History & Founding of the Catholic Church
In 380 A.D. Pope Damasus & Emperor Theodosius made Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica, creating a theocratic state. with these words. “We authorize the followers of this law to assume the title of Catholic Christians: but as for the others, since, in our judgement, they are foolish madmen, we decree they shall be branded with the ignominious name of heretics, and shall not presume to give to their conventicles the name of churches. They will suffer in the first place the chastisement of the divine condemnation, and in the second the punishment of our authority which in accordance with the will of Heaven we shall decide to inflict.”
Catholic is Greek for universal. The emperor, in collaboration with Pope Damasus, used the power of the state to annihilate other Christian sects. This was the founding of the Catholic Church. Until then this branch of Christianity was known as Nicene Christianity, but as is often the case, there were conflicts, & with the power of the state, Nicene Christianity, (i.e. Nicene Creed, aka, Apostles Creed, given by the Councils of Nicea) was declared Catholic Christianity & the Catholic Church was born.
Papal States & The Vatican
The Catholic Church gained the Papal States in Central Italy in response to political instability following the collapse of the Roman Empire. These states were granted by Frankish ruler Pepin the Short, and later codified by Charlemagne of France. This began in 756 AD ending in 1870. The end came as a result of an Italian civil war. The Papal States were repatriated, annexed back into Italy. This began a period where the Catholic Church, without its Papal States, became a revolutionary influence against the new Italian state. Mussolini made peace with Catholicism, granting the Church the State of the Vatican City in the Lateran Treaty of 1929.
Celibacy
Celibacy was brought to the Church by Pope Gregory VII under the Gregorian reforms. This took place from approximately 1049-1085. These were the dark ages for Europe. The monastaries became the Christian beacon of hope for the Catholic Church. Monks were required to take vows of celibacy. You wouldn’t be able to maintain the Monastery with date nights and Friday night mixers. This inspired the Pope to order celibacy for the rest of the Catholic priesthood, specifically parish priests. Celibacy was much easier to enforce in a cloistered monastic community. Parish priests were much more difficult to corral, and were usually married with families. This created a conflict, so that most hid their families in the countryside. Eventually celebacy was “enforced”, but abuses began immediately, also fueling the Protestant Reformation.
Confessional & Penance
Confession was first instituted in monasteries probably as a means of maintaining obedience to the order. In 1215 the Fourth Lateran Council directed faithful to confess their sins annually. Selling indulgences had been a practice within the Catholic church, but the confessional brought a new hustle to the selling of indulgences. Now Catholic parishioners could be extorted from confessions of their spouses & accomplices. This was a major abuse addressed by Martin Luther, also fueling the Reformation.
Jesuits, The Society of Jesus
The Jesuit order was established in 1534 at a time the Catholic church faced its biggest challenge, the Protestant Reformation. Ignatius Loyola, a Jewish convert to Catholicism would bring Jewish Talmudic principles to the fight for the Catholic Church to regain it’s monopoly over Christendom. The Jesuits would answer directly to the Pope & become the Pope’s secret Mossad army, seeking political advantage by any means, and thus, subverting Christianity. As a result, Jesuits were expelled from one country after another. They would introduce Jewish Talmudic principles: seduction, sedition, revolution and deception, through education, and media, identical to Communism today.
Under pressure throughout Europe, Jesuits were disbanded by Pope Clement XIV in 1773. In 1776 defrocked Jewish Jesuit Priest Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati as a secret society & moved to infiltrate & highjack Freemasonry. The illuminati became a network of defrocked Jesuit priests within Freemasonry who used Jewish Talmudic principles to introduce: “The Age of Enlightenment and Reason” adverse to religion, especially Christianity & the Catholic Church, which led to the French Revolution, the beheading of Catholic priests, and persecution of the Catholic Church. This blood bath was the first Communist Revolution.
In 1796 French General Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Italy. In 1798 after a French general was assassinated in Rome during the French occupation of Rome, Napoleon took Pope Pius VI, as a political prisoner, to Avignon France, where at 82, he died 6 weeks later. Napoleon became emperor in 1799, Pope Pius VII was elected in 1800. Pope Pius VII negotiated a truce with Napoleon and capitulated to the Jesuits, reinstating them in 1814.
In May 1816, John Adams wrote Thomas Jefferson about the restoration of the Jesuits: “I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits. Shall we not have regular swarms of them here, in as many disguises as only a king of the gypsies can assume, dressed as printers, publishers, writers, and schoolmasters? If ever there was a body of men who merited damnation on earth and in Hell, it is this society of Loyola’s.” It should be no surprise to Catholics that Pope Francis, the Jesuit, is a Communist.
The Catholic Church Today
Testimony of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò Aug. 22, 2018
In this tragic moment for the Church in various parts of the world, the United States, Chile, Honduras, Australia, etc. — bishops have a very grave responsibility. I am thinking in particular of the United States of America, where I was sent as Apostolic Nuncio by Pope Benedict XVI on October 19, 2011, the memorial feast of the First North American Martyrs. The Bishops of the United States are called, and I with them, to follow the example of these first martyrs who brought the Gospel to the lands of America, to be credible witnesses of the immeasurable love of Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life. Bishops and priests, abusing their authority, have committed horrendous crimes to the detriment of their faithful, minors, innocent victims, and young men eager to offer their lives to the Church, or by their silence have not prevented that such crimes continue to be perpetrated.
To restore the beauty of holiness to the face of the Bride of Christ, which is terribly disfigured by so many abominable crimes, and if we truly want to free the Church from the fetid swamp into which she has fallen, we must have the courage to tear down the culture of secrecy and publicly confess the truths we have kept hidden. We must tear down the conspiracy of silence with which bishops and priests have protected themselves at the expense of their faithful, a conspiracy of silence that in the eyes of the world risks making the Church look like a sect, a conspiracy of silence not so dissimilar from the one that prevails in the mafia. “Whatever you have said in the dark … shall be proclaimed from the housetops” (Lk. 12:3).
I had always believed and hoped that the hierarchy of the Church could find within itself the spiritual resources and strength to tell the whole truth, to amend and to renew itself. That is why, even though I had repeatedly been asked to do so, I always avoided making statements to the media, even when it would have been my right to do so, in order to defend myself against the calumnies published about me, even by high-ranking prelates of the Roman Curia.
But now that corruption has reached the very top of the Church’s hierarchy, my conscience dictates that I reveal those truths…..
This is only the first half of page 1 of 10, of a letter from the former Papal Nuncio to the United States (Ambassador to the United States under Pope Benedict).
This letter calls for the resignation of Pope Francis. It also details rampant sexual abuse and homosexuality within the Catholic Clergy, and how they are inextricably linked. For Archbishop Vigano, to state this publicly is a courageous admission. This has been a scourge on the church, but is gaining ground within Protestant Christianity as well, as Protestant sects are sanctioning gay marriage, adoption, & clergy.
This period was the second time in history there have been two Popes. This is the first time in the history of the Catholic Church a Jesuit “Black” Pope has been elected.
The point is this: It’s undeniable Christianity gave rise to Western Civilization, as flawed as Christians were, and still are. The Catholic Church saved Europe from Islam. The Age of enlightenment & reason (Jewish Talmudic Communism) without Christ & Christianity, became the scourge of Europe & mankind, to this day, & in America today.
Why did Pope Benedict resign? Pope Benedict recognized homosexuality in the priesthood was linked to pedophilia. He was earnestly trying to clean up the church. He found this problem so pervasive, he was forced to resign. The abuse & culture of secrecy continues.
Protestants also promote Talmudic Judaism w/their support for fallacious Dispensational Theology, introduced in 1830 by John Darby, taught in Seminaries with Scofield Bibles in support of Israel, and by proxy, abortion, gay marriage & adoption, racial discrimination, censorship, Middle East & Ukraine wars. But Paul teaches us, we are not chosen by race, but by faith. Pride has always been man’s downfall. By pride people deny Christ, pitting Catholic vs Protestant, and are quick to judge others, not seeking truth. Only Christ had perfect faith. There will always be pretenders & false prophets, not seeking truth, but for those with loving hearts, earnestly seeking truth, we are all brothers in Christ,
ESPECIALLY Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
Last point: In addition to eliminating the order of celibacy and the confessional, church should never be theocratic, or a worldly kingdom, and should be subject to civil authorities. Theocracy is a recipe for abuse. There are two countries without extradition treaties. Laws don’t apply. Interpol has no jurisdiction, and criminals take refuge there. Both are theocracies, and one, a racial theocracy: They are The Vatican and Israel.
Jesus Christ told Pontius Pilate:
“My kingdom is not of this world”
Jesus Christ told us:
“The TRUTH Shall Set You Free”
The TRUTH they are Hiding from Us
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