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Issue Date: 02/07/04
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More Historic Happenings

February 05

1428 - King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons
to become Catholics

1488 - Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium

1576 - Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours

1596 - The first Japanese Catholic martyrs were created when the Shogun,
Hideyoshi Toyotomi, had 26 converts put to death in Nagasaki after he banned
Christianity early in 1596.

1631 - English clergyman Roger Williams first arrived in America. He soon
began questioning Massachusetts' religious policies which fused church and
state matters. Williams was banished to Rhode Island five years later, where
at Providence he established the first Baptist church in America

1736 - The English Wesley brothers, John (32) and Charles (2 first arrived
in America at Savannah, GA. They had been invited by Georgia governor James
Oglethorpe as missionaries to the American Indians.

1887 - The Chicago Evangelization Society was organized by evangelist D.
L. Moody, 50. Two years later, the Society established the Bible Institute
for Home and Foreign Missions. Moody died in 1899, and in 1900 the school
was renamed Moody Bible Institute

1923 - Mass arrests of socialists & communists in Italy

1936 - National Wildlife Federation forms

1944 - German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter
from prison: 'Much that worries us beforehand can
afterwards, quite unexpectedly, have a happy and simple solution... Things
really are in a better hand than ours.'

1991 - Pedro Arrupe, SJ, Spanish priest/General of the Jesuit order (aka
the Black Pope), dies at 83

February 06

0337 - Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

0679 - Death of Amandus, the founder of Belgian monasticism. During his 95
years, he established eight abbeys, five in the Southern Netherlands.

0891 - Photius Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies

1508 - Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1577 - King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots

1626 - Huguenot rebels & the French sign Peace of La Rochelle

1651 - Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris

1839 - Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter:
'Even in the wildest storms the sky is not all dark;
and so in the darkest dealings of God with His children, there are always
some bright tokens for good.'

1922 - Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI

1924 - Station KFSG (Kall Four Square Gospel) went on the air. One of the
earliest radio stations licensed, it broadcast the services of Angelus Temple,
the flagship congregation of the International Foursquare Gospel Church,
founded by Aimee Semple Mc Pherson in 1923.

1952 - American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal:
'Christianity, disruptive in nature, has nonetheless
integrating powers for the individual in the culture, though both he and
it may expect revolution.'

February 07

0590 - Pelagius II Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague

1528 - Bern, the strongest canton (territorial division) in southern Switzerland
in its day, officially embraced the Protestant faith of Swiss reformers Ulrich
Zwingli and John Oecolampadius.

1550 - Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III

1569 - King Philip II forms inquistion in South America

1609 - Ferdinand I cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies

1878 - Pius IX "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-7 , dies at 85.
At 31 years 236 days, his pontificate was the longest in history

1947 - Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine

1960 - Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea

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Dem Bones

What a small world to rule. Four of the leading contestants for the White
House in November's 2004 election were former undergraduates at Yale University:
President Bush and Democratic rivals Governor Howard Dean, Sen John Kerry
and Sen Joseph Lieberman. Bush [along with ten of his appointed staff] and
Kerry are also "Bonesmen," the 172-year-old secret society of the Skull &
Bones, which aims to get its members into positions of power. Kerry was asked
on televsion, "You both were members of the Skull and Bones; what does that
tell us?" "Yup," Kerry answered, "Not much." Skull and Bones is a tiny club
with only 800 living members and 15 new members a year."

Elitism is being claimed by a few who dare to speak. They say that it is
more than strange that "in a democracy of almost 300 million people - the
battle for power should be waged among candidates drawn from the 4,000 who
graduated from Yale in four different years of the 1960s."

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Counting Catholics

The 2004 Pontifical Yearbook, published by the Vatican Press, numbers the
world population of Catholics at 1.07 billion [2002] but this is largely
inflated as the Catholic church baptizes infants and includes such in this
census. The number represents 17.2% of the entire world population but I
believe it does not include groups who call themselves Catholic but do not
have allegiance to the Pope at present. The book numbers clergy at nearly
four and a quarter million headcount including bishops, priests, deacons,
other religious office holders, catechists and lay missionaries. Covert agents
of the Papacy would not be included in this numeration.

According to Zenit News: "The yearbook states that 50% of Catholics are in
the Americas, 26.1% in Europe, 12.8% in Africa, 10.3% in Asia, and 0.8% in
Oceania. In relation to the present population in each continent, the percentage
of Catholics is as follows: 62.4% in America, 40.5% in Europe, 26.8% in Oceania,
16.5% in Africa, and 3% in Asia."

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ARCIC Mary Meeting

The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met all last
week at the Palisades Retreat Center in Seattle to reconcile their understanding
of "the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life and doctrine of the Church."
The ecumenical Commission created a document "Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ"
to submit to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and to
the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council for
ratification. Just for the Anglicans to meet to discuss 'worship' of Mary
shows they have already been taken in by the wolf. The meeting had only a
broad focus of the topic to cement iron to iron with clay for mortar. The
meeting concluded with an ecumenical "Celebration of Vespers for the Feast
of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary."

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"Saint" Valentine's Day   [The Truth
About St V-Day by Brian C. Hoeck]

Celebrated by lovers everywhere, St. Valentine's Day is a well known tradition.
But, What is its origin?  What is the meaning of it? Is it a day Christians
should observe?

Every February 14th, husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, and
school classmates exchange "valentines", heart-shaped boxes of candy, and
flowers while celebrating this holiday. You have more than likely grown up
observing this custom, but have you ever wondered where it came from and
what it is REALLY about?

Researching the name of this festival in most reference works would lead
you to a third-century Catholic martyr named Valentine. However, the Encyclopedia
Britannica states in its 15th ed., vol 10, p.336: "St. Valentine's Day as
a lovers' festival and the modern tradition of sending valentine cards have
no relation to the saints but, rather seem to be connected either with the
Roman fertility festival of the Lupercalia  (kept on the evening of
Feb.14th and the day of the 15th) or with the mating season of birds." This
information is reiterated by the Encyclopedia Americana (article: "ST.
Valentine's Day"): The customs of Valentine's Day "have been handed down
from the Roman festival of the Lupercalia, celebrated in the month of February,
when the names of young women were put into a box and drawn out by men as
chance directed." This is the origin of 'valentines' - cards linking men
and women together for sexual purposes. This festival was "characterized
in the later Roman period by wanton raillery and unkindled freedom . . "
(Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, James Hastings, Vol.III, p.226).

Lupercalia was a festival celebrated in honor of the god Pan of Egyptian
mythology. Lempriere's Classical Dictionary records this about the name
'Lupercalia' on p.339: " the name seems to be borrowed from the Greek name
of Pan, Lycaeus, from lukos, a wolf . . because Pan, as god of shepherds,
protected sheep from the rapacity of wolves." To the Romans, he was known
as Lupercus (which means "wolf hunter"), the deified hero hunter, and by
the Semites, he was known as Baal.    Who is
Pan/Lupercus/Baal?  He is none other than the deified Nimrod of Genesis10
who built the tower of Babel in defiance of God and set up a false system
of worship (Babylon Mystery Religion) with his mother/wife, Semiramis. He
was the "mighty hunter"- the name 'Valentine' itself means "strong man".
As strange as it may seem, Nimrod is the man of honor of ALL of today's holidays.
He has usurped the place of the TRUE Shepherd, Jesus Christ. He is honored
on this day (Valentine's) as Cupid.

This festival also honored the goddess of sexual immorality,Venus. Venus
was the mother of Cupid.  He was believed to bring about love and also
to make it cease. The name Cupid means "desire". Nimrod's mother, Venus
(Semiramis) desired, that is, lusted, her son. That is why she is called
the goddess of sexual immorality - she married her own son. They and their
twisted sexuality are the object of Valentine's Day.

Cupid, the winged baby with a bow and arrows and a heart is tied directly
to Nimrod and the Babylonian Mysteries. Alexander Hislop in The Two Babylons
pp188, 189 states this about Cupid and the symbol of the heart: The "Heart"
was one of the sacred symbols of Osiris [Nimrod] when he was born again,
and appeared as Harpocrates,  [Tammuz] or the infant divinity, borne
in the arms of his mother Isis [Semiramis, Nimrod's wife]. . this infant
divinity was frequently represented with a heart, or the heart-shaped fruit
of the Persea, in one of his hands." Hislop goes on about Cupid, "Speaking
of a statue of Cupid, he [John Bell] says it is 'a fair, full, fleshly, round
boy, in fine and sportive action, tossing back a heart.' Thus the boy god
came to be regarded as the 'god of the heart', in other words, as Cupid,
or the god of love. To identify this infant divinity, with his father 'the
mighty hunter' [Nimrod], he was equipped with 'bow and arrows' . . He was
the woman's seed (the false fulfillment of Gen 3:15). Venus and her son Cupid,
then were none other than the Madonna and the child."

Are you starting to see the deception behind all this? Here were humans claiming
to be the Savior, the Savior reborn (a type of the resurrected Christ) and
the virgin mother. These people existed 2000 years before Jesus' appearing
in the flesh and their worship has been kept ever since through the Babylonian
Mysteries which cloak the true meanings of the traditions you keep today.

How did the 'Heart' become the recognized symbol of the Child of the great
Mother? "The answer is, 'The Heart' in Chaldee [the Babylonian language]
is 'BEL' (another name of Nimrod) . . . Now, the worship of the 'Sacred Heart'
was just (justified), under a symbol [It's TRUE meaning was HIDDEN], the
worship of the 'Sacred Bel, that mighty one of Babylon, who had died a martyr
for idolatry; for . . Horus [Tammuz], the infant god, was regarded as Bel
born again. When Bel . . was born again as a child, he was . . . represented
as an incarnation of the sun. Therefore to indicate his connection with the
fiery and burning sun, the 'sacred heart' was frequently represented as a
heart of flame." (Hislop's The Two Babylons, pp.189-190)  Again this
FALSE SAVIOR attributed Jesus' likeness to himself. By associating the flame
and the sun with himself, he claimed to be "the light of the world" (John
8:12) who is truly Jesus the Christ.

So, how did this pagan festival come to be known as Christian? It was during
the reign of Pope Gelasius, that this festival became a Christian custom:
" As far back as 496, Pope Gelasius changed Lupercalia on Feb. 15 to St.
Valentine's Day on Feb. 14" (Customs and Holidays Around the World, Lavinia
Dobler, p.172) The Emperor Constantine had made "Christianity" the official
religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth century. By this time, much of
God's truth had been discarded and replaced by pagan philosophy. Constantine
himself, was a sun-worshipper. The "universal" (catholic) church's main concern
was to convert the pagans as quickly as possible. These "conversions" were
to be made at any and all costs. This included allowing their pagan customs
to continue - ONLY, "Christian" names were to be placed upon them (think
Mt 15:8,9). "Thus at the first promulgation of Christianity to the gentile
nations . . . they could not be persuaded to relinquish many of their
superstitions, which rather than forego altogether, they chose to blend and
incorporate with the new faith" (Popular Antiquities of Great Britain, John
Brandy, p. xi). A blending of Christianity and paganism had occurred! John
Brandy also stated in Clavis Calendaria, Vol.1, p.196, that "for almost every
pagan ceremony, some Christian rite was introduced". WHAT IS KNOWN BY THE
WORLD TODAY AS CHRISTIANITY, IS NOTHING MORE THAN PAGANISM UNDER A NEW NAME.

As is well noted here, St. Valentine's Day and all its trappings are nothing
more than a sexual festival in honor of deified human beings who claimed
to be of the divine Family of God and Jesus' earthly mother. Has anything
really changed about this day in these 2000 years? For mankind today still
uses it as an excuse to be sexually immoral, to do what it pleases. This
is NOT the way of God! Christians should not partake of this fertility festival
for God stated in His Holy word, "Thus saith the LORD, 'Learn not the way
of the heathen . . '(Jer. 10:2) and there is no denying that this is a heathen
custom. Deut 12:30,31 state: "Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared
by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that
thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their
gods? even so will I do likewise.Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God:
for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their
gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire
to their gods."  God says not to even ask how these false gods were
worshipped, let alone to do likewise. God also says this, concerning the
Mysteries of Babylon, "Come out of her My People, that ye be not partakers
of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." (Rev. 18:4) Please
take our Father's warning to heart and turn and follow Him.

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