Nunilo and Alodia, sisters, who were punished by death by the Saracens for confessing the faith, and consummated martyrdom. (October 22)
• At Theopolis, that is Antioch, ten holy martyrs who are said to have suffered at the hands of the Saracens. (November 6)
• At Cordova in Spain, the holy virgins and martyrs Flora and Mary, who after long imprisonment were slain by the sword in the Arab persecution. (November 24)
• At Eleutheropolis in Palestine, the holy martyrs Florian, Calanicus, and their fifty-eight companions, who were slain by the Saracens on account of their faith in Christ in the reign of the Emperor Heraclius. (December 17)

Rezemos por eles, para que esses mártires e santos e iluminem a Igreja tão carente de fé em Cristo.