September 8 Feast - Happy Birthday to the Mother of God ~ the Blessed Virgin Mary Most Holy

Ang kabastusan ng mga kaanib ng INC® na tatag ni G. Felix Y. Manalo noong 1914

Mensahe ng isang Katoliko sa mga INC™ 1914 na ayaw sa Pasko!

TO ALL INC MEMBERS AND OTHER SECTS WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN CHRIST AS GOD, CHRISTMAS, EASTER SUNDAY, MAMA MARY ETC.:

Puro kayo" Bible ", " Unbiblical ", eh wala naman kayong alam sa lahat ng contents ng Bible. Puro kayo sariling opinyon at interpretasyon sa mga symbolical at incomprehensible verses ng Bible, pero wala naman kayong alam sa Philosophy of God at Philosophy of Man.

Tao lang daw si Cristo at hindi Diyos, pero kahit sinong tao na may good reading comprehension, madaling makaintindi sa sinabi ng Philippians 2 verse 6 na si Cristo ay " by nature God ". Yan ang hindi pinapabasa sa inyo ng mga ministro at manggagawa.

Di kayo naniniwala sa Pasko dahil unbiblical daw. Ibig sabihin, di kayo nagsi-celebrate ng anniversary ng kapanganakan ni Jesus Christ, our saviour na syang central theme and character ng Bible. Pero nagsi-celebrate kayo at bumabati kayo sa birthday ng Executive Minister at Founder nyo, pati anniversary ng sekta nyo. Kung December 25 ang napagpasyahan ng church officials nuong 4th century AD, yun na yun. Kung tutuusin, kahit sbihin nyong hindi winter season ang kapanganakan ni Hesus dahil may mga shepherds sa pastulan, remember, sa Israel po yun nangyari na meditteranean climate, na kahit winter pwede walang snow.

Di nga kayo nagsi-celebrate ng Pasko at Easter Sunday, pero may Santa Cena ( Banal na Hapunan ) o Holy Supper kayo. At di parepareho ang mga schedule nyo. Saang kalendaryo nyo kinukuha yan? Basta ang pagkakaalam ko, binabase nyo lahat sa Gregorian Calendar na inontroduce ni Pope Gregory XIII ng Roman Catholic Church nuong 1582 na ginagamit ngayon ng lahat ng bansa sa buong mundo. At yan din ang binabase nyo sa inyong Pasasalamat o Thanksgiving pati New Year celebration, lalo na sa mga birthday nyo.

About Mama Mary, may mababasa ba kayo sa Bibliya na pumanaw si Virgen Mary? Wala kang mababasa kahit sa mga libro ng kasaysayan. Therefore, it is understood na si Mama Mary ay inakyat sa Langit katulad ni Elijah at Enoch ( Act 1:9-11, 2 Kings 2:11 ). Si Mama Mary pa kaya? Na naging instrumento sa pagkasilang ni Hesus, di bibigyan ng kaluwalhatian o parangal ng Diyos Ama?

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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!

Enero Uno: Kapistahan ng Kadakilaan ni Maria Ina ng Diyos

MARIA, INA NG DIYOS.

Isang malaking balakid para sa mga kalaban ng tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo ang isa sa mga titulo ng Inang Birheng Maria bilang INA NG DIYOS. Sa mga Protestante, hindi parepareho ang kanilang pananaw tungkol kay Maria. Ang mga Lutherans ay hindi katulad ng mga Anglicans o mga Episcopalians. Ganon din ang mga Calvinist, Presbyterian, Methodist at iba pang mga sinaunang grupo ng mga Protestante. Sila ay maituturing nating iba rin sa mga evangelicals (o mga "Born Again") at hindi rin sila sumasang-ayon sa bawat isa sa mga Baptist, at hindi rin sila katulad ng mga paniniwala ng mga Pentecostals. Sa Pilipinas, ang mga kaanib sa iglesiang tatag ni Ginoong Felix Manalo ang madalas na kumakalaban sa Iglesia Katolika sa radyo man, telebisyon o sa mga limbag na magasin at aklat. Ang Iglesia Ni Cristo®-1914 ay kabilang sa sangay ng Protestante na kung tawagin ay "Restorationists" at kabilang sila sa mga ereheng sumasalungat sa Doktrina ng Trinidad na kung tawagin ay mga Unitarians (halos silang lahat ay sumulpot sa Estados Unidos o Europa).

Ngunit ang isang bagay na sila'y nagkakaisa, ito ay ang kanilang pagtutol sa mga parangal na ibinibigay ng mga Katoliko at mga Orthodox kay Maria bilang INA NG DIYOS (THEOTOKOS). 

Bakit nga ba si Maria ay tinatawag ng 'Ina ng Diyos'? 

Ang titulong ikinabit kay Inang Birheng Maria ay hindi parangal sa kanya bilang tao kundi ito ay PAGPAPATIBAY sa katotohanang si JESUS AY DIYOS!

Ang pagtawag kay Maria bilang 'Theotokos' (God-bearer) o Ina ng Diyos ay hindi na bago sa kasaysayan ng Santa Iglesia. Ito ay matagal nang pinaniniwalaan at sinasampalatayanan ng Unang Iglesia. At upang mapanatili ang pangkalahatang paniniwalang ito, sa Konsilyo ng Efesus (431 A.D.) ginawang opisyal ang titulo ng Inang Maria bilang "Ina ng Diyos".

"Kung ang sinuman ay hindi magpapahayag na ang Diyos ay tunay na Emmanuel (nagkatawang-tao), at sa saligang ito ang banal na birhen ay ang" Theotokos "(sapagkat ayon sa laman ipinanganak niya ang Salita ng Diyos, naging laman sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang pagsilang) siya nawa ay itiwalag." (If anyone does not confess that God is truly Emmanuel, and that on this account the holy virgin is the "Theotokos" (for according to the flesh she gave birth to the word of God become flesh by birth) let him be anathema. -The Council of Ephesus, 431 AD)

Bakit hindi na lamang tawaging 'Ina ni Cristo'?

Tanggapin man natin o hindi, hindi lahat ng mga taong nagsasabing sila'y mga 'Kristiano' ay naniniwalang si Cristo ay Diyos. Isa na rito ang mga kaanib ng INC™-1914. Para sa kanila, si Cristo ay TAO LAMANG.

“TAO rin ang kalagayan ng ating Panginoon Jesucristo sa Kanyang muling pagparito sa araw ng paghuhukom. Hindi nagbabago ang Kanyang kalagayan. Hindi Siya naging Diyos kailanman! TAO ng ipinanganak, TAO ng lumaki na at nangangaral, TAO ng mabuhay na mag-uli, TAO nang umakyant sa langit, TAO nang nasa langit na nakaupo sa kanan ng Diyos, at TAO rin Siya na muling paririto.” -PASUGO, Enero, 1964, p. 13 (Sinulat ni Emiliano Agustin)

Sa kanilang opisyal na limbag na magasing Pasugo na ating sinipi sa itaas, ang Iglesia Ni Cristo®-1914 ay pinagdidiinan ang pagka-TAO ni Jesus at TINATAKWIL ang Kanyang orihinal na kalikasan bilang Diyos.

Taliwas sa mga bagong sulpot na relihiyon sa Pilipinas, ang orihinal na Iglesia, si Cristo na ITINATAG NI mismo ni CRISTO ay naniniwalang HINDI LAMANG TAO ang Panginoong Jesus kundi SIYA AY DIYOS at NAPARITO ayon sa LAMAN (naging TAO). Kaya't sa maikling salita, si Cristo ay TOTOONG DIYOS at TOTOONG TAO at sa kabuuan ng kanyang 'essence at being' SI CRISTO AY IISA, hindi siya kalahating Diyos at kalahating Tao. O hindi siya dalawa (Jesus na Diyos at Jesus na Tao) kundi IISA ANG PANGINOONG HESUCRISTO. Si CRISTO ay DIYOS bago isilang; DIYOS pa rin hanggang ipinanganak ayon sa laman (sa pamamagitan ni Maria) at naging TAO (Juan 1:1-4, 14) at Diyos pa rin hanggang sa kanyang pagbabalik (paghuhukom)!

Iyan ang PINAGDIDIINAN sa SULAT sa mga HEBREO (13:8)  na ang Panginoong Jesucristo ay MANANATILING SIYA KAHAPON, NGAYON AT MAGPAKAILAN MAN.

Kaya't kung si CRISTO ay DIYOS noon, siya ay mananatiling DIYOS ngayon, at DIYOS pa rin MAGKAILANMAN hanggang sa Kanyang paghuhukom.

Malinaw itong sinampalatayanan ni Apostol San Pablo sa kanyang sulat sa mga taga-Filipos:

"Taglayin  ninyo ang mga damdamin na tinaglay din ni Cristo Jesus, na bagaman NASA KANYA ANG KALIKASAN NG DIYOS ay hindi niya inangkin ang matulad sa Diyos; sa halip ay pinawi ang sarili, kinuha ang kalikasan ng alipin at TUMULAD SA MGA TAO." (Ang Banal na Biblia)

Para kay Apostol San Pablo, si Cristo ay taglay ang KALIKASAN NG DIYOS ngunit sa Kanyang kababaang-loob ay KINUHA ang KALAGAYAN BILANG TAO, naging animo'y alipin, masunurin hanggang kamataya ~ oo, kamatayan sa Krus.

Kaya't sa mga KATOTOHANANG ating binanggit, ang IPINANGANAK ng Inang Birhen ay DIYOS NA TOTOO. Samakatuwid, si MARIA AY INA NG DIYOS! (CCC 963)

BABALA NG BIBLIA AT NG SANTA IGLESIA

Ang babala ay mula kay Apostol San Juan (1 Juan 1:2-3), ang sinumang HINDI TANGGAP si CRISTO (Diyos) na NAPARITO SA LAMAN siya ay ANTI-CRISTO!

Batid ni Apostol San Juan ang PAGDATING na mga EREHE at mga HUWAD NA MANGANGARAL mula noong IKA-16 SIGLO sa Europa hanggang dumating ito sa Pilipinas noong 1900's at umusbong ng husto noong 1914.

"Sapagkat nagkalat sa daigdig ang maraming mandaraya na ayaw kumilala na si Jesucristo ay nagkatawang-tao; ganyan nga ang mandaraya at ang anti-Cristo. Mag-ingat sana kayo..." (2 Juan 1:7-8a Ang Mabuting Balita)

Ang di-pagtanggap kay Maria bilang INA NG DIYOS ay katulad ng hindi rin pagtanggap kay JESUCRISTO bilang DIYOS na NAGKATAWANG-TAO.

"If anyone does not confess that God is truly Emmanuel, and that on this account the holy virgin is the "Theotokos" (for according to the flesh she gave birth to the word of God become flesh by birth) let him be anathema". -The Council of Ephesus, 431 AD

At sa mga katulad nila, ibilang sila bilang mga kampon ng kasamaan, mga bulaan, mandaraya, manlilinlang ~ mga ANTI-CRISTO!

Mga Tunay na Kaanib sa Iglesia ni Cristo Ginagalang at Pinararangalan si Maria

Proclamation of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Assumption to Heaven

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven (often shortened to the Assumption) is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy, as well as parts of Anglicanism, the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.

The Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory". This doctrine was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950, in the apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus by exercising papal infallibility. While the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church believe in the Dormition of the Theotokos (“the Falling Asleep of the Mother of God”),  whether Mary had a physical death has not been dogmatically defined. In Munificentissimus Deus (item 39) Pope Pius XII pointed to the Book of Genesis (3:15) as scriptural support for the dogma in terms of Mary's victory over sin and death through her intimate association with “the new Adam” (Christ) as also reflected in 1 Corinthians 15:54: "then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory".

The New Testament contains no explicit narrative about the death or Dormition, nor of the Assumption of Mary, but several scriptural passages have been theologically interpreted to describe the ultimate fate in this and the afterworld of the Mother of Jesus (see below).

In the churches that observe it, the Assumption is a major feast day, commonly celebrated on 15 August. In many countries, the feast is also marked as a Holy Day of Obligation in the Roman Catholic Church. [Wikipedia]

Ang Kanilang Pagtalikod ay Hinulaan na sa Biblia

"At magsisibangon ang maraming bulaang propeta, at kanilang ililigaw ang marami." -Mateo 24:11

Isang nakakalungkot na katotohanan na marami pa rin sa mga Katoliko ang TUMATALIKOD sa TUNAY na pananampalataya at piliin ang isang MALI sa kabila ng katotohanang PEKE ang kanilang inaaniban.

Sa katulad nila, mga mababaw ang pananaw sa pananampalataya kalimitan ang nagiging mga biktima ng mapanlinlang na aral ng mga bulaang mangangaral. Katulad na lamang ng dalawang dating-Katoliko na itinampok sa programa ng INC™ upang patunayang MALI ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA at tama ang iglesiang tatag ni Ginoong Felix Manalo. 

Ayon kay Ginang Marlyn Villena (isa sa mga tumalikod), bilang "Katekista" ITINUTURO raw niya sa kanyang mga inaaralan kung "PAPAANO MAG-ROSARY" at kung paano raw ang "PANALANGIN NG KATOLIKO".

Walang masama sa kanyang sinalaysay maliban lamang sa mga tagasunod ni Ginoong Felix Manalo.  Para sa mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo®-1914, ang PAGROROSARYO ay isang panalanging PAGANO. Nakakalungkot, mismong isang dating Katoliko ang magpapasama sa isang bagay na napakadalisay sa pananampalatayang Katolisismo.

Upang patunayan na ang kanilang bagong akay ay "aktibo" at hindi isang Katolikong walang kaalaman sa turong Katoliko,  sinabi po niyang bawat araw daw po ng Linggo ay "NAGSISIMBA" raw sila sa "KANILANG RELIHIYON." (?) Halatang hindi niya alam ang kanyang mga sinasabi. Kung ganito magturo ang isang "katekista" malamang, mas marami pang maguguluhan kaysa maliliwanagan. Magaling ang Diyos. Mas mainam nang UMALIS siya sa Iglesia Katolika habang nagtuturo siya ng TALIWAS sa mismong turo ng Simbahan kaysa magkalat pa siya at maging dahilan ng pagkatisod ng marami.

At ang isa pang nakakapanginig ng laman ay ang sinabi niyang ganito: [0:45] "KUNG MAY PAG-KUWAN PO SA MGA REBULTO PO, EH LUMILIBOT PO KAMI DOON SA AMI... AMIN PO DOON SA AMIN PO PARA MAKAPAG-SERVE PO SA AMING SIMBAHAN..." (habang ang pinapa-flash ng video ay isang prusisyon ng mga Katoliko na kasama ang mga imahe ng mga santo't banal.) Muli, halatang hindi niya alam ang kanyang sinasabi.

MABABAW NA PANANAW NG ISANG DATING "KATEKISTA"

Isang hamon po sa mga Katekista ang mga salungatang pahayag ni Ginang Villena sapagkat MABABAW, kulang sa 'substance' at HALAW sa katotohanan ang kanyang mga nasambit na "patotoo".

Ang layunin ng isang Katekista ay ang ILAPIT ang mananampalataya sa DIYOS sa pamamagitan ng PAGTUTURO ng mga KATOTOHANAN tungkol sa Diyos ayon sa turo ng TUNAY na IGLESIA ~ ang IGLESIA KATLIKA na sa "pasimula ay siyang Iglesia ni Cristo" (Pasugo Abril 1966, p. 46), hindi ayon sa kanyang unawa.

Hindi nakapagtataka kung bakit ang mga katulad ni Ginang Villena ay TUMALIKOD sa tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo sapagkat HINDI pa nila lubos na nauunawaan ang kanilang itinuturo. Sila na mismo ang umamin na MAGULO ang kanilang mga isipan kaya MAGULO rin ang kanilang itinuturo na taliwas sa turo ng Santa Iglesia.

Mababaw at sila mismo ay salat pa sa kaalaman tungkol sa pananampalataya.  Siya mismo ay di-naunawaan ang kanyang mga itinuro, nalito at madaling natangay ng mga bulaang mangangaral dagling tumalikod!

ANG ROSARYO

Hindi po layunin ng isang Katekista ang ubusin ang buong oras at panahon niya sa pagtuturo ng Banal na Rosaryo. Bagamat isang mainam na pamamaraan na ituro rin sa mga Katoliko ang debosyon sa Mahal na Ina ng Diyos, hindi po ito ang buong pakay ng isang katekista.

Batid naman ng lahat kung bakit MALAKING ISYU sa mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® -1914 ang "PAGDARASAL" ng Rosaryo. Ang pagkaunawa nila ay NANANALANGIN ang mga Katoliko kay Maria BILANG DIYOS (diyos-diyosan) at karamihan ay inaakusahan ang mga Katoliko bilang mga PAGANO. Mas pinili pang paniwalaan ang interpretasyon ng isang nalilitong dating Katoliko kaya ang alamin ang tunay na turo ng Simbahan ayon sa pang-unawa ng Santa Iglesia.

Alam naman ng  mga KATOLIKO na ang PAGSAMBA MALIBAN SA DIYOS ay isang malaking kasalanan sa Diyos. Ngunit isang  malaking KAIPOKRITUHAN ito para sa mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo®-1914 sapagkat SUMASAMBA SILA SA DALAWANG PANGINOON: Isang Panginoong DIYOS AMA at isang Panginoong JESUCRISTO (TAO)! Hindi po sinasang-ayunan ng Biblia ang sumambaa sa Diyos at sumamba sa TAO! Hindi po sinasampalatayanan ng mga Kristiano ito.   Ang tunay na sumasampalataya ay SUMASAMBA sa IISANG DIYOS hindi dalawa!

Ang SANTO ROSARYO po ay isang PANALANGING HANGO sa BIBLIA. At kung gusto ninyong malaman ang KATOTOHANAN sa IGLESIA KATOLIKA, marapat lamang na sa mga KATOLIKO rin kayo sumipi ng opisyal na pahayag at hindi sa mga opinyon ng mga taong laban sa Iglesia Katolika. O kaya'y sumipi ng mga encyclopedia tulad ng Wikapedia:

Ang Ave Maria o Aba Ginoong Maria ay isang dasal na nagmula sa pinag-samang ang bati ng Arkanghel Gabriel kay Maria sa Mabuting Balita at ng pag-bati ni Santa Elisabeth sa pagdating ng Birheng Maria sa kanilang pamamahay. Bahagi rin ang dasal na ito ng pagrorosaryo.

Sa mga Katoliko, ito rin ang tawag sa isang panalangin. Ito ay ang sumusunod na mga linya:

Aba Ginoong Maria, napupuno ka ng grasya,
Ang Panginoong Diyos ay sumasaiyo.
Bukod kang pinagpala sa babaeng lahat
At pinagpala naman ang 'yong anak na si Hesus.
Santa Maria, Ina ng Diyos
Ipanalangin mo kaming makasalanan
Ngayon at kung kami'y mamamatay.
Amen

Kung mapapansin ang "Ave Maria" sa Tagalog ay tumukoy sa "Ginoo" sa halip na "Ginang o Binibini" ito ay dahil sa Lumang Tagalog, ang mga kalalakihan ay may mataas na pagkilala, maging sa Ingles, kapag hindi matukoy ang kasarian, ipinagpapalagay na lalaki ang isang "pangngalan" (noun). Kahalintulad ng sa Filipino, o Tagalog, si Maria ay binibigyan ng pagbating panglalaki sa panalangin na ito. Samakatwid, si Maria ay hindi kinikilala o itinuturing na "lalaki" bagkus, ito ay "pagkilala" lamang sa kaniyang katayuan bilang isang "banal" na ayon sa Simbahang Romano Katoliko ay Ina ng Diyos.

Sa nabanggit na artikulo sa itaas, wala po tayong mababasang 'PAGANO" ang pinagmulan ng panalangin kundi ito ay HANGO SA BIBLIA.

Hindi rin po siya PANALANGIN KAY MARIA.  Ito ay isang pagmumuni-muni sa buhay  ni Cristo na nababasa natin sa Biblia.

NAGING DIYOS-DIYOSAN ANG MGA SANTO?

Bilang isang Katekista, isang pangunahing aral na tinatalakay nito ay kung ILAN ANG DIYOS ~ Ayon sa Katuran ng tunay na Iglesiang tatag ni Cristo ay MAYROON LAMANG ISANG DIYOS sa LIKAS na katangian, sustansya at kakanyahan! (Catechism of the Catholic Church)

CCC 199 "I believe in God": this first affirmation of the Apostles' Creed is also the most fundamental. The whole Creed speaks of God, and when it also speaks of man and of the world it does so in relation to God. The other articles of the Creed all depend on the first, just as the remaining Commandments make the first explicit. The other articles help us to know God better as he revealed himself progressively to men. "The faithful first profess their belief in God."2

I. "I BELIEVE IN ONE GOD"

CCC 200 These are the words with which the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed begins. The confession of God's oneness, which has its roots in the divine revelation of the Old Covenant, is inseparable from the profession of God's existence and is equally fundamental. God is unique; there is only one God: "The Christian faith confesses that God is one in nature, substance and essence."

Nililinaw ng isang KATEKISTA na HINDI DIYOS ang Inang Birheng Maria, si San Jose, ang mga Apostol at mga Alagad o maging ng iba pang mga santo't mga anghel. Silang lahat ay mga SANTO'T SANTA ~ mga TAONG NABUHAY ng may KABANALAN at inalay ang buhay para sa Diyos sa ngalan ni Cristo at nang Kanyang banal na Iglesia (Katolika)!

Nililinaw ng isang tunay na KATEKISTA na HINDI diyos-diyosan ang mga IMAHE ng mga banal. Sila ay mga bagay na gawa sa kahoy o bato na hinugis ng tao ngunit kailan man ay HINDI SILA DIYOS at WALA silang kakayahang gumawa ng kababalagyan.  Tanging DIYOS lamang ang nakakagawa ng himala kahit sa pamamagitan ng mga bagay-bagay na walang angking-buhay.

Halimbawa, nagpagaling si Hesus gamit ang putik (lupa) gawa sa kanyang laway. (Mk. 8:22-26); o ang paghilom ng isang babaeng dinurugo sa pamamagitan lamang ng hibla ng damit ni Cristo (Mt. 9:20-22); o ang anino lamang ng Apostol San Pedro ay gumagaling ang mga may sakit (Mga Gawa 5:15). Hindi putik o damit o anino ang nagpagaling kundi ANG DIYOS!

Ayon kay Ginang Villena, napagtanto raw niya na NAPAKALAKAING KASALANAN SA DIYOS ang pagsamba sa mga diyos-diyosan.  Kanyang binigyang-diin na di raw dapat sambahin ang mga diyos-diyosan (mga santo). 

"Yung mga santo hindi po pala (dapat sambahin bilang mga diyos-diyosan)", ani Ginang Villena.

Kay Ginang Villena, dapat lamang siyang UMALIS sa Iglesia Katolika sapagkat siya pala ay naniniwalang "diyos" si Maria, Jose, Juan, Pedro, Santiago, Gabriel, Miguel, Rafael, mga anghel at mga banal at kahindik-hindik, sinasamba pa niya ang mga ito.

Tunay nga na natutupad ang sinasabi ni Cristo "HINDI MANANAIG" ang mga kasinungalingan ni Satanas sa kanyang Santa Iglesia! Kaya't sila'y TUMATALIKOD tungo sa kapahamakan ng kanilang mga kaluluwa!

NAKAKALUNGKOT NA MGA PAHAYAG NI GINOONG RODOLFO VILLENA (Isang dating Extra-ordinary Lay Minister of the Holy Eucharistic)

Paano kaya naging mga manggagawa ng Iglesia Katolika ang mag-asawang ito? Bakit noon lamang nila nalaman na HINDI DIYOS ANG MGA SANTO at lalong HINDI DIYOS ang mga REBULTO?! Ayon kay G. Villena:

[4:30] "So nalaman ko sa aral ngayon ng Iglesia Ni Cristo (1914) na ang rebulto ay diyos-diyosan. So hindi dapat sambahin. Sapagkat ang dapat sambahin ay ang Amang nasa langit."

Nakakalungkot ang mga pahayag ni Ginoong Rodolfo Villena laban sa Iglesia Katolika. Para sa kanya "diyos" ang mga rebulto! Dios mio! Ano bang pinaggagawa niya noong nasa Iglesia Katolika siya, nagdidiliryo?

Uulitin po natin para malinaw: HINDI PO DIYOS ANG MGA SANTO at lalong HINDI DIYOS-DIYOSAN ANG MGA REBULTO at HINDI SILA DAPAT SAMBAHIN DAHIL DIYOS LAMANG ANG DAPAT SAMBAHIN! Yan ang ARAL KATOLIKO!

Para kay Ginoong  Villena, "Diyos Ama ang magliligtas". Hindi ba't sinasabi rin sa Biblia na si CRISTO rin ay ang TAGAPAGLIGTAS?  (Roma 5:21, 6:23; Mga Gawa 4:12, 13:23, 16:31; Juan 3:16, 4:42; Roma 6:1-23; Mateo 1:21; 1 Pedro 1:18-19; Titus 2:14; Hebreo 9:28; Marcos 16:16; Lukas 2:11; 1 Timoteo 1:15; 2 Timoteo 1;10; Efeso 5:23; 1 Juan 4:14 atb.). Samakatuwid, ang Ama at si Cristo ay IISA ~ tagaPAGLIGTAS ~ IISA ~ Diyos na Tagapagligtas!

Kung paghihiwalayin natin ang Ama sa Anak bilang DALAWANG kapangyarihan, lalabas na talo si Cristo sapagkat para sa INC™-1914, si Cristo ay TAO LAMANG.

At kung TAO lamang si Cristo, walang silbi ang pagiging TAGAPAGLIGTAS niya sapagkat mas mataas ang Ama sa kanya.

Ngunit ang Biblia ay malinaw. Ang Ama ay  Diyos, si CRISTO AY DIYOS! Ang AMA at si CRISTO ay IISA! Hindi dalawa! IISA ANG DIYOS ngunit may TATLONG PERSONA. Kaya't kung ang AMA ay TAGAPAGLIGTAS, ganon din ang ANAK, Siya ay TAGAPAGLIGTAS sapagkat IISA ang kanilang NATURE, SUBSTANCE and ESSENCE (CCC 200)!

Panghuli, HINDI PO TOTOO na maaaring "MAGMISA" ang isang Lay Minister. TANGING PARI LAMANG NA ORDEN ang NAKAPAGMIMISA! Malinaw po ito sa katuruan ng Iglesia Katolika!

"Only validly ordained priests can preside at the Eucharist and consecrate the bread and the wine so that they become the Body and Blood of the Lord."(CCC 1411)

Malinaw ang kasinungalingan nila mula nang sila ay umanib sa INC™.  Nakakalungkot, nagpakilala pa naman sila bilang "Lay Minister" at "Katekista"!

TAMANG RELIHIYON!

Tinawag daw sila ng Amang nasa langit patungo sa tunay na relihiyon ~ ang Iglesia Ni Cristo®! Malaking kalapastanganang sabihin na "tinawag" sila ng Amang nasa langit. Ang Diyos Ama ay hindi po siya sinungaling at hindi po siya manlilinlang. Hindi po tatawag ang Diyos Ama patungo sa kapahamakan. Ang tunay na Iglesiang tatag ni Cristo ay hindi po ang INC™ ni Ginoong Felix Manalo kundi ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA.

Hindi lamang po tayo ang nag-aangkin ng KATOTOHANANG ito kundi ang KASAYSAYAN ng tao.

"The history of the Catholic Church begins with Jesus Christ and His teachings (c. 4 BC – c. AD 30), and the Catholic Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by Jesus."

Ang KATOTOHANANG ito ay sinasang-ayunan din ng isa sa mga kilalang news portals sa buong mundo, ang BBC:

"The Catholic Church is the oldest institution in the western world. It can trace its history back almost 2000 years...

"For almost a thousand years, Catholicism and Christianity were as one. The break, or schism between the Church of Rome and other Christian faiths began with the split with Orthodox Christians in 1054 over questions of doctrine and the absolute authority and behaviour of the popes. For similar reasons in the sixteenth century, the Protestant churches also went their own way."

At hindi na tayo lalayo pa. Mismong ang kanilang OPISYAL na MAGASING PAGUSO ang nagpapatunay nito!

PASUGO March-April 1992, p. 22

"The Church of Christ during the time of the Apostles became the Catholic Church of the bishops in the second century..."

PASUGO July August 1988 pp. 6.

“Even secular history shows a direct time link between the Catholic Church and the Apostles, leading to the conclusion that the true Church of Christ is the Catholic Church.”

PASUGO Abril 1966, p. 46:

“Ang Iglesia Katolika na sa pasimula ay siyang Iglesia ni Cristo."

Kaya't huwag na po tayong papalinlang pa! Alam natin ang katotohanan at alam natin ang TUNAY na IGLESIA NI CRISTO ~ ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA!

TAYO NA PO SA TUNAY NA IGLESIA NI CRISTO ~ ANG IGLESIA KATOLIKA!

Dave Armstrong: Biblical Evidence for the Perpetual Virginity of Mary

Source: National Catholic Register

Puto (1490–1576), “The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple of Jerusalem”

Mary “remained a virgin in conceiving her Son, a virgin in giving birth to him, a virgin in carrying him, a virgin in nursing him at her breast, always a virgin” (CCC 510)

Dave Armstrong

Once upon a time, almost no Christians denied that Mary the mother of Jesus was perpetually a virgin: including Protestants. Of the early leaders of that movement, virtually all fully accepted this doctrine: including Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Bullinger, Turretin, and Cranmer. Moreover, most Protestant exegetes continued to believe it for at least another 350 years or so.

But today, for various reasons, things are very different, so it's helpful to revisit the biblical arguments, since the Bible is the authority all Christians revere in common. A surprising number can be found.

1) Luke 2:41-51 describes Mary and Joseph taking Jesus to the temple at the age of twelve, for the required observance of Passover. Everyone agrees that He was the first child of Mary, so if there were up to five or more siblings, as some maintain (or even one), why is there no hint of them at all in this account?

2) Neither Hebrew nor Aramaic have words for “cousin.” The New Testament was written in Greek, which does have such a word (sungenis), but Jesus and His disciples spoke Aramaic (a late version of Hebrew), and the Hebrew word ach is literally translated as adelphos, the literal equivalent of the English “brother.” In the Bible, it has a very wide range of meanings beyond “sibling”: just as “brother” does in English. Thus, it is routinely used in the New Testament to describe cousins or kinsmen, etc.

3) Jesus Himself uses “brethren” (adelphos) in the non-sibling sense. In Matthew 23:8 (cf. 12:49-50), He calls, for example, the “crowds” and His “disciples” (23:1) “brethren.” In other words, they are each other's“brothers”: the brotherhood of Christians.

4) In comparing Matthew 27:56, Mark 15:40, and John 19:25, we find that James and Joseph (mentioned in Mt 13:55 with Simon and Jude as Jesus' “brothers”) are the sons of Mary, wife of Clopas. This other Mary (Mt 27:61; 28:1) is called Our Lady's adelphein John 19:25. Assuming that there are not two women named “Mary” in one family, this usage apparently means “cousin” or more distant relative. Matthew 13:55-56 and Mark 6:3 mention Simon, Jude and "sisters" along with James and Joseph, calling all adelphoi. The most plausible interpretation of all this related data is a use of adelphos as “cousins” (or possibly, step-brothers) rather than “siblings.” We know for sure, from the above information, that James and Joseph were not Jesus' siblings.

It's not mere special pleading to argue in this fashion, nor an alleged “desperation” of Catholics who supposedly “read into” the texts their prior belief in the dogma of perpetual virginity. Plenty of Protestant exegesis and scholarship confirms these views: especially in older commentaries. For example, the prominent 19th century Commentary on the Whole Bible, by Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, states, regarding Matthew 13:55 (my italics added):

An exceedingly difficult question here arises - What were these “brethren” and “sisters” to Jesus? Were they, First, His full brothers and sisters? or, Secondly, Were they His step-brothers and step-sisters, children of Joseph by a former marriage? or, Thirdly, Were they His cousins, according to a common way of speaking among the Jews respecting persons of collateral descent? On this subject an immense deal has been written, nor are opinions yet by any means agreed . . . In addition to other objections, many of the best interpreters, . . . prefer the third opinion. . . Thus dubiously we prefer to leave this vexed question, encompassed as it is with difficulties.

5) The Blessed Virgin Mary is committed to the care of the Apostle John by Jesus from the Cross (John 19:26-27). Jesus certainly wouldn't have done this if He had brothers (all of whom would have been younger than He was).

6) Matthew 1:24-25 Joseph . . . knew her not until she had borne a son . . .

This passage has been used as an argument that Mary did not remain a virgin after the birth of Jesus, but the same Protestant commentary also states (my italics again):

The word “till” [until above] does not necessarily imply that they lived on a different footing afterwards (as will be evident from the use of the same word in 1 Samuel 15:35; 2 Samuel 6:23; Matthew 12:20); nor does the word “first-born” decide the much-disputed question, whether Mary had any children to Joseph after the birth of Christ; for, as Lightfoot says, “The law, in speaking of the first-born, regarded not whether any were born after or no, but only that none were born before.”

John Calvin used the same counter-argument in favor of Mary's perpetual virginity. In fact, in his Harmony of the Gospels, commenting on Matthew 1:25, he thought the contention of further siblings based on this passage was so unfounded that he wrote, “No man will obstinately keep up the argument, except from an extreme fondness for disputation.”

7) Jude is called the Lord's “brother” in Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3. If this is the same Jude who wrote the epistle bearing that name (as many think), he calls himself “a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James” (Jude 1:1). Now, suppose for a moment that he was Jesus' blood brother. In that case, he refrains from referring to himself as the Lord’s own sibling (while we are told that such a phraseology occurs several times in the New Testament, referring to a sibling relationship) and chooses instead to identify himself as James' brother.

This is far too strange and implausible to believe. Moreover, James also refrains from calling himself Jesus’ brother, in his epistle (James 1:1: “servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ”): even though St. Paul calls him “the Lord's brother” (Gal 1:19).

It's true that Scripture doesn’t come right out and explicitly state that Mary was a perpetual virgin. But nothing in Scripture contradicts that notion, and -- to say the same thing another way -- nothing in the perpetual virginity doctrine contradicts Scripture.

Mary, Did You Know? (Dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God - Jesus)

This song will definitely make members of the cult of Manalo go into nuts. Merry Christmas to every Christian in the world!

Mary, Did You Know?
Pentatonix

Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you

Mary did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God

Mary did you know, Mary did you know, Mary did you know

The blind will see, the deaf will hear and the dead will live again
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the lamb

Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding is the great I am

Mary did you know, Mary did you know, Mary did you know

Songwriters: Lamont Savory / Buddy Greene / Mark Lowry / Courick Clarke / William Barclay / Wayne Buchanan

Mary, Did You Know? lyrics © Capitol Christian Music Group

LifeSite News: Massive turnout for rosary crusade in Poland. Liberals furious

WARSAW, Poland, October 9, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Hundreds of thousands of Polish Catholics encircled their country with prayer Saturday, imploring Our Lady’s intervention to save Poland and the world.

As Catholics lined the country’s 2,000-mile border for the “Rosary at the Borders,” progressives and compatible media deemed the national prayer gathering “controversial,” xenophobic, Islamophobic, or “not” representative of the Catholic Church.

“Poland Catholics hold controversial prayer day on borders,” the BBC’s headline said of the event.

Rafał Pankowski, head of the Warsaw multicultural understanding advocacy group Never Again, told the Associated Press, “The whole concept of doing it on the borders reinforces the ethno-religious, xenophobic model of national identity.”

Krzysztof Luft, a former member of Poland’s largest opposition party, the liberal Civic Platform, tweeted, “Ridiculing Christianity on mass scale. They treat religion as a tool for keeping the backwardness in Polish backwater.”

“Rosary to the Borders” was organized by lay Catholics and sanctioned by Church leaders in Poland, with some 320 churches from 22 dioceses participating in roughly 4,000 locations along Poland’s border with Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia and the Baltic Sea.

More than 90 percent of Poland’s 38 million citizens are Roman Catholic.

The Catholic prime minister of Poland endorsed the rosary event as well. Beata Szydlo tweeted, "I greet all the participants."

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Father Pawel Rytel-Andrianik, a spokesman for the Polish Bishops’ Conference, said it was the second largest prayer event in Europe after the 2016 World Youth Day. The New York Times reported, however, that final participation numbers were still being tabulated.

Airport chapels, considered gateways to the country, were prayer sites for Catholics as well, the AP said, and Polish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan prayed at Bagram Airfield there.

The prayer positions for the rosary event also included fishing boats at sea as well as kayaks and sailboats forming chains on Polish rivers, according to a report from Agence France-Presse.

“During the prayer, I was at the Chopin airport in Warsaw,” Father Rytel-Andrianik said, “and there were so many people that they were pouring out of the chapel.”

“This was an initiative started by lay people, which makes it even more extraordinary,” he continued. “Millions of people prayed the rosary together. This exceeded the boldest expectations of the organizers.”

Churches taking part kicked the prayer event off with a talk and celebration of Mass before Catholics headed to the border to pray the rosary.

The “Rosary at the Borders” took significance from the Our Lady of Fatima apparitions, scheduled on the first Saturday of the month during the 100th anniversary year of Our Lady’s appearance to the three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal.

Poland’s national Catholic prayer event also coincided with the feast of the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on the October 7 anniversary of the 1571 naval victory of the Holy League Battle over the Ottoman Empire navy at the Battle of Lepanto.

The rosary is closely tied to the Lepanto victory, due to Pope Saint Pius V’s call for the faithful to pray the rosary for victory.

Some participants’ comments about Europe keeping its Christian roots or stemming the tide of Islam were framed in the media to paint the “Rosary to the Borders” as nationalistic or “Fears of Islam.”

“Let’s pray for other nations of Europe and the world to understand that we need to return to the Christian roots of European culture if we want Europe to remain Europe,” Krakow Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski said at Mass on Saturday.

“It’s a really serious thing for us,” Basia Sibinska told AP. “We want to pray for peace, we want to pray for our safety. Of course, everyone comes here with a different motivation. But the most important thing is to create something like a circle of a prayer alongside the entire border, intense and passionate.”

Poland and Hungary have refused to take migrants under a quota system established by the European Union, causing controversy and threatening the two countries’ membership in the EU.

Concerns over the secularization in Europe, however, exist independent of the current migration crisis and its various implications.

The Times report said of the rosary prayer event that “Polish Catholics clutching rosary beads” had gathered for “for a mass demonstration” and called Poland “a nation moving increasingly to the right.”

Villanova University theologian Massimo Faggioli used Twitter to criticize what he termed using the rosary from “anti-immigrant use.”

“Using the Virgin Mary as a human shield and the Rosary as a weapon against Islam is not exactly my kind of thing,” he tweeted, and, “using the Rosary as a weapon against Islam is not ‘the Catholic Church.’”

Organizers had told LifeSiteNews the goal of the Rosary to the Border event was to follow Our Lady’s call at Fatima to pray the rosary for the rescue of the world.

“The Rosary to the Borders is not a crusade because we don’t want to fight with anyone,” said Maciej Bodasiński. “It is a giant commotion for, not against, something. We firmly follow her command, and we will pray at the borders of our country, going out in prayer and witness to the whole world, so that the Mercy of God is not confined to any border.”

Father Alexander Lucie-Smith, moral theologian and consulting editor for the Catholic Herald, said in a blog post that praying the rosary is not controversial, and it is our best weapon against evil.

Father Lucie-Smith noted that Poland has a different history that other European nations such as Britain, having been “wiped off the map on several occasions” in recent history.

“If the Poles seem more attached to national sovereignty than most, who can blame them?” he asked. “Their sovereignty has been much disputed. Moreover, the question of Polish nationhood is deeply connected to the Catholic faith. Both in matters of ethnicity and religion, the Poles have been steadfast in resisting Russification. Can you blame them?”

He also said the Poles are entitled to make their own choices in the matter of admitting migrants, and to pray for the salvation of Poland and the world was “admirable. The Polish example should spur others to do the same.”

Regarding the Battle of Lepanto connection, Father Lucie-Smith said marking the anniversary does not denote negativity toward another country, but it celebrates the liberation of those who were subjected to the despotic regime, including Christian galley slaves, making this something to celebrate.

He pointed out as well how praying for victory in war “has long been the Christian way” whether at Lepanto, during World War II, as well as up to and including the Nigerian bishops urging people today to pray the rosary in the face of Boko Haram, “which is completely in keeping with Catholic tradition.”

“Controversial? I don’t think so,” Father Lucie-Smith wrote. “Catholics have been doing these things for centuries.”

“Let’s hope we continue doing them for centuries to come,” he said. “As the website of the organizers of the Polish event reminds us, “the rosary is a powerful weapon against evil.” Let’s keep on using it!”

The Virgin Mary's Apparition in Zeitun (Egypt) - 1968

Virgin Mary Apparition Caught on Camera

CATHOLICS ARE ONE WITH EVM

Iglesia ni Cristo, Nasa Ilalim ng Pangangalaga ng Mahal na Birhen ng Guadalupe

KAABANG-ABANG! Fatima Miracle Story to Be Made Into Major Hollywood Film

by ChurchPOP Editor -

Andreas Praefcke, Wikipedia / ChurchPOP

Maybe Hollywood is finally realizing that the Christian faith has some great stories?

According to Variety, a few major indie film companies (including the company behind Pan’s Labyrinth) have teamed up to create a film version of the Fatima apparitions.

Though casting has not yet been announced, they plan to start filming this summer and hopefully release the film next Spring for the 100th anniversary of the supernatural events. There are already plans to have a special Mass in a cathedral near the Cannes film festival next year for the project.

Fatima is a small town in Portugal in which three children claimed to have visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1917. The series of visions culminated with a crowd of thousands witnessing a “miracle of the sun” on a day predicted by the children.

SI MARIA ANG KABAN NG BAGONG TIPAN

"MARIA, KABAN NG TIPAN, IPANALANGIN MO KAMI!" Isa ito sa inuusal natin sa Litanya ng Mahal ng Birhen,  sa tuwing tayo ay nagdarasal ng banal na Rosaryo.

Bakit kaya tayong mga nasa TUNAY NA IGLESIA ay sinasabing KABAN NG BAGONG TIPAN ay si MARIA? Narito ang kasagutan mula sa CATHOLIC360 na sinulat ni SHAILA D TOUCHTON Agosto-11-2016

Photo Credit: Flickr/PROWaiting For The Word

Mother Mary is the biggest obstacle and denial for most of Protestants because of a distorted the doctrine, misinterpretation of the scriptures and misunderstanding of Mother Mary. Mary is the Mother of Jesus and hence Mary is the Mother of God. We know that within the body of the Lord Jesus Christ, the fullness of God dwells. (Colossians 2:9).Hence Mother Mary is a God bearer or Mother of God.

In the Old Testament, the Ark of the Covenant, overshadowed by the Spirit of God, was the instrument through which God came to dwell among men. In the New Testament, Mary, overshadowed by the Holy Spirit and was the instrument through which God came to dwell among men. Hence Mother Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant. We also know from Genesis 3:15 that God promises to defeat Satan through a woman” and “her seed.” And the woman is no one but Mother Mary and the seed was our Lord Jesus Christ. The woman of Genesis 3:15 is same as the women of Revelation 12.

1. In Old Testament we know that

David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the Lord come to me?" (2 Samuel 6:9) can be compared in the New Testament when Elizabeth says to Mary: And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke 1:43)

2. The Old Ark was the dwelling place of God in the Old Covenant (Exodus 40:34), so the New Ark, the Virgin Mary, is the dwelling place of God in the New Covenant (Luke 1:35).

3. In the Old Testament the Ark of the Old Covenant was “overshadowed” by the power and presence of God (Exodus 40:34 -35) and in the New testament, the Virgin Mary was “overshadowed” by the power and presence of the Most High (Luke 1:35).

4. In the Old Testament when the Ark of the Covenant is brought before David, he danced when he saw the Ark of the Covenant in (2 Samuel 6:14) and he was wearing linen ephod which is a priestly vestment. In the New Testament we know John the Baptist belongs to priestly line of Aaron. John Baptist(Baby) leaped in her womb hearing the Ark of the Covenant (Luke 1:41) .

4.In the Old Testament, after David dances before the Ark of the Covenant, the ark remains three months (2 Samuel 6:11) and likewise in New Testament Baby John the Baptist leaped in his mother's womb at hearing Mary, and she remains three months in their presence (Luke 1:56).

5. In the Old Testament the ark traveled to the house of Obed-edom in the Hill country of Judea(2 Sam.6:1-11) and in the New testament we know that Mary traveled to the house of Elisabeth and Zechariah in the Hill country of Judea ( Luke 1:39).

6. In the Old Testament David shouts in the presence of the ark(2 Sam.6:15) and in the New Testament Elizabeth exclaimed with a loud cry in the presence of Mary (Luke 1:42).

7. In the Old Testament, the house of Obed-edom was blessed by the presence of the ark.(2 Sam 6:11) and in the New testament the word is used 3 times and the house is surely blessed by God ( Luke 1:39-45).

8. In the Old Testament, the ark returns to its home and ends up in Jerusalem, where God's presence and glory is revealed in the temple.( 2 Sam6:12,1Kings8:9-11) and in the New Testament,Mary returns home and eventually ends up in Jerusalem, where she presents God,the incarnate in the temple ( Luke 1:56,Luke2:21-22).

9. In the Old Testament, The Word was written by God on Tablets of Stone (Ex 25:10) placed inside the Ark (Deut 10:1-4) and In the New Testament the Word of God became Flesh (John 1) conceived inside Mary (Luke 2:38) which means Mary carried the Word of God.

10. In the Old Testament, The Ark of the Old Covenant contained the written word of God (Deut. 10:5) and In the New Testament the Virgin Mary contained the Word of God made flesh, Jesus (John. 1:1).

11. In the Old Testament, The Ark contained the manna from the desert ( Hebrews 9:4) and in The New Testament Mary contained the manna from Heaven which is our Lord Jesus( John 6:48-51).

Woman in Revelation 12 is not Israel But Virgin Mary:

1. In New Testament Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.

Here the woman ‘clothed’ with the Sun, moon and stars represents Mother Mary, and her child is Christ. There is no indication in Scripture anywhere that the Nation Israel gives birth to the Son who is the messiah. Everything here is individual and reality nothing symbolic.

And In Old Testament, in Isaiah 7:14 which says” Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel”. Here too clearly the Bible says the only person who gives birth to Jesus is Mary not Israel. When we look at the Scriptures, both Old and New Testament, we will not find a single reference to Israel either being a ‘woman’.

2. In New Testament, Rev 12:2: And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered is same as Isaiah 66:7 “Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

3. Rev 12:3-9. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

We see here this "red dragon" Is Satan which is individual. those who are fighting against the dragon are Michael and the angels they are too individuals and real.

John speaks also of a dragon who is seeks to destroy the child, and goes to war against the angels of God (Rev 3-4 and Rev 7-9).

Again clearly here the child is Jesus, and the Woman is Mother Mary and Michael is real angel and the angels and as the Devil is real Satan. There are no symbols. Still it is reality.

4. Gen. 3is parallel to Rev. 12. The devil is at war both with the woman of Genesis 3:15, and the woman in Revelation 12 who bore a Son. The seed of the ‘woman’ in Genesis 3:15 as Jesus. And the woman is Mother Mary who will be at war with the Devil. This fits perfectly again the Revelation 12 where the woman is at war with the devil. The Woman of Genesis 3 is not Israel but Mother Mary. Paul spoke of the seed born of a woman (Gal. 4:4), and John told of the woman clothed with the sun who brought forth the manchild (Rev 12:1). Both depict the birth of Christ not Israel. The woman is battling with the dragon, or Satan, she has some offspring who are at war with the devil. Revelation 12 indicates that those Christians, who bear testimony to Jesus, also are Mary’s offspring. Those who bear testimony to Jesus are christians who have Mary as their Mother. That is clear Biblical truth.

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