The five daily contact prayers are the main meals for the soul. While a soul may attain some growth and development by leading a righteous life, and without observing the contact prayers, this would be like surviving on snacks without regular meals.
We learn from 2:37 that we can establish contact with God by uttering the specific Arabic words given to us by God. Sura 1, The Key, is a mathematically composed combination of sounds that unlocks the door between us and God:
The Dawn Prayer must be observed during two hours before sunrise (11:114, 24:58). The Noon Prayer is due when the sun declines from its highest point at noon (17:78). The Afternoon Prayer can be observed during the 3-4 hours preceding sunset (2:238). The Sunset Prayer becomes due after sunset (11:114). The Night Prayer can be observed after the twilight disappears from the sky (24:58). * The Friday noon congregational prayer is an obligatory duty upon every Submitting man and woman (62:9). Failure to observe the Friday Prayer is a gross offense.
Each contact prayer is valid if observed anytime during the period it becomes due until the next prayer becomes due. Once missed, a given contact prayer is a missed opportunity that cannot be made up; one can only repent and ask forgiveness. The five prayers consist of 2, 4, 4, 3, and 4 units (Rak'ahs), respectively.
The proof that Salat was already established through Abraham is found in 8:35, 9:54, 16:123, & 21:73. This most important duty in Islam (Submission) has been so severely distorted that the contact prayers (Salat) have become a practice in idolatry for the vast majority of Muslims. Although the Quran commands that our contact prayers must be devoted to God alone (20:14; 39:3, 45), today's Muslims insist on commemorating "Muhammad and his family" and "Abraham and his family" during their prayers. This renders the prayers null and void (39:65).
Colorado Meat Company Fires 150 Muslim Workers After Prayer Dispute Mic By Tom McKay 5 hours ago
A meat-processing plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, has fired 150 Muslim workers following a dispute over prayer.
CNN reports the workers, Somalis who had come west looking for work, had their employment at Cargill Meat Solutions terminated after 11 workers asked to pray at the same time in a company prayer room, then were asked to split into smaller groups to avoid hurting production quotas. The workers complied but 10 of them resigned the same day, according to CNN, and 150 fellow workers ended up skipping work for three days in protest.
Cargill Meat Solutions spokesman Michael Martin told CNN it fired the workers under a pre-existing company policy regarding workers who miss three consecutive days without explanation. However, Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the Denver Post some workers were told, "'If you want to pray, go home.'"
The company is now hiring to replace the workers, but says it may waive a standard six-month minimum waiting period before employees may re-apply — if some of the Somalis wish to return.
The Post reported in 2011 that Fort Morgan, a town of 12,000, had experienced an immigration wave of 1,000 to 1,200 Somalis in the "past six years." That same year, the paper wrote the Cargill plant was having difficulties accommodating all daily prayer requests from its growing number of Muslim employees, and noted the plant could not sustain production levels of 4 million pounds of beef daily if they had to shut down the production lines.
"It don't matter if I don't have a job, my religion is more important," fired employee Tony Aden told CBS News.
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Muslims should be wiped out and deported from the country; Islam is entirely incompatible with human progress and advancement and belongs in the dark ages/stone ages where it always belonged. Mohammed was a bi-sexual psychopathic lying pedophile rapist cruel warlord AND THAT IS A FACT!
ISLAM DOES NOT BELONG ON THIS PLANET AND SEEKS TO REGRESS EVERYONE BACK TO IT'S **** STONE AGE CAMEL HUMPING INSANE BARBARIC PRIMITIVE CONCEPTION OF A SOCIETY AND HUMANS!
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Islam is not just a religion, but rather it's a complete system of existence.
Many people practice a "Light" Version of their professed religion with many exceptions, but those few hardcore idiots are the ones causing all the problems.
We can all exist amicably, if would take some time to learn about each other's beliefs and what makes each one special.
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Yes, Islam is compatible with the lives of modern workers.Many Muslims are stupid. First of all the Quran says you only have to say your prayers,. There is nothing in the Quran that says how long they should be said or how they should be made.
They know that if they were on the battlefield you would never pray in mass. This would allow you to be killed.The fighters would take turns saying their prayer. These workers could have done the same thing on the job. I blame their stupid imam.
Most Muslims, like Christians do not think for themselves. They want to follow their religious leaders and the community, instead of thinking for themselves.
God is merciful and does not demand people burden themselves, instead of taking care of business.
There is nothing wrong with faith in God. But people who follow a religion are usually dogmatic and worthless. They are worthless because they are more concerned with keeping up a particular image demanded by the "practices" of their religion determined by their religious leader(s), because the followers of a religion fail to think for themselves.
As my mother used to say find a fool and bump his head. People go to Mosque and Churches on Friday and Saturday--but do nothing to help their fellow man but preach hateful things directed towards people who belong to a different religion or sect in their own religion.
God does not demand a regular time and ritual for someone to communicate with Him. A prayer to God can be just: "Give me mercy and grace, protect me and all the good people from evil and our enemies. Amen.".
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^Quite true Clyde, religion is often used as a demarcation between people: allowing demagogues to establish the "US against THEM" tool for control of their masses.
Al qaeda - wraps their activities in the love of god, and hatred of evil, banner.
Isis - wraps their activities in the love of god, and hatred of evil, banner.
KING - wraps his activities in the love of god, and hatred of evil, banner.
Rednecks and Crackers - wraps their activities in the love of god, and hatred of evil, banner.
Your concept of God and religion will never catch on, because it does not feed the need many have for hatred and exclusivity.Posts: 22721 | Registered: Oct 2005
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LOOK HOW EVIL AND DEVIOUS THE STINKING MUSLIM SERPENTS LIKE.
THE DEMON LEECH MUSLIMS LIKE A VAMPIRE VIRUS, TAPEWORM THAT LEECHES OFF OF THE PEOPLE
THAT DEMONIC DEVIL FALSE PROPHET MUHAMMAD CALLS HIS RELIGION ISLAM....
MUSLIMS DENY THE LAMB OF GOD YESHUA CHRIST AS THE SON OF GOD, YET THE MUSLIMS CALL THERE RELIGION ISLAM...
MUSLIMS TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE BLASPHEME. THATS WHY THEY CALL THEMSELVES isLAM, THE DEVIL A DECEIVER, SNEAKY SERPENT, MUSLIMS THE DEVILS PEOPLE
LAM!!! NOT TO GET BLASPHEMED
BURN QURAN AND BURN HADITH ETC THATS NOT A PROBLEM
DON'T GET TRICKED. MUSLIMS PUT isLAM INSIDE THERE NAME CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT QURAN AND HADITH PERVERTED!!! THEY TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE BLASPHEME
ATTACK QURAN, AND ATTACK HADITH ETC THATS NOT A PROBLEM
REPENT FOR INSULTING THE NAME LAM, IF YOU BLASPHEMED JUST TO MAKE SURE.
SEND MUSLIMS BACK TO THERE MUSLIM COUNTRIES!!! TEACH THEM IF THEY FEEL LIKE GETTING SAVED, INSIDE THERE MUSLIM COUNTRIES
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quote:Originally posted by Mike111: True - further, "ALL" great civilizations were based upon religion/religious beliefs.
True. But we have to remember that the longest lasting of these civilizations (Indus Valley,Egypt and etc.) were based on religious tolerance. In these civilizations, Goodness guided all relationships and people could worship what ever God they wished. None of these states had a "national religion".
quote:Originally posted by Mike111: True - further, "ALL" great civilizations were based upon religion/religious beliefs.
True. But we have to remember that the longest lasting of these civilizations (Indus Valley,Egypt and etc.) were based on religious tolerance. In these civilizations, Goodness guided all relationships and people could worship what ever God they wished. None of these states had a "national religion".
True:
My sense is that the ancients viewed worshiping their gods as an honor they allowed foreigners, rather than something they forced on foreigners.
I'm thinking of the reign of the Amorite king Samsuiluna (1750 B.C.): while the Sumerians were rebelling against his Babylonian dynasty, the Elamites invaded and sacked Ur and Uruk, taking away a statue of Inanna from Uruk, which it's assumed they then worshiped.
Historians speak of the war or the Contendings of Horus and Seth, a mythological/real story from the Twentieth dynasty of Ancient Egypt found in the first sixteen pages of the Papyrus Chester Beatty I and deals with the battles between Horus and Seth to determine who will succeed Osiris as king.
But CLEARLY, it is KINGS people - the Christians, who historically appear to be the FIRST "INTOLERANT" sect!
History of Christianity The Romans
Traditional Roman religion was a public cult, not private mysticism, and was practiced because it was the perceived way of keeping heaven friendly. To refuse participation was viewed as disloyal. However, Hebrews could be excused for their refusal, by virtue of the undoubted fact that their monotheism was an ancient national tradition. Christians however, did everything in their power to dissuade people from following the customs of their fathers, whether they be Gentiles or Hebrews, and they seemed to threaten the cohesion of society, and the principle that each racial or ethnic group, was entitled to follow its national customs in religion.
Christians were not respectful toward ancestral pagan customs, their preaching of a new king sounded like revolution. The opposition of the Hebrews to Christians, often led to breaches of the peace, thus the Christians could very well be unpopular, and they often were. Paul's success at Ephesus (a Greek city in Turkey), provoked a riot to defend the cult of the goddess Artemis. In 64 A.D, a fire destroyed much of Rome; the emperor Nero killed a great many Christians as scapegoats.
Now for the first time, Rome was conscious that Christians were religiously distinct from Hebrews. But there probably was no formal senatorial enactment against Christianity at this time. Nero's persecution was local and short. Soon thereafter however, the profession of Christianity was defined as a capital crime, though of a special kind, because one gained pardon by apostasy, (rejection of a faith once confessed), which was demonstrated by offering sacrifice to the pagan gods or the emperor.
From the Wiki - Vikings:
The motives driving the Viking expansion are a topic of much debate in Nordic history. One common theory posits that Charlemagne "used force and terror to Christianise all pagans", leading to baptism, conversion or execution, and as a result, Vikings and other pagans resisted and wanted revenge. Professor Rudolf Simek states that "it is not a coincidence if the early Viking activity occurred during the reign of Charlemagne". The penetration of Christianity into Scandinavia led to serious conflict dividing Norway for almost a century.
Now we see that KING and the Muslims are merely carrying on an OLD Abrahamic tradition.
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Read This about Chinese Christians Who have Been Representing and Evangelizing inside a Forced Atheist state only since 1949!!!
See How Quickly The Chinese Brothas and Sistas Turned To the Truth and Salvation of Christianity when not pressured or forced to atheism
China may become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years
The number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that it by 2030 it could have more churchgoers than America
quote:China's Protestant community, which had just one million members in 1949!!!,
has already overtaking those of countries more commonly associated with an evangelical boom.
Christian congregations in particular have skyrocketed since churches began reopening when Chairman Mao's death in 1976 signalled the end of the Cultural Revolution.
TRUTH AND SALVATION WHEN GIVING A FAIR CHANCE WILL REVIVE EVEN THE MOST DESERT! OF PLACES...
Also Christians Must remember to Obey God not Man when Man tries to force Christians to do things against what The Bible Teaches.
Do Not let the Government dictate what Christians say inside The Church, if what the government says Goes against the Bible.
Theres only One Way, Believe that Yeshua Christ is Lord And Savior and You Shall Be Saved.
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quote:Originally posted by Child Of The KING: Mike
Why You Acting Stupid For??
Read This about Chinese Christians Who have Been Representing and Evangelizing inside a Forced Atheist state only since 1949!!!
See How Quickly The Chinese Brothas and Sistas Turned To the Truth and Salvation of Christianity when not pressured or forced to atheism
China may become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years
The number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that it by 2030 it could have more churchgoers than America
[QUOTE] China's Protestant community, which had just one million members in 1949!!!,
has already overtaking those of countries more commonly associated with an evangelical boom.
. Familiarity Breeds Contempt!
Wiki: Christianity in Europe
Christianity is the largest religion in Europe. Christianity has been practiced in Europe since the 1st century, and a number of the Pauline Epistles were addressed to Christians living in Greece, as well as Rome. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center in 2011, found that 75% of Europeans considered themselves Christians.
Catholics were at the time of the survey the largest Christian group in Europe, accounting for more than 48% of European Christians. The second-largest Christian group in Europe were the Orthodox, who made up 32% of European Christians.
Although the Protestant Reformation began in Europe (the race wars), only about 19% of European Christians were part of the Protestant tradition. Russia is the largest Christian country in Europe by population, followed by Germany and Italy.
For at least a millennium and a half, Europe has been nearly equivalent to Christian culture, even though the religion was inherited from West Asia. Christian culture was the predominant force in western civilization, guiding the course of philosophy, art, and science.
Europe has a rich Christian culture, especially as numerous saints, martyrs and popes were European themselves. All of the popes from 741 to 2013 were from Europe. Europe brought together many of the Christian holy sites and heritage and religious centers
Wiki - Religion in the European Union.
Over the last several decades, religious practice has been on the decline in a process of secularisation. Eurostat's Eurobarometer opinion polls showed in 2010 that 49% of EU citizens did not believe in God. Many countries have experienced falling church attendance and membership in recent years.
Countries with the fewest people reporting belief in God are the Czech Republic (16%), Estonia (18%), and Sweden (18%). The most religious countries are Malta (94%; predominantly Roman Catholic), Cyprus (~90%; predominantly Orthodox), and Romania (~90%; predominantly Orthodox). Across the EU, belief is more common with age and is higher amongst women, those with only basic education, and those "positioning themselves on the right of the political scale (57%)".Posts: 22721 | Registered: Oct 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Mike111: Although the Protestant Reformation began in Europe (the race wars), only about 19% of European Christians were part of the Protestant tradition.
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I was very surprised by this.
After thinking about it, I was curious to find what part religion might play in racism....
Keeping in mind that Europe has always been much less racist than the U.S.
Religion in the United States
Religion in the United States is characterized by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. Various religious faiths have flourished in the United States. A majority of Americans report that religion plays a very important role in their lives, a proportion unique among developed countries.
The majority of Americans identify themselves as Christians, while close to a quarter claim no religious affiliation. According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, 70.6% of the American population identified themselves as Christians, with 46.5% professing attendance at a variety of churches that could be considered Protestant, and 20.8% professing Roman Catholic beliefs. The same study says that other religions (including Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism) collectively make up about 6% of the population.
According to a 2012 survey by the Pew forum, 36 percent of Americans state that they attend services nearly every week or more. According to the 2013 Gallup poll, Mississippi with 61% of its population described as very religious (say that religion is important to them and attend religious services almost every week) is the most religious state in the country, while Vermont with only 22% as very religious is the least religious state.
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Mike please tell me you are joking when you say Europe has always been less racist then the U.S. It's the opposite, infact I would say Europe takes the cake when it comes to degenerate racist behavior and views, infact parts of Europe especially Eastern Europe is far worse then anything seen in the U.S deep south.
White Europeans are the masters of covert racism and racist chauvinist thinking.
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quote:Originally posted by Mindovermatter: Mike please tell me you are joking when you say Europe has always been less racist then the U.S. It's the opposite, infact I would say Europe takes the cake when it comes to degenerate racist behavior and views, infact parts of Europe especially Eastern Europe is far worse then anything seen in the U.S deep south.
White Europeans are the masters of covert racism and racist chauvinist thinking.
That is not the usual opinion or view.
All are encouraged to provide first-hand input.
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quote: There is an actual, real-life Miss Hitler contest going on right now. On VKontakte— Russia’s Facebook—Russian and Ukrainian Nazis and the people who love them, are voting for their favorite pictures of proud, beautiful anti-Semitic women posted to the site’s “Adolf Hitler” group page. Boasting more than 7,000 followers, the page describes itself as a group of Russians and Ukrainians who pay tribute to Hitler, history’s best-known goose-stepping genocidal maniac.
Miss Ostland 2014, as it’s called, is a social media pageant tribute to Ostland, the Nazi civilian occupation regime of the Baltic states in 1941 in which more than a million Jews were murdered. But Miss Ostland isn’t all about genocide. Actually, it’s more about “feminine beauty” than anything else.
Want to be 2014’s Miss Hitler? Here’s how you qualify:
1) Be a woman.
2) Be a Nazi.
3) Be a woman Nazi.
4) Be a woman who hates Jews.
5) Be a member of the “Adolf Hitler” VKontakte group.
6) Post a sexy Nazi pic.
7) Get other Nazis to like your pic.
8) Don’t insult other women’s pictures. Nazis are a lot of things, but they are apparently not catty on social media.
The woman whose picture receives the most likes will be declared the winner, and only group members can vote.
Now that we’ve established the high stakes of Miss Hitler 2014, let’s meet the main contenders:
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.... They are just as worse if not more worse then U.S white racists...
White Europeans are degenerate racists, they have a different modus operandi and ways to show their racism.
Their form of racism involves social heriarchism and elitist based racism, not the direct raw racism shown by U.S rednecks.
First they make you feel silently inferior and give you subliminal signs that you are lower or non-human by their body language and passive aggressive behavior or even avoidance of you despite you not doing anything to warrant it, then it transforms into degenerate sophisticated style racism by showing they look down on you.
When that fails, they then start showing you directly that they are racist against you and feel superior to you, but albeit in a degenerate superior-inferior social hierarchical sophisticated cafe intellectual racist style sort of way. It's like hypocritical liberal white hidden racism.
All that talk that White Europeans like to show about how they are so much more civilized, progressive and sophisticated and more intelligent then dumb U.S whites and Americans is really just a bunch of self-righteous lying bullshit showing their inferior-superior worldview concerning others, which they don't practice in real life with any blacks or other non-europeans.
To make it more understandable White Europeans have mastered and gotten the whole extreme cafe faux liberal covert racist SWPL White act down to the T in the most extreme and degenerate forms of that, that can exist so far. They have been playing this act for hundreds of years globally for a long time now.
It's hard to put it into words, but it's not the threatened reactionary racism of U.S white southerners, although worse forms of that can be seen in Eastern Europe. White Europeans are more sophisticated in their deployment of racism and switch to several different ways/tactics to show their racism unlike White Americans.
In many ways, White Europeans are the worst of faux racist white do-gooder pseudo-intellectual racist **** u.s liberals on steroids.
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quote:Originally posted by Mike111: Although the Protestant Reformation began in Europe (the race wars), only about 19% of European Christians were part of the Protestant tradition.
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quote: I was very surprised by this.
I wondered why Albinos would abandon the religion they had created specifically as an alternative to the Black Catholic Church, and as the religious justification for the slaughter and enslavement of millions of Blacks.
According to The Roman Catholic Church, the first Pope was Saint Peter. Papacy began AD 30, Papacy ended AD 64 or 67.
Christianity in Europe:
Quote: All of the popes from 741 to 2013 were from Europe.
Ostensibly - 674 years of Non-European, Non-White Popes, (Play along).
HUFFINGTON POST
Has There Ever Been A Black Or African Pope?
(RNS) Amid all the fevered speculation about who might succeed Pope Benedict XVI, one possibility seems particularly tantalizing: that the conclave could elect an African to be the first black pontiff in the nearly 2,000-year history of the papacy.
But in all that time has there really never been a black pope? Or an African pope? It depends on what you mean by "black" and by "African," and answering those questions requires a bit of ancient history and some modern context.
First, the history: While it can seem to the contemporary mind that the papacy is a purely European institution, and predominantly an Italian one to boot, the early popes in fact reflected the diversity of the early church -- a community that was born in the Middle East and spread around the Mediterranean basin, from Greece to Rome and the Iberian peninsula and with great success to North Africa.
"North Africa was the Bible belt of early Christianity," said Christopher Bellitto, a church historian at Kean University in New Jersey. "Carthage was the buckle," he added, referring to the city located in modern-day Tunisia.
So it should be no surprise that three early popes hailed from that region: the 14th pope, Victor I (circa 189-198 A.D.); the 32nd pope, Miltiades (311-314 A.D.); and the 49th pope, Gelasius I (492-496 A.D.).
According to the sixth-century Liber Pontificalis, the earliest known record of the popes, Victor was from North Africa, while Miltiades and Gelasius likely were born in Rome to families of African origin.
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St. Peter (32-67) St. Linus (67-76) St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) St. Clement I (88-97) St. Evaristus (97-105) St. Alexander I (105-115) St. Sixtus I (115-125) Also called Xystus I St. Telesphorus (125-136) St. Hyginus (136-140) St. Pius I (140-155) St. Anicetus (155-166) St. Soter (166-175) St. Eleutherius (175-189) St. Victor I (189-199) St. Zephyrinus (199-217) St. Callistus I (217-22) Callistus and the following three popes were opposed by St. Hippolytus, antipope (217-236) St. Urban I (222-30) St. Pontain (230-35) St. Anterus (235-36) St. Fabian (236-50) St. Cornelius (251-53) Opposed by Novatian, antipope (251) St. Lucius I (253-54) St. Stephen I (254-257) St. Sixtus II (257-258) St. Dionysius (260-268) St. Felix I (269-274) St. Eutychian (275-283) St. Caius (283-296) Also called Gaius St. Marcellinus (296-304) St. Marcellus I (308-309) St. Eusebius (309 or 310) St. Miltiades (311-14) St. Sylvester I (314-35) St. Marcus (336) St. Julius I (337-52) Liberius (352-66) Opposed by Felix II, antipope (355-365) St. Damasus I (366-84) Opposed by Ursicinus, antipope (366-367) St. Siricius (384-99) St. Anastasius I (399-401) St. Innocent I (401-17) St. Zosimus (417-18) St. Boniface I (418-22) Opposed by Eulalius, antipope (418-419) St. Celestine I (422-32) St. Sixtus III (432-40) St. Leo I (the Great) (440-61) St. Hilarius (461-68) St. Simplicius (468-83) St. Felix III (II) (483-92) St. Gelasius I (492-96) Anastasius II (496-98) St. Symmachus (498-514) Opposed by Laurentius, antipope (498-501) St. Hormisdas (514-23) St. John I (523-26) St. Felix IV (III) (526-30) Boniface II (530-32) Opposed by Dioscorus, antipope (530) John II (533-35) St. Agapetus I (535-36) Also called Agapitus I St. Silverius (536-37) Vigilius (537-55) Pelagius I (556-61) John III (561-74) Benedict I (575-79) Pelagius II (579-90) St. Gregory I (the Great) (590-604) Sabinian (604-606) Boniface III (607) St. Boniface IV (608-15) St. Deusdedit (Adeodatus I) (615-18) Boniface V (619-25) Honorius I (625-38) Severinus (640) John IV (640-42) Theodore I (642-49) St. Martin I (649-55) St. Eugene I (655-57) St. Vitalian (657-72) Adeodatus (II) (672-76) Donus (676-78) St. Agatho (678-81) St. Leo II (682-83) St. Benedict II (684-85) John V (685-86) Conon (686-87) St. Sergius I (687-701) Opposed by Theodore and Paschal, antipopes (687) John VI (701-05) John VII (705-07) Sisinnius (708) Constantine (708-15) St. Gregory II (715-31) St. Gregory III (731-41)
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THE FIRST EUROPEAN POPE WAS POPE ZACHARY (ZACHARIAS.)
Reigned 741-52. Year of birth unknown; died in March, 752. Zachary sprang from a Greek family living in Calabria; his father, according to the "Liber Pontificalis", was called Polichronius. Most probably he was a deacon of the Roman Church and as such signed the decrees of the Roman council of 732. After the burial of his predecessor Gregory III on 29 November, 741, he was immediately and unanimously elected pope and consecrated and enthroned on 5 December. His biographer in the "Liber Pontificalis" describes him as a man of gentle and conciliatory character who was charitable towards the clergy and people. As a fact the new pope always showed himself to be shrewd and conciliatory in his actions and thus his undertakings were very successful. Soon after his elevation he notified Constantinople of his election; it is noticeable that his synodica (letter) was not addressed to the iconoclastic Patriarch Anastasius but to the Church of Constantinople. The envoys of the pope also brought a letter for the emperor. After the death of Leo III (18 June, 741) his successor was his son Constantine V, Copronymus. However, in 742 Constantine's brother-in-law Artabasdus raised a revolt against the new emperor and established himself in Constantinople; thus when the papal envoys reached Constantinople they found Artabasdus the ruler there. As late as 743 the papal letters were dated from the year of the reign of Constantine V; in 744, however, they are dated form the year of the reign of Artabasdus. Still the papal envoys do not seem to have come into close relations with the usurper at Constantinople, although the latter re-established the worship of images. After Constantine V had overthrown his rival, the envoys of the pope presented to him the papal letter in which Zachary exhorted the emperor to restore the doctrine and practice of the Church in respect to the worship of images. The emperor received the envoys in a friendly manner and presented the Roman Church with the villages of Nympha and Normia (Norba) in Italy, which with their territories extended to the sea.
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IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THIS!
Schism of the Christian Church of 1054
Written by: The Editors of Encyclopćdia Britannica
Schism of 1054, also called East–West Schism, event that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches (led by the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius) and the Western Church (led by Pope Leo IX). The mutual excommunications by the Pope and the Patriarch that year became a watershed in church history. The excommunications were not lifted until 1965, when Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras, following their historic meeting in Jerusalem in 1964, presided over simultaneous ceremonies that revoked the excommunication decrees.
The relation of the Byzantine Church to the Roman may be described as one of growing estrangement from the 5th to the 11th century. In the early church three bishops stood forth prominently, principally from the political eminence of the cities in which they ruled—the bishops of Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch. The transfer of the seat of empire from Rome to Constantinople and the later eclipse of Alexandria and Antioch as battlegrounds of Islam and Christianity promoted the importance of Constantinople. Concurrently, the theological calmness of the West, in contrast to the often violent theological disputes that troubled the Eastern patriarchates, strengthened the position of the Roman popes, who made increasing claims to preeminence. But this preeminence, or rather the Roman idea of what was involved in it, was never acknowledged in the East. To press it upon the Eastern patriarchs was to prepare the way for separation; to insist upon it in times of irritation was to cause a schism.
The theological genius of the East was different from that of the West. The Eastern theology had its roots in Greek philosophy, whereas a great deal of Western theology was based on Roman law. This gave rise to misunderstandings and at last led to two widely separate ways of regarding and defining one important doctrine—the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father or from the Father and the Son—with the Roman churches, without consulting the East, incorporating the Son into their creed. The Eastern churches also resented the Roman enforcement of clerical celibacy, the limitation of the right of confirmation to the bishop, and the use of unleavened bread in the Eucharist.
Political jealousies and interests intensified the disputes; and at last, after many premonitory symptoms, the final break came in 1054, when Pope Leo IX struck at Michael Cerularius and his followers with an excommunication and when the Patriarch retaliated with a similar excommunication. There had been mutual excommunications before, but they had not resulted in permanent schisms. At the time there seemed possibilities of reconciliation, but the rift grew wider; in particular, the Greeks were bitterly antagonized by such events as the Latin capture of Constantinople in 1204. Western pleas for reunion (on Western terms), such as those at the Council of Lyon (1274) or the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1439), were rejected by the Byzantines. The schism has never been healed.
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quote:Originally posted by Mike111: ^THE POINT OF ALL OF THAT IS THAT THE "ORTHODOX" CHURCH: IS WHAT IS LEFT OF THE "ORIGINAL" BLACK CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Simple Definition of orthodox : accepted as true or correct by most people : supporting or believing what most people think is true
: accepting and closely following the traditional beliefs and customs of a religion
Orthodox : of or relating to the Orthodox Church
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So what does all of this have to do with anything?
Well, the Orthodox Church is the ONLY Church which still depicts people in their true racial COLOR, if not features.
Wiki:
The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, also referred to as the Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Orthodoxy, is the second largest Christian Church in the world, with an estimated 225–300 million adherents.
The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the oldest religious institutions in the world, teaching that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission to the apostles, and practicing what it understands to be the original faith passed down from the Apostles.
United in communion with the Latin Church before the East–West Schism in 1054, and with the Oriental churches for the first quarter of its history, Orthodoxy spread throughout the Roman and later Byzantine Empires and beyond, playing a prominent role in European, Near Eastern, Slavic, and some African cultures. Its most prominent episcopal see is Constantinople.
Orthodoxy has no Papacy or bishopric of similar authority. The commonly-used but unofficial designation "Eastern" derives from its geographical relation to the "Western" churches, now known as the Roman Catholic Church, and from Constantinople being the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Geographically, the majority of Orthodox Christians in the 21st century reside in Greece, Eastern Europe and Russia, with less numerous communities in the former Byzantine regions of the Middle East and around the Eastern Mediterranean. There are also many small but growing communities in other parts of the world, formed in part through immigration and in part through conversion and missionary activity.
However Eastern Christians are still Albinos, and as such, they can't help but try to find ways to lie in a racist way. So some sites will show obviously Black Saints, and some will show Whitenized Saints.
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Icon of All Saints of the British Isles and Ireland (Eastern Orthodox Church) - Saint Seraphim Church, Little Walsingham, Norfolk England. (Note they are all Black).
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SAINTS INCLUDED IN THE ICON OF ALL SAINTS OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND
All these Saints are Saints of the Undivided Church, and were honored in Britain by the Orthodox up to 1054. We are simply putting back into the calendar what was in it up to that date. In the notes we have not included the more fanciful details from medieval sources but have kept to sober information. Five Saints of the Universal calendar are included because of their links with these islands: Holy Apostle Aristobulos of the Seventy, because he evangelized Britain, St. Joseph of Arimathea who came to Britain, St. George who is Patron of England as well as of Greece and Russia; and Apostles Andrew (Patron of Scotland) and Simon Zelotes (who preached and was martyred in Britain).
St. ADRIAN, born in Africa, was twice offered the vacant archbishopric of Canterbury and twice declined. However, on the second occasion he suggested the Greek monk Theodore. St. THEODORE was accepted, on the condition that Adrian go with him. The flourishing state of the English Church in St. Theodore's time owed much to St. Adrian. He died in 710. St. AEDH MACBRICC founded many churches at Meath of which he was Bishop. He is particularly invoked for the cure of headache. He died in 588. St. AFAN, grandson of a king, was a disciple of St. Dewi. He died in Llanafan, Powys. St. AIDAN, one of the moSt. glorious of the Celtic Saints, was a leading evangelizer of the North. Originally from St. Columba's monaSt.ery of Iona he became Bishop of Lindisfarne. Many incidents are recorded concerning his love and humility. He was friend of kings and beggars. He died in 651. St. ALBAN, Protomartyr of England. When still a pagan he sheltered a ChriSt.ian priest, was converted by him, and when soldiers came for the prieSt. during the persecution of Diocletian Alban, dressed in the priest's clothes, gave himself up and was beheaded in his place. He suffered in 303. St. ALDHELM was the first English scholar of distinction, and became first Bishop of Sherborne. His brief episcopacy was marked by energy and enterprise. He died in 709. St. ALPHEGE, Archbishop of Canterbury and Martyr. When the Danes invaded Canterbury Alphege was taken captive and a ransom demanded for him. He would not allow the ransom to be paid and the Danes killed him. He suffered in 1012. St. ASAPH, a monk who was trained in the discipline of the monastic life by St. Kentigern Mungo, whom he succeeded as bishop of the diocese of St. Asaph in North Wales in the 6th century. St. ATRACTA who is renowned for her powers of curing illness. In her lifetime her convent at Killaraght was the scene of many miraculous healing. She lived in the 6th century. St. AUGUSTINE, sent by St. Gregory Dialogus and consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. With a band of forty monks he evangelized England. He founded two more episcopal sees, London and Rochester. He died in 605. St. AUSTOL lived as a hermit for many years in Cornwall and has given his name to the town of St. AuSt.ell. He worked with St. Samson in his missionary endeavours in Brittany. He died in the 6th century. St. BEOCA founded a monastery at Lough Derg in Donegal, Ireland, in the late 5th century. St. BEUNO was the uncle and spiritual father of St. Winifred. Through his prayers she was miraculously reSt.ored to life. He founded monasteries in North Wales. He died in early 7th century. St. BIRINUS missionized the people of Wessex and set up his see at DorcheSt.er on the Thames. He baptized King Cyneglis, built churches and brought many to God through his labours. He died in the 7th century. St. BONIFACE, a native of Devonshire, he missionized Germany, and the results of his labours endured. He brought other missionaries from England, including women and died in Friesland in 754 or 755. St. BRANWALLADER was a companion of St. Samson of Dol. He was a Celt from Brittany who eventually became Bishop of Jersey in the Channel Islands. He died in the 6th century. St. BRANNOCK was tutor to the children of the Welsh ruler Brychan in the 6th century. He accompanied King Brychan on a pilgrimage to the Tombs of the ApoSt.les, returning through Brittany where he St.ayed for may years, founding churches. He returned to Britain, 'floating over the sea on a St.one coffin', and settled at Braunton in Devonshire. His holy relics are today believed to be interred under the altar of the parish church there. St. BRENDAN THE VOYAGER, an Irish monk who had 3,000 monks under his direction and founded many monaSt.eries. He set sail with a band of 33 monks, and the miraculous events of his voyages are recorded. He visited America and also travelled extensively in Scotland, Wales and Brittany. After many years of monastic toil he died in about 578. St. BRIGID, the daughter of an Irish chieftain, established the first convent for women in Ireland. The Book of Lismore records: "She was innocent, she was abstinent, she was prayerful, she was patient: she was glad in God's commandments: she was firm, she was loving: she was a consecrated casket for keeping ChriSt.'s Body and His Blood: she was a temple of God, her heart and mind were a throne of rest for the Holy Spirit". She died in 524. St. BRYNACH left Ireland in the 5th century and settled in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where he remained a pious hermit. St. CADWALADR was the last king of Powys (Wales) who gave up his kingdom to become a monk and went on a pilgrimage to Rome where he died in the 9th century (an ancestor of Fr David) St. CAINNECH. Devotion to him in Ireland is second only to that accorded to St. Patrick and St. Brigid. He is renowned as a poet and lover of lonely places. He founded many monasteries and later went to Scotland where he worked with St. Columba of Iona. After a life resplendent with miracles he died in 599. St. CEDD founded the Abbey of Last ingham. He became Bishop of the East Saxons and founded many churches. St. COLMAN OF LINDISFARNE. A monk of Iona, he became third Bishop of Lindisfarne and represented the Celtic party at the fateful Synod of Whitby in 644 at which the Celtic customs and traditions were suppressed. He and his fellow monks did not accept the decisions of the Synod and withdrew first to Iona and then to Ireland, where he established two monasteries to maintain the Celtic customs. He died in 675. St. COLMAN OF ARMAGH was a disciple of St. Patrick, by whom he was buried. St. COLUMBA OF IONA is one of the best-known spiritual giants of the Celtic Church Educated by St. Finian of Clonard, he was ordained priest and spent many years teaching and preaching. A youth who had taken refuge with him was slain by the king, Columba avenged his death, and in penitence for the battle he had caused, he went into voluntary exile in Scotland where he founded the monastery of Iona. For centuries the centre of the evangelization of the North, the monastery's influence endured through the centuries and is still a place of pilgrimage. St. Columba died in 593. St. CUTHBERT used to take long journeys on horseback and on foot into the remoteSt. parts of Northumbria to minister to the scattered people and keep the spirit of Christianity alive among them. Consecrated Bishop, he continued in the same way. A worker of miracles, he attracted people by the beauty of holiness which shone from him. He died in 687. St. CUTHMAN, a confessor who lived a holy life as a shepherd in Sussex in the 9th century. St. DAMIAN. In the 2nd century he came to preach the Gospel in Britain at the invitation of St. Lucius, King of the Britons. St. DEINIOL, son of a Celtic chieftain, founded two monasteries in North Wales, both named Bangor. With St. Dewi and St. Dyfrig held synod of bishops in 545. He died about 584. St. DEWI (DAVID), consecrated at Jerusalem. His birth, early years, and the rest of his life were attended by miracles. He founded monasteries which followed the way of life of the Desert Fathers. Although his rule was Strict many monks came to him. He went with St. Teilo and St. Padarn on pilgrimage to Jerusalem (where he was consecrated). On returning to Wales he attended the great Synod of Landewi Brefi where he was acclaimed leader in Wales and his monastery there was designated the chief monastery of Britain. The decrees of the Synod were written down by St. David and accepted by the whole Church in Britain. He died in 589. St. DUBTACH, Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland from 497 until his righteous repose in 513. St. DUNSTAN, born 10 years after the death of King Alfred, founded a monastery at Glastonbury and later became Archbishop of Canterbury. The present coronation rite of the English sovereign derives from that compiled and used by Dunstan for the coronation of King Edgar. As Archbishop he was a champion of church discipline; but although many feared his sternness all marvelled at his sanctity, so that he became known as 'The good Archbishop'. He died in 988. St. DYFRIG, the Abbot-Bishop who is one of the most famous of the Saints of Wales. He was the founder of Welsh monaSt.icism, establishing many monasteries in Wales and the West of England. In old age he retired to the Island of Bardsey where he died in 545. St. EANSWYTHE, Saxon princess and founder of the first convent in England in Folkestone. She died around 640. St. EDBERT, a monk in Lindisfarne who succeeded St. Cuthbert as Bishop. He died in 698. St. EDITH OF WILTON was the natural daughter of King Edgar and Wulfrida. Her mother took her as a baby to the nunnery at Wilton, near Salisbury, and she lived there all her short life, 'knowing not the world rather than forsaking it'. She refused the abbacy of Wilton and other convents, preferring to serve her sisters in the most humble capacities. St. EDMUND, king of East Anglia and Martyr. He was captured in battle against the Danes and, refusing to share his Christian kingdom with the heathen invaders, he was tied to a tree and shot through with arrows, then beheaded, in 869. He was very soon revered as a martyr and his body was enshrined at Bury St. Edmunds where a great abbey was founded in 1020. St. EDWARD THE MARTYR. The son of King Edgar, he was assassinated in 978 at the instigation of his stepmother, and a year later he came to be venerated as a Saint and Martyr. His relics rested in the nuns' church at Wareham. St. EDWIN, King, baptized with his nobles and many others by St. Paulinus of York. He reigned in a Christian spirit, bringing peace and order to his kingdom. He was killed fighting the pagan Mercians and was revered as a Saint and Martyr. He died in 632. St. EGWIN, Bishop of Worcester and founder of Evesham Monastery. The foundation was inspired by a vision of the mother of God. He died about 715. St. ELSTAN, monk at Abington Abbey in the reign of Edgar the Peaceable, then bishop of Winchester. He died in 981. St. EOCHOD is remembered as Apostle of the Picts in Scotland where he preached the Gospel in accordance with the wishes of St. Columba. He died in 597. St. ERCONWALD. St. Theodore of Canterbury appointed Erconwald Bishop of the East Saxons with his See in London. He founded a monastery at Chertsey and another for nuns at Barking. He died in 693. St. ETHELBURGA, sister of St. Erconwald, was appointed by him Abbess of the monastery at Barking. She is said to have shown herself in every way worthy of her brother, in holiness of life and in care for those under her. Miracles were recorded at her monastery during her lifetime. She died about 676. St. ETHELDREDA, or Audrey, one of the most revered of Anglo Saxon women Saints. The daughter of King Anna of the East Angles, she retired to the double monastery which she had founded at Ely. Many miracles were attributed to her intercession. She died in 697. St. ETHELWALD. A monk at Glastonbury under St. Dunstan. He founded a monastery at Abingdon, and later a number of others including Peterborough. He was consecrated Bishop of Winchester. He died in 984. St. FAILBHE, Abbot of Iona in the 7th century. St. FELIX was born in Burgundy, and went to preach in East Anglia. He converted king Anna and his daughters, founded the monastery at Soham and many schools (one of them in Cambridge). He built his cathedral in Dunwich. He died in 646. St. FINIAN, an outstanding Irish scholar who went to Scotland to be trained in the monastic life at Candida Casa, the great monastic school founded by St. Ninian. On returning to Ireland he founded a monastery at Moville in County Down of which he became Abbot-Bishop. He died in 576. St. FRIDESWIDE, Patron Saint of the city and university of Oxford, where she founded a monastery. Her shrine there became a centre for pilgrimage. She died about 735. St. FUGATIUS. With St. Damian he came to preach the Gospel in Britain in the 2nd century at the invitation of St. Lucius, King of the Britons. Saints FURSEY and FOILLAN. St. Fursey was an Irish monk who came to England and founded a monastery At Burgh Castle in Norfolk, in the deserted remains of a Roman fortress. During an illness his soul was parted from his body and he saw heaven and hell. So great were the crowds of pilgrims who came to him that he departed into solitude, leaving the monastery to the care of his brother St. Foillan. After living as a hermit he founded another monastery at Lagny in France. He died there in 633 and four years later, when his body was moved to a more worthy resting place, it was found to be incorrupt. His brother St. Foillan, Hieromartyr, after leaving Burgh Castle founded another monastery at Fosses in Belgium, where he was murdered in 655. St. GERAINT, confessor, king, friend and father of Saints, who in the 6th century was the spiritual son of St. Teilo, at whose hands he received the Last rites before entering the heavenly abode. In the world St. Geraint was King of Devon. St. GERMAN, a British Celt who was converted to Christianity by St. German of Auxerre, whose name he took. He received a martyr's crown in present-day Normandy in 460. St. GERMAN of MAN was born in Brittany and went to Ireland to St.ay with St. Patrick. He became Bishop of the Isle of Man about 466. St. GILDAS THE WISE was born in Scotland and became of pupil of St. Illtyd of Wales. He was extremely learned and became one of the foremost historians of the Celtic era. For much of his life he remained in the West Country as a solitary, before visiting Ireland and Brittany. He died at the Monastery of Rhuys (which he had founded) in 570. St. GLADYS, daughter of King Brychan of Brecknock, wife of St. Gwynllyn, and mother of St. Cadoc , in the 6th century. St. GUTHLAC. As a youth he entered the army of King Ethelred of Mercia, but soon left it to enter the monastery at Repton, where he engaged in ascetic struggle. From there he withdrew to a hermitage in the Fens where he lived in the tradition of the Desert Fathers. He had a close relationship with birds and animals. He died in his hermitage in 719, and the place became Crowland Abbey in later times. St. HEDDA, disciple of St. Birinus. When the Diocese of Dorchester was divided, St. Hedda was consecrated Bishop of the separated part. He was known as a good and just man who in carrying out his duties was guided rather by an inborn love of virtue than by what he had read in books. St. HELIER, born in Belgium of pagan Saxon parents, he was instructed in the Faith by his Christian tutor. He was baptized and trained in the ascetic life at the monastery of Nanteuil, and also taught the Celtic language. From there he went to a group of strict hermits on the Isle of Jersey and later withdrew to a cave in the rocks. From there he missionised the local inhabitants. When pirates raided the island St. Helier preached Christ to them and was killed, thus becoming Jersey's first Martyr, in 560. St. HERBERT, disciple and friend of St. Cuthbert, was venerated in the Lake District and is still remembered there. He lived as a hermit on the island in Lake Derwent Water which bears his name. He died in 687. St. HIEU, Abbess of Tadcaster, Yorkshire, was instructed in the monastic life by St. Aidan. She died in 657. St. HILDA was Abbess of the double monastery of Whitby. She supported the Celtic party at the Synod of Whitby, and was counsellor of Kings, Bishops and ordinary folk. Filled with wisdom, all who knew her called her Mother, such was her godliness and grace. She died in 680. St. IA was born in Ireland and migrated to Cornwall, settling at Porthya, now St. Ives. She was to have travelled to Cornwall with St. Fingar and his companions but somehow they left without her. As a sign that her mission was pleasing to God, a leaf was miraculously enlarged to carry her over the sea and she who was last to leave was the first to arrive. For many years she laboured for Christ before receiving a martyr's crown in 450. St. ILLTYD, one of the most celebrated of the Welsh Saints, spent his early life at court, but renounced the world and became a monk. He was a disciple of St. Cadoc and later founded the abbey known as Llan-Illtut (Llantwit) which became a 'nursery' for many of the Saints of the Celtic church. He died in 505. St. JUSTUS, son of St. Geraint. He became a monk and lived in a solitary cell. He eventually settled in a place which perpetuated his name, St. Just-in-Penwith. He died in the 6th century. St. KENELM, King of Mercia and Martyr, venerated in South and West Britain.. His life says he was seven years old when murdered in 821. His shrine was at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. St. KENNERA, a holy virgin who lived as a solitary at Kirk-Kinner in Scotland (Galloway) in the 5th century. St. KENTIGERN MUNGO, missionary Bishop in strathclyde, now Glasgow. When driven out by persecution he went first to Cumberland and then to Wales where he founded the monastery at St. Asaph. He returned to Scotland and continued his missionary work there, travelling everywhere by foot. He was a severe ascetic, spending the nights in prayer and psalmody. He performed many miracles and died in 603. St. KEVIN is chiefly remembered as the founder of the great abbey of Glendalough where he died in 618. St. MAELRHYS witnessed to the Faith on the isle of Bardsey (the Isle of Saints) in the 6th century. St. MACHAR was an Irishman who crossed to Iona with St. Columba and later became a missionary bishop in central Scotland with his cathedral at Old Aberdeen, it is said of him that he 'brought many to the Faith, erected many churches, extinguished the worship of false gods and cast down idols', in the 6th century. St. MACNIS was baptized by St. Patrick and later consecrated Bishop by him. He died in 514. St. MELOR, a boy Martyr who was murdered by his uncle wishing to usurp his father’s throne. There are churches dedicated to him in Wiltshire, and a holy well in Callington, Cornwall. St. MEWAN, disciple and relative of St. Samson of Dol. He entered a monastery in Brittany and later founded another. He died in 617. St. MONENNA, a pious virgin who built one of the first convents in Ireland. She is known as 'daughter of Elijah' because she sought perfection on a mountainside. She and her companions imitated the lives of the desert fathers and obtained instruction in the monastic life from Candida Casa. She died in 517. St. MORWENNA, a daughter of Brychan who led a virtuous life and witnessed to Christ in Cornwall in the 5th century. Her memory is perpetuated in several place-names in Cornwall. St. NECTAN. He desired to follow the eremitical life of St. Anthony and set sail, intending to settle wherever his boat should reSt.. This proved to be Hartland in Devonshire. He fell into the hands of robbers, preached the Gospel to them, and was beheaded. Miraculously he picked up his head and carried it to a nearby fountain. One of his two murderers was converted at the sight, and buried him. Many miracles occurred at the place where his relics rested. St. NEOT probably lived at the time of King Alfred the Great (10th century). He was thought to be a monk of Glastonbury and later a hermit in Cornwall. St. NINIAN was the son of a Christian chieftain. In his youth he went on pilgrimage to Rome and venerated at the Tombs of the Apostles and at the Catacombs. He was consecrated Bishop and Studied with St. Ambrose of Milan and St. Martin of Tours before returning to Britain. He founded the famous monastery of Candida Casa with its 'University', the only educational centre in northern Britain, since the Romans had closed all the schools when their troops left. He laboured for more than 30 years for the conversion of northern Britain. He died in 432. St. NONNA, mother of St. David. She went on a missionary journey to Cornwall. St. OSWALD, king and Martyr. He was baptized on the holy Island of Iona, and later sent for missionaries from there to evangelize his kingdom. In response, St. Aidan came to Northumbria and established the monastery of Lindisfarne. The champion of heathenism, Penda of Mercia, attacked Northumbria and Oswald was slain in battle, praying for his subjects with his last breath. St. OSWIN, King and Martyr. He succeeded his cousin St. Oswald. Educated by St. Aidan, he was renowned for courtesy and humility. He was murdered in 651. St. OSYTH, Queen. She was the wife of Sighere, King of the EaSt. Saxons, and she founded a monastery at Chick, where she died. The village there later came to be called St. Osyth. St. PATRICK, patron of Ireland, known as the Enlightener of Ireland. His father was a deacon and a Roman official in Northern Britain, but Patrick was captured and carried into slavery in Ireland. Enduring hardship, his Christian spirit developed. He escaped to France and was educated by St. Martin of Tours and prepared for his missionary labours in Ireland. He was consecrated Bishop and returned to Ireland in 405. When he died in 463 most of Ireland had been converted. St. PAULINUS OF YORK was one of the second band of missionaries sent from Rome to England in 601 and was consecrated by St. Justus of Canterbury. When Ethelburga, sister of king Edbald of Kent, went to York to marry King Edwin of Northumbria, St. Paulinus accompanied her as chaplain. He baptized King Edwin, his nobles and many others, at Pascha. St. PETROC was the son of a Welsh king, but when his father died he refused to succeed him but became a monk. He spent some time in Ireland and then with three companions, St. Croiden, St. Megan and St. Dagan, he came to Cornwall, establishing many churches there and in Devon, He also undertook missionary journeys and pilgrimages, visiting Brittany, Rome and Jerusalem. He died in 564. St. SERIOL, a 6th century Welsh Saint who has given his name to Yriys-Seriol, a Welsh island. St. SERVAN, Apostle of the Orkney Islands in the 6th century. He became Abbot of Culross where he educated St. Kentigern Mungo. He reposed at Culross where he was buried. Saints SOCRATES and STEPHEN, who were martyred in Monmouthshire in 304 under the persecution of Diocletian. St. SWITHIN, Bishop of Winchester and advisor to Egbert, King of West Saxons. He died in 862. St. TERNAN was a missionary among the Picts in Northern Britain in the 6th century. He was founder and Abbot-Bishop of Culross monastery in Fifeshire. He was educated at Candida Casa. St. THENEVA was the mother of St. Kentigern Mungo and with him is venerated in the Glasgow area (6th century). St. THEODORE OF CANTERBURY, A Greek monk from Tarsus, consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury. His achievements were chiefly in organization, administration and discipline. St. ULTAN was brother of Ss Fursey and Foillan. He succeeded St. Foillan as Abbot of Fosses, and he too was revered there, as a Saint. He died in 686. St. URITH OF CHITTLEHAMPTON, a Celtic maiden of pure and holy life who had been converted to Christianity by the Bishop St. Kea in the 6th century. With patience she suffered the jealousy of her heathen Stepmother, who eventually was overcome with hatred and bribed haymakers to attack and kill St. Urith with their scythes. The place of her martyrdom was marked by the miraculous appearance of a spring in the Devonshire village of Chittlehampton. St. WALBURGA, a nun of Wimborne. She was a sister of St. Willibald and with him joined St. Boniface's missionary band to Germany, where she died in 779. Her shrine became famous for the miraculous oil which exuded from it. Saints WILLIBALD and WYNBALD, brothers, accompanied St. Boniface on his mission to Germany in the 8th century. Before that Winebald had been the first known English pilgrim to the Holy Land. St. WINIFRED, a niece of St. Beuno of Wales, was beheaded by a heathen suitor when she defended her virginity. St. Beuno arrived at the scene and prayed that the martyr's body might be made whole and restored to life. This was granted, and in thanksgiving St. Winifred became a nun, and later Abbess of her monastery in Denbighshire. She died in 650. St. WITHBURGA, the youngest of St. Etheldreda's three saintly sisters, lived in solitude for some years at Holkham, near Walsingham. She later founded a monastery at Dereham where she died in 743. Her body was found incorrupt 50 years later and was translated to Ely to lie with her sisters'. In the spot where she died at Dereham a well sprang forth with healing properties, and it is Still there today. St. YRCHARD, a native of Scotland who was ordained by St. Ternan. They laboured together to preach the Gospel to the heathen Picts in the 5th century.
A positional diagram for identifying each Saint is here:
quote:Originally posted by Child Of The KING: Mike
Why You Acting Stupid For??
Read This about Chinese Christians Who have Been Representing and Evangelizing inside a Forced Atheist state only since 1949!!!
See How Quickly The Chinese Brothas and Sistas Turned To the Truth and Salvation of Christianity when not pressured or forced to atheism
China may become 'world's most Christian nation' within 15 years
The number of Christians in Communist China is growing so steadily that it by 2030 it could have more churchgoers than America
[QUOTE] China's Protestant community, which had just one million members in 1949!!!,
has already overtaking those of countries more commonly associated with an evangelical boom.
. Familiarity Breeds Contempt!
Wiki: Christianity in Europe
Christianity is the largest religion in Europe. Christianity has been practiced in Europe since the 1st century, and a number of the Pauline Epistles were addressed to Christians living in Greece, as well as Rome. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center in 2011, found that 75% of Europeans considered themselves Christians.
Catholics were at the time of the survey the largest Christian group in Europe, accounting for more than 48% of European Christians. The second-largest Christian group in Europe were the Orthodox, who made up 32% of European Christians.
Although the Protestant Reformation began in Europe (the race wars), only about 19% of European Christians were part of the Protestant tradition. Russia is the largest Christian country in Europe by population, followed by Germany and Italy.
For at least a millennium and a half, Europe has been nearly equivalent to Christian culture, even though the religion was inherited from West Asia. Christian culture was the predominant force in western civilization, guiding the course of philosophy, art, and science.
Europe has a rich Christian culture, especially as numerous saints, martyrs and popes were European themselves. All of the popes from 741 to 2013 were from Europe. Europe brought together many of the Christian holy sites and heritage and religious centers
Wiki - Religion in the European Union.
Over the last several decades, religious practice has been on the decline in a process of secularisation. Eurostat's Eurobarometer opinion polls showed in 2010 that 49% of EU citizens did not believe in God. Many countries have experienced falling church attendance and membership in recent years.
Countries with the fewest people reporting belief in God are the
Czech Republic (16%), Estonia (18%), and Sweden (18%).
The most religious countries are Malta (94%; predominantly Roman Catholic), Cyprus (~90%; predominantly Orthodox), and Romania (~90%; predominantly Orthodox). Across the EU, belief is more common with age and is higher amongst women, those with only basic education, and those "positioning themselves on the right of the political scale (57%)".
Mike why you acting like that...
wickedpedia is not a website that can tell you the compelte truth, how you gonna use that website without properly knowing the truth..
Mike how can you use Wikipedia and think that they will give you proper Information,
when Wikipedia the home of the homosexual racist European distorters of studies who despise Truth and only think about perverting Reality and Truth...
Just look at your numbers for the countries that you claim not as high for Christianity..
Czezh Republic Believes of God
quote: [B] The place of religion in the Czech society is increasing but remains minor
Approximately 40 % of the Czechs are atheistic, 40 % are catholic and 5 % Protestant [/B 2012 estimates
So you See that 45% of Czechs believe Inside A God and The Place of Religion inside the Czech society increasing...THA CZECH PEOPLE RUNNING BACK TO GOD
Estonia
quote:Approximately 14 percent of the population is Evangelical Lutheran,
and approximately 15 percent of the population belongs to one of the two Orthodox Churches in the country
Thirty-two(32) percent of the population is unspecified
You claimed that 18% of Swedish People Christian when the actual number of Members of the Church of Sweden Actually 61%!!! and 29% of Swedes claim they religious.
so to make tings easier for you to understand Mike
Czech Republic has 45%-60% that believe inside of God
Estonia has 64% of People who Believe inside God
Sweden has 64% that's Part of the Church of Sweden and 29% Whos religious
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KING - Instead of pursuing this nonsense, why not read the material I have just posted on the British Saints. People from a simpler time, who truly loved their religion, and other people. They were about self sacrifice and love, not the sectarian hatreds of the Albinos and Turk Mulattoes that you are channeling.
I'm not even religious, but I'm inspired by these hidden and forgotten ancient Black people. Why don't you read about them, and see if it will make you a better person.
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Look what The Apostle Peter Showed You about the Christian Religion Inside Europe when a Husband and Wife decided to lie To him as just converts. Christian Walk a Serious but Fun Time:
quote: Acts 5:3-5
1 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
2 With his wife's full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles' feet
3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy and to keep back some of the price of the land?
4"While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God."
5 When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened
6 Then some young men came forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.
7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
8 Peter asked her, "Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?" "Yes," she said, "that is the price."
9 Peter said to her, "How could you conspire to test the Holy of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."
10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died.
Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
11 Great fear seized the whole church and all who heard about these events.
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