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Roman Catholic Church - They have tradition, the magisterium, the pope and priests to
                                    interpret the scriptures for them
                                    They also believe one has to be a member of their church to be saved.

Jehonah Witnesses - They believe in the interpretation of scriptures by their main office in Brrooklyn
                              New York.
                               They also believe one has to be a member of their church to be saved.

Mormon - They believe in Joseph Smith and his wirtings for the interpretion of scripture.
                They also believe one has to be a member of their church in order to be saved.

SDA - They believe they have the only true prophet, Ellen G. White, for their interprestion of
          scriptures.
          They also believe one must keep the 7th day holy, and be a member of their church in order
           tp be saved.  If one rejects their message they are lost.

Church of Christ - They believe that they must be baptized in order to be saved, and they also believe
                          one has to be a member of their church to be saved.

Penecostal - They believe one needs to be able to speak in tongues to prove they have the Holy
                   Spirit.



Anything added to the gospel of Jesus is a perverted gospel, and is actually no gospel at all.  Paul
states that they are anathema.

Christian are to walk by faith alone in God's mercy and grace given to us freely in Jesus Christ alone,
through faith alone.  It is all revealed in the scriptures alone, and does not need added interpreters
for understanding the truth except to pray and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth to us in
scripture.]]> Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:50:30 RaynaRenee http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1266087156/ http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1266087156/#num1
Don't give me a bloody list of articles. Tell me in five or less sentances.
Please

Rick ]]> Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:52:36 Rick O Mortace http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1202503757/ http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1202503757/#num1   
Freemasonry, Satanism and the Church of England:
The correspondence between the Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England
and the new Archbishop of Canterbury


"New Archbishop: Masons have no place in the Church "

by Jason Bennetto ("The Independent", 15 November 2002)

The new Archbishop of Canterbury has said he believes Christianity and Freemasonry are "incompatible"
and has refused to appoint clergymen to senior posts because they are members of the Brotherhood.
Dr Rowan Williams, who becomes head of the Church of England next month, told The Independent that
he is not in favour of ministers being Masons because it is a "secret organisation" whose views are questionable.
He also voiced doubts in a letter to Hugh Sinclair, who has been investigating the Brotherhood:
"I have real misgivings about the compatibility of Masonry and Christian profession ... I have resisted the
appointment of known Masons to certain senior posts."
Dr Williams' comments will renew controversy about the Freemasons. In the past 50 years some of its
most senior members have been in the Church's higher echelons, and there have been links between the
two organisations for centuries. Thousands of leading clergymen and churchgoers are among its 350,000 British members.
The Rev Gregory Cameron, chaplain to Dr Williams, said: "He questions whether it's appropriate for Christian ministers to
belong to secret organisations. He also has some anxiety about the spiritual content of Masonry."
A spokesman for the Archbishop said he was "worried about the ritual elements in Freemasonry - which some
have seen as possibly Satanically inspired - and how that sits uneasily with Christian belief". He continued:
"The other idea is that because they are a society, there could be a network that involves mutual back-scratching,
which is something he would be greatly opposed to."
A spokesman for the Freemasons in England said: "As far as we are concerned, there is no incompatibility between
Christianity and our organisation whatsoever."

****

The Most Reverend and Rt. Hon. Archbishop of Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
London
SE1 7JU

2 December 2002

Dear Archbishop

I write in response to the reports in The Independent newspaper of your views on Freemasonry.

According to the reports:

a) you have doubts on the compatibility of Freemasonry with Christianity and believe that elements of the ritual may
    have a Satanic basis

b) you believe Freemasonry to be both a secret society and a self-serving network

c) you have in the past not appointed to sensitive senior posts candidates who are Freemasons and intend
   to continue that practice.

For nearly 300 years Freemasonry has existed in an organised way in England and Wales. During that period hundreds
of thousands of committed Christians (clergy and laity) have found no incompatibility between their Christian faith and
the principles and practices of Freemasonry. Indeed many have testified that their membership of Freemasonry has
strengthened their faith and, in some cases, brought them back into active church membership.

The prime and inalienable qualification for admission into Freemasonry is a belief in God. An individual's religion is a matter
for his conscience, and Freemasonry will not interfere in or in any way comment on religious matters. As a result our
membership encompasses Christians of all denominations, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, etc., who meet together in harmony,
knowing that their religions differ but not allowing those differences to come between them on Masonic occasions.

The suggestion that Freemasonry is "Satanically inspired" in its rituals would be risible were it not for the fact that it questions
the basis of the faiths of over 300,000 Freemasons under the United Grand Lodge of England, whatever their religion may be.
Even a small amount of elementary research would have shown how nonsensical this dreadful assertion is, and would have enabled
you to avoid giving deep and gratuitous offence to so many who are encouraged in every form of Freemasonry to be true to their
God above all other considerations.

As for the claim that Freemasonry is a "secret organisation", it must surely be a very peculiar "secret" society which makes its
rules and aims available to the public; publishes annual lists of its national and local leaders together with the dates and places
of meeting of all of its units; opens its national headquarters to the general public on a daily basis; maintains national and local
web sites on the Internet; gives regular briefings to the media; and provides spokesmen to speak anywhere about its nature and
activities. Each Freemason is at perfect liberty to tell whomsoever he pleases that he is a Freemason. Indeed Freemasonry is one
of the few organisations to have been specifically declared not to be a secret society. In July 2001 the European Court of Human
Rights ruled that (a) Freemasonry was neither a secret, criminal nor an illegal organisation, and (b) that in making appointments
or promotions it is illegal to discriminate against a candidate simply because he is a Freemason.

Rather than being a self-serving network, the opposite is true. On at least six occasions during the process of becoming a Freemason the new member is told that it is contrary to our principles and rules to use his membership to gain any form of advantage for himself or anyone else. Any attempt to do so will result in disciplinary proceedings, with sanctions running from admonition to irrevocable expulsion.

I have enclosed two booklets and some leaflets which explain the background to Freemasonry and how it relates to society
in general. The booklet "Your Questions Answered" deals in particular with the myths which surround Freemasonry.

I also extend to you an invitation to meet privately with some senior Freemasons to discuss at the true source any doubts
you may have, in preference to simply putting your faith in secondary and unreliable information. Your three immediate
predecessors each came here for lunch and found it an interesting, stimulating and enjoyable experience. I realise that
you have much to consider at the present, and that it may not be convenient to accept this invitation immediately.
I trust that you will permit me to write to you again after your Enthronement to reaffirm our wish to welcome you here and
show that your doubts about Freemasonry have no justification in fact.

Yours sincerely

R A H Morrow
Grand Secretary

****

R. A. H. Morrow
Grand Secretary, United Grand Lodge of England
Freemason's Hall
Great Queen Street
London
WC2B 5AZ

23 January 2003


Dear Mr Morrow

I have been sorry to learn of the distress of a considerable number of Freemasons. It is true that a great deal of upset
and hurt has been caused by the newspaper reports about my purported views on freemasonry. In replying to private
correspondence, I had no intention of starting a public debate nor of questioning the good faith and generosity of individual
freemasons and I regret the tone and content of the media coverage.

Much of the distress has been due to what amounts to a serious misrepresentation of views I am supposed to hold.
The quoted statements about the "satanic" character of masonic ceremonies and other matters did not come from me and
do not represent my judgement. Since my late father was a member of the Craft for many years, I have had every opportunity
of observing the probity of individual members.

Where anxieties exist, however, they are in relation not to Freemasonry but to Christian ministry, and. my letter simply
reflected a personal unease about Christian ministers subscribing to what could be and often is understood (or misunderstood)
as a private system of profession and initiation, involving the taking of oaths of loyalty. Concerns like these have led to a number
of debates within the church in recent years and it is clear that there are still widely differing views ? held with sincerity and
honesty ? about the compatibility of certain aspects of Freemasonry with Christian belief, ministry and, service.

My statement about resisting the appointment of freemasons to certain posts in Wales needs to be understood against
the background of the belief that I and the church had deliberately advanced the cause of Freemasons. In saying that
I had resisted the appointment of Freemasons to certain posts I was not suggesting that people had been blackballed,
but asserting that I was satisfied that membership of the Craft was neither a disqualifier nor an advantage.

I welcome the manner in which Freemasons have engaged in debate and especially the increasing openness of recent years.
Their commitment to charitable causes and the welfare of the wider community is beyond question.

Yours sincerely,

+ Rowan Cantuar [Williams]

Archbishop of Canterbury









]]> Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:49:17 Joseph Lowe http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1193866866/ http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1193866866/#num1
While some are celebrating Halloween, we can celebrate the beginning of Martin Luther's coming
out of the Roman Catholic church.

Churches today need to go back and read the lives of the Reformers, and what they taught that
they will be enlightened to the evil teaching  of the RCC. 

Instead of coming out of the RCC today, they are uniting again with the RCC.   Isn't this ironic? 
History has been forgotten, as people are too busy with their lives to study their bibles and to
observe what is happening in the religious world.

Destruction shall come upon them as a thief in the night, just as in the days of Belshazzar,
the then known king of Bablylon,  when he was having a party and a man's hand  wrote on the wall
"Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin".

That night the kingdom was ripped from his hand and given to the Medes and Persians. 
It all happened because he had lifted himself up against the God of Heaven, had not
acknowledged  God as the ruler of heaven and earth, and had not humbled his heart before God. 
He had no time for the true God.
but only for the temporary pleasures of this world.

He was weighed in the balances and found wanting.

Today, so called Protestants are returning to the pagan teaching of the RCC.  They too shall be
weighed in the balances and found wanting, as they are so busy with life, and the temporary
pleasure os this world, that they have no time for God and to study their bibles,  God will send
them a strong delusion that they will believe a lie.

Today is the day of salvation while it is not too late. 

II Timothy 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
dividing the word of truth. 

Repent and believe the gospel of Jesus Christ.

RaynaRenee



]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:41:06 RaynaRenee http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1192881533/ http://www.reformationireland.com/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1192881533/#num1
I personally believe that it was the clearest move of the grace of God since the days of the Apostles!

I would be interested in hearing the opinions of others.

Mark F.

]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:58:53 Mark Fitzpatrick