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Sabbath, February 12, 2011 - "Current Events: Sunday Laws, a few steps closer to fruition"
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"John Paul was criticized by liberal and moderate
politicians and newspapers for transgressing
the boundary between church and
state." TIME |
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“In sermons
based on the Ten Commandments, John
Paul denounced excessive
materialism, divorce, contraception and the
separation of church and state, TIME
June 17, 1991 "The Gift
Of Life" p. 47 Sermons from A Native Son |
3 |
“Recent
statements by the Polish
Episcopate have fueled
apprehension. In late April the bishops urged that the new constitution exclude any provision
for the separation of church and state. Instead, they suggested, "exceptional emphasis should
be laid on the need for cooperation
between the state and the
Catholic Church." TIME |
4 |
Sunday
“is the identity of the Christian community and the center of his life and
mission”, that “we cannot live without joining together on Sunday”, that
only those Christians “who lived in accordance with Sunday” have “attained new
hope”, and that “the Christians of today will rediscover the crucial importance of the Sunday Celebration”. (Pastoral Visit
of Pope Benedict XVI to Bari for the Closing of the 24th Italian National
Eucharistic Congress, Homily of Pope Benedict XVI, Esplanade of Marisabella,
Sunday, May 29, 2005.) “Social
disorder, war, injustice and violence” can only be countered “ by renewed
appreciation and respect for the universal
moral law [Sunday
observance], that only by recognizing
that law can the world have “dignity, life and freedom” with “conditions of
justice and peace” in all the communities of the world, and that the promotion
and defense of this law is what “must govern relations between nations and
peoples in the pursuit of the common good of the human family...within the international community.”
(Address of Pope Benedict XVI to H.E. Mr Francis Rooney, New Ambassador of the
United States of America to the Holy See, Saturday, November 12, 2005.) |
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The
RCC - “makes its contribution (in the ethical and moral sphere) according to the
dispositions of international
law, helps to define that law, and makes appeal to it”, that we live in a
time when little groups of
independent people threaten the unity of the world, and that the only way to combat this problem
is by establishing law and then ordering all of society according to this law,
thus promoting “peace and good will throughout the earth.” (Apostolic Journey
to the |
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John
11:50-51, "…it is expedient
for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation
perish not. And this spake he not of
himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die
for that nation;" |
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"This
organization proposes in every
possible way to aid in
preserving Sunday as a civil
institution. Our national
security requires the active
support of all good citizens in the maintenance of our American Sabbath. Sunday laws must be enforced." -Quoted as "principles contained in the
Constitution" of the
original orginization (then called the American Sabbath Union), cited in The
Lord's Day |
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Germany Shopping
Laws |
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“They [Catholics] must penetrate wherever possible in the administration of civil affairs...
all Catholics should do all in their power to cause
the constitution of states, and legislation to be modeled on the principles of
the true Church." -Encyclical of
Leo XIII. "But Constitutions can be changed, and non-Catholic sects may decline to such a
point that the political proscription [ban] of them may become feasible and expedient. What protection would they have against a Catholic state?" -The State and the
Church, pp.38,39, by Miller and Ryan, imprimatur of Cardinal Hayes. |
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U.S.
Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision: Constitution is Void |
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"By the decree of enforcing the institution of the Papacy
in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness.
When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the
Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with
Spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall
repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and
Republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal
falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the
marvelous working of Satan, and that the end is near." --Testimonies,
vol. 5, p. 451 |
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THE POLITICAL PROBLEM OF
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM |
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Supermarkets in court over Sunday shopping. “Shops may only open on every Sunday if they are considered to be in tourist areas. But the law is routinely flouted and there are a number of other loopholes. Government plans to tighten up the regulations have been delayed because of the economic crisis.” |
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http://www.free-sunday.eu/en/content/objective |
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The Religious Action Center of Reformed Judaism |
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Gov.
Perry declares Sunday a day of prayer "Gov. Rick Perry has declared Sunday a day of prayer in Texas over lives lost and the environmental disaster of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill." |
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They will use disasters (real, or man made) to generate a need for Sunday Laws |
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" This same pastor said on CNN... "I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican. I'm a Christocrat." |
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State plan
to control job market "If the government has its way, private companies will no longer be able to hire employees without first considering people listed on a government database of unemployed South Africans. Failure to do so could result in heavy fines for companies." |
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"Brethren and sisters, would that I might
say something to awaken you to the importance of this time, the significance of
the events that are now taking place. I point you to the aggressive movements
now being made for the restriction of religious liberty. God's sanctified
memorial has been torn down, and in its place a false sabbath, bearing no
sanctity, stands before the world. And while the powers of darkness are
stirring up the elements from beneath, the Lord God of heaven is sending power
from above to meet the emergency by arousing His living agencies to exalt the
law of heaven. Now, just now, is our time to work in foreign countries. As |