On Pope Francis' most recent encyclical: "All Brothers"

"The vision proposed by “All Brothers” is the way in which Rome sees globalization with the eye of a Jesuit and South American pope." (Leonardo de Chirico)

Read the full article here.

Reformation 2020 Reflections

A little something to commemorate 503 years of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation by Pastor Brian Wolfmueller.

New Vatican coin with Pachamama image

 As if last year's syncretic ritual to the Pachamama "Mother Earth" during the Amazonian Synod wasn't enough to show how the Roman Catholic Church has bowed to this idol, the Vatican has now issued a coin depicting this "goddess" to celebrate Earth Day.

Check it out here.

Is there anything else to add to the idolatry practiced by Rome?

Augsburg Confession (cont.)

 

Chief Articles of Faith 

Article III: Of the Son of God.

Also they (our churches) teach that the Word, that is, the Son of God, did assume the human nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin Mary, so that there are two natures, the divine and the human, inseparably enjoined in one Person, one Christ, true God and true man, who was born of the Virgin Mary, truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, that He might reconcile the Father unto us, and be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men. 

He also descended into hell, and truly rose again the third day; afterward He ascended into heaven that He might sit on the right hand of the Father, and forever reign and have dominion over all creatures, and sanctify them that believe in Him, by sending the Holy Ghost into their hearts, to rule, comfort, and quicken them, and to defend them against the devil and the power of sin. 

The same Christ shall openly come again to judge the quick and the dead, etc., according to the Apostles' Creed.

¿Qué es el antinomianismo?

Si los creyentes somos salvos solo por gracia, únicamente por la fe, ¿tenemos licencia para pecar libremente como queramos?

Exploremos ésta cuestión leyendo el artículo publicado en el blog del hermano Josué Barrios.

Leer el artículo.

Augsburg Confession (cont.)

 Chief Articles of Faith 

Article II: Of Original Sin 

Also they teach that since the fall of Adam all men begotten in the natural way are born with sin, that is, without the fear of God, without trust in God, and with concupiscence; and that this disease, or vice of origin, is truly sin, even now condemning and bringing eternal death upon those not born again through Baptism and the Holy Ghost. 

They condemn the Pelagians and others who deny that original depravity is sin, and who, to obscure the glory of Christ's merit and benefits, argue that man can be justified before God by his own strength and reason.

Augsburg Confession

 Chief Articles of Faith 

Article I: Of God 

Our Churches, with common consent, do teach that the decree of the Council of Nicaea concerning the Unity of the Divine Essence and concerning the Three Persons, is true and to be believed without any doubting; that is to say, there is one Divine Essence which is called and which is God: eternal, without body, without parts, of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness, the Maker and Preserver of all things, visible and invisible; and yet there are three Persons, of the same essence and power, who also are coeternal, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. And the term "person" they use as the Fathers have used it, to signify, not a part or quality in another, but that which subsists of itself. 

They condemn all heresies which have sprung up against this article, as the Manichaeans, who assumed two principles, one Good and the other Evil: also the Valentinians, Arians, Eunomians, Mohammedans, and all such. They condemn also the Samosatenes, old and new, who, contending that there is but one Person, sophistically and impiously argue that the Word and the Holy Ghost are not distinct Persons, but that "Word" signifies a spoken word, and "Spirit" signifies motion created in things. 

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Heresies mentioned: 

Manichaeism

Valentinism 

Arianism 

Eunomianism 

Mohammedanism 

Samosatenism