Catholicdefender2000 tirelessly spreads false info's or in short, making disinformation campaign about the Iglesia ni Cristo, in his anti-INC blog called In defense of the Church.
His favorite source is the MEDIA, that says Bro. Felix Manalo is the founder of the Church of Christ. Is he really?
FACT: NO. The INC doesnt have any doctrine that says Bro. Felix is the founder of the church, what we have is that it is Christ, the true founder of the Church of Christ.
Why? Because Christ did established a church:
“And I also say to you that you are peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hades shall not prevail against it.” Matt. 16:18
And this church which was established by Christ is called Iglesia ni Cristo, Church of Christ:
"Take heed therefore to yourselves and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed your overseers, to feed the church of Christ which he has purchased with his blood." Acts 20:28 (Lamsa version)
Why Church of Christ?
“But there is something we must tell you and everyone else in Israel. This man is standing here completely well because of the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth. You put Jesus to death on a cross, but God raised him to life…Only Jesus has the power to save! His name is the only one in all the world that can save anyone.” Acts 4:10,12
It is our Lord Jesus Christ who established the church, and was called after his name because his name is the only one in ALL the world that can SAVE ANYONE.
If it is Bro. Felix Manalo who founded the church, he will name it Church of Manalo, and not Church of Christ. We never and will not recognize Bro. Felix Manalo as the FOUNDER of the church, we recognize him as an angel or Messenger of God, not an angel with wings.
Bro. Felix Manalo is an instrument of God on restoring the true Church of Christ here on earth, as the Church in the 1st century apostatized because of the next leaders after the apostles who invent many doctrines which are unbiblical and violates God's commandments. Bro. Felix, as an instrument of God, registered this church in the Philippine government in 1914 as a corporation sole, and it is stated there that Bro. Felix is the founder/executive minister because the law requires it:
Corporate Code of the Philippines [Sec. 109-116]
Sec. 111. Articles of incorporation. – In order to become a corporation sole, the chief archbishop, bishop, priest, minister, rabbi or presiding elder of any religious denomination, sect or church must file with the Securities and Exchange Commission articles of incorporation setting forth the following:
1. That he is the chief archbishop, bishop, priest, minister, rabbi or presiding elder of his religious denomination, sect or church and that he desires to become a corporation sole;
2. That the rules, regulations and discipline of his religious denomination, sect or church are not inconsistent with his becoming a corporation sole and do not forbid it;
3. That as such chief archbishop, bishop, priest, minister, rabbi or presiding elder, he is charged with the administration of the temporalities and the management of the affairs, estate and properties of his religious denomination, sect or church within his territorial jurisdiction, describing such territorial jurisdiction;
4. The manner in which any vacancy occurring in the office of chief archbishop, bishop, priest, minister, rabbi of presiding elder is required to be filled, according to the rules, regulations or discipline of the religious denomination, sect or church to which he belongs; and
5. The place where the principal office of the corporation sole is to be established and located, which place must be within the Philippines.
Christ's second coming is unknown but believed to be in the end of the world or in the day of judgment. Nonmembers wanted the name "Jesus Christ" and not Felix Manalo to be in the papers of incorporation, as if Christ will go down from heaven and fill in his name in the papers of incorporation in the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Philippines.
If it is only ALLOWED to put the name of Christ in the papers of incorporation, WHY NOT?
But if that happens, we should expect that all CHURCHES REGISTERED IN THE SEC and around the world are entitled to Christ as their founder.
MEDIA and nonmembers says Bro. Felix Manalo is the founder of the Iglesia ni Cristo, Church of Christ. While we and the Holy Scriptures says that it is our Lord Jesus Christ is the TRUE founder of the Iglesia ni Cristo, Church of Christ.
Media vs. Bible, who tells the TRUTH?
Again, we never and will not recognize Bro. Felix Manalo as the founder of the Iglesia ni Cristo. It is not US, who says Bro. Felix is the founder but those who are not MEMBERS of the church.
