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More Historic Happenings

November 13

0867 - Nicholas I (the Great) pope (858-67), dies

1564 - Pius IV ordered his bishops and scholars to subscribe to "Professio
Fidei," the Profession of the Tridentine Faith recently formulated at the
Council of Trent (1545-63) as the new and final definition of the Roman Catholic
faith.

1618 - In the Dutch commune of Dordrecht, the Synod of Dort convened to discuss
the Arminian controversy vexing the Reformed faith. In the end, about 200
Arminian (Remonstrant) ministers were deposed and fifteen were placed under
arrest and later expelled from the country (and one was beheaded for high
treason).

1644 - Baptists are banished from Massachussetts.

1839 - 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY

1865 - US issues 1st gold certificates

1921 - US, France, Japan & British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty

1962 - The name of St. Joseph was added to the canon of the Roman Catholic
mass. It constituted the first alteration made to this canon since the seventh
century.

November 14

0565 - Justinian Roman emperor, dies at 82

1881 - Suspected Jesuit-controlled 'anarchist' Charles J Guiteau went on
trial for President Garfield's assassination

1935 - FDR proclaims Philippine Islands a free commonwealth

1935 - Nazis strip German Jews of their citizenship

1941 - Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship was incorporated in Chicago. An
interdenominational organization with chapters at both colleges and schools
of nursing, IVCF provides Christian fellowship, nurture and discipleship
among Christian college-age students.

November 15

1348 - Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells

1491 - 6 Jews & 5 Conversos (Jews who pretend to be Catholic converts)
accused of killing Catholics in La Guardia, Spain - The Jews are accused
of using black magic

1532 - Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship with Anne Boleyn

1630 - Death of Johann Kepler (above), discoverer of the laws of planetary
motion. His arguments for the unity of religion and science were borrowed
by Galileo without attribution and often printed as Galileo's own.

1791 - 1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens. Bill Clinton, among
others, attended this Jesuit institution.

1920 - League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Genev

1939 - Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews

1957 - Patriarch Ignatius Yacoub III officially established the Archdiocese
of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the U.S. and Canada. At the same time,
Archbishop Mar Athanasius Yeshue Samuel, former Syrian Orthodox metropolitan
of Jerusalem, was appointed primate of the new archdiocese, and soon after
took up residence in Hackensack, New Jersey.

1988 - PLO proclaims State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence

1994 - Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes)

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UN-Internet Control

U.N. officials told the Financial Times they expect governments to decide
how to govern the Internet by 2005. The United States and the European Commission
currently state that governmental control of the Internet would "threaten
the free flow of ideas and information." The Times article indicates that
those arguments "appear to be losing force" against new challenges like spam,
privacy and security concerns, child porn, and so-called "hate speech," which
has governments convinced the Internet needs international regulation and
enforcement.

On the Net:
http://www.avnonline.com/issues/200311/newsarchive/news_111103_4.shtml

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Judeo-Christian

Last week, Catholic Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem appointed a
Catholic-Jew, Auxiliary Bishop Jean Baptiste Gourion, to preside over
Hebrew-Israeli Catholics. Father Frederic Manns, Professor at the Franciscan
Studium Biblicum in Jerusalem stated in Italy’s "Avvenire," that the new
bishop’s consecration begins a "new phase" in Catholic-Jewish dialogue.

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Catholicism Pharisees of Today

Roy Schoeman, a Catholic convert from Judaism*, did an interview with ZENIT
and revealed some glimpses of his book "Salvation is from the Jews." Schoeman
grew up in a Conservative Jewish home and studied extensively with Jewish
rabbis but after he converted to Catholicism he "realized the full significance
of Judaism as revealed in Catholic doctrine." Schoeman told the Catholic
news entity that Judaism and Christianity can only be fully understood in
relation to each other. We provide some quotes from the Zenit article here
to show his admissions on the subject.

Schoeman: "It seems obvious to me, as a Jew who has entered the Catholic
Church, that the Church is nothing else but "post Messianic" Judaism
-- that is, the continuation of Judaism after the coming of the Jewish
Messiah, now opened up to all peoples."

Schoeman: "Before my conversion I was proud of being a Jew .... my privilege
and pride in being Jewish exploded a hundredfold when, as a Catholic, I
realized the full significance of Judaism as revealed in Catholic
doctrine."

Schoeman: "My book was quite consciously written for a dual audience of both
Catholics and Jews, although I realize that the majority of readers will
probably be Catholic. To Jews, it reveals the full majesty and importance
of being Jewish, how sympathetic a view of Jews and Judaism is given in
Catholic doctrine, and that being Catholic does not mean no longer
being a Jew."

ZENIT: "What can be done to repair the relationship and clear up
misunderstandings between Jews and Christians?" Schoeman: "In the long run,
any such repair must be based on mutual respect and truth, without
a papering over of differences and without infidelity to one's own beliefs.
I hope that my book, in presenting to both Jews and Christians an extremely
positive view of Judaism, yet one set entirely within the context of Catholic
doctrine, has the potential to help in some small way."

* Judaism is NOT the "faith once
delivered" but a syncretic religious system that the captive Jews brought
out of Babylon. The scarlet, purple, and gold ornate dress of the adulterated
Priesthood of the Jews carried over to the Catholic Church along with the
pomp and ceremony for outward show. Like Catholicism, Judaism includes "oral
traditions" and is based more so on the Talmud than the Torah (first five
books of the bible) just as the Catholic faith is based in Catechisms and
writings of "church fathers" more so than the scriptures.

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God Was Busy     [HUMOR]

An atheist professor was teaching a college class and he told the class that
he was going to prove that there was not a God. He said, "God if you are
real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes!"

Ten minutes went by "C'mon, if you are so almighty!" He kept taunting God,
saying, "Here I am God, I'm still waiting." He got down to the last couple
of minutes and a Christian, who happened to be an extremely large 300 pound
football player, happened to walk by the door and heard how the professor
taunted God.

The football player walked in the class room and in the last minute, he strolled
up, hit the professor full force, and sent him flying off the platform. The
professor struggled up, a bit dazed, and mumbled, "Where did you come from,
and why did you hit me?" The football player replied, "God was busy; He sent
me!"

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Vision of Purity            
 by Kenneth M. Hoeck 11/14/03 - Truth On The Web
Ministries

Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.

Spiritual truth is discernable only to a pure heart, not to a keen
intellect.

It is not a question of profundity of intellect, but of purity
of heart. ~ [Oswald Chambers]

This verse is from the portion of scriptures known as The Beatitudes. It
tells us that the "pure in heart" are blesssed.

What does it mean to be "pure in heart"? Our father Abram was advised to
be holy in Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years
old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty
God; walk before me, and be thou perfect

1 Timothy 5:22 tells us to "... keep thyself pure." The commandments lighten
our eyes to the way to be pure and holy. Psalms 19:8
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment
of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

The commandments teach us to have holy love in our hearts.
1 Timothy 1:5 Now the
end[target]
of the commandment is
charity[love]
out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith
unfeigned:

Proverbs 20:11 Even a child is known by his
doings, whether his work be pure, and
whether it be right.

How can we purify our hearts? 1 Peter 1:22-23 Seeing
ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently: Being born again, not of corruptible
seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth
for ever.

We become pure by obeying God out of a willing heart. 2
Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting
holiness in the fear of God.

We are to be perfect in holiness- as He is perfect.
Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which
after God is created in righteousness and true
holiness.

The Beatitude teaches us that such pure in heart "shall see God." What a
wonderful truth! Psalms 24:3-5 Who shall ascend into
the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?[seeing
God] He that hath clean hands, and a pure
heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Hebrew tradition uses phrases like "May His face shine upon you" to bring
one into remembrance of the hope that resides within us.
Psalms 27:4, 8 One thing have I desired of the LORD,
that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the
days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire
in his temple. ..... Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also
upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said
unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

We know that the church of the First-born shall gaze upon Him in His Glory.
We all must keep ourselves from the ways of this world and live in purity.
1 John 3:2-3 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as
he is pure.

Revelation 22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall
be in their foreheads.

God enables us to lead holy lives. Christ dwells in us ... in you and in
me. All things are possible to Him who believes in God. Hebrews 12:4 says
"Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against
sin."

Jesus led a holy life. He kept the commandments and now dwells with The Father.
He was a living example of how we should live if we want to see God.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of
my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to
him.

Love God and love all made in His image - then your heart will be pure and
we shall see Him like He is - for we shall be like Him. 1
Thessalonians 3:12-13 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love
one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: To the
end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before
God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with
all his saints.

We are saved by grace. Let us show thanksgiving for that gift by making our
bodies into living sacrifices - pure, holy and pleasing in His sight.
Hebrews 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and
holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

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