Kung Wala sa Biblia, Peke?

Bukam-bibig lagi ng mga kaanib sa pekeng INC™ -1914 ni Felix Manalo eh, kapag WALA raw sa BIBLIA ay hindi na totoo o PEKE.

At ginamit pa ang SULAT ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga TAGA-ROMA! Bakit, taga-Roma ba sila?! Libre ang mangarap!

DIRECT QUOTE FROM ROMANS 16:16

Mga AMPON ng PANLILINLANG. 

Ang katusuan ng mga INC™ -1914 ay Nilalagyan nila ng CAPITAL LETTERS ang "I" sa iglesia para lalabas na PROPER NOUN ito. Pero sa totoo lang, ang nakasulat sa ADB (Ang Dating Biblia) ay ganito:

Pero, ALING IGLESIA nga ba ang BINABATI ng LAHAT ng mga "iglesia" ni Cristo sa buong mundo?

SULAT ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga Kristiano sa ROMA at hindi sa Pinas. Kaya sino ang mga Kristianong binabanggit sa ROMA? Mga PINOY ba o mga ROMANO? Natural mga ROMANO dahil taga-ROMA nga eh. Kung sulat ito sa mga Pinoy dapat eh "sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga taga-Pilipinas".

Mga INC™ ba ang mga nasa ROMA?

Hindi po maaari. At lalong di tatanggpin ng mga taga-ROMA na sila'y babansaging mga "Iglesia" sapagkat sila'y mga Kristiano Katoliko at hindi "Iglesia."

Ayon kay Apostol San Pablo, ang LAHAT daw ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO ay bumabati sa IGLESIANG nasa ROMA "Binabati kayo lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo."

Kung LAHAT pala ng IGLESIA ni CRISTO ay bumabati sa IGLESIA sa ROMA, bakit may NAG-IISANG "Iglesia" (raw) sa Pilipinas ang AYAW bumati sa IGLESIA sa ROMA?

Hindi ba't mismong ROMA 16:16 ang nagsasabing "lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo ay bumabati" sa IGLESIA sa ROMA, bakit naman ang INC™ sa Pilipinas ay ayaw talagang bumati? Dahil ba sa HINDI naman sila TUNAY na iglesia?

Kaya't kung suma-total, ang mga "iglesia" na AYAW bumati sa IGLESIA sa ROMA, bagama't sinasabi ni Apostol San Pablo na LAHAT daw ng mga iglesia ay bumabati, ang HINDI bumabati sa IGLESIA sa ROMA ay hindi dapat itinuturing na tunay na "iglesia" sapagkat NILALABAG nila ang sinasaad sa Roma 16:16 na "lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo ay bumabati sa inyo".

Sa katunayan, halos lahat ng mga iglesiang kay Cristo sa mundo (pakitingnang ang mapa sa ibaba) ay bumabati nga naman sa IGLESIA sa ROMA.

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Nakakapagtataka nga kung bakit FLAG ng ITALY ang kanilang pinag-kopyahan ng kanilang official symbol?  Tapos PINAGMAMALAKI pa nila sa kanilang PASUGO 2014 Special Centennial na "NAKABALIK" na raw ang "TUNAY" na "IGLESIA" sa ROMA?? Pero hanggang ngayon DI MAKAALIS-ALIS sa Pilipinas ang kanilang CENTRAL.

Sa totoo lang, walang INC™-1914 saan man sa mundo ang bumabati sa kanilang Lokal sa Roma. Kabaliktaran pa nga, kundi sa ang kanilang Lokal sa Roma ang BUMABATI sa CENTRAL sa PILIPINAS. Ang Local sa Roma pa ang nagpapadala ng abuloy nila sa CENTRAL sa Pinas. 

Kaya't huwag na lamang nilang linlangin ang kanilang mga kaanib. Ang ROMA 16:16 ay hindi INC™ ang tinutukoy doon ni San Pablo. Kundi mga KRISTIANONG KATOLIKO po!

Pero balikan natin ang kanilang pamantayan, na kapag WALA SA BIBLIA ay PEKE.

Una, HINDI naman sila ang pinapatungkulan ng Roma 16:16 kundi ang Iglesia Katolika na nasa Roma.

Pangalawa, wala sa saling Tagalog ang mga salitang "IGLESIA KATOLIKA" nasa GREEK VERSION ng Biblia sa Mga Gawa 9:31

"Ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησία καθ' ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας εἶχεν εἰρήνην, οἰκοδομουμένη καὶ πορευομένη τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπληθύνετο." [I mén oún ekklisía kath' ólis tís Ioudaías kaí Galilaías kaí Samareías eíchen eirínin, oikodomouméni kaí porevoméni tó fóvo toú kyríou, kaí tí paraklísei toú agíou pnévmatos eplithýneto.]

Ayon pala. May IKKLISIA KATH'OLIS pala sa Mga Gawa 9:31!

Kaya IBALIK natin ngayon sa kanila ang kanilang pamantayan!

This is how our Church began! And the rest were hearsays!

The Origin of Sign of the Cross?

Pope Benedict XVI makes the sign of the cross during a mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on the occasion of the conclusion of the XII bishops' synod, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

Source: CatholicSay

The sign of the cross is a beautiful gesture which reminds the faithful of both the cross of salvation while invoking the Holy Trinity. Technically, the sign of the cross is a sacramental, a sacred sign instituted by the Church which prepares a person to receive grace and which sanctifies a moment or circumstance. Along this thought, this gesture has been used since the earliest times of the Church to begin and to conclude prayer and the Mass.

The early Church Fathers attested to the use of the sign of the cross. Tertullian (d. c. 250) described the commonness of the sign of the cross: “In all our travels and movements, in all our coming in and going out, in putting on our shoes, at the bath, at the table, in lighting our candles, in lying down, in sitting down, whatever employment occupies us, we mark our foreheads with the sign of the cross” (De corona, 30).

St. Cyril of Jerusalem (d. 386) in his Catechetical Lectures stated, “Let us then not be ashamed to confess the Crucified. Be the cross our seal, made with boldness by our fingers on our brow and in everything; over the bread we eat and the cups we drink, in our comings and in our goings out; before our sleep, when we lie down and when we awake; when we are traveling, and when we are at rest” (Catecheses, 13). Gradually, about the ninth century, the sign of the cross was incorporated in different acts of the Mass, such as the three-fold signing of the forehead, lips, and heart at the reading of the gospel or the blessing and signing of the bread and wine to be offered.

The earliest formalized way of making the sign of the cross appeared about the 400s, during the Monophysite heresy which denied the two natures in the divine person of Christ and thereby the unity of the Holy Trinity. The sign of the cross was made from forehead to chest, and then from right shoulder to left shoulder with the right hand. The thumb, forefinger, and middle fingers were held together to symbolize the Holy Trinity– Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Moreover, these fingers were held in such a way that they represented the Greek abbreviation I X C (Iesus Christus Soter, Jesus Christ Savior): the straight forefinger representing the I; the middle finger crossed with the thumb, the X; and the bent middle finger, the C. The ring finger and “pinky” finger were bent downward against the palm, and symbolize the unity of the human nature and divine nature, and the human will and divine will in the person of Christ. This practice was universal for the whole Church until about the twelfth century, but continues to be the practice for the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches.

An instruction of Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) evidences the traditional practice but also indicates a shift in the Latin Rite practice of the Catholic Church: “The sign of the cross is made with three fingers, because the signing is done together with the invocation of the Trinity. …This is how it is done: from above to below, and from the right to the left, because Christ descended from the heavens to the earth, and from the Jews (right) He passed to the Gentiles (left).” While noting the custom of making the cross from the right to the left shoulder was for both the western and eastern Churches, Pope Innocent continued, “Others, however, make the sign of the cross from the left to the right, because from misery (left) we must cross over to glory (right), just as Christ crossed over from death to life, and from Hades to Paradise. [Some priests] do it this way so that they and the people will be signing themselves in the same way. You can easily verify this– picture the priest facing the people for the blessing– when we make the sign of the cross over the people, it is from left to right….” Therefore, about this time, the faithful began to imitate the priest imparting the blessing, going from the left shoulder to the right shoulder with an open hand. Eventually, this practice became the custom for the Western Church.

In the classic work, The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite by Adrian Fortescue and J. B. O’Connell, the sign of the cross is made as follows: “Place the left hand extended under the breast. Hold the right hand extended also. At the word Patris [Father] raise it and touch the forehead; at Filii [Son] touch the breast at a sufficient distrance down, but above the left hand; at Spiritus Sancti [Holy Spirit] touch the left and right shoulders; atAmen join the hands if they are to be joined.” Although this practice may have evolved from the original and still current practice of Eastern Rite, it nevertheless has been the standing custom for the Latin Rite Church for centuries.

No matter how one technically makes the sign of the cross, the gesture should be made consciously and devoutly. The individual must be mindful of the Holy Trinity, that central dogma that makes Christians “Christians.” Also, the individual must remember that the cross is the sign of our salvation: Jesus Christ, true God who became true man, offered the perfect sacrifice for our redemption from sin on the altar of the cross. This simple yet profound act makes each person mindful of the great love of God for us, a love that is stronger than death and promises everlasting life. The sign of the cross should be made with purpose and precision, not hastily or carelessly.