Posted on 11/19/2001 6:41:22 PM PST by Dr. Brian Kopp
| Chilean Cardinal Strikes Back At Masonic Criticism |
| SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov 19, 01 (CWNews.com) - The ordinarily soft-spoken Archbishop of Santiago, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, has harshly criticized the Great Masonic Lodge of Santiago for issuing a statement calling Catholics "fundamentalists and intolerant" because of the Church's position on life and family issues.
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| In a rare political intervention, the Great Masonic Lodge last week issued an statement accusing the Catholic Church of engaging in "open interventionism" in the upcoming parliamentary elections, because Church leaders had urged Catholics not to vote for candidates who favor divorce (which is still illegal in Chile), the legalization of abortion, or acceptance of the "morning-after" pill. This call, according to the Masons, "goes far beyond the moral limits of any religious creed, since it is aimed to impose specific values on the entire country." Cardinal Errazuriz, who is also president of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, responded by saying that the Masons "use the same words that would have been used by the terrorists that organized the attack of September 11." The cardinal said that, with the statement, the Masons "opened serious questions regarding their alleged openness to Catholicism." "I personally cannot trust those who label as 'fundamentalist' anyone who has a different idea of what society should be," he added. "Nevertheless, I am not surprised, because we are used to being the only ones swimming against the current." The cardinal told his fellow Catholics that such "criticism is a source of joy when it comes as a consequence of defending the human person, the right to life and the family." Father Joaquin Alliende, spokesman for the Chilean bishops, said the Masons' statement betrayed their "great lack of seriousness or moral authority." He pointed out that the Masonic Lodge had been silent about human-rights violations during the reign of General Augusto Pinochet, when the Catholic bishops were boldly criticizing the government in spite of the risks. |
No kidding.
Masonry does not directly tell its members to go out and influence,
or control, churches. What it does do is to encourage its members
to attend churches.
[...]
Freemasonry has a plan of salvation which is
based on imitation of their savior, Hiram Abiff.
I doubt if that is what they are getting at church,
but ICBM.
MORALS and DOGMA of FREEMASONRY
pages 220-221 OCCULT THEOCRASY – ALBERT PIKE AND GIUSEPPE MAZZINI
...league's work which he expressed in his articles in La Roma del Popolo. The public, however failed to understand the sentiment that inspired him to proclaim the existence of a divinity and denounce materialism and atheism. One was puzzled to find this man a mystic. He showed himself extremely religious yet he declared himself the sworn enemy of the Church ! " 5
The theological dogma of Albert Pike is explained in the 'Instructions' issued by him, on July 14, 1889, to the 23 Supreme Councils of the world and have been recorded by A. C. De La Rive in La Femme et l' Enfant dans la Franc-Maconnerie Universelle (page 588) from which book we translate and quote as follows :
"That which we must say to the crowd is – We worship a God, but it is the God that one adores without superstition.
"To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the 32nd, 31st and 30th degrees – The Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine.
"If Lucifer were not God, would Adonay (The God of the Christians) whose deeds prove his cruelty, perfidy, and hatred of man, barbarism and repulsion for science, would Adonay and his priests, calumniate him ?
" Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately Adonay is also God. For the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two Gods : darkness being necessary to light to serve as its foil as the pedestal is necessary to the statue, and the brake to the locomotive.
"In analogical and universal dynamics one can only lean on that which will resist. Thus the universe is balanced by two forces which maintain its equilibrium : the force of attraction and that of repulsion. These two forces exist in physics, philosophy and religion. And the scientific reality of the divine dualism is demonstrated by the phenomena of polarity and by the universal law of sympathies and antipathies. That is why the intelligent disciples of Zoroaster, as well as after them, the Gnostics, the Manicheans and the Templars have admitted, as the only logical metaphysical conception, the system of the two divine principles fighting eternally, and one cannot believe the one inferior in power to the other.
" Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is a heresy; and the true and pure philosophic religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay; but Lucifer, God of Light and God of Good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of Darkness and Evil."
One must not lose sight of the fact that Pike occupied simultaneously the positions of Grand Master of the Central Directory of Washington, that of Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Charleston and that of Sovereign Pontiff of Universal Freemasonry.
5. Margiotta, op. cit., p. 100.
I see no evil or anti-Catholicism when I speak to them, as a matter of fact, I think some are Catholic.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS & MASONRY—A Masonically dominated Supreme Court legalized abortion and put Christianity out of public schools. Masonry is an anti-Christian religious cult rooted in Hinduism, occultism and other forms of paganism (10/93 Berean Call). There are Muslim Masons. Masons, because of their universalism, deny that it was Christ who created the universe. (12/93 Discerner) Masons are now exultant that Southern Baptists last June passed a resolution that leaves Lodge membership up to the individual. SB physician Dr. James Holly says: Southern Baptists have become the first Christian denomination that essentially blesses the Masonic Lodge. (12/20 Chr. News). SBC conservatives staunchly fought for an inerrant Bible but wouldn't defend it against paganistic Masonry. A book reviewed in the 1/14 Sword reveals secrets of Masonic rituals. Author Elmer Garitson asks: "Can you imagine swearing to allow your brother Masons to cut your throat, tear out your tongue by its roots, pluck out your heart and feed it to the wild beasts of the field, have your body cut in two and your bowels burned to ashes, if you so much as revealed the least little secret of the lodge?"
Nor will I "find out" more about Wiccans, Satanists, Pagans. I know enough--thank you.
Aren't Masons the elderly fat guys who squeeze themselves into small convertibles and do figure-eights in small-town parades?
Harmless, but irrelevant, guys.
Spelling is not your strong suit.
Hey, I'm just funnin' with the Masons. They've had some pretty strong anti-Catholic positions through the years; personally, most Masons I know are pretty good guys.
Actually, the guys in the little cars are Shriners, who also do some good things.
Lighten up, will ya?
Freemasonry welcomes anybody who believes in God.
With all the bad stuff in this world going on, it seems crazy to me that this us vs them BS continues.
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