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Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Papacy

Papacy/Peter:

This is a classic. Instant classic. What do you think of it drclmac?

By TruthSeeker

1). Acts 11:26/Acts 26:28, 1 Peter 4:16 Followers of Christ are called Christians not Catholics. The word catholic are not mentioned historically until the 100 Ad quote of Ignatius and Justin. They meant catholic as all believers universal not a subjected church to one city (Rome). There was no Pope or Papacy concept whatsoever in the early church. The first to use the word pontifex was Bishop Hygnius of Rome in 149 AD. And he didnt recognize himself as Pope. Later Pope Leo I and Pope Damascus would make claims of universal primacy of Rome, but even in the 300s and 400s, many people dissented with that idea. The Papacy is therefore by gradual development and isnt biblical whatsoever. In fact, there is no historical evidence whatsoever to prove Peter is the first bishop of Rome. Polycarp, Clement of Rome, Irenaeus, etc mentioned not one line of him being bishop of Rome. Only by Jeromes literature do we see signs of people believing in the 25-year episcopate reign of Peter in Rome. Historically, Linus is the first bishop of Rome not Peter. Hippolytus and even Eusbeius mentioned Peter as dying in Rome, but Linus as the first bishop of Rome.

2). 1 John 2:26-27 You dont need a church or men to interpret scripture for you.

3). Philippians 1:1 Throughout the NT, the early church composed of the offices of bishop (overseers), elders, and presbyter (terms used interchangeably to show the same office), deacons, and other stations without a Pope or Papacy.

4). Eph. 1:22-23 Christ is the head of all the church not Karol.

5). 1 Thes. 5:21 Individuals who are believers have a right to test the teachings of any church. God wants his people to check things out for themselves using Scripture as a yardstick. It keeps us mature, as Christians not swayed by false doctrine. The Papacy rarely has its believers to question their so-called infallible beliefs, decrees, bulls, etc.

6). 1 Cor. 10:4 The Rock was Christ (not Peter). Also see Ps. 94:22.

7). 1 Cor. 3:11 No other foundation exists but Christ. The Greek word for foundation in that verse is Themelios meaning of institution or system of truth or the foundation. Christ is the pure system and all order of the church originates from Jesus Christ not from the magisterium or any false Church. The foundation isnt Peter or the church but God alone.

. John 14:26, John 16:13, 1 Cor. 2:13 the Holy Spirit, not the magisterium of the Catholic Church will interpret scripture for Gods children and help them understand all things.

9). Romans 9:33 Christ is the foundation again. See also 2 Timothy 2:19 mentioning the foundation of God.

10). Matthew 18:18 The keys Christ gives to the disciples and apostles not Peter solely. The keys are used as a steward though.

11). Acts 8:14 Peter was sent by the other apostles along with John. If Peter were a Pope, wouldnt he do the sending or travel without a proclamation from other Christians to adamantly do so.

12).Acts 13:9 Saul had a name change to Paul; just like Peter presenting even more equality between the 2.

13).Eph. 2:20 Christ is shown as the chief cornerstone. Also all the apostles are foundation stones of the church showing more equality. There are many instances of Rome being reminded that it wasnt possessing full jurisdiction throughout the church. Here are a couple of examples of this:

A). In the 100s Polycrates, bishop of Ephesus, rebuked Victor, bishop of Rome over the Easter issue. He said that We ought to obey God rather than man to bishop Victor. Also Polycarp, disciple of John couldnt agree with Anicetus, bishop of Rome on the issue of Easter as well.
B). Cyprian rebukes Stephen, bishop of Rome in his Council of Carthage decree saying, No man sits himself up as bishop of bishops (or Pope)

C). Polycarp and Ignatius used the words Bishop or elder interchangeably and even used mentioned multiple bishops existing in one city and that in no way denote a Papacy.

D). Pope Damascus and Pope Leo I makes claims of being the only successor of Peter deriving solely from Rome, yet even in the 300s and 400s, many people denied that claim and even in the Council of Chalcedon in 451 recognized the equal standing between Rome and Constantinople. Im not even mentioning the immoral conduct of many Popes during the Dark Ages.

E). Many early popes denied many Catholic doctrines like Gelasius denying the Assumption of Mary, etc. The consensus for a Papacy existing in 33 AD. or 100 AD. is a myth.

F). Many early Popes even denied papal infallibility. Popes Vigilinus, Innocent III, Clement Iv, Gregory IV, Adrian VI, and Paul IV all disclaimed the attribute of infallibility.

G). Hippolytus disagreed with Bishop Callistus I of Romes dealing with Modalist heretics of Sabellius. As a result, Hippolytus rebuked Callistus and Callistus ended ties with Hippolytus. Catholic apologists say he had a re-uniting period before Hippolytus death, but even with that theres still one bishop of Rome disagreeing with one of the greatest early church leaders, which was Hippolytus, in that span of time. Some historians even call Hippolytus an anti-pope (popes didnt exist in Hippolytus age.)

H). In 664 AD. at the Synod of Whitby, the Celtic Church and the Roman Catholic also couldnt agree on the Easter issue and Papal supremacy. The Celtic Church with Columba, Patrick, Colman, Aidan, Columbanus, and other people existed before Roman Catholicism yet again. As centuries past, the Celtic Church was forced to Scotland, while the Catholics forcibly merged their religion on the people left behind.

I). The Catholic Church also didnt have full jurisdiction on the Church of the East. The apostles Thomas, Jude, and Bartholomew founded the Church of the East. Later as centuries past, the Church of the East and the Nestorians creates an automous structure showing Gods word to the Eastern world. Jesuits by 1599 subjugated the whole Syrian, Eastern Church. The good news is that even today, there are independent bodies of the Eastern Church that arent under Catholic jurisdiction that exist even today.
J). By the 14th century the papacy had become a pawn of political power. The French forced the popes to move from Rome to Avignon in what has been called the Babylonian Captivity of the papacy from 1309 to 1377. Following this episode was the Great Western Schism (1378-141 , during which opposing popes tried to rule. This ended with the Council of Constance, which deposed the popes and named Martin V (reigned 1417-31) as pope. In that time span of the early 1400s, 3 popes were trying to reign at the same time. This and other evidences give the Roman Catholic church in an inconsistent light.

14). 1 Peter 2:68 Jesus is the head of the corner, cornerstone, rock of offense (not Peter).

15).Acts 9:10-16 Jesus said he called Paul, not Peter to go before the Gentiles and preach the gospel also to the children of Israel. Peter preached to the Gentiles and Romans, but Paul was specifically called to preach to do this command.

16). 1 Timothy 4:1-4 Mandatory celibacy for the Pope is forbidden and is a doctrine of demons.

17). Isaiah 44:8 God is the only Rock, and there is no other. See also Isa. 8:14 saying God is a rock of offense.

1 . Deut. 32:31 Rock is shown as describing God alone also mentioned in Pslam 18:2.

19). Mat. 21:42 The cornerstone is Christ and Also Acts 5:29 says, We ought to obey God rather than man. (Magisterium, councils, decrees, Popes, etc.)

20). 2 Cor. 2:11 Paul isnt inferior to the other apostles, but equal. Equality of the apostles is definitely conceived. See also Gal. 1:12, 2:2-8.

21).Eph. 4:5 Christ is the one Lord to be acknowledged and also see Mt. 26:72-74 showing Peter denying the Lord. (Peter is just a normal sinner in need of salvation just like all people need salvation and equal to any other human being.) The Papal denotation of Peter is therefore unnecessary.

21). 1 Peter 5:1-4 I, your fellow presbyter (not being lords over Gods heritage). Papal subjection is void as a result. See also Isaiah 22:25. That verse mentioning the kings who had those keys was fallible and broke and fell. They temporary utilized the keys, but Christ eternally possesses the keys of David forever. See also Rev. 2:7, Rev. 1:8.

22). Heb. 13:20 Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep not the Pope.

23). Mt. 23:13, Luke 11:52, Rev. 9:1-2, Rev. 20:1-2 Other beings had keys to be used not Peter alone.
24). 1 Cor. 12:12-27 The members of the church are expressed by body parts, but Christ is its total, heavenly, and earthly head not Karol.

25).Mt. 16:23 Peter is called Satan by Christ showing his frailty and sinfulness devoid of Papal power. Popes are rarely rebuked in the Roman Catholic Church. In a manner of calling a Pope Satan by Catholic flock, Catholic believers can have a risk of being excommunicated, condemned as heretics, etc. by the intensity of it.

26). John 18:36 Christs kingdom isnt of this world, yet the Pope claims to be a temporal monarch of Vatican City. (Its in heaven not in the Vatican). See also Luke 17:20 proving that the kingdom of God is in heaven being spiritual. There is no earthly headquarters of the church ruled by a human vicar. Also see Exodus 17:6 calling God the Rock.

27). John 17:11 Holy Father is used for God the Father. Its blasphemy to call a man by Gods name. See also Rev. 15:4 and 1 Sam. 2:2.

2 . Acts 10:25-26 Peter refused Cornelius to bow to him, yet many popes are benefluented or bowed to by clergy and other people within the Roman Catholic Church. One example of this is new bishops in an ordination ceremony bowing before the Pope in St. Peters Basilica.

29). Heb. 7:26, Heb. 7:1-2, Rev. 1:5-6 Christ is the only King and High Priest. Christ paid taxes, yet the Pope is exempt from taxes. Christ is given a crown of thorns, but the Popes wear a triple crown (tiara). The contrasting actions of both individuals make the Papacy dissimilar to Christianity. In John 1:44, Gal. 2:9, 1 Cor. 9:5 Peter was not always mentioned first in the NT. In John he was named after Andrew, in Galatians, James is shown first, and in 1 Cor. He is named after the apostles, etc.

30). Rev. 3:7 The keys of David belong to Christ alone not Popes acting as supposed successors. See also 1 Peter 3:22 saying that Christ has full 100% authority over his church without Papal influence. In Matt. 23:10, Christ is the only Master with no Popes as masters.

31). 1 John 3:2 The Holy Spirit is our guide to bear witness to the Word of God not a pope, false church, church, or any anointed man. The Holy Spirit is enough for every single believer in Christ.

32). Mt. 20:25-26, Mark 10:42-43, and Luke 22:25-26 Servant hood is a Christian character and Popes are more in tuned with subjection plus a leadership, control-orientated influence exhibited to the followers of Romanism than servant hood.

33). Acts 15:1-22 The First Council of Jerusalem was presided over by James not Peter. In fact, Paul writes more NT books than Peter and explains the gospel more than Peter. Is Paul a Pope? No, just like Peter isnt by tons of evidence. Also see Isaiah 42:8 that makes its clear that all glory is not to be given to any Pope, but God alone.

34). Mt. 28:18-20 All authority is given unto Christ and not given to Popes. In fact Catholicism had many schisms or divisions like a). Donatist (311 AD.), b). Orthodox (1054 AD.), Reformation (1517 AD.), Sedecavantists (1870 and 1965 AD.), etc

35). Galatians 2:11-14 Paul rebuked Peter for his actions (Popes are rarely rebuked today especially in the past (i.e. Bulls presented by Popes are almost impossible to rebuke. Also in history, cardinals, archbishops, or any other clergy rarely rebukes popes in Catholicism.)

36). Mt. 8:20 Christ has no place to rest his head in his first coming, yet Karol (the pope) lives in a place surrounded by wealth and pomp. Even Mt. 21:42 say that Jesus is the only Rock (stone, cornerstone).

37). Rev. 2:6-15 God dislikes the Nicolaitine spirit of extreme controlling hierarchal systems with that kind of clergy and laity similar to Romanism.

3 . Acts 8:18-21 Peter would not take money, for not God would give freely. (Its the opposite of Ropes giving and receiving tons of money by indulgences, etc) There is nothing wrong with being rich, but can the Vatican sacrifice pompous palaces in exchange to create some reasonable actions like reforming and revising their religion.

39). Acts 1:15-26 A group decision decided who were to be an apostle not Peter solely. (That isnt Papal in most instances except in papal religious decrees or re-election of clergy).

40). 2 Samuel 22:32, Psalm 94:22, Psalm 18:31 God is the Rock not Peter.

41). Mt. 8:14, Luke 4:38, Mark 1:30, 1 Cor. 9:10 Peter has a wife (modern Popes dont). Also see Galatians 2:1-9 saying that the apostles are called pillars recognizing their equality to each other.

42). Rev. 2:12-17 Christ condemned the Pergamos church era by adding pagan rituals of Balaam similar to the Papacy adding pagan rituals over the centuries. (i.e. Rosary, Eucharist, Confirmation, image veneration, etc.)

43). 1 Peter 5:1-2 Peter calls himself and elder (not head apostle or Pope) and also John is called the elder in 2 John 1.

44). 1 Peter 5:4 Christ is the Chief Shepherd only. See also Rev. 21:14making mention of the foundations of New Jerusalem being 12 named after the 12 apostles making more references of equality to all of the apostles. Also Acts 1:21-22 says that the apostles had no successors, for to succeed them, one had to be a witness to Christs resurrection.

45). Luke 22:24-26, Matthew 18:1 An argument occurs with the apostles about who was the greatest. (Peter didnt expressively admit his supremacy to end the feud with the others, but Christ later called for servant-like statue among all apostles displaying even more equality.

46). John 10:11, 14-16 Jesus is the only good Shepherd. See also 2 Thes. 2:3-4. That verse says that one man like the Pope with so much exalting classifications even trying to call himself Vicar (substitute, or replacement of in Greek and Latin) Christ, which is supremely blasphemous, is like the Antichrist. Antichrist is divided into 1 prefix and 1 suffix, which are anti-, and -Christ making up just a word. Anti in Greek is Ante meaning substitute or in the place of. Add it together and Antichrist in Greek means someone who tries to substitute or take the place of Christ. Who is that individual? The Pope is an antichrist in that manner since he claims to be the representative of Christ and tries to takes Christs place (i.e. Pope Leo XIII in the l800s said We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty. How obvious is that, but the Pope is not the Antichrist of Revelation but like an antichrist who has blasphemous titles, false beliefs, etc. That real Antichrist according to the Bible and church leaders like Tertullian Justin Marytr, Hippolytus, etc believes its a man who will reign for 3 yrs, etc.) Many of the Reformers called the Pope The Antichrist because of the great immorality and degenerate religion of Catholicism. The Pope isnt the Antichrist because he is so blatant and the Bible says he will come as one man not many men. The Pope is most probably the False Prophet in the One World Religion system.

47). Acts 20:28 To feed the sheep is exhorted to all of the church not just Peter. See also Numbers 23:19 displaying that God alone is infallible in all judgments, decisions, etc. A Popes decrees are always subjected to Gods word. Many of the Papal decrees have error in it. (i.e. Bull Unum Sanctum of the 1302 by Pope Boniface VIII says every people must be subject to the Pope for salvation or the Syllabus of Errors in the 1800s condemning Bible societies, religious freedom, and even democracy.)

4 . Acts 6:1-4 The leadership of the church is automous (self-governing) under no denominational hierarchy. Also see 1 Peter 1:1 classifying himself as only an apostle (no bishop, Pope, or the head apostle).

49). John 1:42 Cephas means stone not Rock by Christs own words. See also Titus 1:5-9 showing that the human leader of any church is a Pastor or Bishop with deacons, etc not popes.

50). Timothy 3:15 The church is the pillar and ground of truth not the truth or the foundation. See also 1 Peter 2:4-8 presenting Jesus as the rock upon which the church is founded. Nowhere in the Bible would you find the Church called the Rock or the foundation but the pillar and ground of truth. God alone is the Rock and the unbreakable foundation.

51). Eph. 1:22-23/ Col. 1:18 The Papacy is forbidden and Christ receives all preeminence not Karol. Also see Romans 11:18-22 which Paul warned the church to be in faith or cut off being fallible, but Christs church will never let the gates of hell prevail over it.

52). Acts 14:27, 1 Cor. 16:9, 2 Cor 2:12 Doors are being opened by God using keys. (Not solely Peter can use keys as a steward.)

53). Mt. 23:9 Call no clergy Father in the spiritual term of the word for high religious significance within the church clergy. Therefore, it is forbidden to call a priest by that title as well. Father in the NT is only called for human offspring, lineage, or an important figure in the past at the OT. Certainly no clergy such as priests were called father in the NT.

54). Eph. 5:23-26 Christ is Head over a Pope being all-powerful and having full authority on heaven and on earth.

55). 3 John 9-11 Believers are subjected church-wise to church leaders as long as theyre in submission to God. Any contradicting church leader like a Pope is rejected. The church is therefore democratic and executive only in executing the word of God not legislative adding traditions that are contrary to Gods word. The church is special and important, but no church is above Gods word and any church that tries to contradict Gods word should be rejected and rebuked until the church changes, etc.

56). Mat. 10:16, Luke 10:3, Ezekiel 34:6, 1 Peter 2:25 Sheep are mentioned showing the faithful not necessarily showing clergy or pastors. (It includes all believers).

57). John 16:7-14, Mt. 16:18, Mt. 18:18, John 20:22,23, Matt. 28:18-20, Acts 1:8, 2:1-4 When reading those verses you can find that all apostles received the Holy Spirit, had the same authority, and all received the same commission. If all apostles had the same duties, that represents equality for all apostles. Nowhere in the Bible would you find Peter being called Pontifex Maximus, Holy Father, Chief Apostle, Vicar of Christ, Pope, etc. You can never deduce that from Gods word or in the early church, but you can find that in Catholicism as a product of gradual development and additions of tons of tradition. Roman Catholicism is an addition tradition submission religion. Its nothing more or less.

5 . Acts 11:1-30 The Church was situated in the early era of Christianity at Jerusalem and Antioch as it main headquarters not Rome. Even those 2 cities didnt recognized themselves as being superior in religious jurisdiction to all other cities or areas at that time. Roman Catholicism believes that Rome was superior early on in papal primacy, but that isnt the case. Thats because there was no Pope, papal primacy, cardinal, archbishops, etc even existed in Christianity in its early existence anyway.

59). Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust the Lord than to put confidence in man. (Catholic trusts the Pope to be infallible in faith and morals of his ex-cathedra declarations, etc.)

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Igantius [The Mediator is Jesus Christ]

Yet it is not I, but the Lord Jesus through me; for whose sake being bound, I fear the more, for I am not yet perfect. But your prayer to God shall make me perfect, that I may attain that to which I have been called, while I flee to the Gospel as to the flesh of Jesus Christ, and to the apostles as the presbytery of the Church. I do also love the prophets as those who announced Christ, and as being partakers of the same Spirit with the apostles.

For as the false prophets and the false apostles drew [to themselves] one and the same wicked, deceitful, and seducing spirit; so also did the prophets and the apostles receive from God, through Jesus Christ, one and the same Holy Spirit, who is good, and sovereign, and true, and the Author of [saving] knowledge. For there is one God of the Old and New Testament,

"one Mediator between God and men," for the creation of both intelligent and sensitive beings, and in order to exercise a beneficial and suitable providence [over them]. There is also one Comforter, who displayed His power in Moses, and the prophets, and apostles. All the saints, therefore, were saved by Christ, hoping in Him, and waiting for Him; and they obtained through Him salvation, being holy ones, worthy of love and admiration, having testimony borne to them by Jesus Christ, in the Gospel of our common hope. (Letter to the Philadelphians, Chapter V, Longer Version)

Clement of Rome [Judgment and Obedience]

And in another place He speaks thus: "Wash you, and become clean; put away the wickedness of your souls from before mine eyes; cease from your evil ways, and learn to do well; seek out judgment, deliver the oppressed, judge the fatherless, and see that justice is done to the widow; and come, and let us reason together(The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, Chapter

It is right and holy therefore, men and brethren, rather to obey God than to follow those who, through pride and sedition, have become the leaders of a detestable emulation. For we shall incur no slight injury, but rather great danger, if we rashly yield ourselves to the inclinations of men who aim at exciting strife and tumults, so as to draw us away from what is good (The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, Chapter 14)

Council of Niceas 6th Canon (325 A.D.)

LET the ancient customs in Egypt, Libya and Pentapolis prevail, that
the Bishop of Alexandria have jurisdiction in all these, since the like is
customary for the Bishop of Rome also. Likewise in Antioch and the
other provinces, let the Churches retain their privileges. And this is to
be universally understood, that if any one be made bishop without the
consent of the Metropolitan, the great Synod has declared that such a
man ought not to be a bishop. If, however, two or three bishops shall
from natural love of contradiction, oppose the common suffrage of the
rest, it being reasonable and in accordance with the ecclesiastical law,
then let the choice of the majority prevail.

The 7th Council of Carthage Speech by Cyprian (200s)

It remains, that upon this same matter each of us should bring forward what we think, judging no man, nor rejecting any one from the right of communion, if he should think differently from us.

For neither does any of us set himself up as a bishop of bishops, nor by tyrannical terror does any compel his colleague to the necessity of obedience; since every bishop, according to the allowance of his liberty and power, has his own proper right of judgment, and can no more be judged by another than he himself can judge another. But let us all wait for the judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only one that has the power both of preferring us in the government of His Church, and of judging us in our conduct there

Apostolic Constitutions [ca. 4th century Priesthood of All Believers]

For we stand in need of a woman, a deaconess, for many necessities; and first in the baptism of women, the deacon shall anoint only their forehead with the holy oil, and after him the deaconess shall anoint them: for there is no necessity that the women should be seen by the men; but only in the laying on of hands the bishop shall anoint her head, as the priests and kings were formerly anointed, not because those which are now baptized are ordained priests, but as being Christians, or anointed, from Christ the Anointed, "a royal priesthood, and an holy nation, the Church of God, the pillar and ground of the marriage-chamber," who formerly were not a people, but now are beloved and chosen, upon whom is called His new name as Isaiah the prophet witnesses, saying: "And they shall Call the people by His new name, which the Lord shall name for them." (Book 3, Sec. 2)

Apostolic Constitutions [ca. 4th century Unlimited Atonement]

We also, following our teacher Christ, "who is the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe," are obliged to say that there are two ways-the one of life, the other of death; which have no comparison one with another, for they are very different, or rather entirely separate; and the way of life is that of nature, but that of death was afterwards introduced,-it not being according to the mind of God, but from the snares of the adversary. (The Apostolic Constitutions, Book VII, Sec. I)

The 35th Apostolic Canon (dated from the 2nd to 5th century):

The bishops of every country ought to know who is the chief among them and to esteem him as their head, and not to do any great thing without his consent; but everyone manage only the affairs that belong to his own parish, and the places subject to it. But let him not do anything without the consent of all; for it is by this means there will be unanimity, and God will be glorified by Christ, in the Holy Spirit.

Tertullian [Religious Liberty with no compulsion whatsoever]

However, it is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions: one man's religion neither harms nor helps another man. It is assuredly no part of religion to compel religion-to which free-will and not force should lead us-the sacrificial victims even being required of a willing mind. You will render no real service to your gods by compelling us to sacrifice. For they can have no desire of offerings from the unwilling, unless they are animated by a spirit of contention, which is a thing altogether undivine.

Accordingly the true God bestows His blessings alike on wicked men and on His own elect; upon which account He has appointed an eternal judgment, when both thankful and unthankful will have to stand before His bar. Yet you have never detected us-sacrilegious wretches though you reckon us to be-in any theft, far less in any sacrilege. But the robbers of your temples, all of them swear by your gods, and worship them; they are not Christians, and yet it is they who are found guilty of sacrilegious deeds (To Scapula, Chapter II)

Lactantius [Religious liberty]

There is no occasion for violence and injury, for religion cannot be imposed by force; the matter must be carried on by words rather than by blows, that the will may be affected. Let them unsheath the weapon of their intellect; if their system is true, let it be asserted. We are prepared to hear, if they teach; while they are silent, we certainly pay no credit to them, as we do not yield to them even in their rage. Let them imitate us in setting forth the system of the whole matter: for we do not entice, as they say; but we teach, we prove, we show. And thus no one is detained by us against his will, for he is unserviceable to God who is destitute of faith and devotedness; and yet no one departs from us, since the truth itself detains him.

Let them teach in this manner, if they have any confidence in the truth; let them speak, let them give utterance; let them venture, I say, to discuss with us something of this nature; and then assuredly their error and folly will be ridiculed by the old women, whom they despise, and by our boys. For, since they are especially clever, they know from books the race of the gods, and their exploits, and commands, and deaths, and tombs; they may also know that the rites themselves, in which they have been initiated, had their origin either in human actions, or in casualties, or in deaths.

It is the part of incredible madness to imagine that they are gods, whom they cannot deny to have been mortal; or if they should be So shameless as to deny it, their own writings, and those of their own people, will refute them; in short, the very beginnings of the sacred rites will convict them. They may know, therefore, even from this very thing, how great a difference there is between truth and falsehood; for they themselves with all their eloquence are unable to persuade, whereas the unskilled and the uneducated are able, because the matter itself and the truth speaks (Lactantius, Divine Institutes, Book 5)

Council of Chalcedon (451 A.D.)

Following in all things the decisions of the holy Fathers, and acknowledging the canon, which has been just read, of the One Hundred and Fifty Bishops beloved-of-God (who assembled in the imperial city of Constantinople, which is New Rome, in the time of the Emperor Theodosius of happy memory), we also do enact and decree the same things concerning the privileges of the most holy Church of Constantinople, which is New Rome. For the Fathers rightly granted privileges to the throne of old Rome, because it was the royal city.

And the One Hundred and Fifty most religious Bishops, actuated by the same consideration, gave equal privileges (isa presbeia) to the most holy throne of New Rome, justly judging that the city which is honoured with the Sovereignty and the Senate, and enjoys equal privileges with the old imperial Rome, should in ecclesiastical matters also be magnified as she is, and rank next after her; so that, in the Pontic, the Asian, and the Thracian dioceses, the metropolitans only and such bishops also of the Dioceses aforesaid as are among the barbarians, should be ordained by the aforesaid most holy throne of the most holy Church of Constantinople;

every metropolitan of the aforesaid dioceses, together with the bishops of his province, ordaining his own provincial bishops, as has been declared by the divine canons; but that, as has been above said, the metropolitans of the aforesaid Dioceses should be ordained by the archbishop of Constantinople, after the proper elections have been held according to custom and have been reported to him. (Canon XXVIII)

Origen [Worship on the Queen of Heaven]

As we allege, however, that he has fallen into confusion in consequence of false notions which he has imbibed, come and let us point them out to the best of our ability, and show that although Celsus considers it to be a Jewish custom to bow down to the heaven and the angels in it, such a practice is not at all Jewish, but is in violation of Judaism, as it also is to do obeisance to sun, moon, and stars, as well as images.

You will find at least in the book of Jeremiah the words of God censuring by the mouth of the prophet the Jewish people for doing obeisance to such objects, and for sacrificing to the queen of heaven, and to all the host of heaven. The writings of the Christians, moreover, show, in censuring the sins committed among the Jews, that when God abandoned that people on account of certain sins, these sins (of idol-worship) also were committed by them.

For it is related in the Acts of the Apostles regarding the Jews, that "God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to Me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them (Against Celsus, Book V, Chapter VIII)

Basil of Caeserea [Unlimited Atonement]

All ye shall be offended because of me."23 Simeon therefore prophesies about Mary herself, that when standing by the cross, and beholding what is being done, and hearing the voices, after the witness of Gabriel, after her secret knowledge of the divine conception, after the great exhibition of miracles, she shall feel about her soul a mighty tempest.24

The Lord was bound to taste of death for every man-to become a propitiation for the world and to justify all men by His own blood. Even thou thyself, who hast been taught from on high the things concerning the Lord, shalt be reached by some doubt.

This is the sword. "That the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." He indicates that after the offence at the Cross of Christ a certain swift healing shall come from the Lord to the disciples and to Mary herself, confirming their heart in faith in Him. In the same way we saw Peter, after he had been offended, holding more firmly to his faith in Christ. What was human in him was proved unsound, that the power of the Lord might be shewn. (Letter 260)

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July 9, 2003

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Issue # 45

Date: April 6, 2004

By Darryl Eberhart

POPE JOHN PAUL I

(Why was he murdered?)

((NOTE: All emphasis throughout this newsletter, unless otherwise noted, is by the editor of “Tackling the Tough Topics (TTT)”. Other issues of the TTT newsletter can be viewed on the following web sites: http://web.archive.org/web/20060518194459/http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/ and http://web.archive.org/web/20060518194459/http://www.calltodecision.com/ .))

((NOTE: This issue of TTT may severely disturb some folks’ comfort zones!))

((NOTE: Editor of TTT is not Roman Catholic; he also is definitely NOT anti-Roman Catholic. His dad and 90% of his relatives are Roman Catholic; his best friend is Roman Catholic; and the majority of his friends are Roman Catholic. Editor of TTT, however, is against those from secret societies (from top-level Jesuits to top-level Masons) who have seized control of most of the major Christian denominations, including the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, editor of TTT is against all those – whether individuals or organizations – who are trying to destroy our freedom and steal from us our God-given rights.))

DEDICATION:

This issue of TTT is dedicated to courageous Roman Catholics who have stood up for truth – and fought against tyranny – over the centuries (often at the risk of their very lives)!

HERE ARE SOME GREAT QUOTES:

“Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across the truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.”

Sir Winston Leonard Churchill (1874-1965; British statesman and writer)

((Ed. Comment: Dear reader, you are about to meet some ‘truth’ that the controlled mainstream media and our federal government try to suppress. What will you do with this information?))

“When Pope Paul VI died, little emotion had been expressed. But when [Pope] John Paul I died [in September of 1978], the entire city [i.e., Rome] was ‘up in arms’. Men and women wept openly everywhere. When his body was shown, people passing it were heard to shout, ‘Who has done this to you? Who has murdered you?’

Within two days, the public and the press were loudly demanding an autopsy. But the Vatican was determined that no autopsy be performed, for that might have revealed something new about the cause of death.”

Vance Ferrell (Author of the book The Murder of John Paul I)

((Ed. Note: No autopsy was ever performed.))

“[Pope] John Paul I made the mistake of confiding the night before [his death] in his closest advisor (Cardinal Jean Villot, Vatican Secretary of State) regarding what he intended to begin doing the next day [Ed. Note: i.e., the demotion and/or removal of Masons holding top positions in the Roman Catholic Church]; and then he handed him a list of appointments, resignations, transfers, as well as plans to begin an investigation into the Vatican Bank and the practices of its president [bishop] Paul Marcinkus. That was the evening of September 28, 1978… [Ed. Note: After the murder of John Paul I, Marcinkus later became an archbishop.]

…Early the next morning [September 29, 1978], Albino Luciani, who had become Pope John Paul I, a man in almost perfect health, was found dead in bed, only 33 days after his election as pope. Very early the next morning he was embalmed…”

Vance Ferrell

((Ed. Note: This was done to make sure that no real autopsy could ever be performed.))

“Then [Cardinal Jean] Villot, [Vatican Secretary of State] pulled another list out of the drawer and compared the two. ((Ed. Note: The first list had been given to him earlier in the evening on September 28, 1978 by Pope John Paul I.)) All the Masons were to be removed from power in the Vatican, including himself, and non-Masons were to take their place. The Vatican was to become Catholic again.”

Vance Ferrell

((Ed. Note: Unfortunately, with the “untimely death” of Pope John Paul I – that occurred only hours after Cardinal Villot got the list – the Vatican did NOT become ‘Catholic’ again.))

((Ed. Comment: Pope John Paul I had gotten hold of a list with the names of 121 members of Masonic Lodges. Most of those on that list were “cardinals, bishops, and members of the [Roman] Curia”.))

“The involvement of leading members of the Roman Curia in secret societies, including P2 and other Masonic Lodges, was revealed to Pope John Paul I by the Italian news agency ‘L-Osservatore Politico’ shortly before his untimely and mysterious death in September 1978.”

Michael De Semlyen (Author of the book All Roads Lead to Rome?: The Ecumenical Movement)

“Vatican scandals involving large-scale fraud and corruption and complicity in a cover-up have simply been shrugged off. Archbishop Marcinkus [Ed. Note: formerly president of the Vatican Bank when he was a bishop], who was at the center of it all, was protected by the Pope [i.e., John Paul II] for more than seven years – and the Italian state authorities [were] somehow rendered helpless...

Roman Catholic Oxford Professor of Logic, Michael Dummett, accused the Pope [i.e., John Paul II] of complicity in a cover-up to protect [Archbishop] Marcinkus. ‘The Sunday Telegraph’ 15th March, 1987, reporting from the Catholic Weekly ‘The Tablet’, said that Professor Dummett spoke of ‘the Vatican Bank entangled with complicated practices from which the most pungent stink of corruption arises. These practices involved other banks, the Mafia, and the seamiest type of Freemasonry, culminating in what was possibly the bizarre suicide, but more probably the grotesque murder of an Italian banker in London.’

…The Milan [Court] verdict has brought blunt accusations of complicity in Calvi’s murder leveled at [Archbishop] Marcinkus by Calvi’s widow, who claims that her husband had told her shortly before his death: ‘The priests want me dead’. Marcinkus resigned as head of the Vatican Bank, but remained under the pope’s [i.e., John Paul II’s] protection and enjoyed Vatican immunity. Attempts by the Italian authorities to put him on trial with the others accused of fraud were brushed aside by the Vatican; the Pope simply refused to hand him over.”

Michael De Semlyen

((Ed. Comment: Above quote included because Pope John Paul I was trying to remove powerful men (many of whom were top-level Masons) from key positions in the Vatican (and in the Vatican Bank) such as then-Bishop Paul Marcinkus (then-president of the Vatican Bank).))

“…if you trace up Masonry, through all its Orders, till you come to the grand tip-top, head Mason of the World, you will discover that the dread individual and the Chief of the Society of Jesus [i.e., the Superior General of the Jesuits] are one and the same person.”

James Parton (American historian)

“All these things cause the Father-General [of the Jesuits] to be feared by the Pope and sovereigns… A sovereign [Ed. Note: or pope] who is not their [the Jesuits’] friend will sooner or later experience their vengeance.” (1852)

Luigi Desanctis

INTRODUCTION

When Pope John Paul I was murdered on the night/early morning of 28/29 September 1978, it was reported in the Eastern Establishment-CONTROLLED mainstream media of America simply that the pope had “died”. I am, of course, referring to the same establishment-controlled mainstream media in America that gave us massive cover-ups concerning Agent Orange, Gulf War Illness, the JFK assassination (yes, I know they have finally begun to give us little pieces of truth more than 4 decades after the assassination), the prisoner-of-war/missing-in-action (POW/MIA) issue, the shoot down of TWA Flight 800 (yes, it was hit by a missile), etc.

Are any of you, like me, getting just a little bit sick and tired of the CONTROLLED mainstream media in America that continually suppresses a lot of truth concerning momentous events of our time, such as the murder of Pope John Paul I?

POPE JOHN PAUL I

Albino Luciani was born in Canale d’Agordo, Italy in 1912. He was ordained a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1935. He was named bishop of Vitorio Veneto in 1958. Later, in 1969, Albino Luciani was appointed patriarch of Venice. He was made a cardinal in 1973; he was elected pope on August 26, 1978 (he chose for himself the name John Paul I).

Albino Luciani was born to working-class parents. He was a kind, gentle man who genuinely wanted to help others. Unlike so very many other men who have attained positions of power, Albino Luciani was not corrupted by power.

When the election for pope was scheduled to be held in 1978, Albino Luciani was not considered to be one of the top candidates. But when no candidate received a sufficient majority on the first several ballots, all of a sudden Luciani started to receive more and more votes. On the 4th ballot, he won a clear majority and was elected pope. The “compromise” candidate Luciani had beaten several other candidates who had been selected by the “power brokers” within the Vatican. No problem, thought the “power brokers” (the men who ruled the Vatican from “behind the scenes”), Luciani is a “simple man”, and he will be “easy to control”. How wrong they were!

((Note: Here are just two examples of how Pope John Paul I was NOT into “pomp and power”: (1) He chose to dispense with the official, traditional papal coronation. (2) He wanted to go outside of the walls of the Vatican to visit hospitals, etc. – in other words, he wanted to truly be a pope who was a priest serving the common people!))

THE BATTLE AGAINST P2 MASONRY AND THE VATICAN BANK

In the same year (1978) that Albino Luciani became Pope John Paul I, the Italian news agency ‘L-Osservatore Politico’ had done an expose concerning the involvement of leading members of the Roman Curia in secret societies, including P2 and other Masonic Lodges. Pope John Paul I had gotten hold of a list with the names of 121 members of Masonic Lodges. Most of the men on that list were “cardinals, bishops, and members of the [Roman] Curia”.

During his short reign as pope, John Paul I had also noticed some “irregularities” in the Vatican banking system. So in addition to Pope John Paul I’s plans to demote and transfer a lot of top-level Masons out of the Vatican, he also planned to do a major reform of the Vatican Bank. The then-president of the Vatican Bank, American bishop Paul Marcinkus, was to be fired!

But John Paul I made a dreadful mistake the night before his murder. He went to his closest advisor, Cardinal Jean Villot, the Vatican Secretary of State, with his plans to make the Vatican “once again Catholic”. Early on the evening of September 28, Pope John Paul I dropped by Cardinal Villot’s office to give him a copy of his list of “appointments, resignations, [and] transfers” of top-level Vatican personnel. Could it be that John Paul I did not know that Cardinal Villot was also a top-level Mason? John Paul I left Villot’s office; Cardinal Villot carefully looked over the list that John Paul I had given him. Pope John Paul I was “cleaning house” at the Vatican, and was going to remove from power all these top-level Masons.

Sadly, John Paul I did not awaken from his sleep that fateful night of September 28/29 of 1978. He had been poisoned to death. To get the details concerning this assassination of a courageous Roman Catholic priest and pope, you will need to read Vance Ferrell’s book, The Murder of John Paul I.

Pope John Paul I was found dead the next morning (September 29, 1978). The embalmers were quickly called. The Vatican REFUSED to allow an autopsy. Author Vance Ferrell reports what happened when Pope John Paul I’s body was put on display for the public: “When Pope Paul VI died, little emotion had been expressed. But when [Pope] John Paul I died, the entire city [i.e., Rome] was ‘up in arms’. Men and women wept openly everywhere. When his body was shown, people passing it were heard to shout, ‘Who has done this to you? Who has murdered you?’

Within two days, the public and the press were loudly demanding an autopsy. But the Vatican was determined that no autopsy be performed, for that might have revealed something new about the cause of death.”

Indeed, WHY was John Paul I embalmed so quickly? And WHY was no autopsy ever allowed? I think everyone can figure out the answer to those questions.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Courageous Roman Catholics have risen up throughout history to take on the “power elite” who rule from behind the scenes. Men like Pope Clement XIII, Pope Clement XIV, Pope John Paul I, Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, and President John Fitzgerald Kennedy come immediately to my mind.

Pope Clement XIII was preparing to suppress the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1769 when he was assassinated (he was poisoned) by the Jesuits the day BEFORE he was to have signed a Papal Bull of Suppression.

Pope Clement XIV succeeded in suppressing and abolishing the Jesuit Order in 1773. Fourteen months later he was assassinated (he was poisoned) by the Jesuits as “pay-back”.

Pope John Paul I, as we have seen, tried in 1978 to clean out the Vatican of all its top-level Masons – to make the Vatican once again Catholic – and for this he too was assassinated (he was poisoned). (He was also trying to reform the Vatican Bank.)

Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador tried to resist both tyranny and “revolution theology” in his country, and he was assassinated in 1980 (shot while performing a mass). ((If you have not seen the outstanding video “Romero”, then you absolutely need to rent a copy and view it. Watch for the “Jesuit involvement” in this video expose – more information on this video at the end of this newsletter.))

American Roman Catholic President John Fitzgerald Kennedy had interest-free money printed up OUTSIDE OF the Federal Reserve Bank (which is NOT “federal” – it is a privately-owned central bank). John Kennedy was preparing to end the Vietnam War, and he had said he was going to splinter the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) into a thousand pieces. He had already fired the head of the CIA, Shriner Freemason Allen Dulles, and another top CIA official, U.S. Army General Charles Cabell. On November 22, 1963, President John Kennedy was assassinated by a professional team of snipers/shooters in Dallas, Texas. ((If you have not seen the movie “JFK” (Special Edition Director’s Cut), you need to rent a copy and watch it! See end of newsletter for more information.)) ((Note: Several high-level Knights of Malta and high-level Freemasons were involved in planning and implementing the JFK assassination.))

Some of you readers may be thinking, “Fighting the evil system will just get you assassinated.” In many cases that may be so; however, good men and women must expose, resist, and fight evil, corruption, and tyranny wherever such are found – even if they occur in the federal government or in a large church denomination.

We’ve all got to realize (and admit to ourselves) that evil men have taken over many of the institutions in the West and in America. Jesuits and other assorted Masons have long controlled the Roman Catholic Church. ((The “Black Pope” – the Superior General of the Jesuits – is the real power “behind the throne of the papacy”. Whenever a good, honest Roman Catholic manages to become pope, if he makes any waves, he is terminated.)) Masons dominate the leadership of several major Protestant denominations also – the Southern Baptists and the Methodists come to mind.

These high-level Masons, high-ranking Knights of Malta, high-level Jesuits, and other lackeys of the globalist rich elite hold top positions in the CIA, FBI, U.S. State Department, and other governmental agencies. They control the mainstream media through the editors they employ. And many of them hold key positions in academia (presidents of top universities, etc.).

Courageous men and women have opposed these “power-hungry, control freaks” in the past. The question is: “Will WE now do likewise?”

WHAT CAN WE DO?

1. If you think that this newsletter contains important information, then please make lots of copies and give them away free to folks.

2. We all need to be better informed. Here are some videos and books to check out that deal with the topics covered in this newsletter (you should be able to rent the videos at local video shops):

**Video “Romero” starring Raul Julia as Archbishop Oscar Romero; by John Duigan; Vidmark Entertainment; A Paulist Picture; 105 minutes; (story of a courageous Roman Catholic priest who was assassinated in El Salvador in 1980 for opposing tyranny and injustice);

**Video “JFK” (Special Edition Director’s Cut) starring Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison; by Oliver Stone; Warner Video; 206 minutes; (powerful video expose of the JFK assassination and subsequent cover-up); and,

**Book The Murder of John Paul I by Vance Ferrell; 55 pages; (provides strong evidence that Pope John Paul I was murdered by his enemies); 1999; Publisher: Pilgrim Books // HCR 77, Box 38A // Beersheba Springs, TN 37305 (write for information on prices).

3. Here are two great web sites for getting the “real news” and great editorial analysis: http://web.archive.org/web/20060518194459/http://www.infowars.com/ and http://web.archive.org/web/20060518194459/http://www.prisonplanet.com/ .

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TACKLING the TOUGH TOPICS: “THE CONSPIRACY”

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Issue # 77 // April 22, 2006 // Editor: Darryl Eberhart

“THE CONSPIRACY”

(Making It Appear “Jewish”)

((NOTE: All emphasis throughout this newsletter, unless otherwise noted, is by the editor of “Tackling the Tough Topics (TTT)”. Some issues of my TTT newsletters and my “Examining the Tough Issues (ETI)” newsletters can be read on the following three Internet web sites:

www.tacklingthetoughtopics.net, www.calltodecision.com, & www.libertytothecaptives.net. (The last site has a link to the first site.))

WARNING: This issue of the TTT newsletter may seriously “disturb” some folks’ “comfort zones”. However, TRUTH is far more important than any of our “comfort zones”.

DEDICATION: This issue of the TTT newsletter is dedicated to all those who are exposing evil, corruption, and tyranny wherever and whenever they occur – whether in the government or in the “Church” (to include any Church’s false doctrines)! (Please see Ephesians 5:11.)

IMPORTANT NOTE #1: I (the editor of the ETI & TTT newsletters) am not a Roman Catholic; I also most definitely am not anti-Roman Catholic as far as individual Roman Catholics go. My dad and 90% of my relatives are Roman Catholic; my best friend is Roman Catholic; and the majority of my friends are Roman Catholic. I am, however, against the top levels of secret societies (from the hierarchy of the Jesuit Order to the hierarchy of Freemasonry). This is because these secret societies control the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church (through the Jesuit Order and P2 Masonry), and have often used this hierarchical system for evil purposes, such as Inquisition, ‘holy’ crusades, and religious genocide. These secret societies also control the leadership of most of the larger, non-Catholic, Christian denominations. I am also against any religious hierarchy that tries to place itself equal to or above the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God – or equal to or above God’s Holy Word (i.e., the Holy Bible) and His Ten Commandments!

IMPORTANT NOTE #2: We can no longer afford to REMAIN SILENT on critical issues for fear of offending any particular group – in this case, Roman Catholics. Please carefully consider this quote by author Dave Hunt: “We are told to love one another as Christ has loved us. Pop psychology trivializes that command by equating it with a ‘positive’ attitude. Forgotten is the first duty of love: to speak the truth (Ephesians 4:15). Real love does not flatter or soothe when correction is needed but [rather] points out the error which is blinding and harming the loved one. Christ said, ‘As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous, therefore, and repent’ (Revelation 3:19). Instead, the idea is now current that love excludes rebuke, ignores the truth, and seeks unity at any price. Only disaster can result.”

Why Am I Writing More & More About Roman Catholicism?

This editor of the ETI and TTT newsletters has been writing more on the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy, and especially its Jesuit Order, in recent newsletters because I keep uncovering more and more about the deep hatred that the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has for independent Bible-believing Christians, Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and Jews. We Americans have, for the most part, been largely ignorant of the well-documented history of the Roman Catholic Church in conducting brutal religious genocide (via Inquisition, ‘holy’ wars, and ‘holy’ crusades) against all the afore-mentioned groups. ((Please see my TTT newsletters entitled “Death by Government and Death by Church”, “Bloody Hands & Wicked Hearts”, and “Deceitful Revisers and Editors of History” on the following Internet web sites: www.tacklingthetoughtopics.net and www.calltodecision.com (click on the “Tackling the Tough Topics” ‘box’ in the left-hand column of their home page.)) Sadly, many Americans believe the “ecumenical rhetoric” of the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy – i.e., that she has “changed her ways” and now loves all the “separated brethren”. However, my study of the Papacy shows me that this is just a RUSE [i.e., a “stratagem” – per Webster’s Dictionary: “any trick or scheme for achieving some purpose”]. The “purpose” is to bring all non-Catholic Christian denominations under the “umbrella” [i.e., control] of the Papacy!

Yes, the Papacy, despite its “ecumenical rhetoric”, has not changed a bit over the many centuries in the following categories:

Its deep hatred of Jews, all independent Bible-believing non-Catholic Christians, Protestants, and Orthodox Christians (as recently as the 1940s we find the Roman Catholic Ustashi militia in Croatia, led and urged on by Franciscan priests, monks, and friars, slaughtering from 600,000 to one million Serb Orthodox Christian men, women, elderly, and children – many of the victims being first brutally tortured);
Its long-held dream to bring all non-Catholic Christians under its monopolistic, totalitarian, ecclesiastical control;
Its long-held dream to head up a totalitarian one-world religious organization; and,
Its long-held dream to bring all world leaders – especially those in “Christian” countries – under the temporal power of the pope. (That is, the Papacy would be the top player and “controller” in a one-world government – just like it was the top player and “controller” on the European continent for many centuries! Kings indeed bowed before popes.)

Indeed, power – absolute power – has long been the “game” at the Vatican. History has recorded the Vatican’s deep hatred for religious liberty and freedom of conscience. The U.S. Constitution, with it “Bill of Rights” guaranteeing such liberties, has long been hated by the Vatican. (For a good example of this, please read the Syllabus of Errors issued in 1864 by Pope Pius IX.) I have heard that there is an acronym in use by some Knights of Columbus in America. This acronym is “M.A.C.”: “Make America Catholic”. America is the last “roadblock” in the way of the Vatican and the rest of the globalist rich and power elite in their dreams for one-world government and one-world religion. Is America scheduled for a religious genocide – another Inquisition – as occurred in the 1940s in Croatia? I believe the danger is very real and possibly quite imminent – and that is why I have been writing more and more about the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy, its long-held dreams of world domination, its love of Fascist regimes, and its well-documented history of torture and religious genocide!

DEFINITIONS (hopefully in alphabetical order):

“Black Pope” (per Darryl Eberhart, Editor of TTT): An Italian nickname for the Jesuit Superior General – the head of the “Society of Jesus” (i.e., the Jesuit Order) – the real power “behind the throne” of the Papacy.

“Bolshevik” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary, Second College Edition): “1. Originally, a member of the majority faction (Bolsheviki) of the Social Democratic Party of Russia, which formed the Communist Party after seizing power in the [October] 1917 Revolution. 2. A Communist, especially of the Soviet Union…”

“Front” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): (Meaning #15): “A person or group used to cover or obscure the activity or objectives of another controlling person or group.”

“Illuminati” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): “1. People who have, or profess to have, special intellectual or spiritual enlightenment. 2. Any of various societies, usually secret, composed of such people.”

“Jew” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): “1. A person descended, or regarded as descended, from the ancient Hebrews of Biblical times. 2. A person whose religion is Judaism.”
(Please also see the entry “The Jews”, which is defined according to the belief of a certain segment within both the patriot movement and the “alternative media”.

“Papacy” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): “1. The position, authority, or rank of the pope. 2. The period of time during which a pope rules. 3. The succession of popes; popes collectively. 4. The government of the Roman Catholic Church, headed by the Pope.”

“Red Herring” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): (Meaning #2): “Something used to divert attention from the basic issue.”

“Scapegoat” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): (Meaning #2): “A person, group, or thing upon whom the blame for the mistakes or crimes of others is thrust.”

“Sheep dipping” (per author Craig Roberts in his excellent book The Medusa File): “An individual who was ‘sheep-dipped’ was discharged from the military ‘on paper’, but during his absence his time in grade, promotions, retirement years and other perks continued just as if he had never left the service. After serving with the CIA, the person could return to his regular branch [of military service] and continue just as if he had never left. …During the Cold War, and later Vietnam, it [i.e., sheep dipping] was done to provide the CIA – by now referred to as ‘the Company’ because of the number of contract agents being handled – with a system of ‘Plausible Deniability’.”

((Ed. Comment to the preceding definition: The Vatican has done the same thing for centuries through its Jesuit “temporal coadjutors” – i.e., its “Jesuits of the short robe” – men who infiltrate governments, publishing companies, newspapers, other church denominations, other churches’ seminaries, revolutionary movements, etc., in order to “steer” (i.e., direct) them in the direction that the Vatican (or the Jesuit Superior General) desires!))

“Smoke screen” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): (Meaning #2): “Anything said or done to conceal or mislead.”

“The Jews” (per a certain segment within both the patriot movement and the “alternative media”): “The group of power brokers [allegedly] running the world, the USA, and the New World Order – made up of Zionists, Jewish neo-conservatives in the current U.S. Administration, Israel, the Mossad, Jewish Masons, and Jewish bankers.” Editor of TTT believes that the evidence shows clearly that this term “the Jews”, when used in this context, is being used as a cover – as a front – to create a smokescreen – to throw out a “red herring” – so as to divert attention away from the real power brokers who are operating “behind the scenes”.

“Vatican” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): “1. The papal palace, consisting of a group of buildings in Vatican City. 2. The papal government or authority.”

“Vatican City” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): Independent papal state, constituted in 1929 as an enclave in Rome…”

“Zionism” (per Webster’s New World Dictionary): “A movement formerly for reestablishing, now for supporting, the Jewish national state of Israel.”

“Zionist” (per Editor of TTT): “A member of the Zionist movement (i.e., Zionism).”

IMPORTANT NOTE: Editor of TTT will be referencing a number of earlier TTT newsletters that deal with some of the topics brought up in this current newsletter. Those newsletters may be viewed by visiting Internet web sites: www.tacklingthetoughtopics.net and www.calltodecision.com (click on the “Tackling the Tough Topics” ‘box’ in the left-hand column of their ‘home page’).

HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING (AND VERY RELEVANT) QUOTES:

“He [Ed. Note: Professor Carroll Quigley, author of the book Tragedy and Hope] tells us how banking influences what is going on, because all these organizations [i.e., covert organizations and secret societies] tie into banking – and the secret organizations tie into Lazard Brothers [i.e., Lazard Freres]. And, or course, most people think that [i.e., Lazard Brothers] is a Jewish organization. It is not Jewish at all. They push forward the Jewish bankers to conceal what these people are really doing. And, of course, we could go back in history, and we would find that the same forces that were tied into this group were instrumental in creating the ‘Protocols [of Zion]’, which were instrumental for the vicious persecution of Jews in both Russia and Germany. And the Jews have been pushed forward to be the scapegoats while people never were allowed to know who was really running things behind the scenes.

So, let’s listen to what Professor Carroll Quigley says about international finance, which, incidentally, is NOT Jewish.” (12-29-1994)

Dr. Stanley Monteith (Author; host of the “Radio Liberty” broadcast)

“Actually, nobody has a right to be more angry at the Rothschild clique than their fellow Jews. The Warburgs, part of the Rothschild empire, helped finance Adolph Hitler. There were few if any Rothschilds or Warburgs in the Nazi prison camps! They sat out the war in luxurious hotels in Paris or emigrated to the United States or England. As a group, Jews have suffered most at the hands of these power seekers. A Rothschild has much more in common with a Rockefeller than he does with a [Jewish] tailor from Budapest or the Bronx.”

Gary Allen (Author of the book None Dare Call It Conspiracy)

“Why would the Jesuits use their implacable enemy, the Jews, to further their designs for world dominion? The Jesuits never do anything out in the open where they can be exposed. If they are recognized as the culprits, they will be blamed and suffer the consequences, but if they can use someone else as the ‘cause of the world’s problems’, especially an enemy they can destroy in the process, then they have simultaneously accomplished two of their objectives. The Jewish people are the perfect scapegoat. Since the Rothschilds are Jesuit agents operating under a Jewish cover, using them in forming the Illuminati back in 1776 effectively throws the onus of this conspiracy on the Jews. The Rothschilds are certainly not the only Jesuit agents that operate under a Jewish front.”

Bill Hughes (Author of The Secret Terrorists and The Enemy Unmasked)

“International finance and banking are NOT primarily ‘Jewish’. Many of the most powerful banking interests in the world are run by ‘Gentiles’. One of the most powerful forces in international banking is the Knights of Malta, a Roman Catholic military order controlled by the Jesuit Superior General. Sadly, even a certain segment of the ‘alternative media’ helps to propagate the LIE that ‘the Jews’ run international banking. Interestingly, one of the titles of the Rothschild banking dynasty is ‘Guardians of the Vatican Treasury’. ‘The Jews’, as a people, have been used for centuries as a ‘scapegoat’ by these international banksters and their secret societies, such as the Jesuit-controlled Knights of Malta. To label ‘the Jews’ as running banking, Hollywood, etc, is to throw out the proverbial ‘red herring’ designed to throw us off the scent of the ‘real controllers’.”

Darryl Eberhart (Editor of “Tackling the Tough Topics”; January 28, 2006)

“…Some sincere people believe that the Jews, or the Jewish bankers, are behind the world conspiracy. There are many clues that lead people to that conclusion, but I can assure you that the evidence has been planted to divert attention away from the truth. That is not to say there are no people of Jewish extraction within the Brotherhood, but those who support the movement have renounced their belief in Judaism, and worship a different god. Anti-Semitism is a trap that has been baited to lead us away from the truth.” – Dr. Stanley Monteith

“A number of convincing arguments are made to convince us that the Jews, or the Jewish bankers, are our enemy. The first is: ‘Many of the Bolsheviks were Jews, and almost all of the original members of Lenin’s Politburo [Ed. Note: the executive committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union] were Jews’. There are several valid responses to that charge:

1. Although many of Lenin’s followers were Jews, all but one of them [i.e., the top-level Jews who were leaders in the Bolshevik Revolution] were subsequently executed, and that’s a poor way to reward Jews if they were the force behind the Bolshevik Revolution. Leon Trotsky was Jewish. He was tracked down in Mexico, and brutally murdered.
2. All but one of Jesus’ original disciples were Jews, but does that make Christianity a Jewish conspiracy? [Ed. Note: All 12 original disciples were “Jews” (from a “religious standpoint”) at the time they were chosen by Jesus Christ; 11 were from Galilee, and one (Judas) was from Judea.]
3. …[Author Antony Sutton] noted that many Englishmen fought on our [the American] side during the Revolutionary War, but that didn’t make the Revolutionary War an English war.” – Dr. Stanley Monteith

“Another argument [made to convince us that the Jews, or the Jewish bankers, are our enemy] is that Winston Churchill exposed the Zionist plot behind Bolshevism. The response:

Although Winston Churchill did write an article in ‘The London Illustrated Sunday Herald’ in 1920 claiming that Zionism was the force behind Bolshevism, the response from the world media was very strange. Most people who have attacked Zionism have been vilified, but Churchill always had favorable press coverage. Was that because he was part of the Brotherhood, and his article was an attempt to shift responsibility for the Russian Revolution to the Jews?” – Dr. Stanley Monteith

((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: Churchill was a high-level Mason and a Druid priest who helped prod the USA into both World War I and II. Dee Zahner, author of The Secret Side of History, states in that book: “To get the United States to declare war on Germany, [President Woodrow] Wilson contrived with Winston Churchill for the sinking of the Lusitania.”))

“Another point [that] is made [to convince us that the Jews, or the Jewish bankers, are our enemy is] that Jacob Schiff provided $20 million to finance the Bolshevik Revolution. …Did Jacob Schiff really help the Bolsheviks? Because of the progressive dumbing-down of our people, most Americans don’t realize that there were two Russian revolutions. The first revolution was in March 1917 (or February if you use the old Russian calendar); the second [Russian Revolution] was in October of that same year. …The March [1917] revolution began in St. Petersburg when a contingent of military recruits refused to fire on anti-government demonstrators. …The Czar was forced to abdicate. Alexander Kerensky was chosen to lead Russia until elections could be held. When it became obvious that he intended to continue the war, the German High Command approached Lenin, who was living in Switzerland. …They offered him money and transportation to go to Russia to overthrow Kerensky.

…During World War I, the American State Department was responsible for collecting intelligence information. Their files confirm the fact that Jacob Schiff opposed the czar, and after Kerensky had taken power, Jacob Schiff sent Kerensky a telegram congratulating him – but the Bolshevik Revolution didn’t take place until seven months later. …When he [i.e., author Antony Sutton] examined the State Department’s intelligence files, he found evidence that Jacob Schiff opposed the Bolsheviks, and encouraged our State Department to oppose them.

…The document [i.e., ‘The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’] first appeared in Russia in 1905; it claimed that Zionists were behind the wars and revolutions of the 19th century, and planned to seize control of the world. Many Russians believed ‘The Protocols’, and they began to persecute the Jews and [to] destroy their property. When the czar refused to intervene, Jacob Schiff began plotting to depose him. He provided revolutionary literature to the Russian soldiers captured by the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905…It is even possible that some of the soldiers who participated in the March [1917] revolution read Jacob Schiff’s literature, so he may have played a part in inciting the March [1917] revolution, but that was not the Bolshevik Revolution [which occurred seven months later]. When Antony Sutton researched the State Department intelligence files, he found documents showing that English and American financiers provided funding for the Bolsheviks, but that fact is never mentioned today. Could it be that the story of Jacob Schiff’s $20 million gift to the Bolsheviks was contrived to divert attention away from the real source of their funding?” – Dr. Stanley Monteith

“‘The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion’ were circulated throughout Europe during the early decades of the 20th century, and many people believed them. That led, at least in part, to the anti-Semitism that brought Adolph Hitler to power. [American] Henry Ford circulated ‘The Protocols’ in the United States and wrote a book entitled The International Jew, which claimed that Jewish bankers were responsible for World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution. Henry Ford supported the Nazis, and Hitler acknowledged his support by awarding him [i.e., Henry Ford] the highest German medal available to civilians. The Ford factories in [Nazi] Germany provided trucks, tanks, and [other military] vehicles for Hitler’s armed forces. That would have been logical if Henry Ford really believed that Jewish bankers were responsible for the Bolshevik Revolution, and Hitler opposed them. The problem is that Henry Ford also built a factory complex in [Communist] Russia [i.e., the Soviet Union] to help the faltering Communist economy! Why did Ford promote anti-Semitism in the United States, support Adolph Hitler in [Nazi] Germany, and support the Bolsheviks in [Communist] Russia?”

Dr. Stanley Monteith

((Ed. Comments to the preceding quote: None of this “supposed inconsistency” is hard to explain. The facts are that the Vatican and her Jesuits were deeply involved in fomenting not only World War I, but also World War II. During World War II the Vatican supported not only Nazi Germany, but also the other Fascist regimes in Europe, such as Mussolini’s Fascist Italy and the Catholic-Fascist state of Croatia. In fact, Roman Catholic Knight of Malta Franz von Papen and the Roman Catholic Centrum (or, Zentrum) Party in Bavaria put Hitler into power! On the other side of the European continent, we find a Jesuit-trained monster named Joseph Stalin running the Soviet Union during World War II, with help from his Jesuit-trained friend, Cardinal Gregory Agagianian. (Both were trained by Jesuits who taught at the seminary in Tiflis, Soviet Georgia.) Stalin’s top intelligence man was Knight of Malta Prince Anton Turkul, who used Jesuits for his couriers! No wonder banks in the West – especially in the USA – helped finance both Adolph Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union. Thus by controlling both sides in the conflict, the Vatican and her Jesuits were able to exterminate millions of their favorite “targets”: Jews, Orthodox Christians (e.g., in Croatia), and Protestants (in northern Germany). For more information on these two world wars, please read the TTT newsletters entitled “World War I” and “World War II”. For more information about the Jesuits and their Knights of Malta, please read the four TTT newsletters entitled “Jesuits – Parts I, II, III & IV”. If you would like more information on how the West (especially the USA) financed both Nazi Germany and Communist Russia (i.e., the Soviet Union), then please order Antony Sutton’s books Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution and Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler. Each one of these books can be obtained for $17.45 postpaid through “Radio Liberty” by calling 1-800-544-8927.))

“‘The Protocols [of the Learned Elders of Zion]’ were written in French, smuggled into Russia in 1905 where they were translated into Russian, and later transported to Great Britain where Victor Marsden translated them into English.” – Dr. Stanley Monteith

((Ed. Comment to the preceding quote: Eric Jon Phelps, author of the outstanding exposé of the Jesuit Order – Vatican Assassins – provided me with the following information: Leo Lehmann, an ex-Catholic priest and author of the book Behind the Dictators, informs us that the JESUITS were the authors of the infamous “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion”. You can get more information about the Jesuit Order on Eric’s web site: www.vaticanassassins.org.))

((Ed. Note: The preceding six quotes by Dr. Stanley Monteith were taken from his excellent book, Brotherhood of Darkness. This book is $15.45 postpaid. It deals with secret societies and their influence. To order a copy, please call “Radio Liberty” toll-free at 1-800-544-8927.))

IMPORTANT NOTE: For the purposes of the remaining sections of this newsletter, when I mention the term “the Jews”, it is in the context of how a certain segment within both the “patriot movement” and the “alternative media” uses it (and, shall we add, sometimes “misuses” it to include all Jews in the world), i.e., as a “broad-brush label” lumping together the so-called “Jewish banksters”, Zionists, Jewish Masons, Israel, the Israeli Mossad, B’nai B’rith, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the so-called “Jewish Neo-cons” in the current U.S. Administration, the Jews who are supposedly running almost all of Hollywood and all the major TV networks, etc., as [allegedly] being the key component running the New World Order “Conspiracy”.

I. INTRODUCTION

Editor of TTT believes strongly that a sizable portion of the so-called “alternative media” has been misguided and duped concerning the “real controllers” behind the New World Order Conspiracy (hereafter referred to simply as “the Conspiracy”). Some of the “alternative media” may actually be working for those “real controllers”, trying to get us to overly focus on “the Jews” and Israel; on the “Mark of the Beast” and other high-tech advances; etc., IN ORDER TO keep most truth-seekers from finding out who those “real controllers” are!

A sizable section of the so-called “patriot community” also appears to have been misguided and duped concerning the “real controllers” behind “the Conspiracy”. Some of these groups (including a major segment of the so-called “Christian Identity” movement) concentrate a whole bunch on “the Jews” in general, “The Protocols of Zion”, Israel, the Israeli Mossad, the Zionists, the so-called “Jewish Neo-cons” in the current U.S. Administration, Jewish Cabbalists, Jewish Bolsheviks, Jewish banksters, etc. (They love to point out that such-and-such is Jewish!)

But is the vast majority of this “anti-Jewish” and “anti-Israel” propaganda instead a massive “smokescreen” to cover for the “real controllers” working “behind the scenes”? When that certain segment in the “patriot movement” and that certain segment within the “alternative media” both tell us that “the Jews” are responsible for heading up “the Conspiracy”, are they deliberately (or, in some cases, in gross ignorance) throwing out a colossal “red herring” to get us off the “scent” of the “real controllers” behind the scenes? Surely inquiring minds would like to know who these “real controllers” are that foment wars and revolutions, create banking crises, and plan and carry out a host of nefarious activities in their drive to enslave the peoples on planet Earth!

As Dr. Stanley Monteith pointed out in one of the earlier listed quotations that was taken from his book Brotherhood of Darkness, “there are many clues” that have been deliberately planted to make the conspiracy appear “Jewish” and “to divert [our] attention away from the truth”. So let us take a look at some of the ways the “real controllers” (who operate “behind the scenes”) plant their “evidence” (their “clues”) to make the conspiracy appear to be “Jewish”.

II. THE BANKSTERS

The “real controllers” who operate quite cleverly “behind the scenes” love to plant “evidence” to make international banking appear to be “Jewish”.

One of their anti-Jewish schemes was the planting of some “evidence” that would lead many individuals to believe that the Jews financed and ran the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. However, from an earlier quote we saw that it was NOT Jewish financier Jacob Schiff who financed the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, but rather it was British and [other] American financiers who provided the financial backing for the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

Another favorite tactic often used by the “real controllers” is to appoint a prominent Jew to “head” a financial institution while the major stockholders “behind the scenes” are non-Jews. The so-called Federal Reserve often has a Jew appointed as chairman to make it appear that Jews run the financial institutions of the USA. In fact, many of the top financiers in U.S. history have been non-Jews, to include some very powerful Roman Catholic Knights of Malta. ((NOTE: The Knights of Malta is a powerful Roman Catholic military order headquartered in Rome with, and controlled by, the Jesuit Superior General – the “Black Pope”.))

In fact, the Vatican State has some tremendous banking interests, to include its own Vatican Bank.

((Ed. Note: One of the reasons for the murder of Pope John Paul I in 1978 was his attempt to remedy the many “irregularities” he discovered at the Vatican Bank – and his plans to fire the head of that bank! For more information, read my TTT entitled “John Paul I”.))

Ah, but let us get back to the Knights of Malta. Here is an excerpt from my TTT newsletter entitled “The Real Controllers”, dated: January 13, 2006:

“The Hospitallers (later to become the Knights of Malta) were one of three [Roman Catholic] religious-military orders founded in the 12th century – the other two being the Knights Templar (or, the Templars) and the Teutonic Knights. Concerning the Templars we are told the following by the 1955 World Scope Encyclopedia: ‘The Templars were founded in Jerusalem… The new order was given lodgings near the so-called Temple of Solomon… It was formally confirmed by Pope Honorius II in 1128. …The order became…the international bankers of their time. They were the predecessors of the great banking families such as the Medici. …The Templars were brought down by [King] Philip IV of France, and Pope Clement V. …The order [i.e., the Knights Templar] was disbanded in 1312, and much of their great wealth was given to the Knights of St. John [which later became the Knights of Malta].’ This is indeed very important to remember – that this Roman Catholic Military Order, the Knights of Malta, which is co-located with the Jesuit Superior General in Rome, inherited ‘much’ of the ‘great wealth’ of the Knights Templar!”

Another favorite tactic of the “real controllers” is to throw out the Rothschild family as the major “Jewish” family running international banking. However, we’ve already seen that one of the titles held by the Rothschild family is ‘Guardians of the Vatican Treasury’. Isn’t that just a little bit interesting? And lets not forget what author Gary Allen said: “A Rothschild has much more in common with a Rockefeller than he does with a [Jewish] tailor from Budapest or the Bronx.”

Here’s what two other authors had to say about the Rothschilds:

“Aware that the Rothschilds are an important Jewish family, I looked them up in [the] Encyclopedia Judaica and discovered that they bear the title ‘Guardians of the Vatican Treasury’… The appointment of Rothschild gave the Black Papacy [i.e., the hierarchy of the Jesuit Order] absolute financial privacy and secrecy. Who would ever search a family of orthodox Jews for the key to the wealth of the Roman Catholic Church?”

F. Tupper Saussy (Author of the book Rulers of Evil; speaker, musician & patriot)

“The Rothschilds were Jesuits who used their Jewish background as a façade to cover their sinister activities. The Jesuits, working through Rothschild and [financier Nicholas] Biddle, sought to gain control of the banking system of the United States.”

Bill Hughes (Author of The Secret Terrorists and The Enemy Unmasked)

Indeed, it certainly appears that the Vatican and its Jesuits and Knights of Malta – and their good friends the Rothschilds (‘Guardians of the Vatican Treasury’) – control far more of the world’s financial institutions than any other single group on the planet!

III. THE (“2nd”) RUSSIAN REVOLUTION (October 1917) – The Bolshevik Revolution

A certain segment within the patriot movement and within the “alternative media” loves to tell us that Trotsky and many of the top Soviet Communist Party Politburo members were Jews – and then to tell us their Jewish names. What they seldom mention is that all but one of the top Jews in the powerful Politburo were executed. Trotsky himself was hunted down in Mexico and murdered there. As Dr. Stanley Monteith indicated in an earlier quote: “That’s a poor way to reward Jews if they were the force behind the Bolshevik Revolution.” Indeed!

Some Jews were also appointed as camp commandants within the Soviet Gulag system. Again we seem to find a pattern: put some Jews in positions as mid-level or even upper-level managers, and then folks will think that the whole operation (or, conspiracy) is “Jewish”.

However, if “the Jews” funded and ran the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, then why in blazes would they kill all but one of the Jews in the Soviet Politburo?

((Likewise, one could also ask the following questions:

(1) If “the Jews” fomented and orchestrated World War II, then why would Jews be especially targeted for destruction on the European continent?
(2) If “the Jews” run America’s mainstream media and Hollywood, then why does the pope of Rome get such great press here in the USA? (Pope John Paul II was almost “deified” in the American press – both while alive and during his funeral.)
(3) If “the Jews” control so much of the American publishing business, then why don’t they massively expose the Roman Catholic Church’s involvement in bringing Hitler to power, supporting Nazi Germany, supporting Fascist Italy, supporting Fascist Croatia, helping war criminals escape at the end of WWII via the Vatican Ratlines, etc.? Yes, and why don’t these “Jews” controlling America’s publishing business massively expose the Jesuit Order, which has a well-document history of not only fomenting wars and revolutions, but also of being responsible for the killing of large numbers of Jews?))

IV. THE “ILLUMINATI” AND ADAM WEISHAUPT

The following is an excerpt from my TTT entitled “The Real Controllers”:

“The modern version of the Illuminati was formed on May 1, 1776 by Jesuit-trained Adam Weishaupt, who taught Catholic Canon Law at Jesuit Ingolstadt University in Bavaria (in southern Germany). Weishaupt pretended to leave the Jesuit Order (i.e., he was ‘sheep dipped’) so that he could set up a front group called the Illuminati (that the Jesuits could use for their own purposes). This Jesuit front group, the Illuminati, fomented and orchestrated the bloody French Revolution of 1789-1799. Thus, by using this ‘front group’, the Jesuit Order was given a great degree of ‘plausible deniability’ as to its role in the French Revolution.”

Yet there is a certain segment within both the patriot movement and the “alternative media” that loves to say that Weishaupt was a “Jew”, thus inferring that the “Illuminati” must surely have been set up by “the Jews”. ((More on this topic to follow in the next section.))

V. FINGERING A “VILLAIN” AS BEING A “JEW” YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH

We already noted how Jesuit-trained Adam Weishaupt is portrayed by a number of folks as being a “Jew”. According to Eric Jon Phelps, author of Vatican Assassins, Adam Weishaupt was NOT a Jew – and this labeling of him as a “Jew” is a fairly recent “invention” (within the past 100 years). Regardless, the facts are that Adam Weishaupt was Jesuit-trained, and that he taught Roman Catholic Canon Law at a Jesuit institute of higher learning in Bavaria, Germany (at Ingolstadt). Why don’t most of those who point out that Weishaupt was [allegedly] a “Jew” also point out his Jesuit connections? Why don’t these same individuals also point out that Weishaupt died in the good graces of the Roman Catholic Church?

I have seen the “Jew” label applied by some folks to not only Weishaupt, but also Stalin, Hitler, etc. It is indeed quite easy to simply label some monstrous, murdering criminal as being a “Jew” (or “half-Jew”) many years after his death; however, is this being done in most cases simply to throw out a “red herring” to keeps folks from discovering the “real controllers” behind the scenes? For one thing, Jews settled all over Europe, and in spite of prohibitions against marrying Gentiles, such marriages did occur. Thus, many Europeans may have at least some “Jewish blood” in them. Does this make them “Jews”? Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini were both practicing Roman Catholics – neither was ever excommunicated! Joseph Stalin was trained by Roman Catholic Jesuits. Isn’t it more important WHAT an individual practices and really believes, rather than what he was born? If someone is 5% or 10% or 50% Jewish, but is a practicing Roman Catholic, and believes in Roman Catholicism, and is subservient to the “White Pope” and/or the “Black Pope”, then is that person to be considered a “Jew”? And might we be getting some colossal LIES when folks repeat such statements saying that such-and-such is a “Jew” (or a ¼ Jew or ½ Jew) when he is not really a Jew in any way, shape, or form?

Indeed, labeling various monstrous criminals as “Jews” seems to be a favorite tactic of those who really control things from behind the scenes – a tactic used to make the Conspiracy appear “Jewish” when the “real controllers” seem to come primarily from the top levels of secret societies, such as the Jesuits and Freemasons – and from within the Vatican State itself!

(NOTE: John Daniel, author of the book The Grand Design Exposed, makes an excellent case that the Jesuits control the highest levels of Freemasonry!)

VI. THE “PROTOCOLS OF ZION”, WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II

We’ve already pointed out that the “Protocols of Zion”, according to author Leo Lehmann, was written by the JESUITS. The “Protocols”, remember, was a document designed (according to Dr. Stanley Monteith) to make people think “that Zionists were behind the wars and revolutions of the 19th century, and planned to seize control of the world.”

However, author Edmond Paris, in his book The Secret History of the Jesuits, tells us a different story as to the real “stars” and experts in fomenting wars and revolutions:

“The public is practically unaware of the overwhelming responsibility carried by the Vatican and its Jesuits in the starting of two world wars – a situation which may be explained in part by the gigantic finances at the disposition of the Vatican and its Jesuits, giving them power in so many spheres, especially since the last conflict.”

Please read my TTT newsletters entitled “World War I” and “World War II” on the first two web sites listed at the beginning of this newsletter. Two more TTT newsletters that touch upon these two wars are “The Real Controllers” and “Deceitful Revisers and Editors of History”. Indeed, history quite clearly reveals that the Vatican and her Jesuits fomented both World War I and World War II, just as author Edmond Paris points out in the above quotation!

VII. THE “INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY”

Are “the Jews” running the U.S. intelligence community as some would have us believe, or is there a much more powerful group of men (working “behind the scenes”) who are the “real controllers” of the U.S. intelligence community? An important fact that one does discover if he looks closely behind the “curtain” is that there are many Knights of Malta who have been top men in the Intelligence Community! (Remember, the Knights of Malta is a Roman Catholic military order under the direct command of the “Black Pope” – i.e., the Jesuit Superior General.)

During World War II, we find three Knights of Malta running top intelligence agencies:

William Donovan – The Office of Strategic Services (the OSS – predecessor to the CIA);
General Reinhard Gehlen – German Intelligence on the Eastern Front; and,
Prince Anton Turkul (who used Jesuits for couriers) – Soviet Intelligence.

Interestingly, at least five directors of the CIA have been Knights of Malta: William Donovan, John McCone, William Casey, William Colby, and George Tenet. Additionally, the long-time head of the very powerful CIA Counterintelligence section (and head of the CIA’s Vatican Desk) was a Knight of Malta by name of James Jesus Angleton. Angleton was also the CIA liaison to the Warren (Whitewash) Commission that “investigated” the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Other Knights of Malta have held key positions within the International Intelligence Community, such as British Intelligence agent Kim Philby (who also worked for the Soviet KGB). For more information on the Knights of Malta and their involvement in the intelligence community, please see my TTT #53 – “The Jesuits – Part III: The Knights of Malta”.

VIII. SUMMARY

Inspector Poirot (in the movie picture about Agatha Christie’s novel, Murder on the Orient Express), after surveying the murder crime scene, comments: “There are too many clues.” As Dr. Stanley Monteith points out in his book Brotherhood of Darkness: “Everywhere he [i.e., Inspector Poirot] looked he found conflicting evidence, and he suddenly realized that the murder scene had been staged to confuse him.”

Dear reader, the exact same thing has occurred concerning “the Conspiracy”. The “real controllers” behind the scenes – the Jesuits, Knights of Malta, high-level Freemasons, and the Vatican State itself – have PLANTED a whole bunch of “clues” to make “the Conspiracy” appear to be “Jewish”. Their purpose has been to confuse us, and in the process conceal their own involvement in numerous nefarious activities, such as the fomenting of wars and revolutions. To summarize, they have used the following “tactics”:

(1) They form numerous “front” groups and organizations, such as the modern “Illuminati”, so that folks will put the blame for wars, revolutions, etc., on the front group rather than on the “real controllers” pulling the strings from behind the scenes. A good example of this occurred in the bloody French Revolution of 1789-1799, where the “Illuminati” took the blame for what the Jesuits had fomented and orchestrated!
(2) They “label” various mass-murdering monsters, such as Joseph Stalin, as “Jews” or “half-Jews” years after the fact. They also “label” those forming the front groups, such as Jesuit-trained Gentile (i.e., NON-Jew) Adam Weishaupt, as “Jews”.
(3) They place Jews in prominent mid-level & high-level management positions, such as head of the Federal Reserve, members of the first Soviet Politburo, camp commandants in the Soviet Gulag system, etc., in order to give “the Conspiracy” a “Jewish flavor”.
(4) They have their lackeys and dupes within the mainstream media, certain segments of the “alternative media”, and certain segments of the so-called “patriot movement” pass along the Conspiracy’s propaganda about “the Jews” to their listeners and readers. Thus we see these lackeys and dupes focusing the “spotlight” on “the Jews”, Jewish neo-cons, Jewish Masons, Jewish bankers, Israel, the Mossad, etc., but never focusing that “spotlight” where it should be focused – on the Vatican State, the Jesuit Order, the Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, etc.

The “real controllers” behind the scenes have done a very good job of confusing us, and of concealing their own nefarious activities. Through their takeover of our education system and American publishing companies, they have erased a whole bunch of history. So successful have these revisers of history been, that relatively few Americans are aware of the following facts:

The Jesuits (and the Vatican) masterminded the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. They even helped one of the conspirators, John Harrison Surratt, to escape to Rome where he became a member of the Pope’s military bodyguard unit.
The Jesuits and the Vatican (NOT the Jews) fomented both World War I and World War II – and they are responsible for the misery, destruction, and mass murder that resulted!
The Vatican supported Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Fascist Croatia, and all the totalitarian, Jew-hating and murdering regimes in Europe during World War II.
The Vatican helped many of the worst Fascist and Nazi war criminals escape punishment in the aftermath of World War II through their infamous “Vatican Ratlines”.
I could go on and on about the nefarious activities of the Vatican and its Jesuit Order – to include the assassination of many heads of State, such as King Henry III of France in 1589; King Henry IV of France in 1610; Czar Alexander I of Russia in 1825; President Abraham Lincoln in 1865; Emperor Komei of Japan in 1868; President Benito Juarez of Mexico in 1872; Czar Alexander II of Russia in 1881; etc.

Assassinating heads of State, fomenting wars and revolutions, overthrowing governments, mass murdering various population groups (such as 600,000 to one million innocent Serb Orthodox Christian men, women, elderly, and children in Croatia in the 1940s) have been the well-documented activities of the Vatican and its Jesuit Order for centuries! If the Vatican State, the Jesuit Order, the Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, etc., are not massively (and quickly) exposed, then America will fall to their intrigues as have other nations in history.

IX. CLOSING QUOTES

It is certainly worth repeating a portion of an earlier quote by Dr. Stanley Monteith concerning “the Conspiracy”:

“…Some sincere people believe that the Jews, or the Jewish bankers, are behind the world conspiracy. There are many clues that lead people to that conclusion, but I can assure you that the evidence has been planted to divert attention away from the truth. …Anti-Semitism is a trap that has been baited to lead us away from the truth.”

And here is another great quote for us to ponder:

“There are other secret and semi-secret organizations such as the International Bankers, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderberger Group, [the] Club of Rome, the Trilateral Commission, the New Age Movement, the Illuminati, and Freemasonry, who are all deeply involved in global politics, and who actively promote the uniting of the people of our planet under a New World Order. However…these all are but mere ‘front’ organizations, behind which the true source of power hides and uses to distribute and channel its designs. And, as in any conspiracy, secrecy and shifting attention and blame away from itself is paramount to its success.” – John Daniel (Author of the book The Grand Design Exposed)

X. WHAT CAN WE DO?

1. If you think that this issue of the TTT newsletter contains important information, then please make copies of it and give them away free-of-charge to others.

2. Again, please visit Internet web sites: www.tacklingthetoughtopics.net and www.calltodecision.com (click on the “Tackling the Tough Topics” ‘box’ in the left-hand column of their ‘home page’) and read the other TTT newsletters that were referenced in this issue of TTT. I most highly recommend that you read the following:

“The Real Controllers of the USA”
“Deceitful Revisers and Editors of History”
“Fifth Columnists, Trojan Horses, and Dual Loyalties”
“Death by Government and Death by Church” (and)
“Bloody Hands & Wicked Hearts”.