CATHOLIC CHURCH - Exemplary Excommunication / From the film Becket
Solemn excommunication scene from the classic film
Becket, starring
Richard Burton as
Archbishop Thomas Becket,
Peter O'Toole as
King Henry II of England, and
John Gielgud as
King Louis VII of
France. In this scene,
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket excommunicates
Roger de Pont L'Évêque, the archbishop of
York, along with
Gilbert Foliot, the bishop of
London, and
Josceline de Bohon, the bishop of
Salisbury.
Saint Thomas Becket (also known as
Saint Thomas of Canterbury,
Thomas of London, circa 1118 --
29 December 1170) served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in
Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 by assassins believed to be operating for King Henry II of England. He is venerated as a saint and
martyr by both the
Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican denomination.
Following Becket's death, the monks prepared his body for burial and discovered that he had worn a hairshirt under his archbishop's garments—a
sign of penance.
Not long after, the faithful throughout
Europe began venerating Becket as a martyr, and in 1173 — barely three years after his death on
21 February 1173 — he was canonised by
Pope Alexander III in
St. Peter's Church in
Segni.
On 12 July 1174, in the midst of the
Revolt of 1173--1174,
Henry humbled himself with public penance at
Saint Thomas's tomb as well as at the church of
St. Dunstan's, which became one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in
England.
Becket's assassins fled north to
Knaresborough Castle, which was held by
Hugh de Morville, where they remained for about a year. They were not arrested and neither did Henry confiscate their lands, but he failed to help them when they sought his advice in August 1171.
Pope Alexander excommunicated all four. Seeking forgiveness, the assassins traveled to
Rome and were ordered by the
Pope to serve as knights in the
Holy Lands for a period of fourteen years
.
If the Catholic hierarchy of today took their
Faith and their pastoral duties seriously, as did Saint Thomas Becket, many in high places would not be committing so many abuses and inflicting so much harm to the
Church and to
Humanity. Politicians such as
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden,
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, and others, rabid supporters of the crime of abortion and aberrosexual pseudo "marriage," would have been unmasked and shown as the frauds and corrupt officials that they are.
For more information about the
Lives of the Saints, see:
http://bobandpennylord.com/roman-catholic-saints
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