Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy, or its adherents. At various points after the Reformation, some majority Protestant states, including England, Prussia, and Scotland made anti-Catholicism and opposition to the Pope and Catholic rituals major political themes, and the anti-Catholic sentiment which resulted from it frequently lead to religious discrimination against Catholic individuals (often derogatorily referred to in Anglophone Protestant countries as "papists" or "Romanists"). Historian John Wolffe identifies four types of anti-Catholicism: constitutional-national, theological, popular and socio-cultural.
Historically, Catholics who lived in Protestant countries were frequently suspected of conspiring against the state in furtherance of papal interests. Support for the alien pope led to allegations that they lacked loyalty to the state. In majority Protestant countries with large scale immigration, such as the United States and Australia, suspicion of Catholic immigrants or discrimination against them often overlapped or was conflated with nativism, xenophobia, and ethnocentric or racist sentiments (i.e. anti-Italianism, anti-Irish sentiment, Hispanophobia, anti-French sentiment, anti-Quebec sentiment, anti-Polish sentiment).
In the Early modern period, the Catholic Church struggled to maintain its traditional religious and political role in the face of rising secular powers in Catholic countries. As a result of these struggles, a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of the Pope and the clergy arose in the form of anti-clericalism. The Inquisition was a favorite target of attack. Anti-clerical forces gained strength after 1789 in some primarily Catholic nations, such as France, Spain and Mexico. Political parties formed that expressed a hostile attitude towards the considerable political, social, spiritual and religious power of the Catholic Church in the form of anti-clericalism, attacks on the power of the pope to name bishops, and international orders, especially the Jesuits. [Source: Wikipedia]
Kung ANONG IGLESIA raw ang INUUSIG ay PATUNAY na ITO nga ang TUNAY na IGLESIANG KAY CRISTO!
PASUGO Nobyembre 1954, p. 2, 1:
“Hindi kailangang patunayan pa kung hindi tunay na Iglesia, kung ito'y kay Cristo o hindi. Ang pag-uusig na nagaganap... na siyang katuparan ng pinagpauna ng Panginoon ay siyang malinaw na katunayan ... ay tunay na Iglesia at kay Cristo. Anu-ano ang mga kinathang kasinungalingan na ipinaparatang kay Jesus an nakasisirang puri! Hindi lamang nila sinasabing siya'y may demonyo, kundi pinaparatangang siya'y nauulol (Juan 15:20). Kung siya'y inusig tayo man ay uusigin din. Ang pag-uusig sa Ulo at tagos hanggang sa katawan. Siya ang ulo, tayo ang mga sangkap, na siyang Iglesia."
Sa buong mundo, nangunguna ang Iglesia Katolika sa mga inuusig na Iglesia. Sampu rito ay ang mga bansang sumusunod (source: American Magazine)
- North Korea (94 points) — Christians and Christian missionaries are routinely imprisoned in labor camps. *Walang INC™1914 sa North Korea!
- Afghanistan (93 points) — The government of this Muslim country does not recognize any of its citizens as Christian. *Walang INC™1914 sa Afghanistan!
- Somalia (91 points) — The Catholic bishop of Mogadishu has described it as “not possible” to be a Christian in Somalia. *Walang INC™1914 sa Somalia!
- Sudan (87 points) — The Muslim government has slated Christian churches for demolition. *Walang INC™1914 sa Sudan!
- Pakistan (86 points) — Christians and other non-Muslims sit on death row, facing charges of blasphemy. *Walang INC™1914 sa Pakistan!
- Eritrea (86 points) — Only four religions are officially recognized (Sunni Islam and the Eritrean Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Evangelical Lutheran churches). Those belonging to other faiths are persecuted and those of recognized faiths are routinely harassed by the government. *Walang INC™1914 sa Eritrea!
- Libya (86 points) — The government is reportedly training militants to attack Coptic Christians. *Walang INC™1914 sa Libya!
- Iraq (86 points) — Iraqi Christians have yet to return to their homelands after expulsion by ISIS. *Walang INC™1914 sa Iraq!
- Yemen (85 points) — The ongoing political and humanitarian crisis has further squeezed Christians and other religious minorities, who already faced severe restrictions on practicing their faiths. *Walang INC™1914 sa Yeman!
- Iran (85 points) — Religious minorities, including Christians, face “systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom,” according to the U.S. State Department. *Walang INC™1914 sa Iran!
Sa mga bansang INUUSIG ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA, wala tayong makikitang INC™ Church (See INC DIRECTORY)
Saan yumayabong ang INC™? Kung saan ang mga bansa ay 'CHRISTIANIZED'. Ibig sabihin, doon sila pumupunta sa mga bansang INARALAN na ng mga misyonerong Katoliko!
Sa mga bansang INUUSIG ang mga KRISTIANONG KATOLIKO, hindi kakayanin ng mga bayarang ministro ang mamatay alang-alang sa Iglesia Ni Cristo® na itinatag ni Ginoong Felix Y. Manalo sa Pilipinas noong 1914!
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