IGLESIA NI CRISTO or iglesia ni Cristo?

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No doubt, the INC Ministers are experts and professional LIARS. And they're willing to stand by their deception!

In one of its response to a letter (see below photo), they said, they even have the guts to defend their angle: "The doctrines that Brother Felix Y. Manalo taught are the words of God written in the Bible--no additions nor substractions--which is a characteristic of a true messenger of God."

simple! From small letter "c" (churches of Christ--Rom. 16:16), they changed it to capital letter "C" and removed "es" (Church of Christ).

So they never add nor subtract the Words of God in the Bible? huh!

In Catholic Answers argument about its name, NO intelligent INC Minister can even refute its straight-forward facts! They're silenced by its truth!

The Name Game

"Iglesia points to its name as proof it is the true church. They argue, "Iglesia points to its name as proof it is the true Church. They argue, "What is the name of Christ’s Church, as given in the Bible? It is the ‘Church of Christ.’ Our church is called the ‘Church of Christ.’ Therefore, ours is the Church Christ founded."

Whether or not the exact words "Church of Christ" appear in the Bible is irrelevant, but since Iglesia makes it an issue, it is important to note that the phrase "Church of Christ" never once appears in the Bible. The verse Iglesia most often quotes on this issue is Romans 16:16: "Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you " (Pasugo, November 1973, 6). But the phrase in this verse is "churches of Christ." And it’s not a technical name. Paul is referring to a collection of local churches, not living an organizational name.

To get further "proof" of its name, Iglesia cites Acts 20:28: "Take heed therefore . . . to feed the church of Christ which he has purchased with his blood" (Lamsa translation; cited in Pasugo, April 1978). But the Lamsa translation is not based on the original Greek, the language in which the book of Acts was written. In Greek, the phrase is "the church of God" (tan ekklasian tou Theou) not "the church of Christ" (tan ekklasian tou Christou). Iglesia knows this, yet it continues to mislead its members.

Even if the phrase "church of Christ" did appear in the Bible, it would not help Iglesia’s case. Before Manalo started his church, there were already groups calling themselves "the Church of Christ." There are several Protestant denominations that call themselves Church of Christ and use exactly the same argument. Of course, they aren’t the true Church for the same reason Iglesia isn’t—because they were not founded by Christ."

(Read the whole article Iglesia ni Cristo. Or visit http://www.catholic.com/ or join Catholic Answers Forums . Read article from This Rock Magazine.)

So they're not adding nor subtracting from the Bible as a hard proof of Felix
God's messenger status? Judge them yourself!

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Mr. Karl Keating is the founder of Catholic Answers, a lay apostolate of Catholic apologetics in spreading the "Splendor of Truth" of the Catholic Church and evangelizing non-Catholics and Catholics at the same level.

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