"Ipaglaban mo nang puspusan ang pananampalataya. Panghawakan mong mabuti ang buhay na walang hanggan, dahil diyan ka tinawag ng Diyos nang ipahayag mo sa harap ng maraming saksi ang iyong pananalig kay Cristo." I Tim. 6:12

September 30, 2013

Kaarawan ng "Birheng Maria": Biblikal o imbento lang?

Ang kaarawan ng kanilang "Birheng Maria" tuwing Sep. 8 ay may basehan ba sa bibliya o imbento lang din tulad ng kaarawan daw ni Kristo na hinango sa selebrasyong pagano?

Wag na tayong magpaliguy ligoy pa, itanong na lang natin sa mga sumasamba kay Maria, sa mga katoliko. 

Walang bias to ah, galing mismo sa kanilang encyclopedia:


"The earliest document commemorating this feast comes from the sixth century. St.Romanus, the great ecclesiastical lyrist of the Greek Church, composed for it a hymn (Card. Pitra, "Hymnogr. Graeca", Paris, 1876, 199) which is a poetical sketch of the apocryphal Gospel of St. James. St.Romanus was a native of Emesa in Syria, deacon of Berytus and later on at the Blachernae church in Constantinople, and composed his hymns between 536-556 (P. Maas in "Byzant. Zeitschrift", 1906). 

The feast may have originated somewhere in Syria or Palestine in the beginning of the sixth century, when after the Council of Ephesus, under the influence of the "Apocrypha", the cult of the Mother of God was greatly intensified, especially in Syria. St. Andrew of Crete in the beginning of the eight century preached several sermons on this feast (Lucius-Anrich, "Anfänge des Heiligenkultus", Tübingen, 1906, 468). 

Evidence is wanting to show why the eighth of September was chosen for its date. The Church of Rome adopted it in the seventh century from the East; it is found in the Gelasian (seventh cent.) and the Gregorian (eighth to ninth cent.) Sacramentaries. Sergius I (687-701) prescribed a litany and procession for this feast (P.L. cxxviii, 897 sqq.). Since the story of Mary's Nativity is known only from apocryphal sources, the Latin Church was slow in accepting this oriental festival. It does not appear in many calendars which contain the Assumption, e.g. the Gotho-Gallican, that of Luxeuil, the Toledan Calendar of the tenth century, and the Mozarabic Calendar. 

The church of Angers in France claims that St. Maurilius instituted this feast at Angers in consequence of a revelation about 430. On the night of 8 Sept., a man heard the angels singing in heaven, and on asking the reason, they told him they were rejoicing because the Virgin was born on that night (La fête angevine N.D. de France, IV, Paris, 1864, 188); but this tradition is not substantiated by historical proofs. 

The feast is found in the calendar of Sonnatius, Bishop of Reims, 614-31 (Kellner, Heortology, 21). Still it cannot be said to have been generally celebrated in the eighth and ninth centuries. 

St. Fulbert, Bishop of Chartres (d. 1028), speaks of it as of recent institution (P.L., cxli, 320, sqq.); the three sermons he wrote are the oldest genuine Latin sermons for this festival (Kellner, "Heortology", London, 1908, 230). 

The octave was instituted by Innocent IV (a. 1243) in accordance with a vow made by the cardinals in the conclave of the autumn of 1241, when they were kept prisoners by Frederick II for three months. In the Greek Church the apodosis (solution) of the feast takes place 12 Sept., on account of the feast and the solemnity of the Exaltation of the Cross, 13 and 14 Sept. 

The Copts in Egypt and the Abyssinians celebrate Mary's Nativity on 1 May, and continue the feast under the name of "Seed of Jacob" 33 days (Anal. Juris Pont., xxi, 403); they also commemorate it on the first of every month (priv. letter from P. Baeteman, C.M., Alikiena). The Catholic Copts have adopted the Greek feast, but keep it 10 Sept. (Nilles, "Kal. Man.", II, 696, 706)." source: newadvent.org

Eto na naman, tradisyon pala ang pinagmulan ng kaarawan na ito ng kanilang "Birheng Maria" (Catholic version) na ginawa nilang INA NG DIYOS noong Council of Ephesus (431 AD). Hindi pala ito nanggaling sa bibliya, hindi rin turo ng mga apostol at lalong lalo na, hindi isang selebrasyon galing sa 1st century Christians, kundi galing sa tradisyong Katoliko.

Isa na namang UNBIBLICAL na katuruan sa Iglesia Katolika. Napakahilig talaga nila sa pag iimbento. Hindi ba nila alam na kasalanan ang ginagawa nila na may kaparusahan sa araw ng paghuhukom?

Eto pa ang sabi sa isa na namang catholic book tungkol sa pinagmulan nito:

"1. Historical Details about the Feast
The origin of this Feast is sought in Palestine. It goes back to the consecration of a church in Jerusalem, which tradition identifies as that of the present basilica of St. Ann.
At Rome the Feast began to be kept toward the end of the 7th century, brought there by Eastern monks. Gradually and in varied ways it spread to the other parts of the West in the centuries that followed. From the 13th century on, the celebration assumed notable importance, becoming a Solemnity with a major Octave and preceded by a Vigil calling for a fast. The Octave was reduced to a simple one during the reform of St. Pius X and was abolished altogether under the reform of Pius XII in 1955.
The present Calendar characterizes the Birth of Mary as a "Feast," placing it on the same plane as the Visitation.
For some centuries now, the Birth has been assigned to September 8 both in the East and in the West, but in ancient times it was celebrated on different dates from place to place. However, when the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (which has a later origin than that of the Birth) was extended to the whole Church, the Birth little by little became assigned everywhere to September 8: nine months after the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception." source: ewtn.com

 Sagot sa tanong: IMBENTO LANG DIN PALA! Mismong sa mga aklat na rin nila mababasa ang ebidensiya.


Apologies of "Pope John Paul II"


Pope John Paul II made many apologies. During his long reign as Pope, he apologized to Jews, Galileo, women, people convicted by the Inquisition, Muslims killed by the Crusaders and almost everyone who had allegedly suffered at the hands of the Catholic Church over the years.

Even before he became the Pope, he was a prominent editor and supporter of initiatives like the Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops from 1965. 

As Pope, he officially made public apologies for over 100 of these supposed wrongdoings, including:



1. The conquest of Mesoamerica by Spain in the name of the Church
 

2. The legal process on the Italian scientist and philosopher Galileo Galilei, himself a devout Catholic, around 1633 (31 October 1992).
 
3. Catholics' involvement with the African slave trade (9 August 1993)

4. The Church's role in burnings at the stake and the religious wars that followed the Protestant Reformation (May 1995, in the Czech Republic).

5. The injustices committed against women, the violation of women's rights and for the historical denigration of women (10 July 1995, in a letter to "every woman").

6. The inactivity and silence of many Catholics during the Holocaust (16 March 1998)


7. For the execution of Jan Hus in 1415 (18 December 1999 in Prague). When John Paul II visited Prague in 1990s, he requested experts in this matter "to define with greater clarity the position held by Jan Hus among the Church's reformers, and acknowledged that "independently of the theological convictions he defended, Hus cannot be denied integrity in his personal life and commitment to the nation's moral education." It was another step in building a bridge between Catholics and Protestants.

8. For the sins of Catholics throughout the ages for violating "the rights of ethnic groups and peoples, and [for showing] contempt for their cultures and religious traditions". (12 March 2000, during a public Mass of Pardons).

9. For the actions of the Crusader attack on Constantinople in 1204. (4 May 2001, to the Patriarch of Constantinople).


10. On 20 November 2001, from a laptop in the Vatican, Pope John Paul II sent his first e-mail apologising for the Catholic sex abuse cases, the Church-backed "Stolen Generations" of Aboriginal children in Australia, and to China for the behaviour of Catholic missionaries in colonial times.


    An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.

    — Pope John Paul II


source: wikipedia

September 26, 2013

Paano ginawa ang mga doktrinang patungkol kay Maria?

Noong 1st century

ang paniniwala ng mga Kristiyano kay Maria ay siya ang ina ni Jesus:


"Lagi silang nagsasama-sama sa pananalangin kasama ang mga babae at si Maria na ina ni Jesus; gayundin ang mga kapatid ni Jesus." Gawa 1:14

"Ito ang naganap nang ipanganak si Jesu-Cristo. Si Maria na kanyang ina at si Jose ay nakatakda nang magpakasal. Ngunit bago sila makasal, nalaman ni Maria na siya'y nagdadalang-tao sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan ng Espiritu Santo." Mateo 1:18

Narito naman ang dagdag na mga aral patungkol kay Maria:

Doctrine Church action Accepted by
Mother of God First Council of Ephesus, 431 Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists,
Virgin birth of Jesus First Council of Nicaea, 325 Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans, Protestants
Assumption of Mary Munificentissimus Deus encyclical Pope Pius XII, 1950 Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, some Anglicans, some Lutherans
Immaculate Conception Ineffabilis Deus encyclical Pope Pius IX, 1854 Roman Catholics, some Anglicans, some Lutherans, early Martin Luther
Perpetual Virginity Council of Constantinople, 533 Smalcald Articles, 1537 Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, some Anglicans, some Lutherans, Martin Luther, John Wesley

 source: wikipedia

Ginawang tagapamagitan si Maria (mediatrix) noong third period (1964) ng Second Vatican Council.

Binigyan si Maria ng titulong "Mother of the Church" noong Second Vatican Council ni Pope Paul VI.

Binigyan si Maria ng titulong "Queen of the Universe" noong Second Vatican Council 1964.

Binigyan si Maria ng titulong "Queen of Heaven" noong 1954 ni Pope Pius XII.

Napakarami pa ang mga titulong ikinapit kay Maria at mga pangalang ipinantatawag sa kaniya ang kanilang inimbento at idinagdag sa Iglesia Katolika.


 Ayon sa wikipedia:

"Marian venerative practices predated both the liturgical developments and theological definitions relating to the Virgin Mary. While the venerative practices date back to the 2nd century, the first theological definitions started only in the 5th century."

 Ang veneration daw kay Maria ay nagsimula noong 2nd century, at ang theological definitions naman ay nagsimula noong 5th century. Saktong sakto, pagkamatay ng mga apostol meron na talaga silang tinataglay na maling pananampalataya at meron nang mga bulaang guro na nagtuturo ng mga maling aral.

Wag na wag na nating pagtatakhan kung bakit natalikod ang unang Iglesia.


Ang sobra sobrang pagkilala kay Maria na ina ni Jesus

Kilala ng marami si Maria bilang ina ng ating Panginoong Hesukristo, pero para sa mga Katoliko, hindi lang simpleng INA ni Jesus si Maria. Nag imbento sila ng mga doktrina at binigyan siya ng ibat ibang pagkilala. 

Kumbaga sa simpleng burger, ni level up nila ito, dinagdagan ng ibat ibang ingredients para masarapan ang kakain, at kapag napasobra na ang pagbago sa recipe ng simpleng burger, nawawala na ang pagiging PURE ng lasa nito.

Tulad kay Maria, dinagdagan nila ang pagkilala sa kaniya, ibat ibang mga titulo ang ikinapit, at napalayo na sa TUNAY NA MARIA na nasa Bibliya, sumobra na.

Ano ano itong mga doktrinang ito?

 source: wikipedia

Marami pang mga doktrinang inimbento, hindi lang ng Catholic Church kundi ang iba pang relihiyon tungkol sa kaniya.

Ngayon naman, ano-ano ang mga TITULO na ikinapit nila kay Maria?

Devotional titles

Most of the devotional titles are contained in the Loreto Litanies:



Other titles:
  source: wikipedia

 Eh ano ano naman ang mga pangalan na IKINAPIT at ipinantatawag kay Maria?

Names of Mary associated with devotions or apparitions

   source: wikipedia

Ano ngayon ang masasabi nyo? Ako bay nag iimbento lamang at nagsisinungaling nang sinabi ko na hindi lang basta SOBRA kundi SOBRA SOBRA ANG KANILANG PAGKILALA KAY MARIA?


Maria, INA NG DIYOS?

Napaka unbiblical ng doktrinang ito, walang ni isang catholic theologian at apologist sa buong mundo ang magsasabi na mababasa natin sa bibliya na si MARIA AY INA NG DIYOS. Pagkakaintindi lang nila ito, dahil nga nung ginawa nilang Diyos si Kristo, syempre wala silang choice kundi tanggapin na si Maria ay INA NG DIYOS.

Pero dapat kasi nating maunawaang mabuti, ayon sa Trinity, ang Diyos ay may tatlong persona. Kaya kung sasabihing si Maria ay INA NG DIYOS, ibig sabihin, ina siya ng Ama, ng Anak at ng Espirito Santo kung kayat ito ay super duper over unbiblical (wahaha)

Mas katanggap tanggap pa na sa halip na INA NG DIYOS o MOTHER OF GOD ang title niya, sana ginawa nalang INA NG DIYOS ANAK o MOTHER OF GOD THE SON para naman mag agree ito sa doktrinang Trinity. Sa kanila kasi, pag sinabing "GOD" hindi naman tumutukoy yon kay Kristo, kundi sa tatlong persona nila.

Napakadaming bible verses na makakapagpatunay na si Maria ay purely MOTHER OF JESUS at hindi MOTHER OF GOD, basahin natin ang isa sa mga ito:

"These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren." Acts 1:14
"Lagi silang nagsasama-sama sa pananalangin kasama ang mga babae at si Maria na ina ni Jesus; gayundin ang mga kapatid ni Jesus." Gawa 1:14 BMBB

Pero ang talagang tanong, sa ginawa nilang kalapastanganan sa Diyos, PAPAYAG KAYA NA ANG DIYOS AY MAGING ANAK NG TAO? Di ba si Maria ay TAO?

"God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?" Num. 23:19

Ang Diyos pala ay hindi TAO, lalo namang HINDI ANAK NG TAO. Pero kay Kristo na tao, marami tayong mababasa sa bibliya na sinabing siya ay ANAK NG TAO, hindi ko na siguro kailangan pang ipakita ang ebidensya lalo na kung nagbabasa ka ng bibliya, dahil alam kong alam mo yon.


Maria, isang tagapamagitan?

Napaka unbiblical ng isa pang doktrinang ito, ang titulong MEDIATRIX. Hindi na sila nasiyahan na ginawa nila siyang INA NG DIYOS (TRINITY), ginawa pa nila siyang TAGAPAMAGITAN! 

Sasabihin nila, eh hindi naman namin inalis si Kristo bilang tagapamagitan sa Ama, kaisa lang siya o katuwang ni Kristo bilang tagapamagitan. Kung ganoon, sinasabi ba ninyo na si Maria ay may kapangyarihan o binigyan ng kapangyarihan ng Diyos o kaya naman, gusto nyong sabihin na napakahina ni Kristong Diyos niyo para ipamagitan ang tao sa Diyos Ama kaya kailangan pa niyang makisawsaw bilang tagapamagitan? Yun ba yun? May mababasa ba tayo sa bibliya na si Maria ay tagapamagitan? 

Alam ng buong mundo ang sagot: WALA.

Eto ang sinasabi ng bibliya:


"Sapagkat iisa ang Diyos, at tanging si Jesu-Cristo lamang ang taong tagapamagitan sa atin at sa Diyos" I tim. 2:5 BMBB 

Napakaliwanag ng sabi sa BIBLIYA. Tanging si JESUKRISTO LAMANG, muli, LAMANG, english, ONLY... Ang TAO, muli, TAO, english, HUMAN... TAGAMAPAGITAN, muli, tagapamagitan, english, MEDIATOR...

Okay na ba. Gets na ba. isa pa bang ulit. Kung si Maria ay kinikilala nilang Diyos, magiging katanggap tanggap yong doktrina nila na siya rin ay tagapamagitan dahil ayon sa bibliya, sa lahat ng TAO, si Kristo lamang ang TANGING TAGAPAMAGITAN natin sa Diyos. Eh pano yan, included si Maria sa category na TAO as well as yung anak niya na si KRISTO kaya hindi talaga pupwede maging TAGAPAMAGITAN SI MARIA.


Dapat bang bigyan ng pagkilala si Maria ng SOBRA SOBRA?

Itanong nga natin mismo sa kaniyang anak, ang ating Panginoong Hesukristo, ayon sa isang pangyayari sa bibliya:

"Habang nagsasalita si Jesus, may isang babaing sumigaw mula sa karamihan, "Mapalad ang babaing nagbuntis at nag-alaga sa iyo."  
Ngunit sumagot siya, "Higit na mapalad ang mga nakikinig sa salita ng Diyos at tumutupad nito!" Lucas 11:27-28

Porke ba si Maria ang nagbuntis kay Kristo na anak ng Diyos ibig sabihin mapalad na siya sa LAHAT? Yan ang sabi ni Kristo oh, HIGIT DAW NA MAPALAD ang mga nakikinig sa salita ng Diyos at tumutupad nito. Ibig sabihin may mas nakahihigit pala sa pagiging mapalad ni Maria, yun ay yung mga taong nakikinig at sumusunod sa mga salita ng Diyos.


Paano ginawa ang mga doktrina patungkol kay Maria?

Eto po, hindi na tayo pinahirapan ni wikipedia:


DoctrineChurch actionAccepted by
Mother of GodFirst Council of Ephesus, 431Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists,
Virgin birth of JesusFirst Council of Nicaea, 325Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans,Protestants
Assumption of MaryMunificentissimus Deus encyclicalPope Pius XII, 1950Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, some Anglicans, some Lutherans
Immaculate ConceptionIneffabilis Deus encyclicalPope Pius IX, 1854Roman Catholics, some Anglicans, some Lutherans, early Martin Luther
Perpetual VirginityCouncil of Constantinople, 533Smalcald Articles, 1537Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, some Anglicans, some Lutherans,Martin Luther, John Wesley

 source: wikipedia

Tulad ng paggawa nila sa pagka Diyos ni Kristo, yan oh, kelan lang pala nila inimbento, at binuo rin nila sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga konsilyo at Papa sa Roma.

Napakatindi ng pagkilala nila kay Maria, kung nabubuhay siguro siya sa mga panahon ngayon magugulat siya at pagsasabihan niya ang mga taong bulag na kumikilala sa kaniya ng SOBRA SOBRA. Kung ang pambansang bayani nga natin na si Rizal, nung namatay, nagsulputan ang ibat ibang sekta na mga Rizalista. Bigla siyang sinamba. Kung nabubuhay lang si Rizal ngayon baka pinagbabatukan niya ang mga taong ito, kilala naman natin si Rizal, maprinsipyo yon, hindi yon papayag na sambahin siya at gawan ng kung ano anong pagkilala na hindi naman dapat.

Hindi na ako magtataka kung mababalitaan natin na si Jose na asawa ni Maria ay bigyan din nila ng ibat ibang titulo tulad ng "Joseph, Stepfather of God". 

Astig. 

Wag na rin natin pagtakhan kung sa mga susunod na siglo eh sambahin na rin nila ang mga apostol. At sa sobrang taas ng pagkilala nila kay Maria, wag na tayong magtataka kung magkaroon na naman ng konsilyo para masama na siya sa mga persona ng Diyos, magiging Quadrinity na ang Diyos nila sa hinaharap.