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HOW THE REFORMATION CHANGED THE WORLD
The Reformation in Europe during the 16th century was one of the most important epochs in the history of the world. The Reformation gave us the Bible – now freely available in our own languages. The now almost universally acknowledged principles of religious freedom, liberty of conscience, the rule of law, separation of powers and constitutionally limited Republics were unthinkable before the Reformation. The Reformers fought for the principles that Scripture alone is our final authority, Christ alone is the head of the Church and justification is by God’s grace alone, on the basis of the finished work of Christ, received by faith alone.
Few people today realise that the first Bibles printed into English had to be smuggled into England, and that the Bible translator, William Tyndale, was burnt at the stake for the crime of translating the Bible into English.
QUOTE(!): Lucifer comes to give us the final … Luciferic initiation … that many people now and in the days ahead, will be facing—for it is an initiation into the New Age. … No one will enter the New World Order unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian initiation
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-David Spangler U.N. Director of Luciferic Initiation.
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UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES CONDEMNED
And the Church on earth Wycliffe defined as the whole wonder of the elect, those chosen by God. The Church is the body of Christ, a unity that knows nothing of popes, hierarchies, monks, friars, priests or nuns. Nor can the salvation of the elect be effected by masses, indulgences, penance, or any other devices of priestcraft. There is nothing in the Bible about transubstantiation, pardons, absolutions, worship of images, the adoration of saints, the treasury of merits laid up at the reserve of the Pope, the distinction between venial and mortal sins or confession to a priest. Compulsory confession Wycliffe considered “the bondage of the anti-Christ.”
Wycliffe declared that the reading and preaching of God’s Word “is of more value than the administration of any sacrament.”
I must ask you, how did you come across this knowledge of yours?
In a way, it requires for one to have as much faith in you as it would take to believe in one of the religions you make out to be a trivial means of control and power consolidation.
Which they are USED as, but I just can't buy that they were completely fabricated for that purpose from the onset.
I understand all of this, the "Reformation", perfectly from the widely accepted interpretation. Humor me with this, you always do. In order for me to accept the "Reformation" had any real meaning, I would also have to accept that the Romans had never hand selected, forged and/or discarded any God inspired documents. There was no Bible available at the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. Furthermore there was no OT in the form we've come to know. What exactly did the reformation reform?
My hands are tied. The billions shift from side to side. And the wars go on with brainwashed pride. For the love of God and our human rights. And all these things are swept aside. By bloody hands time can't deny. And are washed away by your genocide. And history hides the lies of our civil wars. D'you wear a black armband when they shot the man who said "Peace could last forever"? And in my first memories they shot Kennedy. I went numb when I learned to see
Look at the shoes your filling. Look at the blood we're spilling. Look at the world we're killing. The way we've always done before. Look in the doubt we've wallowed. Look at the leaders we've followed. Look at the lies we've swallowed. And I don't want to hear no more. My hands are tied. For all I've seen has changed my mind. But still the wars go on as the years go by. With no love of God or human rights 'Cause all these dreams are swept aside By bloody hands of the hypnotized Who carry the cross of homicide And history bears the scars of our civil wars
I was under the impression that the Pope supported the Knights Hospitaller to overcome the Templars who had become so powerful they rivaled/avoided papal rule (French King owed money and Pope OK'd heresey label/800-year old docs from Vatican prove Templars"railroaded" in inquisition); and,
I was also under the impression that the Roths whipped up the American Civil war by inspiring the South to secede (divide and conquer) and were ultimately responsible for the assassination of Lincoln, because he was issuing "Greenbacks" and not following "world-bank/$" lead (like A. Jackson, W. McKinnly & JF Kennedy).
And, a question: since Napoleon and Hitler, both at the height of their power and military strength, made advances into mother Russia and both failed miserably, any thoughts on were the real PM resides given these historical facts?
Originally posted by the4111
This has been one of the most fascinating things I've ever read!! (period). This makes more and more sense the more stuff outside of this thread I read. I'm currently ready "The Practice and Jurisdiction of The Court of Admiralty: In Three Parts (1809)". The courts of Admiralty go back to Rome also. So it's the courts, the laws and even the Jurisdiction. Great stuff!
Agree, but the Roth's started out using the wealth of the Emperor of Hesse to begin their rise - sold coins to the emperor, held his treasure while in exile, invested hiw wealth in Paris and London, financing both sides of practicaly every war since 1800.
I wonder, as it it seems Hitler began counterfeiting currencies (destroyed Englands) and was likely trying to overthrow his puppet masters - kind of a "mad-for-power" play and dancing against those that funded/brought him. Perhaps, the Papal Regime is in fact beholden to something more sinister off in in the lands of Russia. (Just a thought - thinking of the Order of the Dragon).
Originally posted by Hemisphere
reply to post by On the Edge
Edge, here's another fine selection from that website. This one from under the section WYCLIFFE – THE MORNING STAR OF THE REFORMATION:
UNBIBLICAL PRACTICES CONDEMNED
And the Church on earth Wycliffe defined as the whole wonder of the elect, those chosen by God. The Church is the body of Christ, a unity that knows nothing of popes, hierarchies, monks, friars, priests or nuns. Nor can the salvation of the elect be effected by masses, indulgences, penance, or any other devices of priestcraft. There is nothing in the Bible about transubstantiation, pardons, absolutions, worship of images, the adoration of saints, the treasury of merits laid up at the reserve of the Pope, the distinction between venial and mortal sins or confession to a priest. Compulsory confession Wycliffe considered “the bondage of the anti-Christ.”
Wycliffe declared that the reading and preaching of God’s Word “is of more value than the administration of any sacrament.”
I understand all of this, the "Reformation", perfectly from the widely accepted interpretation. Humor me with this, you always do. In order for me to accept the "Reformation" had any real meaning, I would also have to accept that the Romans had never hand selected, forged and/or discarded any God inspired documents. There was no Bible available at the destruction of the temple in 70 AD. Furthermore there was no OT in the form we've come to know. What exactly did the reformation reform?
“The common enemy of humanity is man.
In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up
with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming,
water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these
dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through
changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome.
The real enemy then, is humanity itself."
- Club of Rome
Our society has been built on the notion that economic growth is entirely positive. This made sense as long as we were few people on the planet and the global economy was small compared to the natural system. This is no longer the case: more than two thirds of the most important ecosystems are being overused. The present path of development cannot continue much longer. We have to be more concerned about the quality and content of growth, not simply the quantitative increase of growth. This is both a challenge and an opportunity to lay the foundations of innovative, resource efficient, sustainable and socially-just societies.
If we are to succeed in mastering the threats of climate change, we must re-examine the concepts and assumptions which underlie policy and thus the negotiating process.
The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. It was founded in April 1968 and raised considerable public attention in 1972 with its report The Limits to Growth. The club states that its mission is "to act as a global catalyst for change through the identification and analysis of the crucial problems facing humanity and the communication of such problems to the most important public and private decision makers as well as to the general public." [1] Since 1 July 2008, the organization has its headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland.
The British lawyer who last week called for introducing international laws through the United Nations which would make it a crime against humanity to question the reality of man-made global warming has close ties with the Club of Rome – the ultra elitist organization which openly bragged of how it invented the climate change scare as a means of manipulating the global population to accept world government.
British lawyer-turned-campaigner Polly Higgins (pictured top) recently launched an initiative to have the UN put pressure on national governments to pass laws that would declare the mass destruction of ecosystems a crime against peace, punishable by the International Criminal Court.
Under the guise of going after big corporations and polluters for the war crime of emitting the gas that humans exhale and plants breathe, the proposal would actually target individuals and people who merely express skepticism towards man-made global warming.
“Supporters of a new ecocide law also believe it could be used to prosecute “climate deniers” who distort science and facts to discourage voters and politicians from taking action to tackle global warming and climate change,” reported the London Guardian.
Some respondents to the Guardian article agreed that merely questioning whether man-made climate change was real should be criminalized – literally calling for the establishment of a UN-run thought police that would prosecute anyone who expressed dissent against the AGW belief system.
“Would be nice if corporate-sponsored climate change denial was made an offence,” wrote one.