Pinakamalaking Imahe sa Mundo ng Mahal na Birhen!

In the Philippines, the soon-to-be tallest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world is about to be ready

Almost 100 meters (315 feet) high, the statue is expected to be concluded in 2021, marking the 500th anniversary of Christianity in the Philippines..

Designed by the renowned (and recently deceased) constructivist Filipino sculptor Eduardo De Los Santos Castrillo, the Marian monument-sculpture-shrine of The Mother of All Asia, also called “The Tower of Peace,” is located at the Montemaría (literally, “Mary’s Mount”) Pilgrimage Site in Batangas City, in the Philippines.

Expected to be concluded in 2021 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, The Mother of All Asia will then be the tallest statue of the Virgin Mary in the The Montemaría Pilgrimage site’s centerpiece, this image of the Virgin Mary is dedicated to the unity and peace of all peoples and countries in South Asia. With a floor area of around 130,000 square feet, the monument will house a St. John Paul II shrine, 12 Marian chapels in the third floor, a food hall on the fourth, mini theaters and conference rooms, and even commercial and residential spaces, and is crowned with a viewing deck on the 17th floor... Read More Here!

Bakit May Imahe ang mga Kaanib sa Tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo?

Biblical Reasons Why Catholics Make Use of Images…YES, it is in the Bible!

Article Source: Gadel.Info

Read more: http://www.gadel.info/reasons-catholics-use-images/#ixzz4oTaFWjEm

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Catholics do not worship images and statues

QUESTION: WHY DO CATHOLICS MAKE USE OF IMAGES WHEN GOD COMMANDED IN EXODUS CHAPTER 20 NOT TO MAKE IMAGES?”

RESPONSE:

Over and over again, many non-Catholics keep criticizing our use of images in the Catholic Church. They see it as a major problem with us (Catholics) and as such, they often refer us to the book of Exodus chapter 20; consequently condemning or charging us with idolatry. Personally, I see this as an act of ignorance; if only they (i.e those who accuse the Catholic Church of idolatry), had read the bible properly, they would have understood better and stop their criticisms.

Now let us examine their claims…

PROTESTANTS’ CLAIMS

The non Catholics often refer us to the Commandments; which according to the first commandment, God said: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them (Ex. 20:2–5).

OUR RESPONSE:

God does not prohibit statues or images; he prohibits the adoration of them. If God truly meant that we were not to possess any statues at all, then he would later contradict himself. Just five chapters after this commandment in Exodus 20, God commanded Moses to build the ARK of the Covenant, which would contain the presence of God and was to be venerated as the holiest place in all of Israel. Here is what God commanded Moses concerning the statues on it: “AND YOU SHALL MAKE TWO CHERUBIM OF GOLD; OF HAMMERED WORK SHALL YOU MAKE THEM, ON THE TWO ENDS OF THE MERCY SEAT. MAKE ONE CHERUB ON THE ONE END, AND ONE CHERUB ON THE OTHER END; OF ONE PIECE WITH THE MERCY SEAT SHALL YOU MAKE THE CHERUBIM ON ITS TWO ENDS.” (Ex. 25:18–19).

In Numbers 21:8–9, not only did our Lord order Moses to make another statue in the form of a bronze serpent, he commanded the children of Israel to look to it in order to be healed. The context of the passage is one where Israel had rebelled against God, and a plague of deadly snakes was sent as a just punishment. This statue of a snake had no power of itself—we know from John 3:14 it was merely a type of Christ—but God used this image of a snake as an instrument to effect healing in his people.

Further, in 1 Kings 6, Solomon built a temple for the glory of God, described as follows: “In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high. . . . He put the IMAGE of the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. . . . He carved all the walls of the house roundabout with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees, and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. . . . For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood. . . . He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold (1 Kgs. 6:23, 27, 29, 31, 32). King Solomon ordered the construction of multiple images of things both “in heaven above” (angels) and “in the earth beneath” (palm trees and open flowers). And then, after the completion of the temple, GOD DECLARED HE WAS PLEASED WITH ITS CONSTRUCTION (1 KGS. 9:3).

Now for those who criticize the catholic Church; didn’t God know what King Solomon had done? It becomes apparent, given the above evidence, that a strictly literal interpretation of Exodus 20:2–5 is erroneous. Otherwise, we would have to conclude that God prohibits something in Exodus 20 and he commands the same thing elsewhere.

Why would God use these images of serpents, angels, palm trees, and open flowers? Why didn’t he heal the people directly rather than use a “graven image”? Why didn’t he command Moses and Solomon to build an ark and a temple void of any images at all?

I hope the fact is becoming clear now…

ANOTHER OBJECTION BY PROTESTANTS

Many Protestants will claim that, while Catholics may say they do not adore statues, their actions prove otherwise… Catholics kiss statues, bow down before them, and pray in front of them. According to the protestants, that represents the adoration that is due God alone.

OUR RESPONSE:

The problem was not with the bowing; it was with the adoration. Bowing does not necessarily entail adoration. For example, Jacob bowed to the ground on his knees seven times to his elder brother Esau (Gen. 33:3), Bathsheba bowed to her husband David (1 Kgs. 1:16), and Solomon bowed to his mother Bathsheba (1 Kgs. 2:19). In fact, in Revelation 3:9, John records the words of Jesus: “Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and learn that I have loved you.” This simply indicates that there are different categories of “bow” or “worship” as clearly seen in the examples above. We have the LATRIA which is the adoration due to God alone; this is clearly different from the relational worship or we give to ourselves to indicate respect. This is very clear with the Yoruba culture of Nigeria, where a child prostrates or lies down to greet an elder. This does not mean that he is rendering the elder a Latria worship or guilty of idolatry, however, it is just a relational worship which indicates respect. HENCE, WE MUST KNOW THAT THE IDEA OF “WORSHIP” IS VERY BROAD AND ITS USAGE MUST FLOW WITH THE PROPER SENTIMENT WHICH INDICATES WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

My humble recommendation remains that the Catholic Church does not believe any statue or image has any power in and of itself. The beauty of statues and icons move us to the contemplation of the Word of God as he is himself or as he works in his saints. And, according to the Scripture, as well as the testimony of the centuries, God even uses them at times to impart blessings (e.g., healings) according to his providential plan.

CONCLUSION

I suppose the message we should send to those outside of the Catholic Church who don’t get why we bow down before, kiss, put flowers in front of, etc. statues and icons, is that we Catholics take very seriously the biblical injunctions to praise and honor great members of God’s family.

Besides, it is however, surprising that the critics of the Catholic Church take photographs, hang it at home and often times kiss them. Hence, following the command not to make any image at all, 99% of them equally guilty of idolatry, if we are to take that portion of the Scripture so literarily.

For us, having statues or images is just as natural as—you guessed it—having your pictures or those of your loves ones, especially those that have departed from us. Most times we keep these images or pictures of our relations in our wallets or at homes or even in our electronic devices, which remind us of the ones we love here on earth.

Hence, our use of images in the Church which reminds us of the heavenly beings is a far cry from idolatry.

By Chinaka Mbaeri

Chinaka Mbaeri’s Reflections

AP: Archaeologists Find Oldest Paintings of Apostles in Roman Catacombs

Ang pagkakaroon pala ng mga imahe ng mga banal katulad ng mga apostol ni Cristo ay sinasang-ayunan na ng Unang Iglesia hanggang sa kasalukuyan.

News Source: FoxNews
Published June 22, 2010 Associated Press

June 22: A cameraman films a painting discovered with the earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul in a catacomb located under a modern office building in Rome.  (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

ROME — The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials said Tuesday.

The images, which date from the second half of the 4th century, were discovered on the ceiling of a tomb that also includes the earliest known images of the apostles John and Andrew. They were uncovered using a new laser technique that allowed restorers to burn off centuries of thick white calcium carbonate deposits without damaging the dark colors of the original paintings underneath.

The paintings adorn what is believed to be the tomb of a Roman noblewoman in the Santa Tecla catacomb and represent some of the earliest evidence of devotion to the apostles in early Christianity, Vatican officials said in opening up the tomb to the media for the first time.

Last June, the Vatican announced the discovery of the icon of Paul — timed to coincide with the end of the Vatican's Pauline year. At the time, Pope Benedict XVI also announced that tests on bone fragments long attributed to Paul "seemed to confirm" that they did indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint.

On Tuesday, Vatican archaeologists announced that the image of Paul discovered last year was not found in isolation, but was rather part of a square ceiling painting that also included icons of three other apostles - Peter, John and Andrew - surrounding an image of Christ as the Good Shepherd.

"These are the first images of the apostles," said Fabrizio Bisconti, the superintendent of archaeology for the catacombs, which are maintained by the Vatican's Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology.

The Vatican office oversaw and paid for the two-year, euro60,000 restoration effort, which for the first time used lasers to restore frescoes and paintings in catacombs. The damp, musty air of underground catacombs makes preservation of paintings particularly difficult and restoration problematic.

In this case, the small burial chamber at the end of the catacomb was completely encased in centimeters (inches) of white calcium carbonate, which under previous restoration techniques would have just been scraped away by hand. That technique, though would have left a filmy layer on top so as to not damage the paintings underneath.

Using the laser, restorers were able to sear off all the layers of calcium that had been bound onto the painting because the laser beam stopped burning at the white of the calcium deposits, which when chipped off left the brilliant darker colors underneath it unscathed, said Barbara Mazzei, the chief restorer.

What Convinced This Secular Scientist the Shroud of Turin is Real

Source: ChurchPOP
By Ann Schneible

Public Domain, Wikipedia / ChurchPOP

The Shroud of Turin has different meanings for many people: some see it as an object of veneration, others a forgery, still others a medieval curiosity. For one Jewish scientist, however, the evidence has led him to see it as a meeting point between science and faith.

“The Shroud challenges (many people’s core beliefs) because there’s a strong implication that there is something beyond the basic science going on here,” Barrie Schwortz, one of the leading scientific experts on the Shroud of Turin, in an CNA.

Admitting that he did not know whether there was something beyond science at play, he added: “That’s not what convinced me: it was the science that convinced me.”

A Non-Practicing Jew Studying the Ancient Artifact

The Shroud of Turin is among the most well-known relics believed to be connected with Christ’s Passion. Venerated for centuries by Christians as the burial shroud of Jesus, it has been subject to intense scientific study to ascertain its authenticity, and the origins of the image.

The image on the 14 feet long, three-and-a-half feet wide cloth is stained with the postmortem image of a man – front and back – who has been brutally tortured and crucified.

Schwortz, now a retired technical photographer and frequent lecturer on the shroud, was a member of the 1978 Shroud of Turin Research Project which brought prestigious scientists together to examine the ancient artifact.

As a non-practicing Jew at the time, he was hesitant to be part of the team and skeptical as to the shroud’s authenticity – presuming it was nothing more than an elaborate painting. Nonetheless, he was intrigued by the scientific questions raised by the image.

Despite his reservations, Schwortz recounts being persuaded to remain on the project by a fellow scientist on the team – a NASA imaging specialist, and a Catholic – who jokingly told him: “You don’t think God wouldn’t want one of his chosen people on our team?”

And Schwortz soon encountered one of the great mysteries of the image that still entrances its examiners to this day.

A Mysterious 3D Image

He explained that a specific instrument used for the project was designed for evaluating x-rays, which allowed the lights and darks of an image to be vertically stretched into space, based on the lights and darks proportionately.

For a normal photograph, the result would be a distorted image: with the shroud, however, the natural, 3-D relief of a human form came through. This means “there’s a correlation between image density – lights and darks on the image – and cloth to body distance.”

“The only way that can happen is by some interaction between cloth and body,” he said. “It can’t be projected. It’s not a photograph – photographs don’t have that kind of information, artworks don’t.”

This evidence led him to believe that the image on the shroud was produced in a way that exceeds the capacities even of modern technology.

“There’s no way a medieval forger would have had the knowledge to create something like this, and to do so with a method that we can’t figure out today – the most image-oriented era of human history.”

“Think about it: in your pocket, you have a camera, and a computer, connected to each other in one little device,” he said.

“The shroud has become one of the most studied artifacts in human history itself, and modern science doesn’t have an explanation for how those chemical and physical properties can be made.”

The Evidence Is “Overwhelming in Favor of its Authenticity”

While the image on the Shroud of Turin was the most convincing evidence for him, he said it was only a fraction of all the scientific data which points to it being real.

“Really, it’s an accumulation of thousands of little tiny bits of evidence that, when put together, are overwhelming in favor of its authenticity.”

Despite the evidence, many skeptics question the evidence without having seen the facts. For this reason, Schwortz launched the website www.shroud.com, which serves as a resource for the scientific data on the Shroud.

Nonetheless, he said, there are many who still question the evidence, many believing it is nothing more than an elaborate medieval painting.

“I think the reason skeptics deny the science is, if they accept any of that, their core beliefs have been dramatically challenged, and they would have to go back and reconfigure who they are and what they believe in,” he said. “It’s much easier to reject it out of hand, and not worry about it. That way they don’t have to confront their own beliefs.”

“I think some people would rather ignore it than be challenged.”

Where Science Ends and Faith Begins

Schwortz emphasized that the science points to the Shroud being the burial cloth belonging to a man, buried according to the Jewish tradition after having been crucified in a way consistent with the Gospel. However, he said it is not proof of the resurrection – and this is where faith comes in.

“It’s a pre-resurrection image, because if it were a post-resurrection image, it would be a living man – not a dead man,” he said, adding that science is unable to test for the sort of images that would be produced by a human body rising from the dead.

“The Shroud is a test of faith, not a test of science. There comes a point with the Shroud where the science stops, and people have to decide for themselves.”

“The answer to faith isn’t going to be a piece of cloth. But, perhaps, the answer to faith is in the eyes and hearts of those who look upon it.”

When it comes to testifying to this meeting point between faith and science, Schwortz is in a unique position: he has never converted to Christianity, but remains a practicing Jew. And this, he says, makes his witness as a scientist all the more credible.

“I think I serve God better this way, in my involvement in the Shroud, by being the last person in the world people would expect to be lecturing on what is, effectively, the ultimate Christian relic.”

“I think God in his infinite wisdom knew better than I did, and he put me there for a reason.”

Originally posted on Catholic News Agency

Ginoong Jose Ventilacion?

Larawan mula kay G. Thomas Sison

Ang Kaisa-isang Madre na Nahatulan ng Kamatayan ng mga Nazi

Defiant Sister Maria Restituta hung crucifixes on the walls of her hospital, and wouldn't take them down

LARRY PETERSON APRIL 12, 2016

Source: Aleteia

Sister Maria Restituta began Lent of 1942 under arrest. She was taken on Ash Wednesday. Her crime: “hanging crucifixes.” She was sentenced to death. The following year, on Tuesday of Holy Week, she was executed.

May 1, 1894, was a happy day for Anton and Marie Kafka. Marie had just given birth to her sixth child and mom and daughter were both doing fine. The proud parents named their new baby girl Helena. Devout Catholics, Anton and Marie had Helena baptized into the faith only 13 days after her birth.

The ceremony took place in the Church of the Assumption, in the town of Husovice, located in Austria. Before Helena reached her second birthday, the family had settled in the city of Vienna.

Helena was a good student and worked hard. She received her First Holy Communion in St. Brigitta Church during May of 1905 and was confirmed in the same church a year later. After eight years of school she spent another year in housekeeping school and, by the age of 15, was working as a servant, a cook, and being trained as a nurse.

At age 19, she became an assistant nurse at Lainz City Hospital. This was Helena’s first contact with the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity and she was immediately moved to become a sister herself, and on October 23, 1915, became Sister Maria Restituta. She made her final vows a year later and began working as a nurse.

By the end of World War I, Sister Restituta was the lead surgical nurse at Modling Hospital in Vienna. She had never heard of Adolf Hitler and could never have imagined that one day, because of this man, her beloved nation would be annexed into the German Republic.

On March 12, 1938, the Austrian Nazi Party pulled off a successful coup d’etat taking control of the government. The unforeseen and unimagined had come to pass, and Hitler now controlled the once proud Austrian nation.

Sister Restituta was very outspoken in her opposition to the Nazi regime. When a new wing to the hospital was built she hung a crucifix in each of the new rooms. The Nazis demanded that they be removed. Sister Restituta was told she would be dismissed if she did not comply.

She refused. The crucifixes remained on the walls.

One of the doctors on staff, a fanatical Nazi, would have none of it. He denounced her to the Party and on Ash Wednesday, 1942, she was arrested by the Gestapo as she came out of the operating room. The charges against her included, “hanging crucifixes, and writing a poem that mocked Hitler.”

The Nazis promptly sentenced her to death by the guillotine for “favouring the enemy and conspiracy to commit high treason.” They offered her freedom if she would abandon the Franciscans she loved so much. She adamantly refused. Although many nuns lost their lives in the extermination camps, Sister Restituta would be the only Catholic nun ever charged, tried, and sentenced to death by a Nazi court.

An appeal for clemency went as far as the desk of Hitler’s personal secretary and Nazi Party Chancellor, Martin Bormann. His response was that her execution “would provide effective intimidation for others who might want to resist the Nazis.” Sister Maria Restituta spent her final days in prison caring for the sick. Because of her love for the crucifix — or rather, the One who was died upon it — she was beheaded on March 30, 1943.

The day she died happened to be Tuesday of Holy Week. She was 48 years old.

Pope John Paul II visited Vienna in 1998 and there beatified Helena Kafka, the girl whose destiny was service. She was declared Blessed Maria Restituta. She had learned how to serve others extremely well. But the One she served best of all was her Savior. She gave Him her life.

Blessed Marie Restituta, please pray for us.

Larry Peterson is a Christian author, writer and blogger who has written hundreds of columns on various topics. His books include the novel The Priest and the Peaches and the children’s book Slippery Willie’s Stupid, Ugly Shoes. His latest book, The Demons of Abadon, will become available during the spring of 2016. He has three kids and six grandchildren, and they all live within three miles of each other in Florida.

INC Wawasakin Rebulto ni Manalo

Mula kay Kapatid na Cenon Bibe ng Tumbukin Natin

MAY MATAPANG pong PANUKALA ng KAANIB ng INC ni MANALO na nagpapakilalang JANINE BUENAVENTURA.

Kaugnay po ito sa REBULTO ni FELIX Y. MANALO.

Sabi po ng KAANIB ng INC: (July 29, 2012 3:14 PM)

GUSTO mo GUMUWA ka ng REBULTO ni ka FELIX ihahampas pa namen sa HARAP mo yon eh.... BAKA maipalo ko na sa ULO mo HEHEHE peace........ Eh ung mga SANTO mo kaya!? KAYA mo kayang BASAGIN sa HARAP ko ung mga YON? anu DEAL? SABAY NATING ihian ang mga REBULTO nyo at REBULTO ni FYM? anu DEAL? on

MARAMING SALAMAT po sa PANUKALA NINYO.

NASA INYO po YON kung GUSTO NINYONG WASAKIN ang REBULTO ni FELIX Y. MANALO.

Pero KUNG TOTOO at SERYOSO po KAYO ay PUWEDE po bang YUNG NASA CENTRAL NG INC ang IHIAN at WASAKIN NINYO?

Yun po ba ay PUWEDE NINYONG PALUIN sa ULO?

GANOON po pala ang GUSTO NINYO e.

KAMI po ay HINDI SISIRA ng IMAHEN ng mga SANTO dahil IGINAGALANG po NAMIN ang mga PAALALA sa MGA BAYANI ng DIYOS.

Pero KUNG KAYO po ay HANDANG BASTUSIN at WASAKIN ang REBULTO ni MANALO ay HIHINTAYIN po NAMIN ang PAGBASTOS na GAGAWIN NINYO.

SANA po MAI-VIDEO NINYO at MAI-POST sa YOUTUBE para MAS MAGANDA.

SALAMAT po.

Bakit May mga IMAHE as loob ng mga Bahay-Sambahan ng Iglesia?

Sampung Bagay na Paulit-ulit na Ginagamit Laban sa tunay na Iglesia - ang Iglesia Katolika!

Mga paulit-ulit at nakakasawang argumento ng  mga kaaway ng Iglesia. Marami pang iba ngunit itong sampu ang malimit na ginagamit. Bawat Katoliko ay dapat na malaman ang mga dapat na kasagutan sa kanilang mga kababawan!

BY ELIZABETH GIDDENS VALVERDE for CATHOLIC365

POSTED IN 2/19/2015

Photo Credit: Flickr/On Being

1.“Catholics worship statues.”

This stereotype is painful to hear. Not only is this completely false, but it is ludicrous. Despite the fact that there are 801 millions Protestants world-wide, according to the Pew Research Center, my rant will be geared towards our brothers and sisters in the United States. In this country, approximately 51.5% of people are Protestant Christians. Realistically, most of these families have pictures in their home, which is completely normal, right? Right. They have pictures of their loved ones, both living and deceased. Is it not hypocritical then to say that Catholics are idol worshipers, when these families have portraits of their loved ones on the walls? If these Protestant families can have pictures of Uncle Bernie and Mawmaw hanging on the wall, then most certainly the Church can present pictures of our beloved Jesus, his disciples, and the saints.

2.“Catholics pray to Mary instead of God.”

This is a very common misconception throughout the Protestant community, and while I can understand why it is, I am also disheartened that many jump to such a harsh conclusion of the Catholic faith. We don’t pray to Mary, we ask her to pray for us, just as a Protestant asks their deceased grandparent/parent to watch over them.

3. “The saints can’t hear your prayers, because they are dead.”

I beg to differ. Since when is anyone who is in Heaven considered dead? We call it the afterLIFE for a reason. In fact, there is biblical proof that the saints can hear our prays:

-Revelation 5:8 “And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.”

-Revelation 8:3-4 “Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand.”

4. “Mother Mary isn’t important; she’s just like anyone else.”

If our Blessed Mother isn’t important, then every female would have had an immaculate conception. For this reason, that is why the declarative statement above doesn’t make sense. Of course Mother Mary is important, she gave birth to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. What is so amazing about the Catholic faith is the fact that we recognize the importance of Mary, and we honor her accordingly. She is a role model and saint for all Christians to look up to, because she submitted to God completely. Until the day another woman gives birth to Jesus, no one will ever be just like Mary. She is a very special, holy woman.

5. “Catholics made up all their rules.”

Every single tradition we have in the Catholic Church, namely during Mass, has biblical roots. Not to mention the fact that Jesus was the founder of our Church. I don’t know about you, but Jesus doesn’t make mistakes.

6. “God said to confess sins to Him, not a priest.”

This one is a personal favorite of mine. Drum roll please.

-James 5:16 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.”

It is true that we pray directly to God, and ask Him to forgiveness, however for sins (mortal) we do as Jesus commands and confess it to one another (our priests). Jesus said this directly to his disciples, so through Him, they were able to forgive sins. This power passed down to every priest, and so on and so forth. That felt good.

7. “Catholicism is a cult.”

Jesus Christ founded this Church more than 2,000 years ago, I would hardly call it a cult.

8. “Catholics aren’t Christians.”

The word Christian is associated with anyone who follows Christ’s teachings, and since the Catholic Church does just that then we are to be called Christians. Not to mention Catholics were actually the first Christians.

9. “Catholics added books to the Holy Bible.”

This one is so hilarious it hurts. For 300 years there was no Bible, only random writings from the prophets like St.Peter etc, until the Catholic monks compiled and canonized what is now known today as the Holy Bible. (That is until the Protestant Reformation occurred, in which one man *Martin Luther* removed 7 books). Ouch.

10. “Catholics believe you can pay your way into Heaven.”

We definitely do not. That is a huge misconception which occurred during the Protestant Reformation.

Despite the many stereotypes that hang over our faith, the important thing to remember is our Church has stood the test of time and remained for more than 2,000 years. Whether you are Catholic or Protestant-- we are all followers of Christ, and He is the ultimate goal.

“The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it, let it loose, and it will defend itself.”

-St. Augustine of Hippo

REBULTO: SINASAMBA BA NG MGA KAANIB NG TUNAY NA IGLESIA?

Larawan ni Moses ayon sa magasing Pasugo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® 1914 o INC™

Larawan ni Moises at ng kanyang asawa at ni Aaron. Larawan mula sa PASUGO June 2011 p. 32.

Imahe, hindi man lang nagalusan sa malakas na lindol

Nakakamangha! Rebulto lamang kung ituring nga mga mapanirang mga anti-Catholic cults and sects, pero paano natin maipaliwanag ito na sa kabila ng malakas na LINDOL ay hindi man lang nagalusan ng kahit kaunti ang kinatitirikan ng IMAHE ng MAHAL NA BIRHENG MARIA.

Statue of Mary found amid rubble from the Earthquake in Ecuador on April 16, 2016. Courtesy of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

This statue of Mary was untouched by the devastating Ecuador earthquake

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Apr 23, 2016 (CNA/EWTN News).- Everything collapsed around it, but the glass case with the statue of our Lady of Light remained intact after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador on April 16.

The statue was housed at the Leonie Aviat school in the Tarqui administrative district in Manta Canton, Ecuador, one of the areas most strongly affected by the earthquake.

Sister Patricia Esperanza, a member of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales community in Guayaquil, told CNA that the school run by her congregation was reduced to rubble. But while the entire school collapsed, the glass case of the Virgin – who is patroness of the Oblates – was completely unharmed.

The sisters cannot get over their amazement, she said.

Sister María del Carmen Gómez of the community in Manta, told CNA that on Wednesday they began demolition work, and that is when they discovered the statue.

“Not only did the Virgin remain intact in its grotto, but also my Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament,” she said.

“The Blessed Sacrament was in a small chapel at the entrance to the school and was buried. We found it intact together with some liturgical objects used for the Eucharistic celebration and another smaller statue of Our Lady of Light.”

Now, the occurrence is giving hope to the Tarqui community and consolation to Ecuadorans in the entire country.

The Oblates have been working in this school since 1960 and had more than 900 students enrolled for this school year.

The April 16 earthquake – which was declared the worst in Ecuador in some 70 years – left 600 people dead and thousands more injured.

"...kalokohan mo ang katoliko ay hindi sumusunod sa aral sa biblia." - Kaanib ng INC™

Another brainless comment from a member of the INC™ of Felix Manalo, taken from "Katie Holmes: Nagbalik-loob sa Iglesia ni Cristo"

Sakura (kung sino ka man),

Isang MALAKING KALOKOHAN ang naniniwala sa SABI-SABI. Ayon sa kasabihan, WALANG SARILING BAIT.

Ito bang sinabing mong "hindi sumusunod sa aral ng biblia Zzzzzzzzzz......" ay galing sa sarili mong pagkaunawa? O isang BAYARANG MINISTRO ang nagsabi nito sa iyo?

Huwag mong kalilimutan na itong BAYARANG MINISTRONG ito ang NAGSASABI sa inyong mga kaanib ng INC™ ni Manalo na "HUWAG MAGBASA NG BIBLIA" dahil SILA LAMANG (daw) ang "binigyan" ng Dios ng pang-unawa.

Kaya't kung isang BAYARANG MINISTRO lamang ang nagsabi nito, baka naman pwede, maging patas ka naman, buklatin mo ang Biblia mong galing sa mga Katoliko at Protestante (na sabi ng SUGO niyo ay mga kampon ni Satanas) at baka sakaling MABUKSAN pa ang iyong isipan.

"IDOL WORSHIP"

Hindi porke't libre ang katang*han ay inaraw-araw mo na!

Kailan ba naging IDOL si Maria, si Jose, si Juan, si Bartolome, si Mateo, si Santiago, si Lukas, si Agustin, si Domingo, si Francisco, si Lorenzo Ruiz, si Pedro Calungsod?

Kailan ba naging "dios" sina Maria, Jose, Juan, Bartolome, Mateo, Santiago, Lukas, Agustin, Domingo, Francisco, Lorenzo Ruiz, Pedro Calungsod?

At HINDI pala sila idol at di rin naman sila dios, BAKIT SILA DAPAT SAMBAHIN?

Ah... yung pagluhod nila at paghalik sa mga IMAHE? Yung pag-aalay nila ng bulaklak at pagtitirik ng kandila?

Yun ba ang ibig mong sabihin sa 'IDOL WORSHIP"?

Ibig mo bang sibihin ay HINDI sila dapat luhuran, alayan ng bulaklak, sindihan ng kandila, dasalan etc sapagkat SILA'Y MGA BATO LAMANG?

Di ba 'yon ang ibig sabihin ng "IDOL WORSHIP"? Yung lumuluhod, nag-aalay, nagtitirik, nagdarasal at nag-aalay ng bulaklak sa ISANG BATO o ISANG MUOG di ba?

Nakikita mo ba ang larawan sa itaas?

Ito ang KA'ABA ng Mekka sa Saudi Arabia. Ito ang tawag nilang "BLACK STONE"!

Sa DAKONG ITO ng DAIGDIG, ang LAHAT ng mga MUSLIM ay nakatuon, nagpapatirapa, nag-aalay, nagdarasal-- sa ISANG ITIM NA BATO?

Pagano ba sila?

MATAPANG ba ang inyong mga BAYARANG MINISTRO na SABIHIN sa buong mundo na ang mga MUSLIM ay mga PAGANO? Matapang ba si EDUARDO V. MANALO (EVM) na ipangaral sa 2 billion Muslim sa buong mundo na ANG MGA SUMASAMBA SA BATO ay mga PAGANO?

Ewan ko lang kung kaya ng TAPANG niyo na sila'y BATIKUSIN niyong mga PAGANO? Baka bukas-makalawa ay may gugulong na ulo sa loob ng INC™ ni Manalo!

Takot kayong mamatay ano? Sigurado kong diyan pupulutin ang inyng mga ulo kung IPANGARAL niyo sa TV o magasin na ang mga MUSLIM ay mga PAGANO at nagdarasal at sumasamba sa isang "BLACK STONE."

Ito rin ang ginagawa ng mga HINDU sa India!

Pinapaliguan!

Binibihisan!

At inaalayan!

MGA BATO pero NILULUHURAN, INAALAYAN, DINADASALAN, SINASAMBA!

Mga PAGANO ba sila sa INYONG PAMANTAYAN?

MUOG, IMAHE, BATO LANG BA SILA?

Ang larawan sa itaas ay ang MUOG o BANTAYOG ni GAT JOSE RIZAL sa Luneta Park sa Maynila.

Ayon sa Wikipedia, ang muog ni Gat. Jose Rizal ay yari sa BRONZE at GRANITE, mga chemical na walang kinalaman kay Jose Rizal.

Nakikita niyo sa itaas, bagamat yari sa mga material na BRONZE at GRANITE po 'yan pero MAINGAT na BINABANTAYAN at INIINGATAN ito ng mga Philippine Marine Corps at Marine Security and Escort Group.

Sinasaluduhan (PAGPUPUNYAGI) ang BATO ni Presidente Noynoy Aquino.

Binibisita ay INAALAYAN ng BULAKLAK ang muog ng iba't ibang pinuno ng mga bansa!

Ngayon Iglesia Ni Cristo®, ano ba ang binibigyan nila ng PUGAY? Bato o ang imahe?

Di lang iisa, MAY REPLIKA pa ang muog ni Rizal sa Madrid, Spain!

Pagano rin ba sila?

Ang BATO este MUOG o BANTAYOG ni FELIX MANALO sa INC Central

Ang URI ba ng PAGGAWA sa MUOG ang INAALAYAN ng mga INC™ ni Manalo?

O ang IMAHE (representation ng muog) ang INAALAYAN?

Kung NAG-AALAY sila ng BULAKLAK sa isang BATO, hindi ba't PAGANO rin sila ayon sa PAMANTAYAN at SUKATAN ng mga INC™ ni Manalo?

Kung hindi naman, BAKIT napaka-KITID nilang INTINDIHIN kung ano na lamang ang PAGSINTA natin sa mga BAYANI ng KAKRISTIANUHAN?!!

Ang PAGSINTA ay PWEDE kay RIZAL, PWEDE kay FELIX MANALO, bakit naman HINDI PWEDE kay SANTA MARIA ina ni CRISTO HESUS (at iba pang mga banal)?

Mga IPOKRITO ang tawag namin doon!

CATHOLIC DOCTRINE CONTRADICTS THE BIBLE?

How sure are you when your INC™ Church of Manalo just celebrated their 100th Year Anniversary, built an ARENA (for their god INC) and NAMED a place to CIUDAD DE VICTORIA (City of Victors o LUNGSOD ng MANALO?!)

When the Bible was written and compiled by the Catholic Church in c.380 A.D. your INC™ Church of Manalo wasn't even there.  The Apostles never called themselves "Iglesia Ni Cristo Ako" phrase?!

None of the Apostles or early Christians EVER identified themselves as "INC Ako"!

DO NOT FORGET Mr./Ms. INC™ member, that BEFORE the BIBLE came to be, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH came FIRST!

And because of the CATHOLIC CHURCH that the WHOLE OF CHRISTIANITY have BIBLE!

So how could the OWNER of the BIBLE contradicts ITSELF? That's ABSURD!

I'd rather believe the MORE OBVIOUS... FELIX MANALO CONTRADICTED THE BIBLE!

When FELIX MANALO denied JESUS-- his being GOD who BECAME FLESH (Man - kasi di naman pwedeng "magkatawang-tao" ang isang TAO NA!), HE (Felix) IS the FULFILLMENT of the COMING DECEIVER and ANTI-CHRIST"