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SUPREME COURT

Manila

FIRST DIVISION

[G.R. No. 137592. December 12, 2001]

ANG MGA KAANIB SA IGLESIA NG DIOS KAY KRISTO HESUS, H.S.K. SA BANSANG PILIPINAS, INC. Petitioner, vs. IGLESIA NG DIOS KAY CRISTO JESUS, HALIGI AT SUHAY NG KATOTOHANAN, respondent.

THE SUPREME COURT LINK FOR THE ABOVEMENTIONED CASE: http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2001/dec2001/137592.htm

THE FACTS OF THE CASE ARE AS FOLLOWS:

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE CHURCH REGISTERED BY SORIANO?

Respondent Iglesia ng Dios Kay Cristo Jesus, Haligi at Suhay ng Katotohanan (Church of God in Christ Jesus, the Pillar and Ground of Truth),[4] is a non-stock religious society or corporation registered in 1936.

QUOTE:

Sometime in 1976, one Eliseo Soriano and several other members of respondent corporation disassociated themselves from the latter and succeeded in registering on March 30, 1977 a new non-stock religious society or corporation, named Iglesia ng Dios Kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan.

WHY ELISEO'S CHURH'S NAME CHANGED? WAS IT BECAUSE SORIANO THOUGHT THAT SUCH NAME IS NOT THE BIBLICAL NAME OF THE CHURCH IN THE BIBLE? BASA...

On July 16, 1979, respondent corporation filed with the SEC a petition to compel the Iglesia ng Dios Kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan to change its corporate name, which petition was docketed as SEC Case No. 1774. On May 4, 1988, the SEC rendered judgment in favor of respondent, ordering the Iglesia ng Dios Kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan to change its corporate name to another name that is not similar or identical to any name already used by a corporation, partnership or association registered with the Commission.[5] No appeal was taken from said decision.

It appears that during the pendency of SEC Case No. 1774, Soriano, et al., caused the registration on April 25, 1980 of petitioner corporation, Ang Mga Kaanib sa Iglesia ng Dios Kay Kristo Hesus, H.S.K., sa Bansang Pilipinas. The acronym “H.S.K.” stands for Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan.[6]

WHY SORIANO IS NO LONGER USING THE NAME "ANG MGA KAANIB SA IGLESIA NG DIOS KAY KRISTO HESUS Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan SA BANSANG PILIPINAS?

We need not belabor the fourth issue raised by petitioner. Certainly, ordering petitioner to change its corporate name is not a violation of its constitutionally guaranteed right to religious freedom. In so doing, the SEC merely compelled petitioner to abide by one of the SEC guidelines in the approval of partnership and corporate names, namely its undertaking to manifest its willingness to change its corporate name in the event another person, firm, or entity has acquired a prior right to the use of the said firm name or one deceptively or confusingly similar to it.

MY COMMENT: [Comment of the Sender]

Akala ko Divine Revelation yung pagpapalit ng pangalan ng Corporation or simabahan ni Soriano, utos pala ng SEC..."AND I TELL YOU, THAT I AM ELI, AND UPON THIS DECISION OF THE SEC AND SUPREME COURT, I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH...AYAN OH! KLARONG KLARO...NAKASULAT! SABI NGA NI BRO. ELI, HUWAG HIHIGIT SA BAGAY NA...NASUSULAT."