Even Freddie Roach thinks that Pacman’s change of religion was the reason he lost that Killer Instinct

LAS VEGAS — Theories abound as to why Manny Pacquiao has gone seven fights since 2009 without knocking out an opponent.

The effects of age on the 35-year-old, the talent and size of the opponents, conditioning flaws and distractions in his personal life and in his public life as a congressman in the Philippines are among the most cited reasons.

Pacquiao’s opponent Saturday at the MGM Grand, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, has called out Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 knockouts) for losing his “killer instinct.”

“It’s reality,” Bradley (31-0) said Thursday. “His fans are saying the same thing: ‘He doesn’t have the fire,’ ‘He’s had guys pinned in the corner and lets them get away.’ That never happened before. He’s not finishing guys. Something’s changed.”

Though the tangible effects of age cannot be discounted, Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach points to a mental shift as the reason. Roach surprised some this week when he publicly floated the theory that the Bible was “getting in the way” of how Pacquiao was approaching his fights.

“He has lost the killer instinct,” Roach said. “His religious outlook on life … is the major reason why he hasn’t knocked people out. I’m sure of it.”

http://articles.latimes.com/2014/apr/10/sports/la-sp-manny-pacquiao-20140411

PacMan Lost Again – Rosary and Sign of the Cross

Even his coach Roach think his change of Religion made Pacman lost his killer instinct

“He has lost the killer instinct,” Roach said. “His religious outlook on life … is the major reason why he hasn’t knocked people out. I’m sure of it.”

Bradley (31-0) said Thursday. “His fans are saying the same thing: ‘He doesn’t have the fire,’ ‘He’s had guys pinned in the corner and lets them get away.’ That never happened before. He’s not finishing guys. Something’s changed.”

When Pacman was a Catholic he used to do sign of the croess and wear Rosary Pacman get a special power a fire inside him to Knock Out Opponents

 

 

You Lost Again Pacman –  Do you emember you TRASHED the statues of Saints of your Mommy Dionisia before? and you intentionally remove the rosary that made you 8 division champ. After you neglected the Rosary that gave you strength what happened to you now ?

I don’t know but for some reasons anyone who trashed or broke statues of the Saints something happens bad to that person all his life. There are a lot of evidences and countless testimonies of people they know who broke the statues of Saints then he or his family members got sick or his or lost their jobs and some even got killed. I have also observed this to my Uncle who broke and buried the statues of the Saints of my Grandma a lot of bad things happened to him until now.

 

UPDATE 5/6/15

At least 5 lawsuits filed against Pacquiao in US courts

Boxer Manny Pacquiao has been sued in several U.S. courts by people who said they paid to watch him fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the “Fight of Century” but felt defrauded by Pacquiao’s failure to disclose a pre-bout shoulder injury.

At least five lawsuits were filed against Pacquiao on Tuesday in federal courts in California, Illinois, Nevada and Texas. The lawsuits seek compensation under laws meant to protect consumers and ask for status as class actions on behalf of ticket buyers, pay-per-view television viewers and people who gambled on the fight.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/…/at-least-5-lawsuits-filed-again…

Catholic Sex Scandals: Media Double Standards vs. Statistics

Catholic Sex Scandals: Media Double Standards vs. Statistics

By Dave Armstrong
3/27/2015 4:00:10 PM

Photo Credit: Flickr/Office of Public Affairs-US Marshals arrest child molester

The terrible revelations of sexual misbehavior and cover-ups, exposed in 2002-2003 remain a huge and unspeakably evil scandal. I’ve never seen any conscientious, serious Catholic try to excuse or justify what happened. It’s a black mark that has caused untold damage in many ways.

Yet Catholics are sinners like anyone else, and we should not be utterly shocked when we see instances that prove this: even in cases of heinous sins. King David murdered and committed adultery, yet God still entered into an eternal covenant with him. Indeed, God knew (since He knows everything) when David was a boy that he would eventually commit these terrible sins.

That said, it is also true that media coverage of the outrages and the general issues involved, has been severely distorted. Statistics clearly show that the problem of sexual abuse is a societal-wide one, with occurrences farmore prevalent in other circles. Yet the focus and spotlight continues to be basically only on the Catholic Church. It’s classic selective, cynical, agenda-driven reporting, with the result being false and distorted perceptions.

An independent study conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, commissioned by the USCCB, from May 2011, found that sexual abuse from priests occurs at a much lower rate than in the rest of society, and that most abuse takes place in families. The rate among priests was determined to be five per every 100,000 young people, whereas the larger societal rate was 134, or almost a 27 times greater likelihood.

Even if we examine fellow Christians (non-Catholics), the known statistics are very sobering and revealing. For example, the “flagship” evangelical Protestant magazine Christianity Today noted that there were “70 child abuse allegations reported against American Protestant churches each week during the last ten years,” a quarter of which were against pastors. (“Go Figure” 21 May 2002). If we do the math, that adds up to 36,400 cases in ten years.

In a 1983 doctoral thesis by Richard Blackmon, entitled The Hazards of Ministry (Fuller Theological Seminary: Pasadena, California), it was revealed that 12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with congregants, and 38% admitted to other sexualized contact.

A huge amount of documented material about sexual abuse in non-Catholic religious circles is easily obtainable via Google search. Accordingly, Rt. Rev. William Persell, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, frankly and fairly admitted in his Good Friday Sermon from 2002:

“We would be naïve and dishonest were we to say this is a Roman Catholic problem and has nothing to do with us because we have married and female priests in our church. Sin and abusive behavior know no ecclesial or other boundaries.”

Leaving the religious realm, we find even moreoutrageous statistics. Thus, for example, a 2004 study, commissioned by the U.S. Dept. of Education, and entitled, “Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Synthesis of Existing Literature” (Carol Shakeshaft), soberly concluded that “the physical sexual abuse of students in schools is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests.”

The reporting has become so systematically distorted, that even atheists are strongly speaking out against the smearing campaign. Brendan O’Neill’s article, “Catholic-bashers have embellished the truth about abuse in Catholic institutions. It’s time to put the record straight,” in The Telegraph (14 February 2013), noted that the Irish government’s McAleese Report on the Magadalene laundries, “utterly exploded the popular view”. This myth includes the usual ridiculous exploitation of a film devoted to the supposed (grossly exaggerated) sordid goings-on. O’Neill observed:

“The idea of the “good lie”, the lie which helps open people’s eyes to the existence of wickedness, should be anathema to anyone who cares about getting history right and establishing the truth. Yet there seem to be many in Ireland who believe that telling “good lies” about the extent of abuse in Catholic institutions is an okay thing to do since it might prove cathartic for a nation allegedly in denial about its dark past. . . . When the Irish government published its Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in 2009, newspaper headlines declared “Thousands were raped in Irish reform schools” . . . actually, the commission heard allegations of 68 rapes, . . .”

What a breath of fresh air, for an atheist to so eloquently denounce what he describes as the “fashionable and irrational new religion of anti-Catholicism.”

In the final analysis we must be aware that Satan will utilize any tactic he can to bring dishonor and shame upon the Catholic church. He loves to take real scandals (as every effective lie has some truth in it) and magnify them a hundred times, so as to cause as much damage and devastation and slander as possible. This, too, is nothing new. It’s so old that St. Augustine (354-430) took note of it in words that are strikingly relevant to and descriptive of our own times:

“[W]hat do they watch for, if it be not for this, that so soon as any bishop or clergyman or monk or nun has fallen, they may have ground for believing, and boasting, and maintaining that all are the same as the one that has fallen, . . . ? . . . the moment that any crime is either falsely allegedor actually proved againstanyonewho makes a profession of piety, these men are incessant and unwearied in their efforts to make this charge be believed against all religious men.” (Epistle 78 [6]: to the Church at Hippo, 404 A.D.; my italics)

 source  http://www.catholic365.com/article/1128/catholic-sex-scandals-media-double-standards-vs-statistics.html

The Protestant “Once Saved Always Saved” ERROR

The Protestant “Once Saved Always Saved” ERROR

1. Are you saved? This is what some Protestants will ask you. Anyone who thinks they are automatically “saved” simply by declaring that Jesus Christ is their personal Lord and Savior is grossly mistranslating Holy Scripture, and is committing a sin of presumption.
2. It is GOD alone who knows who is “saved” and who is not. No human creature can declare themselves as being “saved”.
3. That false doctrine is a fabrication of Protestantism and cannot be found written anywhere before the Protestant revolt.
4. Salvation is an on-going process throughout our entire lives as Holy Scripture clearly has told us. Read 1Corinthians chapter 13, as it tells us that we must have faith, hope, and charity.
5. If we are automatically “saved”, then what is the purpose of hope?
Sola Fides, or “saved by faith only” is taught by many Protestants. However, that false man-made Protestant doctrine cannot be found anywhere in the Bible.
6.  In fact, the only place in the entire Bible where the words “faith” and “only” are found together is in James 2:24, where it says,”You see that by works a man is justified, and NOT by faith only.”
7. That verse was a thorn in Martin Luther’s side. He called the book of James a “straw epistle”, which meant it was worthy of burning, and he wanted to remove it from Scripture. It must have been an embarrassment to him since he had added the word “alone” to Romans 3:28, in his German translation of the Bible, in order to have it support his false “justified by faith alone” doctrine. James 2:24 is still ignored or rejected altogether by many Protestants.
8.  Man was not just arrogant but evil in his desire to conform the Bible to his personal, and heretical, opinions.
9. In addition, Martin Luther adds to the Bible words that do not exist in the Greek extant manuscripts. When Martin Luther was confronted about why he was messing with the Bible, he replied, “Because my will is good enough.” This was one arrogant person.
http://www.thecatholictreasurechest.com/errprot.htm

Also

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching (2 Timothy 4:1-2)

How can the Protestants declare they will be saved since it will be Jesus Christ on his 2nd coming will do the final judgment, not by pastors.

 

4 BORN AGAIN KINASUHAN DAHIL SA ANTI-POPE INSULTS

Post credit: Abante TONITE Online /  Juliet de Loza-Cudia

4 NA ‘NANG-INSULTO’ KAY POPE KINASUHAN

• Wednesday, 21 January 2015 00:00
• Written by  Juliet de Loza-Cudia

Sinampahan ng Philippine National Police ng kasong paglabag sa Article 133 ng Revised Penal Code (RPC) o Offending Religious Feelings at pag­labag sa Batasang Pambansa No. 880 o illegal assembly ang apat na katao kabilang ang tatlong babae at isang lalaki nang tangkain ng mga itong insultuhin si Pope Francis sa kanyang pagdating sa ti­nu­luyang Apostolic Nunciature noong Enero 17.

Kabilang sa mga kinasuhan ng PNP na kinatawan ni P/Insp. Ernesto de Bien Jr., ng Candon City Police Station, Ilocos Sur at ni PO3 Johnel Domingo, ng San Fernando City Police Station sina Felix Bruce Bertos, 36; Restituta Samonte, 21; Esmeralda Cruz, 19, estudyante; at Hazal Apao, 39, missionary.

Ayon sa report, naganap ang insidente dakong alas-4:30 ng hapon malapit sa Apostolic Nunciature sa kanto ng Quirino at Taft Avenue, Maynila noong Enero 17 habang papasok na sa kanyang tinutuluyan ang Pope nang iladlad ng apat ang dala nilang tarpaulin na nagsasaad ng “Ika-2 utos, Huwag ka­yong sumamba, yuyukod at maglilingkod sa diyus-diyusan, larawan o rebulto ng ano mang nilalang. Exodo 20:4-5”;  “Only Jesus Christ can save you from sin and hell”; at “Kamatayan ang kabayaran ng kasalanan ngunit ang kaloob ng Diyos ay buhay na walang hanggan sa pamamagitan ni Hesukristo na ating Panginoon. Roma 6:23”.

Ang ginawa umano ng apat ay nakaakit sa atensyon ng mga Ka­toliko at deboto na ma­sa­yang nagsisigawan nang makita si Pope Francis.

Nalaman na ang apat ay miyembro ng Evangelical Christians at nang hingan kung mayroon silang permit para mag-assembly ay walang naipakita.

A miracle? The storm made a U-Turn during the 5 day visit of the Pope in the Philippines

 

 

Marlene Aguilar in hot water after calling Pope ‘kampon ng dilim’

Marlene Aguilar in hot water after calling Pope ‘kampon ng dilim’

ABS-CBNnews.com

Posted at 01/18/2015 8:13 PM | Updated as of 01/18/2015 10:21 PM

‘She Dragon’ wants to face pontiff in UFC match

MANILA – Marlene Aguilar, the sister of OPM icon Freddie Aguilar, has earned the ire of some netizens after calling Pope Francis “evil” in a series of Facebook posts.

Post by Marlene Aguilar.

Aguilar, who refers to herself as “She Dragon,” has been posting videos and articles on her page that claim the pontiff is involved in Satanic rituals, which supposedly include eating babies.

She also alleged that Pope Francis is facing criminal charges in international courts because of these supposed rituals, getting mixed reactions from her followers.

Some laughed at Aguilar’s claims, while others were furious in defense of the Catholic leader, who is currently in the Philippines for a five-day apostolic visit centered on mercy and compassion.

Post by Marlene Aguilar.

In one post, Aguilar addressed her critics: “Kayong mga sumasamba sa demonyong naka abito, mag silayas kayo dito. Tambak tambak ang kaso ni Pope Francis sa international tribunal court – kaso ng child rape, child torture, child murder genocide, at crimes against humanity ang nakasamapa sa kanya.

“Ang hirap sa inyong mga mangmang wala kayong alam. Kung ayaw niyo ng mga mga posts dito magsilayas kayo. Lumuhod kayo kay Pope Francis at sumamba kayo sa kampon ng dilim. Para magsama-sama kayo sa impyerno mga bobo!”

Post by Marlene Aguilar.

Post by Marlene Aguilar.

Aguilar clarified that she believes in God, but not in religion. She added that “the utter ignorance of the masses equals the great power of the Church.”

She went on to challenge those “attacking” her opinions to face her at Elorde Gym in Katipunan. Citing her supposed experience in mixed martial arts, Aguilar said she can easily knock out her detractors.

Post by Marlene Aguilar.

“Kung buo ang paniniwala ninyo sa Diyos, dapat buo ang loob niyo na harapin ako. Huwag kayong matakot dahil sasagipin kayo ng inyong Diyos,” she said.

Aguilar even extended the challenge to Pope Francis himself.

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/01/18/15/marlene-aguilar-hot-water-after-calling-pope-kampon-ng-dilim

Why Lara Quigaman got flak online

ABS-CBNnews.com

Posted at 01/19/2015 12:05 PM | Updated as of 01/19/2015 12:39 PM

Precious Lara Quigaman. File Photo

MANILA – Former beauty queen Precious Lara Quigaman spoke up after getting flak online in relation to her Instagram posts while Pope Francis was in the country.

On January 17, the third day of Pope Francis’ Philippine visit, Quigaman posted images bearing Bible quotes, stressing that people can only be saved through Jesus Christ.

While she did not directly mention Pope Francis in her posts, Quigaman received negative comments from some Filipino Internet users, who said they got the impression that she is “disrespecting” the Supreme Pontiff.
“Wow, perfect timing? We know what this means, sad,” one Instagram user commented.

“She could’ve posted this on a different day and not during these times when people are in so much awe of the Pope’s presence. She’s trying to imply something with this post,” another noted.

Shortly after, Quigaman uploaded an image showing the text “Respect,” saying she does not understand why some people were offended by her posts.

The Born Again Christian stressed that she respects Pope Francis and explained that she posted the Bible verses as her “own personal reminder not to look anywhere else but to focus on Jesus.”

She said that even the Pope himself “reminded us to focus on God and not him.”

“I respect Pope Francis. I am grateful to him for bringing home to our kababayans and making a lot of us smile. I think he is doing a great job,” said Quigaman, who won the Miss International beauty pageant in 2005.

“Whether you are a Catholic or a Born Again, we are all Christians – and you will find that in your Bible. I’m sure even the Pope believes these verses,” she added. “And you know what made me sad? People asking me to respect them when I think they don’t even know what it means to respect someone. You are the ones who are not respecting me and what I believe in.”

Pope Francis left the Philippines on Monday morning after visiting parts of Metro Manila and Leyte province as part of his state and apostolic visit.

 

SOURCE: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/01/19/15/why-lara-quigaman-got-flak-online

 

MGA ANTI CATHOLICS BIGOTS GANYAN TALAGA HILIG NILA MAG FABRICATE UG STORIES PARA SIRAAN ANG CATHOLIC FESTIVALS . PERO ANG TOTOO ANG WORD “PIT” GINAMIT SA “PIT SENYOR” IS NOT GREEK IT IS A PURE CEBUANO WORD WHICH IS A SHORTCUT OF PANANGPIT

MGA ANTI CATHOLICS BIGOTS GANYAN TALAGA HILIG NILA MAG FABRICATE UG STORIES PARA SIRAAN  ANG CATHOLIC FESTIVALS .
PERO ANG TOTOO ANG WORD  “PIT” GINAMIT SA “PIT SENYOR” IS NOT GREEK IT IS A PURE CEBUANO WORD.

THE HISTORY AND ORIGINAL CHANT OR MOTTO OR GREETING IS REALLY “Panangpit sa Senyor” pero ang mga CEBUANOS MAHILIG MAG SHORTCUT NG WORDS such as  BALAY GINAWANG NILANG “BAY” ANG WORD NA “WALA” GINAWANG “WA”, ang TOO ginawang “TO” ANG MARAMING PANG IBANG WORDS NI NI SHORT CUT, AT GANUN DIN GINAWA SA WORD NG “PANANGPIT” GINAWA NILANG “PIT” KAYA NAGING “PIT SENYOR”

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Did Christ’s Church Apostatize?

Did Christ’s Church Apostatize?

The doctrines upon which all Iglesia’s other doctrines depend is its teaching that Christ’s Church apostatized in the early centuries. Like Mormonism, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other fringe groups, Iglesia asserts that the early Christian Church suffered a total apostasy. It believes in “the complete disappearance of the first-century Church of Christ and the emergence of the Catholic Church” (Pasugo, July-Aug. 1979, 8).

But Jesus promised that his Church would never apostatize. He told Peter, “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). If his Church had apostatized, then the gates of hell would have prevailed against it, making Christ a liar.

In other passages, Christ teaches the same truth. In Matthew 28:20 he said, “I am with you always even until the end of the world.” And in John 14:16, 18 he said, “And I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever … I will not leave you desolate.”

If Iglesia members accept the apostasy doctrine, they make Christ a liar. Since they believe Jesus Christ is not a liar, they are ignoring what Christ promised, and their doctrine contradicts Scripture.

They are, however, fulfilling Scripture. While Jesus taught that his Church would never apostatize, the Bible does teach that there will be a great apostasy, or falling away from the Church. Paul prophesies: “[Do not] be quickly shaken in mind or excited . . . to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion [Greek: apostasia] comes first” (2 Thess. 2:2–3); “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 Tim. 4:1); and, “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own liking, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths” (2 Tim. 4:3–4). By falling away from the Church, members of Iglesia are committing precisely the kind of apostasy of which they accuse the Catholic Church.

The Bible tells us in 1 John 4:1: “Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” Was Felix Manalo a true prophet? Is his church the “true Church?” If we test the claims of Iglesia ni Cristo, the answer is apparent. His total apostasy doctrine is in flat contradiction to Christ’s teaching. There is no way that Iglesia ni Cristo can be the true Church of Christ.

If there was a “great apostasy” in the Catholic Church, why do you (as a non-Catholic ‘Christian’) take your bible from the Catholic Church that supposedly apostatized? And the doctrine of the Trinity? And date using her dating system?

http://www.Catholic.com

Was There a “Great Apostasy” in the Catholic Church?

* Those who argue that there was a “great apostasy” in the Catholic Church are, by default, admitting there was a time before this presumed “great apostasy” in which the Catholic Church existed and was the true Church. Granting this, how could there ever be a “great apostasy” in the Church Jesus founded considering that Jesus said that the Church He founded would withstand the gates of hell (see Mt. 16:18)? Do you dare think Jesus – that is, God – was mistaken? How can one imagine that Christ wouldn’t fulfill His promises? Do you similarly dare to accuse the Holy Spirit of failing in His duty to always remain with the Church (see Jn. 14:16-17)? Do you claim that Christ left them “orphans”, despite His promise (see Jn. 14:18)?

* If there was a “great apostasy” in the Catholic Church, why is there no true evidence of this presumed apostasy? What exactly do you base your claim on? How scholarly and unbiased are these charges against the Catholic Church? Be prepared to present unbiased and scholarly evidence for your assertions that is not propagated by your own (or another anti-Catholic) sect.

* If there was a “great apostasy” in the Catholic Church, why does the Catholic Church still exist and still teach the same doctrines she taught in apostolic times? If you believe that the Catholic Church only held the true doctrines until the third or fourth century, how is it you explain that she couldn’t manage hold on to Christ’s true teachings for a few hundred years but she has held on to these “later”, allegedly false, doctrines for 1600+ years?

* If there was a “great apostasy” in the Catholic Church, why do you (as a non-Catholic ‘Christian’) take your bible from the Catholic Church that supposedly apostatized? And the doctrine of the Trinity? And date using her dating system?

* Are we seriously to believe there was a “great apostasy” in the Catholic Church – the Church that Christ founded – and that your ‘church’ is its replacement? Your ‘church’ which was founded by a human, your ‘church’ which has changed its own doctrines over time, your ‘church’ which has no history of miracles, martyrs, virgins, etc., your ‘church’ which wouldn’t even know about Christ or the Bible if not for the Catholic Church that you claim apostatized? Your ‘church’ which wasn’t even around until a few hundred years ago?

“The Catholic Church was recognized by the whole Christian world as the true Church of God for fifteen consecutive centuries. No man can halt at the end of those 1,500 years and say that the Catholic Church is not the Church of Christ without embarrassing himself seriously.” (Catholic Convert, Former Chief Rabbi of Rome, Israel Zolli)

http://catholicdefender2000.blogspot.com

 

 

Do You Think the Catholic Church Was Invented After Constantine ‘Legalized’ Christianity?

* If the Catholic Church was invented after Constantine ‘legalized’ Christianity, why are there historical records of the Church existing since it was established by Christ on St. Peter?

* If the Catholic Church was invented after Constantine ‘legalized’ Christianity, why can she show you an uninterrupted succession of popes beginning with St. Peter?

* If the Catholic Church was a fourth century invention, what happened to the Church founded by Christ in Mt. 16:18 – the Church that Christ promised would withstand the gates of hell?

* If the Catholic Church was a fourth century invention, why is the first known written use of the term “Catholic Church” traced to St. Ignatius of Antioch, around 110 A.D. [It should also be noted that St. Ignatius was a hearer of the Apostle St. John, and the third bishop of Antioch.] And, why has the term been in continuous use since that time?

* If the Catholic Church was invented after Constantine ‘legalized’ Christianity, why do even non-Catholic historians agree that the Catholic Church existed before Constantine was even born?

http://www.mycatholicsource.com/mcs/nc/non_catholics__church_history.htm

Iglesia ni Cristo: The Catholic Church Apostatized through Constantine?
As they always use to blackmail poorly catechized Catholics, members of the cult of Felix Manalo, his Iglesia use this argument often that surprise Catholics. Having little time to research and poorly catechized, a Catholic usually ends up an anti-Catholic. Here’s a very concise explanation about the myth on Constantine.

THE PAGANIZATION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THROUGH CONSTANTINE
Thanks to Blackie

The Historic Facts:

Is it true that Constantine was a pagan and used his influence to corrupt the Catholic Church?

Raise Up A Child…

Constantine was raised with Christian beliefs by his mother St. Helena although he delayed his baptism until he was on his deathbed. It seems clear that he had enough faith to seek salvation in Christ, knowing that he was facing eternity and his soul was in the balance

Your Young Men Will See Visions…

After seeing a vision in which he was told that he would conquer under the sign of the Christian cross, he adopted it as his standard and his entire army carried it into battle against the pagan general Maxentius and he won control of the empire in 312 AD.

Freedom At Last…

The following year Constantine signed the Edict of Milan (sometimes known as the Edict of Tolerance) that officially ended the persecution of the Church. It’s hard to understand how anyone can believe that Constantine, (who died a Christian despite his delay) would have paganized the early Catholic Church.

Julian Doesn’t Keep The Faith.

Forty-eight years later, in 361 AD, the emperor Julian the Apostate launched a persecution of the Church in an attempt to bring back paganism. Why would that have been necessary if Constantine had already corrupted the Catholic Church?

History Tells All

Some careful research and study of the first 300 years of Christianity will reveal that Catholic doctrines such as the Eucharist, Apostolic authority, and the pope as the successor of Peter were believed from the very beginning of Christianity and certainly were not the result of any pagan influence under Constantine.

In Fact

Christianity has been called Catholic in Acts 9:31 (Greek: “ekklesia katholos”) and at least from 107AD when Ignatius, the Bishop of the Church in Antioch, used it in one of his letters to another church which indicates that by that time the original Christian Church was already well known as the Catholic Church in order to distinguish Christ’s Church from heretical groups. Keep in mind that that same church in Antioch was where we were all first called Christians as recorded in Acts 11:26. (The Faith of the Early Fathers, William A. Jurgens, Collegeville, Minn.; Liturgical Press, 1970. p.25, #65)

http://catholicdefender2000.blogspot.com