NCR: Kidnapped by the Vatican?

A Catholic Priest's Incredible Story of Life with the Pope
By Kathy Schiffer via National Catholic Register

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara,” 1862. (via Wikimedia Commons)

I got my first taste of anti-Catholicism at an early age. I was perhaps 10 years old when two bullies in the neighborhood, their religious bigotry evident even at that young age, reported with a sneer how the Pope had kidnapped young Jewish boys, tearing them away from their frantic parents and imprisoning them in the Vatican.

Q: When did the term “Roman Catholic Church” first come into being?

ANSWER:

It is not possible to give an exact year when the Catholic Church began to be called the “Roman Catholic Church,” but it is possible to approximate it. The term originates as an insult created by Anglicans who wished to refer to themselves as Catholic. They thus coined the term “Roman Catholic” to distinguish those in union with Rome from themselves and to create a sense in which they could refer to themselves as Catholics (by attempting to deprive actual Catholics to the right to the term).

Different variants of the “Roman” insult appeared at different times. The earliest form was the noun “Romanist” (one belonging to the Catholic Church), which appeared in England about 1515-1525. The next to develop was the adjective “Romish” (similar to something done or believed in the Catholic Church), which appeared around 1525-1535. Next came the noun “Roman Catholic” (one belonging to the Catholic Church), which was coined around 1595-1605. Shortly thereafter came the verb “to Romanize” (to make someone a Catholic or to become a Catholic), which appeared around 1600-10. Between 1665 and 1675 we got the noun “Romanism” (the system of Catholic beliefs and practices), and finally we got a latecomer term about 1815-1825, the noun “Roman Catholicism,” a synonym for the earlier “Romanism.”

A similar complex of insults arose around “pope.” About 1515-25 the Anglicans coined the term “papist” and later its derivative “papism.” A quick follow-up, in 1520-1530, was the adjective “popish.” Next came “popery” (1525-1535), then “papistry” (1540-1550), with its later derivatives, “papistical” and “papistic.” (Source: Random House Webster’s College Dictionary, 1995 ed.)

This complex of insults is revealing as it shows the depths of animosity English Protestants had toward the Church. No other religious body (perhaps no other group at all, even national or racial) has such a complex of insults against it woven into the English language as does the Catholic Church. Even today many Protestants who have no idea what the origin of the term is cannot bring themselves to say “Catholic” without qualifying it or replacing it with an insult.

Source: CatholicSay
November 1, 2014

Luther and the Protestant Reformation: Crash Course World History

WARNING TO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF CHRIST!

DID YOU TRY TO DESTROY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?

The JEWS tried to destroy it and they in turn were almost totally destroyed in 70 A.D.

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is still here!

The ROMANS tried to destroy it. But they in turn were destroyed and their entire empire collapsed in 471 A.D.

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is still here!

The Muslims tried to destroy it in the middle ages and failed.

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is still here!

The PROTESTANTS tried to destroy it in the Reformation and FAILED and look what happened to them. The Church of Protestantism which Luther founded was from the very beginning CRACKED and SPLINTERED. Look at PROTESTANTISM today, over 39,000 splinters with more cropping up every day.

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is still here!

HITLER tried to destroy it and failed. Where is he and his 1000 years of Reich now?

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is still here!

COMMUNISM tried to destroy it and failed. And where is Communism today?

The CATHOLIC CHURCH is still here!

SO, IF ALL OF THE ABOVE MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE FOES TRIED AND FAILED TO DESTROY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN SUCCEED?

Remember, if you FIGHT against GOD’S CHURCH, you fight against God Himself…

“IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO IS AGAINST US?” –Romans 8:31

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SVMMA APOLOGIA: Did the Pope claim to be 'God'?

Excellent apologetics by SVMMA APOLOGIA against anti-Catholic rhetorics by 'Born Again' groups from some Evangelicals who, until now are very harsh against the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ and its doctrines, and the Pope the Successor of St. Peter! -CD2000

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DID THE POPE CLAIM TO BE GOD?

In a more aggressive effort by the anti-Catholics to destroy the Holy Catholic Church, they accused the Pope Himself, the Successor to St. Peter, claiming to be God. Below are the quotations they used which are taken from an alledged Catholic sources:

1. “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, “Cities Petrus Bertanous”.

2. Pope Nicholas I declared: ” the appellation of God had been confirmed by Constantine on the Pope, who ,being God, cannot be judged by man.”(Labb IX Dist.: 96 Can 7 Satis Evidentur Decret Gratian Primer Para)

3. The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, He is Jesus Christ himself, hidden under the veil of flesh.” Catholic National July 1895

4. “We hold upon this earth the place of Almighty God” Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter of June 20,1894

5. ”All names which in the Scriptures are applied to Christ, by virtue of which is established that He is over the church, all the same names are applied to the Pope.” On the authority of the Councils, book 2, chapter 17

6. These words are written in the Roman Canon Law 1685: "To believethat our Lord God the Pope has not the power to decree as he is decreed, is tobe deemed heretical."Father A. Pereira says: "It is quite certain that Popes have neverapproved or rejected this title 'Lord God the Pope,' for the passage in thegloss referred to appears in the edition of the Canon Law published in Rome in1580 by Gregory XIII."

HOWEVER, are those claims really true? Well, to be presented below are the responses taken from authentic sources. It's time for the truth to be revealed:

⚫ACCUSATION 1:

"The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth."

-Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, "Cities Petrus Bertanous," attributed to Pope Pius V.

RESPONSE:

As for the identity of this mysterious 'Petrus Bertanous', this author personally tends to believe that this refers to a certain 16th-century Dominican named Petrus Bertanus Fanensis (aka Pietro Bertano; November 4, 1501, Nonantola-March 8, 1558, Rome), who once served as bishop (later cardinal) of Fano in Italy -- the present-day diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola — and who, among with other Dominicans, was apparently one of the leading prelates at the council of Trent and was an orator and advocate at that same council.

However, Michele Ghislieri, O.P. only ascended to the Chair of Peter in January 7, 1566, about eight years after Pietro Bertano died. How could someone who is not then a pope make a statement about the papacy, much less someone who was dead at the time Ghislieri became pope?

UNITED IN HATE: Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), Born-Again (BA), Jehovah's Witnesses (JW), Jesus Is Lord (JIL), Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA), Sedevacantists (SSPX), Islam (ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, etc)

Dito niyo makikita ang mga NAGKAKAISANG mga PROTESTANTE LABAN sa IGLESIA KATOLIKA na siyang TUNAY na IGLESIANG TATAG NI CRISTO.

Bagamat alam na alam nilang ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA ang TUNAY, kaya pilit nilang MINAMALI ang mga ARAL nito at PINAPALABAS na ang LAHAT ng mga KATURUAN at PAGSAMBA ng mga KATOLIKO ay LABAG sa BIBLIA.

Kailangan nilang MANLINLANG at MANDAYA para lamang MAKAAKIT ng kaanib. 

Wala po sila sa PANIG ng KATOTOHANAN. Nasa panig po sila ng KASINUNGALINGAN at PANDARAYA!

At dahil alam nilang TAYO ANG NAGBUO ng BANAL NA BIBLIA kaya't hindi nila ito INAARAL sa kanilang mga kaanib!

Magpuri po tayong mga Katoliko sapagkat KUNG PAANO INUSIG ang DIOS nating si CRISTO ay hindi po tayo makananaig. Ang ating PAGDURUSA natin dahil sa PAG-UUSIG ay isang PAGTATAGUMPAY ng KANYANG IGLESIA. 

Patunay lamang ito dahil ngayon po ay nasa 2,015 YEARS na po ang ATING IGLESIA! -CD2000

John Ferrer Kapatid akoy 40 taon na bilang Katoliko pero ni isang salita at talata tungkol sa PURGATORYO, ROSARYO, ITIM NA NAZARENO, STO NINO, AT ANG PAGSASAMBA SA MGA REBULTO NG MGA SANTO AT NI INANG MARIA NA GAWA NG TAO ay WALA SA BIBLYA! Kaya akoy nagkusang umalis ay tinahak , hinanap ang TOTOONG MGA SALITA AT UTOS NG DIYOS- BIBLYA!

John Ferrer Isiah 42:8 ! " I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I NOT GIVE TO ANOTHER, NEITHER MY PRAISE TO GRAVEN IMAGES" . But why the Catholic church even the popes themselves wön't stop people giving praises , worshiping graven images statues , relics of dead people even allowing people kiss the ring in their hands! Honestly i'm 40 years as a Roman Catholic, 40 years of being decieved and mislead by false doctrines! Everyone has the RIGHT TO FIND THE TRUE TEACHINGS OF JESUS CHRIST TO DISCOVER THE TRUE WORDS AND COMMANDMENT OF GOD, SO IN THE END MAY SAVE YOUR SOUL AND EVEN OTHER SOULS: WAKE UP MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS! GOD BLESS US ALL! 

John Ferrer The question is: why do all the popes tolerate people t worship graven images including what he's holding, even letting people kiss their rings or hands, why did they not stop the false teachings of their churches like praying repeated prayers like the rosary. Deutoronomy 5:7-9, Mathew 6:7-13, Acts 17:29, Jerimiah 2:27, Habacuck 2:18-19, Galatians 4:8, and Mathew 23:9 ( "and call no man your father upon earth: for one is your FATHER, which is in heaven')

John Ferrer CHRISTIANITY ang itinatag ni CHRISTO - ibig sabihin taga sunod ni CHRISTO at hindi Katoliko. hindi paninira ang pumuna sa maling aral na magiging dahilan ng ikipapahamak ng iba, oo ngat mahigit 2000 taon na ang Katoliko, d ba kau nagtataka at maraming umaalis sa relihyong ito dahil marami ang namumulat sa KATOTOHANAN na naaayon sa BIBLYA na kasalungat ng mga TURO, ARAL AT MGA DOKTRINA NG SIMBAHANG KATOLIKO.

John Ferrer wala sa Biblya ang salitang KRISTYANISMO kundi taga sunod ni KRISTO, sa makatuwid KRISTYANO ANG TINAWAG SA MGA TAGA SUNOD NI KRISTO ALANGAN NAMANG KATOLIKO O MUSLIM! ang tawag sa mga taga sunod ni Satanas syempre mga Satanista alangan namang Kristyano , kapatid, isipin mo nga kapatid

John Ferrer since 33A.D . pa pala kayo naliko! kung ang BIBLYA ang paguusapan naniniwala akong totoo lahat ng nakasulat ngunit kung sa mga turo ng katoliko, maraming salungat sa nakasulat sa BIBLYA kapatid. saan nyo mababasa na dapat magvenerate sa mga taong patay na, rosaryo na paulit2 na dasal, pagukit at pagsamba ng mga imahe gawa ng kamay, ang pagbinyag sa mga kapa2nganak na bata baka mapunta sa LIMBO, ang PURGATORYO ? pasensya na kapatid at isang buwan palang ako nagbabasa ng BIBLYA

The Iglesia Ni Cristo® (INC-1914) is following Pope only to Demonize him!

One Pope! Many journalists!  One guy tells something, the media will say something. One good seed sown, weeds grew and choke them. So that what's picked up by harvesters are fruits of weeds.

That's what happened to Pope Francis' comments on possible salvation of Atheists... his words were picked up wrongly and circulated misinformation which the Pope DIDN'T SAY!

What's their agenda? Well... they hated the Catholic Church.  Much  more the Pope. So even though they aren't directly interested on the Papacy and what the Pope is saying, they are very much interested on how they can distort his message and circulate misinformation.   But the TRUTH never will be heard.

The Iglesia Ni Cristo® (INC-1914) didn't spare that temptation.  The headlines in HuffPost "Pope Francis Says Atheists Who Do Good Are Redeemed, Not Just Catholics" went viral like a bushfire and was immediately picked up by anti-Catholics awaiting for an ambush to the Pope!

It wasn't surprising for the Iglesia Ni Cristo® to pick up such a juicy news because for the past 100 years of Manalo's cult, it was FOUNDED in BIGOTRY and ANTI-CATHOLIC rhetoric.  All their might, they had attacked the Church of Jesus Christ-- the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Christ accusing her of apostasy to accommodate FELIX MANALO's claim as "GOD'S LAST MESSENGER" which a contradiction to Christ claim to be final and climax of all prophesies.

Here is "What Pope Francis really said about atheists" from CatholicVote, let me quote the first few paragraphs by Stephen Kokx

Pope Francis raised a lot of eyebrows Wednesday after saying all people who do good works, including atheists, are going to heaven.

At least, that’s how the Huffington Post interpreted Pope Francis’ Wednesday morning homily.

Here’s what Pope Francis really said about atheists:

The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class! We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all! And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. If we, each doing our own part, do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter that so much. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there. [Read more here]

Apparently, HuffPo doesn’t understand the difference between redemption and salvation because here’s how they reported on the pope’s remarks:

Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists…

Of course, not all Christians believe that those who don’t believe will be redeemed, and the Pope’s words may spark memories of the deep divisions from the Protestant reformation over the belief in redemption through grace versus redemption through works.

Reuters interpreted the pope’s comments in a similar way:

Atheists should be seen as good people if they do good, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in his latest urging that people of all religions – or no religion – work together…

He told the story of a Catholic who asked a priest if even atheists had been redeemed by Jesus.

“Even them, everyone,” the pope answered, according to Vatican Radio. “We all have the duty to do good,” he said.

“Just do good and we’ll find a meeting point,” the pope said in a hypothetical conversation in which someone told a priest…

Francis’ reaching out to atheists and people who belong to no religion is a marked contrast to the attitude of former Pope Benedict, who sometimes left non-Catholics feeling that he saw them as second-class believers.

No more than an hour went by and an inquisitive Presbyterian friend of mine emailed me with a link to the HuffPo story. “So doing good on its own is enough for salvation in Catholicism?” he asked. In response, I sent him two links that clarified the pope’s words.. continue reading...

The Iglesia Ni Cristo® isn't after the truth. They LIED in order to win converts. And the Father of Lies, the Deceiver is very satisfied with them. His reign resides in them for their FOUNDER FELIX MANALO is the Anti-Christ according to 2 John 1:7.

Praise God, we are Catholics! Even the Iglesia Ni Cristo® of Manalo is following him!

Did Pope Francis really say OK for gays?

Anti-Catholics out there especially the notorious anti-Catholic and anti-Christ sect from the Philippines-- the Iglesia ni Cristo®-- would rejoiced with the news that distorted what Pope Francis said about homosexuals.

"The Bible and the Catholic Church have never taught that it is a “sin” to be homosexual."  Thanks Fr. Jonathan Morris from  FOXNEWS!

What Pope Francis really said about gays -- and no, it's not new

Pope Francis doesn’t do interviews. Or at least that’s what we thought. He said that about himself just one week ago on the way to Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day.

Then World Youth Day happened. And it happened in a big way.

According to official reports from City Hall, 3.2 million young people gathered on Copacabana Beach to see him, pray with him, and hear his proposal about the meaning of life.

His closing message to them was simple: Go back to your homes, and serve others without fear.

Hours later, perhaps taking to heart his own closing message about fearless service, Pope Francis offered an 80 minute, unscripted question-and-answer session with the international press corps.

In its entirely, the press conference on the pope’s plane traveling from Brazil back to the Vatican was fascinating. (For more, please look at my Twitter reports.)

But, unfortunately, if you were reading the headlines from some media outlets, you would have learned just one thing. As the Huffington Post put it: “Breakthrough: Pope OK with Gays.”

This is the worst coverage of a religious story I have seen to date.

Let’s begin with the fact that the pope has always been “OK” with homosexuals. In fact, by the demands of his own religion he is required to be much more than just “OK.” The Christian faith teaches that every person is endowed by God with an inviolable dignity and therefore deserves our unconditional respect and love.

A section of an Associated Press report also got the story very wrong. Summarizing the pope’s comments on homosexuals in the priesthood, the AP reported: “Francis was much more conciliatory [than Pope Benedict], saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten.”

Pope Francis didn’t say that, and the report is wrong on so many levels.

First of all, it suggests that being gay itself, is a sin. What Pope Francis really said, in response to a reporter’s question about homosexual priests who are living a celibate life was this: “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?”

Pope Francis simply and compassionately reiterated Biblical teaching. The Bible and the Catholic Church have never taught that it is a “sin” to be homosexual. They teach it is a sin to have homosexual sex because it goes against the laws of God’s nature, specifically his plan for human sexuality.

When Pope Francis says “who am I to judge” he is saying—and I think we need to hear more of this from religious leaders—that active homosexuals deserve the same kindness, love, and mercy that all of us sinners would hope to receive from God and from others.

We don’t make judgments about anyone’s personal worth—God has already done that when he created us out of love.

I would hope next time Pope Francis offers to meet with the press, they would take to heart his message about fearless service and report to their readers what he actually said, rather than what they wish they had heard.

So stop circulating a distorted news and get the facts straight from the source!