What is gnosis? THE meaning of the term Gnosis or Knowledge, as applied to a system of philosophy, may be illustrated by the language of Plato towards the end of the fifth book of the
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Vatican cardinal faces corruption inquiry over Rome property deals
[ad#inline-ad-in-article] Corruption and criminals within the Catholic church hierarchy, will it ever stop? (Reprinted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/20/vatican-cardinal-corruption-inquiry-rome-property-deals) Catholic church dragged into public works scandal that has sent shockwaves through Italian government * Tom Kington in Rome
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The Catholic church's steady decline
[ad#inline-ad-in-article] The Catholic Church has a proud history, proud not of the Godly and spiritual sense but of the temporal. Afterall, this same church was the one and same as the Roman Empire. A casual
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Catholic Church uses drug money to build chapel
Mr Abe Arganiosa, a Catholic priest and blogger recently published a blog entitled “Katanungan tungkol sa pananalapi ng Vatican (Question about the finances of the Vatican)”. He was supposed to be responding to a
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December Philippine Fiesta
[ad#inline-ad-in-article] San Fernando Giant Lantern Festival/Fiesta ng Parol – celebrated the whole month of December in San Fernando, Pampanga. The festival culminates in a judging contest of the best, biggest and most beautiful Christmas lantern
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Merry Christmas?
What do people do at Christmas? what else but merry making, eating and drinking! Christmas Revelry Millions of people from virtually every country of the world celebrate the holiday season during the Winter Solstice, and
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O Christmas tree
[ad#inline-ad-in-article] The Catholic tradition of decorated trees did not come from Christianity as laid out in scriptures but from Norse mythology similar to the eggs and bunny of Easter. The world tree is an enormous
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The basis for the worship of "The Virgin Mary".
Goddess worshipping religions were mostly based on being fertile and its relationship to nature. Crops yield bountifully(read fertile) because the “Mother” provided. This belief honors the females “power” to produce or “create new life”. Nature,
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Notes on Catholics: Who's the real heretic.
[ad#inline-ad-in-article] Generally accepted today as fact most specially by Catholics is the alleged heresy of Arius. According to most historians, Arius of Alexandria in Egypt held the teaching that Jesus was not co-equal with God
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Anti-catholic? me?
My “bff”, Ernie Vasol aka losav on his alter-blog is accusing me of being an “anti-catholic”. I guess because I was blogging about catholic church doctrines and practices which do not necessarily agree with his
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