Showing posts with label Inquisition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inquisition. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2020
Sunday, April 12, 2020
The masters of deception
Throughout
Christendom, Protestantism was menaced by formidable foes. The first
triumphs of the Reformation past, Rome summoned new forces, hoping to
accomplish its destruction. At this time the order of the Jesuits was
created, the most cruel, unscrupulous, and powerful of all the champions
of popery. Cut off from earthly ties and human interests, dead to the
claims of natural affection, reason and conscience wholly silenced, they
knew no rule, no tie, but that of their order, and no duty but to
extend its power. (See Appendix.)
The gospel of Christ had enabled its adherents to meet danger and
endure suffering, undismayed by cold, hunger, toil, and poverty, to
uphold the banner of truth in face of the rack, the dungeon, and the
stake. To combat these forces, Jesuitism inspired its followers with a
fanaticism that enabled them to endure like dangers, and to oppose to
the power of truth all the weapons of deception. There was no crime too
great for them to commit, no deception too base for them to practice, no
disguise too difficult for them to assume. Vowed to perpetual poverty
and humility, it was their studied aim to secure wealth and power, to be
devoted to the overthrow of Protestantism, and the re-establishment of
the papal supremacy.
When
appearing as members of their order, they wore a garb of sanctity,
visiting prisons and hospitals, ministering to the sick and the poor,
professing to have renounced the world, and bearing the sacred name of
Jesus, who went about doing good. But under this blameless exterior the
most criminal and deadly purposes were often concealed. It was a
fundamental principle of the order that the end justifies the means. By
this code, lying, theft, perjury, assassination, were not only
pardonable but commendable, when they served the interests of the
church. Under various disguises the Jesuits worked their way into
offices of state, climbing up to be the counselors of kings, and shaping
the policy of nations. They became servants to act as spies upon their
masters. They established colleges for the sons of princes and nobles,
and schools for the common people; and the children of Protestant
parents were drawn into an observance of popish rites. All the outward
pomp and display of the Romish worship was brought to bear to confuse
the mind and dazzle and captivate the imagination, and thus the liberty
for which the fathers had toiled and bled was betrayed by the sons. The
Jesuits rapidly spread themselves over Europe, and wherever they went,
there followed a revival of popery. Great Controversy pp. 234
Thursday, March 29, 2018
All the world wondered after the beast
1And I
stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and
upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And
the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the
feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon
gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And
I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And
they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they
worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to
make war with him?
5 And
there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies;
and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And
it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome
them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations.
8 And
all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He
that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints.
The Vatican has taken new measures to punish critics of Pope Francis
Breitbart 23 Mar 2018
On Thursday, the Rome-based Sovereign Order of Malta, which reports
directly to the Holy See, suspended historian Henry Sire after he was
revealed to be the author of the bestselling book The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy, a critical examination of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
Meanwhile the Vatican has hired the international law firm of Baker McKenzie to force a small Spanish website
called InfoVaticana.com to close its doors, allegedly for its sometimes
critical tone toward aspects of the Francis papacy. The firm recently
threatened a lawsuit if Infovaticana isn’t shut down and “its internet
domain transferred to the Vatican.”
The Order of Malta announced its decision Wednesday to suspend the
British historian Henry Sire, a member of the order, calling his book a
“vile attack” on Pope Francis.
“Following the press articles reporting the name of the author of the
book ‘The Dictator Pope’ the Grand Magistry of the Order of Malta has
taken the decision to suspend Henry Sire, author of the book and member
of the Order of Malta. The provisional suspension from membership has
immediate effect and an investigation is being launched,” it said in a statement.
In January, 2017, the Vatican took control
of the Knights of Malta after ousting its Grand Master Matthew Festing
for his “defiance of papal authority.” The pope asked Festing to resign following a dispute over sovereignty with the Vatican, replacing him with papal delegate Archbishop Angelo Becciu as interim leader of the order.
Under the pen name Marcantonio Colonna, Sire published The Dictator Pope
electronically in November of 2017, first in Italian and then in
English, after spending a four-year residence with the Knights of Malta
in Rome from 2013 to 2017, during which time he conducted his research
for the book. Only on Monday did Sire acknowledge that he was the author
of the book.
In it, Sire portrayed Francis as an authoritarian leader who does not
brook opposition or criticism. Contrary to his public persona as a
jovial man of the people, Sire wrote that Francis has turned out to be
“a papal tyrant the like of whom has not been seen for many centuries”
and under his administration, “the Vatican is systematically silencing,
eliminating and replacing critics of the Pope’s views.”
“When the publicity cameras are off him, Pope Francis turns into a
different figure: arrogant, dismissive of people, prodigal of bad
language and notorious for furious outbursts of temper which are known
to everyone from the cardinals to the chauffeurs,” he declared.
Unfortunately for the Vatican, the immediate suspension of Sire from
the Order of Malta will play as a confirmation of the author’s
allegations that under Francis the Holy See deals swiftly and ruthlessly
to eliminate those it views as enemies.
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