Truth Provided Newsletter 3-24-1999

Can sex sell the Gospel?
(Vatican thinks so)

Most of you know of my stand on "Catholicism" and my calling to expose the
errors it preaches as dogma. A few days ago I posted the following message
on multiple newsgroups and message boards that generated MUCH controversy as
well as gobs of hate mail. I did receive many
"thank you letters" as well for those of you wondering. It was revealed to
me that I should share it with you folks as well just the other day. I
fervently and honestly pray I do not offend anyone of you with the
documented facts contained here. Keep in mind, I did not write these
articles, nor did I commit these acts. I merely gathered them from official
teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, history books, Encyclopedia's and
the media. The main reason I posted it was because of what the Vatican just
released a few days ago to all the World. The Pope made a music video.
That's right, I said the Pope made a music video. And in the video he shows
a NAKED man and woman for all the world to see! I was shocked and angered
when I read this press release. I decided that ENOUGH'S ENOUGH! I am going
to tell as many as possible about this so they can see with their own eyes
the TRUTH PROVIDED in God's Word!

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POSTED 3/99 TO MANY NEWSGROUPS & MESSAGE BOARDS
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TITLED: -Pope using SEX to sell Catholicism!!-

That's right people! The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church is using MTV
tactics and SEX to sell the Gospel Message to the world. Notice the two
articles below. They both more or less say the same thing. I pasted a small
excerpt from one of them that is repeated verbatim in both. You can verify
ALL of it by simply going to the URL's I shared. Notice the fact that the
Pope is showing a man and a woman NAKED in his video. NAKED!!! It's bad
enough that he is using a "world beat" in the background as he prays and
unBiblically "chants" his twisted Gospel message. It's bad enough he borrows
the cherished name of the Father in Heaven spoken by His Son Jesus in Mark
14:36 by naming his CD "Abba Pater." It's bad enough he uses "Everything
from chants from Uganda with African percussion, to Slavonic liturgy from
Bratislava, to Celtic flutes to classical" to sell the CD for financial
gain. This Antichrist is now using SEX to sell the message of Salvation to
the World!!!  What's this world coming to?

AN END!!! (pgrmenu.htm)

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> SONY, VATICAN RADIO PREMIER POPE'S FIRST POP CD, VIDEO

CNN
.... http://cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9903/18/pop.pope.ap/index.html

WEEKEND NEWS TODAY
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_03_18&item=#921765150

Excerpt from BOTH...

"They showed one video Wednesday: MTV-paced, digitally doctored, rapid-fire
cuts of John Paul embracing children, strolling mountains and dunes,
greeting the faithful, appearing pensive, all to an orchestral background.
The spirit of the video is upbeat and warm, although there's a jarring
moment in which a man and woman appear in profile - naked or near enough to
count as such, for the few seconds they show. ``Abba Pater'' - one of the
cuts on the CD as well as the title - is the Aramaic and Latin for
``Father.''
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NAKED????? The Pope is appealing to the EYES of mankind with the LUST of
flesh! Instead of Allowing Jesus to appeal to the HEART of mankind with the
TRUTH of the Spirit!!! LEAVE THIS CHURCH PEOPLE!!!! Heed the call of
Revelation 18!!

Revelation 18:4, "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of
her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive
not of her plagues."

Get out of this graphically proven Church of Antichrist before it's too
late!!! How much graphic proof is needed? How much evidence shall you
ignore? How many must the Lord send your way warning you of these truths?
Here are just a "few" historic and very graphic facts that I have compiled
recently. I will not share ALL of the articles I have, simply because the
file is too large and i do believe you will get the point from what I have
compiled here. This Church is NOT of Jesus Christ!! This Church is designed
to destroy you! GET OUT!!! GET OUT!!! GET OUT!!!!!!

Are these the fruits of a Christian church? Jesus said: MAT 7:20  Wherefore
by their fruits ye shall know them. Not a hard verse to understand is it?
KEEP IN MIND... It's the last days. Jesus warned us in Matthew 7:15, to,
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves." The devil will not tempt you with a
piece of rotted liver if it's a chocolate bar you desire. Nor would he tempt
you with a demon, if it's a "priest" you seek help from.

Remember what Jesus said while reading the articles... "By their fruits ye
shall know them" (Mat 7:20)
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A Catholic Bishop BREAKS the 6th Commandment to protest the breaking of the
6th commandment. A Roman Catholic Bishop shot himself to death today in an
effort to prevent to death of a Catholic prisoner on death row... CNN May 7
1998

Cardinal Newman admits in his book that; the "temples, incense, oil lamps,
votive offerings, holy water, Holidays, and seasons of devotion,
processions, blessings of the fields, sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure (of
priests, munks and nuns), images, and statues... are all of PAGAN ORIGIN."
The Development of the Christian Religion Cardinal Newman p.359

In Stanley's History, page 40: "The popes filled the place of the vacant
emperors at Rome, inheriting
their power, their prestige, and their titles from PAGANISM."

"We hold upon this earth the place of GOD ALMIGHTY" ...Pope Leo XIII

  "For thou art the shepherd, thou art the physician, thou art the director,
thou art the husbandman,
finally thou art ANOTHER GOD ON EARTH." Labbe and Cossart's "History of the
Councils." Vol. XIV, col. 109

The title "LORD GOD THE POPE" can be found within a gloss of Extravagantes
of Pope John XXII, title 14, chapter 4, Declaramus.

"Hence the Pope is crowned with a triple crown, as KING OF HEAVEN AND
EARTH, and purgatory." Prompta Bibliotheca," Feraris, Vol. VI, p. 26, art.
"Papa."

Roman Catholic Canon Law stipulates through Pope Innocent III that the
Roman pontiff is "the
vicegerent upon earth, not a mere man, BUT A VERY GOD;" and in a gloss on
the passage it is explained that this is because he is the vicegerent of
Christ, who is "VERY GOD AND VERY MAN." Decretales Domini Gregorii
translatione Episcoporum, (on the transference of Bishops), title 7, chapter
3; Corpus Juris Canonice (2nd Leipzig ed., 1881), col. 99; (Paris, 1612),
tom. 2, Devretales, col. 205

The Vatican II Council. Go to Page 346 and you will find...
"Christ's Catholic church alone which is the ALL EMBRACING MEANS OF
SALVATION"

"The church may by Divine right confiscate the property of heretics,
imprison their persons, and CONDEMN THEM TO THE FLAMES." Vatican II

"The Catholic Church has persecuted ... when she thinks it is good to use
physical force she will use it... Will the Catholic Church give bond that
she will not PERSECUTE?... The Catholic Church gives no bonds for her GOOD
BEHAVIOUR." -Western Watchman, Dec. 24, 1908

Mr. Raywood Frazier, in the booklet "Catholic Words and Actions," presents
documentary proof of the
intensive persecution of Protestants and non-Catholics in Columbia, South
America, between 1949 and 1953. The Catholic Church had the support of the
Columbian government in the destruction of many churches, and the LIQUDATION
of more than 1,000 documented cases -- some of whom were shot, drowned, or
emasculated. He says there is EVIDENCE of over 60,000 killed. Pope Pius XII
AWARDED the President of Columbia with one of the HIGHEST AWARDS which the
Church bestows, and PRAISED Columbia for its EXAMPLE OF CATHOLIC FAITH."
(Pp. 59,60)

The defense of Roman Catholics to this presentation is as follows:
"Communists destroy churches
because they are God's enemies; Catholic's destroy churches because they are
God's friends... Against such men-founded churches... Catholics in Latin
America should arise and WIPE THEM OUT WIITH FIRE." -John J. Oberlander, in
The Voice of Freedom, 1954, p. 20.

The rector of the Catholic Institute of Paris, H.M.A. Baudrillart, revealed
the attitude of the church and
her leaders toward persecution. "When confronted with heresy," he said, "she
does not content herself with persuasion, arguments of an intellectual and
moral order appear to her insufficient, and she has recourse to FORCE , to
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, to TORTURE." The Catholic Church, The Renassance, and
Protestantism, pp.182-183

A CATHOLIC PRIEST and an ex-guerrilla from Northern Ireland were CONVICTED
Monday of charges related to the $7.4 million robbery of a Brink's armored
car depot. Daily Southtown Nov. 29, 1994 p. A9 Section Nation/World art.
Priest Guilty

10-24-96 Channel 18 News and every other channel or newspaper on the planet!
Pope John Paul II states that EVOLUTION IS SCIENTIFICALLY SOUND

((((MAYBE JOHN PAUL MISSED THIS ARTICLE... "DNA FROM A NEANDERTHAL PROVES
EVOLUTION FALSE WBGL News 7-16-97 The DNA from a neanderthal proves that it
is a COMPLETE different species from humans!")))

A Roman Catholic priest makes the statement for all the viewing area to
hear. "FELLOW BELIEVERS STONED STEPHEN" OakLawn Cable Channel #51 "Catholic
Television" 11:00 a.m. May 5-2-95

The second council of Nicea, A.D. 787, was called to establish IMAGE WORSHIP
in the church. This council is recorded in Ecclesiastical Annals, by
Baronius, Vol. 9, pp.391-407. (Antwerp, 1612); and Charles J. Hefele, A
History of the Councils of the Church From the Original Documents book 18,
chapter 1, sec. 332-333; chapter 2, sec. 345-352 (T. and T. Clark ed.,
1896), Vol. 5, pp. 260-304, and 342-372.

The decree set forth in the year 1229 A.D. by the Council of Valencia...
places Bible  on The Index of FORBIDDEN BOOKS. The doctrine withholds "it is
forbidden for laymen (common man) to read the Old and New Testaments. - We
forbid them most severely to have the above books in the popular
vernacular." "The lords of the districts shall carefully seek out the
heretics in dwellings, hovels, and forests, and even their underground
retreats shall be entirely wiped out." Council Tolosanum, Pope Gregory IX,
Anno. Chr. 1229

The church Council of Tarragona ruled that: "No one may possess the books
of the Old and New
Testaments in the Romance language, and if anyone possesses them he must
turn them over to the local bishop within eight days after the promulgation
of this decree, so they may be BURNED." D. Lortsch, Histoire de la Bible en
France, 1910, p.14.

"Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, BIBLE SOCIETIES... PESTS of
this sort must be DESTROYED by all means.**" The encyclical Quanta Cura
Issued by Pope Pius IX, December 6, 1866

The decree set forth in the year 1545 A.D. by the Council of Trent... The
doctrine withholds and declares that TRADITION is of equal authority with
the Bible.

"The Pope is of great authority and power that he can MODIFY, explain, or
interpret even divine laws... The Pope can MODIFY divine law, since his
power is not of man, BUT OF GOD, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon
earth." -Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Ribliotheca, "Papa," art. 2, translated.

"The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense
with all things, even the
precepts of Christ." "The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to
dispense with the command of
Christ."  Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. Cap. (The Pope can modify divine l
aw.) Ferraris' Ecclesiastical
Dictionary.

(((((SEE DANIEL 7:25 TO EXPLAIN THIS BLUNT ADMISSION... DNL 7:25    And he
shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the
saints of the most High, and think to change TIMES AND LAWS: and they shall
be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of
time. )))))

Catholic Charities has more than $5 million worth of contracts with the
city, but for Levada,
more important is Catholic doctrine that says while simply being a
homosexual is not a sin...
Chgo SunTimes Feb. 16, 1997 Section Religion p. 34 art. S.F., Catholic
Charities battle over
benefits for GAY partners

Cardinal Bernardin writes... On homosexuality:  he says GAYS ARE CHILDREN OF
GOD, that they
should be loved and that Catholics ought to DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS. ... God's
plan for sexuality
... is best fulfilled in a stable union... But to teach that in no way is to
belittle a person who may have a homosexual orientation. Chgo SunTimes Oct.
21, 1994 p. 18 art. Bernardin Letter Tackles Hot Topics for Teenagers

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SAYS GOD "CREATES" PEOPLE GAY
CNN News 10-1-97 reports: Roman Catholic church states that homosexuals
should not be condemned. The RCC says their sexual orientation is not freely
CHOSEN.

IS IT UNEXPECTED? THIS EXPLAINES ALL THE NUMEROUS PRIESTS BEING CAUGHT,
SUED, AND JAILED FOR MOLESTING BOYS... ANYONE CAN LOOK TO THE WWW AND FIND
HUNDREDS OF ARTICLES TO PROVE THIS AS A FACT... HERE'S JUST A "FEW"...

http://cnn.com/US/9803/28/priest.sexual.abuse.ap/index.html

And yes... The Roman Catholic Church tried to COVER UP the actions of
another  molesting priest! Dallas diocese "covered up" molesting priests
actions! A 119 Million dollar mistake!

http://cnn.com/US/9707/24/priest.lawsuit/

The Roman Catholic Church looses 102 MILLION DOLLARS thanks to this
molesting priest

http://www.wfaa.com/news/24/kos_trial.shtml

(((CHECK OUT THE RELATED SITES AS WELL.. TONS OF INFO!!)))

NBC News (ch 15) 1-8-98 reports: Rockford illinois Roman Catholic Diocese is
running 30 second commercials ADVERTISING for "priests". They are spending
$55.000.00 to see if anyone wants to become a priest in the Roman Catholic
Church.

CNN News -1-24-98 reports: Pope john paul II "CROWNS" Cuba's most religious
ICON in a show of "ACCEPTANCE"

B.J. McMahon's (bar) triumphantly crosses the finish line ahead of St. James
place (bar), which
ran into a bit of trouble, during the Oak Lawn BED RACERS on Sunday
sponsored by the Knights of
Columbus in Oak Lawn. The fundraising event, sponsored by the KNIGHTS OF
CLUMBUSin Oak Lawn,  drew participants from LCAL BARS, businesses and
organizations. Daily Southtown Newspaper
Aug. 11, 1994 Front page section Your Town art. Oak Lawn Bed Races a
nightmare to riders.

Last weekend, a CHURCH-SANCTIONED BEER PARTY turned ugly. The Rev. Steven
Lanza, pastor at the Notre Dame De Chicago Catholic Church, 1335 W.
Harrison, was arrested for disorderly conduct after a college beer bash held
on church property got out of hand.  Ald. Ted Mazola (1st) told me he had
dropped off his babysitter and was returning home about 1 a.m Saturday when
he saw "about 300 KIDS" who had poured out of the beer blast but were still
hanging around the neighborhood. "They were blocking the streets, jumping on
cars, ...they pounded on my car and swore at me,... and they were using the
front lawns and driveways as public urinals. Hey it wasn't only the guys,"
the alderman said "Women were doing it too." "This isn't the first time the
neighborhood has had a problem with the church throwing or allowing parties,
it's more like the 21ST TIME." said Mazola, who lives nearby. Chgo SunTimes
Sept. 1, 1994 p.11 art. It's Time for Parishes to Go on the Wagon.

Roman Catholic officials don't mind a little WAGERING now and then but the
church now says Iowa has taken gambling far enough. -"One of the reasons we
didn't speak earlier was that some of the Catholic parishes in the state use
BINGO for revenue raising." Said Timothy McCarthy for the Catholic
Conference Board. "But when you compare it to horse racing and dog racing
and riverboats, it's kind of minor league gambling." McCarthy said
According to the Iowa Revenue Department, the States 1,170 licensed bingo
operators grossed $51 MILLION in 1993. "Bingo is a SMALL thing." said
Dubuque Archbishop Daniel Kucera, who heads the Iowa Catholic Conference
Board. Daily Southtown Dec. 10 1994 Section Religion p. A9 art. "Iowa
Catholics want to halt riverboat gambling growth"

If this God who loves little children because they are *HER* little children
loved them so much as to become himself a little child at the first
Christmas... Daily Southtown Dec 4, 1994 p. A19 Section "Opinion art. In
praise of St. Nick" Author Andrew M. Greely (NOTE: This priest is calling
God Almighty "Her")

This is not the last time either...

"...I am rather suggesting that the only one who knows how personally guilty
there were is God and SHE does not phone in to talk radio programs..." Daily
Southtown Jan. 22, 1995 p. A21 art. "A Christian country?"

~And again, almost a month later~

...His presence going before the armies of the Children of Israel. Both the
Hebrew name for her and the
Greek translation "Spirit" are FEMININE in gender. Daily Southtown Feb.
19,1995 o. A21 art. "WOMANLY image of God"

Cardinal Bernardin's lecture at Hebrew University: -on anti-Jewish
statements in St. John's Gospel (see John 8:44) - that these statements can
no longer be taught as AUTHENTIC  doctrine or used as catechesis by
contemporary Christianity and can no longer regarded as definitive teaching.
Christians may NO LONGER BELIEVE that the words that the Jews are the
children of the devil are words Jesus actually said or are the revealed word
of God. Daily Southtown April 9, 1995 p. A21 art. Bernardin and the Jews

Pontiff praises Buddhism:
Declaring he had come as a "friend from Rome," an exhausted Pope John Paul
II offered a message of
RELIGIOUS HARMONY... Buddhist leaders has threatened to disrupt the visit
unless the pope APOLOGIZE  for passages... that they view as critical of
their religions doctrine of salvation. As HE DID before leaving Rome Jan.
11, John Paul issued conciliatory remarks... Daily Southtown Jan. 22, 1995
p. A11

BOB HOPE AND WIFE DOLORES AWARDED PAPAL KNIGHTHOODS

Entertainer Bob Hope and wife Dolores have been awarded papal knighthoods.
Hope, 95, was invested as knight commander with the star designation and his
wife, Dolores, 89, as dame with star in the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
Pope John Paul II bestows PAPAL KNIGHTHOODS on those of UNBLEMISHED
CHARACTER who have promoted the interests of humanity and the Catholic
Church. Hope, a NON-CATHOLIC, and his wife, who is Catholic, were to have
been invested in January but the couple was unable to attend the ceremony.

((((HOW CAN A NON-CATHOLIC PROMOTE CATHOLICISM??))))

Last month in manila, Pope John Paul II said LOYALTY to the papacy is
ESSENTIAL for acceptance by the Catholic church. ...LOYALTY TO THE PEOPE IS
A MUST FOR RECONCILIATION. He said: "Consequently, a Catholic who wishes to
remain such, cannot reject the principle of communion with the successor of
Peter." -Calvary Contender & The Sword of the Lord Feb 10, 1995 p. 2. art.
Pope says Loyalty to Him is Essential

"If anyone says that in the holy sacrament of the Eucharist (communion
wafer), Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is not to be adored with the
worship of latria, also outwardly manifested, and is consequently neither to
be venerated with a special festive solemnity, nor to be solemnly borne
about in procession according to the laudable and universal rite and custom
of the holy Church, or it not to be set publicly before the people to be
adored and the adorers thereof are idolaters, let him be ANATHEMA." Ibid.,
p.80, Canon 6

UNBIBLICAL CATHOLIC INVENTIONS
(If you  require the source files of these facts email me for a FREE COPY of
"The Second Window")

Year   Invention

2 nd Century Elders were first called priests by Lucian.
3 rd Century Sacerdotal mass instituted by Cyprian.
300 AD  Prayers for the deceased.
300 AD  The sign of the cross adopted as beginning and ending of prayer.
320 AD  Wax candles.
375 AD  Veneration of angels, dead saints, and images of same. (Veneration =
profound respect,
                reverence, worship, adoration, idolization)
394 AD  The mass becomes a daily ritual.
431 AD  The first official exultation of Mary as the "Mother of God" applied
by Council of
                 Ephesus.
500 AD  Priests began wearing special clothing.
526 AD  Extreme Unction. (Rite of healing)
593 AD  Purgatory first enacted as binding doctrine upon all Catholics by
Gregory the great.
600 AD  The now unknown language of Latin used in worship.
600 AD  Prayers offered to Mary, dead saints and angels.
610 AD  First man proclaimed as a pope. (Boniface III)
709 AD  Kissing of the pope's feet.
750 AD  Temporal power of popes, conferred by Pepin, King of the Franks.
786 AD  Veneration of crosses, statues, images, and relics authorized.
850 AD  Holy water created by a pinch of salt, chrism, and a priest's
blessing.
890 AD  Veneration of Saint Joseph.
927 AD  College of Cardinals begun.
965 AD  Baptism of bells instituted by pope  John XIII.
995 AD  Canonization of dead saints by pope John XV.
998 AD  Fasting on Fridays during Lent.
11 th Century The Mass developed gradually as a sacrifice, attendance was
made obligatory.
1079 AD  Celibacy of priests declared a necessity.
1090 AD  The Rosary adopted from pagan beliefs by Peter the Hermit.
1184 AD  The Inquisition instituted by Council of Verona.
1190 AD  Sale of indulgences.
12 th Century Seven sacraments, defined by Peter Lombard.
1215 AD  Transubstantiation, defined as binding doctrine by pope Innocent
III. Denial of same punishable by death.
1215 AD  Auricular confession (Rite of reconciliation) of sins to a priest
instead of God, instituted by pope Innocent III.
1220 AD  Adoration of the wafer (Communion host), decreed by pope Honorius
III.
1229 AD  Bible forbidden to laymen, and placed on the Index of Forbidden
Books by the Council of Valencia.
1251 AD  Scapular invented by Simon Stock of England.
1414 AD  The cup forbidden to the laity at communion by Council of
Constance.
1439 AD  Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma by the Council of Florence.
1545 AD  Tradition declared as being equal authority with the Bible by
Council of Trent.
1546 AD  Books of the Apocrypha are added to the Bible by the Council of
Trent.
1560 AD  Creed of pope Pius IV imposed as the official creed in place of the
Apostle Creed.
1854 AD  Immaculate Conception of Mary (to be utterly without sin)
proclaimed by pope Pius IX.
1864 AD  Syllabus of Errors proclaimed by pope Pius IX and ratified by the
Vatican Council; condemned freedom of religion, conscience, speech, press,
and scientific discoveries which are disapproved by the roman church;
asserted the pope's
temporal authority over all civil rulers.
1870 AD  Infallibility of the pope in matters of faith and morals proclaimed
by the Vatican Council.
1930 AD  Pope Pius XI condemned the public schools.
1931 AD  Pope Pius XI reaffirmed the doctrine that Mary is "The Mother of
God"
1950 AD  Assumption of Mary (Bodily ascension to Heaven without dying)
proclaimed by pope Pius XXI.
1965 AD  Mary proclaimed the "Mother of the Church" by Pope Paul VI.

A COLLECTION OF "QUICKIES"...

"Democracy is a michievous dream where the Catholic Church does not
predominate." -Brownson's Review. "There is one, and only one, sure
democracy, the Catholicism of the Popes" -The Catholic World, Oct, 1937.
"Some dwell on the vastly increased tolerance shown in this country now to
Catholics and Catholic thugs... It betokens a decay of
Protestantism." -Catholic World, Oct. 1935, p.66  "It no longer can be said
today that the U.S. is a Protestant country." -Cardinal Strich of Chicago,
quoted in Time Magazine, Aug. 5, 1955 "The old Protestant culture is about
at the end of its rope... Why can't we make the U.S. Catholic in
legislation, Catholic in justice, aims and ideals?" -Father F. X. Talbot,
editor of America, official jesuit magazine for the U.S. statement in New
York Globe Dec. 14, 1930 "Religious liberty is merely endured until the
opposite can be carried into effect without peril to the Catholic
Church." -Bishop O'Conner of Pittsburg. "If Catholics ever gain sufficient
numerical majority in this country, religious freedom is at an end. So our
enemies say; so we believe" -The Shephard of the Valley, journal of the late
bishop of St. Louis. In the book Confusion Twice Confounded, Monsignor
Joseph H. Brady states that the U.S. Supreme Court is wrong in decisions
regarding "seperation of Church and State." He says: "A sound view of the
Constitution in its relation to religion probably awaits a change in
personnel in our highest tribunal." -The Register, Jan. 23, 1955. "But
Constitutions can be changed, and non-Catholic sects may decline to such a
point that the political proscription [ban] of them may become feasible and
expedient. What protection would they have against a Catholic state?" -The
State and the Church, pp.38,39, by Miller and Ryan, imprimatur of Cardinal
Hayes. "The Catholic Church in this nation must live on to accomplish her
work, even though our Republican form of government disappears." -The
Catholic World, April, 1935, p.12. "They [Catholics] must penetrate wherever
possible in the administration of civil affairs... all Catholics should do
all in their power to cause the constitution of states, and legislation to
be modeled on the principles of the true Church." -Encyclical of Leo XIII.

"Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern
religionists agree with her; --she could not have SUBSTITUTED the observance
of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the
seventh day, a change for which there is NO SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY." -Rev.
Stephan Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism, "On the Obedience Due to the Church,"

chap. 2, p. 174. (Imprimatur, John Cardinal McCloskey, archbishop of New
York.)

"The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority
of the Scriptures, because the
Church had changed...the Sabbath into Sunday, NOT BY COMMAND OF CHRIST, but
by its own authority." Canon and Tradition, p. 263

((((REMEMBER DANIEL 7:25???))))

"Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that
day from unnecessary servile
work? Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our
sacred duties? But you may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and
you will NOT FIND A SINGLE LINE authorizing the sanctification of Sunday.
The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we
never sanctify." -James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (1917
ed.), pp. 72, 73.

"THE CATHOLIC CHURCH," declared Cardinal Gibbons, "by virtue of her divine
mission changed the day from Saturday to Sunday." Catholic Mirror Sept. 23
1983. (Official organ of Cardinal Gibbons)

Question -  Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer -  Saturday is the Sabbath day.
Question -  Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer -  We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the CATHOLIC
CHURCH, in the Council of
Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." The
Convert's Catechism of
Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd ed.

"The Bible says, Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH SAYS, NO! By my divine power I ABOLISH THE SABBATH DAY, and command
you to keep the first day of the week. And lo, the entire civilized world
bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the holy Catholic church!"
Father Enright, C.S.S.R. of the Redemptoral College, Kansas City, Mo.,
History of the Sabbath, p. 802

Now for a few "Pagan Symbols" that MOST Catholic are unaware of in THEIR
Church...

Baal Worship  vs.  Catholicism

1. (B) The nativity of the sun, the birth of Tammuz is December 25
  (C) The nativity of Jesus, Christmas December 25
2. (B) The midsummer festival held June 24th
   (C) The nativity of St. John held June 24th
3. (B) The assumption of Semiramis who became the mother goddess
  (C) The assumption of Mary who became the mother of God
4. (B) The mother goddess worshipped as the queen of heaven (Jer. 7:18)
  (C) The virgin Mary worshipped as the queen of heaven
5. (B) Cakes dedicated to the goddess with a "T" drawn on it (Jer. 44:17,19)
   (C) Hot Cross Buns with a cross crawn on it
6. (B) 40 days of fasting for Tammuz
  (C) 40 days of lent
7. (B) The festival of Easter (Ezekiel 8:16)
(C) The Festival of Easter
8. (B) The resurrection of Tammuz at Easter and the procession of graven
images during holy week
(C) The procession of graven images of Jesus, Mary and Peter during holy
week
9. (B) Veneration of graven images of Baal, Ishtar, Tammuz and lesser
gods in the heavens
   (C) veneration of graven images of Jesus, Mary, Peter, and of saints
10. (B) The belief in immortality of the soul and burning place of torment
  (C) The belief in immortality of the soul and burning place of torment
11. (B) The doctrine of purgatory
  (C) The doctrine of purgatory
12. (B) The belief of the dead visiting the living. Feast helf for in
November (All souls day)
(C) The festival of all souls day held Nov. 2, all saints day held Nov. 1
13. (B) Burning of incense (Is. 1:13; Jer. 11:17; Ez. 8:11)
   (C) The burning of incense and candles.
14. (B) Chants and repetitious prayers. (Matt. 6:6)
    (C) The rosary, hail Mary.
15. (B) The symbol of the cross as a symbol of sun worship
    (C) The crucifix
16. (B) Amulets and idols to scare away evil spirits
   (C) The wearing of crucifixes and images displayed for protection
17. (B) The round disc wafer with IHS symbol eaten as food for the soul
(C) The wafer used in the eucharist is round with IHS engraved on it.
18. (B) Painting of the child and mother with the glory of the sun around
their heads
   (C) Paintings of the child Jesus and Mary with Halos or a glory of the
sun around their heads
19. (B) Infant baptism and sprinkling holy water
    (C) Infant baptism and sprinkling holy water
20. (B) Necromancy
   (C) Mysticism
21. (B) The first day of the week Sunday, kept sacred to honour Baal.
    (C) The change of the Sabbath to Sunday
22. (B) Pontifex Maximus name for chief head of the pagan babylonian system
of idolatry
   (C) Pontifex Maximus, one of the first names for the pope
23. (B) Janus and Cybele, holders of the keys to heaven and hell
(C) The Pope claims to have the keys of Peter
24. (B) The high priest kings carried on a throne to the temple of his god
  (C) The Pope carried on a portable throne to the Basilica of St. Peter
25. (B) The pagan high priest king believed to be the incarnate of the sun
god
   (C) The Pope pretends to be Christ's vicar here on earth
26. (B) Offerings to appease the gods
   (C) Penance, indulgences, salvation by works
27. (B) Houses for the virgin priestesses, to be employed at pagan temples
(C) Nuns
28. (B) Human sacrifices burned by fire as offering to appease the sun god
(C) Opposers of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church burned at the
stake

"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, (Papacy) whose names
are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the
world. If any man hear, let him hear. " Revelation 13:8,9

Revelation 18:4
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her
plagues.

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