100 Years Of Deception By The Iglesia Ni Cristo

From Catholic Eternal Truth: Felix Manalo founded the Iglesia Ni Cristo on July 27, 1914 and today they are celebrating their 100th founding anniversary. For 100 years the INC is a prime mover in snatching the followers of Christ and made them servants of the Manalo family. There is no way of accurately knowing how many souls have the INC deceived and taken away from Jesus Christ because they are known for inflating their numbers just to make it appear that they are numerous, but the facts are contrary to their claim.

The entire fundamental doctrine of Iglesia Ni Cristo is based not on truths but words and interpretation of the their founder Felix Manalo. Sadly, we cannot discuss each and every doctrine of the INC but we'll discuss those that are common.

Deception Number 1

The INC Is The True Church Of Jesus Christ

There are no historical basis that the Iglesia Ni Cristo can trace its origin back into the time of Jesus Christ or his apostles. For the first 1914 years there is no Felix Manalo and his Iglesia Ni Cristo. The ministers of the Iglesia Ni Cristo have to precondition the minds of their members in order to make them believe that the INC is the true Church of Christ that was revived through Felix Manalo. In order to precondition the minds of their members they borrowed a heresy coming from Martin Luther, the Sola Scriptura or Bible alone doctrine. The INC is a notorious fundamentalist, they will not believe a single word or explanation unless you can show to them that it is stated in the Bible word per word. The INC ministers will then prove that the name of the Church that Jesus Christ founded is "Iglesia Ni Cristo" or Church of Christ in English. Quoting scriptures with inaccurate translation like the Lamsa version they make their followers believe by saying that since the name Church of Christ is found within the pages of scripture then theirs is the true Church of Christ and all other Churches are false.

Surprisingly, with a very shallow reasoning people are being fooled with what the INC ministers are saying. First and foremost, nowhere in Scripture ever state that the Church's name is the basis for knowing if the Church is of Christ or not. Prior to the existence of the INC there are Churches who named themselves "Church of Christ" if their logic is valid it would mean that there are more than a thousand true churches of Christ since there are more than a thousand churches who called their church as "Church of Christ". The INC do not consider historical facts nor use history to prove that the INC is the true Church because not a single iota of information from history will ever support their claim that theirs is the true Church. On the contrary the true Church of Jesus Christ is the one who Christ himself founded not the ones founded by Felix Manalo (Mt.16:17-19). The Church that Jesus Christ himself founded doesn't have to be revived because it didn't disappear from the face of the earth for Christ himself promise that he will be with his Church until the end of time (Mt.28:18-20).

Common sense would tell us that it would be more logical and spiritual to join the Church that Jesus Christ himself founded not the ones invented by Felix Manalo. Jesus Christ said that he will be with his Church until the end of time, however Felix Manalo claims that the Church Jesus Christ founded apostatized and he was given the mission to revive the Church. Who then now is lying Jesus Christ or Felix Manalo?

Deception Number 2

Jesus Christ Is Just A Man And Not God

Arianism is one of the most notorious heresies that the Catholic Church had face and defeated in the past through the brilliance and holiness of St. Athanasius. For over a thousand years Arianism is beginning to rear its ugly head through the INC. Despite of numerous Biblical proofs the INC believes that Jesus Christ is just a man and Felix Manalo is a messenger and an angel in the end of times. We have no objections to the scriptural passages that explicitly and implicitly says that Jesus Christ is man. What the Catholic Church teach is that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, so there is no argument whether Christ is a man or not for the Catholic Church believes that Jesus Christ possess the nature of man and of God. In the Gospel of John the writer introduced Jesus Christ as true God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

The "Word" in this passage is Jesus Christ, he was the Word who became flesh (John 1:14). Even before the creation of the world Jesus Christ was already with the Father in John 17:5 Jesus Christ said "Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory which I had with you before the world was made." If Jesus Christ is just a man how can he be with the Father even before the world was made? In the letter of St. Paul to the Romans he proclaimed that Jesus Christ is God. "To them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to flesh, is Christ, who is God over all, blessed for ever, Amen"(See also 1 John 5:21). Who are we going to believe Felix Manalo who says that Jesus Christ is just a man or St. Paul and the rest of Scripture who attest that Jesus Christ is God?

These are few of the deceptions made by INC just to gain followers, they are willing to distort scripture just to prove that they are correct despite the obvious fact that there is no good evidence for their claims.

An ISLAMIC TERRORIST TARGETS ROME the SEAT of CHRISTIANITY (CATHOLICISM)! Lord Protect your Church!

Thanks to Mr. Robert Spencer's JihadWatch for bringing this evil intention of hell's soldiers to our attention:

“Imam Ahmad reported in his Musnad that Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As (may God be pleased with him) reports, Whilst we were around the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) writing down, he was asked, ‘Which of the two cities is to be opened first, Constantinople or Rome?’ He (the Prophet) answered, ‘The city of Heraclius will be opened first!’” (Imam Ahmad, and Al-Albany)

Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradawi quoted this hadith a few years ago and added: “This means that Islam will return to Europe as a conqueror and victor, after being expelled from it twice – once from the South, from Andalusia, and a second time from the East, when it knocked several times on the door of Athens.”

And the Saudi Sheikh Muhammad bin Abd Al-Rahman Al-’Arifi, imam of the mosque of King Fahd Defense Academy, once boasted: “We will control the land of the Vatican; we will control Rome and introduce Islam in it. Yes, the Christians, who carve crosses on the breasts of the Muslims in Kosovo – and before then in Bosnia, and before then in many places in the world – will yet pay us the Jiziya [poll tax paid by non-Muslims under Muslim rule], in humiliation, or they will convert to Islam.”

There are many more such statements here.

The Church NEVER apostatized

By Manolis Kalomiris
Republished from the magazine: "Explorer of the Truth" Edition Νο. 30.

Protestant assertions

We shall present some of the assertions of these religious groups:  “The devil began to introduce dogmatic changes, as of Emperor Constantine’s time, deceiving quite a few of the bishops… So, they developed a different theology to that of the Bible, because they embraced too much of Plato’s philosophy…. Eventually, a complete deterioration set in…  With the passing years and centuries, historical Christianity became a religion that had completely distanced itself from the apostolic simplicity and spirituality, so that today, it appears entirely mutated…. During the fifth century, Christianity appeared to have conquered idolatry, however, idolatry had already corrupted Christianity.” (Evangelical magazine RESEARCH AND FAITH, March-April 1992, page 8)

SA PAGDIRIWANG ng SENTENARIO ng INC Tinupad ba ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO® o INC™ ang nakasaad sa ROMA16:16?

Ang ika-100 toang PAGKAKATATAG ng Iglesia ni Cristo^® na itinatag ni Felix Manalo. Tinalikdan ni Felix Manalo ang tunay na Iglesia-ang Iglesia Katolika bilang katuparan sa mga hula sa Biblia na tatalikod ang tao sa tunay na Iglesia.

Buong pagmamalaking sinasabi ng mga bayarang Ministro ng INC-1914 sa kanilang pamamayahag sa TV o radio o maging sa kanilang official magasing Pasugo na SILA (INC) raw ang mga nabanggit sa ROMA 16:16 "Binabati KAYO ng lahat ng mga IGLESIA NI CRISTO." (Orihinal na pagkasulat ay 'Binabati kayo ng lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo.')

Gusto lamang kasi nilang IPAMUKHA sa ating mga Katoliko na SILA raw ang TINUTUKOY doon sa Roma 16:16.

Sa tunog na lang "iglesia ni Cristo"  akala nil ay ang INC nga ang tinutukoy doon pero ating SURIIN at SIYASATING mabuti ang Roman 16:16 at mahahalatang MALABONG-MALABONG sila ang tinutukoy doon.  

UNA, ay sapagkat SULAT ito ni APOSTOL SAN PABLO sa mga KRISTIANO sa ROMA noong UNANG SIGLO. Ibig sabihin, may mga IGLESIA NI CRISTO na noon pa! Samakatuwid, HINDI ang INC-1914 ang tinutukoy dito ni Apostol San Pablo.

PANGALAWA, ay sapagkat SULAT po ito ni APOSTOL SAN PABLO sa mga KRISTIANO sa ROMA noong UNANG SIGLO pa. At ang INC ay sa PILIPINAS po ito ITINATAG noon lamang 1914 A.D. bilang TRADEMARK o business.  Hindi po ito ang iglesia noong unang siglo.

PANGATLO, ay sapagkat ang mga tinutukoy rito ni Apostol San Pablo ay ang ROMA bilang BANTOG ang PANANAMPALATAYA sa BUONG MUNDO (KATA-HOLOS) Roma 1:18.

"Una'y nagpapasalamat ako sa aking Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesucristo dahil sa inyong lahat, sapagkat tanyag sa buong daigding ang inyong pananampalataya."-Biblia ng Sambayanang Pilipino

Ilan lamang 'yan sa mga rason kung bakit ang Roma 16:16 HINDI ang INC ni MANALO noong 1914. [Basahin din ang aking artikulong may pamagat na "Alin nga ba ang iglesiyang binabati ng lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo?"]

PANSININ niyo ang uri ng kanilang paniniwala at PAG-AANGKIN sa ROMA 16:16

http://tunaynalingkod.blogspot.com/2013/07/ang-araw-ng-paghuhukom.html

Sige, SAKYAN natin ang kanilang HILING! Sabihin nating INC ni MANALO nga ang tinutukoy doon.

Roma 16:16 “Mangagbatian kayo ng banal na halik. Binabati KAYO ng lahat ng mga INC.”

Kailan ba nakarating sa ROMA ang INC?

Ang LOKAL ng INC sa ROMA ay opisyal na naitala lamang noong Huly 27,1994.

Ibig sabihin ay 20 taon pa LAMANG ang INC sa ROMA? 

Paano naman babatiin ng lahat ng INC ang LOCAL na INC sa ROMA eh halos 20 taon pa lamang sila sa Roma?

KABALIKTARAN pa nga!

Ang BINABATI ng lahat ng mga INC ay ang INC sa PILIPINAS at HINDI ang INC sa ROMA!

O akala ba namin ay KAYONG mga INC ang binabanggit sa ROMA 16:16?  Bakit naman CENTRAL ang BINABATI ng LAHAT ng mga INC at HINDI ang LOKAL ninyo sa ROMA ang BINABATI?

Isang sa mga maraming billboards na pinaglalagay ng mga pulitiko sa Pilipinas! Ang pagbati sa ika-100 taon ng PAGKAKATATAG nga ng INC-1914

ANO NGA BA ANG IPINAGDIRIWANG NA SENTENARIO NG IGLESIA NI CRISTO-1914?

Huwag po kayong malito.

Ang ipinagdiriwang po ng INC ni Manalo ngayong araw na ito ay HINDI po kaarawan ni FELIX MANALO, o ni ERAÑO MANALO o ni EDUARDO MANALO.

Lalong HINDI po ito pagdiriwang ng "GOD'S BLESSINGS" tulad ng mga tarpouline na nagiging sore-eyes sa kahabaan ng Commonwealth Avenue sa Lungsod ng Quezon.

HINDI po nila ito ILALAGAY sa kanilang mga pagbati sa harap ng kanilang mga patulis na TEMPLO.

Ang kanilang IPINAGDIRIWANG ay walang iba kundi ang PAGKAKATATAG ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO  sa VERSION ni MANALO noong 1914.

Patunay?

Heto ang sabi ng PASUGO (official magazine ng INC-1914).

PASUGO Agosto-Setyembre 1964, p. 5

“Kailan napatala sa Pamahalaan o narehistro ang INK sa Pilipinas? Noong Hulyo 27, 1914. Tunay nga na sinasabi sa rehistro na si Kapatid na F. Manalo ang nagtatag ng INK."

Registration ng INC sa Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission

Bakit CIUDAD DE VICTORIA?

Hindi po kasi nila kayang palitan ang Lungsod ng Maynila kay Manalo kung saan ang unang kapilya ng INC ay naitatag sa PUNTA, STA. ANA, MANILA.

At lalong hindi nila maaaring angkinin ang Lungsod ng Quezon para kay Manalo.  Sinubukan pa ngang gawing FELIX MANALO AVENUE ang buong COMMONWEALTH AVENUE kung saan naroon ang kanilang CENTRAL pero hindi po ito kinatigan ng Lungsod ng Quezon.

Kaya't sila'y GUMAWA ng sarili nilang LUNGSOD na nakapangalan kay MANALO.

Pero HINDI HALATA. Masyado kasing MANALONG-MANALO na ang mga PAGPUPURI at PAGBIBIGAY PARANGAL sa lahat ng mga kanilang mga GUSALI.

Tulad ng NEW ERA. Hango po iyan kay ERA-ÑO (ERA NEW).

Mahilig lang ang mga INC sa paglalaro ng SALITA.

Tulad ng "mga iglesia ni Cristo". Eh kapag nakasulat na po ito sa kanilang mga babasahin ay nagiging "Iglesia" na! Ung i ay nagiging I na!

Kaya't bumili sila ng LOTE na MAS MALAKI sa sukat ng VATICAN CITY sa ROMA kung saan nakatayo ang ORIHINAL na IGLESIA NI CRISTO (sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga Kristiano sa Roma) sa pagitan ng BOCAUE at STA. MARIA sa Probinsiya ng Bulacan at tinawag ng CIUDAD DE VICTORIA

Ang CIUDAD DE VICTORIA po ay ESPAÑOL o WIKANG KASTILA na sumakop sa atin sa mahigit 300 taon.

Bagamat bitter na bitter sila sa mga Kastila pero nakapagtataka kung bakit wikang Kastila ang gamit sa pagpapangalan ng kanilang lugar?

Dito kasi NAKATAGO ang mga TUNAY na PANGALAN ng lugar.

SPANISH	ENGLISH	TAGALOG
CIUDAD	CITY	LUNGSOD
DE	OF	NG
VICTORIA	VICTORY	MANALO-TAGUMPAY

CIUDAD DE VICTORIA

CITY OF VICTORY

LUNGSOD NG MANALO!

PETSA NG JULY 27, NASA BIBLIA BA?

Kung TUMUTULIGSA nga naman ang mga kaanib ng INC ni Manalo ukol sa Disyembre 25 bilang araw na nakalaan sa KAPANGANAKAN NI CRISTO ay wagas.

http://tunaynalingkod.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-25-birthday-of-sun.html

Para sa kanila WALA raw sa BIBLIA ang PETSA ng kapanganakan ni Cristo.  At sa simpleng Teolohiya ng mga kaanib, KUNG WALA SA BIBLIA ay HINDI TOTOO.

Ano kaya kung IBALIK natin sa kanila ang mga katanungan?

NASA BIBLIA BA ANG JULY 27 bilang PAGDIRIWANG ng PAGKAKATATAG ng INC?!!!

Major Differences between the True Church of Christ and the Fake Iglesia ni Cristo founded by Felix Manalo

Below quote was taken from RAPPLER.com entitled "The Major Difference between the Catholic Church and the Iglesia ni Cristo" Item No. 6:

Apostate Church. The INC accuses the Catholic Church of “unfaithfulness” or apostasy. Citing the prophesy of Apostle Paul, the early Church strayed away from the teachings of Christ. They cite the words of St Paul, who said that after his death, “men will arise who will speak perverse things to draw away the disciples of Christ after them (Acts 20:30)." The INC also cites St Peter, who said that false prophets will preach heresies “denying the Master, the Lord Jesus Christ, by rejecting him as Head of the Church…and by rejecting His name.”

The INC believes the descriptions squarely fit the Catholic Church. “The Catholic Church denied the Lord Christ’s headship by putting Peter and the Popes in His stead. It rejected His name, Christ, by sporting such an unscriptural name as Roman Catholic Church.”

The Catholic Church however, counters that it “has been faithful at all times to the Revelation” amid erroneous teachings and persecutions. The martyrdom of early Christians in the first 3 centuries is proof of the fidelity of the Catholic Church to Christ’s teachings.

In the first place, if the Catholic Church committed apostasy, “why does the INC use the Holy Bible that was ratified by the same Church in the 4th century?”

IGLESIA NI CRISTO® CENTENNIAL may DONATION ENVELOP na KINAKALAT

Akala namin walang ABULUYAN sa INC? Ano ito?!

#ن: How an Arabic letter was reclaimed to support Iraq’s persecuted Christians

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 sa INK, na siyang katuparan ng pinagpauna ng Panginoon ay siyang malinaw na katunayan na ang INK 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 tao man ay uusigin din. Ang pag-uusig sa Ulo at tagos hanggang sa katawan. Siya ang ulo, tayo ang mga sangkap, na siyang Iglesia."

We are the PERSECUTED CHURCH! Not you, Iglesia ni Cristo of Manalo!!!

“N”, or ن​, is the first letter of the Arabic word
for Christian, “Nasrani” or Nazarene

EuroNews - Over the weekend, while the world’s gaze was on Gaza and Syria, the situation of Christians in northern Iraq took a sharp turn for the worse, with thousands force to flee their homes. The situation is so dire that a social media campaign has been launched to try to reclaim the very symbol of persecution against these Christians and to try and raise awareness about their fate.

With a weekend ultimatum to either convert to Islam, submit to their radical rule and pay a religious levy, or face death by the sword, hardline Sunni militants of the Islamic State [IS] have been consolidating their control, driving Christians out of the city of Mosul. Of those who fled, some were robbed at gunpoint by Islamists on the road leaving the city.

Christians in Mosul once formed a community numbered in the tens of thousands set up in the region since the earliest of Christianity.

The local clergy was attacked as well. On Monday, militants took over the fourth century Saint Behnam monastery 30 km southeast of Mosul, forcing a monk and his assistant to leave, according to reports.

In Mosul, IS militants marked with a spray-painted ن (the Arabic letter for “N”) all Christian property to be seized after the ultimatum. “N”, or ن​, is the first letter of the Arabic word for Christian, “Nasrani” or Nazarene.

The local UN mission told Reuters 400 uprooted families arrived on Sunday morning in two cities in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish enclave. Another 700 families were expected in Arbil, barely 50 miles (80 km) from Mosul. People of other faiths are leaving as well. A UNHCR spokesperson told euronews by email that, because ISIS’s actions are only a few weeks old, “there are probably many Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries [fleeing IS activities] that are yet to approach UNHCR for registration or if they have they might still be waiting for an appointment(…) so it might be too early at this stage to have an accurate picture.”

Condemnations but no international response

Louis Raphael Sako, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch and head of Iraq’s largest church, said on Sunday that the Islamic State militants were worse than Mongol leader Genghis Khan and his grandson Hulagu who ransacked medieval Baghdad in 1258.

One of Zako’s deputies, Bishop Shlemon Wardooni, called for an international response. “The world must act, speak out, consider human rights,” he said, adding that the Iraqi state was weak and divided and Muslim leaders had remained silent.

“We haven’t heard from clerics from all sects or from the government,” he told Reuters on Sunday. “The Christians are sacrificed for Iraq.”

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki condemned the treatment of Mosul’s Christians, saying it showed “the extreme criminality and terrorist nature of [IS]” and UN Secretary General Ban said IS’ actions were akin to “a crime against humanity.” Pope Francis, in his weekly public prayers on Sunday, said: “I learned with great concern the news that came from the Christian communities in Mosul (…) Today they are persecuted. Our brothers are persecuted. They’ve been driven away. They must leave their homes without being able to take anything with them.”

A symbol of persecution becomes a cry for help

However, despite these strong-worded statements, the international community has so far been immobile .

Online, frustration over the world’s inaction have led to a social media campaign to raise awareness about the fate of Mosul’s Christians. Users, for the most part Christians or Catholics, are changing their profile pictures on Facebook and Twitter to a pictures of the letter ن​, the very letter infamously branding their Iraqi co-religionists, and turning it into a symbol of support.

The Attack on Christians in the Middle East

By Rev. Fr. Robert Barron

Though you would never guess it from the paucity of coverage in the major news media, there is a fierce persecution of Christians going on in the Middle East. In Egypt, convents and churches are being burned to the ground and Copts, members of one of the most ancient Christian communities, are being routinely harassed, tortured, and arrested. In Iraq, the ISIS group, hoping to re-establish a “caliphate” across the northern sector of the Middle East, is brutally persecuting Christians. Just recently, an ultimatum was issued in Mosul, where Christians have been living for over 1,600 years, that believers in Jesus have to pay a stiff fine, leave the country, or be put to death. And the sheer shock of these extreme instances can allow us to overlook the fact that in Saudi Arabia Christians are not permitted to build churches or to practice their faith publicly in any way.

Moreover, Muslim persecution of Christianity is not limited to the Middle East. Islamist radicals have been attacking Christians in Indonesia, India, and Philippines for quite some time. And perhaps the most extreme examples of this persecution are the attacks launched by the Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria. This terrorist sect has burned churches, wantonly killed innocent Christians at worship, and most recently, kidnapped hundreds of Christian girls whose crime was attending school.

It is easy enough to condemn these actions as deeply inhumane, but I would like to press the critique a bit further, drawing attention to the work of Pope Francis’s two immediate predecessors. Pope John Paul II was the most vocal defender of human rights in the 20th century. Across the world and in hundreds of different venues, he insisted that the respect for fundamental human rights must be the key to a just political order. And of all the human rights—to life, liberty, a just wage, access to the ballot—the most basic, he taught, was the right to religious freedom. This is because the spiritual aspiration of the human heart is what defines us as human beings. The violation of that most sacred of “spaces” is, therefore, the most offensive, the most heinous and de-humanizing. To use the threat of force to compel someone to change his religious beliefs—which we are regularly seeing in the Middle East—is not only criminal but wicked.

It is also deeply irrational—a point made by Pope Benedict XVI in his address at the University of Regensburg in September of 2006. In that controversial speech, Pope Benedict drew attention to a little-known dialogue between the 14th-century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus and a Muslim interlocutor. The Emperor pointed out that the idea of spreading the faith through violent conquest, which is recommended in the Qur’an, is supremely irrational, and the reasons he gives anticipate John Paul II by six centuries. Faith is a function, not of the body, but of the soul, and therefore coercion through bodily persecution cannot even in principle awaken authentic faith. One must, instead, be skilled in arguments that would appeal to the mind: “to convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death.” In a word, the idea of the holy war is not syn logon (according to the word or reason). And here is the decisive point: what is unreasonable is out of step with God’s own nature, since God, on the Christian reading, is identified with Logos: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

However, in Muslim teaching, Allah’s nature is so transcendent that it goes beyond any and all categories, including that of reason. Pope Benedict cites the noted French Islamic scholar R. Arnaldez, who points out that Allah is not even bound by his own word, so that if he so chose, he could recommend idolatry as morally praiseworthy. This elevation of the divine will over the divine mind, called “voluntarism” in the West, is, for Benedict, the source of enormous confusion and mischief. Most notably and dangerously, it opens the door to the idea of divinely sanctioned violence. Now I fully realize that many Christians over the centuries have done terrible things in the name of God and that the overwhelming majority of Muslims are peaceful and non-violent. But I think it is clear that when Christians act in such a way, they are unequivocally at odds with their own conception of God. Is the same true of Muslims? I am still waiting for a compelling answer from the Muslim camp to the question posed eight years ago by Pope Benedict. At the time, of course, Islamist radicals responded by killing a number of innocent Christians – certainly a curious way of refuting the notion that divinely sanctioned violence is irrational!

In the meantime, I believe that all people of good will ought to pray for both the victims and their persecutors, for the best way to honor God is through an act of compassion. The same God who is identified with Logos is, according to the first letter of John, also identified with Love.

— Father Robert Barron is rector of Mundelein Seminary and founder of Word on Fire.

1,800 year Church burned down by Muslim Terrorists in Mosul Iraq

Militants from the radical jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have set fire to a 1,800-year-old church in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul, a photo released Saturday shows.

The burning of the church is the latest in a series of destruction of Christian property in Mosul, which was taken by the Islamist rebels last month, along with other swathes of Iraqi territory. -Al-Arabia.net

Baghdad, July 22, 2014 (Zenit.org)-Jihadist militants have taken over one of the Iraq’s best-known Christian landmarks and expelled its resident monks, a cleric and residents said Monday.

Fighters from the Islamic State (ISIS) stormed Mar (Saint) Behnam, a fourth-century monastery run by the Syriac Catholic church near the predominantly Christian town of Qaraqosh in northern Iraq, on Sunday.

AFP reports the monks reportedly pleaded to be allowed to save some of the monastery's relics but the fighters refused and ordered them to leave on foot with nothing but their clothes. After fleeing, the residents who included some families were eventually picked up on a deserted road by Kurdish peshmerga fighters who drove them to safety.

The incident was the latest move by ISIS, which in June declared a "caliphate" straddling large swathes of northern Iraq and Syria and threatening the Christian presence in both countries.

Over the weekend, hundreds of families fled Mosul, leaving Iraq’s second largest and once-cosmopolitan city empty of Christians for the first time in almost two millennia.

The jihadist fighters want to create a state based on an extreme interpretation of Sharia Law and have targeted all minorities in the Mosul area. AFP reports that other religious minorities such as Shiite Turkmen, Shabak and Yazidis have suffered even more than the Christians, who have largely escaped summary executions since ISIS swept the region in early June.

Mar Behnam is a major Christian landmark in Iraq and a site where the local community and pilgrims traditionally pray for healings and fertility.

On Sunday, Pope Francis said he was viewing the situation “with concern” and called on the faithful to remember the people of Iraq and the Middle East in prayer.

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A group on Facebook has called for a day of prayer and fasting for persecuted Christians this coming Friday, July 25th, especially those suffering in Iraq. The page can be found here.

This is the face our our enemy.  I don't think their 'god' is the same God we worship. It's PURELY EVIL! (Photo Source: Shariah Unveiled)

ROMA 16:16 vs IGLESIA NI CRISTO-1914

Artikulo mula sa Apolegete.com

Madalas na ginagamit ng mga ministro at miyembro ng iglesia ni cristo 1914 ang Roma 16:16 para patunayan na ang kanilang relihiyon ay nasa bibliya. Ang nakakalungkot ay marami sa mga tao ang napapaniwala nila tungkol dito.

“Magbatian kayo bilang magkakapatid kay Cristo. Binabati kayo ng lahat ng mga iglesya ni Cristo.”(Roma 16:16)

Madalas nilang sabihin sa mga nakikinig sa kanila na kapag hindi nakasulat ang pangalan ng iyong relihiyon sa bibliya ay hindi yan tunay na iglesya, kundi ang tunay lamang ay ang nasusulat.

ANO? BINASA LANG SA BIBLIA AT IPINAREHISTRO PAGKATAPOS SILA NA AGAD?

PAANO NAGING IGLESIA NI CRISTO 1914 ANG NASA ROMA 16:16?

Ang Aklat ng Roma isinulat ni Apostol Pablo noong 57 AD at alam naman natin na July 27, 1914 lamang ipinarehistro ang iglesia ni cristo na tatag ni Felix Manalo. Paano naging sila yang tinutukoy sa Roma 16:16? Hindi pa ipinanganak si Felix Manalo at ilang taon pa ang nakalipas bago lumitaw sa pilipinas ang iglesyang tatag ni felix manalo ay nakasulat na ang Roma 16:16 at ayon sa aklat ng roma ay binabanggit ang iglesyang laganap ang pananampalataya sa buong daigdig.

“Una sa lahat, nagpapasalamat ako sa aking Diyos sa pamamagitan ni Jesu-Cristo dahil sa inyong lahat, sapagkat ang inyong pananampalataya ay balitang-balita sa buong daigdig.”(Roma 1:8)

Napakalinaw na sinasabi sa talata na merong iglesyang lumaganap na ang pananampalataya sa buong daigdig, at kung tatanungin natin sila, nang panahon na yan nasaan si felix manalo? Isang malaking kalokohan para angkinin nila na sila ang tinutukoy sa Roma 16:16.

MARAMI SA MGA TALATA NA NAKASULAT SA AKLAT NG ROMA NA HINDI SUMASANG-AYON SA MGA ITINURO NG IGLESIA NI CRISTO NA ITINATAG NI FELIX MANALO.

The CATHOLIC CHURCH' contribution to the IGLESIA NI KRISTO-1914

By 100% Katolikong Pinoy:

There may be friends from the Iglesia Ni Cristo (originally Iglesia ni Kristo) who will be jovially celebrating their sect’s 100th Anniversary this weekend. This marks their church’s 100th year of thriving from July 27, 1914, the date their sect has been registered in the Securities and Exchange Commission during the American rule. Along with your chatter with your INC friends about their sect’s achievements and assets, let us also share to them some of the significant contributions that our Holy Mother Church had unselfishly endowed to them for their use.

1. The word CHAPEL (“Kapilya”) – Members of the INC use this term often, than the politically correct term “gusaling pangsamba”. But little do they know that the word CHAPEL itself is of purely Catholic origin. The term is first used to call the small housing structures or shrines where the relic cloak of St. Martin of Tours is kept, thus CAPELLA (little cape), from the Latin word CAPA or cloak. The cloak is used by the French knights in their war efforts, asking the intercession of St. Martin of Tours for them to win the battles. As customary, the cloak is transportable, so various housing structures were built in every place to house the cloak relic. The Catholic people use those structures for worship, thus the word CHAPEL became of regular use to mean local small church buildings and communities.

The word CHAPEL/KAPILYA is not found in the Bible.

2. The word SANTA CENA (Holy Supper) – Since the Philippines has been under Spanish rule, Spanish language is once part of the Filipino familiar tongue. The Holy Mass then is also widely known as the Holy Supper (even until now), or Santa Cena in Spanish. The founders of the Iglesia Ni Kristo adapted this term to mean their own worship service, particularly using some items somewhat identical to the Catholic Holy Mass (that is, bread and wine)

3. The term ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT – From the word ECCLESIA, Latin word for “Church”. Latin-speaking Catholics derived ECCLESIA from the Greek word EKKLESIA, which means “a group of those who were called out.”. An Ecclesiastical District in the INC is in the same principle and means used by the Catholic Church – a group of smaller locales or churches in a significant territory.

4. The term PASTORAL VISITATION – This term constitutes a bishop or an archbishop visiting a parish or a religious entity/territoty for a specific purpose (can also be applied to the Pope, though the term would be a PAPAL VISIT). In the INC, this means a visit of their Executive Minister to a locale.

5. The term IGLESIA – a term used originally by Spanish-speaking Catholics hailing from Hispania (Iberian Peninsula), a transliteration of the Latin Word ECCLESIA. In Spanish -speaking countries, when you ride a taxi and say to a driver to drive you to an IGLESIA, the cab driver will drive you to the nearest Catholic Church in the area.

Other also noteworthy contributions are the following.

1. The famous architect of their houses of worship is a devout Catholic named Carlos A. Santos-Viola. Gaining respect from the INC, he was repeatedly invited to join the sect, but he declines every time. Carlos served in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Quezon City and died on July 31, 1994.

2. Without the Gregorian Calendar promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII, there might be no observance of the July 27, 2014 Anniversary or the date would be different

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We wish our friends in the Iglesia ni Cristo 1914 a peaceful, contemplative and worthwhile observance of their church’s 100th [FOUNDING] Anniversary! And to our Catholic brothers and sisters, BE PROUD AND THANKFUL of this generous and all-embracing UNIVERSAL (Catholic) CHURCH that we all belong! [INC's knows the CATHOLIC CHURCH is still the TRUE CHURCH JESUS FOUNDED).

Philippine Religious Sect Opens the Largerst Arena

News around the world about the Iglesia ni Cristo- branded as a RELIGIOUS SECT- not as the "true" Church of Christ as they claim. TRUTH prevails!

Times of India:

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world's largest indoor stadium, erected by a politically-influential religious sect.

The USD 175-million Philippine Arena, which can seat 55,000 people, was hailed as a showcase that will serve as a major venue for concerts and sports events as well as gatherings for its owners, the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) sect.

Yahoo!News:

"Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world's largest indoor stadium, erected by a politically-influential religious sect.

The $175-million Philippine Arena, which can seat 55,000 people, was hailed as a showcase that will serve as a major venue for concerts and sports events as well as gatherings for its owners, the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) sect.

"...The Christian sect also said the stadium will have a capacity about double that of other popular indoor arenas like New York's Madison Square Garden.

"...However the Singapore National Stadium, completed in June, also seats 55,000 people and has been hailed in the press as the world's largest domed structure.

"...The Iglesia ni Cristo sect wields considerable political influence in the Philippines as its members, believed to number about three million people, vote as a bloc for whoever their leaders endorse."

The Straight Times Asia:

MANILA (AFP) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino presided over the opening on Monday of what is billed as the world's largest indoor stadium, erected by a politically-influential religious sect.

The US$175-million (S$218.8 million) Philippine Arena, which can seat 55,000 people, was hailed as a showcase that will serve as a major venue for concerts and sports events as well as gatherings for its owners, the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) sect.

UCA News:

An increasingly influential Christian sect in the Philippines opened what it claimed to be “the largest theater in the world” on Monday. President Benigno Aquino led the inauguration ceremony at the Philippine Arena north of Manila, where Iglesias ni Cristo (Church of Christ) kicked off its centenary celebrations.

Veooz:

Manila, July 22 (TruthDive): Philippine President Benigno Aquino headed over the opening of what is touted as the world's largest indoor stadium on Monday. The $175-million Philippine Arena can seat 55,000 people and was welcomed as a display cabinet that will function as a main venue for sports events and concerts as well as gatherings for its owners, the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) sect. By considering the seating capacity of the arena alone, the Philippine Arena is double the size of the largest vaulted arenas in Europe and in the United States.

Business World:

"The $175-million Philippine Arena, which can seat 55,000 people, was hailed as a showcase that will serve as a major venue for concerts and sports events as well as gatherings for its owners, the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) sect.

"...The Christian sect also said the stadium will have a capacity about double that of other popular indoor arenas like New York’s Madison Square Garden."

The Philippine Arena built by a politically influential religious sect called the Iglesia ni Cristo founded by a self-proclaimed "Last Messenger of God", ex-Catholic, ex-Protestant pastor-- Felix Y. Manalo

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is the ONLY CHURCH of CHRIST and no other!

History points out to the Catholic Church as the only Church founded by Christ. Many churches tried to downplay this claim but they failed to provide any historical proof to debunk the claim.

The Catholic Church rightfully claims the title as the CHURCH OF CHRIST in the DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH:

This is the one Church of Christ which in the Creed is professed as one, holy, catholic and apostolic, (12*) which our Saviour, after His Resurrection, commissioned Peter to shepherd,(74) and him and the other apostles to extend and direct with authority,(75) which He erected for all ages as "the pillar and mainstay of the truth".(76) This Church constituted and organized in the world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him,(13*) although many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside of its visible structure. These elements, as gifts belonging to the Church of Christ, are forces impelling toward catholic unity...

"Israel according to the flesh, which wandered as an exile in the desert, was already called the Church of God.(96) So likewise the new Israel which while living in this present age goes in search of a future and abiding city (97) is called the Church of Christ...

"Israel according to the flesh, which wandered as an exile in the desert, was already called the Church of God.(96) So likewise the new Israel which while living in this present age goes in search of a future and abiding city (97) is called the Church of Christ."

Among it's claimers as "Christ's Church" is the Iglesia ni Cristo founded by an apostate Felix Manalo according to what was prophesied in the Bible "some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils" (1 Tim 4:1) Also verses from 2 Peter 2:1-22.

In 2 John 1:7

 "I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist."

Felix Manalo DENIED JESUS as GOD coming in the FLESH. Such person is "THE DECEIVER AND THE ANTI-CHRIST"

Here is the confirmation from the Iglesia ni Cristo that the CATHOLIC CHURCH is the only valid CHURCH OF CHRIST that JESUS had FOUNDED!

PASUGO Abril 1966, p. 46:
“Ang totoo hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay patuloy na ginagawa ni Satanas ang pagpapasok ng mga maling aral sa Iglesia Katolika na sa pasimula'y siyang Iglesia ni Cristo. Sadyang matalino at tuso ang diablo. Hindi niya ginawang biglaan ang pagtalikod sa Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo noong unang siglo."

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.”

Do we need any further proof? Please come back to the ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST!

ISLAM: The Most Intolerant Religion in the World today!

Today, Islam religion is perceived by non-Muslims as world's most intolerant religion. From Asia to Africa to Europe and the Americas, violence is often coming from their own members fighting for their religious "rights" to worship yet THEY CAN'T GIVE THE SAME RIGHTS to those non-Muslims living in the Middle East. And chases out non-Muslims when they get the upper hand or controls non-Muslims how they should behave or worship in their lands. Please remember these Iraqi Christians today in your prayers! -CD2000

An Iraqi Christian prays at the Saint George church on July 1 in Erbil (Photo Source: CNN)

Christian World News - Christians in Mosul, Iraq, have been told that they must leave, convert to Islam or accept dhimmitude, or die.

A communique from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) gave Christians a deadline of June 19, saying that if they do not leave or accept Islamic rule, "their destiny is the sword." The Aleteia web site, citing local sources, said that this message was being broadcast on loudspeakers by mosques in Mosul.

Bishop Saad Sirop, an auxiliary of the Chaldean Catholic patriarchate in Baghdad, told Aid to the Church in Need: "In the last hours, the jihadists of ISIL have forced the few remaining Christians in Iraq's second city to leave their homes."

Those who do leave the city have been stopped at checkpoints, where jihadists have confiscated some of their possessions and even their vehicles. In Mosul, homes belonging to Christians are being marked by jihadists, to be taken over and looted. ISIL has ordered that Christians may not be given food from relief shipments.

The orders were issued in a letter after Friday prayers [Al Jazeera]

Related News at CNN, BBC News, Al Jazeera,

'666' at iba pang bintang ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia ni Cristo® laban sa Iglesia Katolika!

Isa na namang kaanib ng INC ni Manalo ang nagkakalat ng kasinungalingan upang manlinlang

by hinirang

hinirang • kaanib ng INC-1914

Kahit anung papakita mo sa pasugo di mo yan ma gegetz kasi kayo naka batay yan sa bibol dahil ang bibol ay hiwaga naka coding kaya wag mo ng ipakita yan whahaha.

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CD2000:

Nahirapan ako sa "bibol" na tinutukoy mo. "Bible" pala ang pakaibig mong sabihin.  

Samakatuwid baga'y galing sa "bibol" (Biblia) ang mga nakasulat sa inyong Pasugo? [Mula sa Munting Aklat na pinamagatang "Ang Katotohanan Tungkol sa INK-1914"]

PASUGO Setyembre 1940, p. 1:

“Dapat malaman ng lahat, ayon sa Bagong Tipan, ang tunay na INK ay si Cristo ang nagtatag nito."

PASUGO Nobyembre 1940, p. 23:

“Iisa lamang ang tanging makapagtatayo ng Iglesiang magiging dapat sa Dios. Kung sino-- ang ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo lamang! Sino mang tao-- maging marunong o mangmang, maging dakila o hamak-- ay walang karapatang magtayo ng Iglesia"

PASUGO Mayo 1968, p. 7:

“Ang tunay na INK ay iisa lamang. Ito ang Iglesiyang itinayo ni Cristo. Kung mayroon mang nagsisibangon ngayong mga Iglesia at sasabihing sila man ay Iglesia ni Cristo rin, ang mga ito ay hindi tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo kundi huwad lamang."

PASUGO Mayo 1954, p. 9:

“Alin ang tunay na Iglesia? Ang Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo sa Jerusalem."

PASUGO Enero 1964, p. 6:

“Sino ang tunay na nagtayo ng Iglesia ni Cristo na lumitaw sa Pilipinas noong 1914? Hindi ang kapatid na si Manalo kundi ang Dios at si Cristo."

PASUGO Mayo 1964, p. 15:

“Tinatanggap halos ng lahat na sa Dios at kay Cristo ang INK na itinayo ni Cristo sa Jerusalem noong unang siglo. Datapuwat ang INK sa huling araw na ito na lumitaw sa Pilipinas noong 1914 ay hindi nila kinikilalang sa Dios at kay Cristo. Ito ay nagpapanggap lamang na INK ngunit ang totoo raw ay Iglesia ni Manalo. Walang katotohanan ang kanilang palagay na ito sapagkat walang Iglesiang kanya si Kapatid na Manalo."

Tanong: Totoo ba o hindi na si Felix Manalo ang siyang nagtatag ng INK -1914?

Sagot: PASUGO Agosto-Setyembre 1964, p. 5

“Kailan napatala sa Pamahalaan o narehistro ang INK sa Pilipinas? Noong Hulyo 27, 1914. Tunay nga na sinasabi sa rehistro na si Kapatid na F. Manalo ang nagtatag ng INK."

Tanong: Sino ang may-ari ng Iglesiang itinatag ni Ginoong Felix Manalo?

Sagot: PASUGO Mayo 1952, p. 4

“Kung ang babalingan ng pag-uusapan ay ang nagtatag, dapat na siya ang may-ari ng itinatag, at sa kanya rin manggagaling ang mga aral at turo na ipinatutupad."

Lalong lumilitaw na si Felix Manalo ang nagtatag at may-ari nitong tinagurian nilang INK na nairehistro sa Pilipinas noong Huly 27, 1914 at hindi sa Dios at kay Cristo kundi nagpapanggap lamang, baka sakali'y makalusot!

Tanong: Mayroon bang karapatan na magtayo ng Iglesia ang isang tao, na katulad ni Felix Manalong tao?

Sagot: PASUGO Nobyembre 1940, p. 23:

“Iisa lamang ang tanging makapagtatayo ng Iglesiang magiging dapat sa Dios. Kung sino? -- Ang ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo lamang! Sinumang tao-- maging marunong o mangmang-- ay walang karapatang magtayo..."

Tanong: Ilan ba ang Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo, at saang dako ng daigdig niya itinayo?

Sagot: PASUGO Mayo 1968, p. 7:

“Ang tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo ay iisa lamang, ito ang Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo. Kung mayroon mang nagsisibangon ngayong mga Iglesia at sasabihing sila man ay INK rin ang mga ito ay hindi tunay kundi huwad lamang!"

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hinirang • kaanib ng INC-1914

Sinong 666? Hahahaha ang papa nyo tingnan mo ang kapote o tiara ng papa kitchop nyo may pangalan na vicarias felide may number na nakalagay doon kng makita mo yun bilong ka na sa 666 metalicang kulto edi natupad ang hula sa bibliya sa inyong papa kitchop del monte whahahaha..

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CD2000:

Ano naman ang katibayan mo't ang Santo Papa ay siyang "halimaw" o "666"?  Ito ba'y galing sa sarili niyong pagsusuri sa Iglesia ni Cristo-1914? O ito'y isa lamang sa maraming kinopya ni G. Felix Manalo noong siya'y nangangaral pa bilang isang Protestante?  Sa aking kaalaman, hindi orihinal si G. Felix Manalo sa ganitong bintang kundi ito'y kuha niya mula kay Ellen G. White, ang may-tatag ng The Seventh-day Adventist Protestant sect.

Ang isang katangian ni Satanas ay ang ILAPIT ang mga tao sa Dios.  Wala siyang kabutihan at wala siyang karunungan upang papurihan ang Anak ng Dios na si Jesu-Cristo.

Ngunit kung iyong matatandaan sa kasaysayan ng tao, si St. Pope John Paul II lamang ay papang minahal ng tao. Napatunayan ito sa kanyang libing na dinaluhan ng milyun-milyong katao sa Vatican at ilang mga Dignitaries ang dumalaw sa kanya bilang pagbibigay pugay sa pagbibigay niya ng KADAKILAAN sa DIOS bilang ALAGAD niya!

Ang nakakalungkot nito, isa lang kayo sa mga taong GALIT sa KABUTIHAN niya! Ito ba'y dala ng INGGIT dahil kinakasihan siya ng Dios na buhay at biniyayaan siya ng ibayong lakas upang maging saligan ng mga walang laban sa lipunan? Ano bang naging papel ng inyong relihiyon sa ikabubuti ng kasaysayan ng mundo?

At sa tono ng iyong pananalita "papa kitchop del monte whahahaha" bata ka pa para matutunan mo ang kabastusan! Marami ka pang matutunang mabubuting aral upang maligtas ang iyong kaluluwa at hindi ang magtanim ng galit sa iyong puso tulad ng itinanim ng mga bayarang Ministro ni Felix Manalo.

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hinirang • kaanib ng INC-1914

Hoy ang iglesia catholica ang nag pangalan nito ay c san ignacio ng antyokya sya din ang nag completo ng iglesia apostolica romana kaya kayo mga katoholiko na bilong kayo sa emperyo ng sundalo ng roma nag nagtatago lang sa relihiyon ninyong mga piki nyong faith na sumasamba sa larawan at rebulto yan ang kulto demonyo whahahaha..
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CD2000:
Hindi po si San Ignacio ng Antiochia ang nagpangalan ng Santa Katolika.  Ito po'y umiiral nang katawagan ng Iglesia at isinulat lamang niya sa kanyang mga mambabasa kung ano ang mga bagay at mga salitang katanggap-tanggap na noong panahon niya. Marahil, mas mainam kung mag-aral ka ng mabuti at pag-aralan mo ang kabutihan ng tao kaysa sa kasamaan.  Umpisahan mo rito sa "History of the Catholic Church".  Huwag kang matakot, hindi Katoliko ang nagsulat niyan.


At marahil ay balikan mo rin kung ano ang ORIHINAL na pananaw ng pamunuan ng INC-1914 tungkol sa Santa Iglesia Katolika! Nailathala ito offically sa inyong magasing Pasugo:

PASUGO, Abril 1966, p. 46:

“Ang totoo hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay patuloy na ginagawa ni Satanas ang pagpapasok ng mga maling aral sa Iglesia Katolika na sa pasimula'y siyang Iglesia ni Cristo. Sadyang matalino at tuso ang diablo. Hindi niya ginawang biglaan ang pagtalikod sa Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo noong unang siglo."

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.”

MARAMING SALAMAT at sana ay BUMALIK ka na sa TUNAY na IGLESIA NI CRISTO-- ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA!