Al Arabyia News
For the first time in history, Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran will be heard at the Vatican on Sunday, in a move by Pope Francis to usher in peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Francis issued the invitation to Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his visit last week to Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/06/06/first-time-history-islamic-prayers-be-held-vatican
Monotheism is the sole dogma of Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ.
Belief in one God is required of every initiate, but his conception of the Supreme Being is left to his own interpretation. Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ is not concerned with theological distinctions. This is the basis of our universality
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Masonic Power reaching right up to our Royals and leaders around the World
"having power and Great Authority"
The Mason's logo
GA - sitting on the diamond formed by the square and compasses!
I know this doesn't have anything to do with the Crisis in the Church... but I'm going to go ahead and move this thread there anyhow.
Outrageous!
With Interfaith what they seek is not conversion to the True Faith but simply convergence. To supplant what is truly Catholic, with what is merely global until there is nothing left from the Authentic Faith of Christ.
In the pursuit of the Church of "niceness", they conveniently forget that the real obstacle to inter-religion dialogue, is Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself. The Son of God made flesh! The Very Word Incarnate! There is not possible reconciliation there since this Truth is exclusive.Very well said, Cantarella! :cheers:
This inter Faith pluralist type of Church is an utter absurdity, just as it is absurd to believe that the Holy Trinity is the same Buddha, Allah, Thor, etc.(You had "Budda" and "Thorn." :geezer: )
They end up having a pantheon Church, a tower of Babel of religions in which nothing is true. In the modernist agenda of admitting that all religions are somehow true, they actually accept that all of them are false.
Christ does not command to "enter to dialogue" with pagans or unbelievers, let alone praying with them. :facepalm:
We come next, in a due order of precedence, to the consideration of the symbolism connected with an important ceremony in the ritual of the first degree of Masonry, which refers to the north-east corner of the lodge.
In this ceremony the candidate becomes the representative of a spiritual corner-stone. And hence, to thoroughly comprehend the true meaning of the emblematic ceremony, it is essential that we should investigate the symbolism of the corner-stone.
The corner-stone, 107 as the foundation on which the entire building is supposed to rest, is, of course, the most important stone in the whole edifice. It is, at least, so considered by operative masons. It is laid with impressive ceremonies; the assistance of speculative masons is often, and always ought to be, invited, to give dignity to the occasion; and the event is viewed by the workmen as an important era in the construction of the edifice. 108
In the rich imagery of Orientalism, the corner-stone is frequently referred to as the appropriate symbol of a chief or prince who is the defence and bulwark of his people, and more particularly in Scripture, as denoting that promised Messiah who was to be the sure prop and support of all who should put their trust in his divine mission. 109
To the various properties that are necessary to constitute a true corner-stone,--its firmness and durability, its perfect form, and its peculiar position as the connecting link between the walls,--we must attribute the important character that it has assumed in the language of symbolism. Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ, which alone, of all existing institutions, has preserved this ancient and universal language, could not, as it may well be supposed, have neglected to adopt the corner-stone among its most cherished and impressive symbols; and hence it has referred to it many of its most significant lessons of morality and truth.
I have already alluded to that peculiar mode of masonic symbolism by which the speculative mason is supposed to be engaged in the construction of a spiritual temple, in imitation of, or, rather, in reference to, that material one which was erected by his operative predecessors at Jerusalem. Let us again, for a few moments, direct our attention to this important fact, and revert to the connection which originally existed between the operative and speculative divisions of Fɾҽҽmαsσɳɾყ. This is an essential introduction to any inquiry into the symbolism of the corner-stone.
The difference between operative and speculative Masonry is simply this--that while the former was engaged in the construction of a material temple, formed, it is true, of the most magnificent materials which the quarries of Palestine, the mountains of Lebanon, and the golden shores of Ophir could contribute, the latter occupies itself in the erection of a spiritual house,--a house not made with hands,--in which, for stones and cedar, and gold and precious stones, are substituted the virtues of the heart, the pure emotions of the soul, the warm affections gushing forth from the hidden fountains of the spirit, so that the very presence of Jehovah, our Father and our God, shall be enshrined within us as his Shekinah was in the holy of holies of the material temple at Jerusalem.
The Speculative Mason, then, if he rightly comprehends the scope and design of his profession, is occupied, from his very first admission into the order until the close of his labors and his life,--and the true mason's labor ends only with his life,--in the construction, the adornment, and the completion of this spiritual temple of his body. He lays its foundation in a firm belief and an unshaken confidence in the wisdom, power, and goodness of God. This is his first step. Unless his trust is in God, and in him only, he can advance no further than the threshold of initiation. And then he prepares his materials with the gauge and gavel of Truth, raises the walls by the plumb-line of Rectitude, squares his work with the square of Virtue, connects the whole with the cement of Brotherly Love, and thus skilfullv erects the living edifice of thoughts, and words, and deeds, in accordance with the designs laid down by the Master Architect of the universe in the great Book of Revelation.