Talk:Josaphat Kuntsevych/Comments

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I am deeply saddened by the bias of this article. It is true that Bishop Josaphat was killed by a mob of Orthodox. However, the author did not fully discuss that this was a time of enormous upheaval in the Ruthenian church brought about by the Union of Brest (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Brest)

Bishop Josaphat was part of a group of Catholic bishops that that vehemently opposed the movement to reinstate the Orthodox Church in the Ruthenian homelands. The majority of people actually returned to the Orthodox Church as stated in the Wikipedia article called “History of Christianity in Ukraine” (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity_in_Ukraine#Union_of_Brest_and_its_aftermath)

There was much violence caused on both sides of the dispute in this sad part of our religious history. Bishop Josaphat was killed because of his role in instigating such violence. Nowhere in this article is there mention of this, nor is it disclosed that while he is glorified as a saint in the Catholic Church, there are many Orthodox Christians who revile him as being quite the opposite.

Sterling glenn (talk) 21:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)