OK LETS GET A FEW THINGS STRAIGHT

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS....REST IN PEACE TO JOHNNY COCHRAN OLD DIRTY BASTARD TERRY SCHIAVO AND THE POPE....

I THINK COCHRAN WAS A GREAT LAWYER....ODB CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO HIP HOP...I BELIEVE SCHIAVO SHOULD HAVE HAD HER TUBE PULLED A LONG TIME AGO AND THE POPE WAS A GREAT MAN THAT DID ALOT FOR HIS CHURCH...

NOW LET ME MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR IF I EVER REACH A TIME IN MY LIFE WHERE I BECOME IN A VEGETATIVE STATE OR WHERE I CANT USE THE MAJORITY OF MY LIMBS(LIKE I CANT USE MY ARMS AND LEGS ALL I CAN DO IS BREATHE AND SEE) I WANT WHOEVER IS TAKING CARE OF ME TO PULL THE CORD...ANYONE WHO READS THIS IS MY WITNESS AND I AMOFSOUND MIND AND BODY...I DONT WANT NO ARGUMENTS AS TO WHAT I WANT....PULL THE CORD AND LET ME RUN ON AND SEE WHAT THE END GONNA BE.....


ON THAT NOTE LET ME GIVE YOU A LIL HISTORY LESSON ON POPES...WHILE THERE IS ONE MAN OF AFRICAN DESCENT THAT IS IN THE RUNNING TO BE POPE...HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE FIRST BLACK POPE....

TIME FOR A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON:

Old Time Religion: The 3 African Popes


This important because it:
1. it shows the importance of Africa to Christianity.
2. it shows that Africans are fit to be global leaders.

With the passing of pope John Paul II, there is much discussion over who will become the new leader of the Catholic Church. One leading candidate is a Cardinal from the African nation of Nigeria, named Francis Arinze. If he is selected, few people will be aware that he will be the fourth African pope.

Pope Victor I was born in Africa and reigned as pope from 193-202 A.D. Among his many accomplishments, he may be best known as the pope that set the date for Easter as the Sunday following the fourteenth day of the Vernal Equinox. The second African pope, pope Militiades, served as Pope from 311-314 A.D., was born in Africa but died in Rome.The last African pope was pope Gelasius who reigned from 492-496 A.D. He is considered one of the most productive popes of the 5th century. He helped reorganize the church's finances and helped solidify the church's standing by exiling the competing religion of Manichaeism.

If Cardinal Arinze becomes pope, he will not be the creator of a new tradition; he will be the continuation a tradition that has remained dormant for some fifteen centuries.

References:


Felder, Cain Hope, Editor. The Original African Heritage Study Bible. Nashville: The James C. Winston Publishing Company.

McKoy, Frank. “Will an African Pope Lead the Catholic Church Again?” http://archive.blackvoices.com/articles/daily/bw20031118pope.asp


NOW WITH THAT BEING SAID I BID YOU ADIEU