He claimed to have direct contact with the heavens and is believed by his followers to have been the incarnation of Jesus, as well as Shiva, and the Buddha, and Muhammad. In this crowd, in this range of religions, there is only one certainty that we have for all: we are all children of God," Pope Francis said in his message, released Jan. 6, the feast of the Epiphany. At Camp Half-Blood, being claimed is considered a great honor and they use this knowledge to sort you into the cabin of your godly parent. 2600 BCE Ancient Egyptian architect and physician whose status, two thousand years after his death, was raised to that of a god, becoming the god of medicine and healing. 2nd Timothy 3:5 warns of false prophets who have a form of godliness, but deny the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Since John II, it’s believed that all popes have chosen a new name, often assuming the name of a previous pope whom they admired or whose work they hoped to continue or emulate. This 900-year-old prophecy predicted that Benedict XVI would be the 111th pope, therefore, if it is correct, the current Papal Conclave will bring about the end of the world. While in Rome, Malachy claimed to have experienced a vision of the future popes, which he recorded as a sequence of cryptic phrases. This video had 434 hits day one. However, we have shown that Jesus' church had no office of Pope, nor did Peter serve as Pope. Jesus claimed to have the glory that only God had. Pope Adrian IV (Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); c. 1100 – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. represents a profound misunderstanding of the nature of God, creation, and the spiritual dimension, because it is based on very faulty assumptions. Catholicism is a prisonhouse of religion, a cesspool of iniquity. Third, Jesus claimed to be Yahweh God, the same God of Israel from the Old Testament. Conservatives have also claimed Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI (the German pope) as their own. Mitsuo Matayoshi (1944–), a conservative Japanese politician, who in 1997 established the World Economic Community Party based on his conviction that he is God and Christ, renaming himself Iesu Matayoshi. As an acolyte, he was sent to Africa, where he met St. Augustine. Satan used the Roman Catholic Church to deceive in the name of Christ. 2:11,12). He is the only Englishman to have been pope. He Claimed to Have Authority and Equality with God. I often think about my Christian belief that God can draw good out of everything, even the experience of a pandemic. Lee’s followers referred to her as […] He claimed to have direct contact with the heavens and is believed by his followers to have been the incarnation of Jesus, as well as Shiva, and the Buddha, and Muhammad. Bottom line: Jesus clearly communicated that He and the Father are one and are God. God has sent strong delusion to the followers of Antichrist, and they have believed a lie instead of the truth of God; and those who believe not His truth will be damned (2 Thess. This article lists the Popes who have been canonised or recognised as Saints in the Roman Catholic Church they had led. This study clearly shows that Jesus was God and openly claimed to be so. For thousands of years, people all over the ancient world claimed to have the powers of foresight. 1.) In fact, the very question of "How could God have allowed the Holocaust?" . As a practising Catholic, I find it deeply moving to have Pope Francis appear to confirm what many Catholics already know to be true: God made us just as we should be, there are no mistakes. In 1863, he claimed to be the promised one of all religions, and founded the Baháʼí Faith. Millions have found hope because of Christianity – but millions have also been slaughtered in the name of God. He may be God's chief representative on Earth, but the guy's still human. Of course, in the 2,000-year history of the Vatican, not all its popes have been as celebrated or righteous. I believe that. Ever since man developed a belief in the supernatural, different people with varying levels of self-delusion have proclaimed themselves god in a manner that would make Donald Trump’s egomania seem mild. Further, we have quoted Catholic books that admit there were times when no one knows who was Pope, so how can they know the succession? The is the cover of the book “Let Us Dream: The Path to A Better Future,” by author Austen Ivereigh and Pope Francis. Repeatedly he says regarding the OT, “You have heard it said, but I say to you . Starting with St. Peter, the world has seen a total of 265 official popes. Pope St. Leo the Great was born in Rome in the early 400s. Throughout Matthew 5 Jesus claims his words have the same authority as God. In the reign of Pope John XXIII, Democrats took comfort from the popular pontiff, who came from Lombardy peasant stock, modernized Catholic doctrine through Vatican II and befriended the United States’ first Catholic president, John F. Kennedy. I have a lot of madness in my family. This is a partial list of notable people who have been claimed, either by themselves or by their followers, to in some way be the reincarnation or incarnation of Jesus Christ, or the Second Coming of Christ. On this list, you'll find mate, a kind of tea-like, caffeine-rich drink that's incredibly popular in South America, and which is regularly offered to him by adoring fans and followers. He was an Egyptian chancellor to the pharaoh Djoser, probable architect of the Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis.The gradual deification of Imhotep seems to have been completed about 525 BCE. It was not always thus. He later served as a deacon for both Pope Celestine I and Pope Sixtus III. Have popes claimed to be eternal or omniscient or omnipotent or omnipresent or outside of time? But do this with gentleness and respect" - 1 Peter 3:15. YOUTUBE IS CENSORING MY VIDEOS. The 42 months here is the same 1,260 years as Daniel 7:25 spoke about with “ a time and times and half a time ” which occurred from 538 – 1798 A.D. There have allegedly been 266 popes since Christ appointed Peter as the Rock, and the Catholic view is that the popes descended from this point. This manuscript was then deposited in the Roman Archive, and thereafter forgotten about until its rediscovery in 1590. As the supposed successor of Peter, the Pope claims infallibility, the position of God on Earth, and ability to judge and excommunicate angels. Lou de Palingboer (Louwrens Voorthuijzen) (1898-1968), a Dutch charismatic leader who claimed to be God as well as the Messiah from 1950 until his death in 1968. So far I have escaped it.” In his book “Soros on Soros,” he says: “I do not accept the rules imposed by others…. This is EXACTLY what all the popes have done by teaching that Christ-rejecters can go to Heaven. This means that the magisterium picked seven bad popes out of 266, or 1 bad pope for 37 other good, indifferent or useless, but not evil popes. It is claimed that Peter was the chief apostle and that Popes are his successors as head of the church. Meet Five Nigerians Who Have Claimed To Be God. Sure, there are people who have claimed to be God and terrible things have come out of that, but when you involve the act of cutting off a penis, that takes crazy to a whole new level! Haven't some popes claimed to be God on earth? The Catholic Council of Trent in 1545 declared this: We define that the Holy Apostolic See and the Roman Subsequently, he was elected to succeed Sixtus and was consecrated on September 29, 440. Popes have claimed to be God, to be Jesus Christ in the flesh, to forgive sins, to provide salvation, and other blasphemies. In 1143, The Prophecy of the Popes was created - listing the future attributes of the 112 pontiffs succeeding St. Peter. Three Popes have had ... Shield of God. 18th century Ann Lee (1736-1784), the founder and leader of the Shakers. Whenever gods have a child with a human, it was the god's choice to claim that child or not. Did they claim to have created the world (etc., etc.)? That is to say 1 in 38 popes qualified as being "evil". Email This BlogThis! There can be no valid succession of Popes. “Love the Lord with all your heart, and with all your soul, ... "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. Police were called to Campus Club Apartments in Gainsville, FL after getting a report that residents witnessed 19- year-old Michael Joseph Silecchia running the halls of the building. Calvin absurdly and vainly tries, but has not shown in the slightest degree that the Antichrist will be a pope or collection of popes, or that popes claimed to be God. Abd-ru-shin (18 April 1875 – 6 December 1941), founder of the Grail Movement. Throughout the centuries of Rome's existence, the popes have regularly claimed to be divine. Naturally, then, the pope has his own list of favorite foods — the stuff he really loves more than anything else. Posted by The Amateur Apologist at 3:37 PM. In fact, one section of the video features leaders from various global religions expressing faith in their respective deities.