tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post7266523321607218427..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: The Vampire Was RightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-88758737160235782642012-05-31T22:01:40.911-04:002012-05-31T22:01:40.911-04:00Contrary to popular belief, Vlad wasn't consig...Contrary to popular belief, Vlad wasn't consigned to the realm of the Undead because of his cruelty, but because of his apostasy from Orthodoxy to Latinism.Visibiliumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00069726201789314963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-69087277642666538572012-05-30T14:14:30.861-04:002012-05-30T14:14:30.861-04:00After half-a-millennium, I hardly think Istanbul, ...After half-a-millennium, I hardly think Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, qualifies as being occupied. If we focused more on spreading the gospel and less on futile attempts to reclaim past glories, we'd all be better off.Heracleideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893012854933477199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-42429901017033638462012-05-30T06:37:15.033-04:002012-05-30T06:37:15.033-04:00What I find particularly alarming about the sack o...What I find particularly alarming about the sack of Constantinople is that a very large segment of the marauding army was in fact Christian, drawn from the Christian vassal states of the Ottoman Empire, and enthused by the prospect of armfuls of treasure that was theirs for the taking.Stevenoreply@blogger.com