Prince Charles and Cardinal Newman
It is sad to note the attendance of Prince Charles at the so-called canonisation of Cardinal Newman in the Vatican in October 2019. The “kindly light” that Cardinal Newman followed when he left Protestantism and joined the Church of Rome was a delusive one, kindled by one who “himself is transformed into an angel of light” (2 Cor 11:14), and it took Newman to perdition, we fear. The “miracles” attributed to Newman’s intercession were bogus, and the intercession itself non-existent. His canonisation in the Vatican was a medieval charade performed by a man whom many Roman Catholics regard as “the Pope of deceit and lies”. Yet Prince Charles was misguided enough, and forgetful enough of British history, to be there; and to his attendance at the canonisation, he added a naive article on Cardinal Newman which appeared in a number of Roman Catholic publications. Truly Romanism is a “strong delusion” (2 Th 2:11). DWBS
“Like Christ”?
Eamon Murphy, the Archbishop of Armagh, the most senior Romanist clergyman in Ireland, has drawn attention to the persecution of Christians across the world and has spoken of his thankfulness “for the freedom of worship and religion that we enjoy on this island” (referring, of course, to Ireland as a whole). He added that “to be like Christ in an increasingly secularised world means being different, counter-cultural, and not easily swayed by the prevailing attitudes and opinions around us”.
That is certainly true for those who, by grace, are following Christ by a living faith and have the sanctifying presence of the Holy Spirit in their hearts and lives, but it is simply impossible for those who follow the doctrines and
practices of Roman Catholicism, for the Church of Rome is not the Church of Christ but rather that of Antichrist. As for religious freedom, it is good that more attention is being drawn to the persecution of professing Christians around the world, but the Archbishop belongs to a body which probably has persecuted more of the Lord’s true people than any other organisation or ideology in history. His comments, therefore, will be empty for those who have suffered, or whose families have suffered, as a result of Romanist persecution in its various manifestations.
The role of the Roman Catholic Church in encouraging and shielding terrorists in both parts of the island of Ireland, for example, is yet to be fully revealed. But it will be no little part of the shame and infamy that awaits the woman in whom “was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth” (Rev 18:24). AWM