Shiism is the papism of islam #2

Shaykh Mohammed Al-Hilli - Imam Mahdi Conference 2013

"Book of REVELATION
( islamic scholar using the book of St John?????):
She is crying in agony and pain, about to deliver a baby.  .  .other faiths indeed are awaiting the Saviour who will take them from the current oppression and injustice . . . ."
 http://jesus-partisans-balkans.blogspot.com/2014/06/twelve-pt1.html

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 When Vatican and Iranian officials sit down, they speak a common language shaped by shared spiritual and theological concepts.

"A COMMON LANGUAGE" (Crux article)

http://jesus-partisans-balkans.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-common-language-crux-article.html

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"Lammens interacted with his milieu and came to endorse the doctrines of al-Bustani, becoming even more passionate about the existence of a distinct Syrian nation that is bound to emerge from the bosom of the Ottoman Empire.....encompassing all the cultural elements within the Fertile Crescent since ancient times.
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Precursors of the SSNP Syrian Nationalism: an Arabic Protestant and a Belgian JESUIT

http://control-avles-blogs.blogspot.com/2015/04/precursors-of-ssnp-syrian-nationalism.html

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 Five
http://jesus-partisans-balkans.blogspot.com/2014/06/five.html

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" Imam Hussein died for your sins, whoever believes in him and his descendants will stand with him in paradise "

 http://jesus-partisans-balkans.blogspot.com/2015/04/shiism-is-papism-of-islam.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Lammens






Henri Lammens (1862–1937) was a prominent Belgian-born Jesuit and Orientalist.
Born in Ghent, Belgium of Catholic Flemish stock, Henri Lammens joined the Society of Jesus in Beirut at the age of fifteen, and settled permanently in Lebanon. During his first eight years there Lammens mastered the Arabic language, as well as Latin, and Greek. His first work of scholarship was a dictionary of Arabic usage (1889). He edited al-Bashir, the Jesuit newspaper of Beirut, and after much travelling, he began his career as an Orientalist at the School of Oriental Studies at the Jesuit College in 1907.
He published a series of studies on the Umayyads, and several on pre-Islamic Arabia: Etudes sur le regne du calife Omaiyade Mo'awia ler (1908), Le berceau de l'Islam; L'Arabie occidentale à la veille de l'Hegire (1914). He contributed many articles to the first edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, as well as to various learned journals.



Louis Massignon criticized Lammens for 'misinforming' his readers with his 'far too cynical and disparaging study' of Hazrat Fatima.^[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Massignon

Louis Massignon (25 July 1883 – 31 October 1962) was a Catholic scholar of Islam and a pioneer of Catholic- Muslim mutual understanding.^[1] He was an influential figure in the twentieth century with regard to the Catholic church's relationship with Islam. He focused increasingly on the work of Mahatma Gandhi, whom he considered a saint. He was also influential, among Catholics, for Islam being accepted as an Abrahamic Faith. Some scholars maintain that his research, esteem for Islam and Muslims, and cultivation of key students in Islamic studies largely prepared the way for the positive vision of Islam articulated in the Lumen gentium and the Nostra aetate at the Second Vatican Council.^[2] Although a Catholic himself, he tried to understand Islam from within and thus had a great influence on the way Islam was seen in the West; among other things, he paved the way for a greater openness inside the Catholic Church towards Islam as it was documented in the pastoral Vatican II declaration Nostra aetate.


Dialogue was very important for him; he also talked to the Iranian religious sociologist Ali Shariati who would later become extremely influential as a modernist Muslim thinker in Iran. Shariati had immense respect for Massignon and adored him as a teacher and a master.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shariati

Ali Shariati (Persian: علی شریعتی ‎,  23 November 1933 – 19 June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary^[1] and sociologist,^[2] who focused on the sociology of religion. He is held as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century^[3] and has been called the 'ideologue of the Iranian Revolution'.^[4]

Shariati developed a fully novel approach to Shiism and interpreted the religion in a revolutionary manner.^[11] His interpretation of Shiism encouraged revolution in the world and promised salvation after death.^[12] Shariati referred to his brand of Shiism as "red Shiism" which he contrasted with clerical-dominated, unrevolutionary "black Shiism" or Safavid Shiism.^[13] His ideas have been compared to the Catholic Liberation Theology movement founded in South America by Peruvian Gustavo Gutierrez and Brazilian Leonardo Boff


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatemeh_Is_Fatemeh

Fatemeh is Fatemeh (Persian: فاطمه، فاطمه است‎) is a book written by Ali Shariati. In the book, Fatima Zahra the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is described as a role model for Muslim women around the world. It was written in the pre-revolutionary era of Iran's history where there were no specific sources by which one might interpret who she was, and he assures the readers that he is giving them more than an analytical description of her personality and that it needs the criticism of the enlightened thinker. By writing this book he was to complete the work of French scholar Professor Louis Massignon.
He describes Fatima as a manifestation and a symbol of the way and an essential direction of 'Islamic thought'. He states that even in the ever changing world in which people's views towards life constantly change, as a role model Fatima can still be looked up to by women around the world.



I do not know what to say about her. How to say it? I wanted to imitate the French writer
who was speaking one day in a conference about the Virgin Mary. He said, 'For 1700 years
all of the speakers have spoken of Mary. For 1700 years, ail philosophers and thinkers of
various nations of the East and West have spoken of the values of Mary. For 1700 years,
the poets of the world have expressed all of their creative efforts and power in their praise
of Mary. For 1700 years, all of the painters and artists have created wonderful works of art showing the visage and states of Mary. But the totality of all that has been said, thoughtand the efforts of all the artist throughout all of these many centuries were not able to
sufficiently describe the greatness of Mary as these words, 'Mary was the mother of Jesus
Christ'.' And I wanted to begin in this manner with Fatima.





http://online.sfsu.edu/mroozbeh/CLASS/h-607-pdfs/Abrahamian--Shariati.pdf


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http://gnosticfatima.blogspot.com/

The Gnostic Cultus of Fatima in Shi'ite Islam

Louis Massignon

(1938)

« Der gnostische Kult der Fatima in shiitischen Islam » (1938); Opera Minora (Beirut: Dar Al-Maaref Liban, 1963), I, 514-22. (Trans.) Mitra Hazini and Aaron Cheak. (Ed.) Wahid Azal (2007).

Despite the fact that international law has accepted two or three specifically Islamic nations as its members, it is still increasingly difficult for the modern civilized world to accept Islam as an equal among the other major monotheistic religions. Yet their God is the God of Abraham, just as it is for the Christians and Jews, and contrary to the demands of the extreme Zionists, Islam too has just as much right to exist in Palestine. This becomes even more evident when one considers the results of the latest genealogical research, for Moslem blood has mixed with Christian blood over the past thirteen centuries and has penetrated into many European lands. In a manner of speaking, the Moslem family, in which the wife is able to remain Christian or Jewish, has been “kept open from one side.” We may also mention a frequently dangerous inclination towards exoticism among French student circles, whereby young Christian girls are enticed into marrying foreign Moslem students due to a sense of sentimental compensation for the abuse of power that occurred on Islamic soil during French colonization.

Now, it might seem unusual for an Islamic scholar to participate in a series of lectures dealing with religio-historical problems pertaining to the cultus of the Holy Mother, for, in general, the position of women in Islam is theoretically rather subordinate. Her legal testimony, for instance, is worth only half that of a man’s. Even so, a softening of the position is also known; although she can be divorced without her permission, and while the reciprocal right does not apply, the last few years have actually succeeded in improving her essential legal status. As to the Arabic literary tradition, it does not regard a woman simply as a slave to the desires of a man; it also celebrates women of courage, knowledge and nobility. Furthermore, it was in Islamic lands that that high form of Minne emerged which extols a Platonic veneration of the beloved Beatrice (Leila, Bothenia).

Finally—and this is also the justification for my lecture—there are some Islamic sects who raise the cultus of Fatima, the beloved daughter of the Prophet who is revered by almost all Moslem people, to a form of divine adoration. She was first venerated under the name al-batūl, “the virgin,” for it was as a virgin when she married her cousin ‘Ali and bore him sons, two of whom would become the legitimate leaders of the Shī’ites and claimants to the highest power as ‘Ali’s successors.

To this day one can still recognize, here and there, a distinctive feature among the Shī’ite sects of the Isma’ilis who await the coming of the Mahdi: a virgin who comes to be called al-rawda, “paradise,” to whom they seek to offer the leadership of their sect because they hope she will bring the Mahdi into the world. In the ninth century a young widow was held under supervision for seven years because it was supposed that she might be carrying the long-awaited Mahdi under her bosom.

Historically we know very little about the short life of Fatima, as Lammens’ far too cynical and disparaging study

[ because he is working among the catholics in the middle east, how can he praise islam in a hostile environment and not be counted a traitor to the superior religion? He coudlnt spill the beans on the theological proximity of shiism and romanism especially in the context of earnest cultural war efforts. Also, the jesuits have generally a bad reputations among muslims and seem to at times play the role of provocators (recall the recent incident when father Koerner scared the turkish fundamentalists that he seeks to reform islam) ]

misinforms us. The Islamic traditions do not enable the relationship between Fatima and her father to be clearly ascertained. Besides, she had a particularly ill-disposed rival: Ayisha, her Father’s favorite wife.

We know that her father gave her away in marriage to her cousin ‘Ali, and that she was the only daughter of the prophet who gave him grandsons that survived. There is, moreover, no indication that she was denied any sign of heartfelt affection from her father, particularly during the last year of the prophet’s life.

Indeed, after the childhood death of Ibrahim, the son of his Coptic concubine Maria, the prophet had no other hope for the continuation of his lineage other than through the children of Fatima.

Now when, during a festive celebration, the prophet was negotiating a treaty with the Christian authorities of Najrān (from the tribe of ‘Abdel Madān)—a treaty which represents the first “capitulation” between Christians and Moslems—a divergence of opinion arose between the prophet and the Christian envoy, and their negotiations ground to a dead halt on the issue of the incarnation. The prophet wanted to have the question resolved through ordeals and referred his opponent to the verdict of divine judgement. The Koran makes an allusion to these ordeals or mobahala, to which the angst-ridden Christians ultimately capitulated. According to such ritual of divine justice [or execration], each party is supposed to summon hostages from their own ranks to offer in pledge of their convictions. According to general Islamic tradition, the prophet’s hostages were composed of his daughter Fatima, his son in law, and his two grandsons, Hassan and Hossein. With the prophet himself, five people are thusly designated by this singular investiture, which, as the Muslim Hindus expressly emphasize, was represented through the five fingers of a single talismanic hand—the “Hand of Fatima.” Here the explanation familiar in North Africa, according to which the talisman is simply dismissed as a vestige of Carthaginian magic, is invalidated.

When the prophet died, his son-in-law ‘Ali hardly dared wrest power for himself, but he also refused for months thereafter to pledge an oath of allegiance to Abubakr, Ayisha’s father, whom Fatima too never recognized as caliph. This robbed her of her paternal inheritance, and Abubakr withdrew her ownership rights over the oasis of Fadah. He even had a house-search performed during which she was so badly mistreated that she prematurely delivered a stillborn son, Mohsin.

A few months after her father’s death, Fatima also died, and ‘Ali had to decide whether or not to pledge his oath of allegiance to Abubakr.

In all genuine, that is to say Shī’ite, Islamic circles, Fatima stands at the centre of a collective Islamic legitimization problem. This is due not only to the fact that through her husband she is the mother of the ‘Alids— hence all the descendants of the prophet who are entitled to wear the green turban, who in Africa are called the “Shofra” (plural of Sharif)— but also because she forms the point of contact between the two male lineages: that of her father Mohammed and that of her husband ‘Ali.

The fact remains—for those who believe that the divine covenant which elevates the prophet over his own kind was not withdrawn from the community upon his death but rather became transferred first to his son-in-law ‘Ali and then to his descendants (according to rules which not even the Shī’ites themselves are in complete accord regarding), a major difficulty arises: the power will be passed on through the male lineage, and yet ‘Ali is not the son by blood, but only the son-in-law of the prophet. Explanations have been sought to suggest that he could have been the adoptive brother of the prophet, following the ancient biblical precedent of Aaron, who became the successor of Moses. Some have also claimed that ‘Ali’s father Abu Taleb was similarly elected by divine grace, like his brother Abdallah, the father of the prophet. But all these arguments are clearly makeshift, and Shī’ite reverence—forced to bridge the lacuna—ultimately made a virtue out of necessity and thereby introduced the cultus of Fatima.

And so she becomes the binding link between the two masculine branches: that of her father and that of her husband. Like fruit sprung from a tree in paradise, she is in truth neither girl, woman nor mother in flesh. Rather, she is the phenomenal form of a divine idea. Through her, the “five” of the mobahala now form a [syzygic] unity. In essence she is the initiation, the “shimmering color of predestination,” not the initiatrix or the embodiment of inspiration, as one finds in other cults (the nymph of Numa; Ennoia).   

[ An advisor/counselor Goddess - Meridiana and like Egeria, Nymph of Numa, she has a secret book ]

In a very remarkable manifestation that arises in the meditation of these sects, she appears as a veiled light-form sitting with a crown on her head, wearing two ear ornaments and holding a sword in her hand: the crown is her father, the two earrings her sons, the sword her husband.

The greeting by which she is addressed in prayer is peculiar enough: “Welcome art thou, O Mother of your Father.”

"[Sophia]...I am the mother of my father...."

-Thunder, the perfect mind, NHL

The Arabic form (umm abiha) is an old tribal greeting which was used when the son bore the name of the father of his mother. Here the use of the formula signifies that it is from her that the second divine principle emanates, the mīm, which manifested in her father in order to be manifest anew in her sons. In a similar vein of thought, she appears as the “source of the sun”

[ Mother of the Sun - as is the Egyptian sky goddess NUT http://control-avles-blogs.blogspot.com/2015/02/satan-loves-nutella.html ]

(the red point on the western sky), from whence the sickle of the moon is born at the beginning of each month, the lunar crescent which, for the Shī’ites, symbolizes the “Imāmat.”

In a Sunni text of ‘Abul Fadl Ahmadi († 942 of Hedjra), it is written that ‘Ali must be regarded as the true Tuba-tree of Paradise, for he serves as the veil through which the light of Fatima manifests itself. The proof that this Shī’ite gnostic cultus of Fatima is not based on her human fertility but rather on her beneficent grace is demonstrated by the secret name that she carries after the initiation: instead of her female name, Fatima, she is known only by the name Fatir. But Fatir is a masculine divine epithet. It already features in the Koran, where it signifies “Creator,” or more precisely, “he who lets appear.” What she will let appear, however, is the human form in which, at certain temporal intervals, the Godhead manifests itself in order to test humankind, to demand from it time and again the highest oath of allegiance. In point of fact, history already exists for the Shī’ites as a repeated rebellion of the misled majority in outrage against the highest personified divinity…in the form of the ‘Alids.

What follows is one of the essential texts. Surfacing in the fourteenth century, it probably stems from the Shī’ite sect of Nusayris (although it originally derives from an entire spectrum of far older compositions). Effectively, it functions as a long litany enumerating all the symbols in the Koran that represent Fatima.

A QASIDA OF IBRAHIM TUSI († c. 750/1350)

[Note: A qasida is an Arabic or Persian elegiac poem with a tripartite verse structure—(AC)].

Seemingly a free takhmīs based on a qasida of his master, ‘Ali-b-Mansūr Suwayri (fl. c. 714/1314):

I. How well do you know this mysterious Fitra? And where doth her magnificent clarity come from? Does she belong to the highest pre-eternal essence, does she manifest the attributes of the name, or is she the phenomenal form of the veil?

II. Is she the sacred flame of the torch ? 

[ Simon Magus' Helena with the torch Now this post makes more sense - Fatima will burn Saudi Arabia/the gulf states http://jesus-partisans-balkans.blogspot.com/2015/02/torch.html]

Or the glass lantern of the glowing light? Or the revealing clarity of the radiating star whose glittering scintillas ignite the olive tree?

III. Doth the oil ignite itself in her splendor? Or does her splendor come from a pre-existent fire? Yea! It was her will which rose before the well-guided (Wohlgeleiteten) to direct them by the clarity of her Mohammedean light—those who had come to power in her houses.

IV. Her houses are true temples which speak of the Name which is recognized beneath the essential veils. From her arises the confounding of the Name with the Bab, a secret and sacred phenomena.

V. From her arose shadows, the spiritual forms of future mankind, and the day of Mithaq where spirits nestled together to hear the divine lector proclaim to the elect the revelation of our luminous masters.

VI. Through her we have experienced the phenomenon of life, through her Adam was venerated (by the Angels): and through her there was the pact—the divine bond—along with the sublime and magnanimous witnesses who proclaimed the uniqueness of the Godhead when they saw him (‘Ali), those big-bellied and the bald.

VII. She is the image before which one prostrates oneself; she is the highest proof and touchstone for the unbeliever who revolts, who denies God by saying I (“I am more worthy!”)— before being cast down by his cowardice into the ranks of the damned.

VIII. This sublime appearance would not be recognized by the ignorant, who remain shut off. But those who obey her shall be redeemed and honored in the paradise of delights among the lords of all creation.

IX. She is the strong grip, the word that cuts; from her comes the brightness which separates light from darkness—for she has divided and split the world—here the redeemed, there the vanquished—and never the twain shall meet.

X. She is the tree with twelve branches whose fruits have been cultivated in secret since the beginning of time, preserved for the elect in measured share, those leaders of seekers and lovers.

XI. She is the sanctuary of paradise with the Tuba tree, she is the source of Salsal, that exquisite drink of which never satiates, which heals hearts and grants every wish to the

learned and the wise.

XII. She is their residence built since eternity, their majestically towering shelter. She is the raging sea    [stella maris - Our Lady Star of the Sea]

, the light of the Name, the book which conceals within itself all wisdom, of which the text of the Koran is but an outer cover, a distant echo.

XIII. She is the Aqsa Mosque of Jerusalem where the elect and the sacred have ascended to honor the Unique and the Merciful, the situs irradiated by the streaming clarity which pours forth from the luminous stars.

XIV. She is the one who nurtures all creatures at her breast without ever weaning her children or diminishing the abundance of her bosom.

[ like Hathor and Sophia, nursing grown men ]

She bestows her gifts upon all who seek the truth and the genuinely essential, and upon those who are radiant masters.

XV. It was through her that Cain abandoned the right path; she was Abel’s fire sacrifice, a divine symbol enshrouded in flame to testify against the wicked.

XVI. She is the rock from which the twelve springs have their source, the impeccable pearls—Imāms of pure knowledge—preserved for those inflamed with love for her, and who drink out of her chalice.

XVII. She is the (reddish) cow of the white bāqir, thanks to which the innocent were redeemed from death. Upon being reproached they said: “This is what killed me, I recognize it.” Truth appeared to Moses, who openly proclaimed it.

XVIII. She is the night of power which enjoys glorious renown, her endurance is longer than a thousand moons; here the angels and spirits climb down to earth, and, forsooth, divide the fate of men according to their angelic directive.

XIX. Her light darkens the sun’s gifts when her full moon comes to term, occulted by three veils, three silent veils; [ the veils of ISIS ] and Mohammed leads them with words and directions.

XX. She is the substance of her name—“the holy”—the “creatrix of incarnation” [  ]—her veil indicates divine ambiguity, and its borrowed light shines for the elect by night.

XXI. And on the day that the prophet vanished (i.e. as he died), he appeared afresh within her; suffused with eloquence, she became the veil which enraptures those of wisdom and reason, and by the source of the master of revelation (‘Ali), she became the singular and highest ontological essence.

XXII. She is the one whose mysteries became visible to us on the day of fadak; castles and fortresses trembled as she opposed the wicked, and all surrendered their heaving scourges to make peace with ‘Ali.

XXIII. But ‘Ali pacified them when he saw them tearing their souls. And he said: “Steady! Be calm! Your fate is as near as the breaking dawn, and like the day, the judge will appoint them to appear before him.

XXIV. And she returned, smiling, back to her house, both Hassans following her. Her enemies, unsuspecting, will soon be plummeting into the burning fires of hell.

[The corresponding Koranic verses are: I = 30.29; II-III = 24.35; V-VII = 7.10; XII =52.4-6; XIII = 17.1; XVI = 7.160; Numbers 33. 29; XVII = 2.63-69; … compare the cow of Ayisha. XVIII = 97; XIX: the three veils are ‘Ali, Hasan and Hosein.]

(XXV-CXIX refer to the succession of the imams and the Bab.)

In reference to this qasida, it should be noted that Fatir [creatrix], the mysterious name of Fatima, was probably chosen because the numerical value of the letters which form the name produce the same total as the numerical value of the name of Mary (Maryam). For these gnostic circles there is a form of reappearance (the reincarnation of one identical, unchanging archetype from one cycle to the next). Thus, Fatima is simply the reoccurrence of Maryam. The numerical value of both names is 290. From this identification it follows that certain reciprocal reactions in Islamic intellectual circles—in which a traditional Fatima-type is opposed to a traditional Maria-type—should be determined with more precision. So too the proclamation scene (which is described by Jalal-addin Rumi in his Mathnawi in such an idiosyncratic manner) and the theories surrounding the conception and birth of the Imāms.

The women around Mohammed played a role in his family life as well as in his political life. While the Shī’ites remember the Prophet’s first wife Khadija very fondly—the “Umm Salama”—this is in no way the case with Ayisha and Hafsa, daughters of the two initial successors of Mohammed. For Shī’ites they are the “wicked women” of the prophet, who are, moreover, pointed out in one of the verses of the Koran as the disobedient ones. On the other hand, there is a special adoration towards Ayisah and Hafsa amongst Sunnis who are hostile towards Shī’ites.

In the north western part of Kashmir, in the area of Baltistan, where there are mainly Isma’ilis (hence Shī’ites) living, there is an anti-Shī’ite enclave of Kelun-shah who practice a cult devoted blatantly to Ayisha and Hafsa. As Francke observes (Moslem World, 1929, 139), this must be a surviving minority of the Buddhist cult of the two Taras.

Therefore, if we want to compare the role of this female intercessory power in Islam with that of Christianity and Judaism, we will notice that in Islam we are in no way dealing with the personification of the Torah as in Israel (which deals with a marriage of the community to the power of God); nor are we dealing with the Christian Panagia to distinguish a chosen one through the intercession of the Holy Spirit. The Shī’ite traditions are very clear on this: Fatima, who is holding a sword in her hand and is also named El Zahrā, “the brilliant/effulgent,” has an essential eschatological role to play—she will restore justice through irreconcilable vengeance. 

[ Mary will avenge the catholics and the Shia against the remnant of islamic and christian "protestants"  (who refuse to worship her). It will not come surprising if that is the catholic rendition of the "every man's sword shall be against his brother." i.e. the shia will betray the sunni in the future ottoman empire. Catholic apologists claim this is the Gog and Magog war. ]

She will appear at the final judgment with flowing hair to demand justice for the murder of her children; she will appear against those responsible for the premature delivery of her last son, Mohsin, whose blood drenched body she carries in her arms; she will appear against those who poisoned her eldest son Hassan and slew her second son Hossein in Karbala. In this image, then, she is essentially the embodiment of divine retribution, just as she was the embodiment of selectivity at the beginning of time; for those who love her and her successors, who are already thereby assured of paradise. She is the sād, the letter which symbolizes the pre-eternal purity of the elect.

[ as in the calvinistic understanding of predestination that borders on preexistence of the souls of the redeemed ]

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Zersetzung #2

I can't say my blog is really worthwhile keeping. I have very low viewership and the people who are reading it (except perhaps one or two people) do not get the main idea. The purpose of my blog is to reprove them, who work in darkness, but my greatest desire is that these minor revelations direct my readers to salvation - to accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal saviour. Nevertheless, due to my disability and obsessive nature, im in a sense constrained to expend some of my mental energy (and i believe this blog might be useful in a future time) so I continue.



The last few weeks the blogs of Avles [Edward] and me have received more attention than usual. In fact, like I said before, i got a disproportionally high view count from Russia.

Vatican-Iranian Provokatsiya 2 - Iran, infiltrating & destroying Turkey

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EDITED POST 20 April 2015 ---> Shoebat's Jesuitical Provokatsiya/Stasi Zersetzung aimed to my (and Stiliyanov's) blog.
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http://control-avles-blogs.blogspot.it/2015/04/vatican-iranian-provokatsiya-2-iran.html

Continuing Jesuitical STASI ZERSETZUNG [targeting Christo Stiliyanov]
http://control-avles-blogs.blogspot.it/2014/12/continuing-jesuitical-stasi-zersetzung.html

And ever since I've started sharing information on the "return of the King", I've been getting subtle warnings and threatenings from the minions of Rome. This is today's traffic of my blog. 2 Russian websites and one website of BMW.

1. "BMW"
Three days ago I talked to the father of our pastor (a pastor himself) about the future events of Russia etc. And two weeks ago we had this mention of BMW cars with the pastor's son. Yes, BMWs and later that week me and my wife discussed that AGAIN.




2. "Tell-all."
Very obvious threat. I have been telling all about what i understand to be the plans of the catholic church for the conversion of Russia. Actually, the name of that website on page in russian is "I WANT TO KNOW ALL". I am supposed to be intimidated for wanting to know too much.





3. artparquet.ru
This is a website for selling parquet. A family friend of mine sells parquetry. Тhe same family friend, whom I paid a visit two weeks ago, in his parquet store witnessing the gospel and talking about the Popish plot of Russia.



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I don't understand these people. Do they believe that they will continue doing their work uninterrupted? Do they not believe God is coming and his word will hold true? Are they so lost in their imaginations that they laughingly overlook the fate of the enemies of God of past? Who is Christo? Who do they think believes me anyway? What do they expect to happen? They can threaten me and murder me, but God will have His way. The likes of me are only a tiny spark. Wait till the fire comes.


Jehu is coming.
The Son of God is coming.

The black sheep donatists

*********Slightly off topic - the mass sinking and casualties of north african migrants is a mass psychological device for the total polarization of the western and islamic world. In several months/years when more large scale acts of terrorism are performed (with the grand finale), the europeans will be fully hardened against people who misused their benevolence and trust.




http://biblicalawakening.blogspot.com/2014/08/could-it-happen-here.html

THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN DEFEATING ISIS

Important Lessons from History that Highlight
Why America Must Have Another Great Spiritual Awakening

“We have never seen anything like it, and we must be ready for anything,” were the words of Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, in discussing the threat of the Jihadist ISIS movement with an obvious note of concern in his voice. Military and intelligence officials are obviously taking very serious the threat of ISIS to bring its horrific brand of terror to America and fly their flag over the Whitehouse. Could it happen?

We must remember that this battle will not be ultimately won with jet fighters and tanks because, at its core, this is an ideological war for truth. This is why a strong and vibrant Christianity that can wage Spiritual warfare is absolute necessary. This is why we must pray for another Great Awakening in our land. This is why we must also learn from history, from those who have preceded us.

There is an example from the early history of the church that has amazing parallels to our nation and its current situation with radical Islam. Like America, this area saw great moves of God and became the bastion of Christianity from the second through the sixth centuries. The light of the Gospel shined brightly and there emerged some of the greatest leaders and thinkers the church has known.

Yet, because of certain trends that weakened and watered down the faith of the Christians of this area, it fell to Islam in the seventh century, and is still under Islamic control today.

In this article, I share three important lessons from this period; three things we must avoid in order to not repeat the mistakes of North African Church and suffer a similar fate.

The Power & Prominence of the North African Church

Beginning in the first century, perhaps with the Ethiopian official that Philip led to Christ (Acts 8:26-40), Christianity spread rapidly across North Africa. Paganism and false religions fell like dominoes as the message of Christ swept across the continent.


Tertullian (160-220), the famous North African church father and apologist, wrote to a pagan official;

We are but of yesterday, and yet we have filled all the places that belong to you—cities, islands, forts, towns, exchanges; the very military camps themselves, tribes, town councils, the palace, the senate, the market-place; we have left you nothing but your temples.

Along with Tertullian, unusually gifted Christian leaders, such as Cyprian and Augustine, emerged in North Africa. They formulated theologies that are still the basis for much of the thinking in both Catholicism and Protestantism.

The North African church gained such prominence that it was appealed to for advice by churches of other nations and regions. On one occasion, the North African Church even rebuked a Roman bishop, Zosimus, for his acceptance of Pelagian teachers and teaching. The influence of the North African Church is shown in that the Roman bishop, after receiving their letter, carefully began to back away from his support of Pelagius. He eventually reversed his position and adopted the position of the North African Church (Hyatt, Pursuing Power, 66-67).

In its heyday, no one would have guessed that Christian North Africa would fall to Islam. Nonetheless, that is exactly what happened in the 7^th century. Here are 3 trends (or sins) in the North African church that we must avoid in order to help guarantee that we will not suffer a similar fate.

#1 Avoid Being Divisive

It is one thing to disagree; it is another thing to be divisive. Christians can disagree in nonessential issues and still be one in Christ. A divisive spirit, however, divides and weakens the church, making it vulnerable to outside forces that want to destroy it. Divisiveness was a major factor that weakened the North African Church and made it vulnerable to the attacks of Islam in the 7^th century.

This divisive spirit showed itself especially in the Donatist controversy that erupted early in the 4th century. It was centered around whether those who had denied the faith in recent persecutions could, now that persecution was past, become leaders in the church. One group led by Donatus insisted on high standards for those in leadership, while the other side insisted on mercy toward those who had recanted their faith in the past, and allowing them to serve as bishops and leaders.

This controversy eventually caused a split in the North African Church. The Donatist churches, with their emphasis on high moral standards for their members and Christian leaders, grew rapidly and soon rivaled in number the orthodox or Catholic churches of North Africa.

The rivalry was intense and was only resolved (outwardly) when the Roman emperor, in response to an appeal by Augustine, outlawed the Donatist churches, arrested their leaders and confiscated their properties and buildings, giving them to the Catholics. This controversy and the strong arm tactics that were used to resolve it left a deep wound in the North African church from which it never recovered.

Avoid being divisive. Satan’s tactic is “divide and conquer.” We must be uncompromising about truth, but at the same time, be careful that we are not so intent on digging up the tares that we also uproot the wheat in the process (Matthew 13:29).

Avoid a “Watering Down” of the Faith

The Doantist controversy was indicative of a “watering down” of the call of the Gospel to discipleship and absolute commitment to Christ. Yes, we must offer mercy, forgiveness and redemption in the name of Christ to a broken and fragmented world; but we must, at the same time, make clear the call to absolute surrender to Christ and His Lordship, which is just as clear in the Gospels.

The evidence indicates that as North African Christianity became more and more institutionalized and formalized, individual faith became tied to going through the outward motions and rituals required by the institutionalized church. The dynamic faith of earlier generations gradually eroded and was replaced by an outward, political-ceremonial sort of Christianity. 

North African Christianity became soft and self-centered. As individual commitment to Christ waned and moral laxity increased, the church was further weakened, making it vulnerable to the committed armies of Islam when they arrived on the scene. We must not allow this to happen to our generation, which is why we must pray for another Great Awakening in our land

In his 1963 inaugural address, John F. Kennedy threw out a challenge to the American people. He said, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” I believe, in a similar way, God is calling his people today to make a shift from a watered-down, me-centered approach to the Gospel to a selfless, Christ-centered approach. In this new attitude and mindset we are no longer preoccupied with what God will do for us, but our consuming passion is now to know His heart and do His will. 

Avoid Pursuits of Power

Power struggles go right along with a divisive spirit. Nothing weakens the church like internal power struggles for prominence and control. Many power struggles emerged in the church in North Africa, especially as it aligned itself more and more with the Roman political order.

This was another criticism of the Donatists toward the mainstream church--its alignment with the Roman state. “What has the emperor to do with the church?” they asked. When Augustine became the bishop of Hippo in 395 he sought reconciliation with the Donatists, for the separation had occurred before his time.

Augustine, however, did not see unity as occurring through a mutual acceptance of one another in Christ. Augustine came to faith post-Constantine and he saw the church as an institution with clearly defined organizational parameters and a divinely ordained hierarchical leadership. As far as he was concerned, the Donatists were sheep that had gone astray and the only path for reconciliation and unity was for them to return to the Catholic fold, which they had left (Hyatt, Pursuing Power, 57).

When the Donatists rebuffed Augustine’s overture, he appealed to the Roman emperor to intervene. After a conference conducted by the emperor’s envoy, the Dontnists were condemned and declared illegal. Heavy fines were levied on all members of the Donatist churches and they were ordered to return to the Catholic fold. Donatist property and houses of worship were confiscated and given to Augustine and his group. Those who refused to comply were imprisoned or executed. Some fled to the desert and some committed suicide rather than submit to the imperial decree (Hyatt, Pursuing Power, 57-58).

The power struggles in the North African church greatly weakened it and made it vulnerable to the Islamic invaders when they arrived. We must remember the words of Jesus to His apostles when he rebuked them for pursuing power and exhorted them to function as servants (Mark 10:35-45). Only as Christian leaders have the confidence to be servants to the people of God will we see the body of Christ equipped to rise up in great strength and power, able to conquer every foe with the truth of the Gospel.

Concluding Thoughts
Why I Expect another Great Awakening

When Muslim armies began invading North Africa around the middle of the seventh century, the once powerful North African Church did not have the internal strength of a vital faith and moral character to put up a defense, and they succumbed to the invaders. The noted church historian, Philip Schaff, says, “A large number of nominal Christians who had so fiercely quarreled with each other about unfruitful subtleties of their creeds, surrendered their faith to the conqueror” (Schaff, vol. 4 of History of the Christian Church, 172). Muslim armies eventually swept across the entire continent bringing an end to Christianity’s prominence and replacing the cross with the crescent. That is still the state of North Africa today.

I do not believe this will happen to America. I do not deny that it could, nor do I take the threat lightly. I also realize there could be individual acts of terrorism on our soil in the days ahead. Nonetheless, I believe the people of God in this nation are rising to the occasion. I believe churches, ministries, groups and fellowships are calling one another to a new consecration and commitment to Jesus Christ. 

I believe more and more people are praying in sincere faith for another Great Awakening in our land. Because of this, I believe to see a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit sweep across this nation and around the world. I believe God is hearing our prayers and, as He promised in II Chronicles 7:14, He is healing our land.

Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt is an author, historian and ordained minister. He is also the founder of “Revive America,” which is dedicated to laying the Biblical and historical foundation for another Great Awakening in America. This article was derived, in part, from his latest book, Pursuing Power, available from Amazon and from his website at http://www.eddiehyatt.com/bookstore.html.

325 - the beginning of what?

 

Travis(DeNiro) driving a black prostitute and her customer in his cab. "Strange" numbers on his meter.



                                 
                                             http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_Milan

The Edict of Milan refers to the February 313 AD agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire

 

                                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

The First Council of Nicaea (/naɪˈsiːə/; Greek: Νίκαια [ˈni:kaɪja]) was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325. This first ecumenical council was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christendom

 
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Note - biblical "canon" wasnt decided upon in 325  and not by the catholic church. It was given to us by God. If you believe that the "church" kept and used the bible, which  progressively exposed her and her associates, for anything more than a trophey stored away from 98% of the population, you are a dishonest person refusing to accept plain truth. The material this church spread was catechisms, bulls, decrees, homilies, apocryphas, philosophical and theological works,  and related human brain waste to confuse her members.

The church "fathers"

 The most dangerous poison is the one that has the least amount of poisonous material relative to the food bait in it. Therefore the church "fathers" are the most pernicious group of men the history of the world has ever seen. Even Martin Luther, the most catholic minded protestant, says that in the "fathers" nothing of the true faith can be found, unlike many "monkish things". They introduced  corrupting leaven in stages, starting with a little in the beginning, and are the ones who provided the foundation of the harlot - opposite the new testament church.



King Josiah (prefiguring the protestant revolt) on finding the book of the law:


2 Kings 22
:13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.


2 Chronicles 29
:6  For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.


Acts 7
:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.




Matthew 23
:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 
:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.