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Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Our Lord and the Faith › Christianity

The question

Throughout history, Christians have been accused of being responsible for the most murders such as the Crusades, the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, and that Christians even kill each other as in Ireland etc. What does Your Grace think?

The answer

Christianity is the religion of peace. Our Lord Jesus Christ says, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you" (Jn 14:27). The Holy Bible teaches us to love one another and to love our enemies. The fact that some 'Christians', for political or self motivated reasons, use Christianity as an excuse to start wars should not be held against Christianity. We should not judge Christianity and dismiss it for the mistakes of some who claim to be Christians; while they are not following the teachings of the Holy Bible.

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