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a franciscan monk in Spain was doing research on the inquisition
the documents were telling him that anyone who believed that St. paul was equal with
St. Peter was anathametized and would be burned at the stake. Now anyone who knows Scriptures
knows that in the Book of Galatians St. Paul tells us that he "withstood Peter to
his face" . In the 2nd epistle of St. Peter 3:14, he writes "therefore, Beloved, looking
forward be diligent to be found by Him
in peace, and consider .." St. Peter therefore is calling all of St. Paul's epistles equal with the rest of Holy Scripture. Matthew
16, go back to what the Lord said, "You are the Christ the Son of the Living God" which
is the rock and foundation of our Faith. Not the person of St. Peter, obviously, because
St. Peter was called "satan" by the Lord about four verses after that. St. Peter "changed
his tune" and said " No Lord you don't have to go to the Cross!" That's all in Matthew
16. So this Franciscan monk knew the Scriptures rather well, was educated, had a heart for
the Lord, saw these documents from the Inquisition, and asked his spiritual father about it. Spiritual
father said "Don't pay attention" - in essence said the "pope is above all Scriptures" He
writes therefore, "that the spiritual life of the papal church would expose me to great
danger, so I ended up taking a decisive step and declared that I did not belong to the
Latin Church"! He writes"many were following me at that time but no one would sacrifice
so radically his position in the church and the honor and consideration of it" This young
man of course, left the Franciscans. He had been taught that Orthodoxy was arcane, had
been "frozen" in time, so he thought he'd take another look at Orthodoxy and found that
"it was like a waterfall- it looks the same, but the waters running over it are ever new
ever changing"! This is a good picture of the ancient Church ever renewed! So he went
to Orthodoxy, studied carefully, was finally ordained a priest. In 1975, he was made Bishop
of Mexico; the Greek Orthodox needed a Spanish-speaking bishop. Now he had received many threats to
his life - he just took it for granted because anyone who is openly against the Papal Church
in Europe is in danger. So, he was in the Mexico City Cathedral, had just celebrated
Divine Liturgy. He was a prolific writer, wonderful man, and he was martyred. We see
where the Papal Church has swerved completely away from the Holy Scriptures, from the Truth
of the Gospel! Come out from among them, as the Lord said, "there are sheep of another
fold, them too must I bring"! We invite you in to study, freely examine everything about
Orthodoxy and most of all, to pray as we have done. And you will find that the Holy Spirit
will lead you, full of joy, peace, and understanding the Faith of Jesus Christ as you never have
before! God bless you on your journey! We will be there to support you in any way we
can! (music)