Regensburg lecture

Pope Benedict XVI , January 2006 The Regensburg lecture was delivered on 12 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg in Germany , where he had once served as a professor of theology . It was entitled " Faith, Reason and the University — Memories and Reflections" ( ). The lecture is considered to be among the most important papal statements on world affairs since John Paul II 's 1995 address to the United Nations, and sparked international reactions and controversy. In his lecture, the Pope, speaking in German , quoted an unfavorable remark about Islam made at the end of the 14th century by Manuel II Palaiologos , the Byzantine emperor . As the English translation of the Pope's lecture was disseminated across the world, the quotation was taken out of context and many Islamic politicians and religious leaders protested against what they saw as an insulting mischaracterization of Islam. Mass street protests were mounted in many Islamic countries, the Majlis-e-Shoora ( Pakistani parliament) unanimously called on the Pope to retract "this objectionable statement". The Pope maintained that the comment he had quoted did not reflect his own views, and he offered an apology to Muslims. The controversial comment originally appeared in the 7th of the 26 Dialogues Held With A Certain Persian, the Worthy Mouterizes, in Anakara of Galatia , written in 1391 as an expression of the views of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, one of the last Christian rulers before the Fall of Constantinople to the Muslim Ottoman Empire , on such issues as forced conversion , holy war , and the relationship between faith and reason . The passage, in the English translation published by the Vatican, was: Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached. A better translation of what appeared as key words politically, "Schlechtes und Inhumanes", would have been "bad and inhumane". The pope had consulted a bilingual critical edition of this dialogue in the original Greek and with French translation. In quotes: Muslim reaction to Pope last accessed 17 September 17, 2006 BBC News Article: Pope sorry for offending Muslims , last accessed 17 September 17, 2006 Telegraph "The Pope, Jihad and "Dialogue"" , The American Thinker , 19 September 2005 "Lecture of the Holy Father - Faith, Reason and the University Memories and Reflections" , Libreria Editrice Vaticana , 12 September 2006 The re-translation of "evil and inhuman" into German is "Böses und Unmenschliches".

Pope Benedict XVI , January 2006 The Regensburg lecture or Regensburg address was delivered on 12 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg in Germany , where he had once served as a professor of theology . It was entitled " Faith, Reason and the University – Memories and Reflections" ( ). The lecture is considered to be among the most important papal statements on world affairs since John Paul II 's 1995 address to the United Nations, and sparked international reactions and controversy. In his lecture, the Pope, speaking in German , quoted a passage about Islam made at the end of the 14th century by Byzantine (Eastern Roman) emperor Manuel II Palaiologos . As the English translation of the Pope's lecture was disseminated across the world, the quotation was taken out of context and many Islamic politicians and religious leaders protested against what they saw as an insulting mischaracterization of Islam. Mass street protests were mounted in many Islamic countries. The Majlis-e-Shoora (Pakistani parliament) unanimously called on the Pope to retract "this objectionable statement". The Pope maintained that the comment he had quoted did not reflect his own views. His statement has been included as a footnote in the official text of the lecture available at Vatican website: In the Muslim world, this quotation has unfortunately been taken as an expression of my personal position, thus arousing understandable indignation . I hope that the reader of my text can see immediately that this sentence does not express my personal view of the Qur’an, for which I have the respect due to the holy book of a great religion. In quoting the text of the Emperor Manuel II, I intended solely to draw out the essential relationship between faith and reason. On this point I am in agreement with Manuel II, but without endorsing his polemic. The controversial comment originally appeared in the seventh of the 26 Dialogues Held with a Certain Persian, the Worthy Mouterizes, in Anakara of Galatia , written in 1391 as an expression of the views of Emperor Manuel II, one of the last Christian rulers before the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, on such issues as forced conversion , holy war , and the relationship between faith and reason . The passage, in the English translation published by the Vatican, was: Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached. The Pope had consulted a critical edition of this dialogue in the original Greek and with French translation. "In quotes: Muslim reaction to Pope" , last accessed 17 September 2006 BBC News Article: "Pope sorry for offending Muslims" , last accessed 17 September 2006 Telegraph Benedict XVI, Faith, Reason and the University Memories and Reflections .

Lecture by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI , January 2006 The Regensburg lecture or Regensburg address was delivered on 12 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg in Germany , which sparked international reactions and controversy. The lecture entitled " Faith, Reason and the University – Memories and Reflections" ( ). The controversial comment originally appeared in the seventh of the 26 Dialogues Held with a Certain Persian, the Worthy Mouterizes, in Anakara of Galatia , written in 1391 as an expression of the views of Emperor Manuel II , one of the last Christian rulers before the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, on such issues as forced conversion , holy war , and the relationship between faith and reason . The passage, in the English translation published by the Vatican, was: Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached. In his lecture, the Pope, speaking in German , quoted a passage about Islam made at the end of the 14th century by Byzantine (Eastern Roman) emperor Manuel II Palaiologos . Many Islamic politicians and religious leaders protested against this passage the pope quoted, and which they perceived as an insulting mischaracterization of Islam. Mass street protests were mounted in many Islamic countries. The Pakistani parliament unanimously called on the Pope to retract "this objectionable statement". The Pope maintained that the comment he had quoted did not reflect his own views. His statement has been included as a footnote in the official text of the lecture available at Vatican website: In the Muslim world, this quotation has unfortunately been taken as an expression of my personal position, thus arousing understandable indignation . I hope that the reader of my text can see immediately that this sentence does not express my personal view of the Qur’an, for which I have the respect due to the holy book of a great religion. In quoting the text of the Emperor Manuel II, I intended solely to draw out the essential relationship between faith and reason. On this point I am in agreement with Manuel II, but without endorsing his polemic. "In quotes: Muslim reaction to Pope" , last accessed 17 September 2006 BBC News Article: "Pope sorry for offending Muslims" , last accessed 17 September 2006 Telegraph Benedict XVI, Faith, Reason and the University Memories and Reflections .

Lecture by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI , January 2006 The Regensburg lecture or Regensburg address was delivered on 12 September 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg in Germany , which sparked international reactions and controversy. The lecture entitled " Faith, Reason and the University – Memories and Reflections" ( German : Glaube, Vernunft und Universität – Erinnerungen und Reflexionen ). In his lecture, the Pope, speaking in German , quoted a passage about Islam made at the end of the 14th century by Byzantine (Eastern Roman) emperor Manuel II Palaiologos . The controversial comment originally appeared in the seventh of the 26 Dialogues Held with a Certain Persian, the Worthy Mouterizes, in Anakara of Galatia , written in 1391 as an expression of the views of Manuel II, one of the last Christian rulers before the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, on such issues as forced conversion , holy war , and the relationship between faith and reason . The passage, in the English translation published by the Vatican, was: Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached. Many Islamic politicians and religious leaders protested against this passage the pope quoted, and which they perceived as an insulting mischaracterization of Islam. Mass street protests were mounted in many Islamic countries. The Pakistani parliament unanimously called on the Pope to retract "this objectionable statement". The Pope maintained that the comment he had quoted did not reflect his own views, arguing that he was in agreement with the broader point about the importance of reason and non-violence that Manuel II developed later on in the text, but not with the characterisation of Islam as inherently evil or violent. His statement has been included as a footnote in the official text of the lecture available at Vatican website: In the Muslim world, this quotation has unfortunately been taken as an expression of my personal position, thus arousing understandable indignation . I hope that the reader of my text can see immediately that this sentence does not express my personal view of the Qur’an, for which I have the respect due to the holy book of a great religion. In quoting the text of the Emperor Manuel II, I intended solely to draw out the essential relationship between faith and reason. On this point I am in agreement with Manuel II, but without endorsing his polemic. "In quotes: Muslim reaction to Pope" , last accessed 17 September 2006 BBC News Article: "Pope sorry for offending Muslims" , last accessed 17 September 2006 Telegraph Benedict XVI, Faith, Reason and the University Memories and Reflections .