Published on the SOLEMNITY FEAST of STS. PETER and PAUL, two pillars of the CHURCH! - CD2000
Christ's Church should never be tricky. But the INC makes it more complicated to you. Let us simplify it!
When Felix Manalo founded his Church he REGISTERED it and named it the
"Iglesia ni Kristo" (INK.)
Then sometime later it was RENAMED the "
Iglesia ni Cristo" (INC) -- that is what we read in all their houses of deception all throughout the Philippine archipelago.
And since Manalo's Church is now present in many countries (through massive Overseas Filipino Workers), the INC or INK of Manalo introduced his church AIDED with the international language English-- the "
IGLESIA NI CRISTO (Church of Christ)"(now with two names-- one in its original registration name and in English).
...so as not to CONFUSE Manalo's "
Church of Christ (Iglesia ni Cristo)" from many other "
Church(es) of Christ" founded by other Protestants in English speaking countries
Just to make sure that the
"Church of Christ" is what F. Manalo founded in the Philippines in 1914,
their unexplained LOGO will serve as its GUIDING LIGHT.
And just in case you wanted to know who their friends are? They have secret code known by this
tri-color (copied Italian Flag) SYMBOL!
And when they're dead, they are also identified with those magical and mysterious, unbiblical (copied Italian Flag) TRI-COLORS
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Maybe the sepulturero was confused with the colors-- it appears now to be of FRANCE FLAG! |
or their
graves were MARKED with the accronym I.N.C. or simply INC.
So that when the CHURCH is introduced with other (unregistered) names, the CHURCH would cease to be the
Church of Christ (Iglesia ni Cristo) according to their understanding.
The Church
The Catholic Church
Universal Church
Universal Church of Jesus Christ
Universal Church of Christ
Christ's Church
Apostolic Church
Church of the Lord
Church of God
Church of the Living God
Church of the Savior
Church of the Messiah
etc... etc.
The name of the CHURCH should be EXACTLY as how it was REGISTERED by Felix Manalo -- the
IGLESIA NI CRISTO (Church of Christ)! Period!
But think about this: How would you register the CHURCH of Christ when it was founded before every existing government on earth came to be?
The CHURCH is authentically CHRIST's. It is HISTORICAL yet NOT REGISTERED in any existing government today. That's because when the FAITH spread rapidly and the CHURCH grew bigger and became UNIVERSAL the same members of the CHURCH formed GOVERNMENTS, COUNTRIES, KINGDOMS, EMPIRES. So how could the CHURCH be registered when IT EXISTED FIRST before them?
"To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant" says Cardinal Newman, a Catholic Convert from protestantism.
That's the very reason why Protestants including the INC of Manalo DO NOT want to talk history by all honesty. If they would, they'd carefully choose those dark history of the Church and IGNORE the rest of it. They couldn't even talk about
HOW THE BIBLE came to be.
Whether we name the CHURCH as
- The Church
- The Catholic Church
- Universal Church
- Universal Church of Jesus Christ
- Universal Church of Christ
- Christ's Church
- Church of Christ
- Apostolic Church
- Church of the Lord
- Church of God
- Church of the Living God
- Church of the Savior
- Church of the Messiah
- etc... etc.
It's the SAME CHURCH -- ONE, HOLY CATHOLIC, APOSTOLIC CHURCH which JESUS founded upon the ROCK of ST. PETER (of which the Church celebrates their solemnity with St. PAUL today -- June 29).
Having said that I am perfectly sure just as the sun rises from the east and sets in the west, members of the INC Church of Manalo would say
"the name was taken from Romans 16:16" (and (only) in Lamsa Acts 20:28)....
English: "...greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you."
Tagalog: "... magbatian kayo sa banal na halik. Lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo ay bumabati sa inyo."
They would boast: "See our church name is there in the Bible"?
Upon CLOSE SCRUTINY, the letter of St. Paul to Christians in ROME (not in Diliman) clearly says that
"ALL THE CHURCH OF CHRIST" were
SENDING their GREETINGS to the CHURCH of ROME."
ROMANS 16:16 does not talk about the INC of Manalo but it talks about the CHURCH of ROME
"all the churches of Christ" sending their greetings to HER.
Manalo's
Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) in my memory NEVER HAD SENT any greetings to ROME!
In fact, they wanted to CONQUER the eternal CITY for the MANALOS!
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Member of INC Church of Manalo waving an Italian Flag as their symbol! |
Published in their official magazine called
Pasugo, ERAÑO's faked photo at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican shows their intent!
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Faked photo of the late Eraño Manalo at the Vatican, son of INC's founder with the TRI-COLOR (copied Italian Flag) pin on his barong. |
That TRUTH in Romans 16:16 is the proof that the Vatican City State where the SUCCESSOR of PETER resides has DIPLOMATIC TIES with every government and churches belonging to Christ in the world!
So if "ALL THE CHURCHES of CHRIST" are supposed to SEND their greetings to the CHURCH of ROME, why is it that the "
Church of Christ (Iglesia ni Cristo)" in the Philippines DOES NOT send any greetings to the CHURCH of ROME? Just think about it!
See how different peoples, races, and language flock to ROME not in (ka)Diliman!
And kings, presidents, other christians and non-Christian recognize that OFFICE of the Successor of Peter and the CENTER of CHRISTIAN UNITY-- the eternal city of ROME!
And because the CHURCH pre-dated their governments, world leaders were humbled enough to ADMIT that FACT and that without the CHURCH civilization of the western World couldn't be possible. Vatican City State now considered the smallest state-- yet a sovereign country-- a FACT recognized by the world-- the Pope governing 1.2 billion believers!
ROMANS 16:16 TALKS about the CATHOLIC CHURCH in ROME, which is GREETED by all the CHURCHES of CHRIST around the world.
The CHURCH of CHRIST? -- it is the CHURCH -- it is the CATHOLIC CHURCH!