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“Comments by Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros Outrageous and undignified”

These are the words of Malcom Hedding, director of The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.

Malcolm Hedding has sendt a letter to the Vatican, demanding renouncment of Bishops statement.

Hedding has joined with those Jewish leaders currently calling on the Vatican to issue a firm and unequivocal repudiation of the outrageous and undignified comments by Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros.

The comment came at the close of the special Catholic Synod of Middle East bishops which concluded last weekend in Rome.

“The Archbishop’s remarks reflect a perilous reversion to classical Replacement theology, which bore such horrific fruits over many centuries for Jews living in the heart of Christian Europe,” said ICEJ Executive Director Rev. Malcolm Hedding.

“The Catholic Church renounced this teaching at the landmark Vatican II conclave, but that important reversal means nothing if they do not now censure senior clerics who so brazenly stray back into the poisonous mindset of contempt for the Jews.”

It is not enough to dismiss this smear as a mere “personal opinion,” Hedding insisted, since the comments were made while Bustros was introducing an official document in his capacity as secretary for the Synod.

“He purported to speak for all the bishops present,” said Hedding. “The Vatican has had several days to respond properly, and cannot allow this calumny to stand.”

Hedding also noted that “rarely have I ever heard Israeli officials resort to the Bible to justify their actions, nor do they cite it as their title deed to the Land of Israel, even though they could rightfully do so. They do, however, point to the Jewish people’s deep historic bond to the land, and the indisputable fact that the Hebrew Patriarchs, prophets and kings all once walked these very hills and plains. It was this unassailable historic connection and claim which persuaded the international community last century to recognize the Jewish people’s right to be reconstituted as a nation in their ancient homeland.”

Catholic Bishop Bustros.

Hedding added that while he does not intend to give Bible lessons to Catholic Bishops, if there is anything that the New Testament makes clear, it is that the promises of the Abrahamic covenant – including the promise of the land – are irrevocable and were indeed ‘confirmed’ by Christ, rather than nullified by him. (Romans 11:28-29, 15:8-9; Galatians 3:17; Hebrews 6:13-20).

Romans 11:28-29
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies on your account; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs, for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.

Galatians 3:17
What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.

Source: ICEJ.org.

My comment:

Read more about Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros attack on the state of Israel

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Pope wants global unity around a lasting peace

The Vatican wants to “increase the world justice and charity, pillars on which to build an authentic and lasting peace”.

Two men of peace. One honored by Nobel, and the other wanting to become the leader of a Global peace movement.

This is what the Pontiff wrote in his opening remarks on Oct. 26. The Pope stresses unity of global human family as theme of upcoming migrant’s day

Pope Benedict XVI announced the theme of “One Human Family” as the message of the 97th World Day of Migrants and Refugees to be held in January.

Echoed by other Vatican officials, the Pontiff stressed the importance of recognizing the “profound link between all human beings” and the need for the rights of all individuals to be protected.

“The World Day of Migrants and Refugees offers the whole Church an opportunity to reflect on a theme linked to the growing phenomenon of migration, to pray that hearts may open to Christian welcome and to the effort to increase in the world justice and charity, pillars on which to build an authentic and lasting peace,” wrote the Pontiff in his opening remarks on Oct. 26.

“All,” he continued, “belong to one family, migrants and the local populations that welcome them, and all have the same right to enjoy the goods of the earth whose destination is universal, as the social doctrine of the Church teaches. It is here that solidarity and sharing are founded.”

Source: CNA

My comment:

The Pope is a promoter of a Global “authentic and lasting peace”.

The Pontiff also explains that all humans share “the earth whose destination is universal”.

To be very frank.  The Head of the Roman Catholic Church do not teach that the end of the age is coming. That the Messiah Jesus will return and judge all who do not believe in Him.

This is what all Christians leaders are suppose to tell their faithful.

To talk about “peace” when there is no “peace”, is the talk of an antichrist. To promote an “universal destination” for all of us, is to delete the Judgment that will separate the wicked from the righteous.

In his message the Pope promote the One World of All faiths religion, that prepares the way for a false Messiah. He will come to Jerusalem, and millions will worship him as god.

Welcome to the age of falsehood, and Global  “Universialism” with the blessings of the Vatican.

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Rabbis: “Pope must rebuke anti-Zionist Catholic Bishop”

The Pope is urged to denounce archbishop’s ‘political stunt. This is a demand from ‘Rabbi Marvin Hier.

The present Pope got a hero's welcome when he visted Israel in 2009.

Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper are the dean and founder and associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

They have requested the Pope to renounced Jew-hate expressed by Melkite Catholic Archbishop Cyrille Salim Bustros at a Vatican Synod on the Middle East. Bishop Bustros denied the Jewish people’s link to the Land of Israel.

‪‪Jewish groups call on Benedict XVI to condemn remarks denying Jews’ link to Land of Israel. ‘These latest moves will damage interfaith relations and embolden anti-Semites and terrorists,’ Simon Wiesenthal Center says‬‬

The archbishop asserted:

“We Christians cannot speak about the promised land for the Jewish people. There is no longer a chosen people. All men and women of all countries have become the chosen people. The concept of the promised land cannot be used as a base for the justification of the return of Jews to Israel and the displacement of Palestinians.”

This political stunt, wrapped in theological garb, not only insults every Jew but flies in the face of the statements and actions of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, both who have visited Israel and expressed solidarity with her people,” charged Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper. The two Jewish leader have had audiences with both Pontiffs.

Jewish Rabbi Marvin Hier

“These developments demand immediate action by the Pope. Hopes for peace in the Middle East will only come when both sides recognize the rights of the others. These latest moves, left unchallenged, will damage interfaith relations and embolden anti-Semites and terrorists,” they concluded.

Source: Ynetnews.com

My comment:

Rabbis Marvin Hier request to the Pope, reminds me about Martin Luther’s requests to Pope Leo X.  Luther was convinced that the Bishops and Cardinals in Germany were evil men. But in his fist complaint letter to Rome, Luther addressed the Pope as the “Holy Father”.

Luther got a shock when he realized that Rome and the Pontiff him self was the center of the very church of antichrist.

If the Jews do not want to understand this, they will walk right into the final deception. To brand “Catholics” as Christians is an insult to the Jewish Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth.

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Homer Simpson Isn’t a Catholic, He Eats Meat on Fridays

D’oh!  The producer for television show “The Simpsons” had a holy cow after learning that the Vatican considered Homer Simpson a Catholic.

Can Friday meat lovers among the Simpson"s be good Roman Catholics?

Executive producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly on Monday he was in “shock and awe” when he heard the assertion, saying, “I guess it makes up for me not going to church for 20 years.”

The headline in the semi-official Vatican newspaper, the Osservatore Romano, recently read: “Homer And Bart Are Catholic,” and backed it up by arguing the family prays before meals and that the show explores issues such as family, community, education and religion in a way that few other popular television programs do.

Father Francesco Occhetta, writing in La Civilta Cattolica, said the series is not without its dangers, but that if the show is taken with a grain of salt, parents should not be afraid to let their children watch it.

“The Simpsons remains one of the few TV programs for kids in which Christian faith, religion, and the question about God are recurring themes,” Occhetta wrote.

But Jean told Entertainment Weekly the Vatican’s analysis was a stretch.

“We’ve pretty clearly shown that Homer is not Catholic. I really don’t think he could go without eating meat on Fridays — for even an hour.”
He also said the Simpson family attends the First Church of Springfield “which is decidedly Presbylutheran,” and  pointed out that Homer and Bart only considered converting in the 2005 episode.

This isn’t the first time Matt Groening’s popular television family has received the Vatican’s blessing. Last December the newspaper also praised the show on its 20th anniversary for its philosophical leanings and irreverent take on religion.

Source: Sueliz blog.

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