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The Catholic Church is guilty of a grave moral failure for allowing massive sexual abuse of children!
Posted : 16 Aug, 2018 09:56 AM
The Catholic Church is guilty of a grave moral failure for allowing massive sexual abuse of children:
A stunning grand jury report issued Tuesday that said over 300 Catholic priests in Pennsylvania sexually abused more than 1,000 children over seven decades � and accused church leaders of covering up the wrongdoing � shows a massive and indefensible moral failure of the Catholic Church in the U.S.
The Catholic priests and bishops of Pennsylvania and the rest of the United States have failed the church. They have failed American Catholics. They have failed to uphold the dignity of the priesthood. They have failed God.
In the next few days much will be made of the damning 800+ page report issued by the Pennsylvania grand jury that named priests in six of the state�s seven dioceses as sexual predators who targeted vulnerable children � the most innocent of all the faithful. While the report identified 1,000 children it said were victims, it said there were probably thousands more child victims whose identities are not known.
The grand jury report states: �Priests were raping little boys and girls, and the men of God who were responsible for them not only did nothing; they hid it all. For decades.�
And sadly, the report said most of the terrible crimes it documents happened too long ago to be prosecuted because of statutes of limitations.
In a time when the number of people worldwide who associate with and practice a religion continues to decline, the bishops and priests of the world and of the United States had a calling to share the joys of Catholic Christianity to those who do not have it.
They had a duty to guide and form the members of the church in the teachings of Jesus Christ and His apostles, and strengthen their understanding of the truth.
But they failed.
As a lifelong faithful Catholic, Tuesday was a difficult day for me. I am angry, I am horrified, I am sickened, but I still have faith.
Predator priests and the bishops who enabled them deserve to see the inside of a prison cell � the fact that many will not be prosecuted because their crimes happened long ago is a grave injustice.
The culture within rectories, chanceries and seminaries that allowed this behavior to fester must be purged. And there must be stiff consequences for these horrible actions committed against the most innocent of God�s flock by the very people who are supposed to guide humanity to Him.
As for those priests, bishops, deacons and lay administrators who turned a blind eye to such evil and are still working, they must be sent packing � and not by the Church hierarchy. The faithful should be the ones who determine which priests and bishops can keep their jobs. Only such a commission of the faithful can guarantee that the culture of secrecy and the evil in the church is weeded out and destroyed.
And if that means that half the priests and bishops in America must be defrocked and forced into retirement, then so be it. The terrible evil that these men have wrought on God�s Holy Church is so unspeakable that no price is too high to rectify it.
No Catholic should be giving a cent to the collection basket until the predatory monsters within the priesthood, and bishops of the Catholic Church who enabled them, are cast out in a visible, transparent process that makes crystal clear that the church will never permit these terrible crimes to take place again.
WHY IS POPE FRANCIS STILL SILENT ABOUT THIS MASSIVE SEX ABUSE REPORT??
(CNN) - In July, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro wrote a personal letter to Pope Francis, warning him that "a comprehensive investigation" by his office had found "widespread sexual abuse of children and a systemic coverup by leaders of the Catholic Church."
Shapiro says he never received a response.
The six Pennsylvania dioceses named in the scathing grand jury report received copies of the 800-page document in May, according to Crux News. Before the report was published on Tuesday, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, one of the Pope's top allies and the former archbishop of Pittsburgh, had a detailed website prepared to defend himself against charges that he shielded abusive priests. (The website was removed on Thursday after an outcry from Catholics.)
So the idea that the Vatican was caught off guard by the explosive report or needs more time to process it is increasingly difficult to understand -- as is the Pope's silence on the matter. This is a pontiff, after all, who has chastised the media for ignoring the deaths of homeless people.
What's the threshold of victims it would take for the Vatican to quickly respond to the grand jury report? Maybe 2,000? Or 3,000?
Is 1,000 children abused at the hands of Catholic clergy not enough to warrant a comment from the Pope?
Apparently not.
"We have no comment at this time," Paloma Ovejero, deputy director of the Vatican's press office, said on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Vatican again declined to comment.
Meanwhile, in the United States and elsewhere, pressure continues to mount on Pope Francis to address a rapidly escalating crisis that has spread across several continents, from Australia to Latin America.
Pope Francis also says "Who am I to judge homosexuals." and Pope Francis states that sincere homosexuals will also enter the kingdom of heaven. But what does God's Word say?? I Corinthians 6:9-11: Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor **HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS** will inherit the kingdom of God. {Unless they repent} And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
The Catholic Church is guilty of a grave moral failure for allowing massive sexual abuse of children!
Posted : 31 Aug, 2018 05:43 AM
Ridiculous quote by aham3:
"These passages say nothing about an unforgiveable sin??????
Revelation 22:16,18,19: "I, Jesus. have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the Churches.... I warn everyone who hears the **WORDS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK**: If anyone **ADDS** {Like the RC popes} anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this Book {Including **ETERNAL HELL** as per Rev 14:9-11} And if anyone **TAKES WORDS AWAY** {Like the RC popes} from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the Holy City {The New Jerusalem}, which are described in this book."
There will also be more unpardonable sins during the Great Tribulation as per:
Revelation 14:9-11: If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on their forehead or on their hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of His wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image or for anyone who receives the mark of his name!!
The Catholic Church is guilty of a grave moral failure for allowing massive sexual abuse of children!
Posted : 31 Aug, 2018 07:52 PM
Ridiculous quote by prophetic7744
Your post has 214 words in it 214/6=35.666666666.
Not only dose that contain the mark of the beast once, but 3 times.
Revelation 13:16-18 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (Read More...)
Revelation 13:1-18 - And 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. (Read More...)
Revelation 14:9-11 - And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, (Read More...)
Revelation 14:9 - And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 20:4 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation 19:20 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 13:16 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:18 - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.
The Catholic Church is guilty of a grave moral failure for allowing massive sexual abuse of children!
Posted : 1 Sep, 2018 04:17 PM
**WHAT ARE THE NUMEROUS BIBLE CLUES WHICH REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF **666**???
Revelation 13:17b,18: "The mark of the beast {Or anti-christ} is the *NAME* of the Beast or the number of *HIS NAME*. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, *LET HIM* calculate the number of the Beast {Even in AD 96 when Revelation was written}, for it is a man's number {Or "Number of a MAN"}. *HIS* number is *666*." God has promised in the above inspired passage that any saint {Even in AD 96--which implies that the name was known in AD 96} with spiritual wisdom and insight may calculate the name of the beast which is a *MAN'S NAME* and adds up to 666.
In Thess 2:3 the Beast of the End-Times is called a "*MAN* of sin or lawlessness" or very **SINFUL MAN** and therefore the name of the Beast which adds up to 666 is a *MAN'S* name which is also confirmed in Rev 13:17b,18 above. Therefore, the NAME of the Beast which adds up to 666 is a sinful *MAN'S NAME* and could not be the name of a woman or a city, country, computer or Satan, etc.. 666 is also identified with a MASCULINE pronoun 28 times in God's Word which we will show later.
Rev 13:16,17: "He {The False Prophet} forced everyone... to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead. No one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name {666}. The anti-christ is called a "BEAST" 36 {6x6} times in Revelation. The BEAST is a much better name than anti-christ since anti-christ is mentioned 5 times in God's Word {I John 2:18{2X}, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7} and each time the word encompasses all who are against Christ. I John 2:18: "Even now many anti-christs have come."
**666** is referred to in the MASCULINE gender 28 times and the Beast is never referred to in the feminine or neuter gender. It is interesting to note that if the Beast of the end-times will be a religious organization, country or city it would be referred to in the female or neuter gender!!! The masculine pronouns used for the Beast are "HIS" 11 times: Rev 13:1, 5,16b,18b; 14:9,11; 17:7b; 19:2; 20:4(2X) & Daniel 7:26. "HE" 10 times: Rev 13:1;6a,7a,7; 17:8b; 17:11; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:24,25 & Daniel 9:27. "HIM" 5 times: Rev 13:4b; 19:20; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:25 & Daniel 9:27. "HIMSELF" 2 times in 2 Thess 2:4.
**REVELATION WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN IN PRISON ON THE ISLE OF PATMOS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AD 95 AND SEPTEMBER AD 96**
During the last year of his rule Domitian Caesar decreed that everyone in the Roman Empire must worship idols of former Roman Caesar's or else they would be killed or put in prison. Historical documents show us that the Apostle John {Who then lived in Ephesus} lived to about AD 100 and therefore would have been alive during Domitian's evil decree of September AD 95 to September of AD 96. Since we can be sure that the Apostle John would never worship an idol of a Roman Caesar it is then highly probable that John was put in prison on the Roman prison in Patmos Isle sometime during Domitian's evil decree from September AD 95 to September AD 96 and therfore Revelation was written between September AD 95 and September AD 96.
Revelation 1:9: I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of **PATMOS** because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus!
**IN 2 THESSALONIANS WE READ THAT THE **MAN OF SIN** WILL CLAIM TO BE **GOD**.
2 Thessalonians 2:4: He {The **MAN OF SIN**} will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, proclaiming himself to be God!
In Revelation 13:8 we learn that all the unsaved inhabitants of the world will worship the Beast. Nero and Caligula "abandoned all reserve" in promoting emperor worship - they were the only two Roman Caesars who demanded divine honors while still alive. Nero claimed to be the Sun-God Apollo. In 2 Thess 2:4 above we read that the "Man of Sin" will proclaim that he is God! Inscriptions have been found in Ephesus in which Nero is called **ALMIGHTY GOD** and **SAVIOR**!
**REVELATION 17:8 BELOW SHOWS THAT **666** WAS ALIVE AND THEN DIED BY A FATAL SWORD WOUND BEFORE AD 96 WHEN REVELATION WAS WRITTEN**:
Revelation 17:8: The beast, which you saw, once was {Alive}, Now {in AD 96} is not {Alive} and will come up out of the **ABYSS** {Hell} and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book life will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was {Alive before AD 96}, now {In AD 96} is not {Alive} and yet will come.
Nero Caesar was born on December 15th, AD 37 and died by a fatal sword wound on June 9th, AD 68 and then went to **HELL** which is also called the **ABYSS** !!
Rev 13:14: He {The False Prophet} will order the inhabitants of the earth to set up an image in honor of the beast who was {FATALLY-Rev 13:3} wounded by the sword and yet lived."
Rev 13:3: �One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been HEALED!! The whole world was astonished and followed the beast."
**666** WILL COME OUT OF THE **HELL** ALSO CALLED THE **ABYSS** TO RULE EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD FOR 42 {Or 6X6+6} MONTHS UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS ON THE LAST DAY**
Revelation 17:8: The Beast, which you saw, once was {Alive}, and now {In AD 96} is not {Alive}, and yet will come up put of the **ABYSS**{*HELL*} and go to his destruction.{On the Last Day-See Rev 19:20}
Revelation 11:7: Now when they {God's 2 witnesses} have finished their {1260-day} testimony the Beast that comes up from the **ABYSS**{*HELL*} will attack and kill them.
We know that the **ABYSS** is **HELL** by comparing 2 Peter 2:4 with Luke 8:30,31 as follows:
2 Peter 2:4: For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to **HELL**, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment.
Luke 8:30,31: Jesus asked him. "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the **ABYSS**!
We can be sure that Nero Caesar is now in the **ABYSS** or **HELL** since he killed Paul and Peter and thousands of Christians and sent Vespasian {the father of Titus and Domitian Caesar} to kill the Jews and destroy their Temple. The **MAN OF SIN** or Nero also killed his own mother and killed his pregnant wife by kicking her in the stomach.
**THE NAME OF THE EVIL BEAST MENTIONED 36 {**6X6**} TIMES IN REVELATION WILL ADD UP TO **666** MOST LIKELY IN THE BIBLE LANGUAGES OF HEBREW OR GREEK**
Revelation 13:18: The mark of the Beast is the **NAME** of the Beast or the **NUMBER** of **HIS NAME**! This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the Beast, for it is a man's number. **HIS NUMBER IS **666**!!
When I was a missionary in Israel I studied the Hebrew language. One of the first things that you learn when you study the OT Ancient Hebrew language {Which is also the language of Israel today!} is that the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet ALSO represent 22 numbers! When you read Psalm 119 you will note that the 176 sentences are divided into 22 sections; each section with 8 sentences or verses praising the Word of God. These 22 sections are each headed by one of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet in the exact same order as shown below. The ancient Hebrew language {Which is exactly the same as the modern Hebrew language} frequently used the letters of their alphabet to designate numbers in the OT as follows: ALEPH=1. BETH=2. GIMEL=3. DALET=4. HE=5. VAV=6. ZAYIN=7. CHETH=8. TETH=9. YODH=10. KAPH=20. LAMED=30. MEM=40. NUN=50. SAMEKH=60. AYIN=70. PE=80. TSADHE=90. KOPH=100. RESH=200. SHIN=300. TAV=400.
NOTE: Most vowel sounds except "O" {VAV} are not used as letters in Hebrew. These vowel sounds are designated by dots and dashes under their *PRECEDING* consonants. In Hebrew "N" is added on the end of all foreign names ending in "O". Therefore, the foreign name of Nero would be "NERON" in Hebrew. The name Nero Caesar would be pronounced Neron Kaysar in Hebrew. The "E" in Neron and the 2 "A" sounds in Kaysar {There is no "C" in Hebrew} are designated by dots and dashes under their preceding consonants and therefore are not letters in the 22 letter Hebrew alphabet, and so have no numerical value.
Neron in Hebrew would use 4 letters with numerical value: N-R-O-N and Kaysar in Hebrew would use 3 letters with numerical value: K-S-R. There would be a dot under the first N to show the "E" sound in NEron There would also be 2 dots under the "K" to show the "AY" sound in KAYsar and a dash under the "S" to show the "AH" sound in KaySAHr. The 4 letters with numerical value in NERON would be {SEE TABLE ABOVE} N = NUN = 50; R = RESH = 200; O = VAV = 6; and N = NUN = 50 and 50+20+6+50 equals 306. The 3 letters with numerical value in "KAYSAR would be K = KOPH = 100; S = SAMEKH = 60; and R = RESH =200 and 100+60+200 equals 360. And so the numerical value of Nero in Hebrew is 306 and the numerical value of Caesar in Hebrew is 360, and therefore the numerical value of Nero Caesar is 306+360 or exactly *666*!
There is a very interesting footnote in the Revised Standard Version concerning the number 666 which states that some ancient manuscripts have the number **616** which *DOUBLY* confirms that Nero Caesar may be the future Anti-Christ!! You will note that the Hebrew language adds an "N" to all foreign names ending in "O". Now "N" or "NUN" in Hebrew has a numerical value of **50**!! and so if you decided not to add the last "N" in NERON then Nero Caesar would add up to exactly *616* in Hebrew. This is an absolutely amazing coincidence!
Any honest Hebrew language scholar will confirm that the letters of Nero Caesar's name add up to 666 in the Hebrew language whose 22 letters are also 22 numbers as shown above, and the Bible was written by 40 Jews. Since all of the prophecies concerning the anti-christ are written in OT Hebrew {Like Daniel 7:8-25} or NT Koine Greek it would then seem logical that God would use one of these 2 Bible languages to identify the Name of the Beast whose letters add up to 666. One of the problems of doing this in NT Koine Greek is that the letters of their alphabet are not also numbers. And therefore you can only assign a numerical value of 22 to the 22nd letter, etc.. Using this formula you could not get any name to add up to over 250, let alone 666. You have the same problem with English and all other languages other than the Hebrew language! The 3 different Greek words used in Rev 13:18b to arrive at the number 666 are the 3 different Greek words for 600 and 60 and 6 and not 6 + 6 + 6.
The **6th** Caesar {Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius & the **6th** was NERO CAESAR} ordered the execution of Paul & Peter in AD *66* and adds up to exactly **666** in the Hebrew language.
It is interesting to note that **666** will come up from the **ABYSS** and **ABYSS** adds up to exactly **66** in English Gematria> A = 1 B= 2 Y = 25 S = 19 S = 19 and 1+2+25+19+19 equals exactly **66**!!
Nero Caesar or **666** is called the **BEAST** 36 or **6X6** times in Revelation and he will exercise his authority for exactly 42 {Or **6X6+6**} months as per Rev 13:5. It very interesting to note that the 36 {**6X6**} numbers in numbers 1 through 36 or **6X6** adds up to exactly **666**!!
**666** WILL BE A **ROMAN KING** FROM THE 4TH GREAT EMPIRE OR ROME WHEN WE COMPARE DANIEL 7:23-25 TO REVELATION 13:5**!!
Theologians agree that the 4 great empires mentioned in Daniel 7:3-24 were:
{**1**} The Babylonian Empire
{**2**} The Medo Persian Empire
{**3**} The Greek Empire
{**4**} The Roman Empire
The dominance of the 4th Empire or Roman Empire probably began aound 146 BC when it defeated the Greek Empire at Carthage and Corinth. The dominance of the Roman Empire probably ended in AD 476 when a barbarian named Odoacer deposed the last Western Roman Emporer named Romulus Augustulus in AD 476.
Daniel 7:25: He {A Roman King} will speak against the Most High and oppress His saints. The saints will be handed over to him for time {12 months}, times {24 months} and 1/2 a time {6 months} {12+24+6=42 months} {Daniel 7:23,24 shows that he was a king from the 4th or Roman Empire!!}
By comparing Daniel 7:25, Daniel 12:7, Revelation 11:2,3; 12:6,14 we know that 42 months, 1260 days And time {12 months or 360 days}, times {24 months or 720 days} and 1/2 a time {6 months or 180 days} are the exact same period of time
Revelation 13:5,7: The Beast {A Roman King} will be given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for **42 MONTHS**...He will be given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them! {Compare to Daniel 7:25 above!}
**WHAT CITY WHICH IS CALLED A **WOMAN**{**66**} **6** TIMES AND BABYLON **6** TIMES WILL BE THE HEADQUARTERS OF **666** AND THE FALSE PROPHET OF **666** DURING THE 42 {**6X6+6**} MONTH GREAT TRIBULATION**??
The headqaurters of **666*** and the False Prophet of **666** is called an evil **WOMAN** **6** times in Revelation 17:3,4,6,7,9,18 and is also called a city on 7 hills {*ROME*} in Revelation 17:9. This evil **WOMAN** **66** is also called Babylon exactly **6** times in Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:5; 18:2,10,21!!
Revelation 17:3,4,6,18: I saw a **WOMAN** sitting on a scarlet **BEAST** {**666**} that was covered with blasphemous names... She had a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries... I saw the **WOMAN** was drunk with the blood of God's holy people, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus... The **WOMAN** you saw is the great **CITY** that rules over the kings of the earth!! The good woman is mentioned in Revelation 12:1-17.
It is interesting to note that this evil **WOMAN** {**66**} in Revelation 17 adds up to exactly **66** in English Genatria: W = 23 O = 15 M = 13 A = 1 N = 14 and 23 + 15 + 13 + 1 + 14 equals exactly **66** and is mentioned exactly **6** times in Revelation 17. This evil **WOMAN** {**66**} is also called Babylon **6** times and will be the headquarters of **666** and the False Prophet of **666** during the 42 {**6X6+6**} month Great Tribulation!!
Nero Caesar who adds up to **666** who will come up from the **ABYSS** {**66**}; is called a **BEAST** 36 or **6X6** times in Revelation and the False Prophet {?BERGOGLIO? = **666**} of **666** is called a **BEAST** in Revelation 13:11. These 2 **BEASTS** {**66**} will rule from the evil city on 7 hills called a **WOMAN** {**66**} **6** times and **BABYLON** **6** times in Revelation. It is very interesting to note that **BEASTS** also add up to exactly **66** in English Gematria: B = 2 E = 5 A - 1 S = 19 T = 20 S = 19 and 2+5+1+19+20+19 = **66**!!
{**666**} according to Revelation 11:7 And 17:8 will come up from the **ABYSS** which adds up to {**66**} and he is called a **BEAST** 36 or {**6X6**} times. This **BEAST** will come up from the **ABYSS** {*66**} by way of the **SEA** as per Revelation 13:1. It is interesting to note that this **SEA BEAST** adds up to exactly 72 which is also {**66+6**} For S = 19 E = 5 A = 1 B = 2 E = 2 A = 1 S = 19 T = 20 and 19+5+1+2+5+1+19+20 equals exactly 72 which is also {**66+6**}
**AND SO ALL THE BIBLE CLUES POINT TO NERO CAESAR AS THE FUTURE **666** WHO WILL COME UP OUT OF THE **ABYSS** TO RULE THE WORLD FOR 42 {**6X6+6**} MONTHS UNTIL THE 2ND COMING OF JESUS ON THE LAST DAY**
