WHY DON'T WE REMOVE THE TERM 'ROMAN' IN THE NAME OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH?

The Roman Centurion kneeling in before Jesus for the healing of his servant

 

Anonymous said...

Fr. Abe
Just wondering

The word "ROMAN" literally means a thing or person that originated from Rome.

Since Rome is so Bad, and depicts being associated with Bad Prophecies, Would it be a good suggestion to officially remove the word "Roman" in "Roman Catholic Church"?

God Bless

June 14, 2011 11:47 PM 

 

Fr. Abe, CRS said... 

 

[Fr. Abe
Just wondering

The word "ROMAN" literally means a thing or person that originated from Rome.]

OK. HOW COME IT CAUSES YOU TO WONDER? HAVE YOU FOUND WONDER WOMAN IN ROME?

[Since Rome is so Bad, and depicts being associated with Bad Prophecies,]

HA HA HA... I THINK YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ROME AND THE CHURCH OF ROME AS WELL AS THE FAITH OF THE ROMAN CHRISTIANS IS VERY LIMITED OR ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. OBVIOUSLY YOUR MIND IS POLLUTED BY ANTI-CATHOLIC ARGUMENTS TO THE POINT THAT YOU HAVE BECOME BLIND TO THE GOOD THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE IN ROME AND ITS CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF "THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS"? HA HA HA... I HOPE YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THE EPISTLE ADDRESSED TO THE ROMANS IS PART OF THE BIBLE AND AT THE SAME TIME IT REFERS TO THE "ROMANS"... PLURAL, MANY... THAT IS WHY WE ARE VERY PROUD BEING PART OF THE ROMAN CHURCH. THE BIBLICAL CHURCH OF ROME. HE HE HE...

THE PAGAN ROME IS BAD AND EVIL BUT THE ROMAN CHURCH IS NOT. IN FACT, THE BIBLE PRAISES THE ROMAN CHRISTIANS WITH GREAT WORDS OF LOVE AND AFFECTION. INSTEAD OF BEING CONDEMNED THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY ARE 'CALLED' TO BE 'SAINTS' OF GOD:

Romans 1:5-7 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: TO ALL THAT BE IN ROME, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

LOOK AT THE WORDS CAREFULLY. PAUL REFERS TO 'ALL THAT IS IN ROME". IT IS NOT JUST FEW THEREIN BUT ALL. WHY? BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT THE PAGAN ROME SHALL BE DESTROYED AND THE ROMAN CHURCH SHALL EMERGE VICTORIOUS OVER IT.

AND INDEED THE ROMAN CHURCH WAS THE ONE THAT DEFEATED THE PAGAN ROMANS. WE CONVERTED THE EMPEROR AND THE ROMAN PEOPLE. WE DESTROYED THE PAGAN TEMPLES AND MADE ROME THE CENTER OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE WORLD. THE ONE WHO DESTROYED PAGANISM IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE IS NOT THE MANALOS, NOT MAMA ELI SORIANO, NOT ELLEN GOULD WHITE OF SDA, NOT CHARLES TAZE RUSSEL OF SAKSI NI BAHO BUT THE ROMAN CHURCH - THE CATHOLIC CHRISTIANS OF ROME. 

HERE ARE THE WORDS GIVEN BY ST. PAUL TO THE ROMAN CHURCH:

1. The Roman Christians are among THE CALLED OF JESUS CHRIST. Meaning they belong to Jesus, not to the Devil.

2. The Roman Christians are BELOVED OF GOD. That is why we are loved by God but the anti-Catholics hate us because they belong to the Devil. Surely Satan hates the beloved of God.

3. The Roman Christians are CALLED TO BE SAINTS. That is why our Roman Church is famous for its saints and manifestation of sanctity. The presence of Roman Saints is a distinctive characteristics of our Church.

MUCH MORE HERE IS WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE ABOUT THE CHURCH OF ROME THROUGH THE WRITING OF ST. PAUL:

Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

HE HE HE... THE FAITH OF THE ROMAN CHURCH IS SPOKEN OF THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HE HE HE... I CHECKED ON OTHER TRANSLATION BESIDE THAT OF KING JAMES VERSION AND IT IS RENDERED:

* Your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
* People from all over the world is hearing about your faith.
* Ang inyong pananampalataya ay BANTOG SA BUONG MUNDO.

HE HE HE... IT FITS OUR ROMAN CHURCH. IT IS UNIVERSAL IN NATURE AND IT IS FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SPEAKING ABOUT IT INCLUDING OUR ENEMIES. HE HE HE... 

DID ST. PAUL AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO GUIDED HIM TO WRITE THE EPISTLE HATE THE ROMAN BELIEVERS? NO, NO, NO... INSTEAD PAUL IS EVEN PRAYING FOR THEM:

Romans 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers...

IMAGINE THAT. ST. PAUL PRAYS FOR THE ROMANS 'WITHOUT CEASING' AND 'ALWAYS'. HE HE HE... HOW COME THE ENEMIES OF THE ROMAN CHURCH HATE IT SO MUCH? BECAUSE THEY ARE AGENTS OF THE DEVIL, THE FATHER OF LIES. THEY DO NOT BELONG TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. THEY ARE NOT CARRYING THE TRUE FAITH AS ST. PAUL DID.

ACTUALLY THE TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE ON THE FAITH OF THE ROMANS IS EVEN EARLIER THAN THE EPISTLE OF PAUL. LET US CHECK THE GOSPELS AND OTHER EPISTLES:

1. THE FAITH OF THE ROMAN CENTURION WHOSE SERVANT WAS SICK

Mat 8:5 [Good News Bible] When Jesus entered Capernaum, a ROMAN OFFICER met him and begged for help: 
 
Mat 8:6 "Sir, my servant is sick in bed at home, unable to move and suffering terribly." 
 
Mat 8:7 "I will go and make him well," Jesus said. 
 
Mat 8:8 "Oh no, sir," answered the officer. "I do not deserve to have you come into my house. Just give the order, and my servant will get well. 
 
Mat 8:9 I, too, am a man under the authority of superior officers, and I have soldiers under me. I order this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and I order that one, 'Come!' and he comes; and I order my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it." 
 
Mat 8:10 When Jesus heard this, he was surprised and said to the people following him, "I tell you, I have never found anyone in Israel with faith like this. 
 
Mat 8:11 I assure you that many will come from the east and the west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the Kingdom of heaven. 
 
Mat 8:12 But those who should be in the Kingdom will be thrown out into the darkness, where they will cry and gnash their teeth." 
 
Mat 8:13 Then Jesus said to the officer, "Go home, and what you believe will be done for you." And the officer's servant was healed that very moment.

SEE, THE ROMAN OFFICER BELIEVED IN JESUS. HE WAS VERY GOOD BECAUSE HE WENT AND PRAYED TO JESUS FOR THE HEALING OF HIS SERVANT. THAT IS A VERY RARE MANIFESTATION OF LOVE FROM A RICH AND POWERFUL MAN FOR THE SAKE OF A SERVANT. IS THAT A SIGN OF BEING 'BAD' OR 'EVIL'? NO, NO, NO... ON THE CONTRARY JESUS RECOGNIZED AND EXALTED THE FAITH OF THAT ROMAN OFFICER:

Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

HE HE HE... SO, DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT ROME IS SO BAD AND THAT WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE ADJECTIVE 'ROMAN' IN OUR NAME? NO, NO, NO... THAT IS AN INSULT TO THE ROMAN CHRISTIANS OF THE BIBLE WHOSE FAITH WAS TRUE AND GREAT AND BIBLICAL. THE ANTI-CATHOLICS ARE AGAINST THE TERM 'ROMAN' BECAUSE THEIR FAITH IS GERMAN [Protestants, Lutheran], SWISS [Calvinists], AMERICAN [Born-Again, Pentecostal, Jehovah Witness, Seventh Day Adventists, etc.] or FILIPINO [Iglesia ni Manalo, Aglipayan, Ang Dating Daan, etc.]. THEY ARE FAKES AND NEWLY INVENTED. THEY ARE THE FALSE PROPHETS WHO APPEARED ON THE LAST DAYS. 

2. THE DECLARATION OF FAITH DONE BY THE ROMAN CENTURION WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS.

Matthew 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. [cf. Mark 15:39]

AT THIS TIME MANY APOSTLES WERE NOT PRESENT BECAUSE THEY ESCAPED AND WERE AFRAID. YET THIS ROMAN OFFICER, A CAPTAIN OF THE ROMAN SOLDIERS DECLARED THAT JESUS IS "TRULY THE SON OF GOD". THIS IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN FAITH COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A ROMAN OFFICER RIGHT AT THE TIME WHEN OTHERS WERE COWARDS EXCEPT MAMA MARY, ST. JOHN AND SOME WOMEN.

IN THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE, THAT ROMAN OFFICER DIDN'T ONLY RECOGNIZED JESUS BUT HE ALSO 'GLORIFIED GOD':

Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

SEE, THE ROMANS ARE TRUE BELIEVERS OF GOD EVEN DURING THE TIME OF JESUS AND EVEN DURING THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS.

3. THE ROMANS WERE PRESENT DURING THE PENTECOST WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON THE APOSTLES AND THEY WERE PART OF THOSE WHO WERE FIRST TO BE BAPTIZED.

Act 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? 
 
Act 2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 
 
Act 2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 
 
Act 2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 
 
Act 2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

LOOK AT ACTS 2:10 THE STRANGERS OF ROME... THE ROMAN PILGRIMS WERE PRESENT. THEY SAW AND HEARD THE APOSTLES AND WERE PART OF THE FIRST GROUP OF CONVERTS TO THE CHURCH. THE FAITH OF THAT ROMAN CHRISTIANS IS NOT ONLY FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT ALSO APOSTOLIC BECAUSE THEY HEARD THE FAITH FROM THE VERY MOUTH OF ST. PETER AND THE APOSTLES. THEY WERE BAPTIZED BY THE APOSTLES THEMSELVES.

4, THE OTHER ROMAN SOLDIERS WERE CONVERTED TO THE FAITH ALSO.

Act 10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

SO, CORNELIUS IS A CENTURION ALSO... A ROMAN OFFICER FROM ITALY. HA HA HA... SEE, ROME AND ITALY ARE IN THE BIBLE. WHERE IS AMERICA AND PHILIPPINES? HE HE HE... WHERE IS GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND?

Act 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

CORNELIUS THE ROMAN OFFICER OR CENTURION IS A 'JUST MAN' WHO 'FEARED GOD'. IS THAT BAD AND EVIL? HA HA HA... GOD EVEN SENT AN ANGEL FOR THE CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS. HE HE HE... GOD REALLY LOVES THE ROMANS.

5. THE ROMAN CENTURION TRIED TO SAVE PAUL.

Act 27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land...

SURELY THERE ARE GOODNESS AMONG ROMANS TOO. DON'T BE BLIND TO THEIR GOODNESS. DON'T JUST LISTEN TO THE DISTORTED ATTACKS OF THE ANTI-ROMANS. THEY ARE LIARS AND DECEIVERS. 

6. ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE IS ALSO ROMAN.

Act 22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

Act 22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

Act 22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

Act 22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.

Act 23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

HA HA HA... ST. PAUL IS ROMAN BY CITIZENSHIP. HE HE HE... IS HE EVIL AND BAD BECAUSE HE IS A ROMAN? HA HA HA... NO, NO, NO... ON THE CONTRARY HE IS CONSIDERED AS THE GREATEST CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY OF ALL TIME.

7. WHEN PAUL REACHED ROME THERE WERE ALREADY ROMAN CHRISTIANS.

Act 28:15 The believers in Rome heard about us and came as far as the towns of Market of Appius and Three Inns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and was greatly encouraged.

THESE CHRISTIANS MUST BE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THE CENTURIONS AND THOSE ROMANS PRESENT AT PENTECOST WHO LATER RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES. AND THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD THE APOSTOLIC PREACHINGS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HOLY LAND AND OTHER PLACES.


[ Would it be a good suggestion to officially remove the word "Roman" in "Roman Catholic Church"?]

THAT IS VERY BAD. THAT IS EVIL. WHY? BECAUSE WE BELONG TO THE ROMAN CHURCH. WE ARE THE ROMAN CHURCH THAT IS FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN FACT, IT WAS THE LORD JESUS WHO TOLD ST. PAUL TO CARRY THE FAITH TO ROME:

Act 23:11 That night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Don't be afraid! You have given your witness for me here in Jerusalem, and you must also do the same in Rome."

THAT COMMAND BY THE LORD WAS FULFILLED BY PAUL. AS SHOWN ABOVE HE WENT TO ROME AND PREACHED THERE. BUT EVEN BEFORE THIS COMMAND ST. PAUL WAS REALLY EAGER TO GO TO ROME JUST LIKE EVERY CATHOLIC IS LONGING TO GO TO ROME:

Act 19:21 After these things had happened, Paul made up his mind to travel through Macedonia and Achaia and go on to Jerusalem. "After I go there," he said, "I must also see Rome."

SEE, ST. PAUL IS CATEGORICAL 'I MUST ALSO SEE ROME'. PREACHING TO ROME IS A MUST. IT WAS NECESSARY. WHY? BECAUSE THE LORD HAS A SPECIAL PLAN FOR ROME. THAT IS WHY EVEN ST. PETER WENT AND PREACHED AND DIED IN ROME:

1 Peter 5:13 "Your sister church HERE IN ROME sends you greetings, and so does my son Mark..." [The Book, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.]

HAVEN'T YOU NOTICED THAT THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES ENDED WITH ST. PAUL GOING TO ROME? IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE CATHOLIC SAYING: "ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME!" THE APOSTLES WENT TO ROME TO PREACH AND PROCLAIM. AND ST. PAUL TESTIFIED THAT THEY BELIEVED AND THAT THEIR FAITH IS FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD. FOR THAT THEY ARE CALLED BY GOD TO BE SAINTS. THAT IS WHY THE CENTER OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WAS TRANSFERRED TO ROME AFTER JERUSALEM REJECTED THE FAITH AND WAS LATER DESTROYED BY PAGAN ROME. THE JEWS WERE DEFEATED BY THE ROMANS BUT THE CHRISTIANS DEFEATED ROME BY CONVERTING IT TO JESUS CHRIST.

THE ROMANS ARE CALLED BY GOD AND BEAR IN MIND THAT THOSE CALLED BY GOD IS GIVEN SALVATION:

Romans 8:28 We know that in all things God works FOR GOOD with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

SEE, IF GOD CALLED SOMEONE GOD WORKS FOR HIS GOOD. SINCE HE CALLED THE ROMANS THEN HE GOD WORKED FOR THEIR GOOD. THAT IS WHY WE ARE THE BEST AND THE GREATEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD AND IN HISTORY. THE BORN-AGAIN, THE MANALOS AND MAMA ELI SORIANO ARE NOTHING IN COMPARISON WITH THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.


ALSO, THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS IS NEXT TO THE GOSPELS AND ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, AND FIRST AMONG THE EPISTLES AND LIST OF BIBLICALLY FOUNDED CHURCHES BECAUSE ROME IS THE NUMBER 1 AMONG THEM. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.  ACTUALLY, THE FIRST WRITING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IS PAUL'S 1ST LETTER TO THE THESSALONIANS BUT THE ONE ADDRESSED TO THE ROMANS WAS GIVEN PRIORITY OVER IT AND ALL OTHERS.

WHAT ELSE DID GOD SAY ABOUT THOSE WHOM HE CALLED?

Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

I HOPE THIS WILL CLEAR YOUR MIND FROM THE POISON OF HERESIES COMING FROM ANTI-CATHOLIC DECEIVERS. BE PROUD OF BEING A ROMAN CHRISTIAN. BE PROUD BEING PART OF THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES. 


BECAUSE OF THE REFUSAL OF THE JEWS TO BELIEVE JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED AND NOW THE CHURCH THEREIN IS COMPOSED OF VERY FEW MEMBERS. THOSE OF CORINTH, THESALONICA, GALATIA  AND OTHERS ARE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. BUT THE CHURCH OF ROME HAS GROWN SO MUCH AND IS GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER LIKE A MUSTARD SEED BECAUSE IT IS BLESSED BY GOD.



CONCERNING THE PROPHECIES, NONE OF THOSE PROPHECIES DIRECTLY AND EXPLICITLY REFER TO ROMANS AND ROME. THEY ONLY INTERPRETED IT AS SUCH. BUT OUR BIBLICAL FOUNDATION FOR ROME AND ROMANS BEING CALLED AND CHOSEN BY GOD IS NOT BASED ON PROPHECIES BUT WORD FOR WORD, CATEGORICAL, DIRECT AND EXPLICIT STATEMENT FROM THE SACRED LETTERS OF THE SCRIPTURES. HE HE HE... IT IS NOT MERE INTERPRETATION OR SPECULATION BUT TRULY COMING FROM THE WORD OF GOD.

[God Bless]

GOD BLESS YOU TOO. GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR BEING A ROMAN BELIEVER.

June 20, 2011 9:36 AM