Poll: Kamala Harris still Democratic favorite for 2028

The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll

By Morgan Sweeney | The Center Square Mar 18, 2026

(The Center Square) – Former vice president and 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris remains the clear Democratic favorite for the next presidential primary two years before the first votes are cast, according to the latest The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll.

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A national sampling of 1,152 Democrats and left-leaning independents were asked which of 13 prominent names in the Democratic Party they would support in the 2028 presidential primary, and 31% chose Harris.

Harris’ numbers generally remain little changed from a similar October poll where respondents were asked to select from eight Democratic politicians, though her support among independent voters fell in this latest poll. The poll surveyed 934 Democrats and 218 independents that lean Democratic, with each group weighted to match that party’s national population. Harris was the top pick for 32% of Democrats and 18% of independents, while in October, she captured 33% of Democratic and 27% of independent respondents.

Harris also lost some support from female voters but gained some from male voters. Thirty percent of males surveyed chose Harris, compared to 28% in October, while 33% of females polled selected Harris, compared to 36% in October.

The former vice president was least supported among respondents age 65 and older, with only 17% indicating they would vote for her. California Gov. Gavin Newsom bested Harris with this group, securing 21%.

As in October, however, the next-largest group of those surveyed — 18% of Democrats and 21% of independents — indicated they weren’t sure who they would choose. Otherwise, Newsom was the second-most popular candidate, with 16% support, followed by former Secretary of Transportation under the Biden administration, Pete Buttigieg, at 7%.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Buttigieg were neck and neck, as they were in October, with Ocasio-Cortez nabbing 6% of respondents' support overall but falling from third to fourth among the names provided.

Harris proved to be the most popular choice among all racial groups. She remains by far the favored candidate among Black voters, garnering 55% of their support, 29% of Hispanic and Latinos, 25% of whites and 30% of other races grouped together. Hispanic or Latino respondents showed the strongest support for Newsom among all racial groups surveyed, followed by whites, other races grouped together, and Blacks.

Though Newsom was the top choice for respondents in the West in October, Harris was more popular across the board this time.

Pennsylvania Gov., Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly performed best among those remaining, capturing 5% and 4% of respondents, respectively. Other names polled were the Illinois and Maryland Govs. J.B. Pritzker and Wes Moore, Democratic senators from New Jersey, Kentucky, Minnesota, and Connecticut — Mark Kelly, Cory Booker, Andy Beshear, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Murphy — and California Rep. Ro Khanna.

The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll was conducted by Noble Predictive Insights from March 2-5, 2026.

Morgan Sweeney

Staff Reporter

https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c0cbe579-b306-4407-a57b-6b590288daa3.html

Babyface Kamala

Yes, A Good Guy CANNIBAL...Who BOWLS!

Kamala Babyface

Text by RD Reynolds

Much as there are some folks in wrestling that should never be heels (Sting, I am looking at you), there are also some folks that should flat out never, ever be babyfaces. There are wrestlers that, for whatever reason, should stick on the side of the nogoodniks and stay there.

Think about a guy like, say, Shane Douglas. As a skateboarding smilin’ babyface, he absolutely sucked. As a foul mouthed, venom spewing d***head, he was great.

Ditto Scott Hall. Razor bad = good. Razor good = bad.

But to me, there was one guy that you simply should never be made to cheer. This man:

Anyone with Hulk Hogan’s head impaled on a spear? That there’s a heel, kids.

As you might suspect from the photo above, this would be Kamala, the Ugandan Giant. Hailing from the “deepest, darkest Africa”, not only was Kamala a wildman, he was also a CANNIBAL. When he made his arrival to the WWF in the late 1980’s, every week he’d be causing some level of chaos, and it was great. And every week, you can bet I’d tune in hoping that this…this would be the week.

The week he’d stuff that Hogan guy in a giant pot over an open flame, as Mr. Fuji and Kim Chee danced about said cauldron chopping up potatoes and carrots.

That may never have happened on television, but it did in my mind’s eye.

Yes, it sure did.

Anyway, following his initial megapush after his arrival in the WWF, his star began to fade and the company looked for new ways to get our man-eating savage in on the action.

And so we head to about 1993 or so when Kamala was being managed by Dr. Harvey Whippleman and “handled”, as always, by Kim Chee.

That’s the true sign of a wildman, by the way: the need to pay a man to do nothing but HANDLE you.

Whippleman had seen enough of the Ugandan’s losing ways, and began to browbeat him unmercifully. Eventually, of course, push literally came to shove and the pair attacked the suddenly sympathetic cannibal.

No joke – when I just typed those two words, ‘sympathetic cannibal’, I had to do it like five times because my fingers wouldn’t cooperate.

It was like they were flat out rejecting such a notion was coming from my noggin.

Anyway, Kamala wouldn’t be on his own for long. As soon as the beating began, Slick, newly converted himself from the dark side, came to his rescue.

The Reverend made a vow to educate Kamala, to teach him how to live in this here modern society.

And what better way to adapt him for the rigors of day to day life than taking him directly to…

THE BOWLING ALLEY!

With LORD ALFRED, no less!

Oh yes – you see, the Slickster firmly believed that the only way to prove that his man was now a civilized human being was to teach him HOW TO BOWL.

Now if you’re like me, the first thing you thought was, “But Slick…you can’t teach Kamala how to bowl! He’d have to wear shoes!”

Sho’ ’nuff, the very first thing Slick attempts to get his protege in a pair of size 12’s. Care to guess how that turned out?

To quote the Slickster…EXACITIVELY!

Next up, Slick tries a different approach, presenting Kamala with his own bowling ball, which Slick bought his his “HARD EARNED MONEY.”

This angle may be idiotic, but I have to say that no matter what ridiculous lines Slick had to force feed us, he did it in such a goofball manner that I can’t help but laugh. He seriously has more charisma in his pinky than half of the current WWE roster.

Eventually Kamala wound up with two balls in his hands.

I know there’s a joke there, but unfortunately Blade is apparently too drunk to answer the phone and tell me what it is.

Despite having his new shoes and new ball, Kamala just still ain’t quite got it. Sensing the confusion in his student, Slick gives out some tips.

Thanks for the wisdom, Slickster. I’m sure Kamala will be on the PBA tour soon with that sage advice.

Finally, finally, FINALLY…Kamala moves up to the line. After a couple of obligatory booty whaps, the giant lets the ball fly.

Unfortunately, the big lug heaves it backwards, much to the chagrin of the Slickster.

At this point, even Lord Alfred is like, “Dude, we’ve been here for two hours and that dumbass ain’t ever gonna get this.”

Completely deflated, Slick concurs and bows his head in defeat.

But what’s this?

Yes, in a COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED TWIST WE WOULDN’T HAVE SUSPECTED IN A THOUSAND MILLENIA, Kamala throws a strike while Slick’s back is turned!

The two share a warm embrace.

And perhaps some bodily fluids.

Unfortunately, Kamala’s aspirations of being the next Big Ern McCracken were cut short, as he was soon in WCW as a member of the Dungeon of Doom. Now that right there would have made for a hell of a league night.

As for Kamala, these days, it isn’t bowling that’s his passion. It’s singing!

That’s right, he’s singing for your pleasure! Kamala Sings, Volume 1, is now available for your listening pleasure. Thrill as the Ugandan Giant sings all your favorites, such as Tookie, Willie Did It, and our personal favorite, BOOTY GIRL. It’s an absolute bargain at just $15.

And we’d like to think that Kamala would donate a portion of the proceeds of this effort to the First Church of Slick. Seems that’s the least he could do for the man who civilized him.

Even if it was via the beer frame.

Lord Alfred: “Slick has been teaching Kamala to do many things. And today, he’s going to teach him how to bowl.”

Slick: “That’s right. Since I’ve taken to advising Kamala, I’ve taught him many many things. And today, being the consumate bowler I am, I’m going to teach him the art of BOWLING!”

Slick: “I paid for this with my own HARD EARNED MONEY. I want you to take this one, I think it will be better for you. “

Slick: “Now you just take your time and ROOOOOOOOOOLLL the ball! Don’t throw it like it was a SOFTBALL!”

Slick: “Well, I’m just disappointed. As much as it pains me to admit it we didn’t get the job done here with Kamala…”

(sound of ball rolling down the lane, pins falling down)

Slick: “That’s it! We did it!!”

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The REVEREND

RAPHAEL Warnock

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock

Louis RAPHAEL I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013 until his resignation on 10 March 2026. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako

April 22, 2024

PHOTOS: Senator Reverend Warnock Meets with Pope Francis in Vatican City

https://www.warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/photos-senator-reverend-warnock-meets-with-pope-francis-in-vatican-city/

Politics

Vance says it was "pretty crazy" that he met Pope Francis in his last 24 hours

By Kaia Hubbard

April 23, 2025 / 9:58 AM EDT / CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-death-jd-vance-meeting/

This study focuses on the Inquisitors’ diction in their responses to and qualifications of the alumbrado Propositions, specifically their usage of the words loca (crazy) and locura (madness).

EL SABOR DE HEREJIA: THE EDICT OF 1525, THE ALUMBRADOS

AND THE INQUISITORS’ USAGE OF LOCURA

https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/uf/e0/04/13/85/00001/montoya_j.pdf

Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House

Kim Luciani

USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET

Key Points AI-assisted summary

President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/

̶A̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶c̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶i̶n̶:̶ ̶r̶e̶n̶u̶n̶t̶i̶a̶t̶i̶o̶)̶,̶ ̶a̶l̶s̶o̶ ̶c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶p̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶b̶d̶i̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶u̶r̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶u̶r̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶p̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶C̶a̶t̶h̶o̶l̶i̶c̶ ̶C̶h̶u̶r̶c̶h̶ ̶v̶o̶l̶u̶n̶t̶a̶r̶i̶l̶y̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶i̶g̶n̶s̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶p̶o̶s̶i̶t̶i̶o̶n̶.̶ ̶

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_renunciation

Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I

On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II

SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation 13:3

LOUIS Raphaël I Sako (Arabic: لويس روفائيل ساكو;[1] born 4 July 1948) is a Chaldean Catholic prelate who has served as Patriarch of Baghdad since 1 February 2013. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 28 June 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako

The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidential_election

Kamala Devi Harris (English: /ˈkɑːmələ ˈdeɪvi/ ⓘ,[1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who has been the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, serving under President Joe Biden.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock

Sako Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard

The conspiracy is racist, considering Blacks, Hispanics, and Aboriginal Peoples to be inferior races of useless eaters.

HOTT - MAJESTYTWELVE (hourofthetime.com)

https://www.hourofthetime.com/majestyt.htm

Pope FRANCIS[b] (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[c] 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis

Easter in 2030

Date: April 21, 2030

Day: Sunday

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals

2030-2031 APPARITION CHARACTERISTICS

The 2031 Mars apparition is considered Transitional (between Aphelic and Perihelic) because the orbital longitude at opposition will be 68.4° from the aphelion longitude of 70° Ls and 111.6° Ls from perihelion (250° Ls).

https://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2031_MARS.htm

Nova music festival massacre

On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_music_festival_massacre

Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

SpaceX Roadster is not a natural celestial object, but rather a man-made object launched by SpaceX in February 2018 as part of the Falcon Heavy test flight. It is a red sports car owned by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and was launched as a demonstration of the Falcon Heavy's capabilities.

https://theskylive.com/roadster-info

L. D. S.

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses (M☉)) in a late phase of stellar evolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant

Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_reaction

2 Peter 3:10

1599 Geneva Bible

10 [a]But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall pass away with a [b]noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therein shall be burnt up.

The heat death of the universe (also known as the Big Chill or the Big Freeze)[1][2] is a scientific hypothesis regarding the ultimate fate of the universe which posits the universe will evolve to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and, having reached maximum entropy, will therefore be unable to sustain any further thermodynamic processes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe

Revelation 21:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their [a]part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxzOLDiPguCU35yp3sDy_YSWSYw_eX8_B3

AI Overview

Several women in the Bible face unjust, sacrificial circumstances, notably the Concubine of a Levite (Judges 19), who is gang-raped and killed, and Jephthah's daughter (Judges 11), sacrificed due to a rash vow. Other instances include the "trial of jealousy" (Numbers 5) where a woman is subjected to a hazardous ordeal based on suspicion.

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Key examples of unjust treatment or sacrifices of women include:

The Concubine of a Levite (Judges 19): Often cited as one of the most violent stories, she is given over to a mob to be sexually abused and murdered, after which her body is dismembered.

Jephthah's Daughter (Judges 11): Jephthah vows to sacrifice whatever comes out of his house first if he is victorious in battle; his daughter is the first to greet him, and he fulfills the vow, sacrificing her according to Jewish Women's Archive.

The Trial of Jealousy (Numbers 5): This law mandates that if a husband suspects his wife of infidelity, she must drink "bitter water" that causes physical harm if she is guilty, a ritual that may cause her to become a curse among her people according to Wikipedia.

The Woman Taken in Adultery (John 8): A woman is brought to Jesus to be stoned for adultery, an example of unjust sacrifice for the purpose of trapping Jesus, as the man involved is not brought forward, and Jesus states that the law was used to test him according to Wikipedia

C THE PUNISHMENT

LESSON 5

56. What happened to Adam and Eve on account of their sin?

On account of their sin Adam and Eve lost sanctifying

grace, the right to heaven, and their special gifts;

they became subject to death, to suffering, and to a

strong inclination to evil, and they were driven from

the Garden of Paradise.

THE NEW

Saint Joseph Biden

Baltimore

Catechism

Violation of Extended Order Against Stalking or Harassment, in violation of NRS 200.591(5)(b), a Category C Felony

That on or about August 3, 2025, within Dayton Township, Lyon County, Nevada, the said defendant intentionally violated an extended order against stalking or

harassment issued by the Dayton Justice Court, served on August 23, 2024, valid until July 2, 2026, and the defendant violated the extended order in the manner following, to wit, the defendant posted a threatening message directed at Julia Byse on Facebook, all of which occurred at or NEAR 2031 Lonnie Lane, Dayton, Nevada.

All of which is contrary to the form of statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Nevada. Complainant prays that a summons and/or warrant be issued and that said Defendant be dealt with according to law.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada that the

foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 6 day of August, 2025.

STEPHEN B. RYE

District Attorney

By:

Stephen B. Rye District Attorney

[529] C. 1The entire purport of this fourth vow of obedience to the pope was and is with regard to missions; 2and this is how the bulls should be understood where they speak of this obedience in all that the sovereign pontiff may command and wherever he may send one, and so on."

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

https://web.archive.org/web/20200211182223/https://jesuitas.lat/uploads/the-constitutions-of-the-society-of-jesus-and-their-complementary-norms/Constitutions%20and%20Norms%20SJ%20ingls.pdf

William FRANCIS Dunn IV

2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton Nevada 89403

Social Security Number: 557-73-0018

DOB: November 12 1980

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As per numerology, 666 when added comes to 9, a tricky number that stands for greediness, and natural disasters. But 9 (6+6+6+18=1+8=9) is also the number of Mars (Mangal) which means extra energy which can either make or break. It is impulsive, restless, stubborn and inflexible,' adds Jumaani.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/666-the-devil-or-cupid/articleshow/1621141.cms#

Revelation 13:16-18

New International Version

16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013:16-18&version=NIV

ROME Survey Page Social Security Administration

https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/lp/landing-page-rome.html

Masonic Insurance In The Past

Masonic insurance is not available to Freemasons, today, through the fraternity.

However, such has not always been the case.

Prior to the advent of social security and other governmental programs in the United States, fraternal orders provided for the insurance needs of their members.

Fraternal orders included not only members of the Freemason fraternity, but members of different groups which had united because of their similar interests.

These fraternal orders included members of unions, professional societies, savings and investment associations and others.

In the late 1800s, few people could afford health and life insurance.

During this time, mutual types of insurance organizations sprang up and for a low premium, they insured people who would otherwise not be able to afford insurance, individually.

Masonic Insurance

For lack of a better word, today, to describe how these mutual aid associations worked, we tend to classify the offerings of these fraternal orders as Masonic insurance organizations.

However, the words "life insurance policy" as we know it today, connote a somewhat different product than the mutual aid and benefit associations which the majority of these fraternities, unions, societies and associations offered at the time.

These organizations did not offer the vast array of products with which we are now familiar. Hence, people did not use such terms as "life insurance quotes" or "term life insurance quotes". Most of these fraternal organizations operated on slightly different variations of a popular assessment system used during that time. (The basic assessment system is discussed later in this page.)

Each of these Masonic insurance aid and relief organizations provided a death benefit to the widows and surviving family of members of the mutual aid organization within the fraternity.

During this time, insurance for the populace in the United States was still in its infancy. The United States experienced much internal strife and upheaval during the late 1800s, including 3 wars, 2 of which were fought on United States soil. (Civil War and the many ongoing Indian Wars).

Coupled with the wars, the 1800s also saw enormous financial upheaval. Today, we speak of "The Great Depression" of the 1930s in the United States, almost as if it had been a singular event, however historically, the United States experienced 4 economic depressions during the 1800s.

Economic Depressions: 1807 to 1929

1807-1814: President: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

Trade embargo cut U.S. imports. This led to the War of 1812, during which time the capitol in Washington, D.C. was burned by British soldiers.

1837-1844: President: Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), Jackson was a member of Harmony Lodge No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee, an Honorary Member of Federal Lodge No. 1 F & A M in Washington, D.C. and Jackson Lodge No. 1, F & AM, Tallahassee, Florida. In 1822 and 1823, he served as Grand Master of Masons in Tennessee.

Monetary deflation brought about many business failures.

1873-1879: President: Ulysses S. Grant

The U.S. was on the Gold Standard, however its gold holdings were insufficient to meet the demand for money resulting from the growth of the economy.

1893-1898: Presidents: Grover Cleveland (1893-1897), William McKinley (1897-1901), McKinley was made a Mason May 3, 1865 in Hiram Lodge, No. 21, A.F. & A..M. in Winchester, Virginia.

The transportation industry (railroads) underwent a radical decline. Many of the major railroads went bankrupt. (Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Erie Railroad, Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad). This set off a financial panic. Industries related to the railroads then failed. Since railroads were the only real means of mass transportation of commodities at the time, shipping became difficult and expensive. Subsequently, businesses unrelated to the railroad industry also failed.

1929-1941: Presidents: Herbert Hoover, (1929-1933), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) Hoover was made a Mason November 28, 1911 in Holland Lodge No. 8, F. & A.M. in New York, New York.

Deflation was caused by excess capacity. (More goods were made than were sold.) This led to high unemployment. (1929: 3.2% was normal unemployment, 1933: 25% unemployment)

Historical Events Which Contributed To The Need for Masonic Insurance

1861-1865: American Civil War, Northern states vs. Southern states. Much of the southern part of the United States was thrown into abject poverty after the war ended.

1865: April 14th, President Lincoln was assassinated.

1873-1879: Depression

1876: June 25, Indian Wars: The US 7th Cavalry under Lieutenant George A. Custer was routed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This was only one battle. The history books show 17 Indian Wars beginning with the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe to the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890.

1893-1898: Depression

1898: Spanish-American War: On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898.

Wars and economic depressions were not direct causes of the need for mutual aid and there has been no evidence found that Masonic Mutual Aid organizations insured soldiers while they were engaged in wartime activities, however indirectly, wars decreased the number of family members who were capable of physically and economically assisting the more elderly members within the family unit.

Economic depressions (2 depressions, 14 years apart, each of which lasted 6 years and 5 years, respectively) also added to the hardship experienced by widows and orphans during this period in history.

Masonic Insurance Association Programs

The 1800s was a period which saw many wars, much bloodshed and great loss of lives in the United States.

In this time of great need, Masonic relief organizations and other fraternal organizations met these needs by providing aid to help the afflicted.

Masonic associations were formed to provide a form of Masonic life insurance to provide to the widow, orphans, heir, asignee or legatee of a deceased member as many dollars as there were members in good standing on the books of the corporation.

Much like today's HMO's (Health Maintenance Organizations), some fraternal insurance organizations provided medical care by using their own doctors. Others provided medical care utilizing "society doctors" on a fixed fee basis.

Many of these Masonic mutual aid organizations extended aid to their members even if the member did not have a justifiable written claim under the benefit's contractual rules.

This combination of charity with mutual aid was in keeping with the spirit of why the fund was created rather than solely performing as contractually stated.

While most of these Masonic insurance organizations are no longer in business, at least one of them has evolved to become a widely diversified multi service organization.

Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia

1869: In 1869, 4 years after the end of the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, (1865-1869) signed a congressional act chartering the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia. This association was created to provide death benefits to the widows and orphans of Freemasons. (Andrew Johnson was made a Mason in May, 1851 in Greeneville Lodge No. 119, (now No. 3), F. & A.M., Greeneville, Tennessee.)

The two pages, below are from the Fortieth Congress, Session III, in 1869. They describe the beginnings of the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.

Note: Please do not confuse the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia with the current Masonic Relief Association of the United States and Canada. They are two separate entities.

See Chapter CXXXIV, Sections 1-6 below, which begins with the last paragraph on page 334 and continues onto page 335.

1869: The Original Charter of the Masonic Mutual Relief Association

of the District of Columbia

Acacia Life Insurance

...From Masonic Insurance Provider to Mega Insurance Conglomerate

1869 to Present

The following information is credited to "A Unique and Different Company", The Story of Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company by Howard W. Kacy, Member of the Newcomen Society, President, Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, Washington, D.C., Copyright 1964. (Howard W. Kacy, Mason and member of DeMolay Legion of Honor).

Many of the excerpts below are taken from this booklet which is the published speech delivered at the 1964 Washington Dinner of The Newcomen Society in North America, held in the Ballroom of The Mayflower Hotel, at Washington, D.C. with Mr. Howard W. Kacy as guest of honor.

In 1955, Mr. Kacy was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company. He and his predecessor brought the Acacia from a small fraternal insurance society to a position of prominence among the great financial institutions of the world.

Masonic Insurance Assessment System of the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.

1869: Each prospective member paid $ 3.10 to become an insured member of the Association. Under the assessment system, whenever a member died, each of the remaining members would be assessed $ 1.10. The dollar would be paid to the deceased's beneficiary and the 10 cents was retained by the Association to defray operating expenses.

Most of the expenses were incurred through the purchase of specially printed United States Postal Cards which were used to notify members of assessment.

The Secretary also received some part-time compensation for attending to the details incident to the collecting of the assessments. It was agreed that whenever the balance in the treasury justified it, an assessment would be waived.

1895: At the annual meeting in 1895, Mr. Montgomery (Secretary of the Association), reviewed the record the Association made during its first quarter century. It had received $ 770,000 in income, of which $ 749,000 was from assessments and the rest from membership applications, rent, interest, etc.

Beneficiaries had received $ 701,000 and assets amounted to $ 14,000, consisting mainly of the building which housed the Association's office.

The remaining $ 55,000 had gone for the entire expense of management, the cost of getting new business, etc. In other words, 91 cents of every dollar received had been paid to beneficiaries, 7-1/4 cents had gone for expenses, and 1-3/4 cents had been credited to assets.

The average amount paid to beneficiaries had been $ 1,242, while deceased members had paid in an average of $ 259. The average annual cost per $ 1,000 of insurance for all ages was $ 18.15.

1908: In 1908, the official company name was changed from "The Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia" to the "Masonic Mutual Life Association of the District of Columbia.

1922: In 1922, the company once again changed its name, this time to the Acacia Mutual Life Association. The logo should be a familiar one to all Masons...the Masonic symbol of immortality,... the Acacia tree. Despite the name change however, their charter still required them to confine their sales to members of the Masonic order.

1932: In 1932, (63 years after its inception), Acacia Mutual Life Association discontinued the practice of limiting Masonic insurance coverage to Masons and evolved into a full-fledged mutual legal reserve life insurance company.

WWII Era: During World War II, Acacia liberalized the “war clauses” on most of its life policies and became known as the “Serviceman’s Company.”

1984: In 1984, Acacia purchased Calvert Group, Ltd. , which is an industry leader in socially responsible investing.

1985: In 1985, the company received Congressional approval for the creation of Acacia Federal Savings Bank.

2006: The Ameritas Acacia Companies merged with Union Central Mutual Holding Company to form UNIFI Mutual Holding Company.

2009: From its Masonic insurance beginnings,... today, 140 years, several name changes and multiple mergers later, Acacia Life Insurance offers universal life insurance, whole life insurance, term insurance, annuities, retirement mutual funds plans as well as municipal bonds, estate planning and socially responsible investing.

It is the only life insurance company that operates under a federal charter in the United States.

End of Excerpts from "A Unique and Different Company", The Story of Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company by Howard W. Kacy, Member of the Newcomen Society, President, Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company, Washington, D.C., Copyright 1964.

Additional information on this page is also credited to "Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. Charter Amendments", 98th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 98-108.

Other Masonic Insurance and Masonic Relief Organizations: Circa 1896

Here are the names of some of the other Mutual Aid associations and Masonic Relief organizations of over 100 years ago which offered forms of Masonic insurance.

The information, below is from the Assessment Insurance Pocket Register of Life Associations (1896) printed by The Spectator Company (Spectator Life Insurance Magazine).

Canton Masonic Mutual Benevolent Society

Chicago Northwestern Masonic Aid Association

Knights Templars & Masonic Mutual Aid Association

Knights Templars & Masons Life Ind. Co.

Masonic Aid Association of Dakota

Masonic Life Association

Masonic Life Association of Western New York

Masonic Mutual Aid Association

Masonic Mutual Benefit Society

Masonic Mutual Benefit Society of Kansas

Masonic Mutual Life Association

Masonic Union Life Association

Massachusetts Masonic Life Association

Northwestern Masonic Aid Association

Northwestern Mutual Relief Association

Northwestern Ohio Masonic Relief Association

Southern Tier Masonic Relief Association

United States Masonic Benevolent Association

Below is an 1884 one cent postal card Masonic insurance assessment notification announcement from Southern Tier Masonic Relief Association of Elmira New York

The Masonic Insurance postcard, above, dated January 1, 1884 from the Secretary's office of the Southern Tier Masonic Relief Association in Elmira, New York says:

Assessment No. 206, Deaths Nos. 641, 642, 643, 644, 645 & 646.

"You are hereby notified that by the decease of the following named Brethren, you are required to pay into the treasury of this Association FOUR DOLLARS within Thirty Days from the date hereof. Deaths 641, 642 and 643 will be paid from the surplus fund.

Underneath, it gives the age, name, residence, lodge and lodge number, cause of death, date "cert'f" and date of death.

Fraternal, But Non-Masonic Insurance

Although few fraternal mutual aid, mutual relief or Masonic benefit societies remain, today.,...in the mid to late 1800s, (1868-1900), these forms of life insurance were available from not only Freemason organizations, but numerous other fraternal groups in the United States.

The Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, and the Modern Woodmen of America, both fraternal organizations, offered insurance to their members. There were also many others.

Why is Masonic Insurance No Longer Available?

1890-1919: A factor that may have contributed to the decline of Masonic insurance and fraternal insurance in general was governmental price regulation.

By the 1890s, a movement was underway to impose a mandatory pricing structure on fraternal insurance companies.

Beginning in 1891, the National Fraternal Congress drafted a series of bills that, among other things, compelled all fraternals to charge rates no lower than those indicated by a mortality table which the NFC had computed.

These bills were introduced into state legislatures and by 1919, 40 states had modeled some form of the NFC's (National Fraternal Congress) bill which had been passed into law.

The Great Depression (1929-1941)

1930s: Before the Social Security Act of 1935 was enacted, a limited form of the Social Security program began as a measure to implement a form of "social insurance" during the Great Depression of the 1930s, (1929-1941) when more than 50% of senior citizens in the United States lived at or below poverty level.

1935: The New Deal: The Social Security Act was passed by Congress and signed on August 14, 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (32nd President, 1933-1945, a Master Mason who was made a Mason in 1911 in Holland Lodge. No. 8 F & AM, New York, New York,..the same Lodge in which George Washington, the Nation's first President, held honorary membership.)

When President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935, he stated,

“We can never insure one hundred percent of the population against one hundred percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life, but we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age.”

1945: The End of Masonic Insurance Offered by the Fraternity: With the advent of Social Security, as well as other governmental services and factors, the need for Masonic insurance offered by the fraternity declined.

Today, becoming a Freemason does not include any type of Masonic insurance offered by the fraternity such as discount life insurance, term insurance or auto insurance as a benefit of membership. /p>

However, when there was need, true to its basic tenets of Brotherly Love, Charitable Relief and Truth, the fraternity of Freemasonry fully met these moral obligations in the spirit of Brotherhood and Freemasons provided a form of insurance to their brethren.

https://www.masonic-lodge-of-education.com/masonic-insurance.html

Shortly after he was elected to the state Senate, Roosevelt was initiated as a Freemason on October 10, 1911, at Holland Lodge, No. 8 in New York City. He was raised a Master Mason six weeks later. An active Mason for many years, Roosevelt petitioned the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in the Albany Consistory of New York in 1929 and received his 32nd degree the same day. A year later, he became a Shriner in Albany’s Cyrus Temple.

There is no doubt that the tenets of Masonry resided in Roosevelt’s heart, and he avidly pursued any position in the fraternity he could find. In addition to being a Master Mason, a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Freemason, and a Shriner, he was also:

A member of Greenwood Forest, Tall Cedars of Lebanon in Warwick, New York

Made a Prophet at Sight in Tri-Po-Bed Grotto, MOVPER (Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm) of Poughkeepsie, New York

An honorary member of several Masonic lodges, including Architect Lodge, No. 519, New York, where he raised his sons, Franklin, Jr. and James, on November 7, 1935

Honorary Grand Master of Georgia

Honorary Grand Master of the Order of DeMolay.

Brother Roosevelt cherished his time in the craft. After initiating his sons in 1935 he said, “To me, the ceremonies of Freemasonry in this state of ours, especially these later ones that I have taken part in, always make me wish that more Americans, in every part of our land, could become connected with our fraternity.”

The Young Leader

Roosevelt began earning national recognition in the Democratic Party when he threw his weight behind Woodrow Wilson during his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912. After Wilson was elected president, he appointed Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the Navy, which suited Roosevelt’s appreciation for the sea. In 1920, Roosevelt won the nomination for vice president under Democratic presidential nominee James M. Cox.

The following year, his life changed dramatically when he endured a bout of poliomyelitis. It nearly paralyzed him completely and forced him into retirement. Eleanor played a vital role in keeping Franklin active in Democratic circles while her husband recovered, speaking across the state and keeping his name at the forefront of the party’s plans. Despite the damage to his body, Roosevelt returned to politics, ultimately running for and earning the position of Governor of New York in 1928, the same year President Herbert Hoover entered the White House.

Among his priorities as Governor, Roosevelt focused on creating policies that benefited the working class and average citizen, including tax relief programs for farmers and lowering the cost of public utilities. His policies were widely popular, earning him a second term but a healthy margin of 725,000 votes in the 1930 election. As the Great Depression ravaged the economy, Governor Roosevelt moved further left, wielding the power of the state government for economic relief. In 1931, he and the state congress established the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration, providing unemployment assistance to New Yorkers.

That Man in the White House

Now enjoying wide popularity in his state, Franklin Roosevelt’s willingness to be aggressive in the face of the Great Depression propelled him to the top of the Democratic party. By 1932, he was the front runner for the presidential nomination. Though he faced some resistance within the party, he ultimately earned the nomination, pledging to create a “new deal for the American people.”

Still mired in the economic downturn, the nation faced electing the newcomer Roosevelt and his ambitious economic proposals or the incumbent Herbert Hoover. The former won in a landslide, and the Republican party was all but ushered out of government. By the time FDR assumed office, many banks had ceased operating. Industrial production was at 56 percent of its 1929 level. At least 13 million people were unemployed while the farming industry was ravaged.

Led by Roosevelt, Congress quickly enacted ambitious programs designed to revive the nation’s economy by putting people back to work and bringing relief to business and agriculture. Corporations and banks resented the power his policies had given to labor unions and that the government had allowed the deficit to grow, but Roosevelt remained popular. He created Social Security, increased taxes on the wealthiest Americans, and instituted massive work relief programs, among other reformation projects.

FDR was re-elected handily in 1936, and his second term was increasingly shaped by the war erupting across Europe. While Roosevelt sought to maintain neutrality in the war, he wanted the United States and its allies to be in the face of attack. After Germany invaded France and the Battle of Britain began in 1940, the U.S. started all manner of aid to Great Britain short of military involvement.

Caption: The two Freemasons that led the allies during WWII, President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

World War II

Despite his best efforts to keep out of the war, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, forcing Roosevelt’s hand. He called for the United States to mobilize its military and for the country’s industrial infrastructure to devote its resources to the war. The president met with fellow Freemason Prime Minister Winston Churchill to create the Atlantic Charter, which proposed the “Four Freedoms” that should be guaranteed in the post-war world: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

Amidst the most significant global crisis, Roosevelt turned his attention to diplomatic efforts. Now in his third term, he worked tirelessly to set the stage for the United Nations and to establish positive relations between the United States and Russia. FDR conducted ‘fireside chats’ over the radio throughout the war, rallying American support for the war effort. In 1944, the Allies had the upper hand in the war, just as Roosevelt’s health rapidly declined. Although he won election to a fourth term in the White House, he would never finish his complete term.

Roosevelt’s funeral procession in Washington D.C.

The Fourth and Final Term

On April 12, 1945, in Warm Springs, Georgia, Roosevelt slipped into unconsciousness after suffering a hemorrhage. He died that same day at the age of 63. During his funeral procession in Washington D.C., over 300,000 Americans arrived to honor their fallen president. His death was mourned worldwide, for Franklin Delano Roosevelt had become an icon for diplomacy, progressive politics, and justice.

He had assumed the presidency of a broken and shaken nation, only to rebuild it more robustly than ever. Roosevelt spent more than a decade bringing together the American people before venturing to the world stage as an advocate for peace and international diplomacy. He was in every way a Freemason. Franklin Roosevelt was a man dedicated to lifting up those who needed it most and leaving the world a better place.

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The American bloodbath, begun in 1861 and ending in 1865, had been

spawned in Rome and carried out by the Jesuits using Scottish Rite Freemasonry. The

Jesuits, with their Archbishop John Hughes of New York, sat atop of the ruins of

America’s Protestant Calvinist republic ready to create their new Empire with the

Fourteenth Amendment. New York would become “the Empire State” from which

the Cardinal would be “the Archbishop of the capital of the world.” Additionally, the

Jesuits were ready to amalgamate the races with the purpose of making America a

nation of color, reducing it to a priest-ridden Mexico, Cuba and South America.

The Radical Red Republican party had served the Jesuits well. In destroying

the South it had nearly decimated Jefferson’s Democratic States-Rights party.

Thaddeus Stevens, with his Roman Catholic mulatto concubine, Mrs. Lydia Smith,

hated the Constitution and further overthrew it with his Reconstruction Act of 1866.

He also led the impeachment proceedings against the disobedient Freemason

President Andrew Johnson. Rome, however, rewarded him for his villainy by

baptizing him into the Catholic Church on his deathbed—just like Francis Cardinal

Spellman’s obedient Freemason President Lyndon Johnson (who had been initiated

into the Johnson City Lodge in Johnson City, Texas, on October 30, 1937). Charles

Sumner accomplished in the Senate what Stevens accomplished in the House. And

no wonder, for he had been a personal friend of the Holy Alliance’s Prince

Metternich and had the highest praise for Rome’s Thomas Aquinas (even as the

present Black Supreme Court Justice, Clarence Thomas), the author of the massive

Summa Theologica. Since, according to Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory VII and

Canon Law, “it is no murder to kill a heretic,” Sumner had no problem with the rape,

murder and theft committed by Grant and Sherman’s “Grande Armee of the

Republic” riddled with foreign-born, bigoted, Irish Roman Catholic banditti.

But Abraham Lincoln did. Even though he acted the tyrant in wrongly

declaring martial law as later determined by the Supreme Court, in keeping Maryland

from seceding and in raising the Army of the Potomac “to put down the rebellion,”

there is evidence that he had had a change of heart. According to many, Lincoln was

converted to Christ after viewing the battlefield at Gettysburg in 1863. He later

joined the Presbyterian Church in Washington and had several spiritual conversations

with his close friend and converted priest, our hero, Charles Chiniquy. We read:

“ ‘I will repeat to you what I said at Urbana, when for the first time you told

me your fears lest I would be assassinated by the Jesuits: Man must not

care where and when he will die, provided he dies at the post of honour and

duty. But I may add, to-day, that I have a presentiment that God will call

me to Him through the hand of an assassin. Let His will, and, not mine be

done! The Pope and the Jesuits, with their infernal Inquisition, are the only

organized powers in the world which have recourse to the dagger of the

assassin to murder those whom they cannot convince with their arguments

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643

or conquer with the sword. . . . It seems to me that the Lord wants to-day, as

He wanted in the days of Moses, another victim . . . I cannot conceal from

you that my impression is that I am that victim. So many plots have already

been made against my life, that it is a real miracle that they have all failed,

when we consider that the great majority of them were in the hands of

skillful Roman Catholic murderers, evidently trained by Jesuits. But can

we expect that God will make a perpetual miracle to save my life? I believe

not. The Jesuits are so expert in those deeds of blood, that Henry IV said

that it was impossible to escape them, and he became their victim, though

he did all that could be done to protect himself. My escape from their

hands, since the letter of the Pope to Jeff Davis [who, as Vice President

under President Franklin Pierce in 1856, began the work of erecting a

Masonically designed bronze idol of the Virgin Mary, later hoisted upon

the White House Dome in 1863] has sharpened a million daggers to pierce

my breast, would be more than a miracle.’ ” {10} [Emphasis added]

Chiniquy then concluded his meeting with the President with these words:

“I knew the hour to leave had come, I asked from the President permission

to fall on my knees, and pray with him that his life might be spared: and he

knelt with me. But I prayed more with my tears and sobs, than with my

words. Then I pressed his hand on my lips and bathed it with my tears, and

with a heart filled with an unspeakable desolation, I bade him Adieu! It

was for the last time! For the hour was fast approaching when he was to

fall by the hands of a Jesuit assassin, for his nation’s sake.” {11}

[Emphasis added]

Indeed it was! But why? President Lincoln resisted the policy of the Jesuits

and the Radicals. For, they sought to create a new government with a new citizenship

via the Fourteenth Amendment. Lincoln wanted the Southern States to re-enter the

Union with the same status with which they had left the Union. Clearly, he, like

Andrew Johnson, would never have promoted the Fourteenth Amendment. (It was

this open refusal to promote the Fourteenth Amendment for which Lincoln was

assassinated and Johnson was impeached although never expelled from office by the

Senate. Being a Southerner, Johnson was openly against the Order’s “anti-Mason”

Thaddeus Stevens’ Fourteenth Amendment. But secretly, Andrew Johnson, the

open friend of Jesuit B. F. Wiget, served the Company by working with his Masonic

brethren who protected Lincoln’s assassin in obedience to their master, Shriner and

33rd Degree Freemason Albert Pike!) Lincoln’s plan would have frustrated the

purposes of the Jesuits in creating a new government with absolute powers.

Further, the Jesuits and the Radicals sought to intermix the Whites and Blacks

of both the North and the South. This would make Fourteenth Amendment

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The Jesuits — 1865

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America a nation of color, thereby greatly benefiting the Jesuits. For the Jesuits knew

that nations of color, Negro or Oriental, can only be governed by absolutists, be they

kings, emperors, shoguns, military dictators or tribal chiefs. The history of the

governments of South American, African and Far Eastern nations confirms this truth.

And if America becomes a nation of color riddled with Bible-rejecting Whites,

Blacks, mulattoes, Mexicans and Easterners, as it apparently will be within fifty years,

an absolutist under Jesuit control—like Fidel Castro—most assuredly will govern it.

To the contrary, Lincoln advocated the separation of the races and attempted to

repatriate the freed Negroes to Liberia, as Monrovia, named after President James

Monroe, had been built for that purpose. The Negro policy of Jefferson, Monroe

and Lincoln was the same and it would have thwarted the Jesuits’ plan of

amalgamation of both races. It also would have disabled the Jesuits from using the

Negro to foment continual agitations resulting in the conferring of more executive

power in Washington, ultimately justifying martial law as a result of a contrived race

war. Huge, lawless, Black populations would never have grown to such monstrous

proportions—financed by the Jesuit New Dealers’ socialist-communist welfare system

as well as President Lyndon Johnson’s supposed “War on Poverty.” Black women

would never have been paid to commit bastardies through fornication or adultery; the

more illegitimate, fatherless and lawless children they would bear and raise, the more

welfare money they could receive in creating their undisciplined, criminal offspring.

The explosion of Black socialism and rampant Black crime would never have taken

place, costing the American taxpayers over two trillion dollars during the last fifty

years, further destroying the White Middle Class, while fueling the growth of the

Pope’s wicked Social Security Numbering System—the forerunner of

“. . . the number of his name.”

– Revelation 13:17

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JOHN P. SCHLEGELMILCH DISTRICT JUDGE

September 9, 2016

William F. Dunn 2031 Lonnie Lane Dayton, NV 89403

STATE OF NEVADA

THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

DEPARTMENT I

LYON COUNTY STATE OF NEVADA

911 HARVEY WAY

SECOND FLOOR YERINGTON, NEVADA 89447

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FAX (775) 463-6575

Dear Mr. Dunn:

On behalf of the Court, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for your service as a juror in State of Nevada v. Ryan Joe Coddington. Your conscientious consideration of the challenging and sensitive issues presented to you in this case proves that our Constitutional system of trial by our peers works to ensure fair and unbiased decisions are handed out of our courts.

Abraham Lincoln once said that "A jury is the common sense of a common people." The only way we have justice is through the judicial system in the United States. Justice really means fairness. It means that if you're charged with a crime, you can appear in front of a jury of your peers who will judge the facts fairly as a citizen of this State. A jury of your peers means a mix of people from all walks of life using their common sense to do justice. It is one of the most important civic responsibilities of being a United States Citizen.

I appreciate the fact that you responded to your summons as a juror willing to do your job. Our judicial system only works because citizens like you are interested, concerned and willing to make whatever arrangements are necessary in their personal lives to be able to perform this invaluable service. Your presence on the jury was a great asset in this case.

Once again, I would like to thank you on behalf of the Court and the people of Lyon County for your willingness to serve as a juror and to give so freely of your time and abilities. I ADMIRE you for your commitment to this case.

With GREAT respect,

Honorable John P. Schlegelmilch District Court Judge

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Case No. 25-CR-276 3G

FILED

2025 OCT 15 PM 12:37

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF DAYTON TOWNSHIP

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA

CLERK

9 THE STATE OF NEVADA,

Plaintiff,

VS.

RECUSAL AND ORDER

WILLIAM FRANCIS DUNN IV

OF APPOINTMENT

Defendant.

Pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 1.230 and inasmuch as there may be actual or implied bias, the undersigned Judge of Dayton Township Justice Court, County of Lyon, State of Nevada, does hereby recues herself from the above-entitled matter.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Judge Lori Matheus be, and hereby appointed to preside over the above-entitled matter. The case is hereby transferred to Canal Township Justice Court for further proceedings. The next court date will be held at 595 Silver Lace Blvd, Fernley, Nevada on October 28, 2025 at 8:00 am.

DATED this 15th day of October, 2025.

Camille Vecchiarelli Justice of the Peace

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Early Female Transgender Identity after Prenatal Exposure to Diethylstilbestrol: Report from a French National Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Cohort

by Laura Gaspari 1,2,3,†,Marie-Odile Soyer-Gobillard 4,5,†ORCID,Scott Kerlin 6,Françoise Paris 1,2,3 andCharles Sultan 1,*

Unité d’Endocrinologie-Gynécologie Pédiatrique, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France

INSERM 1203, Développement Embryonnaire Fertilité Environnement, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France

CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, Centre de Référence Maladies Rares du Développement Génital, Constitutif Sud, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 34295 Montpellier, France

Laboratoire Arago, Observatoire Océanologique, Sorbonne University, CNRS, 75016 Paris, France

Association HHORAGES-France, 66100 Perpignan, France

DES International Information and Research Network, Livermore, CA 94551, USA

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

J. Xenobiot. 2024, 14(1), 166-175; https://doi.org/10.3390/jox14010010

Submission received: 28 November 2023 / Revised: 8 January 2024 / Accepted: 10 January 2024 / Published: 12 January 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in the Human Health)

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Abstract

Diagnostic of transsexualism and gender incongruence are terms to describe individuals whose self-identity does not match their sex assignment at birth. A transgender woman is an individual assigned male at birth (AMAB) on the basis of the external or internal genitalia who identifies and lives as a woman. In recent decades, a significant increase in the number of transgender people has been reported. Although, its etiology is unknown, biological, anatomical, genetic, environmental and cultural factors have been suggested to contribute to gender variation. In XY animals, it has been shown that environmental endocrine disruptors, through their anti-androgenic activity, induce a female identity. In this work, we described four XY individuals who were exposed in utero to the xenoestrogen diethylstilbesterol (DES) and were part of the French HHORAGES cohort. They all reported a female transgender identity starting from childhood and adolescence. This high prevalence of male to female transgenderism (1.58%) in our cohort of 253 DES sons suggests that exposure to chemicals with xenoestrogen activity during fetal life may affect the male sex identity and behavior.

Keywords: sexual identity; diethylstilbestrol (DES); prenatal exposure

1. Introduction

Gender identity defines each individual’s deeply held personal sense of their own gender as male or female or something else [1]. Moreover, gender diversity and variance are umbrella terms used to describe the wide range of gender identifications outside the conventional gender categories [2]. Gender dysphoria [3] relates to the distress and unease experienced by individuals who are discontent with their assigned gender and identify with a gender other than the one associated with their birth sex [4]. A transgender man or woman is a person born phenotypically female or male, assigned female or male at birth on the basis of their external or internal genitalia, who identifies and lives as a male or a female. Actually, for many experts [5] this definition should be enlarged to Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC) individuals, people with disorders of sex development (DSDs) and people assigned male (AMAB) or female at birth (AFAB) [6].

All studies on secular trends have reported a dramatic increase in the number of transgender people in recent decades [7]. A temporal change in the age of presentation is another notable phenomenon [8]. Quoting Hassler et al. [8] in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5), signs of transgender in children include: “A repeated desire to be the other sex or an assertion that they are the other sex; a belief that their assigned sex will change on its own (e.g., thinking they will grow a penis or that their penis will come off when they get older); wanting to change their name to a name typically associated with another gender, or a gender-neutral name; a preference for presenting as another gender (e.g., a child assigned male at birth who prefers long hair and wearing dresses, or a child assigned female at birth who prefers short hair and wearing gender-neutral clothing); resistance or distress when made to present as a gender they do not identify with (such as a ‘girl’ throwing a tantrum over having to wear a dress or a ‘boy’ crying after having to get a haircut); assuming the role of another gender in fantasy games or make-believe; an intense desire to participate in the games and activities typical of the other gender (such as an assigned-male child playing with Barbie and an assigned-female child playing contact sports); a preference for playmates of another gender”.

Hassler et al. also wrote [8]: “In adolescence, signs of transgender includes: feelings of panic or severe discomfort concerning puberty and body changes (e.g., refusing to acknowledge or admit that changes are occurring, refusing to look at their body, or becoming distressed or uncomfortable with body development, menstruation, or ejaculation); discomfort or distress with certain forms of gender presentation, such as disliking long hair or certain types of clothing; increased bullying at school due to differences in acting out one’s perceived gender or lack of self-confidence; isolation from peers due to lack of connection or fear of bullying; depression and/or anxiety as a result of confusion over gender identity or not fitting in with peers; be aware that some adolescents may try to repress their true gender due to outside pressure, such as from family and peers, even if they previously expressed their true gender as a child”.

The literature on the prevalence of transgender people is heterogeneous, depending on the geographic area, inclusion criteria and age at presentation [9]. Specialized centers that manage transgender people estimate a prevalence between 17 and 33/100,000 individuals [10]. Actually, people who identify as transgender represent a sizable proportion of the general population, from 0.1% to 2% [11,12].

Although the biological basis of transgenderism/incongruence is unknown, biological, anatomical, genetic and environmental factors have been suggested to contribute to gender identity [13,14]. The role of sex hormones and genetics in sexual development was described by studies published between 1948 and 2019, and the implication of endogenous steroids in brain sexual differentiation has been widely studied [14,15,16,17,18]. According to the accepted dogma, high levels of fetal testosterone organize the brain towards a male phenotype [19]. Any exogenous chemical that can reduce testosterone action during fetal life can affect the differentiation of genitalia and sex behavior.

Diethylstilbestrol (DES) is a molecule that has strengthened the concepts of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and the fetal basis of adult diseases [20]. It is well known that in utero exposure to DES, a compound with estrogenic and anti-androgenic activity, induces a wide range of reproductive tract/function abnormalities in the so-called ‘DES daughters’, e.g., alterations to Müllerian duct development, fertility problems, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, premature births and cancers, especially clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) of the vagina and cervix in girls and young women [21]. In ‘DES sons’, epididymal cysts, hypospadias, cryptorchidism, hypoplastic testes and micropenises have been observed [22,23,24,25,26]. In addition, although less studied, in utero exposure to synthetic sex hormones, particularly DES, can cause psychological disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, eating disorders and suicidal behavior [27]. Interestingly, some studies in patients exposed in utero to DES with psychotic disorders identified methylome changes that affect the expression of ZFP57 and ADAMTS9, two genes implicated in neurodevelopment regulation [28], with potential multigenerational and transgenerational effects [29,30].

In this work, we first describe four transgender women identified among the 253 sons exposed in utero to DES included in the HHORAGES-France cohort (a French National patient association). This high prevalence of male-to-female transgender individuals among DES sons (1.58%) strongly suggests that exposure of male fetuses to this xenoestrogen during fetal life may affect future male sex identity and behavior.

2. Patients and Methods

This study was based on a French national retrospective cohort of DES-treated women (HHORAGES-France Association) (n = 1200) and their families. Detailed standard questionnaires were obtained from all DES mothers when they joined the HHORAGES-France Association and all DES children were already adults at this time. The answers to this online questionnaire were used to select women who met the following inclusion criteria: (1) at least two pregnancies with two viable male babies (same father) among whom the first child was not exposed in utero to DES (pre-DES), followed by one or more children with fetal exposure to DES (DES); (2) confirmed data on the total DES dose (health record or physician’s observation). The cumulative dose D administered to the French pregnant mothers was 4050 mg < D < 7300 mg. This is considered a medium-low-dose cohort, in accordance with the observations by Tournaire et al. [31] and compared with the higher doses administered in the United States (7550 mg < D < 12,742 mg). The answers to the questionnaires were also used to identify women with a DES son who presented female gender variance. We then contacted all DES sons with female gender variance and we carried out an individual interview with them.

The local university hospital ethics committee approved this study (ID IRB No. 202301531), and all patients gave their informed consent through the HHORAGES-France Association (CNIL: J B/EM/DC042793, N° 1006460).

All DES sons who identified as transgender women underwent karyotyping at their local hospital at the moment of transition.

2.1. Patient 1 (M.) (Table 1, First Column)

Table 1. Clinical features of our four patients with female gender variance, from childhood to adulthood.

Currently a writer and photographer, M. was born in 1961 after in utero exposure to DES given to their mother following a previous miscarriage. At birth, M. had male genitalia and unilateral cryptorchidism. At the age of 4 years, M. started to present gender dysphoria that became clear at the age of 9 years (Table 1, first column). During adolescence, M. expressed the conviction of being a woman. This period was also characterized by important school absenteeism and poor academic performance. In adult life, M. presented severe psychological disorders, particularly a severe self-mutilation episode (external genitalia) at the age of 43 years (2004), with a major, life-threatening hemorrhage. After seeing a psychiatrist, M. began the transition with male to female gender reassignment surgery in France, after the agreement of the French court of first instance. Since this operation, she has been receiving Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) and she is regularly followed as part of GAHT management.

2.2. Patient 2 (S.) (Table 1, Second Column)

Currently a composer (guitar and vocals), S. was born in 1969 after in utero exposure to DES. At birth, S. had male genitalia with unilateral cryptorchidism. S. started to question the assigned male gender at the age of 4 years: “I remember very clearly that when I was 3–4 years old, one day I went with my mother to a hairdressing salon and having looked at all the ladies, I thought: ‘When I grow up this is what I will do: I will be a woman’”.

During adolescence, S. felt he was a woman and had severe psychological disorders, particularly depression and suicidal ideation (Table 1, second column). As an adult, S. married and had two children. These two girls had prolactinoma, and one has Asperger’s syndrome, androgyny and ovarian cysts. S. began the transition with male to female gender reassignment surgery, in Brighton, United Kingdom (UK), in November 2015. Since then, S. has been receiving GAHT and is followed by the doctor who managed the transition. According to the UK Gender Recognition Act, S. could change their sex recorded on their birth certificate (male to female) and now, she lives in Scotland. Her elder sister, also exposed to DES in utero after her mother’s miscarriage, died due to vaginal adenocarcinoma during adolescence.

2.3. Patient 3 (Chr.) (Table 1, Third Column)

Currently a ULM pilot teacher, Chr. was born in 1963 after in utero exposure to DES and slow-release progestin. At birth, Chr. had male genitalia without any genital malformation and spina bifida. Chr. reported gender dysphoria at the age of 7 years (see Table 1, third column). During adolescence, Chr. had psychological disorders and enuresis up to the age of 16 years. At the age of 22 years, Chr. married and had one son at the age of 23 years. From the age of 30 years, Chr. regularly dressed as a female and finally divorced after 20 years of married life. Chr. began the transition with male to female gender reassignment surgery performed in Thailand, in 2003, at the age of 40 years. Since this operation, she has been receiving GAHT. She lives in a couple with her former female partner and the French court of first instance of her department recognized her identity change on June 2006, at the age of 43 years.

2.4. Patient 4 (J.) (Table 1, Fourth Column)

J. was born in May 1953 in the USA (Kansas, Mid-West) after in utero exposure to DES. At birth, J. had normal male genitalia and no malformation. Gender dysphoria began at about 3–4 years of age. During childhood, J. always liked to wear his sister’s clothing, including panties, slips and dresses (Table 1, fourth column). J. had no girlfriend at the age of 16 years, and later, fantasized to be Annette Funicello, a very feminine movie star. During adolescence, J. always fantasized by looking at women’s apparel and dreamt of wearing all the items featured in catalogues, especially panties and lingerie, and often dressed as a woman. Once an adult, J. married, “But still society pushed me into marriage which is where I am now, taking cross-sex hormones to become a girl!”. Indeed, from 1997, J. has been taking estradiol to change sex, but did not undergo gender reassignment surgery.

3. Results

In this French national retrospective cohort of DES-treated women (i.e., DES mothers; n = 1200) and their families, 253 boys who were exposed in utero to DES (DES sons) and 148 pre-DES sons were identified. The flowchart showing the included and excluded patients is shown in Figure 1. Four of these DES sons identified themselves as transgender women (transgender prevalence =1.58%) versus zero among the pre-DES sons (0%). The prevalence difference was not significant (p-value = 0.30), probably because of the small sample size. The DES doses were documented for all 253 DES sons.

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Figure 1. Included and excluded patients of the HHORAGES-France cohort in which four transgender M/Fs were identified. (HHORAGES-France data.) E2 is the synthetic hormone 17-α-estradiol that was often administered in a cocktail with DES and synthetic progesterone during pregnancy, but was banned for pregnant women in Europe in 1980.

In these four DES sons who identified themselves as transgender women, karyotyping did not reveal any abnormality. Major transgender components and behaviors were present already in early childhood and adolescence, as described in the previous section and summarized in Table 1.

4. Discussion

The number of patients seeking gender-specific healthcare has drastically increased (30–40-fold) in the last three decades [32]. In a recent European study, 0.7–1% of the general population reported incongruent gender identity [33]. However, several reports highlighted the important heterogeneity in the published estimates across studies. Moreover, the definition of transgender is often expanded to include broader manifestations of gender diversity. However, non-binary people should not be included in this wide definition. If we consider the highest prevalence of transgender women reported in the literature (1/17,000) [10], the prevalence we observed in our study (1.58%) is 10- to 100-fold higher. Moreover, the prevalence of female transgender identity was 0% among the 148 elder non-exposed sons (AMAB) in the same informative families.

It is generally accepted that fetal androgens play a crucial role in male brain differentiation by directly activating neuronal regions to provide organizational changes. In male individuals, gender identity, gender behavior and sex orientation are driven by prenatal androgen action [34]. Basic gender identity is developed at the age of 2–3 years [35]. By this age, most children have become aware of gender stereotypes, for instance, through toy preference and clothing. It is interesting to note that in our four patients, most diagnostic signs of transgenderism were present early in life and persisted during adolescence and adult life. In addition, mental health disorders, particularly depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, have frequently been reported by DES children [27,36] and also by our four patients, starting from early adolescence and then in adulthood. Moreover, in many countries, transgender people live at the margin of society, and despite a higher educational level, they have a lower socio-economic status.

Although research in the transgender field is increasing, the causal mechanisms have not been adequately identified yet [13,37]. Genetic [38,39], biological [1,4], anatomical [40,41] and environmental factors [42,43] have mainly been studied. A greater chance of transgender concordance among XY monozygotic tweens than dizygotic tweens [44] supports a genetic component. A significant association between female transgenderism and over-represented alleles and genotypes (estrogen receptor α, ERα; androgen receptor, AR; Steroid 5 Alpha-Reductase 2, SRD5A2; cytochrome 17, CYP17) has been identified by Foreman et al. [38]. These authors suggested that gender dysphoria may have a polygenetic basis that may alter the masculinization of the fetal brain, contributing to the development of a female transgender identity. Moreover, the second-to-fourth digit length ratio (2D:4D), a proxy of prenatal androgen activity, was recently found to be higher, i.e., feminized, in female transgender persons. This finding reinforces the role of reduced prenatal androgen activity in female transgenderism. Unfortunately, we could not scan the left hand of our patients [45]. The primacy of testosterone [19] activity during fetal life is a critical driver of brain androgenization and the subsequent male sex identity and behavior [39,40].

In many animal studies, EDC exposure during development has been associated with changes in sex behavior, such as disruption of the normal social preference behavior (rats) and alteration of the differentiation of relevant sexually dimorphic pathways (mouse, Japanese quail) [42,43]. The most convincing evidence linking testosterone to the establishment of the male gender identity comes from individuals with DSDs, such as XY complete androgen insensitivity syndrome [45], XY 5 alpha reductase deficiency [46] and XX congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) [47]. For example, individuals with 5 alpha reductase deficiency are usually reared as girls on the basis of their female external genitalia [47]. They change the initial gender assignment during puberty, when testosterone concentration increase can organize the brain structures and influence the adolescent gender identity and behavior. XX fetuses with CAH and exposed to a high testosterone level during prenatal life present a high risk of gender incongruence. The transgender prevalence among individuals with DSDs is much higher than in the general population, although there are substantial differences among DSD etiologies. In a European collaborative work from the DSD Life Study, 4% of the 1040 participants with DSDs reported gender variance [48]. In our four patients, no DSD was diagnosed at birth. Patients 1 and 2 presented unilateral cryptorchidism, which cannot be considered a clinical expression of a DSD on its own, but is a minor effect of in utero exposure to DES. The XY DSD related to insufficient or deficient androgen production or activity during fetal life contributes to the low male sex differentiation of the brain [34]. This will lead to disorders of male gender identity, male behavior and male sexual orientation. Therefore, fetal exposure to any chemicals that can reduce androgen production or action should be considered a transgender risk factor [17]. In 1991, Renish et al. reported that male patients exposed in utero to DES appeared to be feminized [49].

In 2005 and 2020, Kerlin et al. conducted a 5-year qualitative study of DES sons via the Association DES-Sons USA and analyzed a sample of 500 men with confirmed DES exposure. In total, 90 individuals with verified DES exposure identified as transsexual, transgender or gender dysphoric (personal data). In addition, 65 individuals with strongly suspected but not confirmed DES exposure also defined themselves as “transsexual, transgender or gender dysphoric”. Kerlin et al. carried out extensive surveys and interviews with several of them for more than 15 years that enabled a stronger verification of the full scope of DES-related effects (personal data).

Based on a study by Tournaire et al. [21,31], the DES doses administered in France (4050 mg < D < 7300 mg) were lower than those administered in the United States (7550 mg < D < 12,742 mg; doses varied in the different states). These authors investigated DES’s role in clear cell carcinoma development in DES daughters in France and proposed that early fetal exposure (administration beginning during the first trimester of pregnancy which represents most cases) is more important than the dose. We think that this hypothesis is valid also for our DES sons.

Conversely, Titus et al. [50] evaluated a cohort of 2694 DES sons and found little support to the hypothesis that prenatal exposure to DES influences the psychosexual characteristics of adult men. Troisi et al. [51], in a group of 1848 DES sons, reported an odds ratio of 1.4 of having a gay identity or bisexual identity (five of these individuals were transgender women). Similarly, our finding of four transgender women among 253 XY patients who were exposed to DES in utero (1.58%), a much higher rate than in the general population and probably underestimated because no epidemiological investigation has been carried out on this topic, strongly suggests that DES plays a role in male to female transgender development. DES displays antiandrogenic activity in all assays used [52]. Northern blotting and RT-PCR showed a significant downregulation of androgen responsive genes upon exposure to DES [53]. As a xenoestrogen, DES can also stimulate production of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), the major androgen-binding protein in serum that reduces androgen’s ability to enter into the cell [54]. By reducing androgen production, bioactivity and action in target cells, DES must be considered an anti-androgen substance that can alter male sex differentiation of the brain and/or sex differentiation of the internal/external genitalia.

Differences in sex behavior may have correspondence in the brain architecture. Several studies reported an association between brain structure [15,55,56,57] and gender identity. Zhou et al. [58] first showed by brain imaging that the bed nucleus striae terminalis volume differs in men and women, and this is similar in transgender women and women. Garçia-Falgueras et al. [59], using brain imaging, found that the interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus volume is different between males and females and that its volume in transgender women is within the female range. Luders et al. reported regional gray matter variations in male-to-female transsexualism [55]. Lastly, Mueller et al. analyzed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from transgender men and women and cisgender men and women. Based on their findings, they suggested that transgender persons present a specific brain phenotype [56]. Unfortunately, no MRI data were available for our four patients.

In conclusion, the presented clinical data from our DES cohort, experimental works and the endocrine consequences of environmental disruptors suggest for the first time that male to female transgenderism in DES sons is associated with DES exposure and is not a coincidental finding.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, L.G., M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; methodology, M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; validation, F.P. and S.K.; formal analysis, C.S.; investigation, M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; resources, M.-O.S.-G.; data curation, C.S.; writing—original draft preparation, writing—review and editing, M.-O.S.-G. and C.S.; visualization, F.P. and S.K.; supervision, C.S.; project administration, M.-O.S.-G.; funding acquisition, M.-O.S.-G. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

The APC was funded by HHORAGES Association.

Institutional Review Board Statement

The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of CHU Montpellier Pole 0078 Femme Mère Enfant protocol code 202301531/9-11-2023.

Informed Consent Statement

Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

Data Availability Statement

Data are contained within the article.

Acknowledgments

The authors warmly acknowledge M. D, S. F., Chr. P., and J. R. for their participation in answering questionnaires and interviews and analyses. This work could not continue without the daily ongoing support of the HHORAGES-France families and board, especially Mauricette P. (HHORAGES-France, a patient association, is registered at the Epidemiological Portal of French Health Databases INSERM (French National Institute for Medical Research) and AVIESAN (National Alliance for Life Sciences and Health) (epidemiologiefrance.aviesan.fr)), Yette B. and Aimée I. The authors also thank Elisabetta Andermarcher for corrections and relevant suggestions for the manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest

M-OS-G is a researcher and President of the HHORAGES-France Association and a mother concerned with DES and other synthetic hormones. The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. HHORAGES-France Association is financed exclusively by subscriptions and donations.

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Michigan State University College of Law has provided me thus far with an excellent legal education and hands on experience. I was awarded an Excellence in Oral Advocacy scholarship upon admission, which allowed be to be directly admitted to the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute. In my short time here, I have made the Dean's List for Spring 2017 and was a First Year Advocacy Oral Argument semi-finalist. In my second year, I will begin my coursework in the Trial Practice Institute and look forward to participating with the Board of Advocates on the Mock Trial team.Michigan State University College of Law has provided me thus far with an excellent legal education and hands on experience. I was awarded an Excellence in Oral Advocacy scholarship upon admission, which allowed be to be directly admitted to the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute. In my short time here, I have made the Dean's List for Spring 2017 and was a First Year Advocacy Oral Argument semi-finalist. In my second year, I will begin my coursework in the Trial Practice Institute and look forward to participating with the Board of Advocates on the Mock Trial team.

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Edmondo is an Italian masculine given name derived from the Old English name Eadmund, meaning "wealthy protector" or "prosperous guardian". It combines the Germanic elements ead ("wealth, fortune") and mund ("protection, guardian"). The name adapted through Latin as Edmundus before becoming the Italian Edmondo.

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Origin: The name has Old English roots, stemming from the Anglo-Saxon Eadmund.

Meaning: It translates to "wealthy protector," "guardian of prosperity," or "prosperous defender," reflecting ancient values of safeguarding family and property.

Evolution: It transitioned from Old English to Latin as Edmundus, and subsequently into Italian as Edmondo.

Significance: The name was popularized by Saint Edmund, the 9th-century King of East Anglia, and became widespread in medieval Europe.

Usage: While primarily used in Italian-speaking regions, it is the Italian equivalent of the English name Edmund or the Spanish/Portuguese Edmundo.

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Edmondo carries connotations of nobility and strength, often associated with historical figures, including the Italian novelist Edmondo De Amicis.

Daniel 7:7-28

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7 After this, I saw in the visions by night, and behold, the [a]fourth beast was fearful and terrible and very strong. It had great [b]iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped [c]the residue under his feet: and it was unlike to the beasts that were before it: for it had [d]ten horns.

8 As I considered the horns, behold, there came up among them another little [e]horn, before whom there were [f]three of the first horns plucked away: and behold, in this horn were [g]eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking presumptuous things.

9 I beheld till the [h]thrones were set up, and the [i]Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels, as burning fire.

10 A fiery stream issued, and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand [j]thousands stood before him: the judgment was set, and the [k]books opened.

11 Then I beheld, [l]because of the voice of the presumptuous words which the horn spake: I beheld, even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning fire.

12 As [m]concerning the other beasts, they had taken away their dominion: yet their lives were prolonged for a certain time and season.

13 ¶ As I beheld in visions by night, behold, [n]one like the son of man came in the clouds of heaven, and [o]approached unto the Ancient of days, and they brought him before him.

14 And he gave him [p]dominion, and honor, and a kingdom, that all people, nations and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall never be taken away: and his dominion shall never be destroyed.

15 ¶ I Daniel was [q]troubled in my spirit, in the midst of my body, and the visions of mine head made me afraid.

16 Therefore I came unto [r]one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this: so he told me, and showed me the interpretation of these things.

17 These great beasts which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth,

18 And they shall take the [s]kingdom of the Saints of the [t]most High, and shall possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.

19 ¶ After this, I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was [u]so unlike to all the others, very fearful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass: which devoured brake in pieces, and stamped the [v]residue under his feet.

20 Also to know of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the others which came up, before whom three fell, and of the horn that had eyes, and of the mouth that spake presumptuous things, whose [w]look was more stout than his fellows.

21 I beheld, and the same [x]horn made battle against the Saints, yea, and prevailed against them,

22 Until [y]the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the Saints of the most High: and the time approached, that the Saints possessed the kingdom.

23 Then he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom in the earth, which shall be unlike to all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down and break it in pieces.

24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten Kings that shall rise: and another shall rise after them, and he shall be unlike to the first, and he shall subdue [z]three Kings,

25 And shall speak words against [aa]the most High, and shall consume the Saints of the most High, and think that he may [ab]change times and laws, and they shall be given into his hand until a [ac]time, and times, and the dividing of time.

26 But the [ad]judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion to consume and destroy it unto the end.

27 And the [ae]kingdom, and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the holy people of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all [af]powers shall serve and obey him.

28 Even this is the end of the matter, I Daniel had many [ag]cogitations which troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in mine heart.

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Daniel 7:7 That is, the Roman Empire which was a monster, and could not be compared to any beasts, because the nature of none was able to express it.

Daniel 7:7 Signifying, the tyranny and greediness of the Romans.

Daniel 7:7 That which the Romans could not quietly enjoy in other countries, they would give it to other Kings and rulers, that at all times when they would, they might take it again: which liberality is here called the stamping of the rest under the feet.

Daniel 7:7 That is, sundry and divers provinces which were governed by the deputies and proconsuls, whereof everyone might be compared to a King.

Daniel 7:8 Which is meant of Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, etc., who were as kings in effect, but because they could not rule, but by the consent of the Senate, their power is compared to a little horn. For Muhammad came not of the Roman Empire, and the Pope hath no vocation of government: therefore this cannot be applied unto them, and also in this prophecy the Prophet’s purpose is chiefly to comfort the Jews unto the revelation of Christ. Some take it for the whole body of Antichrist.

Daniel 7:8 Meaning, a certain portion of the ten horns: that is, a part from the whole estate was taken away. For Augustus took from the Senate the liberty of choosing the deputies to send into the provinces, and took the government of certain countries to himself.

Daniel 7:8 These Roman Emperors at the first used a certain humanity and gentleness, and were content that others, as the Consuls, and Senate, should bear the names of dignity, so that they might have the profit, and therefore in election and counsels would behave themselves according as did other Senators: yet against their enemies and those that would resist them, they were fierce and cruel, which is here meant by the proud mouth.

Daniel 7:9 Meaning, the places where God and his Angels should come to judge these Monarchies, which judgment should begin at the first coming of Christ.

Daniel 7:9 That is, God which was before all times, and is here described as man’s nature is able to comprehend some portion of his glory.

Daniel 7:10 That is, an infinite number of Angels, which were ready to execute his commandment.

Daniel 7:10 This is meant of the first coming of Christ, when as the will of God was plainly revealed by his Gospel.

Daniel 7:11 Meaning, that he was astonied when he saw these Emperors in such dignity and pride, and so suddenly destroyed at the coming of Christ, when this fourth Monarchy was subject to men of other nations.

Daniel 7:12 As the three former Monarchies had an end at the time that God appointed, although they flourished for a time, so shall this fourth have, and they that patiently abide God’s appointment, shall enjoy the promises.

Daniel 7:13 Which is meant of Christ, who had not yet taken upon him man’s nature, neither was the son of David according to the flesh, as he was afterward: but appeared then in a figure, and that in the clouds: that is, being separate from the common sort of men by manifest signs of his divinity.

Daniel 7:13 To wit, when he ascend into the heavens, and his divine majesty appeared, and all power was given unto him, in respect of that that he was our Mediator.

Daniel 7:14 This is meant of the beginning of Christ’s kingdom, when God the Father gave unto him all dominion, as to the Mediator, to the intent that he should govern here his Church in earth continually, till the time that he brought them to eternal life.

Daniel 7:15 Through the strangeness of the vision.

Daniel 7:16 Meaning, of the Angels, as verse 10.

Daniel 7:18 Because Abraham was appointed heir of all the world, Rom. 4:13, and in him all the faithful, therefore the kingdom thereof is theirs by right, which these four beasts or tyrants should invade, and usurp until the world were restored by Christ: and this was to confirm them that were in troubles, that their afflictions should have an end at length.

Daniel 7:18 That is, of the most high things, because God hath chosen them out of this world, that they should look up to the heavens, whereon all their hope dependeth.

Daniel 7:19 For the other three Monarchies were governed by a King, and the Roman Empire by Consuls: the Romans changed their governors yearly, and the other Monarchies retained them for term of life: also the Romans were the strongest of all the others, and were never quiet among themselves.

Daniel 7:19 Read verse 7.

Daniel 7:20 This is meant of the fourth beast, which was more terrible than the others.

Daniel 7:21 Meaning the Roman Emperors, who were most cruel against the Church of God both of the Jews and of the Gentiles.

Daniel 7:22 Till God showed his power in the person of Christ, and by the preaching of the Gospel gave unto his some rest, and so obtained a famous Name in the world, and were called the Church of God, or the kingdom of God.

Daniel 7:24 Read the exposition hereof, verse 8.

Daniel 7:25 That is, shall make wicked decrees and proclamations against God’s word, and send throughout all their dominion, to destroy all that did profess it.

Daniel 7:25 These Emperors shall not consider that they have their power of God, but think it is in their own power to change God’s laws and man’s, and as it were the order of nature, as appeareth by Octavius, Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Domitian, etc.

Daniel 7:25 God shall suffer them thus to rage against his Saints for a long time, which is meant by the time and times, but at length he will assuage these troubles, and shorten the time for his elect’s sake, Matt. 24:22, which is here meant by the dividing of time.

Daniel 7:26 God by his power shall restore things that were out of order, and so destroy this little horn, that it shall never rise up again.

Daniel 7:27 He showeth wherefore the beast should be destroyed, to wit, that his Church might have rest and quietness, which though they do not fully enjoy here, yet they have it in hope, and by the preaching of the Gospel enjoy the beginning thereof, which is meant by these words: Under the heaven: and therefore he here speaketh of the beginning of Christ’s kingdom in this world, which kingdom the faithful have by the participation that they have with Christ their head.

Daniel 7:27 That is, some of every sort that bear rule.

Daniel 7:28 Though he had many motions in his heart which moved him to and fro to seek out this matter curiously, yet he was content with that which God revealed, and kept it in memory, and wrote it for the use of the Church.

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The Red Whore in Revelation 17

The "red whore" or "great prostitute" mentioned in Revelation 17 is a symbolic representation of Babylon, the city of Rome,

Revelation 17

1599 Geneva Bible

17 1 That great whore is described, 2 with whom the Kings of the earth committed fornication. 6 She is drunken with the blood of Saints. 7 The mystery of the woman, and the beast that carried her, expounded. 11 Their destruction. 14 The Lamb’s victory.

1 Then [a]there came one of the seven Angels, which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come: I will show [b]thee the [c]damnation of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters,

2 With whom have committed fornication the kings of the earth, and the inhabitants of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication.

3 [d]So he carried me away into the wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sit upon a [e]scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, which had seven heads, and ten horns.

4 And [f]the woman was arrayed [g]in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, [h]and had a cup of gold in her hand full of abomination, and filthiness of her fornication.

5 [i]And in her forehead was a name written, A mystery, [j]that great Babylon that mother of whoredoms, and abominations of the earth.

6 [k]And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of Saints, and with the blood of the Martyrs of JESUS: and when I saw her, [l]I wondered with great marvel.

7 [m]Then the Angel said unto me, Wherefore marvelest thou? I will show thee the mystery of that woman, and of that beast that beareth her, which hath seven heads and ten horns.

8 [n]The beast that thou hast seen, [o]was and is not, and [p]shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and shall go into perdition, and they that dwell on the earth, shall wonder (whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world) [q]when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

9 [r]Here is the mind that hath wisdom, The [s]seven heads [t]are seven mountains, whereon the woman sitteth: [u]they are also seven Kings.

10 [v]Five are fallen, [w]and one is, [x]and another is not yet come: and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

11 [y]And the beast that was, and is not, is even [z]the eighth, and is [aa]one of the seven, and [ab]all go into destruction.

12 [ac]And the ten horns which thou sawest, are [ad]ten kings, which yet have not received a kingdom, but shall receive power, as Kings [ae]at one hour with the beast.

13 [af]These have one mind, and shall give their power and authority unto the beast.

14 These shall fight with the [ag]Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of Lords, and King of Kings: and they that are on his side, called, and chosen, and faithful.

15 [ah]And he said unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, [ai]are people, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten [aj]horns which thou sawest upon the beast, are they that shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate, and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17 [ak]For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to do with one consent for to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God be fulfilled.

18 And that woman which thou sawest, is that [al]great city which reigned over the kings of the earth.

Footnotes

Revelation 17:1 The state of the Church militant being declared, now followeth the state of the Church overcoming and getting victory, as I showed before in the beginning of chapter 10. The state is set forth in 4 chapters. As in the place beforegoing I noted, that in that history the order of time was not always exactly observed, so the same is to be understood in this history, that it is distinguished according to the persons of which it treateth, and that in the several stories of the persons is severly observed in the time thereof. For first is delivered the story of Babylon destroyed, in this and the next chap. (for this Babylon out of all doubt shall perish before the 2 beasts and the Dragon). Secondly is delivered the destruction of both the two beasts, chap. 19. And lastly of the Dragon, chap. 20, in the story of the spiritual Babylon are distinctly set forth the state thereof in this chap. and the overthrow done from God, chap. 18. In this verse and that which followeth is a transition or passage unto the first argument, consisting of a particular calling of the Prophet (as often heretofore) and a general proposition.

Revelation 17:1 That is the damnable harlot, by a figure of speech called hypallage. For S. John as yet had not seen her. Although another interpretation may be borne, yet I like this better.

Revelation 17:1 The sentence that is pronounced against this harlot.

Revelation 17:3 Henceforth is propounded the type of Babylon, and the state thereof in 4 verses. After a declaration of the type, in the rest of this chap., in the type are described two things, the beast (of whom chap. 13), in verse 3, and the woman that sitteth upon the beast, verses 4, 5, 6. The beast in process of time hath gotten somewhat more than was expressed in the former vision. First in that it is not read before that he was appareled in scarlet, a robe imperial and of triumph. Secondly, in that this is full of names of blasphemy: the other carried the name of blasphemy only in his head. So God did teach that this beast is much increased in impiety and injustice and doth in this last age, triumph in both these more insolently and proudly than ever before.

Revelation 17:3 A scarlet color, that is, with a red and purple garment: and surely it was not without cause that the Romish clergy were so much delighted with this color.

Revelation 17:4 That harlot, the spiritual Babylon, which is Rome. She is described by her attire, profession and deeds.

Revelation 17:4 In attire most glorious, triumphant, most rich, and most gorgeous.

Revelation 17:4 In profession, the nourisher of all, in this verse, and teaching her mysteries unto all, verse 5, setting forth all things most magnificently: but indeed most pernicious besotting miserable men with her cup, and bringing upon them a deadly giddiness.

Revelation 17:5 Deceiving with the title of religion, and public inscription of mystery: which the beast in times past did not bear.

Revelation 17:5 An exposition: in which S. John declareth what manner of woman this is.

Revelation 17:6 In manner of deeds: She is red with blood, and sheddeth it most licentiously, and therefore is colored with the blood of the Saints, as on the contrary part. Christ is set forth imbrued with the blood of his enemies; Isa. 3:1.

Revelation 17:6 A passage unto the second part of this chapter, by occasion given of S. John, as the words of the Angel do show, in the next verse.

Revelation 17:7 The second part or place, as I said, verse 1. The narration of the vision, promised in this verse, and delivered in the verse following. Now there is delivered first a narration of the beast and his story, unto verse 14. After, of the harlot, unto the end of the chap.

Revelation 17:8 The story of the beast hath a triple description of him. The first is a distinction of this beast from all that ever hath been at any time: which distinction is contained in this verse: The second is a delineation or painting out of the beast by things present, by which he might even at that time be known of the godly, and this delineation is according to his heads, verses 2, 10, 11. The third is an historical foretelling of things to come, and to be done by him: and these are ascribed unto his horns, verses 12, 13, 14. This beast is that Empire of Rome, of which I spake, chap. 13:11, according to the mutations and changes whereof which then had already happened, the holy Ghost hath distinguished and set out the same. The Apostle distinguisheth this beast from all others in these words. The beast which thou sawest, was and is not. For so I expound the words of the Apostle for evidence’s sake as I will further declare in the notes following.

Revelation 17:8 The meaning is, that beast which thou sawest before (Rev. 13:1) and which yet thou hast now seen, was, (I say was) even from Julius Caesar in respect of beginning, rising up, station, glory, dominion, manner and stock, from the house of Julius: and yet is not now the same, if thou look unto the house and stock for the dominion of this family was translated unto another, after the death of Nero from the other unto a third, from a third unto a fourth, and so forth was varied and altered by innumerable changes. Finally, the Empire is one, as it were one beast: but exceedingly varied by kindreds, families, and persons. It was therefore (saith S. John) in the kindred or house of Julius: and now it is not in that kindred, but translated unto another.

Revelation 17:8 As if he should say, Also the same that is, shall shortly not be: but shall ascend out of the depth, or out of the sea (as was said, Rev. 13:1) that is, shall be a new stock from amongst the nations without difference, and shall in the same state go unto destruction or ruin, and perish: and so shall successively new Princes or Emperors come and go, arise and fall, the body of the beast remaining still, but tossed with so many and often alterations, as no man can but marvel that this beast was able to stand and hold out, in so many mutations. Verily no Empire that ever was tossed with so many changes, and as it were with so many tempests of the sea, ever continued so long.

Revelation 17:8 That is as many as have not learned the providence of God, according to the faith of the Saints, shall marvel at these grievous and often changes when they shall consider, the selfsame beast, which is the Roman Empire, to have been, not to be, and to be and still molested with perpetual mutation, and yet in the same to stand and continue. This in mine opinion is the most simple exposition of this place, and confirmed by the event of the things themselves. Although by the last change also, by which the Empire, that before was civil became Ecclesiastical, is not obscurely signified by these words: of which two, the first exercised cruelty upon the bodies of the saints: the other also upon their souls: the first by human order and policy, the other under the color of the law of God, and of Religion, raged and imbrued itself with the blood of the godly.

Revelation 17:9 An exhortation preparing unto audience, by the same argument, with that of Christ: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Wherefore, for mine own part, I had rather read in this place, Let there be here a mind, etc. So the Angel passeth fully unto the second place of this description.

Revelation 17:9 Very children know what that seven hilled city is, which is so much spoken of, and whereof Virgil thus reporteth, And compasseth seven towers in one wall: that city it is, which when John wrote these things had rule over the kings of the earth: It was and is not, and yet it remaineth this day, but it is declining to destruction.

Revelation 17:9 This is the painting out of the beast by things present (as I said before) whereby S. John endeavored to describe the same, that he might both be known of the godly in that age, and be further observed and marked of posterity afterwards. This delineation hath one type, that is, his heads, but a double description or application of the type: one permanent from the nature of itself, the other changeable, by the working of men. The description permanent, is by the seven hills, in this verse, the other that fleeteth, is from the seven kings, verses 10, 11. And here it is worthy to be observed, that one type hath sometimes two or more applications, as seemeth good unto the holy Ghost to express either one thing by divers types, or divers things by one type. So I noted before, of the seven spirits, Rev. 1:4. Now this woman that sitteth upon seven hills, is the city of Rome, called in times past of the Greeks, … i. of seven tops or crests, and of Varro, septiceps, i. of her seven heads (as here) of seven heads, and of others, septicollis, i. standing upon seven hills.

Revelation 17:9 The beginning of these Kings or Emperors is almost the same with the beginning of the Church of Christ, which I showed before, Rev. 11:1. Namely from the year 35, after the passion of Christ, what time the Temple and Church of the Jews was overthrown. In which year it came to pass by the providence of God that that saying The beast was and is not, was fulfilled before that the destruction of the Jews immediately following came to pass. That was the year from the building of the city of Rome, 109, from which year S. John both numbered the Emperors which hitherto hath been, when he wrote these things, and foretelleth two others next to come: and that with this purpose, that when this particular prediction of foretelling of things to come, should take effect the truth of all other predictions in the Church might be the more confirmed. Which sign God of old mentioned this in the Law, Deut. 18, and Jeremiah confirmeth, Jer. 28:8.

Revelation 17:10 Whose names are these: the first, Servius Sulpicius Galba, who was the seventh Emperor of the people of Rome, the second Marcus Salvius Otho, the third Aulus Vitellius, the fourth, Titus Flavius Vespasianus, the fifth, Titus Vespasianus his son of his own name.

Revelation 17:10 Flavius Domitian son of the first Vespasian. For in the latter end of his days S. John wrote these things, as witnesseth Irenaus, Lib. 5 adversus hareses.

Revelation 17:10 Nerua. The Empire being now translated from the family of Flavius. This man reigned only one year, four months, and nine days, as the history writers do tell.

Revelation 17:11 This is spoken by the figure synecdoche, as much to say as that head of the beast which was and is not, because it is cut off, and Nerua in so short time extinguished. How many heads there were, so many beasts there seemed to be in one. See the like speech in Rev. 13.3

Revelation 17:11 Nerua Traianus, who himself in divers respects is called here the seventh and the eighth.

Revelation 17:11 Though in number and order of succession he be the eighth, yet he is reckoned together with one of these heads, because Nerua and he were one head. For this man obtained authority together with Nerua, and was Consul with him, when Nerua left his life.

Revelation 17:11 Namely, to molest with persecutions the Churches of Christ, as the histories do accord, and I have briefly noted, Rev. 2:10.

Revelation 17:12 The third place of this description as I said, verse 18, is a prophetical prediction of things to come which the beast should do, as in the words following S. John doth not obscurely signify, saying, which have not yet received the kingdom, etc. For there is an Antithesis or opposition between these kings, and those that went before. And first the persons are described, in this verse, then their deeds in the two verses following.

Revelation 17:12 That is, arising with their kingdoms out of the Roman beast: at such time as that political Empire began by the craft of the Popes greatly to fall.

Revelation 17:12 Namely, with the second beast whom we called before a false prophet, which beast, ascending out of the earth got unto himself all the authority and power of the first beast, and exerciseth the same before his face, as was said, Rev. 14:11, 12. For when the political Empire of the West began to bow downwards, there both arose those ten kings, and the second beast took the opportunity offered to usurp unto himself all the power of the former beast. These kings long ago, many have numbered and described to be ten and a great part of the events plainly testifieth the same in this our age.

Revelation 17:13 That is, by consent and agreement, that they may conspire with the beast, and depend upon his beck. Their story is divided into three parts, counsels, acts, and events. The counselors some of them consist in communicating of judgments and affections: and some in communicating of power, which they are said to have given unto this beast in this verse.

Revelation 17:14 With Christ and his Church, as the reason following doth declare, and here are mentioned the facts and the events which followed for Christ’s sake, and for the grace of God the Father towards those that are called, elected, and are his faithful ones in Christ.

Revelation 17:15 This is the other member of the narration as I said verse 7, belonging unto the harlot, showed in the vision, verse 3. In this history of the harlot, these 3 things are distinctly propounded, what is her magnificence in this verse, what is her fall, and by whom it shall happen unto her, in the two verses following: and lastly, who that harlot is, in the last verse. This place which by order of nature should have been the first, is therefore made the last, because it was more fit to be joined with the next Chap.

Revelation 17:15 That is, as unconstant and variable as the waters. Upon this foundation sitteth this harlot as Queen, a vain person upon that which is vain.

Revelation 17:16 The ten Kings as verse 12. The accomplishment of this fact and event, is daily increased in this our age by the singular providence and most mighty government of God. Wherefore the facts are propounded in this verse, and the cause of them in the verses following.

Revelation 17:17 A reason rendered from the chief efficient cause, which is the providence of God, by which alone S. John by inversion of order affirmeth to have come to pass, both that the Kings should execute upon the harlot, that which pleased God, and which he declared in the verse next beforegoing: and also that by one consent and counsel, they should give their kingdom unto the beast, etc., verses 13, 14. For as these being blinded have before depended upon the beck of the beast that lifteth up the harlot, so it is said that afterward it shall come to pass, that they shall turn back, and shall fall away from her when their hearts shall be turned into better state by the grace and mercy of God.

Revelation 17:18 That is, Rome that great City, or only City (as Justinian calleth it) the King and head whereof was then the Emperor, but now the Pope, since that the condition of the beast was changed.

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Hermetic Marriage

THE HOUR OF THE TIME

Tape No. 453: "The Hermetic Marriage"

Tuesday, October 4, 1994

The Hermetic Marriage, or the marriage of the sun and the moon, the

origin of the hermetic philosophy, will astound you. You're going to

learn a few things about yourselves, about religion, and about Walt

Disney tonight.

Good old Walt. You've been leading your children to his lessons in The

Mysteries and the philosophic indoctrination into the philosophy of fire

for many years. And you didn't even know it.

Thoth--Hermes--the ibis-headed, was the Egyptian god of wisdom,

learning, literature, and science--"gnosis", if you will.

The "G" in the center of the compass and square of the Masonic emblem

does not stand for "God" or "geometry". It means "gnosis"--knowledge.

Those who know.

Thoth--Hermes--is accredited with being the first to reveal the art of

writing to the present human race. According to the records available,

he lived in Egypt as a contemporary of Moses. Some authorities even

claim that Moses and Hermes were one and the same person.

The Greek name "Hermes" is taken from an ancient root, "herm", which

means the active, or positive, radiant principle of nature; sometimes

translated as "vitality" or "generative force"; and known to ancient

freemasonry--or the sons of light, the free "macon"--as "the cosmic

fire", Hiram, and later as Hiram Abif.

Hermes Trismegistus, often called "Mercurius Termaximus" dominated the

philosophical and literary thought of the ancient world. His very name,

ladies and gentlemen, became a synonym of wisdom. In fact, he was

revered as the personification of philosophy and erudition. He was

regarded as the first cabalist, the first physician, the first

alchemist, and the first historian. The actual life of this demagogue

and king of the ancient double empire of the Nile is obscured by that

twilight which hides the origin of all peoples. And those who think

they know, you can be assured, do not.

By reason of his great wisdom and magical powers, Thoth was listed among

the gods until today many believe that he never existed at all outside

of mythology. But if action and reaction are equal, then something more

substantial than a mere legend must be the foundation for the towering

super-structure of the hermetic arts.

During the early periods of human growth, when the intelligence of man

was scarcely above that of the animal--according to the theory of

evolution--all education was controlled by the priest craft, just as I

have outlined to you on many episodes of "The Hour of the Time".

The ancient priests were called "the shepherds of men"--the analogy is

that men are sheep or cattle--for the shepherds guarded the flocks of

primitive human beings as the shepherd does his sheep.

Are you beginning to have a flicker of understanding?

Both science and philosophy were outgrowths of religion. In fact, all

our present day wisdom came originally into the world from between the

pillars of the sanctuaries, the temples, what today you call cathedrals

or churches. And it came from the priesthood, from the priests.

Hermes was to ancient philosophy what Jesus is to Christianity: its

light, its inspiration, and of course, its impetus.

The Egyptian initiates of the Temple of Isis claimed, therefore, that

Hermes was actually the writer of all books on philosophical and

religious subjects, that the supposed human authors were merely

amanuenses who wrote down upon parchment or velum the thoughts which

this god impressed upon their consciousness. Sort of like channeling.

In scriptural terms, they were the pens; and he, the ever-ready writer.

During his lifetime--if indeed he lived--Hermes Trismegistus is supposed

to have actually written 42 books. Some, however, are probably the work

of the ancient Egyptian priests, for in their glory, these

serpent-crowned hierophants represented the wisest group of philosophers

that ever lived upon this planet.

Clemens Alexandrinus states that these hermetic books were divided into

six parts, each dealing with a separate subject under such headings as

astronomy (and its inseparable companion--astrology), medicine,

geography, the hymns to the gods, and, of course, other titles.

During the ages that have past, Hermes has come to be acknowledged as

the godfather of science, particularly its chemical and medical

branches. And even after the Christian Era, numerous works dealing with

religious and philosophical subjects were dedicated to him and to him

alone. And the general term "hermetic art" has been applied to

practically all the abstruse sciences of the ancient, medieval, and

modern worlds.

"The Divine Pymander", more commonly known as "The Shepherd of Men", and

"The Smerigdine? Tablet" found in the Valley of Hebron, are the most

famous of the hermetic fragments.

You may reference this in a book by Manley P. Hall entitled "The Lost

Keys of Freemasonry".

And these two works are probably authentic and contain many keys to the

universal science of life as held by The Mysteries--not necessarily me

or anyone else--of which Hermes was a master.

Nearly all hermetic thought was an elaboration of the principle of

analogy contained in the great hermetic axiom--and you have heard me

propound upon this before--and I quote verbatim:

"That which is above is like unto that which is below. And that which

is below is like unto that which is above."

Now at the present time, nearly all the so-called hermetic writings are

said to be lost. Only a few isolated remnants remain of what once must

have been a magnificent collection of philosophical, medical, and

religious wisdom.

During the Middle Ages, one particular branch of hermetic

thought--alchemy--gradually came into prominence, and for several

hundred years dominated all other branches, and was held under that

ancient name: "The Rosy Cross"--for those of you not familiar with the

subjects covered on this broadcast.

Alchemy was the androgynous parent of chemistry.

Notice I said androgynous. This parent of chemistry, which was

separated from its sire by the speculations of Roger Bacon and Baal.

While chemistry as a science dealt only with minerals, medicines, and

essences, alchemy, ladies and gentlemen, struggled with the more

profound elements of macrocosmic and microcosmic relationships, and had

absolutely nothing--nothing--to do with what you have traditionally been

taught.

Alchemy undoubtedly originated in Egypt; for there, for there--the old

legends go--the secrets of transmuting base metals into gold, and of

prolonging the life of the physical body indefinitely, were thoroughly

understood by the priest craft. But this explanation was of the

exoteric, and not the esoteric, meaning which literally dealt with the

soul and not the body, not the base metal. For it had nothing to do

with metal.

It was about elevating oneself above the animal, above the baseness of

the human condition, to the purity of the consciousness of the soul, and

thus, a direct communication with God.

Ancient records tell us that the Chaldean sages knew how to rebuild

their bodies, many of them living to be over a thousand years old--and

then this again is a metaphor.

Many of the processes by which this was accomplished were concealed

under the sacred Egyptian rituals such as "The Book of Coming Forth By

Day", which E. A. Wallis Budge has called "The Book of the Dead". The

correct title is "The Book of Coming Forth By Day", not "The Book of the

Dead".

In the Middle Ages, when religion, divorcing philosophy, was wed to

blind faith, there was a renaissance of the alchemical and hermetic

arts. They were revived by that type of mind which demands reason,

logic, and philosophy, as well as hymns and prayers.

Alchemy won numerous converts in Germany, France, and England. The

long-ignored works of the Arabian magicians--or the Magi--enjoyed wide

popularity, and from them was extracted the greater part of modern

astrology. The ancient philosophies of the Jewish patriarchs were also

revived and cabalism became a universal topic of consideration.

Paracelsus, the great Swiss physician (sometimes called "the second

Hermes"), undoubtedly rediscovered the ancient Egyptian formulae of the

Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life, and around him rallied a

coterie of medieval philosophers who today stand out strongly against

the dun-colored background of medieval culture. They are, in fact, some

of the most interesting men of that period of history.

In back of this revival of interest in ancient Egyptian philosophy, we

may find the master minds and guiding hands of three great philosophical

movements who now control the world:

1. One is known as the Order of the Illuminati, represented by

Muhammad, prophet of Islam; Roger Bacon, father of chemistry; and

Paracelsus, father of modern medicine. Remember, The Mysteries--or the

Religion of Illuminism--came from the Middle East, and thus, properly

belongs exactly where it is placed, represented by Muhammad, the prophet

of Islam. For it is from the Islamic faith that the Knights Templars

brought The Mysteries from the Middle East into Europe. It is an

interesting fact that the present buildings and school of Rudolf

Steiner, the German mystic, are located in the grounds of the old estate

of Hohenheim where Paracelsus lived;

2. The Order of Freemasons, represented by the great Robert Flood,

master of symbolism and alchemy, and Elias Ashmole, the unique

philosopher; and

3. The Rosicrucians, a sacred organization founded by the mysterious

Father C.R.C. after his return from Arabia. You see, in the

mythological city of Demcar, he had been educated in alchemy and

astrology by Arabian adepts, according to the story. After him came Sir

Francis Bacon, the remodeler of British law. And then Count Cagliostro,

the sublime adventurer. And last and greatest of all, the great Compte

de St. Germaine, probably the world's greatest political reformer, and

alchemist by fire, and one of the greatest frauds that has ever lived.

These superlative minds leavened the loaf of materiality. And,

according to those who study The Mysteries, kept alight the flame of

Hermes during the medieval centuries of religious intolerance and

bigotry.

Concealed beneath chemistry--the science of relating chemicals and

elements--these minds discovered the ancient Egyptian arcana, long

hidden by the crafty priests of Ra and Amon, and further concealed by

that great Mystery School known as The Vatican. Alchemy, thereupon,

became the chemistry of the soul. For under the material symbol of

chemistry was concealed The Mystery of the Coming Forth By Day.

Now, these ancient wisemen taught that the world was a great laboratory;

that living essences were the chemicals; that the span of life was a

period of time given to the mind in which to experiment with the great

agencies of nature; and that to the thoughtful came wisdom from their

labors, while for the thoughtless life held only foolishness and sorrow.

In this great laboratory, man learned how to combine the living

chemicals of thought, action, and desire, and by learning the ways of

nature, became the master of nature.

According to those who believe, he became a god by actually becoming a

man. You see, in the words of the great Paracelsus, and I quote:

"The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power."

Of all the hermetic mysteries, none is more perplexing than the

so-called "hermetic marriage". A post-Christian interpretation of an

ancient Egyptian ritual, supposedly written 200 years earlier, was

published to the modern world in the first part of the seventeenth

century under the name of "The Chemical Nuptials of Christian

Rosencruits". Little, if anything, has been discovered concerning the

origin either of this book or the "Fama Fraternitatis" which appeared

about the same time.

The exalted order of Rosicrucian philosophers, which today is known as

The Rosy Cross, has been very reticent concerning its members and their

works. And even today it is difficult to prove, from a strictly

material viewpoint, that the order ever existed--unless of course, you

listen to "The Hour of the Time", for we have proved it repeatedly,

cited book, paragraph, chapter and verse.

Concealed under that quaint wording of the alchemical marriage can be

plainly traced a series of mysterious formulae concerning the

transmutation of base metals into gold. And I have already explained

the esoteric meaning of that.

The alchemists taught that man contained within himself all the elements

of nature, both human and divine, and that by special culture, the base

elements of his nature could be transmuted into the spiritual gold

called "the soul".

In discussing this, Paracelsus makes plain that these philosophers did

not wish to leave the impression that something could be made from

nothing; rather they emphasized the fact that each individual thing

contains all other things, and that the alchemical process of making

gold was merely to culture the germ of gold which is contained in every

base substance--to bring it to the top, so to speak--above the baseness

of human nature.

Modern science substantiates the alchemical point of view by stating

that it expects to extract gold from mercury by taking out, or

isolating, the electron of gold which is one of the constituents of

every mercurial atom.

Taking the chemistry of human relationships as a basis therefor, we have

prepared the following thesis concerning the true preparation of a

Philosopher's Stone and the Elixir of Life, according to the

fundamentals laid down by Hermes and the ancient Egyptian priest craft.

It is known as the Hermetic Anatomy.

A theory of natural creation has been generally accepted by the faiths

of the world, with the possible exception of Christianity. You see, to

the ancients, everything in nature was alive. Therefore, they accepted

the human body as symbolic of the universe.

The Hebrews called this prototype "adam-qadmon" or, in translation, the

"grand man", in whose mold all things were made. Every system of

cosmogony, except the Christian, makes the universe a living thing.

Instead of a God separated from his creation, the Brahmins, Jews,

Persians, and Chinese have conceived their god as being completely

involved in his creation. They have accepted more literally than the

Christians the idea that man dwells in God, that in God he actually

lives, moves and has his being. They call this god, "Macroprosopis"--or

translated, "the spirit of the grand man", or more commonly known to all

of you as "the soul". From his body was made the macrocosm consisting

of suns, moons, planets, meteors, ethers, gases, and the sundry parts of

creation.

In the Scandinavian edas, the universe was formed from the body of Emir,

the Frost King.

In India, the universe was constructed from the person of Brahma, whose

members became the various bodies of the visible cosmos.

The hermetists, therefore, said, quote:

"Man, know thyself. For thou, like God, art all wisdom, and all power,

and the shadow bearing witness unto the eternal."

Unquote. An anonymous alchemist, writing in the Middle Ages stated, and

I quote again:

"God has given man three ways whereby he may learn the infinite will:

(1) nature, for in the stars that twinkle in the sky, the planets in

their thundering march, and the earth with its multitude of laws, are

concealed the laws of God; (2) holy writ, the inspired word of saints

and sages unnumbered; and (3) anatomy, the structure of our own bodies,

wherein is concealed the structure of the universe, for all things are

made by one mold."

End quote.

The electron revolving around its nebular center obeys the same law that

moves planets around the sun. In this we see the truth of the great

hermetic axiom:

"As above, so below. As with the lesser, so with the greater."

This was believed by all of these ancient philosophers.

The hermetists spent much time studying the intricate construction of

man and, like the Brahmans of Indian, they divided him into three major

parts.

In India, this trinity of basic parts is called "Adeh", "Buddhi" and

"Manis", meaning literally, "spirit", "soul" and "body". Their Trimurti

corresponds to the Trinity of Christian theology. Each of these three

major parts of a god, a man, or a universe, was personified as an

individual.

The "adeh" or spirit, was called "the divine cause" or "the father".

"Manis," or matter, was called "the divine effect", being known in India

as "Shiva" and in Christendom as the Holy Spirit.

Between these two stood "Buddhi", the mediator, the god-man, the Mercury

of the Latins, the messenger of the gods. By some, this intermediary is

considered synonymous with soul. By others it is called "mind" because

mind is the uniting link between life and the sense of energy and death

and the sense of inertia. And to the pagans and hermetists, all things

in nature, the ethers, the air, minerals, even the earth itself, were

endowed with intelligence, consciousness and feeling.

All was linked and gave rise to what you know today and what is known as

the New Age Movement as the Ghia Principle.

The Adeh-Buddhi-Manis constitution of man, as represented by the

alchemists under the symbolism of the Philosopher's Stone and its three

important constituents: salt, sulfur and mercury.

According to alchemy, salt is the substance of all things. It is the

body, the form, the dense crystallized particles from which all physical

things are manufactured.

Sulfur is symbolic of fire, the divine agent. Fire is defined by the

hermetist as the life of all things and is the Adeh of the Brahman

Trimurti.

Mercury, the universal solvent, becomes synonymous with Buddhi, the

mind, the thing which absorbs all experience into itself, the link

between God and nature.

And now maybe you are beginning to understand how all of these esoteric

thoughts, the religion of The Mysteries, can be hidden behind symbology.

Those of you who would read a book concerning the alchemists of the

medieval times would have actually believed that they were attempting to

create gold from lead. And you would have gained the exoteric

interpretation concealing--or re-veiling--the true esoteric meaning of

the verse.

And we're not through.

Before this hour is out, you are going to be absolutely and totally

amazed, for I have just begun.

All the great world saviors have come, it seems, as personifications of

Buddhi, as I have just explained its meaning. Or the universal

mediator.

Like the Indian Vishnu, they have sought to bring God and man closer

together, whether as Christ, Prometheus, Zoroaster, Krishna, or Buddha,

they have come to bear witness to the Father and, being made in the

semblance of man but imbued with the spirit of God, they have become

personifications of the universal solvent represented as mercury.

To the hermetists, man has always been considered androgynous. And they

created the god, Hermaphrodites, to represent the duality of all living

things.

This word is coined from "Hermes", fire or vitality, and Aphrodite, the

goddess of water. The great hermetic and alchemical adage was, quote:

"Make the fire to burn in the water and the water to feed the fire. In

this lies great wisdom."

End quote.

It was the purpose of the pouring of the molten sea.

It is the goal of The Mysteries to reconcile fire and water: the

conflict between God and Lucifer.

Are you beginning to understand? There are deep meanings held in these

metaphors.

To the public was given one meaning. To the priesthood was given the

truth.

The ancient Rosicrucians taught that the eternal feminine was not

extracted from the nature of man, as Moses would have us think; but was

rather made subservient to the opposite side of its own nature. They

believed, you see, that every creature was essentially male and female.

But for reasons which we will discuss later, only one phase of that

nature manifested at a time.

By fire, these philosophers taught that there was but one life force in

the human body, and that man used it in the furtherance of all his

labors; that he digested his food with essentially the same energy with

which he thought, and reproduced his species with the same forces which

he used in physical exercise. This force personified was said to be the

builder of the universal temple. It became the Hiram Abif of Masonry,

the builder of the eternal temple.

In Egypt, this force is symbolized by a serpent and it is worthy of note

that in ancient Hebrew, the words "serpent" and "savior" are

synonymous. And that should be a great revelation to many of you out

there.

Now, remember, I'm not asking that you believe any of this. I am merely

revealing the esoteric meaning behind the stories that you have heard

and read about in your education, in college, in your private life, in

the movies, all your life. And yes, even in your churches.

In ancient Hebrew, "serpent" and "savior" are synonymous.

In the stanzas of Diezen?, an ancient Tibetan fragment, it is stated

that at one time a shower of serpents fell upon the earth. Now, this is

understood esoterically to represent the coming of the great world

teachers who have long been called "serpents" or "the gift to man of

intellect" by Lucifer through his agent, Satan.

You see. For the basis of all of these esoteric Mystery religions is

the Luciferian philosophy.

The savior of the Aztecs and Incas was called "gatzalcotl" and this name

means "feathered serpent". From the serpent kings of Egypt to the

feathered serpents of Tibet, the serpent is symbolic of the vital

energies of the human body and is, in fact, a metaphor for the

intellect, knowledge, gnosis.

Moses raised the brazen serpent in the wilderness and all who gazed upon

it lived. Those who gained knowledge, who learned, survived. Those who

did not, perished.

Christ, whom they called "the serpent reborn" says, quote:

"...I, if I be lifted up..., will draw all men unto me." [John 12:32]

Unquote. The simile, folks, is obvious, yet few ever understand it. To

the ancients, the magic wand was the spinal canal. Through this canal

runs a sacred liquid which they called in those days "fire oil".

Remember, these are the philosophers of fire.

In Greek, "christos", the "savior", or "redeemer of things". And

"christos" are those who believed in this were called "christians" long

before the birth of Christ.

In Greek, "christos", the "savior" or "redeemer of things".

This same thought has been preserved for freemasonry under the heading,

quote, "the marrow of the bone", unquote.

The hermetic philosophers recognized this essence in man as a

distillation of universal life derived from the atmosphere, the

sunlight, the rays of the stars, and food.

This universal vitality upon which all living things draw is probably

the origin of the myths of the gods who died for mankind. It is

undoubtedly the origin of the legend of the Last Supper, for man

eternally maintains himself upon the body and the blood of this spirit

of universal energy--according to those who follow The Mysteries.

If this energy, which passes through the conduit of the spine, is

drained off by various parts of the body, it stands to reason that waste

will ultimately result in want.

They knew--or thought they knew--that it was very undesirable to do

heavy thinking directly after eating. Just as today they tell you,

"Don't go swimming right after eating," for at such times the vital

energies are digesting food and cannot safely be diverted to other

channels. The admonition that you cannot go swimming directly after

eating is a leftover legacy of this belief.

By analogy, one-pointedness is the basis of success, for when the bodily

energies are divided against each other, they cannot perform their

proper functions. The ancients, you see, taught that the normal

individual had two distinct avenues of expression: the first mental and

spiritual; the second, emotional and physical.

The mental faculties were radiant, powerful, dominating, and strong--but

often cruel and cynical. The mind was called the positive pole of the

soul, while the heart was called the negative pole. And we have been

taught that the spirit expresses itself through the mind; the soul and

the body through the heart.

The ancient alchemists called the mind "the sun", and the heart "the

moon", for to them strength, reason, and logic were masculine, paternal,

solar powers; while love, beauty, intuition, and kindliness were

feminine, maternal, lunar qualities, reflecting the pure light of their

master. Just as the moon reflects the light of the sun, love, beauty,

intuition, and kindliness reflect the dominance of the strength, reason,

and logic.

Now, this will probably make clear why gold and silver had to be blended

in the great alchemical enterprises, for the gold and silver of the

alchemists were not dead metals, but living qualities in human life.

The marriage of the sun and moon was, therefore, the marriage of the

mind and heart, or the two halves of every nature. It was the union of

strength with beauty; courage with inspiration; and in its greater

sense, the union of science with theology, or God with nature.

The urgency of this alliance is evident in the world today where cold,

intellectualism, and commercialism need the finer sentiments of

friendliness and altruism to offset their heartlessness.

On the other hand, fanaticism, blind faith, and ungoverned emotionalism

require the strong hand of logic and reason to steer them away from the

rocks of insanity and death.

Perfect equilibrium in human nature is very, very seldom found. In

fact, it is nature's greatest rarity. A person with that perfectly

balanced viewpoint, however, is the living Philosopher's Stone, for he

has the strength matched with kindliness, and justice tempered with

mercy.

Hermetic Anatomy teaches that there are two small bodies in the brain

which are identified with the living "yin" and "yang" of China--or the

positive and the negative, the male and the female. In the same way,

every person has a masculine nature and a feminine nature; and never do

we find these two entirely disassociated.

It may be that East Indian philosophy gives us our best light on this

rather perplexing subject--pun absolutely intended--for both the Hindus

and the alchemists agree that the spirit, like God, is androgynous,

being both father and mother. And--bear with me--it states in Genesis,

quote:

"...God created man in his own image,...; male and female created he

them." [Genesis 1:27]

End quote. So, while the creation is singular within the creation,

there is two. Listen to it again and listen very carefully.

"...God created man in his own image,...; male and female created he

them." [Genesis 1:27]

We would infer from this that God is both male and female. And indeed,

if male and female both came from God, then this must be true, as God is

all things. All things emanated from God and from nowhere else.

And as the spirit of man is of God, it must partake of the androgynous

nature of its parent. And in harmony with the eastern sages, sex exists

no more in spirit than it does in the embryo before the third month of

prenatal life.

Sex, you see, is a polarization of the body, a manifestation of spirit.

The fetus, at one point in its development, can go either way, can be

male or female. And all fetuses, up to that point, are exactly the same

in their anatomy. But the germ of life itself is capable of projecting

both the positive and the negative rays.

So, we now become involved in a still more perplexing problem, namely:

what governs the sex which the animal being is to manifest during life?

Well, many people will tell you many different things. The ancient

philosophers would turn to the eastern sages and they would say,

"Evolution is the continuity of form appearing in cycles and gradually

unfolding from a simple cell to a complex organism."

If a form evolves, it is not absurd to suppose that the cause of that

form is also evolving.

The oriental philosophy solves one of the western world's greatest

problems by the law of reincarnation--something which has never been

proven to be a reality by anyone, and can be traced to its origin at a

point in Indian history where the poor threatened rebellion over the

wealthy rulers, and all of a sudden, this theory of reincarnation and

Karma cropped up to keep the poor, lower classes, in their place.

I haven't got time to go into that.

This doctrine--which was removed from the Christian faith in A.D. 550 at

the Council of Constantinople--taught that the spirit, or life, is

immortal; that it descends into gross matter not once, but many times,

in order that it may ultimately gain that perfection which no living

creature has ever yet gained in one appearance in the world.

They say.

Again, you must understand, none of this has ever been proven to be

true. No one, on the other hand, can prove it to be false either.

This doctrine also taught that the consciousness, thus descending into

form, does not always appear in one sex, but alternates, first appearing

in a masculine body and then in a feminine, in this way developing both

sides of the nature symmetrically.

Now, if you accept this doctrine, it will go far toward solving a number

of problems concerning heredity and the so-called injustice and

inequality in the world. Even without it, hermeticism can still stand.

With its aid, however, the alchemical philosophies become far more

clarified.

And, of course, you have the option of rejecting it outright.

The ancient wisdom teaches that the circle of the creative forces in the

human body is broken at the present time. One end of this broken ring

is in the brain where it furnishes the power or vitality which is the

basis of brain function. The other end of this circle is located in the

generative system where it furnishes the means of reproducing the

species.

At a time remote in history, man was a complete creative unit in

himself--they say--being capable of procreating his species like certain

of the lower orders of animals of today. And if you believe in the

theory of evolution, then this could be true. However, there is no

proof of it whatsoever anywhere. There's no proof that the theory of

evolution is correct, as a matter of fact.

At that time, however, when these philosophies bore fruit, and at the

time when man existed--they say--in this state, he had no mind.

According to mythology, the raising of the brazen serpent, therefore,

gave him a mind--remember the gift of intellect by Satan in the Garden

of Eden--but broke the creative circuit.

In the masculine sex, the positive pole of the life force is in the

brain. The negative pole is used for generative purposes.

In the feminine sex, the negative pole is in the brain, the positive

pole is used for generative purposes.

And again, this is the belief of those who follow the hermetic

philosophy.

As a direct outgrowth of this condition--temporarily maintained in order

that man may think and develop his higher nature and at the same time

offer opportunity for other lives to come into manifestation--the

institution of marriage was established.

I bet you thought I'd never get there, didn't you.

Marriage, folks, is therefore the hermetic symbol of the ultimate

reunion of the two halves of each individual's nature, when, after

repeated appearances and associations, equilibrium between these

masculine and feminine qualities is established.

You see, the wedding ring was accordingly symbolic of the golden ring of

the spirit fire which connected the spiritual and material natures of

every individual. And these beliefs, and these marriages, and this ring

existed long before Christianity was ever the remotest thought in any

human mind upon this earth.

Ultimately, the present methods of reproduction will be abolished--they

say--and both halves of the spirit fire will again be turned into the

brain. One of them now finds its polarity in the pituitary body, and

the other in the pineal gland. These two tiny ductless bodies, while an

enigma to modern science, were recognized by the ancients as organs of

great significance.

The ancient wisdom teaches that the pineal gland was the original organ

of vision, namely the third eye, called in the Sanskrit, "dangma" or

"the eye of Shiva". It is the all-seeing eye of the Freemasons, and the

meaning of the word "Buddha". And uniting its spark with the pituitary

body, this gland fuses the broken circle, and thus consummates the

hermetic marriage whereby, through an immaculate conception in the

brain, the great light, the shining one, Lucifer, is born as a luminous

spark in the third ventricle which is the master mason's chamber in the

ancient and accepted rite.

Today, students of the ancient wisdom are seeking to prepare themselves

for this peculiar work. The hermetic marriage is, therefore, an

individual matter involving the attainment of individual completeness,

requiring of the aspirant a sincere effort to be balanced, sane, and

consistent in everything he does.

In the alchemical retorts and vials, we recognize the bodies' glands and

organs of man; and in the chemicals, the essences and forces coursing

through the body. With these, the individual consciousness must labor

until it is capable of combining them according to the perfect formula.

And now, Walt Disney.

What child does not grow up in a fairyland, extending from the first

glimmer of understanding to the time when the grim realities of maturity

tear down the dream world and replace it with hopelessness and despair?

Hearts are broken all the way through this tragic pageantry of

existence: the loss of innocence. But the first heartbreak is when the

fairy stories and their wonderful little people are given up, and those

beautiful beings with which we have peopled the world of our fancies

give way to heartless human creatures and real existence.

Man thoughtlessly destroys not only the dreams of others, but makes his

own world a nightmare peopled with hobgoblins of selfishness and

egotism.

The fairies of childhood are always benevolent, kindly, helpful, serving

the poor in distress, righting wrongs, and doing many beautiful things;

while the realities of later life are generally malevolent and

productive of all the miseries that the fairies of childhood sought to

heal with silver-tipped wands and rainbow dreams.

And there is a double meaning. As in the teachings of The Mysteries and

the fairy tales, there is an exoteric and an esoteric.

Walt Disney, a 33rd degree Freemason of the Scottish Rite, a very famous

Anglophile, a priest of The Mystery Religion of Babylon, has been

teaching this esoteric meaning to your children throughout their life.

In the great game of life, why can we not still preserve some of the

beauty and romance of fairyland?

This is what you see. The world of pixies, gnomes, and fairy godmothers

in a Walt Disney movie is just as real in childhood as the grinding,

commercial system is during later life.

You see, economics would suffer no injury, nor would standards collapse

if dreams were perpetuated and man instructed how to build solid

foundations under his castles of air; for human beings are ever children

at heart. For you, too, the parents, watch these movies and enjoy them.

Man grows old, but he never grows up. Like Peter Pan, he is childlike

from the cradle to the grave. Life, for the average person, has an

insufficiency of beauty or sweetness with which to combat the sordid

grind of modern things and therefore, these esoteric teachings can be

presented to a receptive mind. And here and there, one lives a whole

life in a fairyland of poetry, art or music, and may be called a

dreamer.

But in the case of Disney, it is a message, an inculcation--a

brainwashing, if you will.

For will any child ever forget Cinderella and her wonderful glass

slipper; how she met and won the beautiful prince while her envious

sisters and cruel step-mother gnashed their teeth in rage? The story is

part of childhood.

But with the coming of years, poor little Cinderella is forgotten. The

rag dolls are thrown in the corner. The toy blocks are covered with

dust. For the dream world of childhood is faded from the mind. And

little pattering feet, once running hither and thither, have given place

to slow uncertain steps.

Yet the romance finds another setting. Prince Charming becomes a soda

fountain clerk or a floor walker in a downtown store, while Princess

Beautiful sells ribbons in some little country shop.

The lives of people are really fairy stories in which they play out the

comedies and tragedies of their lives, seeking for something today to

take the place of the shattered dreams of yesterday. And so, they

relish and absorb these movies, for they have a counterpart in nature.

The world about us is filled with ugly step-mothers and half-sisters who

cannot wear glass slippers.

Do you remember Beauty and the Beast, how, in spite of the sorcery that

had turned the handsome prince into a hideous monster, the coming of

Beauty into his life restored him again to human form and happiness?

Through the lack of beauty in his own heart, many an individual has

become a horrible, hideous beast who, while still in human shape, has

all the attributes of a ferocious animal.

How often the sense of beauty is the thing that redeems. Beauty of soul

and beauty of life bring back happiness to the beast. The whole world

is a romance of beauty and the beast.

We see it on the battle field of Flanders where flowers are springing up

in the shadows of the trenches.

In nature we ever see beauty redeeming the beast. Out in the forest:

the dark, dead trees, gaunt and bare. But nature, with her magic wand,

covers the tree with creeping vines, decking its gaunt limbs with

mantles of flowers.

Have you read the story of Sleeping Beauty? If not, go straight to the

library and visit the children's room. Sit down in one of those little

chairs about ten inches from the floor. Get out the book with its

colored pictures and much-thumbed pages and go with the Prince to the

great forest of nettles and thorns which surrounds the palace of

Princess Beautiful.

The Princess is under a spell which causes her to sleep until she is

awakened by the handsome prince, who passes through all the obstacles in

life in order to claim her as his own.

The soul.

The mating.

The bringing together of the masculine and the feminine, after passing

through the degrees, the trials, the tribulations of initiation in The

Mysteries.

And I could go on and on and on and on and on, ladies and gentlemen.

But unfortunately, we're out of time.

Good night. God bless you all. ...And think of the magical lamp of

Aladdin: the lamp of illumination.

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AI Overview

Satanic inversion is the deliberate reversal, distortion, or subversion of Christian, moral, or traditional values, often presenting evil as good and good as evil. It acts as a counter-faith that mimics and mocks religious structures, utilizing symbols like the upside-down cross or pentagram to represent the rejection of divine order.

Key Aspects of Satanic Inversion

Symbolic Reversal: Symbols are inverted to express defiance against Christianity, such as the inverted cross (often mistakenly thought to only represent Saint Peter) or the inverted pentagram, which signifies matter ruling over spirit.

Theological Distortion: Inversion takes sacred concepts and twists them. For example, Christian altruism and self-sacrifice are flipped into egocentrism and self-indulgence.

Moral Inversion: This involves reversing traditional morality, where virtues like humility are replaced by pride, and vices are celebrated.

Role in Occultism: Some traditions use inversion to represent a, "left-hand path," focusing on personal power and earthly desires rather than spiritual obedience.

This concept is viewed by religious commentators as a method of deception used to dismantle traditional beliefs, creating confusion by creating a, "negative mirror," of faith.

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September 23, 2021

The Jesuit Extreme Oath

My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a Reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a Calvinist; among other Protestants, generally to be a Protestant; and obtaining their confidence, to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the Pope; and even to descend so low as to become a Jew among Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for the benefit of your Order as a faithful soldier of the Pope.

You have been taught to plant insidiously the seeds of jealousy and hatred between communities, provinces, states that were at peace, and to incite them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create revolutions and civil wars in countries that were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the sciences and enjoying the blessings of peace; to take sides with the combatants and to act secretly with your brother Jesuit, who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected, only that the Church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means.

You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and information in your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the confidence of the family circle of Protestants and heretics of every class and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker, the lawyer, among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and the judiciaries and councils of state, and to be all things to all men, for the Pope’s sake, whose servants we are unto death. You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte, and have served as co-adjurer, confessor and priest, but you have not yet been invested with all that is necessary to command in the Army of Loyola in the service of the Pope. You must serve the proper time as the instrument and executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can command here who has not consecrated his labours with the blood of the heretic; for “without the shedding of blood no man can be saved”. Therefore, to fit yourself for your work and make your own salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former oath of obedience to your order and allegiance to the Pope, repeat after me:

(Text of the Oath:) I_______________ , now in the presence of Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, and all the saints, sacred host of Heaven, and to you, my Ghostly Father, the superior general of the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, in the pontification of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the Virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear that His Holiness, the Pope, is Christ’s Vice-Regent and is the true and only head of the Catholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by the virtue of the keys of binding and loosing given to His Holiness by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose heretical Kings, Princes, States, Commonwealths, and Governments, and they may be safely destroyed.

Therefore to the utmost of my power I will defend this doctrine and His Holiness’s right and custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever, especially the Lutheran Church of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and the nowpretended authority and Churches of England and Scotland, and the branches of same now established in Ireland and on the continent of America and elsewhere and all adherents in regard that they may be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred Mother Church of Rome. I do now denounce and disown any allegiance as due to any heretical king, prince or State, named Protestant or Liberal, or obedience to any of their laws, magistrates or officers. I do further declare the doctrine of the Churches of England and Scotland of the Calvinists, Huguenots, and others of the name of Protestants or Masons to be damnable, and they themselves to be damned who will not forsake the same.

I do further declare that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of His Holiness’s agents, in any place where I should be, in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Ireland or America, or in any other kingdom or territory I shall come to, and do my utmost to extirpate the heretical Protestant or Masonic doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, legal or otherwise. I do further promise and declare that, notwithstanding, I am dispensed with to assume any religion heretical for the propagation of the Mother Church’s interest; to keep secret and private all her agents’ counsels from time to time, as they entrust me, and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstances whatever; but to execute all that should be proposed, given in charge, or discovered unto me by you, my Ghostly Father, or any of this sacred order.

I do further promise and declare that I will have no opinion or will of my own or any mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my superiors in the militia of the Pope and of Jesus Christ. That I will go to any part of the world whithersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions north, jungles of India, to the centres of civilisation of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of America without murmuring or repining, and will be submissive in all things, whatsoever is communicated to me.

I do further promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons, as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex nor condition, and that will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle, and bury alive these infamous heretics; rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women, and crush their infants’ heads against the walls in order to annihilate their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly I will secretly use the poisonous cup, the strangulation cord, the steel of the poniard, or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honour, rank, dignity or authority of the persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agents of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Father of the Society of Jesus.

In confirmation of which I hereby dedicate my life, soul, and all corporal powers, and with the dagger which I now receive I will subscribe my name written in my blood in testimony thereof; and should I prove false, or weaken in my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the militia of the Pope cut off my hands and feet and my throat from ear to ear, my belly be opened and sulphur burned therein with all the punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth, and my soul shall be tortured by demons in eternal hell forever.

That I will in voting always vote for a Knight of Columbus in preference to a Protestant, especially a Mason, and that I will leave my party so to do; that if two Catholics are on the ticket I will satisfy myself which is the better supporter of Mother Church and vote accordingly. That I will not deal with or employ a Protestant if in my power to deal with or employ a Catholic. That I will place Catholic girls in Protestant families that a weekly report may be made of the inner movements of the heretics. That I will provide myself with arms and ammunition that I may be in readiness when the word is passed, or I am commanded to defend the Church either as an individual or with the militia of the Pope. All of which

I,_______________, do swear by the blessed Trinity and blessed sacrament which I am now to receive to perform and on part to keep this my oath. In testimony hereof, I take this most holy and blessed sacrament of the Eucharist and witness the same further with my name written with the point of this dagger dipped in my own blood and seal in the face of this holy sacrament.

(He receives the wafer from the Superior and writes his name with the point of his dagger dipped in his own blood taken from over his heart.) (Superior speaks:)

You will now rise to your feet and I will instruct you in the Catechism necessary to make yourself known to any member of the Society of Jesus belonging to this rank. In the first place, you, as a Brother Jesuit, will with another mutually make the ordinary sign of the cross as any ordinary Roman Catholic would; then one crosses his wrists, the palms of his hands open, and the other in answer crosses his feet, one above the other; the first points with forefinger of the right hand to the centre of the palm of the left, the other with the forefinger of the left hand points to the centre of the palm of the right; the first then with his right hand makes a circle around his head, touching it; the other then with the forefinger of his left hand touches the left side of his body just below his heart; the first then with his right hand draws it across the throat of the other, and the latter then with a dagger down the stomach and abdomen of the first. The first then says Iustum; and the other answers Necar; the first Reges; the other answers Impious. The first will then present a small piece of paper folded in a peculiar manner, four times, which the other will cut longitudinally and on opening the name Jesu will be found written upon the head and arms of a cross three times. You will then give and receive with him the following questions and answers:

From whither do you come? Answer: The Holy faith.

Whom do you serve? Answer: The Holy Father at Rome, the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church Universal throughout the world.

Who commands you? Answer: The Successor of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus or the Soldiers of Jesus Christ.

Who received you? Answer: A venerable man in white hair.

How? Answer: With a naked dagger, I kneeling upon the cross beneath the banners of the Pope and of our sacred order.

Did you take an oath? Answer: I did, to destroy heretics and their governments and rulers, and to spare neither age, nor sex, nor condition; to be as a corpse without any opinion or will of my own, but to implicitly obey my Superiors in all things without hesitation or murmuring.

Will you do that? Answer: I will.

How do you travel? Answer: In the bark of Peter the fisherman.

Whither do you travel? Answer: To the four quarters of the globe.

For what purpose? Answer: To obey the orders of my General and Superiors and execute the will of the Pope and faithfully fulfil the conditions of my oaths.

Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name of the Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-Regent on earth, let him be accursed and exterminated.

https://jamesjpn.net/religion/the-jesuit-oath/

I began by attending Fordham University in the Bronx, mostly because I wanted to be close to home. I got along very well with the Jesuits who ran the school, but after two years, I decided that as long as I had to be in college, I might as well test myself against the best. I applied to the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania and I got in. At the time, if you were going to make a career in business, Wharton was the place to go.

Donald Trump The Art of the Deal

University of Scranton welcomes President Biden

The university has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in red and blue lights.

Author: WNEP Web Staff

Published: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021

Updated: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021

SCRANTON, Pa. — In preparation for President Joe Biden's visit, a university lit up their lights in his honor.

The University of Scranton has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in blue and red with the number 46 prominently displayed to welcome the 46th president."

University of Scranton welcomes President Biden | wnep.com

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/university-of-scranton-welcomes-president-biden-gateway-lights/523-cdba68b1-822b-4747-94be-4cd7e4de9d67

"His son, Hunter Biden, 38, is a longtime federal lobbyist for the Jesuit university located in his father's hometown, Scranton PA. According to federal disclosures, Hunter Biden has been earning about $80,000 a year since 2006 to lobby for this university. Senator Biden himself has lectured at the Jesuit University of Scranton, and received an honorary degree from the same university, in 1976."

Codeword Barbelon

by P.D. Stuart

Although in the first 30 years of the existence of the Society of Jesus there were many Jesuits who were conversos (Catholic-convert Jews and Muslims and their descendants), an anti-converso faction led to the Decree de genere (1593) which proclaimed that either Jewish or Muslim ancestry, no matter how distant, was an insurmountable impediment for admission to the Society of Jesus.[191]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuits

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_SS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbasilica_of_Saint_John_Lateran#Lateran_Palace

From 1939, the SS assumed responsibility for “solving” the so-called Jewish Question; after 1941, its leadership planned, coordinated and directed the so-called Final Solution of the Jewish Question. This “solution” was the annihilation of the European Jews, which we now refer to as the Holocaust

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ss

2 §1. The character and charism of the Society of Jesus arise from the Spiritual Exercises which our holy father Ignatius and his companions went through. Led by this experience, they formed an apostolic group rooted in charity, in which, after they had taken the vows of chastity and poverty and had been raised to the priesthood, they offered themselves as a HOLOCAUST to God,[2] so that serving as soldiers of God beneath the banner of the cross and serving the Lord alone and the Church his spouse under the Roman Pontiff, the vicar of Christ on earth,[3] they would be sent into the entire world[4] for the defense and propagation of the faith and for the progress of souls in Christian life and doctrine. [5]

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

Donald Trump The Art of the Deal

University of Scranton welcomes President Biden

The university has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in red and blue lights.

Author: WNEP Web Staff

Published: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021

Updated: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021

SCRANTON, Pa. — In preparation for President Joe Biden's visit, a university lit up their lights in his honor.

The University of Scranton has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in blue and red with the number 46 prominently displayed to welcome the 46th president.

University of Scranton welcomes President Biden | wnep.com

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/university-of-scranton-welcomes-president-biden-gateway-lights/523-cdba68b1-822b-4747-94be-4cd7e4de9d67

His son, Hunter Biden, 38, is a longtime federal lobbyist for the Jesuit university located in his father's hometown, Scranton PA. According to federal disclosures, Hunter Biden has been earning about $80,000 a year since 2006 to lobby for this university. Senator Biden himself has lectured at the Jesuit University of Scranton, and received an honorary degree from the same university, in 1976."

Codeword Barbelon

by P.D. Stuart

Donald Trump’s Jesuit Education

When I was an undergraduate at Boston College, the Campus Ministry office sold “Educated by Jesuit” T-shirts to help fundraise for retreats and service trips. On the front of the shirt is the emblem of the Society of Jesus, and on the back a list of famous people who were educated by Jesuits at either the university or high school level. The list contains a host of celebrities, authors, actors, actresses, politicians, and activists. The names include Voltaire, James Joyce, Monsignor Oscar Romero, Bill Clinton, Tim Russert, “Tip” O’Neil, Salma Hayek, Amy Poehler, Alfred Hitchcock, and Maria Shriver. To this list we could add Pope Francis, Fr. Greg Boyle, and some of our country’s most current politicians, namely John Kerry, the former Secretary of State, and Tim Kaine, the former vice presidential candidate. Tim Kaine’s Jesuit background, for example, did not go unnoticed by the media during the 2016 election. This points out that being Jesuit educated does in fact make a huge difference for how you see the world and your role in shaping it. Kaine unabashedly pronounced that his Catholic faith and Jesuit education helped to influence his political stances on the environment, gay marriage (pro), gay adoption (pro), abortion (pro-choice), and the death penalty (anti). Conservative members of the faith in turn attacked his Jesuit education as emblematic of his “radical roots” , questioning whether or not his Jesuit education was truly Catholic and in accordance with Church teaching.

To state that Jesuit education plays a part in forming our political views seems obvious. Jesuit education prides itself on its commitment to justice and the practice of solidarity with those on the margins. If you read the Mission statement from any of the 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States, you will come across pledges to “form men and women of conscience and compassion” (Creighton), to “foster in [students] ethical and religious values and a sense of social responsibility” (Fairfield), and to “prepare students for ethical leadership” (Loyola New Orleans). The task of Jesuit education is thus to integrate the ethical, the moral, the intellectual, and the religious, as well as to produce men and women who exist not for themselves but for others in the creation of a more just and humane world. The hope is that the men and women who come out of a Jesuit university — no matter what their chosen career path or vocation — will have instilled in them a sense of social responsibility, particularly one that is attuned to the plight of the oppressed.

What if on the back that T-shirt we added the name of one other famous current politician? Donald Trump was educated by Jesuits too. He attended Fordham University for two years (1964-1966), before transferring to the real estate studies program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The reality that Donald Trump attended Fordham for two years is not something that is often talked about in the circles of Jesuit higher education. This fact is often comically dismissed, principally because Donald Trump did not graduate from Fordham. So too is it disregarded because (the argument goes) Jesuit universities can’t expect everyone who attends their institution to become leaders in the fight against injustice. We don’t want to deal with the fact that a man who attended Fordham is the same man who proposed an expansion of the prison at Guantánamo, reversed plans to save wetlands and protect waterways from coal waste. We also don’t want to acknowledge that a man who attended a Catholic university is the same man who (while maintaining the most lavish lifestyle in presidential history) has overseen a response to the COVID pandemic that has killed over 150,000 Americans. Nearly every single proposal and administrative act put forth by Donald Trump and his administration runs contrary to the core Catholic social teaching (and Trump’s espoused Christian faith) to promote the human dignity of every human being.

The point is not so much that Donald Trump was present on a Catholic, Jesuit university campus — but the courses he took and what he gained from them. Every Jesuit college or university in the United States offers an iteration of the same core curriculum. And although Trump won’t release his college transcripts there is a slim chance he would have been able to finagle his way out of certain required courses. That means that during either his freshman or sophomore year, Donald Trump would have had to take a required course in either theology or philosophy. He likely took both.

This is that we have to deal with if we want to understand the role that the Jesuit university has in organizing on behalf of the common good today. Our inability to address the fact that Donald Trump likely sat in a theology class at Fordham, mimics our inability to address both the ways that Jesuit universities are complicit in injustice and that what we teach in theology and philosophy classrooms often supports this complicity.

Ignacio Ellacuria, 1982

The question thus becomes, as Ignacio Ellacuria asked in his 1982 Commencement Speech at Santa Clara University, “How does a university transform the social reality of which it is so much a part?” Too often, Jesuit universities blend in to the status quo rather than embody an alternative to it. Thus, the problem is not solely Donald Trump. Rather, the problem is that he is a product of the ways our Jesuit universities are not living up to their inherent Ignatian values. I worry that Jesuit universities will fail to organize against Trump’s unjust policies, if they do not first address the ways that the university has justified hierarchical, patriarchal, heteronormative, and racist ways of thinking. So we must then ask — are our institutions leading the fight against global poverty? Offering just wages and health care benefits to their faculty members? Supporting the unionization of its workers? Are we creating syllabi inclusive of authors from a variety of backgrounds? Are we having honest conversations about racism, and how universities have often fostered an attitude of white supremacy and domination rather than seeking to decimate it?

James Cone, author of The Cross and the Lynching Tree

Should Jesuit universities truly want to be a social force for good in an era of Trump, they must begin precisely where Christ began his ministry – on the margins. When Trump was named as President-elect, many theologians began naming this current historical moment as “our Bonhoeffer moment.” These words are of course polemical, insinuating that what was ahead in the Trump presidency is comparable to life in Nazi Germany. The problem I have with this statement is that Bonhoeffer is situated as the paramount theological voice. Although I affirm that Bonhoeffer emulated authentic discipleship in his prose and present action, he was still a straight, privileged, white male. And my opinion stands that this is not the theological voice who should be at the forefront of our movements to protest. In its efforts to organize, resist, and protest, Jesuit universities must not be guided by the voices of the elites, but by the voices on the margins of society. Texts that come from the traditions of oppressed persons and groups of persons are perhaps the only light that can and should lead the way in efforts to build the Kingdom of Heaven. We need womanist theology, black liberation theology, Latina/latino liberation theology, mujerista theology, queer theology, and Asian liberation theology. These are the texts that will unsettle. These are the texts that will disturb. Can we imagine a different world had Donald Trump been given the opportunity to read Dolores Williams, James Cone, Gustavo Guiterrez, Ivone Gebarra, or Marcella Althaus-Reid? Of course, he could have glanced over the words and not let their content sink in. But he would not have been able to fully escape it if the university was embodyig the vision that these authors present.

I will conclude with the profound words of Pedro Arrupe, S.J.:

First, let me ask this question. Have we Jesuits educated you for justice? You and I know that many of your Jesuit teachers will answer, in all sincerity and humility: No, we have not. If the terms “justice” and “education for justice” carry all the depth of meaning which the Church gives them today, we have not educated you for justice.

…What does this mean? It means that we have work ahead of us. We must help each other to repair this lack in us, and above all make sure that in future the education imparted in Jesuit schools will be equal to the demands of justice in the world. It will be difficult, but we can do it.

We can do it because, despite our historical limitations and failures, there is something which lies at the very center of the Ignatian spirit, and which enables us to renew ourselves ceaselessly and thus to adapt ourselves to new situations as they arise. What is this something? It is the spirit of constantly seeking the will of God. It is that sensitiveness to the Spirit which enables us to recognize where, in what direction, Christ is calling us at different periods of history, and to respond to that call.

https://dailytheology.org/2020/08/01/donald-trumps-jesuit-education-2/

The People's Court (German: Volksgerichtshof pronounced [ˈfɔlksɡəˌʁɪçt͡shoːf] ⓘ acronymed to VGH) was a Nazi tribunal established in 1934 to try political crimes such as treason. It became one of the most notorious instruments of state terror in the Third Reich, and is associated with summary justice, execution, and denial of civil and legal rights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Court_(Germany)

The Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from former Nazi Germany to the US for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959; several were confirmed to be former members of the Nazi Party, including the SS or the SA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

Operation Mockingbird is an alleged large-scale program of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that began in the early years of the Cold War and attempted to manipulate domestic American news media organizations for propaganda purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

John Schlegelmilch

December 18, 2014

Don't forget ... Open House, Christmas Party and District Judge Victory Celebration is tomorrow.

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The People's Court is an American arbitration-based reality court show, featuring an arbitrator handling small claims disputes in a simulated courtroom set.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People%27s_Court

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In astronomy, an aeon is defined as a billion years (109 years, abbreviated AE).[4]

Roger Penrose uses the word aeon to describe the period between successive and cyclic Big Bangs within the context of conformal cyclic cosmology.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon

Kurt B. Olsen (born August 20, 1962) is an American lawyer.

Olsen graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1984 and was a Navy SEAL. In 2003, he founded Klafter & Olsen. Olsen's work involved defending companies in product liability cases. Following the 2020 presidential election, he became involved in litigation falsely contending Joe Biden's victory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Olsen

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HUNK - Resident Evil: Raccoon City Guide - IGNHUNK, known as "Mr. Death" or the "Grim Reaper," is a mysterious, highly skilled Umbrella Security Service (U.S.S.) operative in the Resident Evil franchise.

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Based on biblical interpretation, Adam was intended to serve as a protector, steward, and leader for Eve within Eden. As the first-created, he was tasked with upholding God's commands, which included acting as a spiritual guide or steward over the garden and protecting her, rather than passively allowing her to be tempted by the serpent.

Cary's Almanac

Protect and Lead: Many interpretations hold that Adam was supposed to protect Eve from the serpent's deception and ensure they both adhered to God's commandment not to eat from the tree of knowledge.

Atonement and Stewardship: Some theological perspectives suggest Adam, acting as a steward or "priest" of the Garden, should have intervened and maintained the integrity of their duty to God, rather than following Eve into transgression.

The Problem of Passivity: Analysts note that Adam was present during the temptation but failed to act or guide her, later failing to accept responsibility in his dialogue with God.

Relationship and Cleaving: Adam was to "cleave" to his wife, creating a partnership of unity and fellowship (Genesis 2:24).

Cary's Almanac

Some perspectives note that while Eve was deceived, Adam was expected to show greater responsibility.

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0:1515 secondsWe're back. Woo! Hello. Hello. I'm on fire as a podcast host vampire. Who sent that in?

0:2323 secondsHarry D. Thank you, Harry D. He was not Harry DD when he came up with that sign on. He certainly was not.

0:3232 secondsAlso, I want to share what listener David Sim wrote. Raw peas in a podcast

0:3939 secondsas well as I wholehearted Lee enjoyed your TED rewatch episodes. He he did he write the he?

0:5151 secondsYes. It's a whole thing. It's not only taking the internet by storm, but the world. I'm surprised you didn't say

0:5959 secondsgalaxy. That's next. Shall we jump into some BTS?

1:041 minute, 4 secondsLet's We were talking about something last time. Sire Rebecca, you said you really liked the balance I achieved with

1:121 minute, 12 secondskeeping the established Drusilla elements.

1:151 minute, 15 secondsYeah, I really did. It's a hard line to walk and you did it beautifully.

1:191 minute, 19 secondsThank you. Elements. What am I? a science chalk and how I had that balance

1:261 minute, 26 secondsin making her strong, me strong. I had some doubts arise on this very thing. As

1:331 minute, 33 secondswe also discussed, James and I would go and watch dailies the footage after we finished filming each episode. When we

1:411 minute, 41 secondswent to view surprise, yes, I thought that I had gone too far. So, when we were filming surprise, no innocence,

1:521 minute, 52 secondsJoss came to talk to me. He asked if I was trying to go back to more waftiness,

1:581 minute, 58 secondsand I said I was because I thought maybe I'd overshot it. And he said, "No, it was perfect." And he asked me to bring

2:052 minutes, 5 secondsall of what I did in surprise. Yes. To bring it into innocence. And so that's what I did.

2:192 minutes, 19 secondsScooby Drew, did you replace my painting with this super cool print of the Enis house? It's not the Enis house. It's Angel's Mansion, my home for a while.

2:322 minutes, 32 secondsSuited me well. Who gave it to you?

2:352 minutes, 35 secondsDrawn with Knives. Is that one of your funny aides? No, silly Billy. It's from

2:422 minutes, 42 secondsJennifer, my friend at Drawn with Knives. Why is it called that? She draws all of her artwork with knives. It is

2:512 minutes, 51 secondsdark and beautiful magic. She's a new sponsor. So, the Angel Mansion print

2:582 minutes, 58 secondscomes in either 5x7 or 11 by 15. Go to drawnwithnives.com.

3:053 minutes, 5 secondsWell done, Drew. Not only am I a polydimensional superstar of entertainment, I'm now a titan of business, too.

3:223 minutes, 22 secondsSynopsis, a brief summary or or a general survey. Don't quote me, but I just love to compile, collate, pause it,

3:313 minutes, 31 secondsand and then conclude. I'm summary gal.

3:353 minutes, 35 secondsYo, that's me. After Buffy and Angel spend the night together, the consequences of their love are revealed.

3:423 minutes, 42 secondsEveryone in the Scooby gang face truths that are danced around until now. With the judge up and running, Dusilla healed

3:513 minutes, 51 secondsan angel, a rebel with no soul. The gang has to put their issues aside to defeat evil. That is the perfect synopsis. Go sire Rebecca, go.

4:024 minutes, 2 secondsGo where? Never mind. Buffy has been a series about the dangers of physical

4:094 minutes, 9 secondsattraction right from the opening scene of the very first episode. So, we've been building up to this for a long

4:164 minutes, 16 secondstime. It's very dramatic. I like the previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer

4:234 minutes, 23 secondsbefore the episode starts. I knew you would like this one. It's a lot about you. That's not the only reason. The stakes are high.

4:344 minutes, 34 secondsHe daddy is back to his glorious lowest self. This is a pivotal episode. It's a

4:434 minutes, 43 secondscool shot the way Spike's wheelchair rolls into frame while he's busy goating the judge or have a vision of daddy's

4:504 minutes, 50 secondsemergence. All the while Buffy is innocently sleeping. Not for long.

4:574 minutes, 57 secondsNo, she wakes to find herself alone in Angel's bed. If surprise was an episode of sadness and dread, innocence is an

5:065 minutes, 6 secondsepisode of despair and torment. She wakes and immediately a fear of abandonment justifiably kicks in. Now

5:155 minutes, 15 secondsthe rain which was romantic at the end of surprise and was drawing them together to cozy up is ominous and dark.

5:255 minutes, 25 secondsThe lightning really adds to this.

5:275 minutes, 27 secondsIn the alley outside is gaff. Angel says the pain is gone. He then has a very quick snap for the first time in a

5:355 minutes, 35 secondswhile. His victim is played by Sophia Crawford, Buffy's stunt double. She's smoking and he exhales her smoke. You keep finishing your sentences. Yes.

5:485 minutes, 48 secondsWhy would you ever check on a downed person by yourself in Sunnydale?

5:525 minutes, 52 secondsRight. Well, I guess a lot of the folks there don't know the truth. But the smoking gag was really cool.

6:006 minutesOh, I agree. He does eat very fast,

6:046 minutes, 4 secondsthough. It's been a long time since he's had a human meal, and it's really quick,

6:096 minutes, 9 secondsbut maybe that's because of holding in the smoke for the shot. That would make sense.

6:166 minutes, 16 secondsThis is a very exciting development. Still, maybe you should let me. You see, we didn't know about the curse.

6:236 minutes, 23 secondsWould you have tried to bring this about sooner if you had? Most definitely.

6:286 minutes, 28 secondsBuffy sneaks in and when Joyce asks her about spending the night at Willows, she's guilty. So, she starts starts.

6:376 minutes, 37 secondsShe's been lying to Joyce. Um, not what I meant. You should say what you mean. I do. I did. But you continually add important details. Interrupt.

6:486 minutes, 48 secondsAnyway, Joyce feels something is different. Xander spent the night looking for vampires transporting boxes.

6:566 minutes, 56 secondsYou seem so happy. Meander Xander speaks with cander.

7:027 minutes, 2 secondsHe everyone is worried because Buffy hasn't checked in. Jaded Giles assumes we've

7:107 minutes, 10 secondsalready assembled the judge. The gang is worried. No assembly required. Stole that from Buffy who says it in the

7:187 minutes, 18 secondsepisode. It's funny, but also a reference to the season 1 episode with that title. It's a double indemnity. I think you mean a double on tand.

7:287 minutes, 28 secondsI think it's interesting that Buffy is in black after her night with Angel again. The use of wardrobe adds to the storytelling.

7:367 minutes, 36 secondsLike she's unconsciously dressed in mourning. She's worried about Angel. It has been Mia. Mia?

7:437 minutes, 43 secondsI think you mean MIA a missing action.

7:477 minutes, 47 secondsThen then then you and Spike are at the factory and I'm naming all the stars,

7:547 minutes, 54 secondsbut I've named them the same name and there's terrible confusion. You are particularly infuriating this record.

8:038 minutes, 3 secondsThank you.

8:058 minutes, 5 secondsSpike and I have a great exchange about the stalls in the ceiling. You're driving me crazy.

8:158 minutes, 15 secondsearlier when we first see Drew and Spike. It's a really beautiful frame two shot with Drew in the foreground.

8:238 minutes, 23 secondsThis episode you have a lot of brighter lighting where it comes to you guys so we get to see all the details.

8:298 minutes, 29 secondsOo, nice. When Angel comes in, do you know what his dialogue references?

8:368 minutes, 36 secondsYes. 42nd Street from 1933.

8:398 minutes, 39 secondsAngel sarcastically describes living his Broadway dream and summarizes the plot of the musical.

8:468 minutes, 46 secondsCome and meet those dancing feet on the avenue. I'm taking you to 42nd Street.

8:568 minutes, 56 secondsLet's all continue revamped these two. Hear the bleed of dancing.

9:059 minutes, 5 secondsIt's a song I love. The melody of 402 street.

9:119 minutes, 11 secondsOkay, come on in, Sid. Now, let's all tap.

9:269 minutes, 26 secondsNo. Thanks for joining us, Sid. Sure thing, Tootss.

9:319 minutes, 31 secondsMommy, I came with Sid. Can I sing a little refrain? Yes, you may, Miss Hedith. La 40 seconds straight.

9:449 minutes, 44 secondsAll right, that's true.

9:509 minutes, 50 secondsAll right, revampies. Shuffle, hop, step for lap step, and let's finish off with some wings.

9:599 minutes, 59 secondsYou guys do realize that dancing on an audio program is not ideal. But I was channeling Ruby Kila Trusilla.

10:0810 minutes, 8 secondsI never thought that tap would be your thing. It's Sid's influence.

10:1510 minutes, 15 secondsHow many dances does it take to screw in a light bulb? A five, six, seven, eight.

10:2410 minutes, 24 secondsOkay, ladies, we got to run. Um, fairly well, sensational Sid. Fairly well, Mommy and Sawya.

10:3210 minutes, 32 secondsBye. See you. I didn't see that coming. What a group we have. Oh my goodness.

10:4210 minutes, 42 secondsAll right, back to Innocence.

10:4510 minutes, 45 secondsIn the lighting in this scene, we get a better look at Drew's manicure, a paler angel, and all the blues, greens,

10:5310 minutes, 53 secondsyellows, and browns in the judge's makeup. That's what you were talking about before, getting to see all of those details.

10:5910 minutes, 59 secondsYes. It's the little things that we are able to pick up much more of in this episode.

11:0611 minutes, 6 secondsAnd we learn that Angel can't be burned.

11:0911 minutes, 9 secondsHis innocence is gone. It's not true innocence because of his past deeds, but his heroic self is lost. It was already

11:1911 minutes, 19 secondsestablished in surprise that the judge sensed the love between Drusilla and Spike and he burned Dalton for his love

11:2711 minutes, 27 secondsof books. Angel is demonstrabably the special case here. He's back the wicked

11:3411 minutes, 34 secondswonder. I talked about blocking my party scene in Surprise. Yes. and how I wanted

11:4111 minutes, 41 secondsto dance on the table, but then Michael Lang told me about starting on my eyes and having me make a fitting grand

11:4911 minutes, 49 secondsentrance. This was one of those creatively satisfying things about working on Buffy. My dancing being up on

11:5611 minutes, 56 secondsthe table was written into the next script, innocence. It was exciting to see things, even if not where you

12:0312 minutes, 3 secondsinitially came up with them, being incorporated into the world. Don't you like the bit when I say we'll feed and we'll play?

12:1612 minutes, 16 secondsWell, yes. I've had my fair share of table dancing. I lost a shoe in Vegas that way. Ooh, do tell.

12:2512 minutes, 25 secondsUh, it was a 30th birthday in a bar that I can't really remember.

12:3212 minutes, 32 secondsAnd one moment I was on top of a table having a really great time and the next thing I know I was walking back to the elevator in my hotel with just one shoe.

12:4112 minutes, 41 secondsOh my goodness. Some alcohol may have been involved.

12:4412 minutes, 44 secondsYes. I regret nothing except those were pretty nice shoes. Oh no.

12:5212 minutes, 52 secondsAnd you never got it back. No. No. But again, worth the memory. I've got both my boys again.

13:0013 minutesYou sure do. Angel is shown with his clott ring with the heart pointed to his fingertips. According to the symbolism,

13:0713 minutes, 7 secondsthis means he's single. His heart is not spoken for.

13:1213 minutes, 12 secondsWe're going to destroy the world. Want to come? This is an example of what I like to do. Play against the dialogue. A

13:2013 minutes, 20 secondslot of actors would play we're going to destroy the world in a nefarious evil way. I felt that that could be tricky and that it might not come off well. So,

13:3213 minutes, 32 secondsI added the I made it a whisper and a bit of a game which I'm inviting Angel to join. Marco Polo is playful,

13:4313 minutes, 43 secondsenthusiastic, diabolical self has been found. Willow is on the phone with Buffy, who has not been able to find

13:5113 minutes, 51 secondsAngel. Willow tells Xander that Buffy even beat up Willie the snitch. Willy the worm a couple of times.

13:5813 minutes, 58 secondsWilla discovers Xander and Cordy kissing.

14:0114 minutes, 1 secondOh. Allison manages to nail the humor in the midst of her upset. Last time we saw

14:0914 minutes, 9 secondshow the relationship has been affecting Xander's self-esteem. This time we see the harm it does to Willow. The end of the scene where Willow vocalizes her feelings breaks my heart. La.

14:2214 minutes, 22 secondsNot literal vocalizing.

14:2514 minutes, 25 secondsIt's a colloquialism. You know, a coily thing, Drew.

14:2914 minutes, 29 secondsOh, the combinations of betrayals that Willow deals with are really difficult.

14:3414 minutes, 34 secondsXander's been keeping this secret, and he would rather be with someone that hates him than with her.

14:4014 minutes, 40 secondsSpeaking of brokenhearted, Buzzy heads home. A fourlororn version of the Buffy Angel theme plays, and instead of going

14:4814 minutes, 48 secondsinside her house, she heads to Angel's apartment. The scene of the crime becomes the scheme of a crime.

14:5514 minutes, 55 secondsBuffy walks into Angel's place. She's trapped and not truly realizing the danger that she's in.

15:0115 minutes, 1 secondAngel is so mean. He becomes the metaphoric guy who doesn't call after sleeping with him.

15:0915 minutes, 9 secondsHe's so callous and flippant. He sets her up by acting like his former self for a few moments, letting her come to

15:1815 minutes, 18 secondshim, hugging her. It's painful to watch when he switches it up. All things truly wicked start from innocence. Ernest

15:2615 minutes, 26 secondsHemingway. Nice quote, Drew. What are you trying to say? I hate to admit it, but I relate. He took my innocence, too.

15:3515 minutes, 35 secondsHe's really cruel, nasty. He belittles their love making.

15:4015 minutes, 40 secondsThe heartbreak you see on her face is really brutal.

15:4415 minutes, 44 secondsDon't you want to make a joke about his going for the jugular? Not now. Going for the kill? Maybe later. I'm just trying to cheer you up.

15:5215 minutes, 52 secondsHow about move you from Boohoo to Hehe He in a bit. Okay.

16:0416 minutes, 4 secondsGrave robbers from Outer Space Card Game is the game where you create your own be movie and have a blast doing it. I love

16:1316 minutes, 13 secondsmy movies title this round. the house of the vampire goddess and the annihilation of the naughty minion. Since I'm not your minion, I like it, too. All right,

16:2516 minutes, 25 secondsmy cute vampire girl attacks your aged vampire hunter. Time to make him a ghoul

16:3116 minutes, 31 secondsto serve me. Diamonds are a ghoul's best friend.

16:3816 minutes, 38 secondsCome on, Drew. You always drag out your turn. I'll discard his sharp stake. But your cute vampire girl is now dust. H.

16:4916 minutes, 49 secondsNot so fast. I play hiss and flee. So she's safely back in my hand. Fair move.

16:5616 minutes, 56 secondsSecretly happy the vamp is okay. How many characters do you have left? Three.

17:0217 minutes, 2 secondsMy prom queen, the bookish girl with no boyfriend, and the big bad wolf. Why?

17:0817 minutes, 8 secondsOh, plot twist. The doomsday device goes off. Everyone dies.

17:1817 minutes, 18 secondsIt's really weird, Drew. You always seem to get that one. I did say annihilation of the naughty minion. I'm not your minion. One, two.

17:3017 minutes, 30 secondsAnd guess what? What? I win again.

17:3617 minutes, 36 secondsH the link so you can see how to play the game and get your own sets of cards is grave robbersgame.com.

17:4817 minutes, 48 secondsWe talked about how Buffy mirrors Drew in a lot of ways in our rewatch of come

17:5417 minutes, 54 secondson surprise. A there we go. It's everyone's nightmare to feel like we

18:0118 minutes, 1 seconddon't measure up and especially with your first time and as a teenager. He answers her earnest I love you with a

18:1018 minutes, 10 secondscasual love you too and off-handed I'll call you the love him and leave him bloke. Drilla really is Buffy's dark mirror.

18:1918 minutes, 19 secondsAlthough he never technically left me.

18:2218 minutes, 22 secondsTrue. Originally this scene was set outside of Buffy's house. Halfway through shooting it, Sarah and David

18:2918 minutes, 29 secondssaid it wasn't working and it was moved to Angel's place. It makes sense that it should be intimate inside and more

18:3818 minutes, 38 secondswounding to be where they connected so fully. Buffy is still heard saying that she saw him at the house. In the dialogue, though,

18:4718 minutes, 47 secondsEnyos tells Jana that Angelis is back and Buffy will have to kill him.

18:5318 minutes, 53 secondsWillow's been home, but she comes back because what's going on is bigger than her own heartbreak. Willow is consistently a character who does the

19:0219 minutes, 2 secondsright thing. She doesn't wallow. The establishing shot is interesting because the handrail of the stairs serves as a

19:1019 minutes, 10 secondsbarrier. Willow and Xander are separated, standing on each side. In the scene before, the wall serves as a

19:1819 minutes, 18 secondssimilar visual device. It separates Enyos from Yana. This episode in a lot

19:2519 minutes, 25 secondsof ways is about separation. These visual manifestations make it resonate even more. And Jealous comes after

19:3219 minutes, 32 secondsWillow. He's playing the nice role and sends Xander off to get the others. But Xander trusts his own instincts and he

19:4019 minutes, 40 secondsdoubles back. Jenny/ Jana also shows up with a cross. And then Buffy arrives and

19:4719 minutes, 47 secondsJealous uses the words dream on. It's interesting how dreams or more aptly nightmares figure so strongly into

19:5619 minutes, 56 secondssurprise. Aw, there she is. And into innocence. It's all very confusing.

20:0420 minutes, 4 secondsMakes me sad for my old human self. But as a vampire, daddy's behavior is delicious.

20:1320 minutes, 13 secondsThat's twisted. Terrifically,

20:1520 minutes, 15 secondstantalizingly, transformationally twisted,

20:1920 minutes, 19 secondsXander uses the cross to get Angel to release Willow.

20:2320 minutes, 23 secondsHe backs up his earlier words, rescuing Willow. He'd die for her.

20:2820 minutes, 28 secondsAngel kisses and shoves Buffy to the ground. A paradical, perfectly peachy push. No. No.

20:3620 minutes, 36 secondsThe gang tried to figure out what to do.

20:3820 minutes, 38 secondsMiss Calendarer says, "Rupert, not in front of the kids." Willow comforts Buffy, who's crying and looking at the

20:4620 minutes, 46 secondsring. Willow questions how Jenny knew Angel had turned bad. Jiles asks Buffy what happened the previous night, and

20:5320 minutes, 53 secondsshe behaves like any teenager, not wanting to tell. A little bit of the in-n-out. A little bit of the rumpy

21:0021 minutesPumpy. Yes, but we're in a more tender moment now, Drew. Bonking can be tender. Not really when you call it bonking.

21:1021 minutes, 10 secondsMaking whoopy. Let's move on. Willow figures out what happened with Buffy and Angel.

21:1621 minutes, 16 secondsWhen she says, "Jou, shut up." You really see her take control. She's wise and protective.

21:2321 minutes, 23 secondsWillow's strong and resilient.

21:2621 minutes, 26 secondsHer tone takes a major shift between everything that's happening between her, Xander, and Buffy.

21:3121 minutes, 31 secondsXander has a plan for which he needs Cordelia. A hurt Willow says that they can have Oz drive his van. in the

21:3921 minutes, 39 secondsfactory. I've got Miss Edith. I asked for her in this scene and added the stabbing of her eyes to illustrate

21:4721 minutes, 47 secondsthrough behavior hurting someone you love like Angelus did with me and is doing now with Buffy. I understand his

21:5421 minutes, 54 secondssadism. I've experienced it. I do. He flirts with Drew saying no one understands him like she does and lectures Spike, pointing out his failures trying to kill Buffy.

22:0522 minutes, 5 secondsHe explains that using force will not work. You kill her by loving her.

22:1022 minutes, 10 secondsHe's dismantling her. Wants to take whatever innocence is left. A yoyo

22:1922 minutes, 19 secondsiOS returned innocence.

22:3522 minutes, 35 secondsJoin in you, too. Listeners, don't be afraid to be weak.

22:4322 minutes, 43 secondsDon't be too proud to be strong. Just look into your heart, my friend.

22:5222 minutes, 52 secondsThere will be the return to yourself. The return to innocence.

23:0023 minutesWe really need to have like one of those 90s best of songs as sung by Drew. And it's just you with a misty background

23:0723 minutes, 7 secondsoccasionally turning to the camera and singing one line. We got to do it.

23:1623 minutes, 16 secondsOh god.

23:1723 minutes, 17 secondsI thought of that song because Angel revels in the loss of innocence in emotional and physical torture.

23:2623 minutes, 26 secondsWhen Buffy first walks into her room, the shot is framed to show isolation.

23:3123 minutes, 31 secondsShe's standing centered, surrounded by white walls, and the only thing standing out in the foreground is her crucifix. It's really a beautiful shot.

23:4023 minutes, 40 secondsYeah, it is. It's such a heartfelt scene. She takes off the ring and she sobs. Her innocence is gone. Not only

23:4923 minutes, 49 secondsphysically, but more importantly, her emotional innocence. The concept of the loss of emotional innocence and the

23:5623 minutes, 56 secondsinability to return to a previous state is a central recurring theme in Shakespeare's works, particularly within

24:0324 minutes, 3 secondshis tragedies. The loss of innocence is irreversible, plunging characters into a new atmosphere they must adapt to. They

24:1224 minutes, 12 secondsare unable to return to their former states. What's done cannot be undone is the quintessential expression of this

24:2024 minutes, 20 secondsloss of innocence. McBth and Lady M lose their innocence by committing murder.

24:2524 minutes, 25 secondsHis guilt is manifested in the image of his bloodstained hands, symbolizing a permanent loss of purity, making the

24:3324 minutes, 33 secondsgreen one red. Later in the play, this is mirrored by Lady M as the blood on her hands, which symbolizes the loss of

24:4024 minutes, 40 secondsinnocence and how it consumes her and she descends into madness. With the death of his father, Hamlet is forced to

24:4824 minutes, 48 secondsgrow up. He is seized from his innocent life as a student and is thrown into a world of murder, lies, and revenge.

24:5724 minutes, 57 secondsAilia is a victim of her own innocence and ignorance of the world. When confronted with her father's murder and Hamlet's brutality, this innocence breaks and leads her to madness.

25:0925 minutes, 9 secondsTrue, you are like a Shakespearean character.

25:1225 minutes, 12 secondsH not certain how to take that. In Richard III, the princes represent pure innocence destroyed by political

25:2125 minutes, 21 secondsambition. In Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers lose their innocence through the intense nature of their love amidst

25:2825 minutes, 28 secondstheir family's feud. Like Buffy and Angel, there are huge consequences after they consummate their relationship. The

25:3525 minutes, 35 secondsstory highlights the loss of childhood safety. I did mention at the end of our bad eggs rewatch that when Buffy and

25:4325 minutes, 43 secondsAngel were kissing in her window, it was very Romeo and Juliet. Exatly, not doing

25:4925 minutes, 49 secondsthat again. Exagent circumstances. I mean it.

25:5525 minutes, 55 secondsYou take the egg, Drew. It means you win. Oh, she's using Victorian slang.

26:0126 minutes, 1 secondOh, all right. King Lear loses his innocent belief that he's adored and powerful. This loss of innocence forces

26:0926 minutes, 9 secondshim to adapt from a self-absorbed king to a broken but more human figure. In the Winter's Tale, King Leontes and King

26:1826 minutes, 18 secondsPelixes reflect on their childhood as a time when they knew not quote the doctrine of illdoing and exchanged

26:2626 minutes, 26 secondsinnocence for innocence. The loss of this state is portrayed as inevitable,

26:3126 minutes, 31 secondstriggered by the onset of adult desires and jealousy. We all have that moment that breaks our rosecolored glasses. We

26:3926 minutes, 39 secondsturn from this romantic ideal that can rarely be lived up to. It's like you go to prom and you look amazing and then

26:4626 minutes, 46 secondsthe next morning you're coming home from your friends in sweatpants and carrying your dress. That's a great analogy.

26:5526 minutes, 55 secondsReality hits. Yes.

26:5726 minutes, 57 secondsBuffy again dreams. We see images of their love making which is shot beautifully and then a nightmare scene

27:0427 minutes, 4 secondsat a grave site which reveals Jenny pulling the veil back on her hat. She is being unveiled in Buffy's mind.

27:1327 minutes, 13 secondsThe visual montage is suggestive. It shows how you can suggest so much and show so little.

27:2027 minutes, 20 secondsI personally like that better than graphic sex scenes depending on the material.

27:2527 minutes, 25 secondsI agree. I think it's more interesting to leave it up to the viewer's imagination to an extent.

27:3127 minutes, 31 secondsAnd the way they did this, it's very tender. You can feel that they really connected and that Angel did have his moment of pure happiness.

27:4027 minutes, 40 secondsIt's intimate and close and weirdly sweet at the same time.

27:4527 minutes, 45 secondsMhm. Buffy's been longing to be able to go back to how it was before. So was I

27:5127 minutes, 51 secondsonce myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be Robert Frost. Great one, Drew. But now Buffy

28:0028 minutesbecomes active. She becomes the Buffy we know.

28:0528 minutes, 5 secondsShe struts into the school meeting business and goes straight for Jenny. It is awesome. Even if it is Buzzy,

28:1228 minutes, 12 secondsJenny/ Jana comes clean, admits to being dirty. Well, yes, her secret is out.

28:2028 minutes, 20 secondsSurprise! We're on innocence now. Maybe Enos could help, but Angel gets there first. The prize.

28:2928 minutes, 29 secondsIt doesn't really work the same when you're talking about the prize. No, innocence. Innocence.

28:3628 minutes, 36 secondsInnocence.

28:3928 minutes, 39 secondsXander uses the gun skills he took up in the Halloween episode. Here in innocence.

28:4528 minutes, 45 secondsYes, but the word doesn't really translate to yelling it out. Spoiler alert.

28:5228 minutes, 52 secondsIt's established that Sunnydale has its own army base which will reappear later.

28:5828 minutes, 58 secondsThe writers would sometimes include inside jokes in the scripts. This shooting script contained, quote, "A

29:0529 minutes, 5 secondscouple of soldiers pass. Xander swavely nods to them. They nod back and pass without comment because they are extras."

29:1629 minutes, 16 secondsWhen Xander and Cordelia make out, the direction was quote, "They have been their big smooching."

29:2629 minutes, 26 secondsAlly and Seth do some nice tender acting when he tells her he'll wait to kiss her till she wants to kiss him. And it's not about getting even with Xander.

29:3729 minutes, 37 secondsWhen Oz says, "In my fantasy, when I'm kissing you, you're kissing me." It shows you just how both parties should feel and be treated in a relationship.

29:4829 minutes, 48 secondsYeah, he wants to build a strong, healthy foundation. Innocence.

29:5429 minutes, 54 secondsWe really can't have you yelling the episode title through every episode. All right, Drew. Angel has written on the

30:0330 minutes, 3 secondswalls like the Manson murders. Manson also prayed on innocent. Well, yes, but

30:1030 minutes, 10 secondsyou need to stop that, boy. I think it's self-explanatory.

30:1530 minutes, 15 secondsIt was an innocent question. He he all right. But I'm innocent until proven

30:2230 minutes, 22 secondsguilty. We get it. Okay. I have been proven guilty a lot. Do you want to discuss the next scene?

30:3130 minutes, 31 secondsWe have to leave Spike behind. I like the blocking of how David peels my hand off of James. My hand off Spike. The

30:4030 minutes, 40 secondsAngel Dusilla spike love triangle is being explored here and the tension that goes with that. We saw this earlier when

30:4730 minutes, 47 secondsAngel flirted with Drew in What's My Line? Part two when he was tied to the bed post.

30:5230 minutes, 52 secondsDespite everything showing Drew and Spiker together, right down to the fact that his black and red wheelchair matches her clothes, Angel is taking Drew away from Spike. It's insidious,

31:0431 minutes, 4 secondsalmost playful. And then Giles backs Buffy, not Jenny. lines and sides are being chosen.

31:1031 minutes, 10 secondsThey are. Giles literally turns his back on Jenny in the scene. His allegiance is clear. I pledge allegiance to the Buzzy with captivity and torture rule.

31:2231 minutes, 22 secondsNice. To be continued.

31:3131 minutes, 31 secondsHey Drew, this bar is so cool and I love your tiki inspired outfit. I do like to blend in when I'm on a secret mission.

31:4031 minutes, 40 secondsHere, take these and put them in your bag. What? No. Wait. Are these gems?

31:4731 minutes, 47 secondsThese pieces are amazing. Ooh, I love this creature from the Black Lagoon

31:5431 minutes, 54 secondshandcrafted ceramic mug. Oh, and this King Kong watering spike is super cool.

32:0132 minutes, 1 secondOh my gosh, I also love this American Werewolf in London mug. The work is so detailed. As you know, these come from

32:1132 minutes, 11 secondsmore monsters. Jim Moore sent an email taunting me with these lovely handmade one-of-a-kind items. I must have them.

32:2132 minutes, 21 secondsDrew, that was my email. I've asked you a million times not to read my emails.

32:2732 minutes, 27 secondsWe don't need to steal these. Jim is advertising his Etsy page, More Monsters, on our podcast. Revamp D's get

32:3532 minutes, 35 secondsa special 20% discount. The code is monster mug. All caps, all one word.

32:4332 minutes, 43 secondsExcuse me, ma'am. Could I see your bag? Well, uh, you see my friend here, Scooby-Drew? Scooby-Drew.

32:5132 minutes, 51 secondsDusilla, where are you? Follow me, ma'am.

32:5432 minutes, 54 secondsBut wait, it's my friend. She's obsessed with Jim Moore's work. She didn't realize it's for sale, but saw that you

33:0133 minutes, 1 secondhad it in your bar. And I explained everything to her. Your friend?

33:0733 minutes, 7 secondsWell, she thinks I'm her minion, but she seems to have disappeared. Right.

33:1433 minutes, 14 secondsReally? This has nothing to do with me. Tell it to the judge.

33:2033 minutes, 20 secondsGo to More Monsters Etsy page, M O R E,

33:2533 minutes, 25 secondsand use the revamp special 20% discount code monster mug.

33:3433 minutes, 34 secondsLet's get rid of Vengeance Val was the victor in our

33:4233 minutes, 42 secondsfirst inaugural battle of the Uber Buffy fans. If you would like to challenge her title and be considered as a contender

33:5033 minutes, 50 secondsfor this season's battle, please email revamp pod@gmail.com.

33:5733 minutes, 57 secondsYes. Be sure to include your name, where you weigh in with your number of watchroughs, where you're located,

34:0534 minutes, 5 secondssomething interesting about you or something you think would be good to share, and your social media handles.

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34:1734 minutes, 17 secondsRevamped ease, please correspond with me on our Patreon page, revamped with Juliet Landau, on Twitter @

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Pope Innocent VIII (Latin: Innocentius VIII; Italian: Innocenzo VIII; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1484 to his death, in July 1492. Son of the viceroy of Naples, Cybo spent his early years at the Neapolitan court. He became a priest in the retinue of Cardinal Calandrini, half-brother to Pope Nicholas V (1447–55); Bishop of Savona under Pope Paul II; and with the support of Cardinal Giuliano Della Rovere he was made a cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV. After intense politicking by Della Rovere, Cybo was elected pope in 1484. King Ferdinand I of Naples had supported Cybo's competitor, Rodrigo Borgia. The following year, Pope Innocent supported the barons in their failed revolt.

During his papacy, Pope Innocent issued a papal bull on witchcraft named Summis desiderantes affectibus. In March 1489, Cem, the captive brother of Bayezid II, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, came into Innocent's custody. Viewing his brother as a rival, the Sultan paid Pope Innocent not to set him free. The amount he paid to Pope Innocent was 120,000 crowns (an amount equal to all of the annual revenue to the Vatican) in addition to some holy relics and another sum of money to be paid annually. Any time the Sultan threatened war against the Christian Balkans, Innocent threatened to release his brother. On 28 January 1495, Cem was released by Innocent's successor, Pope Alexander VI, into the custody of the army of King Charles VIII of France.

Early years

In 1432, Giovanni Battista Cybo was born in Genoa, the son of Arano Cybo and wife Teodorina de Mari. His father was from an old Genoese family of Greek ancestry,[2] a viceroy of Naples and then a senator in Rome under Pope Calixtus III. Giovanni Battista's early years were spent at the Neapolitan court. While in Naples he was appointed a Canon of the Cathedral of Capua, and was given the Priory of Santa Maria d'Arba in Genoa.[3] After the death of King Alfonso (1458), friction between Giovanni Battista and the Archbishop of Genoa induced him to resign his canonry, and to go to Padua and then to Rome for his education.

Early career

In Rome he became a priest in the retinue of Cardinal Calandrini, half-brother to Pope Nicholas V (1447–55). In 1467, he was made Bishop of Savona by Pope Paul II, but exchanged this see in 1472 for that of Molfetta in south-eastern Italy. In 1473, with the support of Giuliano Della Rovere, later Pope Julius II, he was made cardinal by Pope Sixtus IV, whom he succeeded on 29 August 1484 as Pope Innocent VIII.[4]

Papal election

Main article: Papal conclave, 1484

The papal conclave of 1484 was rife with factions, while gangs rioted in the streets. In order to prevent the election of the Venetian Cardinal Barbo, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, on the evening before the election, after the cardinals had retired for the night, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, nephew of the late Pope, and Cardinal Borgia, the Vice-Chancellor, visited a number of cardinals and secured their votes with the promise of various benefices.[5]

It was claimed that Cardinal della Rovere met secretly with Cardinal Marco Barbo in order to secure him more votes to become pope if he was promised a residence, though Barbo refused in fear it would make the conclave invalid due to simony. Cardinal della Rovere then met with Borgia, who disliked Barbo and wished to block his election, with an offer to turn their votes over to Cybo, promising them benefits for doing so.[5]

Papacy

Shortly after his investiture, Innocent VIII addressed a fruitless summons to Christendom to unite in a crusade against the Turks. A protracted conflict with King Ferdinand I of Naples was the principal obstacle. Ferdinand's oppressive government led in 1485 to a rebellion of the aristocracy, known as the Conspiracy of the Barons, which included Francesco Coppola and Antonello Sanseverino of Salerno and was supported by Pope Innocent VIII. Innocent excommunicated Ferdinand in 1489 and invited King Charles VIII of France to come to Italy with an army and take possession of the Kingdom of Naples.[a][b][6][7] The immediate conflict was not ended until 1494, after Innocent VIII's death.

Relations with the Ottoman Empire

Bayezid II ruled as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. His rule was contested by his brother Cem, who sought the support of the Mamluks of Egypt. Defeated by his brother's armies, Cem sought protection from the Knights of St. John in Rhodes. Prince Cem offered perpetual peace between the Ottoman Empire and Christendom. However, the sultan paid the Knights a large amount to keep Cem captive. Cem was later sent to the castle of Pierre d'Aubusson in France. Sultan Bayezid sent a messenger to France and requested Cem to be kept there; he agreed to make an annual payment in gold for his brother's expenses.

In March 1489, Cem was transferred to the custody of Innocent VIII. Cem's presence in Rome was useful because whenever Bayezid intended to launch a military campaign against the Christian nations of the Balkans, the Pope would threaten to release his brother. In exchange for maintaining the custody of Cem, Bayezid paid Innocent VIII 120,000 crowns, a relic of the Holy Lance and an annual fee of 45,000 ducats.[8] Cem died in Capua on 25 February 1495 on a military expedition under the command of King Charles VIII of France to conquer Naples.

Relations with witchcraft

Further information: Summis desiderantes affectibus

On the request of German inquisitor Heinrich Kramer, Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus (5 December 1484), which supported Kramer's investigations against magicians and witches:

"It has recently come to our ears, not without great pain to us, that in some parts of upper Germany, [...] Mainz, Köln, Trier, Salzburg, and Bremen, many persons of both sexes, heedless of their own salvation and forsaking the catholic faith, give themselves over to devils male and female, and by their incantations, charms, and conjurings, and by other abominable superstitions and sortileges, offences, crimes, and misdeeds, ruin and cause to perish the offspring of women, the foal of animals, the products of the earth, the grapes of vines, and the fruits of trees, as well as men and women, cattle and flocks and herds and animals of every kind, vineyards also and orchards, meadows, pastures, harvests, grains and other fruits of the earth; [...]."[9]

The bull was written in response to the request of Dominican Heinrich Kramer for explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany, after he was refused assistance by the local ecclesiastical authorities,[10] who disputed his authority to work in their dioceses. Some scholars view the bull as "clearly political", motivated by jurisdictional disputes between the local German Catholic priests and clerics from the Office of the Inquisition who answered more directly to the pope.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VIII

Malleus Maleficarum, 1520 edition

Nonetheless, the bull failed to ensure that Kramer obtained the support he had hoped for, causing him to retire and to compile his views on witchcraft into his book Malleus Maleficarum, which was published in 1487. Kramer would later claim that witchcraft was to blame for bad weather. Both the papal letter appended to the work and the supposed endorsement of Cologne University for it are problematic. The letter of Innocent VIII is not an approval of the book to which it was appended, but rather a charge to inquisitors to investigate diabolical sorcery and a warning to those who might impede them in their duty, that is, a papal letter in the by then conventional tradition established by John XXII and other popes through Eugenius IV and Nicholas V (1447–55).[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VIII

Barbara Bain the mother of Juliet Rose Landau also has Spanish Heritage:

María Eva Duarte de Perón (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a ˈeβa ˈðwarte ðe peˈɾon]; née María Eva Duarte; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as Eva "Evita" Perón, was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. She was born into poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In 1934, at the age of 15, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress. She married Perón in 1945, when he was still an army colonel, and was propelled onto the political stage when he became President of Argentina in 1946. She became a central figure of Peronism and Argentine culture because of the Eva Perón Foundation, a charitable organization perceived by many Argentinians as highly impactful.

She met Colonel Juan Perón on 22 January 1944 during a charity event at the Luna Park Stadium to benefit the victims of an earthquake in San Juan, Argentina. The two were married the following year. Juan Perón was elected President in June 1946; during the next six years, Eva Perón became powerful within the pro-Peronist trade unions, primarily for speaking on behalf of labor rights. She also ran the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, championed women's suffrage in Argentina, and founded and ran the nation's first large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party.

In 1951, Eva Perón announced her candidacy for the Peronist nomination for the office of Vice President of Argentina, receiving great support from the Peronist political base, low-income and working-class Argentines who were referred to as descamisados or "shirtless ones" (similar to the term sans-culottes during the French Revolution). Opposition from the nation's military and bourgeoisie, coupled with her declining health, ultimately forced her to withdraw her candidacy.[1] In 1952, shortly before her death from cancer at 33, Eva Perón was given the title of "Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina" by the Argentine Congress.[2][3][4] She was given a state funeral upon her death, a prerogative generally reserved for heads of state.

Eva Perón has become a part of international popular culture,[5] most famously as the subject of the musical Evita (1976).[6] Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez has said that Eva Perón has never left the collective consciousness of Argentines.[3] Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the second female president of Argentina (after Juan Perón's third wife Isabel Perón), claims that women of her generation owe a debt to Eva Perón for "her example of passion and combativeness".[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Per%C3%B3n

The Meeting of Hendaye, or Interview of Hendaye, took place between Francisco Franco and Adolf Hitler, then respectively Caudillo of Spain and Führer of Germany,[1] on 23 October 1940 at the railway station in Hendaye, France, near the Spanish–French border. The meeting was also attended by the respective Spanish and German foreign ministers: Ramón Serrano Suñer of Francoist Spain and Joachim von Ribbentrop of Nazi Germany.

The object of the meeting was an attempt to fix the terms for Spain to join the Axis Powers in their war against the British Empire. However, after seven hours of talks, the Spanish demands still appeared extortionate to Hitler - the cession of French Morocco and part of French Algeria alongside Gibraltar, the attachment of French Cameroon to the Spanish colony of Guinea, and large quantities of food, petrol and arms to relieve the critical economic and military situation faced by Spain after the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Hitler did not wish to disturb his relations with Vichy France in the aftermath of the Battle of Dakar, in which the Vichy French had defeated an Allied attempt to capture the port of Dakar in French West Africa.

Ultimately, the meeting ended in failure and the only concrete result was the signing of a secret agreement under which Franco was committed to entering the war at a date of his own choosing, and Hitler gave only vague guarantees that Spain would receive "territories in Africa".

Francoist Spain maintained close political and economic ties to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy throughout the period of the Holocaust.[2] Francisco Franco had taken power in the Spanish Civil War with military aid from Germany and Italy.[3] He was personally sympathetic to aspects of Nazi ideology, including anti-communism and anti-Semitism.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeting_at_Hendaye

Blondi (1941 – 29 April 1945)[a][2] was Adolf Hitler's German Shepherd, a gift as a puppy[3][4] from Martin Bormann in 1941. Hitler kept Blondi even after his move into the Führerbunker located underneath the garden of the Reich Chancellery on 16 January 1945.[5]

Hitler was very fond of Blondi, keeping her by his side and allowing her to sleep in his bed while in the bunker. According to Hitler's secretary Traudl Junge, this affection was not shared by Eva Braun, Hitler's companion, who preferred her two Scottish Terrier dogs named Negus and Stasi.

Blondi played a role in Nazi propaganda by portraying Hitler as an animal lover. Dogs like Blondi were coveted as "germanische Urhunde" (ancient Germanic dogs), being close to the wolf, and became very fashionable during the Nazi era.[6] On 29 April 1945, one day before his death, Hitler expressed doubts about the cyanide capsules he had received through Heinrich Himmler's SS. To verify the capsules' potency, Hitler ordered SS physician Werner Haase to test one on Blondi, who died as a result.[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondi

"Rapture" is a song by American rock band Blondie from their fifth studio album Autoamerican (1980). Written by band members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and produced by Mike Chapman, the song was released as the second and final single from Autoamerican on January 12, 1981, by Chrysalis Records. Musically, "Rapture" is a combination of new wave, disco and hip hop with a rap section forming an extended coda.[5]

"Rapture" was another commercial success for the band, shipping one million copies in the United States, where it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and spent two weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, their fourth and last single to reach the top. It was the first number-one single in the United States to feature rap vocals. The single also peaked at number three in Canada, and number five in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Background

Singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein were friends with Brooklyn- and Bronx-based hip-hop artists such as Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Brathwaite) in the late 1970s. Brathwaite took Harry and Stein to a rap event in the Bronx one night in 1978, and they were both impressed by the skill and excitement as MCs rhymed lyrics over the beats of spinning records and people lined up for a chance to take the microphone and freestyle rap. Harry and Stein went to a few more such events, before deciding to write a rap song of their own in late 1979. They decided to combine what they had seen and heard in the Bronx with Chic-inspired disco music. Keyboardist Jimmy Destri found some tubular bells in the back of the studio, which added a haunting touch to the song. The title "Rapture" was a pun on "rap", according to Stein.[6]

In an early recording the music was slower and simpler. Stein said that "[t]he slower tape was just bass, drums and guitar doubling the bass, I don’t think much else."[7] This version was put aside and later reworked as "Rapture".[8] For "Rapture", Stein said that "[w]e decided to make it faster."[7] Stein later retrieved the original recording, and Harry and Brathwaite added vocals. The result was released in the UK as "Yuletide Throwdown", as a flexi disc given away with the magazine Flexipop.[8]

Stein loved B-movies and science fiction imagery, so he wrote some surreal verses about a man from Mars. For the chorus, Harry tried to capture the feeling of a crowded hip-hop dance floor in the Bronx: "Toe to toe / Dancing very close / Barely breathing / Almost comatose / Wall to wall / People hypnotized / And they're stepping lightly / Hang each night in Rapture." The rap section references Fab 5 Freddy ("Fab 5 Freddy told me everybody's fly"), as well as Grandmaster Flash ("Flash is fast, Flash is cool").

Record World said that "Debbie's sweet, enticing vocal transforms itself into a streetwise jam," calling the song "infectious" and calling the rhythm "hypnotic."[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_(Blondie_song)

rapture (n.)

c. 1600, "act of carrying off" as prey or plunder, from rapt + -ure, or else from French rapture, from Medieval Latin raptura "seizure, rape, kidnapping," from Latin raptus "a carrying off, abduction, snatching away; rape" (see rapt). The earliest attested use in English is with women as objects and in 17c. it sometimes meant rape (v.), which word is a close relation to this one.

The sense of "spiritual ecstasy, state of mental transport or exaltation" is recorded by c. 1600 (raptures). The connecting notion is a sudden or violent taking and carrying away. The meaning "expression of exalted or passionate feeling" in words or music is from 1610s.

also from c. 1600

https://www.etymonline.com/word/rapture

Jerusalem Corpus Separatum

...Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)

Corpus Separatum (Latin for "separated body") is a term used to describe the Jerusalem area in the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. According to the plan the city would be placed under international regime, conferring it a special status due to its shared religious importance. The Corpus Separatum was one of the main issues of the Lausanne Conference of 1949, besides the other borders between Israel and Palestine and the question of the right of return of the Palestinian refugees. The plan was adopted by the General Assembly with a two-thirds majority, although its implementation failed and the view that Jerusalem should be the capital of both Israel and Palestine internationally is widely supported now. (wikipedia)

Israel Resource Review, The Vatican's Jerusalem Agenda. Did Shimon Peres make a deal with the Vatican?

Consider the evidence:

On Sept. 10, '93, just three days before the signing of the Declaration of Principles in Washington, the Italian news magazine La Stampa reported that part of the peace deal was an unwritten understanding that the Vatican would receive political authority over the Old City of Jerusalem by the end of the millennium. The newspaper reported that Shimon Peres had promised the Pope to hand over the holy sites of Jerusalem the previous May and that Arafat had accepted the agreement. In March '94, the Israeli newsmagazine Shishi published an interview with Mark Halter, a French intellectual and close friend of Shimon Peres. He said he delivered a letter from Peres to the Pope the previous May, within which Peres offered the Vatican hegemony over the Old City of Jerusalem. The article detailed Peres's offer which essentially turned Jerusalem into an international city overseen by the Holy See. In March '95, the radio station Arutz Sheva announced that it had seen a cable sent by the Israeli Embassy in Rome to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem outlining the handover of the Old City of Jerusalem to the Vatican. Two days later Haaretz published the cable on its front page. The Foreign Ministry explained that the cable was genuine but someone had whited out the word "not." ie We will not transfer authority to the Vatican. Incredibly, numerous Bnei Brak rabbis who had canceled Passover meetings with Peres over the issue of the cable accepted the explanation and re-invited him to their homes. The Foreign Ministry's Legal Affairs Spokesperson, Esther Samilag, publicly complained about "various capitulations" to the Vatican. She was immediately transferred to a post at the Israeli Embassy in Katmandu, Nepal. MK Avraham Shapira announced in the Knesset that he had information that all Vatican property in Jerusalem was to become tax exempt and that large tracts of real estate on Mount Zion were given to the pope in perpetuity. Jerusalem's late Deputy Mayor Shmuel Meir announced that he had received "information that properties promised to the Vatican would be granted extra-territorial status." Beilin was forced to answer the accusations. He admitted, "Included in the Vatican Agreement is the issue of papal properties in Israel that will be resolved by a committee of experts that has already been formed." If so, this committee has not since released any proof of its existence.

With all this in mind, how do we interpret the Vatican's current position on Jerusalem?

The following report, circulated by MSANews may shed some light on that:

Vatican City, Jun 14, 1997 (VIS) - Archbishop Renato Martino, apostolic nuncio and Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations, spoke June 9 on the status of Jerusalem at the New York headquarters of the Path to Peace Foundation. The archbishop addressed members of this foundation as well as U.S. members of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He began by briefly summarizing the "well-known and long-standing position of the Holy See with regard to Jerusalem. He stated that Jerusalem "for us, of course, along with the rest of the Holy Land, is that special link between heaven and earth, that place where God walked and ultimately died among men. And of course we recognize that others revere Jerusalem as the city of David and the prophets and the city known to Mohammed.... It is a spiritual treasure for all of humanity, and it is a city of two peoples, Arabs and Jews, and of the three monotheistic religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam." Archbishop Martino added that "in recent years it has been increasingly difficult to break through the political and media-imposed stranglehold on the question of Jerusalem." he recounted Jerusalem's recent history, recalling in particular the UN's General Assembly Resolution 181 of 1947 calling for Jerusalem to be considered a 'corpus separatum' under the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations," a resolution which Israel accepted. He pointed out that, in addressing the gridlock which has resulted from the 1967 Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, "the Holy See has therefore advocated the granting to Jerusalem of an 'internationally guaranteed special statute. That is the phrase used by Pope John Paul II in his 1984 Apostolic Letter 'Redemption is Anno'."

This statute "asks that regardless of how the problem of sovereignty is resolved and who is called to exercise it, there should be a supranational and international entity endowed with means adequate to insure the preservation of the special characteristics of the City, its Holy Places, the freedom to visit them, its religious and ethnic communities, a guarantee of their essential liberties, and its city plan'." The apostolic nuncio recalled the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel in 1993, when both signed the 'Fundamental Agreement." He noted Article 4 of this agreement where "both the Holy See and Israel affirm their continuing commitment to the 'Status quo' in the Christian Holy Places." He also spoke of the problems sparked by Israel's recent authorization of "a project for the construction of settlements in occupied territory in East Jerusalem" for which "there was wide-spread international condemnation." This issue, he reminded those present, was brought before the UN Security Council on March 7 and March 21 of this year, but without resolution "because the sole country on the Security Council which opposed the Resolution was the United States." An Emergency Session of the General Assembly, "organized only nine other times in the history of the United Nations" was held on April 24-25. The Holy See delegation was contacted and asked for suggestions for a Resolution, Archbishop Martino said. And he recounted the meetings, rough drafts of proposals and negotiations which followed. The approved texts of the eventual Resolution, he underlined, contained "those points championed by the Holy See.... The General Assembly has here called for 'internationally guaranteed provisions' - the equivalent of the 'internationally guaranteed special status' called for by Pope John Paul II. This is particularly noteworthy because in this case, the Arab delegations all voted for this Resolution and therefore for this provision." "The Holy Places within Jerusalem," concluded Archbishop Martino, "are not merely museum relics to be opened and closed by the dominant political authority, no matter who that might be at any given moment. They are living shrines precious to the hearts and faith of believers."

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Could that supra-national entity which will oversee the international city of Jerusalem be the Vatican just as Peres promised? And how do we react to Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert's recent announcement that he will begin negotiations with the Vatican, but "only over holy sites?"

(used by permission of the author, Barry Chamish,)

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Even after Israel pushed it's aggressor enemies beyond Jerusalem's boundaries in 1968, Israel remained compliant to the U.N. recommendation by allowing the Islamic Waqf to maintain control over the Temple Mount. I can think of no other reason why Israel did not move in and destroy the Dome of the Rock and other Islamic edifices to take possession of the Temple Mount other than “the times of the Gentiles” prophetically spoken of by Jesus has not yet been fulfilled. The Daniel chapter two Mystery Babylon Image still stands. For the most part the world refuses to recognize Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem even though the United States Congress in 1995 overwhelmingly passed the "Jerusalem Embassy Act" stating that "Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of Israel and the United States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem no later than May 31, 1999." The provocative nature of this issue continues to prevent the actual move to this day. The facts on the ground ultimately prove that even the United States denies Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem until this very day.

Jerusalem Old City Initiative

The Jerusalem Old City Initiative, was bolstered by the implementation of the Oslo Peace Accord and is a fruit of the peace process and inter faith dialogue. The 2005 formation of The Council of the Religious Institutions of the Holy Land with Muslims, Jews, Catholics and Christians in its governing body has in their statement of faith the declaration of a one world type of religion which contends that all faiths lead to the same god.

Statement of faith:

As religious leaders of different faiths, who share the conviction in the one Creator, Lord of the Universe; we believe that the essence of religion is to worship G-d and respect the life and dignity of all human beings, regardless of religion, nationality and gender.

The Rapture Will Be Cancelled

by Nicklas Arthur

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Faith Lehane is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Played by actress Eliza Dushku, Faith was introduced in the third season of Buffy and was a focus of that season's overarching plot. She returned for shorter story arcs on Buffy and its spin-off, Angel.

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Colonel John Lehane of the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment based in Hawaii, author Dennis Lehane who planned a TV pilot set in a "gritty Hawaii", and a Lehane Irish Tartan Hawaiian shirt product.

50TH President of the United States

The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.

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Tulsi Gabbard (/ˈtʌlsi ˈɡæbərd/; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and military officer serving since 2025 as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI).

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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president of the United States for a term of four years.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

RAPHAEL Gamaliel Warnock[1] (/ˈrɑːfiɛl ˈwɔːrnɒk/ RAH-fee-el WOR-nok; born July 23, 1969) is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021.

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The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral John Warren's Chesapeake campaign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington

London is going to launch nuclear attack on Washington D.C 2030-2031 after false flag attacks in Jerusalem because of the Vatican and CIA.

AI Overview

The bull slaughter by the bullfighter (or rather, the god Mithras) in the Mithraic "tauroctony" scene, often involving Sol Invictus (the Unconquered Sun), represents a key Roman mystery cult ritual of cosmic renewal. Mithras kills the bull under the sun's orders, promising fertility and salvation through this blood sacrifice.

Unam Sanctam

One God, One Faith, One Spiritual Authority

Pope Boniface VIII - 1302

Bull of Pope Boniface VIII promulgated November 18, 1302

https://www.papalencyclicals.net/bon08/b8unam.htm

Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally (née Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is an English Anglican prelate and former nurse. She has been the bishop of London since 2018, and is the first woman to hold this office.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Mullally

In Hebrew, the word saraph means "burning", and is used seven times throughout the text of the Hebrew Bible as a noun, usually to denote "serpent",[4] twice in the Book of Numbers, once in the Book of Deuteronomy, and four times in the Book of Isaiah.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraph

The 7 July 2005 London bombings, sometimes referred to informally as 7/7, were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.[b]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III

Princess Charlotte of Wales (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana; born 2 May 2015) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a granddaughter of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales. She is third in the line of succession to the British throne.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales_(born_2015)

"Killer Queen" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Queen

All Saints' Church is an active English-speaking chaplaincy of the Church of England's Diocese in Europe - a part of the Anglican Communion - in Rome, Italy.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Rome

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Revelation 17:16-18

1599 Geneva Bible

16 And the ten [a]horns which thou sawest upon the beast, are they that shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate, and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17 [b]For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to do with one consent for to give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God be fulfilled.

18 And that woman which thou sawest, is that [c]great city which reigned over the kings of the earth.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017:16-18&version=GNV

666 1 Samuel 26:15-16. And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. 2 Samuel 18:3. But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city. Esther 6:2. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus

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Can. 666 In the use of means of social communication, necessary discretion is to be observed and those things are to be avoided which are harmful to one’s vocation and dangerous to the chastity of a consecrated person."

TITLE II. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES (Cann. 607 - 709)

CODE OF CANON LAW

https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib2-cann607-709_en.html

Revelation 13:18

New International Version

18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.

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Revelation 13:18 Or is humanity’s number

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013%3A18&version=NIV

Nova music festival massacre

On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_music_festival_massacre

Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV

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416 Finally, those means that are proposed by our holy father Saint Ignatius in Part X of the Constitutions for the preservation and development not only of the body or exterior of the Society but also of its spirit, and for the attainment of the objective it seeks, which is to aid souls to reach their ultimate and supernatural end, [10] are to be observed eagerly and diligently by all, with a truly personal sense of responsibility for its increase and development, for the praise and service of our God and Lord Jesus Christ, and the help of souls.[11]

L. D. S.

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

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A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses (M☉)) in a late phase of stellar evolution. The outer atmosphere is inflated and tenuous, making the radius large and the surface temperature around 5,000 K [K] (4,700 °C; 8,500 °F) or lower.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. String theory describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

A chain reaction is a sequence of reactions where a reactive product or by-product causes additional reactions to take place. In a chain reaction, positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_reaction

2 Peter 3:10

1599 Geneva Bible

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2 Peter 3:10 A very short description of the least distinction of the world, but in such sort as nothing could be spoken more gravely.

2 Peter 3:10 With the violence as it were of a hissing storm.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203%3A10&version=GNV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe

Revelation 21:8

1599 Geneva Bible

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021%3A8&version=GNV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_reaction

2 Peter 3:10

1599 Geneva Bible

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2 Peter 3:10 A very short description of the least distinction of the world, but in such sort as nothing could be spoken more gravely.

2 Peter 3:10 With the violence as it were of a hissing storm.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203%3A10&version=GNV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe

Black hole cosmology is a theoretical framework suggesting our universe exists inside a massive black hole formed within a parent universe. In this model, the Big Bang was a "rebound" from collapsing matter, and the observable universe's horizon acts like an event horizon, preventing information from escaping.

Key Aspects of the Theory:

Schwarzschild Cosmology: The idea that our observable universe's radius is equivalent to the Schwarzschild radius (event horizon) of a black hole.

Fecund Universes: Coined by Lee Smolin, this hypothesis suggests new universes are born from the collapse of black holes.

Evidence and Arguments: Some researchers point to the similarity between the density of our universe and a black hole of this size. Others hypothesize that the Big Bang could have been a "rebound" (white hole) inside another universe.

Challenges: Many physicists argue this analogy is flawed because the universe lacks a clear central point of extreme gravity, and the acceleration of the universe's expansion is different from the gravitational pull of a black hole.

Alternative View: Some evidence from the James Webb Space Telescope has prompted further investigation, with some researchers analyzing galaxy rotation patterns to explore this idea, though it remains a speculative, minority view in cosmology.

Revelation 21:8

1599 Geneva Bible

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021%3A8&version=GNV

On Easter Sunday 2021, Warnock's Twitter account tweeted, "The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether you are a Christian or not, through a commitment to helping others we are able to save ourselves." Some conservative Christians and political commentators criticized the tweet, including Benjamin Watson, Allie Beth Stuckey, and Jenna Ellis, who called it "heretical". The tweet was deleted that afternoon, with a spokesperson for Warnock saying, "the tweet was posted by staff and was not approved" but declining to say whether it reflected Warnock's beliefs.[47][48]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Warnock

Pope FRANCIS[b] (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[c] 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis

Easter in 2030

Date: April 21, 2030

Day: Sunday

2030-2031 APPARITION CHARACTERISTICS

Another general rule for predicting oppositions of Mars is from the following: the planet has an approximate 15.8-year periodic opposition cycle, which consists of three or four Aphelic oppositions and three consecutive Perihelic oppositions. Perihelic oppositions are also called "favorable" because the Earth and Mars come closest to each other on those occasions. We sometimes refer to this as the seven Martian synodic periods. This cycle is repeated every 79 years (± 4 to 5 days) and, if one were to live long enough, one would see this cycle nearly replicated in approximately 284 years. The 2031 Mars apparition is considered Transitional (between Aphelic and Perihelic) because the orbital longitude at opposition will be 68.4° from the aphelion longitude of 70° Ls and 111.6° Ls from perihelion (250° Ls).

https://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2031_MARS.htm

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs). The aim of these global goals is "peace and prosperity for people and the planet"[1][2] – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxmHK64BpXuf3mi4WxIPdc2SAduIPVjaQS

Behold, Baby Netanyahu!

Dragnet - Season 3 - Episode 17 - The Big Little Jesus

Plot

Synopsis - The Big Little Jesus Season 3 Episode 17 12-24-53 Friday, Smith are small talking while Joe prepares his Christmas cards for mailing. They are working robbery when the phone rings, the Old Mission Church has had a theft, the baby Jesus statue was taken from the manger; gone. Friday, Smith are on the way to the church.

Hanukkah/Date (2029)

Evening of Sat, Dec 1, 2029 – Sun, Dec 9, 2029

The 1947 Jerusalem Riots were a series of riots which occurred following the vote in the UN General Assembly in favour of the 1947 UN Partition Plan on 2 December 1947.

The Arab League declared a three-day strike and public protest to begin on 2 December 1947, in protest at the vote. Arabs burned many buildings and shops. Violence continued for two more days, with a number of Jewish neighborhoods being attacked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_Jerusalem_riots

Pope Benedict XVI[a] (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger;[b] 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Following his resignation, he chose to be known as "pope emeritus", a title he held until his death on 31 December 2022.[1][2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI

Revelation 20:3

1599 Geneva Bible

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and he shut him up, and sealed the door upon him, that he should deceive the people [a]no more till the thousand years were fulfilled: for after that he must be loosed for [b]a little season.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2020%3A3&version=GNV

1000 days not a thousand years and 1000 days is 3 1/2 years and a season 3 months

AI Overview

Meteorological seasons are broken into four, three-month periods based on the annual temperature cycle and calendar months. In the Northern Hemisphere, these are:

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (.gov)

Spring: March, April, May

Summer: June, July, August

Fall (Autumn): September, October, November

Winter: December, January, February

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (.gov)

This system aligns with full-month data tracking.

Meteorological vs. Astronomical Seasons (Northern Hemisphere)

Spring: Starts March 1 (Meteorological) or around March 20 (Astronomical).

Summer: Starts June 1 (Meteorological) or around June 21 (Astronomical).

Fall: Starts September 1 (Meteorological) or around September 22 (Astronomical).

Winter: Starts December 1 (Meteorological) or around December 21 (Astronomical).

2030: The Year of the Metal Dog

In addition to being associated with a zodiac animal, each new lunar year also aligns with one of the five traditional Chinese elements. These elements are known in Chinese as the 五行 (wǔxíng).

https://studycli.org/chinese-zodiac/year-of-the-dog/

Pope Francis[b] (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio;[c] 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis

Easter in 2030

Date: April 21, 2030

Day: Sunday

2030-2031 APPARITION CHARACTERISTICS

https://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2031_MARS.htm

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals (abbr. SDGs).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals

Nova music festival massacre

On 7 October 2023, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian nationalist organization Hamas, initiated a sudden attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_music_festival_massacre

Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV

https://theskylive.com/roadster-info

L. D. S.

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

https://web.archive.org/web/20200211182223/https://jesuitas.lat/uploads/the-constitutions-of-the-society-of-jesus-and-their-complementary-norms/Constitutions%20and%20Norms%20SJ%20ingls.pdf

JFK | X Outlines a Massive Plot in Dallas | Warner Bros. Rewind

Warner Bros. Rewind

Mar 27, 2025 #KevinCostner #OliverStone #JFK

About JFK (Theatrical Release - December 20, 1991):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLalxTWJm4

A red giant is a luminous giant star of low or intermediate mass (roughly 0.3–8 solar masses (M☉)) in a late phase of stellar evolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant

Revelation 16:8

1599 Geneva Bible

8 [a]And the fourth Angel poured out his vial on the sun, and it was given to him to torment men with heat of fire,

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2016%3A8-10&version=GNV

In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_reaction

2 Peter 3:10

1599 Geneva Bible

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203%3A10&version=GNV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe

Revelation 21:8

1599 Geneva Bible

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2021%3A8&version=GNV

The Roman historian Phlegon is mentioned by Origen who describes a darkening of the sun in the eighteenth year of Tiberius on Nisan 14-Passover which would be 30 AD.

https://thecreationclub.com/historical-basis-for-believing-jesus-was-crucified-in-ad-30/

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be

changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the

trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we

shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

The challenge is to find:

- Any verse that explicitly divides the resurrection into several events.

- Any verse that explicitly states that the resurrection is tied to a seven

year tribulation period.

- Any verse that explicitly places the resurrection in, around, or at the

end of the seventieth week of Daniel.

- Any verse that places the resurrection anywhere other than at the last

trump preceding the return of Christ.

None of those hypothesis are possible with out the construction of

conjecture, by conjecture any proposition may be constructed. Pure

conjecture is not the proper way to interpret Bible prophecy.

The Rapture Will Be Cancelled

by Nicklas Arthur

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwvsMLXT7Z35KlbSdXw6x5EH0VLHPZsM/view?usp=sharing

"As a result of the vision of Fatima, Pope Pius XII ordered his Nazi army to crush Russia and the

Orthodox religion and make Russia Roman Catholic." A few years after he lost World war II,

Pope Pius XII startled the world with his phoney dancing sun vision to keep Fatima in the news.

It was great religious show biz and the world swallowed it.

https://www.remnantofgod.org/books/docs/How-the-Vatican-Created-Islam.pdf

Chesterfield & Fatima Cigarettes Dragnet

Anthony Brown

Dec 12, 2016

1951 Dragnet Commercial for Chesterfield and Fatima cigarettes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsc7_qh6_1o

"School Hard" is the third episode of the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the fifteenth episode in the series. Written by Joss Whedon with David Greenwalt, and directed by John T. Kretchmer, it was originally broadcast on September 29, 1997, on The WB network.

Synopsis

PARENTS IN THE NIGHT — When parent-teacher night is interrupted by uninvited guests, Buffy must protect her fellow students, the principal and her mother while keeping her secret. Meanwhile, Angel's old friends, Spike and Drusilla visit Sunnydale for The Night of Saint Vigeous — the holy night of attack.[1]

Summary

At Sunnydale High School, Buffy and Sheila Martini are meeting with Principal Snyder in his office. He assigns them the task of preparing the school lounge for parent-teacher night on Thursday, stating that whoever does the better job will avoid expulsion. He also hints that doing a good job will positively influence what he tells their parents. Sheila’s lack of concern only adds to Buffy’s stress, as she's already struggling to balance her Slayer duties with her social life. Later that evening, Joyce tells Buffy that if Snyder gives her a bad report, she won't be allowed to hang out with her friends.

That night, a vampire named Spike drives into Sunnydale, knocking down the city's welcome sign. Meanwhile, in the abandoned factory that now serves as their lair, the Anointed One has called together the remaining members of the Order of Aurelius. With the Master dead and no chance of resurrecting him, they discuss who will serve alongside the Anointed One. With the Night of Saint Vigeous approaching — when vampires are at the height of their power — they agree that whoever kills the Slayer will take the Master's place. As one vampire brags about his strength, Spike saunters in and effortlessly puts him in his place. He then offers to kill Buffy, revealing that he's already killed two Slayers. Moments later, Drusilla — Spike's eerie companion with psychic abilities and a twisted sense of reality — appears and cryptically speaks of Buffy's actions, urging Spike to kill her. Intrigued, the Anointed One agrees to give Spike the chance.

As the Scooby Gang make a banner for parent-teacher night, Giles and Jenny arrive to warn Buffy that Saturday will be the Night of Saint Vigeous. However, Buffy is unimpressed. Later that evening, she attempts to balance school and her social life by studying French at the Bronze with Xander and Willow. Spike watches her from a dark corner and sends a vampire outside to attack a girl. Buffy quickly responds, slaying the vampire while Spike observes from the shadows. Applauding her performance, he emerges from the darkness to compliment her fighting skills and warns that he intends to kill her on Saturday. Later that night, Spike encounters Sheila, who is captivated by his dangerous charm and eagerly follows him.

Later in the library, Giles does not recognize Spike based on Buffy’s description. Suddenly, Angel arrives and warns them that Spike is notoriously dangerous and won't stop until everything in his path is destroyed. He then leaves abruptly without saying goodbye. Giles later uncovers Spike's real name, William the Bloody, and learns that he's already killed two Slayers. His nickname, "Spike," comes from his reputation for torturing victims with railroad spikes.

Meanwhile, Spike and Drusilla settle into a room in the factory, where Drusilla begins unpacking her collection of dolls. Still weakened from an attack by an angry mob in Prague, she remains frail, and Spike hopes that being near the Hellmouth will help restore her strength. He urges her to feed on Sheila, who's bound and gagged in the corner. Drusilla warns Spike that the Anointed One and his followers don’t trust him, then sends him upstairs while she feeds on Sheila.

On Thursday night, the Scoobies prepare weapons in the library while Buffy makes snacks for parent-teacher night. Despite her efforts to keep her mother from interacting with any teachers, Joyce eventually crosses paths with Principal Snyder. After their conversation, a frustrated Joyce orders Buffy to the car — just as Spike and a group of vampires crash through the school windows. Spike tells Buffy he couldn’t wait, making it clear he's eager to face her sooner than Saturday. In the ensuing chaos, Buffy leads the adults to safety in the science classroom, while Xander, Giles, and Jenny barricade themselves inside the library. Willow and Cordelia hide in a utility closet, and Xander is sent to find Angel. Buffy instructs the adults to stay put as she climbs into the ceiling ducts to reach the library and retrieve her weapons.

Xander returns to the school with Angel, who pretends to be his former evil self. Although Spike initially greets Angel as an old friend, he soon sees through the deception, forcing Xander and Angel to flee. Outside, Xander criticizes Angel for not fully thinking the plan through, pointing out that Spike could have easily killed him. He then questions Angel about Spike calling him his sire.

Buffy and Spike finally face off in the hallway, and Buffy is almost defeated — until her mother appears and hits Spike over the head with the flat of a fire axe. Caught off guard, Spike falls to the ground and mutters "Women!" in frustration before fleeing through a nearby window. Joyce tells Buffy she's proud to have a daughter who knows how to take care of herself and others in a crisis, dismissing any concerns raised by Principal Snyder. Meanwhile, Snyder tells the police chief to blame the incident on a gang under the influence of PCP. When the chief wonders if people will believe it, Snyder asks if he'd rather tell the truth. In the closet, Cordelia and Willow are unaware the vampires are gone. As Cordelia prays for their rescue and vows to be a better person if saved, Willow looks on in disbelief.

Spike returns to the factory and tells Drusilla he has never encountered a Slayer with friends or family but promises he will kill Buffy. He then reluctantly approaches the Anointed One, who demands penance for ruining the Feast of St. Vigeous due to his impatience. Spike feigns submission but quickly seizes the Anointed One, locking him in a cage while knocking out a vampire who tries to intervene. As the others watch in shock, Spike raises the cage into the sunlight streaming through the factory's shutters, killing the Anointed One. After declaring that there will now be less ritual and more fun in Sunnydale, Spike leads Drusilla to their room to watch television.

Continuity

Spike's rather dramatic arrival in Sunnydale (running over the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign) is later recreated in "Lovers Walk"; the only difference is him being drunk. He makes the sign fall for one last time in "Chosen."

When Sheila asks Buffy if she really burnt down a building one time, Buffy replies, "Not exactly one time," referencing the events of The Origin, Part Three, and "Some Assembly Required."

Spike mentions killing a Slayer during the Boxer Rebellion, referring to Xin Rong, as seen in the episode "Fool for Love," when both times he killed a Slayer are shown.

This episode is the first appearance of Spike, who plays a significant role throughout this series and in the final season of Angel. The episode also marks the first appearance of Drusilla, who was also a recurring threat and influence in both series.

Drusilla and Spike being attacked by an angry mob in Prague, and her weakening is shown in the story "The Problem with Vampires."

The yo-yo Xander pulls out of Buffy's purse is the same one she was playing with in the beginning of "Some Assembly Required."

In this episode, Cordelia joins the other characters making stakes in the library without any specific backstory as to why she is there, marking her as a full Scooby for the first time.

This episode establishes that Spike killed two Slayers, an exception among vampires. Later, Drusilla will achieve this status by killing Kendra ("Becoming, Part One") and Marianne (Family Reunion, Part Four).

This is the first episode to reveal that Buffy's mother's name is Joyce Summers.

Joyce and Snyder meet for the first time in this episode, developing their mutual disdain into season 3.

Spike calls Angel his sire; in "Fool for Love," it's revealed that it was Drusilla who directly sired him, but Angel would become his mentor, as seen in "Destiny."

In this episode, Spike seems quite happy to see Angel, although they have had a very rocky relationship even when Angel had no soul. This animosity will remain through both the Buffy and Angel series.

Spike tells Buffy that the last Slayer he killed begged for her life. In the episode "Damage," the deranged Slayer Dana repeats Nikki's plea: "Please, I have to get home to my son Robin."

This episode establishes that Principal Snyder and the police are aware that there are supernatural happenings in Sunnydale. This foreshadows the development of Mayor Richard Wilkins as the Big Bad of season 3.

Spike complains about "a Slayer with family and friends." Buffy's rejection of the typical "lone wolf" style of slaying will come up frequently in the series, usually in the context of people questioning her competence ("Restless," "Checkpoint").

This episode marks the first time that a vampire, the Anointed One, is killed by immolation in sunlight, though it occurs off-screen. It will occur on-screen for the first time in "Becoming, Part One."

https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/School_Hard

Watchdog slams PA over claim of Israeli restrictions on Al-Aqsa for ‘Passover sacrifice’

"Claiming that Israel and Jews want to have a sacrifice on the Temple Mount ... is an outrageous libel and the worst terror incitement," Itamar Marcus told JNS.

Etgar Lefkovits

A view of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. Credit: Andrew Shiva via Wikimedia Commons.

(March 11, 2026 / JNS)

A Palestinian media watchdog reported Wednesday that official Palestinian Authority TV is “libeling” Israel by falsely claiming that Israeli wartime restrictions at Al-Aqsa mosque are intended to facilitate an extremist Jewish Passover sacrifice.

Israel’s across-the-board ban on public gatherings of more than 50 people out of security concerns went into effect following the outbreak of war in Iran on Feb. 28.

But an inflammatory report on Monday on official P.A. TV said that the limitations were geared to enable Jews to carry out a Passover sacrifice at the Jerusalem holy site, which has long been a tinderbox in the Middle East.

“The Jerusalem Governorate emphasized in a statement that what is being done [against Al-Aqsa] is not within the framework of temporary security measures as claimed by the occupation authorities, but rather constitutes part of a political and ideological process seeking to change the religious, historical and legal reality of the holy compound at the Temple Mount (Al-Haram Al-Qudsi Al-Sharif),” the TV presenter said in Arabic, according to a translation by Palestinian Media Watch.

“Exploiting the fact of the continued closure of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the gates of the Old City for ten consecutive days now, during the month of Ramadan, under the pretext of the security situation, extremist Temple organizations have launched awareness campaigns, with the aim of carrying out what is called the Passover sacrifice inside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque [i.e., the Temple Mount]. These campaigns include calls to sacrifice an animal on the Jewish Passover holiday inside Al-Aqsa Mosque this year … within the framework of unprecedented developments for the conquest of Jerusalem,” the reporter added. “This step is considered a dangerous escalation and an attempt to establish new facts on the ground at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

Itamar Marcus, founder and director of Palestinian Media Watch, told JNS on Wednesday, “Claiming that Israel and Jews want to have a sacrifice on the Temple Mount, which in their eyes is a desecration of the mosque, is an outrageous libel and the worst terror incitement.”

He added, “The Palestinians identify as religious Muslims much more than they identify as Palestinians and if they believe there is a desecration of the mosque, it will push many people who are potential terrorists to consider terror attacks.”

The Israeli High Court of Justice has long rejected petitions to carry out Passover sacrifices near the Temple Mount, citing a threat to security and the inflammation of religious tensions. Israeli police have also intervened to prevent a Jewish group from carrying out such practices.

https://www.jns.org/watchdog-slams-palestinian-tv-over-claim-of-israeli-wartime-restrictions-on-al-aqsa/

The Golden Child is a 1986 American dark fantasy action comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a Los Angeles social worker who is informed that he is "The Chosen One", and is destined to save "The Golden Child", a kidnapped Tibetan boy with mystical powers who is said to be the savior of all humankind. Alongside Murphy, the film's cast includes Charlotte Lewis and Charles Dance.

The Golden Child was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures[5] and grossed a total of $79,817,937 at the United States domestic box office.[1][6]

Plot

In a remote temple in Tibet, a young boy – the Golden Child – demonstrates his mystical powers to the monks of the temple by reviving a dead eastern rosella, which becomes a constant companion and familiar. A mysterious man, Sardo Numspa, has his men break into the temple, slaughter the monks, and abduct the boy.

A young woman, Kee Nang, watches a Los Angeles TV show in which independent social worker and private detective Chandler Jarrell talks about a missing girl named Cheryll Mosley. Kee informs him of the kidnapping of the Golden Child and that he is the "chosen one" who will save the Child. Chandler does not take this seriously, even after a bird begins following him and he sees an astral projection of the Child. The next day, Cheryll is found dead near an abandoned house smeared with Tibetan graffiti and a pot full of blood-soaked oatmeal. Kee reveals to Chandler that this house was a holding place for the Child and introduces him to Doctor Hong, a mystic expert, and Kala (a creature half dragon, half woman).

Chandler and Kee track down a motorcycle gang, the Yellow Dragons, which Cheryll had joined, and Chinese restaurant owner Tommy Tong, a henchman of Numspa, to whom Cheryll had been "sold" for her blood, a way to make the Child vulnerable to earthly harm. However, Tong is killed by Numspa as a potential traitor. Still not taking the case too seriously, Chandler is drawn by Numspa into a controlled dream. Numspa presents his demands: the Ajanti Dagger (a mystic weapon capable of killing the Child) in exchange for the boy. Chandler agrees to help, and he and Kee spend the night together.

Chandler and Kee travel to Tibet, where Chandler is swindled by an amulet seller, later revealed as the High Priest of the temple where the dagger is kept hidden (and, subsequently, Kee's father). To obtain the knife, Chandler has to pass a test: an obstacle course in a bottomless cavern whilst carrying a glass of water without spilling a drop. With luck and wits, he recovers the blade and brings it into the United States.

That night, Numspa and his henchmen attack Chandler and Kee. The Ajanti Dagger is lost to the villains, and Kee takes a crossbow bolt meant for Chandler, dying in his arms while confessing her love for him. Doctor Hong and Kala offer him hope: as long as the sun shines upon Kee, the Child might be able to save her. With the help of the Child's familiar, Chandler locates Numspa's hideout, retrieves the dagger with the help of Til, one of Numspa's men converted to good by the Child, and frees the boy. When Chandler confronts Numspa, he reveals himself as a winged demon. Chandler and the Child escape, only to be trapped inside a warehouse. Chandler loses the dagger when the warehouse collapses.

Chandler and the Child head to Doctor Hong's shop, where Kee is being kept. Numspa attacks Chandler, but the amulet the Old Man sold Chandler protects him, then blasts the dagger from Numspa's hand. The Child uses his magic to place the dagger back into Chandler's hands, and Chandler stabs Numspa, destroying him. The Child then uses the last rays of sunlight and his powers to bring Kee back from the dead. The three later take a walk discussing the Child's return to Tibet.

Cast

Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell

Charles Dance as Sardo Numspa

Charlotte Lewis as Kee Nang

Victor Wong as Old Goupa

J. L. Reate as The Golden Child

Randall "Tex" Cobb as Til

James Hong as Dr. Hong

Shakti Chen as Kala

Tau Logo as Yu

Tiger Chung Lee as Khan

Pons Maar as Fu

Peter Kwong as Tommy Tong

Wally Taylor as Detective Boggs

Eric Douglas as Yellow Dragon

Charles Levin as TV Host

Marilyn Schreffler as the voice of Kala

Frank Welker as the voice of the Thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Child

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In Freemasonry, the color green is indeed associated with fertility and nature. It symbolizes rebirth, immortality, and the eternal renewal of life, reflecting the Masonic ideals of growth and hope. The acacia, or Masonic evergreen, is particularly noted for its association with moral life and rebirth, further emphasizing the significance of green in Masonic symbolism.

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We are faced with an extremely complex symbol, that of the lion. It is complex because, in view of the present bare state of the stone, we cannot be content with a single explanation. The Wise have given various titles to the lion, either to express the aspect of the substances they were processing or to emphasize a special and preponderant aspect of them. In the emblem of the Griffin (eighth motif), we saw that the lion, king of the earthly beasts, represented the fixed, basic part of a compound, which, when in contact with opposing volatility, lost the better part of itself. That is to say it lost the part which characterized its form, or, in hieroglyphic language, its head. This time we have to study the animal by itself and we do not know in what colour it was originally painted. Generally the lion is the sign of gold, both alchemical and natural. It thus represents the physico-chemical properties of these substances. But the texts give the same name to the matter which is receptive of the universal spirit, the secret fire, during processing of the solvent. In both these cases it represents power, incorruptability and perfection, these being further indicated clearly enough by the warrior with drawn sword, the mail-clad knight, displaying the king of the alchemical bestiary (pl. XV).

The first magnetic agent which is used to prepare the solventdesignated, by some, Alkahest-is called the green Lion, not so much because it is green in colour as because it has not yet acquired those mineral characteristics, which in chemistry distinguish the adult state from the nascent one. It is a green and sour fruit, compared with the red, ripe fruit. It is metallic youth on which Evolution has not yet worked, but which contains the latent germ of real energy, which will be called upon to develop later. It is arsenic and lead in respect of silver and gold. It is present imperfection from which the great future perfection will emerge; the rudiment of our embryo, the embryo of our stone, the stone of our Elixir. Certain Adepts, Basil Valentine among them, have called it green vitriol, in order to reveal its hot, burning and salty nature. Others have called it the Philosophers' Emerald, the Dew of May, the Herb of Saturn, the Vegetable Stone, etc. 'Our water takes the name of the leaves of all the trees, of the trees themselves, and of everything green in colour, in order to mislead the foolish,' says Master Arnold of Villanova.

As for the Red Lion, according to the Philosophers it is nothing more than the same matter, or'the Green Lion, brought by certain processes to this special quality which characterizes hermetic gold or the Red Lion. This has led Basil Valentine to give the following advice: 'Dissolve and nourish the real lion with the blood of the green lion, since the fixed blood of the red Lion is made from the volatile blood of the green one, which makes them both of the same nature.'

Fulcanelli

Mystery of the Cathedrals

http://www.mtanthony13.org/library/Fulcanelli%20-%20The%20Mystery%20of%20the%20Cathedrals.pdf

The Six Pointed Star

By, Dr. O.J. Graham

The Six-Pointed Star is going into its fourth edition. There have been thousands of letters over the years and comments are available upon request. The questions which are asked of this author are:

What made you even remotely curious that the six-pointed star might not be "Jewish"? After all, it is called the "Star of David" and has it not become the international insignia of Jewishness and the State of Israel?

The controversy and the challenge are answered in the book. The quest began at York University, Ontario, Canada, when an Orthodox Jewish friend of mine was investigating Messianic Judaism. Our intellectual conversation covered many topics which included the so-called Star of David, which he said he did not use as the symbol G-d really gave the children of Israel was the seven-branched Menorah. Being a journalist, he challenged me to explore the six-pointed star. And I accepted the challenge, with the plan that I would prove its Jewishness. After all, I wore one and felt I had to defend it, even to him.

That was the summer of 1979 and the research took me four years to complete. I found a few Jews who knew it was not Jewish, and these are mentioned in the book. Others did not think about it, and most did not care whether it was orignially occult or not - they did not think it mattered. I checked Jewish sources and all their encyclopaedias attested that it was not originally Jewish and was not used as the symbol for any of the twelve tribes of Israel. Jewish sources said it wasn't originally Jewish. So, what was it? That took four years of research. From archive to archive, library to library...history book to history book.

The first mention of the star was in Amos 5:26 regarding the trek from Egypt to Canaan. Then in 922 B.C., when Solomon married the daughter of Pharoah and went into magic and witchcraft and built an altar to Ashtoroth and Moloch. The book traces the six pointed star from Egypt to Solomon, to Arab Magic and Witchcraft, to Druid use(references are documented). The book traces the star through Freemasonry usage to Mayer Amschel Bauer, who, in the 17th century, changed his name to depict the red six-pointed star (or shield) which he had hung on his door in Germany, and thus began the family of "Red Shield" or Rothschild. The research carried on through this family, to their court of arms, to Cabala, to Astrology, to Hitler and his putting a yellow six-pointed star on all Jews during the holocaust, to the Zionist symbol, and finally to the flag of the State of Israel and beyond.

Because this symbol is comprised of a six within a six within a six (6 points, 6 triangles, 6 sides of the hexagon in the middle) the research also included a look at the 666 prophecies in the Book of Daniel etc., regarding the "wilful King" (anti-Christ) and the "mark of the beast". The Scriptural significance of the number seven and a Biblical description of the real Messiah and the seven-branched Candlestick (Menorah) which God gave to the children of Israel as an everlasting covenant (which is also mentioned in the New Testament) is covered. All the sources are written at the bottom of each page making it easy for readers to see and check for themselves.

I started out to defend this symbol, but ended up shocked and quite devasted with the evidence gleaned from the academic research. It is the only book on the origin and history of the six-pointed star or hexagram. Have a good read, check the references yourself, and I would be happy to hear your comments. All the best to you

The Six Pointed Star, by Dr. O.J. GrahamAugust 16, 1999

Dr. O.J. Graham

Vrai@netcom.ca

https://freemasonrywatch.org/sixpointedstar.html

The Farnese Cup or Tazza Farnese is a 2nd-century BC cameo hardstone carving bowl or cup made in Hellenistic Egypt of four-layered sardonyx agate. It is at the Naples National Archaeological Museum.[1] It is about 20 cm (8 in) wide and similar in form to a Greek phiale or Roman patera, with no foot.[2][3] It features relief carvings on both its exterior and interior surfaces.[2][3]

There is no surviving evidence regarding when and why the piece was made, though there is consensus among scholars that it was created in Alexandria, due to the blending of Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Greek or Roman iconography found in its relief carvings. This provides a range of time wherein it may have been created, spanning from approximately 300 BC to 20 BC.[2][4]

The underside has a large Gorgon's head occupying most of the area, probably intended to ward off evil. The upper side has a scene with several figures that has long puzzled scholars. It seems clearly an allegory containing several divine figures and perhaps personifications, but corresponds to no other known representation and has been interpreted in several different ways.

History

The origin of the Tazza Farnese is unknown, leaving archaeologists and art historians to theorize a date and purpose for its creation. While its size and the material used are usually considered, theories of origin are mainly arrived at via individual analysis of the iconography of the piece, and therefore vary from one analysis to the next.[2][3][4]

Many archaeologists and art historians attribute the Tazza to the Hellenistic Period, asserting that its blending of Greek and Egyptian cultural symbols, as well as the funds necessary to commission such a large gemstone cameo, tie it to the Ptolemaic court.[4] Though not a widely held view, more recent analyses of the piece have assigned it a later date in the Augustan Period.[2][3]

After Octavian's conquest of Egypt in 31 BC, the Farnese Cup was possibly acquired by the Treasury of Rome; according to some, it was only made after the Romans took Egypt. It seems it was later taken to Byzantium, then back west after this city was sacked in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade. By 1239 it was in the court of Frederick II,[5] from which it then reached the Persian court of Herat or possibly Samarkand, where a contemporary drawing documents it;[6] thence it found its way to the court of Alfonso of Aragon in Naples, where Angelo Poliziano saw it in 1458. Lorenzo the Magnificent finally purchased the famous "scutella di calcedonio" in Rome, in 1471. From there it came into the possession of the Farnese family through Margaret of Austria and thus into the Naples National Archaeological Museum[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnese_Cup

In Revelation 17:3-5 the apostle John describes a vision, which Rev. J. R. Church in Guardians of the Grail believes is fulfilled in the Grail legend. The Whore of Babylon is holding in her hand a golden cup full of blasphemy. Church believes the cup is the blasphemous Holy Grail Another element of the Grail legend is the spear supposed to have pierced the side of Jesus, also known as the Spear of Longinus or the Spear of Destiny. Whoever possesses this spear, so the legend goes, will rule the world. The Merovingians, whose descendants are the Habsburg pretenders to the Austrian throne today, are in possession of the spear. It is on display in the Habsburg museum in Vienna, Austria~ No one, however, knows the location of the Holy Grail. At least no one is telling. Although heretical, this secret society should not be discounted, for it is alive and well today. In fact, in 1956, an Order calling itself the Prieure de Sion, or Priory of Sion, registered itself publicly for the first time with the French government. (Sion is French for Zion.) It is from this Order that the legend of the Holy Grail originated five centuries after Christ's death. Rev. Church remarks of this organization: This mysterious group is presently made up of over 9,000 men, including Protestants, Roman Catholics, Jews, and Moslems. The members of this secret sect should be considered unfaithful to their respective beliefs, for in reality they are neither Christian nor Catholic, they are neither Jew nor Moslem. Their doctrine sidesteps the basic tenets of those beliefs and replaces them with the teachings of their greatest prophet - whom they believe to be Buddha.2 From this secret order J. R. Church believes will come the Anti-Christ, for he writes, "Their ultimate goal is world government!'

Scarlet and the Beast

by John Daniel

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zCd0nFuvnM4OYWuVW5QUBCpsTfBv5bYx/view?usp=sharing

Giulia Farnese (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒuːlja farˈneːze, -eːse]; 1474 – 23 March 1524) was an Italian noblewoman, a mistress to Pope Alexander VI, and the sister of Pope Paul III.[2] Known as Giulia la Bella (Italian for 'Julia the Beautiful'), she was a member of the noble Farnese family, who were prominent leaders in the Italian regions of Parma and Piacenza.[2] After marrying into the noble Orsini family in the Papal States, Farnese soon acquainted herself with, and initiated an affair with, the Spanish Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_Farnese

Francis Borgia SJ (Valencian: Francesc de Borja; Spanish: Francisco de Borja; 28 October 1510 – 30 September 1572) was a Spanish Jesuit priest. The great-grandson of both Pope Alexander VI and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, he was Duke of Gandía and a grandee of Spain. After the death of his wife, Borgia renounced his titles and became a priest in the Society of Jesus, later serving as its third superior general.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Borgia

Borja (Borgia)

Spanish: habitational name from a place in Zaragoza province named from Arabic burj ‘tower’. See also Borgia .

https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=borja

Pope Paul V (Latin: Paulus PP. V; Italian: Paolo V) (17 September 1550[5] – 28 January 1621), born Camillo Borghese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 16 May 1605 to his death, in January 1621.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_V

Facade of St Peter's

"Paul V Borghese, Roman, Pontiff, in 1612, the seventh of his pontificate, [built] in honour of the Prince of Apostles

On February 10, 1608 the first stone of the Facade was laid and on July 21, 1612 most of the work was completed. It took another two years for the ornamentation, and the basilica was finally consecrated by Urban VIII on November 18, 1926.

From the central balcony, called the Loggia of the Blessings, the new pope is announced with "Habemus Papum", and gives the Urbi et Orbi blessing (to the city and to the world) upon his election and at Christmas and Easter. The relief under the balcony, by Buonvicino, represents Christ giving the keys to St. Peter. The facade is 114.69 metres (376.3 ft) wide and 45.55 metres (149.4 ft) high and is built of travertine.

Above the basic structure is an attic, with eight square windows decorated with small pilasters, surmounted by a balustrade and 13 statues in travertine. The statues on the balustrade represent Christ the Redeemer (19 feet high), St. John the Baptist and 11 Apostles. St. Mathias is included because he is associated with the other "Eleven" in bearing witness to Christ's Resurrection. St Peter is not included because his statue is below in the Square.

When Carlo Maderno started to build the facade, he was bound to the already existing Michelangelo's wings. He just put the attic all around the building, as planned by Michelangelo. That creation looks mighty and dynamic along the west side of the Basilica but is disharmonious in the facade. For this reason, at the far sides of the facade, Maderno planned two bell towers which lightened and soared the building. In 1621, at the death of Paul V, the ground subsided and the building of the two bell towers had to be stopped.

In 1646, Bernini tried to erect the bell towers again, but had to demolish the left-hand side bell tower because of cracks in the facade. Only the bases of the bell towers remain, two archways at the sides of the facade that seem to form part of it while they should have been separated. This was remedied in 1790 by the installation of two clocks designed by Giuseppe Valadier.

The eight gigantic columns of the facade are almost 10ft wide and 90 feet high.

The restoration of the facade and the 13 statues, begun in April 1985, was concluded on November 30, 1986. The original copper cross (1613) in the arms of the statue of the Redeemer, which was replaced by a new one during the work, was given to the Knights of Columbus in recognition of their support for the restoration.

Sources:

Dom Basil Watkins, OSB (ed.), The Book of Saints, 2002

A. Sperandino, Works On The Facade of St Peter's Basilica, 1989

https://www.stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Facade/Facade.htm

Borgo (sometimes called also I Borghi) is the 14th rione (administrative district) of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIV and is included within Municipio I.

Its coat of arms shows a lion (after the name "Leonine City", which was also given to the district), lying in front of three mounts and a star. These – together with a lion rampant – are also part of the coat of arms of Pope Sixtus V, who annexed Borgo as the 14th rione of Rome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgo_(rione_of_Rome)

Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House

Kim Luciani

USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET

Key Points AI-assisted summary

President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_renunciation

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation 13:3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako

The Best of Both Worlds

Episode aired Jun 16, 1990

TV-PG

45m

Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708785/

The Borg Queen was the name of the entity that existed within and served as the queen of the Borg Collective. An ancient being, the Queen has existed for many hundreds of years. (Star Trek: First Contact; PIC: "Surrender") In the event of her body's destruction, she would appear to be reincarnated with her personality and memories intact. (Star Trek: First Contact; VOY: "Dark Frontier", "Unimatrix Zero", "Unimatrix Zero, Part II", "Endgame")

Two decades after suffering catastrophic defeat at the hands of Admiral Janeway, the Borg Queen collaborated with a rogue faction of Changelings to rebuild her collective and take revenge upon the Federation. Her final scheme was thwarted by her old enemy, Jean-Luc Picard, and she was killed once and for all by the USS Enterprise-D, bringing an end to the threat of the Borg. (PIC: "Võx", "The Last Generation")

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_Queen

Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally (née Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is an Anglican bishop and former nurse who has served as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury since 28 January 2026. As archbishop, she is the leader of the Church of England and ceremonial head of the Anglican Communion. By virtue of her office she is also a lord spiritual, one of the 26 Church of England bishops who sit in the House of Lords of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Born in Woking, Surrey, Mullally received clinical training in nursing from St Thomas' Hospital. She practised nursing primarily in South London, where she also began her study for ministry in the Church of England. In 1999 she became chief nursing officer and director of patient experience for the English National Health Service. She left these roles in 2004 to pursue full-time ministry. For her service in nursing, Mullally was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005.

Mullally was ordained a priest in 2002 and began her ministry in the diocese of Southwark. She served in various London churches, and in 2012 became a canon of Salisbury Cathedral. In 2015, she was consecrated as bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop in the diocese of Exeter, and in 2018 translated to the diocese of London, becoming the first female bishop of London.

Early life and education

Sarah Elisabeth Bowser was born in Woking, Surrey, on 26 March 1962,[1] and has two sisters and one brother.[2] She was educated at Winston Churchill Comprehensive School and then at Woking Sixth Form College.[3]

While studying for A-levels she decided to become a nurse rather than a doctor because she wanted to apply a holistic approach to patient care.[4] Her choice of career was also motivated by her Christian faith, which she has held since the age of 16.[4] In 1980, she began reading for a nursing degree at South Bank Polytechnic,[5] with clinical placements at St Thomas' Hospital, and was awarded joint Registered General Nurse (RGN) status and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1984.[1] In 1992, she completed a Master of Science (MSc) degree in inter-professional health and welfare studies at London South Bank University.[1]

Nursing career

Mullally held clinical nursing posts at St Thomas' Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital.[6] She held several nursing leadership roles, firstly at the former Westminster Hospital (where she was a ward sister and head of practice development) and then as director of nursing at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.[2] In 1999, she was appointed as chief nursing officer and director of patient experience for England: she was the youngest person to hold these positions.[7] She was a non-executive director of the English Board of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.[8][9]

In the 2005 New Year Honours, Mullally was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition for her contribution to nursing and midwifery.[10] Mullally served as an independent governor for London South Bank University between 2005 and 2015, where she became vice-chairperson of the board of governors and chairwoman of the policy and resources committee.[11] She was a non-executive director of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust from 2005 to 2012,[4][12] and held a non-executive role at Salisbury NHS Foundation between 2012 and 2016.[13] Mullally became a lay member of the council of King's College London in 2016.[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Mullally

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.[b]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales_(born_2015)

"Killer Queen" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Queen

The De Beers Group is a South African–British corporation that specializes in the diamond industry, including mining, exploration, retail, inscription, grading, trading and industrial diamond manufacturing.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers

The first member of the family who was known to use the name "Rothschild" was Isaak Elchanan Rothschild, born in 1577. The name is derived from the German zum rothen Schild (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "at the red shield", in reference to the house where the family lived for many generations (in those days, houses were designated not by numbers, but by signs displaying different symbols or colours). A red shield can still be seen at the centre of the Rothschild coat of arms. The family's ascent to international prominence began in 1744, with the birth of Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the son of Amschel Moses Rothschild (born circa 1710),[13] a money changer who had traded with the Prince of Hesse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

A scutum was typically red in color, as red was the color of the Roman god of war, Mars. It was decorated with an iconic image such as a winged eagle to represent victory and lightning bolts, the scuta (plural for scutum) provided essential protection and were a vital reason for the military successes of ancient Rome.

https://www.unrv.com/military/scutum.php

John Hyrcanus (/hɜːrˈkeɪnəs/; Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוס, romanized: Yoḥānān Hurqanos; Koine Greek: Ἰωάννης Ὑρκανός, romanized: Iōánnēs Hurkanós) a Jewish high priest and ruler of Judea from the Hasmonean dynasty (born 164 BCE, reigned from 134 BCE until he died in 104 BCE).

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Hyrcanus sought for good relations with the surrounding Gentile powers, especially the growing Roman Republic. Two decrees were passed in the Roman Senate that established a treaty of friendship with Judea.[24]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hyrcanus

The name Sean is the Irish form of John, which comes from the Hebrew name Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן), meaning "God is gracious."

Sion is a name used in Wales and in other nations.

Johann (Hans) (1526-75) was the eldest of six children born to the reformer Martin Luther and his wife Katharina (who also reared four orphans).

https://ghdi.ghi-dc.org/sub_document.cfm?document_id=3716#:~:text=Johann%20(Hans)%20(1526%2D,a%20profession%20of%20the%20law.

Welsh name

Siôn (Welsh pronunciation: [ʃoːn]) or Sion is a Welsh form of the Anglo-Norman Jean,[1] pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name Seán.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion_(name)

The Order – A Brief History

https://eohsjeastern.org/a-brief-history/

The equus publicus (literally "horse bought by the commonwealth") was an honourable status in ancient Rome, granting its holder a military horse paid for by the state, along with the cost of its fodder for its whole life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equus_publicus

Horses: the extent to which they can be possessed in our houses [575, 576]; the extent to which they can be used on missions [574, 625]

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

And it is also a historical fact that the Assassins were prepared to adopt Christianity if they could gain greater power thereby (Christianity, that is, on the surface, just as the Knights Templar had done)]. Hammer points to the similarities of the two organizations. The followers of Hasan Ibn Sabah were in contact with the Templars, and had a similar method of organization. They were in existence before the Templars were formed: “The Ismailians ([or] Assassins) was the original, and [folks] the Order of the Templars, [was] the copy.”

The Templars and the Assassins (aired March 2nd, 1993)

https://viefag.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/transcripts-of-william-cooper-s-mystery-babylon-series.pdf

The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

TRANSLATED FROM

THE AUTOGRAPH

FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.

I.H.S.

NEW YORK

P.J. KENEDY & SONS

PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE

The word Ormus contained within its spelling the history of Sion. Its symbol was shaped like a

capital M. Within the frame of the M were four letters - OR and US - which together with the M spell "Ormus." These letters combine a number of other key words and symbols important to Sion. "Ours means 'bear' in French. Ursus, or echo in Latin, suggested, as subsequently became apparent, Dagobert II and the Merovingian dynasty. Orme is French for 'elm.' Or, of course, is 'gold.'

Scarlet and the Beast

by John Daniel

https://ia803001.us.archive.org/28/items/ScarletAndTheBeastJohnDaniel1995/Scarlet%20and%20the%20Beast,%20John%20Daniel%20(1995).pdf

Ormsby County was a county in Nevada Territory from 1861 to 1864 and in the State of Nevada from 1864 until 1969. It contained Carson City, the county seat, and later, the state capital, founded two years earlier.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormsby_County,_Nevada

Our Nevada Judges, Inc.

May 24, 2025

District Court Judge John Schlegelmilch, conviction on jury verdict of man for false imprisonment, upheld on appeal. Court of Appeals cites "invited error doctrine", defendant induced error by proffering improper statements during opening statements.

https://ournevadajudges.com/judges/john-paul-schlegelmilch/cases?state=%7B%22show%22:%2254741-89230.pdf%22%7D

Rewatch: Surprise Part 2

Re-Vamped with Juliet Landau

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Juliet, Scooby Dru and Sire Rebecca continue to delve into the themes of Surprise, one of the trio’s favorite episodes. Listen for never heard behind-the-scenes stories, poignant moments and fascinating facts from the set of Surprise. Of course, Scooby Dru also supplies plenty of mischief and serenades! Submissions are open for “The Battle of The Uber Buffy Fans 2” - the ultimate trivia contest! The “Missing Scene That Could Have Been in “Surprise” showcases Drusilla and none other than Judge Judy! (Rewatch: Surprise S2 Ep 13 Part 2)

Editor: Patrick Sheffield

Composer: Tim Steemson or as Dru calls him, “Little Lamb Timmy.”

Artwork: Girlpire

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"Q Who" is the 16th episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. The episode first aired in broadcast syndication on May 5, 1989. It was written by executive producer Maurice Hurley and directed by Rob Bowman. "Q Who" marked the first appearance of the Borg, who were designed by Hurley and originally intended to appear in the first season episode "The Neutral Zone".

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D. In this episode, the almost-omnipotent entity known as "Q" (John de Lancie) arrives on the Enterprise and decides that Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) is ignorant and overconfident. Q then sends the ship across the galaxy where the crew make first contact with the cybernetically enhanced assimilating race known as the Borg. After first trying to make peace and then trying to destroy the Borg ship, and failing at both, Picard is forced to beg for Q's help.

Costume designs were created by Dorinda Wood, while Michael Westmore developed the prosthetics worn on the actor's heads. The designs were reminiscent of creations of H. R. Giger and the character Lord Dread from the television series Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. The episode went over budget and nearly required additional filming time. "Q Who" was watched by 10.3 million viewers. The critical reception has been positive, with the episode described as the first "great episode" of the series.[1] It was nominated for three Emmy Awards, winning two.

Plot

On his way back to his quarters, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) steps off a turbolift and instead of finding himself in a corridor onboard the Enterprise, ends up on board a shuttlecraft with Q (John de Lancie) at the controls. Picard demands to be returned to the Enterprise; Q calls him "an impossibly stubborn human" and refuses to take him back until he agrees to at least hear Q's requests. Q then transports them to Ten Forward, where Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg), who recognizes him, warns Picard not to trust him. Q reveals that he wants to join the crew to assist them as they push further into unexplored regions of the galaxy, asserting they are not ready for the threats they will encounter. Picard chooses to make their own way into the unknown, and rejects Q's offer. Irritated by Picard's arrogance, Q sends the Enterprise thousands of light years across the galaxy, then disappears. Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) reports that the nearest starbase is over two years away at maximum warp. A fearful Guinan warns Picard to set course for home immediately, but Picard is curious to explore.

The crew discover a nearby planet that shows signs of a previous civilization but has been stripped of all industrial and mechanical elements, similar to destruction found several months ago at Federation outposts bordering the Romulan Neutral Zone. Moments later, they detect and are then met by a large, cube-shaped vessel which does not answer their hails. Guinan warns Picard that the ship belongs to the Borg, a powerful, cyborg-like race that nearly wiped out her people, scattering the survivors across the galaxy, and again urges Picard to leave immediately or face certain destruction. Though Picard orders the Enterprise's shields raised, a single, speechless Borg transports into Engineering and begins to probe the Enterprise's computer systems. Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) initially attempts to incapacitate the intruder with his phaser set on stun, which has no effect. Worf is forced to use the kill setting in order to neutralize the Borg. Immediately afterwards, a second Borg appears and continues probing the computer, now proving to be completely immune to phaser fire. Completing its mission, it strips several components from the dead Borg, then transports itself and the dead Borg away. The Borg ship contacts the Enterprise and demands their surrender. The Borg then immobilizes the Enterprise with a tractor beam, disables the shields, and uses a cutting beam to slice into the saucer section to remove a cross-section of the ship, killing eighteen people.

Picard orders return fire, and the Enterprise apparently disables the Borg ship. Against Guinan's advice, Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) takes an away team to the immense Borg cube where they find mostly dormant Borg drones and a Borg nursery. Data discovers that the Borg ship is regenerating and repairing the damage made by the Enterprise. The away team is beamed directly to the bridge, and Picard orders that they depart at Warp 8. The Borg ship suddenly reactivates and begins pursuit, gaining on the Enterprise. Picard attempts to outrun the Borg by ordering Lt. Commander La Forge (LeVar Burton) to engage maximum warp, but the Borg are able to keep up. Q appears on the bridge and warns Picard that the Borg will never stop chasing them, and cannot be defeated. Picard attempts to fight back against the Borg to no avail, and finally admits he needs Q's help. Q obliges, safely returning the Enterprise to its last position in Federation space. Picard, though thankful for Q's lesson, blames Q for the deaths of his crew. Q disappears, but not before reminding them again of their ill-preparedness. Guinan warns Picard that now that the Borg are aware of the Federation's presence, they will be coming. Picard reflects that perhaps Q did the right thing for the wrong reasons by bringing forward their encounter with the Borg, as it has informed the Federation what lies ahead of them as they continue to explore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_Who

Borg Nursery

tjwparso

Apr 20, 2021

Star Trek The Next Generation s02e16 Q Who

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YjseMjCQo

Throughout history, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem has been subject to entry restrictions on the basis of religious affiliation. These restrictions have varied depending on the time period and the authority in power. Like the rest of the Holy Land, the site holds great significance in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, among other Abrahamic religions.

Under the Ottoman Empire, there was an absolute ban on non-Muslim entry to the Temple Mount before the Tanzimat, which was a period of liberal reformation that began in 1839 and continued until 1876. Following the Tanzimat, non-Muslims were allowed to enter the site as long as they requested a special permit from the Ottoman authorities. Under the British Mandate for Palestine, the British government was prohibited by the League of Nations from interfering with the Ottoman-era "Status Quo" and the Jordanian Hashemite custodianship continued to exercise administrative control over Christian and Muslim sites throughout Jerusalem, with non-Muslim access to the Temple Mount still requiring special permission.

During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Jerusalem was divided, with Israel capturing West Jerusalem and Jordan capturing East Jerusalem, including the Old City. Under Jordan, the present-day Jerusalem Islamic Waqf was established and non-Muslim access to the Temple Mount remained limited; Jews and Israelis (incl. Muslims with Israeli citizenship) were banned from entering the site entirely. During the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, Israel captured all of Jerusalem, but kept the Jordan-based Jerusalem Islamic Waqf in power of affairs concerning the Christian and Islamic sites there.

At present, Israel and Jordan continue to have administrative responsibility over the Temple Mount, with the Israeli government controlling entry and the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf managing what is known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque.[1][2] Jews and Christians are generally restricted from entering for extended periods and may only visit the site as tourists, as the Status Quo only permits Muslim prayer on the Temple Mount; Jewish entry restrictions are also dependent on the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, which holds the position that entering the site for prayer or worship goes against Judaic law. However, Israel also frequently prohibits Palestinian Muslims under the age of 55 from entering the site, which, according to Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti, makes more than 95% of the Palestinian populace ineligible.[3] Due to widespread tension stemming from entry restrictions and religious activities, clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians are common at the Temple Mount, including at Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, among other sites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount_entry_restrictions

There is an underground fertility lodge and infant nursery under Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount in Jerusalem and is there is going to be an Avatar of the leadership of Cardinal Louis Sako from Baghdad the future Peter Romanus elected Pope at the Vatican, a false flag event is to occur that assassinates this Avatar, Wailing Wall is to be attacked first and then Kaaba and then Church of Holy Sepulcher and finally Al-Aqsa Mosque

The 1979 Kaaba attack, also known as the Grand Mosque seizure, was a significant event in Islamic history, where armed militants took control of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, leading to a violent two-week siege.

Overview of the Attack

Date and Duration: The attack began on November 20, 1979, and lasted until December 4, 1979.

When Attalus, the Pontiff and King of Pergamos, died in 133BC, he bequested the Headship of the "Babylonian Priesthood" to Rome. William B. Barker in his book "Lares and Penates cracks open the codeword Pergamos as used by St. John in Revelation 2:13. He writes: "The Chaldean Magi enjoyed a long period of prosperity at Babylon. A pontiff appointed by the sovereign ruled over a college of seventy-two hierophants.... [just as the popes have 70 Cardinals] the defeated Chaldeans fled to Asia Minor, and fixed their central college at Pergamos, and too the Palladium of Babylon, the CUBIC stone [believed to represent Cybele or Kybele, the mother goddess] with them. Here, independent of state control, they carried on the rites of their religion, and plotted against the peace of the Persian Empire, caballing with the Greeks for that purpose."

Thus we see that the Chaldeans continued to wield political and religious influence, injecting thier presence into the next world empire. When the city was later given to Rome (Rome acquired the city of Pergamos by decree of Attalus III, bequething his kingdom to the Roman Caesar), the priesthood of Pergamos moved to the new power center on the Italian peninsula."

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"Kingdom of God or Masterpiece of Satan?-The Secret Doctrine"

Codeword Barbelon book One

by P.D. Stuart

– Chapter One –

Vatican Moves on Temple Mount

Within two months of the end of Camp David the Palestinian Authority

birthed the second intifada – a terrorist war on Israel, but giving Israel a

continual bloody nose did not yield the desired result. Israel soundly

defeated the second intifada moving the Palestinians back to square one.

Present Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has now implemented a

different tactic: to get the UN to step in and impose a solution on Israel.

US Secretary of State John Kerry restarted negotiations in July of 2013

bringing Israeli and Palestinian negotiators together in Washington to

restart formal negotiations after a more than three year void. A nine month

deadline was set which ended April 31st 2014.

How did the talks go? What was being worked out behind the scenes?

No one is talking, at least not to the press. US Secretary of State John

Kerry clarified at the outset of the talks which he labored so intensively to

restart that he would be the only one authorized to speak on their progress.

"The negotiations", he said, "would only succeed if held far from the

bright camera lights." Only if the negotiators were not required to report

to their own domestic audience after each meeting did the talks have any

chance of succeeding. Therefore, Kerry said, he would be the only one

discussing the progress. But he never revealed much beyond platitudes

about the need for peace and the courage of both Prime Minister Binyamin

Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in

deciding to reengage. The talks failed to meet their deadline.

Just weeks after the last round of the U.S. sponsored peace negotiations

faltered, Pope Francis embraced the divided Middle East leaders to

preside over Christian, Jewish and Muslim prayers at the Vatican in a bid

to revive the collapsed peace talks. The Associated Press reported:

Vatican officials have insisted Pope Francis has no political agenda by

inviting the two leaders to pray at his home other than to rekindle a

desire for peace among the two parties.

However, the meeting could have significance on the ground beyond

mere symbolism.

The meeting will also cement Francis' reputation as a leader unhindered

by diplomatic and theological protocol who is willing to go out on a

limb for the sake of peace.

John Kerry had made a previous January pit stop in Rome to discuss

the peace process between Israel and Palestine, this would indicate he

knew the talks were not going well. With Pope Francis' visit to the Holy

Land in May and subsequent invitation of the parties to the Vatican, the

United States had hoped the Pope as a key ally could push both sides back

to the negotiating table. The Vatican Prayer Summit seems to have gone

very well. Time will tell.

Over the course of the last decade the State of Israel has been

subsidizing nonprofit organizations that advocate the building of a New

Temple atop Jerusalem’s holiest site: the Temple Mount. The Israel

Education and the Culture Ministries have transferred substantial amounts

of funding to the non-governmental organization known as The Temple

Institute. Should this be an indication to the Palestinian Authority that it

needs to make certain major concessions to get what it wants? Perhaps the

trump card Abbas will need to play is to grant access to the Temple Mount

for Jews, a partition to allow Israel to build a Temple on the Temple

Mount. Until the Palestinian Authority plays this card, Israel may move

no further.

Add to the mix the present Israel-Vatican negotiations over the Holy

Basin and this is the move that the whole world is waiting for, peace

between the three great Abrahamic faiths, sealed by equal access to the

Holy Basin and the most holy site of all, the Temple Mount. The term

“Holy Basin” refers to the area of the Temple Mount, the Mount of Olives,

Mount Zion and a variety of Christian holy sites which the administration

of former U.S. President Bill Clinton recommended be administered under

a special regime. Pope Francis, upon celebrating his first Christmas as the

Vatican State leader, prayed for a "favorable outcome" to the peace

process between the parties, and called for dialogue to end the conflicts.

Though John Kerry is still not talking we can observe the parties as they

jockey for position.

In recognition of Bible Prophecy, the belief that we are on the verge of

the Mark of the Beast One World Money System, we can also anticipate

the Temple Mount play about to begin. I will expose in this book the

fallacy of the counter-reformation futurist scheme of prophecy as a

completely unbiblical interpretation. However most of the Evangelical

and nominal Christian world has totally bought into this view through

Seminary/Ministry indoctrination and Corporate Christian Media

exposure, and not because of sound biblical interpretation.

Some may even regard as conspiratorial, the mainstream re-release of

the Left Behind Movie with Actor Nicholas Cage portraying the main

character as an attempt to further reinforce in the minds of all, this

perception of biblical prophecy in order to condition the masses for the

play about to begin. Because they see the world stage shaping to fulfill

what they have been led to believe is sound interpretation, a "Left Behind

Rapture” scenario, this false view of prophecy is reinforced in the mind of

not only its adherents, but also includes those who have been merely

exposed to the specific media through popular movies such as Left Behind

and the fictional book series.

Is it possible that false prophecy can be fulfilled? The rapture theories

have always been in dispute: pre-trib, mid-trib, post-trib disputes have

risen up in exclusively evangelical circles of recent history, so that when

"true believers" don't suddenly disappear this element will easily go by the

wayside when all see a New Jewish Temple begin to be built. Will this be

a part of the great delusion that will come upon the whole earth? It seems

that this great prophetic delusion has already overcome practically the

entire American Evangelical and Christian World!

Let me quote the late Jewish Israeli Researcher and Author, Joel

Bainerman from his article:

The Vatican Agenda: How Does The Vatican View The Legitimacy of

Israel's Claims To Jerusalem?

...The institution of "The Vatican" is not understood by Israelis and

Jews. The conventional wisdom you get from the spokespersons in

Israeli government ministries and the conventional Israeli media is

"both sides have great intentions to do good" and that's about it. When

it comes to Israel's bi-lateral affairs, nothing much gets investigated by

the Israeli media. Thus a secret deal could be done between the Vatican

and the State of Israel and nobody in Israel would ever find out about it.

In fact, that is exactly what happened.

What Does The Vatican Want?

It can't be that the Vatican is only interested in "access to their Holy

Sites" in Jerusalem. They already have that as well as legal jurisdiction

under Israeli law for their institutions and assets in Jerusalem... It is

something else, which the Vatican wants... to have certain versions of

events be played out for them to stand in front of mankind and

proclaim: our Messiah has returned." Of course, to the Jews, this

Messiah will be as false as the first one was supposed to be. Don't

matter. This is the goal of the Vatican and this is what all Israelis need

to worry about.

The Vatican/Roman Catholic's version of events is this:

They know this isn't the end of the story that the Jewish G-d had in

mind, but that doesn't mean they won't try and engineer their own

ending to the story. So what if it is fraudulent. Doesn't matter, that is

their game plan and that is what matters and that is what Israeli Jews

need to be better informed about. It is important for everyone to know

what The Vatican has up its sleeve because it directly relates to our

existence and our future destiny as an independent nation. This, a very

powerful force is scheming to get control of the Old City of Jerusalem

so you better know why and how the Vatican intends to do this...

First, you have to realize that for centuries The Vatican has attempted to

obtain control of Jerusalem, which started with the Crusades. For them

to convince the world that the Messiah they put on the world's stage is

going to be accepted as genuine, they need to perform this play in the

Old City. The story of this production is that this "Messiah" will merge

the three monotheistic religions, usher in peace and harmony in the

world, and solve the Middle East conflict. The location for this

"production" will be in none other than the Old City of Jerusalem.

This so-called "Messiah" that will be proclaimed, will be a false one

and it will insist that by having a "world government" (i.e., the United

Nations) the world peace and harmony will be ushered in. This will be

a lie, and a fraud, but never mind. In our world, reality isn't important.

Public perceptions are. The end result is the stripping of Israel's

sovereignty as an independent nation giving way to a "regional bloc of

nations" in the Middle East. Israel will be pressured to accede to these

demands by all world bodies and the superpowers on the claim that

"this is the only way to solve the Middle East conflict). In order to the

Jews to go along they will convince them that with the "Messiah"

having appeared for the Jews, it is time to start rebuilding the Third

Temple - what they call "Solomon's Temple". This version of events is

widely available through a simple search on the Internet as there are

many Christian groups and organizations (the majority of which who

are very pro-Israel) who don’t buy into these beliefs and thus are

against them. I didn’t come up with the theory - I am just bringing it to

the attention of the Israeli public.

Make no mistake about it. The Old City of Jerusalem, as well as most

of the eastern half of the city, is what The Vatican is after. Why?

Because controlling the entire Old City of Jerusalem (and not just

Church properties) and being able to build whatever they want on

Mount Zion is critical for the program they have planned to put into

play in our capital city. The deal that it has signed with Israel via Yossi

Beilin and Shimon Peres (in secret and without the approval of the

Knesset) gives The Church not only extraterritorial status to their

properties (which is what the bi-lateral agreement the Israeli

government signed with the Vatican on December 30th, 1993, put in

law) but of control over the entire city as "custodians" under UN

presence. In this way the Jews will give up control over the Old City.

To the Vatican the Israeli people would have a problem with. To the

UN, they would say, "we had no choice".

www.redmoonrising.com/chamish/vaticanagenda.htm

Evangelicals today are waiting with bated breath for a New Jewish

Temple to be built and a Priest-Temple Sacrifice system to be resumed.

They seem to have no problem with this wrong sacrifice for sin (according

to the Gospel) taking place, but reserve the title, Abomination of

Desolation for the “Left Behind” Anti Christ character moving into the

Temple and proclaiming himself to be God. Something similar to this

may or may not happen.

Entertain if you will the idea that there are powerful forces at work in

this world with the motivation to take advantage of this very compelling

and popular, but specious view of prophecy, a juxtaposed seventieth week

of Daniel, or we could call it The Seven Year Tribulation Deception. At

the time for the building of a Jewish Temple a figure will arise who fits the

bill of the Anti-Christ of the popular pseudo prophecy. This Anti-Christ

character will follow the popular view close enough to be accepted by the

adherents of this Futurist/Left Behind Rapture orientation to be

misidentified as the True Anti-Christ, while at the same time through

popular media manipulation he will be accepted by the world as a

Peacemaker when he makes a mid-east peace deal which includes the

building of the New Temple.

To follow the script, three to four years into this Treaty the deal will

begin to unravel and have to be abandoned. Perhaps a conflict will arise

out of opposition to the Third Temple. The deal will be broken! Islam

will most likely at some point balk so any deal with their leadership to

allow it is doomed from the start. The Vatican cannot allow it to be

completed because any sacrifice other than their bloodless sacrifice of

trans-substantiation is unacceptable. Only Orthodox Jewry desire a Third

Temple as true believers. Evangelical adherents are true believers with a

different motivation, which is to bring about events that will precipitate

the return of Christ, however they are unwitting participants in the design

of the counter-reformation eschatology that they hold so dear, false

prophecy.

We can only speculate that these events will likely be accompanied by a

major multilateral military conflict or threat in the mid-east, and the world

will cry for peace as would be expected. Then will step onto the scene the

True Anti-Christ bringing peace to that conflict. Because he fulfills the

false prophecy and vanquishes the first treaty breaking Pseudo Anti-Christ

he will be accepted as the fulfillment of the popular prophecies of the

return of Christ proclaiming that he is The Vicar Of Christ, His

Replacement on Earth and the true meaning and fulfillment of Bible

Prophecy. He may propose the building of a Synagogue for the Jews and

a Cathedral to represent Universal Christianity which will accompany

Islam's Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, thus uniting the Three

Great Abrahamic Religions as one, bringing peace to the region and the

entire world.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew

great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall

deceive the very elect. (Mat 24:24)

The fulfillment of this false prophecy will delude the entire world and

even the Elect, if it were possible. True Bible Believers will suddenly be

the majority dissenters and will be demonized for all the ills that have

plagued the world and precipitated the former crisis; eventually Social

Justice will require that they be eliminated for the good of the whole. This

has happened before, it was called The Inquisition, and The Bible tells us

that it will happen again. Past Inquisitions have lasted extended periods of

time, so the coming crusades may even go on for decades. How

comforting the thought of relegating tribulation to a mere seven or three

and a half year period which may even then be escaped by a “pre- or midtribulation

rapture” based entirely upon a the seven year tribulation

deception. How many hundreds of millions of bible believing martyrs

would have benefited from a rapture type escape?

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the

image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would

not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all,

both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in

their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell,

save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his

name. (Rev 13:15-17)

The Bible tells us about the mark of the beast which will be necessary

so “that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark.” Receiving

this mark will be the test of whether you are or are not a part of the New

World Social-Economic Order. True Bible Believers will need to discern

exactly who or what this beast is and what is or does this mark represent.

For that we must turn to The Bible and true prophecy. If you are a True

Bible Believer you will not just dismiss the things that I am exposing here

without due investigation. If Daniel's seventieth week is truly past then

every prophecy that is based on this seven year period being future is

tenuous at best. I challenge all to find that gap between the sixty-ninth

and seventieth week for themselves - it is not there - so don’t feel bad if

you cannot find it, even Chuck Missler will not take up the challenge to

Show Me The Gap. This revelation changes everything prophetic. Be not

deceived.

Jerusalem Corpus Separatum

...Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the

Gentiles be fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)

Corpus Separatum (Latin for "separated body") is a term used to

describe the Jerusalem area in the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan

for Palestine. According to the plan the city would be placed under

international regime, conferring it a special status due to its shared

religious importance. The Corpus Separatum was one of the main

issues of the Lausanne Conference of 1949, besides the other borders

between Israel and Palestine and the question of the right of return of

the Palestinian refugees. The plan was adopted by the General

Assembly with a two-thirds majority, although its implementation

failed and the view that Jerusalem should be the capital of both Israel

and Palestine internationally is widely supported now. (wikipedia)

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Israel Resource Review, The Vatican's Jerusalem Agenda. Did

Shimon Peres make a deal with the Vatican?

Consider the evidence:

On Sept. 10, '93, just three days before the signing of the Declaration

of Principles in Washington, the Italian news magazine La Stampa

reported that part of the peace deal was an unwritten understanding that

the Vatican would receive political authority over the Old City of

Jerusalem by the end of the millennium. The newspaper reported that

Shimon Peres had promised the Pope to hand over the holy sites of

Jerusalem the previous May and that Arafat had accepted the

agreement.

In March '94, the Israeli newsmagazine Shishi published an

interview with Mark Halter, a French intellectual and close friend of

Shimon Peres. He said he delivered a letter from Peres to the Pope the

previous May, within which Peres offered the Vatican hegemony over

the Old City of Jerusalem. The article detailed Peres's offer which

essentially turned Jerusalem into an international city overseen by the

Holy See.

In March '95, the radio station Arutz Sheva announced that it had

seen a cable sent by the Israeli Embassy in Rome to the Foreign

Ministry in Jerusalem outlining the handover of the Old City of

Jerusalem to the Vatican. Two days later Haaretz published the cable on

its front page. The Foreign Ministry explained that the cable was

genuine but someone had whited out the word "not." ie We will not

transfer authority to the Vatican. Incredibly, numerous Bnei Brak rabbis

who had canceled Passover meetings with Peres over the issue of the

cable accepted the explanation and re-invited him to their homes.

The Foreign Ministry's Legal Affairs Spokesperson, Esther Samilag,

publicly complained about "various capitulations" to the Vatican. She

was immediately transferred to a post at the Israeli Embassy in

Katmandu, Nepal.

MK Avraham Shapira announced in the Knesset that he had

information that all Vatican property in Jerusalem was to become tax

exempt and that large tracts of real estate on Mount Zion were given to

the pope in perpetuity.

Jerusalem's late Deputy Mayor Shmuel Meir announced that he had

received "information that properties promised to the Vatican would be

granted extra-territorial status."

Beilin was forced to answer the accusations. He admitted, "Included in

the Vatican Agreement is the issue of papal properties in Israel that will

be resolved by a committee of experts that has already been formed." If

so, this committee has not since released any proof of its existence.

With all this in mind, how do we interpret the Vatican's current position

on Jerusalem?

The following report, circulated by MSANews may shed some light on

that:

Vatican City, Jun 14, 1997 (VIS) - Archbishop Renato Martino,

apostolic nuncio and Holy See permanent observer to the United

Nations, spoke June 9 on the status of Jerusalem at the New York

headquarters of the Path to Peace Foundation. The archbishop

addressed members of this foundation as well as U.S. members of the

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. He began by

briefly summarizing the "well-known and long-standing position of the

Holy See with regard to Jerusalem. He stated that Jerusalem "for us, of

course, along with the rest of the Holy Land, is that special link

between heaven and earth, that place where God walked and ultimately

died among men. And of course we recognize that others revere

Jerusalem as the city of David and the prophets and the city known to

Mohammed.... It is a spiritual treasure for all of humanity, and it is a

city of two peoples, Arabs and Jews, and of the three monotheistic

religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam."

Archbishop Martino added that "in recent years it has been

increasingly difficult to break through the political and media-imposed

stranglehold on the question of Jerusalem." he recounted Jerusalem's

recent history, recalling in particular the UN's General Assembly

Resolution 181 of 1947 calling for Jerusalem to be considered a 'corpus

separatum' under the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations," a

resolution which Israel accepted. He pointed out that, in addressing the

gridlock which has resulted from the 1967 Israeli occupation of East

Jerusalem, "the Holy See has therefore advocated the granting to

Jerusalem of an 'internationally guaranteed special statute. That is the

phrase used by Pope John Paul II in his 1984 Apostolic Letter

'Redemption is Anno'."

This statute "asks that regardless of how the problem of sovereignty

is resolved and who is called to exercise it, there should be a supranational

and international entity endowed with means adequate to

insure the preservation of the special characteristics of the City, its Holy

Places, the freedom to visit them, its religious and ethnic communities,

a guarantee of their essential liberties, and its city plan'."

The apostolic nuncio recalled the establishment of diplomatic

relations between the Holy See and Israel in 1993, when both signed

the 'Fundamental Agreement." He noted Article 4 of this agreement

where "both the Holy See and Israel affirm their continuing

commitment to the 'Status quo' in the Christian Holy Places."

He also spoke of the problems sparked by Israel's recent

authorization of "a project for the construction of settlements in

occupied territory in East Jerusalem" for which "there was wide-spread

international condemnation." This issue, he reminded those present,

was brought before the UN Security Council on March 7 and March 21

of this year, but without resolution "because the sole country on the

Security Council which opposed the Resolution was the United States."

An Emergency Session of the General Assembly, "organized only

nine other times in the history of the United Nations" was held on April

24-25. The Holy See delegation was contacted and asked for

suggestions for a Resolution, Archbishop Martino said. And he

recounted the meetings, rough drafts of proposals and negotiations

which followed.

The approved texts of the eventual Resolution, he underlined,

contained "those points championed by the Holy See.... The General

Assembly has here called for 'internationally guaranteed provisions' -

the equivalent of the 'internationally guaranteed special status' called

for by Pope John Paul II. This is particularly noteworthy because in

this case, the Arab delegations all voted for this Resolution and

therefore for this provision."

"The Holy Places within Jerusalem," concluded Archbishop Martino,

"are not merely museum relics to be opened and closed by the

dominant political authority, no matter who that might be at any given

moment. They are living shrines precious to the hearts and faith of

believers." DELSS/STATUS JERUSALEM/UN:MARTINO VIS

970616 (640)

Could that supra-national entity which will oversee the international

city of Jerusalem be the Vatican just as Peres promised? And how do

we react to Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert's recent announcement that

he will begin negotiations with the Vatican, but "only over holy sites?"

(used by permission of the author, Barry Chamish,)

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Even after Israel pushed it's aggressor enemies beyond Jerusalem's

boundaries in 1968, Israel remained compliant to the U.N.

recommendation by allowing the Islamic Waqf to maintain control over

the Temple Mount. I can think of no other reason why Israel did not move

in and destroy the Dome of the Rock and other Islamic edifices to take

possession of the Temple Mount other than “the times of the Gentiles”

prophetically spoken of by Jesus has not yet been fulfilled. The Daniel

chapter two Mystery Babylon Image still stands.

For the most part the world refuses to recognize Israel's sovereignty

over Jerusalem even though the United States Congress in 1995

overwhelmingly passed the "Jerusalem Embassy Act" stating that

"Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of Israel and the United

States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem no later than

May 31, 1999." The provocative nature of this issue continues to prevent

the actual move to this day. The facts on the ground ultimately prove that

even the United States denies Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem until this

very day.

Jerusalem Old City Initiative

The Jerusalem Old City Initiative, was bolstered by the implementation

of the Oslo Peace Accord and is a fruit of the peace process and inter faith

dialogue. The 2005 formation of The Council of the Religious Institutions

of the Holy Land with Muslims, Jews, Catholics and Christians in its

governing body has in their statement of faith the declaration of a one

world type of religion which contends that all faiths lead to the same god.

Statement of faith:

As religious leaders of different faiths, who share the conviction in the

one Creator, Lord of the Universe; we believe that the essence of

religion is to worship G-d and respect the life and dignity of all human

beings, regardless of religion, nationality and gender.

– Chapter Two –

The Rapture Will Be Canceled

Well not really canceled, perhaps we’ll just have to postpone it a couple

of times before it's called off altogether! The starting point for our little

examination will be a present day building of a Jewish Temple on the

Temple Mount, and unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you know that

millions of dollars worth of preparation have already been made toward

this end. When it begins you may want to lay down all of your

presupposition, because I’m sure of one thing, that there will be plenty of

surprises for all concerned.

However this starting point will need something bigger than money, it

will need a treaty of some sort, because Jerusalem with the Old City has

been declared an “International City” and that means it belongs to the

Nations. Jesus said, “…and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the

Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.” (Luke 21:24) And

that word ‘Gentiles’ is the same word that may be translated ‘Nations’

from the original Greek, so he could have said, “until the times of the

Nations be fulfilled” because in context it actually means “nations other

than Israel”. I believe this is a reference to the same event described at the

end of Daniel Chapter Two where the Mystery Babylon Image is

obliterated at Messiah's Appearing.

The rebuilding of the Jewish Temple and re-institution of the Priest

Temple Sacrifice System have been foretold numerous times through the

Old Testament. But, every instance of this prophecy has been followed by

its fulfillment with the Rebuilt Temple after the Babylonian Captivity and

the seventy years Desolation even though it was not built completely to

the specifications of the book of Ezekiel, (I believe it will never be built to

those specifications until after Jesus returns). Does this mean there will

not be another attempt to build the Jewish Temple and restore the Priest

Temple Sacrifice System before the Messiah returns?

It is very likely that there will be an attempt to build a Third Jewish

Temple, but it may or may not be completed, because the Bible does not

have one prophecy of the rebuilding of this Temple that was given after

the actual Second Temple was completed as chronicled at Ezra chapter six,

(which was later refurbished and expanded by Herod). The omission of

such prophecy and specific language detailing a Third Temple may lead us

to safely conclude that such prophecies have been completely fulfilled and

any attempt to build another Temple in this era may or may not reach

fruition.

When an agreement or treaty does arise which includes the building of a

New Temple, for many in the Christian and Evangelical World this will be

the starting shot for what they believe to be a Seven Year Tribulation

Period which is based upon a non-literal interpretation of the Daniel

Seventy Weeks prophecy. The Daniel text simply does not support this

supposition because it is based solely upon conjecture. Taken literally the

events of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks were allotted a four hundred and ninety

year time period within which to be fulfilled and history shows that it has

been completely fulfilled. More about this later.

Nevertheless it is more than likely that a Third Temple will commence

to be built to the end of restoring the Priest Temple Sacrifice System. And

when this happens all of the Rapture enthusiasts will become very excited.

But their enthusiasm will be shortly tempered when they do not begin to

fly away. All of the Pre-Tribulation Rapturists will suddenly join the Mid-

Tribulation Rapture camp and hunker down for another three and a half

years.

The Politician who is assigned to bring this Treaty or Agreement will be

identified by the adherents of the Left Behind/Seven Year Tribulation

scheme of Eschatology as the Anti-Christ character commensurate with

those fictional books. They will not be disappointed in the fact that any

treaty will be broken and it is unlikely that the Temple Sacrifice System

will even be instituted. Whether the Sacrifice actually begins or not, just

the end of the agreement will be enough to qualify as “putting an end to

the sacrifice” as required by the script.

The script calls for this to happen in the middle of the Pseudo

Seventieth Week and will be followed as close as possible so that when the

first three and a half years pass the Rapture adherents will once again be

ready to be raptured into the air to meet Jesus and the dead in Christ! But

they will be disappointed once again requiring a last grasp to the Post-

Tribulation Rapture position. Of course this last three and a half years will

pass in desperate anticipation by those who have now been disappointed

twice. Surely this final wait will be absolutely secure in its expectation

because in the minds of those indoctrinated in the Left Behind-Seven Year

Tribulation Deception there is no other position to move to.

By the end of this Counterfeit Seventieth Week enough of the attributes

of the Fictional Series will be accomplished to satisfy its true believers.

The Puppet False Anti-Christ who makes and or breaks the treaty will be

deposed or worse. This will also be the final blow to the Rapture and for

its adherents, the death of hope for a resurrection event that precedes the

grave. The New World Social-Economic Order with its main features:

Social Justice, Charity in Truth, Financial and Religious Equality (Social-

Commu-Facism) will be introduced to a world that has been thoroughly

conditioned for the event by a team of New World Leaders.

These leaders, with the True Anti-Christ who will assuage their

disappointment by proclaiming, “I Am the Vicar of Christ, the true

fulfillment of the prophecy and now begins a Millennial Reign. an

Evolution to a New World Social-Economic Order of Peace.” A Jubilee

will be proclaimed, National Debts will be forgiven to kick off the New

Fair and Equal Monetary System. The Three Great Mono-Theistic

Religions will be united in peace. It will be like heaven on earth! The

requirement of forced peace, like Pax Romana will tell the tale, as the

Messiah warned, “the violent take it by force.” No one will ever be forced

into the true Kingdom of God, this would violate the very principle of the

Gospel of the Kingdom which requires voluntary repentance. This is why

Social-Commu-Facism is an abomination to God.

All of the Ecumenical Evangelical Religious leaders will affirm to their

congregations, “that there has always been a debate about the Rapture...

Pre – Mid – Post – Tribulation, so that we should not be disappointed

because what is sure is the gospel that we have learned for the last hundred

years. Don’t you know, we get to go to heaven when we die?” And all the

people will exclaim, “Oh Yea! We get to go to heaven when we die!”

However this too is a subtle deception because Jesus never said, “Repent

for you get to go to heaven when you die.” Rather He did warn of bad

preachers who would “shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye

neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.”

Mat 23:13

Jesus' Gospel was different, He said, …Repent: for the kingdom of

heaven is at hand. (Mat 4:17) and the Bible clearly teaches that we go to

the resurrection when we die only if we are already in His Kingdom for

He also proclaimed , …he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall

be saved. (Mat 24:13) Nowhere does the Bible teach that the Resurrection

is preceded by a seven year tribulation period. Neither does it teach that

the resurrection follows Daniels seventieth week. When you see the

Temple begin to be rebuilt it may actually initiate a seven year countdown

to the overt reign of the True Anti-Christ and the beginning of the New

World Social-Economic Order with its companion Mark of the Beast

Monetary System. Please do not be so quick to dismiss the almost

unbelievable, but very carefully crafted great delusion exposed here.

How are we respond to these things? We should continue to walk in the

Spirit and be led by the Spirit, our Creator calls His Elect to obey to His

commandments, allow His Holy Spirit to bring forth the fruit of

repentance in your life, “the good works which God has before ordained

that we might walk in them.” If you cannot obey Him now, how do you

think He will lead you when the time is critical? Learn to trust and obey

Him now and you will be able to hear and obey Him through this Global

Great Depression, coming world conflicts and Mark of the Beast

Inquisition. Cross the Border into His Kingdom, obey the King and live

forever, nothing is more important!

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the

kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither

suffer ye them that are entering to go in. (Mat 23:13)

Rapture Origins

I never could understand the Secret Rapture Doctrine, how does that

work? Millions of people disappear from the earth, and nobody

notices? What is that, a Doctor Who episode?

Unfortunately, we are not talking about a Doctor Who episode. The

reason it is a secret is because God did not put it in His Word! This fact

alone I find very troubling. But God first revealed it to a Church of

Scotland minister, named Edward Irving, who was the first to preach the

“rapture gospel” about 1830. One of his church members, Margaret

MacDonald consequently had a vision from which the pre-tribulation

rapture sprang. This “secret rapture” was promoted by Irving claiming he,

too, had heard a “voice” from heaven commanding him to teach it. Some

modern researchers submit that Irving’s speculations of the “...rapture

were influenced by the Spanish Jesuit Priest Lacunza, whose book Irving

had translated in 1827 under the title, The coming of the Messiah in Glory

and Majesty.”

Today Rapture Eschatology is a purely Protestant and Evangelical held

doctrine. Official Catholic doctrine holds any one who believes in a

literal-physical return of Christ and a thousand year reign to be heretics

according to Mark Mallet the Modern Catholic Evangelist and Prophet.

So the question arises; Why are Protestants using a Latin word like rapture

instead of English or at least the Greek from which our Protestant Bibles

are translated? Perhaps the speculation which has scrutinized Irving’s

work as springing from the influence of the Jesuit Priest Lacunza should

be seriously considered. Especially in light of the fact that the highly

debated three raptures are anchored upon a false interpretation of Daniels

70th week and the counter-reformation end-time Anti-Christ eschatology

of another Jesuit Priest, 16th century Francisco Ribera.

My conclusion? Rapture is a Latin cult word. I believe in the

Resurrection. That God did not put the rapture in His Word can only be

explained by the fact that He allegedly kept it a secret until He revealed it

to Mr. Irving about 1830. What this means is that God gave him a private

interpretation! I think the bible adequately addresses the subject of private

interpretation:

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that

ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day

dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: (20) Knowing this first, that

no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. (21) For the

prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God

spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2Peter 1:19-21

There are very few verses that directly address the Resurrection in

detail. You will notice that none of them incorporate time lapsed phases

into the event nor is it anywhere said to precede, divide or follow a seven

year tribulation period. Neither is it ever related to Daniel’s seventieth

week.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them

which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which

sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the

word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of

the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself

shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,

and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we

which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the

clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-

18)

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be

changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the

trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we

shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

The challenge is to find:

- Any verse that explicitly divides the resurrection into several events.

- Any verse that explicitly states that the resurrection is tied to a seven

year tribulation period.

- Any verse that explicitly places the resurrection in, around, or at the

end of the seventieth week of Daniel.

- Any verse that places the resurrection anywhere other than at the last

trump preceding the return of Christ.

None of those hypothesis are possible with out the construction of

conjecture, by conjecture any proposition may be constructed. Pure

conjecture is not the proper way to interpret Bible prophecy.

The Rapture Will Be Cancelled

by Nicklas Arthur

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwvsMLXT7Z35KlbSdXw6x5EH0VLHPZsM/view?usp=sharing

The Knights Templar

From A Brief Historical Description by Professor Sir John Baker QC LLD FBA

Master of the Bench

After losing the Holy Land in the 1290s, the order of the Temple fell into a decline. The knights were dubiously accused of improprieties, and in 1312 their order was dissolved. Although the pope granted their estates to the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, King Edward II seized the New Temple as forfeit to the Crown. Nevertheless, the consecrated portion was conceded to the Hospitallers, and the remainder was sold to them later.

https://www.innertemple.org.uk/who-we-are/history/the-inner-temple-history/the-knights-templar/

....

Hyrcanus sought for good relations with the surrounding Gentile powers, especially the growing Roman Republic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hyrcanus

By the time of the success of the First Crusade in 1099, the Hospital of St John was already well known among pilgrims and was regarded as a separate organization from the monastery of St Mary. The monastic brothers at the hospital saw it as their duty to provide the best possible treatment to the poor. They were given an endowment by Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade, before he died in 1100.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller

The Priory of Sion is an initiatory Order of chivalry, founded on July 15 1099 in Jerusalem, by Godfrey of Bouillon, at the Abbey "Our Lady of Mount Sion" as "Order of our Lady of Mount Sion."

http://www.prieure-de-sion.com/

The name Sean is the Irish form of John, which comes from the Hebrew name Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן), meaning "God is gracious."

Welsh name

Siôn (Welsh pronunciation: [ʃoːn]) or Sion is a Welsh form of the Anglo-Norman Jean,[1] pronounced in English similarly to the Irish name Seán.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sion_(name)

Johann (Hans) (1526-75) was the eldest of six children born to the reformer Martin Luther and his wife Katharina (who also reared four orphans).

https://ghdi.ghi-dc.org/sub_document.cfm?document_id=3716#:~:text=Johann%20(Hans)%20(1526%2D,a%20profession%20of%20the%20law.

The Counter-Reformation (Latin: Contrareformatio), also sometimes called the Catholic Revival,[1] was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to or from similar insights as, the Protestant Reformations at the time. It was a comprehensive effort arising from the decrees of the Council of Trent.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Reformation

A portrait of Martin Luther in 1526 by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Her father sent five-year-old von Bora to a Benedictine convent in Brehna in 1504 to be educated, according to a letter Laurentius Zoch sent to Martin Luther in 1531.[10] At the age of nine, she was moved to Nimbschen Abbey, Cistercian community named Marienthron ('Mary's Throne') near Grimma, where her maternal aunt was a nun.[11] Von Bora's presence is in the financial accounts of 1509/10.[12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_von_Bora

The Cistercian Order

Main article: Cistercians

In 1075 Robert de Molesme, a Benedictine monk from Cluny Abbey, had obtained the permission of Pope Gregory VII to found a monastery at Molesme in Burgundy. At Molesme, Robert tried to restore monastery practice to the simple and severe character of the original Rule of Saint Benedict, called "Strict Observance".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluniac_Reforms

Finally, the Constitutions train us all for perfection, instructing us in the weapons to be used in combatting our three fierce and raging adversaries. They teach us how to counter the lust of the flesh with chastity, the lust of the eyes with poverty, and the pride of life with obedience. I shall say nothing of our observance of chastity (in which we should imitate the purity of the angels so far as our frailty allows), or of our OBSERVANCE of poverty (which is so STRICT that neither churches nor professed houses may acquire any rents, lands, or even perpetual endowments).

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

SECTION 9A. PARTICIPATION IN LOTTERIES PROHIBITED5

ø1. Prohibition against participation in lotteries¿

(e) The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to the STRICT en

forcement of this section and the prevention of evasions thereof.

ø12 U.S.C. 339¿

FEDERAL RESERVE ACT1

[Chapter 6 of the 62nd Congress; Approved Dec. 23rd, 1913; 38

Stat. 251]

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-270/pdf/COMPS-270.pdf

English Masonry wanted the Zionists out of Russia in order to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine, while French Grand Orient Masonry desired to keep the Zionists within

Russia. Russian Jews, although covertly manipulated by both Gentile Freemasonries, played a significant role in the two Russian Revolutions of 1917. Even the wealthy Rothschilds and Warburgs were pawns in the hands of the Priory of Sion and the Gentile Templars. Jews were used, then abused as scapegoats. Freemasonry went unscathed.

Indeed, the Russian Revolution, the secret conflict it provoked between English and French

Freemasonry, and the financial competition it generated between the Rothschilds and the Warburgs, was, and still is, only a manifestation of the thousand-year-old struggle between the Priory of Sion and the Knights Templar.

Scarlet and the Beast

by John Daniel

https://ia803001.us.archive.org/28/items/ScarletAndTheBeastJohnDaniel1995/Scarlet%20and%20the%20Beast,%20John%20Daniel%20(1995).pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller

The Order – A Brief History

The origins of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem date back to the First Crusade, when its leader, Godfrey de Bouillon, liberated Jerusalem. As part of his operations to organize the religious, military and public bodies of the territories newly freed from Muslim control, he founded the Order of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre. According to accounts of the Crusades, in 1103 the first King of Jerusalem, Baldwin I, assumed the leadership of this canonical order, and reserved the right for himself and his successors, as agents of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, to appoint Knights to it, should the Patriarch be absent or unable to do so.

https://eohsjeastern.org/a-brief-history/

The equites (/ˈɛkwɪtiːz/; lit. 'horse' or 'cavalrymen', though sometimes referred to as "knights" in English) constituted the second of the property/social-based classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the senatorial class. A member of the equestrian order was known as an eques (Latin: [ˈɛ.kʷɛs]).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equites

Horses: the extent to which they can be possessed in our houses [575, 576]; the extent to which they can be used on missions [574, 625]

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

The Knights had unofficially been in operation since 1114. At that earlier date they were known

as milice du Christ, soldiers of Christ. In March, 1117, King Baudoum I, who owed his throne to the Order of Sion, took the constitution of the Knights Templar to the Order of Sion for approval.

The Order of the Knights Templar was approved in 1118.

Scarlet and the Beast

by John Daniel

The Templars and the Assassins (aired March 2nd, 1993)

https://viefag.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/transcripts-of-william-cooper-s-mystery-babylon-series.pdf

Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar,[a] and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux

The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

TRANSLATED FROM

THE AUTOGRAPH

FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.

I.H.S.

NEW YORK

P.J. KENEDY & SONS

PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE

https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf

The Order of Assassins (Arabic: حَشّاشِین, romanized: Ḥaššāšīyīn; Persian: حشاشين, romanized: Haššāšīn) was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islamic military order founded by Hasan-i Sabbah in 1090. Based out of the Nizari Isma'ili state, which comprised a network of mountain castles in Persia and Syria, they conducted several high-profile assassinations throughout the Levant during the Crusades. The Assassins held a strict subterfuge policy in the region and are believed to have killed hundreds of people who were deemed enemies of their state over the course of 200 years, including other Shias (the Fatimids), as well as Sunnis (the Abbasids and Seljuks) and Christians (the Crusaders) alike.

The English word "assassin" is derived from the Arabic word hashshashin, which shares etymological roots with the word hashish, supposedly referring to the order's tactics and a common but contested belief that many of their assassinations were carried out by individuals under the influence of the drug.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

How the Vatican created Islam. The astonishing story from an ex-Jesuit priest, Alberto Rivera,

which was told to him by Cardinal Bea while he was at the Vatican.

By Alberto Rivera | cloakanddagger.de

Article from: http://www.davidicke.com/content/view/744/48/. From "The Prophet":

http://www.choosinglife.net/Islam.htm (website disabled)

"The Destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem" by Nicolas Poussin (1637)

This information came from Alberto Rivera, former Jesuit priest after his conversion to

Protestant Christianity. It is excerpted from "The Prophet," published by Chick Publications, PO

Box 661, Chino CA 91708. Since its publication, after several unsuccessful attempts on his life,

he died suddenly from food poisoning. His testimony should not be silenced. Dr. Rivera speaks

to us still ...

"What I'm going to tell you is what I learned in secret briefings in

the Vatican when I was a Jesuit priest, under oath and induction. A

Jesuit cardinal named Augustine Bea showed us how desperately

the Roman Catholics wanted Jerusalem at the end of the third

century. Because of its religious history and its strategic location,

the Holy City was considered a priceless treasure. A scheme had to

be developed to make Jerusalem a Roman Catholic city.

"The great untapped source of manpower that could do this job was the children of Ishmael. The

poor Arabs fell victim to one of the most clever plans ever devised by the powers of darkness.

Early Christians went everywhere with the gospel setting up small churches, but they met heavy

opposition. Both the Jews and the Roman government persecuted the believers in Christ to stop

their spread. But the Jews rebelled against Rome, and in 70 AD, Roman armies under General

Titus smashed Jerusalem and destroyed the great Jewish temple which was the heart of Jewish

worship...in fulfillment of Christ's prophecy in Matthew 24:2.

"On this holy placed today where the temple once stood, the Dome of the Rock Mosque stands

as Islam's second most holy place. Sweeping changes were in the wind. Corruption, apathy,

greed, cruelty, perversion and rebellion were eating at the Roman Empire, and it was ready to

collapse. The persecution against Christians was useless as they continued to lay down their lives

for the gospel of Christ.

"The only way Satan could stop this thrust was to create a counterfeit "Christian" religion to

destroy the work of God. The solution was in Rome. Their religion had come from ancient

Babylon and all it needed was a face-lift. This didn't happen overnight, but began in the writings

of the 'early church fathers'.

"It was through their writings that a new religion would take shape. The statue of Jupiter in

Rome was eventually called St. Peter, and the statue of Venus was changed to the Virgin Mary.

The site chosen for its headquarters was on one of the seven hills called 'Vaticanus', the place of

the diving serpent where the Satanic temple of Janus stood.

"The great counterfeit religion was Roman Catholicism, called 'Mystery, Babylon the Great, the

Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth'- Revelation 17:5. She was raised up to block

the gospel, slaughter the believers in Christ, establish religions, create wars and make the nations

drunk with the wine of her fornication as we will see.

"Three major religions have one thing in common - each has a holy place where they look for

guidance. Roman Catholicism looks to the Vatican as the Holy City. The Jews look to the wailing

wall in Jerusalem, and the Muslims look to Mecca as their Holy City. Each group believes that

they receive certain types of blessings for the rest of their lives for visiting their holy place. In

the beginning, Arab visitors would bring gifts to the 'House of God', and the keepers of the

Kaaba were gracious to all who came. Some brought their idols and, not wanting to offend these

people, their idols were placed inside the sanctuary. It is said that the Jews looked upon the

Kaaba as an outlying tabernacle of the Lord with veneration until it became polluted with idols.

The Kaaba, Mecca. Image from: webislam.com

"In a tribal contention over a well(Zamzam) the treasure of the Kaaba and the offerings that

pilgrims had given were dumped down the well and it was filled with sand - it disappeared.

Many years later Adb Al-Muttalib was given visions telling him where to find the well and its

treasure. He became the hero of Mecca, and he was destined to become the grandfather of

Muhammad. Before this time, Augustine became the bishop of North Africa and was effective in

winning Arabs to Roman Catholicism, including whole tribes. It was among these Arab converts

to Catholicism that the concept of looking for an Arab prophet developed.

"Muhammad's father died from illness and sons born to great Arab families in places like Mecca

were sent into the desert to be suckled and weaned and spend some of their childhood with

Bedouin tribes for training and to avoid the plagues in the cities.

"After his mother and grandfather also died, Muhammad was with his uncle when a Roman

Catholic monk learned of his identity and said, "Take your brother's son back to his country and

guard him against the Jews, for by god, if they see him and know of him that which I know, they

will construe evil against him. Great things are in store for this brother's son of yours."

"The Roman Catholic monk had fanned the flames for future Jewish persecutions at the hands of

the followers of Muhammad. The Vatican desperately wanted Jerusalem because of its religious

significance, but was blocked by the Jews.

"Another problem was the true Christians in North Africa who preached the gospel. Roman

Catholicism was growing in power, but would not tolerate opposition. Somehow the Vatican had

to create a weapon to eliminate both the Jews and the true Christian believers who refused to

accept Roman Catholicism. Lookng to North Africa, they saw the multitudes of Arabs as a

source of manpower to do their dirty work. Some Arabs had become Roman Catholic, and could

be used in reporting information to leaders in Rome. Others were used in an underground spy

network to carry out Rome's master plan to control the great multitudes of Arabs who rejected

Catholicism. When 'St Augustine' appeared on the scene, he knew what was going on. His

monasteries served as bases to seek out and destroy Bible manuscripts owned by the true

Christians.

"The Vatican wanted to create a messiah for the Arabs, someone they could raise up as a great

leader, a man with charisma whom they could train, and eventually unite all the non-Catholic

Arabs behind him, creating a mighty army that would ultimately capture Jerusalem for the pope.

In the Vatican briefing, Cardinal Bea told us this story:

'A wealthy Arabian lady who was a faithful follower of the pope played a tremendous part in this

drama. She was a widow named Khadijah. She gave her wealth to the church and retired to a

convent, but was given an assignment. She was to find a brilliant young man who could be used

by the Vatican to create a new religion and become the messiah for the children of Ishmael.

Khadijah had a cousin named Waraquah,, who was also a very faithful Roman Catholic and the

Vatican placed him in a critical role as Muhammad's advisor. He had tremendous influence on

Muhammad.

'Teachers were sent to young Muhammad and he had intensive training. Muhammad studied the

works of St. Augustine which prepared him for his "great calling." The Vatican had Catholic

Arabs across North Africa spread the story of a great one who was about to rise up among the

people and be the chosen one of their God.

'While Muhammad was being prepared, he was told that his enemies were the Jews and that the

only true Christians were Roman Catholic. He was taught that others calling themselves

Christians were actually wicked impostors and should be destroyed. Many Muslims believe this.

'Muhammad began receiving "divine revelations" and his wife's Catholic cousin Waraquah

helped interpret them. From this came the Koran. In the fifth year of Muhammad's mission,

persecution came against his followers because they refused to worship the idols in the Kaaba.

'Muhammad instructed some of them to flee to Abysinnia where Negus, the Roman Catholic king

accepted them because Muhammad's views on the virgin Mary were so close to Roman Catholic

doctrine. These Muslims received protection from Catholic kings because of Muhammad's

revelations.

'Muhammad later conquered Mecca and the Kaaba was cleared of idols. History proves that

before Islam came into existence, the Sabeans in Arabia worshiped the moon-god who was

married to the sun-god. They gave birth to three goddesses who were worshipped throughout the

Arab world as "Daughters of Allah" An idol excavated at Hazor in Palestine in 1950's shows

Allah sitting on a throne with the crescent moon on his chest.

'Muhammad claimed he had a vision from Allah and was told, "You are the messenger of Allah."

This began his career as a prophet and he received many messages. By the time Muhammad

died, the religion of Islam was exploding. The nomadic Arab tribes were joining forces in the

name of Allah and his prophet, Muhammad.

'Some of Muhammad's writings were placed in the Koran, others were never published. They are

now in the hands of high ranking holy men (Ayatollahs) in the Islamic faith.'

"When Cardinal Bea shared with us in the Vatican, he said, these writings are guarded because

they contain information that links the Vatican to the creation of Islam. Both sides have so much

information on each other, that if exposed, it could create such a scandal that it would be a

disaster for both religions.

"In their "holy" book, the Koran, Christ is regarded as only a prophet. If the pope was His

representative on earth, then he also must be a prophet of God. This caused the followers of

Muhammad to fear and respect the pope as another "holy man."

"The pope moved quickly and issued bulls granting the Arab generals permission to invade and

conquer the nations of North Africa. The Vatican helped to finance the building of these massive

Islamic armies in exchange for three favors:

1. Eliminate the Jews and Christians (true believers, which they called infidels).

2. Protect the Augustinian Monks and Roman Catholics.

3. Conquer Jerusalem for "His Holiness" in the Vatican.

"As time went by, the power of Islam became tremendous - Jews and true Christians were

slaughtered, and Jerusalem fell into their hands. Roman Catholics were never attacked, nor were

their shrines, during this time. But when the pope asked for Jerusalem, he was surprised at their

denial! The Arab generals had such military success that they could not be intimidated by the

pope - nothing could stand in the way of their own plan.

"Under Waraquah's direction, Muhammad wrote that Abraham offered Ishmael as a sacrifice.

The Bible says that Isaac was the sacrifice, but Muhammad removed Isaac's name and inserted

Ishmael's name. As a result of this and Muhammad's vision, the faithful Muslims built a mosque,

the Dome of the Rock, in Ishmael's honor on the site of the Jewish temple that was destroyed in

70 AD. This made Jerusalem the 2nd most holy place in the Islam faith. How could they give

such a sacred shrine to the pope without causing a revolt?

Image from: letsgo.com

"The pope realized what they had created was out of control when he heard they were calling

"His Holiness" an infidel. The Muslim generals were determined to conquer the world for Allah

and now they turned toward Europe. Islamic ambassadors approached the pope and asked for

papal bulls to give them permission to invade European countries.

"The Vatican was outraged; war was inevitable. Temporal power and control of the world was

considered the basic right of the pope. He wouldn't think of sharing it with those whom he

considered heathens.

"The pope raised up his armies and called them crusades to hold back the children of Ishmael

from grabbing Catholic Europe. The crusades lasted centuries and Jerusalem slipped out of the

pope's hands.

"Turkey fell and Spain and Portugal were invaded by Islamic forces. In Portugal, they called a

mountain village "Fatima" in honor of Muhammad's daughter, never dreaming it would become

world famous.

"Years later when the Muslim armies were poised on the islands of Sardinia and Corsica, to

invade Italy, there was a serious problem. The Islamic generals realized they were too far

extended. It was time for peace talks. One of the negotiators was Francis of Assisi.

"As a result, the Muslims were allowed to occupy Turkey in a "Christian" world, and the

Catholics were allowed to occupy Lebanon in the Arab world. It was also agreed that the

Muslims could build mosques in Catholic countries without interference as long as Roman

Catholicism could flourish Arab countries.

"Cardinal Bea told us in Vatican briefings that both the Muslims and Roman Catholics agreed to

block and destroy the efforts of their common enemy, Bible-believing Christianm missionaries.

Through these concordats, Satan blocked the children of Ishmael from a knowledge of Scripture

and the truth.

"A light control was kept on Muslims from the Ayatollah down through the Islamic priests, nuns

and monks. The Vatican also engineers a campaign of hatred between the Muslim Arabs and the

Jews. Before this, they had co-existed peacefully.

"The Islamic community looks on the Bible-believing missionary as a devil who brings poison to

the children of Allah. This explains years of ministry in those countries with little results.

"The next plan was to control Islam. In 1910, Portugal was going

Socialistic. Red flags were appearing and the Catholic Church was

facing a major problem. Increasing numbers were against the

church.

"The Jesuits wanted Russia involved, and the location of this vision

at Fatima could play a key part in pulling Islam to the Mother

Church.

"In 1917, the Virgin appeared in Fatima. "The Mother of God" was

a smashing success, playing to overflow crowds. As a result, the

Socialists of Portugal suffered a major defeat.

"Roman Catholics world-wide began praying for the conversion of

Russia and the Jesuits invented the Novenas to Fatima which they

could perform throughout North Africa, spreading good public

relations to the Muslim world. The Arabs thought they were

honoring the daughter of Muhammad, which is what the Jesuits wanted them to believe.

Lucia de Santos, Francisco

Marco and Jacinta Maro in

1917. Image from:

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"As a result of the vision of Fatima, Pope Pius XII ordered his Nazi army to crush Russia and the

Orthodox religion and make Russia Roman Catholic." A few years after he lost World war II,

Pope Pius XII startled the world with his phoney dancing sun vision to keep Fatima in the news.

It was great religious show biz and the world swallowed it.

"Not surprisingly, Pope Pius was the only one to see this vision.

As a result, a group of followers has grown into a Blue Army

world-wide, totaling millions of faithful Roman Catholics ready to

die for the blessed virgin.

"But we haven't seen anything yet. The Jesuits have their Virgin

Mary scheduled to appear four or five times in China, Russia, and

major appearance in the U.S.

"What has this got to do with Islam? Note Bishop Sheen's

statement: "Our Lady's appearances at Fatima marked the turning point in the history of the

world's 350 million Muslims. After the death of his daughter, Muhammad wrote that she "is the

most holy of all women in Paradise, next to Mary."

"He believed that the Virgin Mary chose to be known as Our Lady of Fatima as a sign and a

pledge that the Muslims who believe in Christ's virgin birth, will come to believe in His divinity.

"Bishop Sheen pointed out that the pilgrim virgin statues of Our Lady of Fatima were

enthusiastically received by Muslims in Africa, India, and elsewhere, and that many Muslims are

now coming into the Roman Catholic Church."

https://www.remnantofgod.org/books/docs/How-the-Vatican-Created-Islam.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

"The Vatican wanted to create a messiah for the Arabs, someone they could raise up as a great

leader, a man with charisma whom they could train, and eventually unite all the non-Catholic Arabs behind him, creating a mighty army that would ultimately capture Jerusalem for the pope.

In the Vatican briefing, Cardinal Bea told us this story:

'A wealthy Arabian lady who was a faithful follower of the pope played a tremendous part in this

drama. She was a widow named Khadijah. She gave her wealth to the church and retired to a convent, but was given an assignment. She was to find a brilliant young man who could be used by the Vatican to create a new religion and become the messiah for the children of Ishmael.

Khadijah had a cousin named Waraquah,, who was also a very faithful Roman Catholic and the

Vatican placed him in a critical role as Muhammad's advisor. He had tremendous influence on Muhammad.

How the Vatican created Islam

https://www.remnantofgod.org/books/docs/How-the-Vatican-Created-Islam.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnese_Cup

Scarlet and the Beast

by John Daniel

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zCd0nFuvnM4OYWuVW5QUBCpsTfBv5bYx/view?usp=sharing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_Farnese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Borgia

Borja (Borgia)

Spanish: habitational name from a place in Zaragoza province named from Arabic burj ‘tower’. See also Borgia .

https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=borja

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_V

Facade of St Peter's

"Paul V Borghese, Roman, Pontiff, in 1612, the seventh of his pontificate, [built] in honour of the Prince of Apostles

https://www.stpetersbasilica.info/Exterior/Facade/Facade.htm

Borgo (sometimes called also I Borghi) is the 14th rione (administrative district) of Rome, Italy. It is identified by the initials R. XIV and is included within Municipio I.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgo_(rione_of_Rome)

Trump, Vance meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House

Kim Luciani

USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET

Key Points AI-assisted summary

President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/

The Bank of the Holy Spirit (Italian: Il Banco di Santo Spirito) was a bank founded by Pope Paul V on 13 December 1605. The bank was the first central bank in Europe (as the bank of the Papal States) at a level above city-states,[1] the first public deposit bank in Rome,[2] and the oldest continuously operating bank in Rome until its merger in 1992.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_di_Santo_Spirito

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

A scutum was typically red in color, as red was the color of the Roman god of war, Mars. It was decorated with an iconic image such as a winged eagle to represent VICTORY and lightning bolts, the scuta (plural for scutum) provided essential protection and were a vital reason for the military successes of ancient Rome.

https://www.unrv.com/military/scutum.php

John Schlegelmilch

December 18, 2014

Don't forget ... Open House, Christmas Party and District Judge VICTORY Celebration is tomorrow.

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Our Nevada Judges, Inc.

May 24, 2025

https://ournevadajudges.com/judges/john-paul-schlegelmilch/cases?state=%7B%22show%22:%2254741-89230.pdf%22%7D

https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx6XnGsQNxJPilIXiRtVLMNHrd904HNL0x

In LEWIS v. United States,[8] the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stated that: "The Reserve Banks are not federal instrumentalities for purposes of the FTCA [the Federal Tort Claims Act], but are independent, privately owned and locally controlled corporations." The opinion went on to say, however, that: "The Reserve Banks have properly been held to be federal instrumentalities for some purposes," such as anti-bribery law. Another relevant decision is Scott v. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City,[7] in which the distinction is made between Federal Reserve Banks, which are federally created instrumentalities, and the Board of Governors, which is a federal agency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank

In November 1910, six men—Nelson Aldrich, A. Piatt Andrew, Henry Davison, Arthur Shelton, Frank Vanderlip and Paul Warburg—met at the Jekyll Island Club, off the coast of Georgia, to write a plan to reform the nation's banking system. The meeting and its purpose were closely guarded secrets, and participants did not admit that the meeting occurred until the 1930s. But the plan written on Jekyll Island laid a foundation for what would eventually be the Federal Reserve System.

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/jekyll-island-conference

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Jekyll is a surname of Breton and Cornish origin, originating from the medieval personal name Jukel or Gicquel, which derives from the Old Breton Iudicael (meaning "lord/ruler" + "generous/noble"). It was popularised by Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

“In mid-November 1910, several members of the Aldrich Commission went down to the Millionaire’s Club at Jekyll Island, probably courtesy of Morgan, to work out a specific plan. The expedition included Aldrich, Davison, VANderlip, Warburg, A. Platt Andrew, and [Irish Roman Catholic] Ben Strong, now a vice president at Bankers Trust [dubbed “the Morgan man” who, as president of the New York Fed, contributed to the Order’s Stock Market Crash of 1929]. . . . Over the next two weeks, these men drew up plans for a national system of regional banks led by a central board of private bankers [the Federal Reserve Banking System]. . . . The Democratic Congress did not agree, and over the next two years [bring us to 1912 and the sinking of Titanic] it rejected the ‘Aldrich plan’ as giving too much power to private banks. When the Federal Reserve Act finally passed in December 1913, it provided for a governing board in Washington, appointed by the President, to represent the public interest.* . . . *Woodrow Wilson thought this mix of public and private interests would give government the upper hand and effectively turn banks into ‘the instruments, not the masters, of business and of individual enterprise and initiative.’ LOUIS Brandeis disagreed, claiming that there could be no compromise with the devil—that ‘Concessions to the big-business interests must in the end prove futile.’ ” {11} [Emphasis added]

Vatican Assassins Wounded In The House of My Friends

Third Edition

by Eric Jon Phelps

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uQl1CmWeLL87RWVtzKttGFKm0frSNR8D/view?usp=sharing

Het Circus VAN Nero was een antiek stadion voor wagenrennen in Rome. Het staat ook bekend als het Circus van Caligula, naar de keizer die het liet bouwen, en als Circus Vaticanus, naar de Vaticaanse Heuvel waarop het was gebouwd.

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_van_Nero

Trump, VANce meet with Pope Leo's Florida brother, 'a major MAGA fan', at White House

Kim Luciani

USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

May 22, 2025, 12:58 p.m. ET

Key Points AI-assisted summary

President Donald Trump met with Pope Leo XIV's brother, LOUIS Prevost, at the White House.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2025/05/22/trump-pope-leo-florida-maga-brother-louis-prevost-white-house-visit/83773944007/

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Fourteenth Rule. Although there is much truth in the assertion that no one can save himself without being predestined and without having faith and grace; we must be very cautious in the manner of speaking and communicating with others about all these things.

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf

Pope John Paul I[a] (born Albino Luciani;[b] 17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_I

On 13 May 1981, in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Pope_John_Paul_II

SAKO Limited (natively Sako Oy)[1] is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme in southern Finland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAKO

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Revelation 13:3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Rapha%C3%ABl_I_Sako

The word asas in Arabic means "PRINCIPLE". The Asāsiyyūn (plural, from literary Arabic) were, as defined in Arabic, the principle people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Assassins

PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

TRANSLATED FROM

THE AUTOGRAPH

FATHER ELDER MULLAN, S.J.

I.H.S.

NEW YORK

P.J. KENEDY & SONS

PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE

https://ia601603.us.archive.org/32/items/spiritualexercis00ignauoft/spiritualexercis00ignauoft.pdf

Clovis is the modern conventional French (and thence English) form of the Old Frankish name ᚺᛚᛟᛞᛟᚹᛁᚷ (in runic alphabet) or *"Hlōdowik" or "Hlōdowig" (in Latin alphabet), equivalent to the modern forms LOUIS (French), Lodewijk (Dutch), LEWIS (English), and Ludwig (German).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_(given_name)

All historians acknowledge the ascendancy of the popes began in 308 A.D., when King Clovis of the Salian or Merovingian Franks (later France), won the decisive battle in the Catholic and Arian religious war, thereby settling the dispute in favor of the Catholics. But the popes' temporal reign officially began in the year 538 A.D. when Roman Emperor Justinian subdued the last of the three kingdoms, or "horns," that opposed the rise of the Papacy."

-page 137

Chapter 19 "Exposed (Again): 1260 Years of World Domination

Codeword Barbelon book 2

by P.D. Stuart

14WE ought to act on the principle that everyone who lives under obedience should let himself be carried and directed by Divine Providence through the agency of the superior 15as if he were a lifeless body, which allows itself to be carried to any place and treated in any way; or an old man s staff, which serves at any place and for any purpose in which the one holding it in his hand wishes to employ it. 16For in this way the obedient man ought joyfully to employ himself in any task in which the superior desires to employ him in aid of the whole body of the religious order; 17and he ought to hold it certain that by so doing he conforms himself with the divine will more than by anything else he could do while following his own will and different judgment.[3]"

page 221

The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

AI Overview

Why Is 'In God WE Trust' On US Currency?"

In God We Trust" was officially added to U.S. paper currency, including the $1 bill, starting in 1957 following a 1955 Congressional act to reinforce national identity. The phrase typically appears above the "ONE" on the reverse side of the bill, part of a push to align economic life with spiritual

In the 9th century, Pope Nicholas told the Byzantine emperor Michael III, “The pope, who is called God by Constantine, can never be bound or

released by man; for God cannot be judged by man.”5

https://amazingdiscoveries.org/api/articles/106.pdf

Italian automaker Fiat, the traditional supplier of papal cars, supplied Pope Francis with the Fiat 500L used for his visit to the United States on 22–27 September 2015.[28] Fiat also supplied the Jeep Wrangler he used in Ecuador in July 2015.[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popemobile

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The U.S. dollar is a fiat currency managed by the Federal Reserve, meaning it has no intrinsic value or physical commodity backing (like gold) and relies on public trust, government stability, and legal tender status.

Legal tender is a form of money that courts of law are required to recognize as satisfactory payment in court for any monetary debt.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender

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During his historic September 2015 U.S. visit, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to address a joint session of Congress. He advocated for immigration, climate action, and abolition of the death penalty. Only four Supreme Court justices—Roberts, Kennedy, Sotomayor, and Ginsburg—attended, while five skipped the speech.

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxPvku0nJJCSpxTsxPLBSq1WAOglqhefC6

AI Overview

Justice Antonin Scalia, despite being a devout Catholic, notably did not attend Pope Francis's historic address to Congress in September 2015. Along with Justices Thomas and Alito, Scalia skipped the event, a decision that drew attention due to the Pope's opposition to the death penalty, which Scalia staunchly supported.

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Absence from Address: Scalia was one of the three Catholic justices who did not attend the Pope's speech to Congress in September 2015.

Death Penalty Stance: While Pope Francis has strongly condemned capital punishment, Scalia believed the state had a constitutional right to impose it and stated he would resign if he believed the doctrine required him to view it as immoral.

Context: While some speculated this was a protest, Scalia often separated his personal faith from his "originalist" interpretation of the Constitution.

Scalia’s last moments on a Texas ranch — quail hunting to being found in ‘perfect repose’

The entrance to the Cibolo Creek Ranch, the day after the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. (Matthew Busch / Getty Images)

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske

Feb. 14, 2016 12:09 PM PT

Reporting from Cibolo Creek Ranch, Texas — When Texas millionaire John Poindexter invited Justice Antonin Scalia to his remote ranch near the Mexican border, it was for a private party with about 35 other guests, a weekend of hunting and sightseeing on his painstakingly restored and cultivated 30,000-acre spread.

But when Scalia, 79, failed to appear for a morning excursion at 8 a.m. Saturday, Poindexter became concerned and went to his room, which has its own outdoor fire pit and a wall of windows overlooking the 22-room adobe ranch hotel, a lake and surrounding peaks of the Chinati Mountains.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-na-scalia-ranch-20160214-story.html

Alito, Breyer, Kagan, Scalia, and Thomas skip papal address to Congress

By Nick Gass

09/24/2015 10:15 AM EDT

Updated: 09/25/2015 12:37 PM EDT

Less than half of the Supreme Court attended Pope Francis’ historic address to Congress on Thursday morning, including three Catholic no-shows.

Cameras showed Chief Justice John Roberts joined by justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor. Roberts, Kennedy and Sotomayor are all Catholics, while Ginsburg is Jewish.

Notably absent were Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, all of whom are Catholic. Also absent were Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, who are Jewish.

A Supreme Court spokeswoman declined to comment on the justices’ schedules.

However, Alito and Breyer were out of town Thursday for previously scheduled engagements, according to press reports and news releases.

Alito was teaching and speaking at the University of Kentucky, while Breyer was in Northern California speaking and promoting his new book, “The Court and the World.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/pope-francis-supreme-court-214013

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party."[2] In 1803, the Court asserted itself the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution via the landmark case Marbury v Madison. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law.[3]

Under Article Three of the United States Constitution, the composition and procedures of the Supreme Court were originally established by the 1st Congress through the Judiciary Act of 1789. As it has since 1869, the court consists of nine justices – the chief justice of the United States and eight associate justices – who meet at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Justices have lifetime tenure, meaning they remain on the court until they die, retire, resign, or are impeached and removed from office.[3] When a vacancy occurs, the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints a new justice. Each justice has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before the court. When in the majority, the chief justice decides who writes the opinion of the court; otherwise, the most senior justice in the majority assigns the task of writing the opinion.[4]

On average, the Supreme Court receives about 7,000 petitions for writs of certiorari each year, but only grants about 80.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

FRANCISCANS: The Franciscans were founded in the 13th century by Saint Francis, who, in a vision, was charged by God to rebuild My Church, which as you see is falling into ruin. These words proved not only to be true, but also prophetic; the Church indeed was falling into ruin, and Saint Francis indeed saved it; for he sparked a wave of new fervor that swept across the world that lasted for generations (Just read any papal encyclical from this time period. They are all about regularizing the Franciscans).

Franciscans are typically characterized by their lives of simplicity, penance, poverty, and love for the poor. In a testament written by Saint Francis, the very first sentence contains the following; "The Lord granted me, Br. Francis, to begin to do penance in this way." It is thus fitting that the Franciscan order be regarded as the Order of Penitents. The Franciscan school tends to follow the thought of Franciscan saints, such as St. Bonaventure and Bl. John Duns SCOTUS, and was responsible for defending the Immaculate Conception in a time when it was still contested, even by St. Thomas Aquinas himself. For this reason, Franciscans and Dominicans have often shared a healthy (and not so healthy at times) competition with one another. Tragically, this has often resulted in a polarization of their two schools, Franciscans vs. Dominicans, where the former avoids Aquinas and the latter avoids Bonaventure and SCOTUS. Such exclusivity, unforutnately, causes much harm to the Church, and is not unique to these two orders alone; it is common for orders to read only saints within their own tradition and avoid others (And, by doing so, communities today are failing in their own formation. It is not unlike reading five chapters of the Bible for ones life, or contemplating a detail of a painting without ever seeing the whole painting. To be Catholic is to be universal, open to all the gifts of God to the Church. If the Church, for example, places such great importance on the theology of Aquinas, then it is lamentable that religious orders do not also do so in their theology programs).

Being a mendicant order, the Franciscans live solely off of the generosity of others, entrusting all to the hands of God. Like the Benedictines, the Franciscans also underwent a number of reforms throughout history, but were consolidated in 1897 into three main bodies; Friars Minor, the Conventuals, and the Capuchins. Some Franciscan communities may be more contemplative in nature, similar to that of monastics. Venerable Mary of Agreda, for instance, a 17th century cloistered Franciscan nun and mystic, received messages from Our Lady on how to live out her religious state;

Mystical City of God, Book VI, Chp V: "But I...find so few who console with me and try to console my Son in His sorrows....Consider then thy duty, my dearest, and raise thyself above all earthly things and above thyself; for I am calling thee and choose thee to imitate and follow me into the solitude in which I am left by man....Flee from the dangerous intercourse with creatures....I remind thee that there is no exercise more profitable and useful to the soul than to suffer....Therefore, my daughter, embrace the cross, and do not admit any consolation outside of it in this mortal life. By contemplating and feeling within thyself the sacred Passion thou wilt attain the summit of perfection and attain the love of a spouse."

Friars Minor: The Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) were the result of a large consolidation of various branches (Observants, Discalced, Recollects, Riformati, etc.) by Pope Leo XII in 1897. Today the Friars Minor compose the largest body of the Franciscan order, and are criticized as being the most lenient and divorced from the spirit of Saint Francis--an unfortunate exigency considering the OFM's prominent place in the history of the Franciscan order; with roots dating back to first years of the order through the aggregation of the Observants.

Friars Minor Conventual: Next to the Observants, the Conventual Franciscans were one of the first reforms of the Franciscan order. They desired to apply the Franciscan spirit to new applications (such as urban city apostolates, rather than remaining in rural areas). As such, the Conventuals were granted various dispensations to relax certain rules in order to carry out specific apostolates. The conventuals tended to take on a more academic spirit than, say, Capuchins for instance. Today, the Conventuals have also suffered from a spirit of laxity, as most communities. However, there have also been great fruits that originated from Conventual communities, such as St. Joseph of Cupertino, St. Bonaventure, and Saint Maximilian Kolbe, known for his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Friars Minor Capuchin. The Capuchin reform (O.F.M. Cap.) dates to about 1525, and not unlike the first Observants, they also desired a return to a stricter observance of the Franciscan rule--though, like most reforms, certain elements of its initial fervor declined with time. The Capuchins are more likely to be seen feeding the poor or street evangelizing, rather than writing a book on the liturgy or studying mystical theology. Today, the Capuchin Franciscans tend to be considerably more divorced from their origins. However, there also exists renewed efforts to restore the original spirit of the order. In 1968, Padre Pio--a Capuchin Franciscan and one of the greatest mystics in the Church--wrote a letter to Pope Paul VI in which he stated; "I pray to God that [the Capuchin order] may continue in its tradition of religious seriousness and austerity, evangelical poverty and faithful observance of the Rule and Constitution, certainly renewing itself in the vitality and in the inner spirit, according to the guides of the Second Vatican Council". We have yet to see if such a renewal, which is so desperately needed in all orders, will take root or not.

Author's note: Like many of the major religious orders, the Franciscans and Dominicans have suffered greatly in recent times. It is not uncommon today to see friars watching television, or going to the movies and eating ice cream on a Friday night. The spirit of sacrifice, a hallmark of religious life, has largely been obscured over years, as the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction to a kind of secularized love, absent of any austerities. However, like the Benedictines, the communities of lax traditions tend to be dying away, as new young communities take their place, devoted to a more authentic renewal that Vatican II called for.

https://www.religious-vocation.com/differences_religious_orders.html#.ZEc2f87MJD9

University of Scranton welcomes President Biden

The university has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in red and blue lights.

Author: WNEP Web Staff

Published: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021

Updated: 10:52 PM EDT October 19, 2021

SCRANTON, Pa. — In preparation for President Joe Biden's visit, a university lit up their lights in his honor.

The University of Scranton has illuminated its Class of 2020 Gateway in blue and red with the number 46 prominently displayed to welcome the 46th president."

University of Scranton welcomes President Biden | wnep.com

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/university-of-scranton-welcomes-president-biden-gateway-lights/523-cdba68b1-822b-4747-94be-4cd7e4de9d67

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FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law

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From his first day in office—and every day since then—President Biden has taken action to strengthen American democracy and protect the rule of law.

In recent years, the Supreme Court has overturned long-established legal precedents protecting fundamental rights. This Court has gutted civil rights protections, taken away a woman’s right to choose, and now granted Presidents broad immunity from prosecution for crimes they commit in office.

At the same time, recent ethics scandals involving some Justices have caused the public to question the fairness and independence that are essential for the Court to faithfully carry out its mission to deliver justice for all Americans.

President Biden believes that no one—neither the President nor the Supreme Court—is above the law.

In the face of this crisis of confidence in America’s democratic institutions, President Biden is calling for three bold reforms to restore trust and accountability:

No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office: President Biden shares the Founders’ belief that the President’s power is limited—not absolute—and must ultimately reside with the people. He is calling for a constitutional amendment that makes clear no President is above the law or immune from prosecution for crimes committed while in office. This No One Is Above the Law Amendment will state that the Constitution does not confer any immunity from federal criminal indictment, trial, conviction, or sentencing by virtue of previously serving as President.

Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices: Congress approved term limits for the Presidency over 75 years ago, and President Biden believes they should do the same for the Supreme Court. The United States is the only major constitutional democracy that gives lifetime seats to its high court Justices. Term limits would help ensure that the Court’s membership changes with some regularity; make timing for Court nominations more predictable and less arbitrary; and reduce the chance that any single Presidency imposes undue influence for generations to come. President Biden supports a system in which the President would appoint a Justice every two years to spend eighteen years in active service on the Supreme Court.

Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court: President Biden believes that Congress should pass binding, enforceable conduct and ethics rules that require Justices to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity, and recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other conflicts of interest. Supreme Court Justices should not be exempt from the enforceable code of conduct that applies to every other federal judge.

President Biden and Vice President Harris look forward to working with Congress and empowering the American people to prevent the abuse of Presidential power, restore faith in the Supreme Court, and strengthen the guardrails of democracy. President Biden thanks the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States for its insightful analysis of Supreme Court reform proposals. The Administration will continue its work to ensure that no one is above the law – and in America, the people rule.

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LVII

SEPTEMBER 11-NATIONAL SECURITY VS.

INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS IN THE NEW

WORLD ORDER!

The right to be let alone is the most comprehensive of rid and the right most valued by civilized men

Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brande Olmstead. United States (1928), 2771 S. 38, 478

How does one take over control of the currency of a nation? By engineering crisis, wars and national calamities. And that is exactly what has been done

THE SECRET GOVERNMENT HAD LONG SOUGHT means, or rather an excuse, to bring in the first phase of the New World order-initiated" by Pope John Paul II- September 11, 2001 gave them that opportunity.

As the reader will recall, earlier, I referred to the official US government video in which the then U.S. Senator Gary Hart can be heard saying, just one day after 9/11, that President Bush had the

Pope Benedict's 2009 encyclical, Caritas in Veritate speaks about setting "ourselves new rules under new "a world Political authority" And you will recall also that in an earlier chapter I quoted the Jesuit Professor Malachi Martin saying, "John Paul started into the millenni and that it would be "dominated by an INTERNATIONAL BUREAUCRACY (vix, a world political authority? whuch controls and directs every citizen and every nation." Martin called

endgame... HE INITIATED IT

this "International Bureaucracy" the Pope's "Grand Design of God for the new world order." So we have it from a former advise to three popes that the Vatican, the Roman Catholic hierarchy is the power behind the new world order (See, Keys of This Blood, op. cit., pp. 13,15, 16, 41, 50

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September 11, 2001, was a major phase of the "millenium endgame" spoken of by Jesuit professor Malachi Martin. It created the ammosphere that was required for the unopposed introduction of

modern fascism.

Leading American academic, Patricia Williams has said that the laws passed after September 11 "mirror the worst excesses of some hctatorships." Andrew P. Napolitano a 59 year old former New Jersey Superior Court Judge had this to say about the U.S. law makers of the Patriot Act: "Congress recognizes no limits on its power. It doesn't care about the Constitution; it doesn't care about your inalienable rights."

Reader, this Catholic judge has admitted that the most glaring assault on American freedoms comes from a Jesuit-crafted law known as the ESA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by George W. Bush on October 15, 2001, "while the rubble of 9/11 still smoldered," as someone commented. This deceptively named Patriot Act is being used against the very American citizens it was supposed to protect. Under this Dark Age monstrosity, FBI agents can serve self- written search warrants and then enter your home, your barn, search your car, etc, etc., without any prior court authorization!

Congress-with minimal floor debate in the Senate and no floor debate in the House-enacted this most Inquisitorial, popish kind of Low; and had the nerve, the 'audacity' if you please, to call it the PATRIOT Act! In 2004, this law produced two offsprings: the "Intelligence Authorization Act" and the "Intelligence Reform Act." both of which permit the execution of self-written search warrants. called a national security letter, is the ultimate constitutional farce. What Writes, Judge Napolitano, "A self-written search warrant, even one federal agents would not authorize themselves to seize whatever they wished?... Why would government agents bother going to a judge with probable cause seeking a search warrant if they can simply write their warrants on over 120,000 unsuspecting Americans since October ?... federal agents have written and executed self-written search the Bush administration and... Congress could have visited upon us." 2001. "The PATRIOT Act is the most unpatriotic of the things that Judge Napolitano added. But, interestingly, what Judge Napolitano does not seem to realise is that this is the very code under which the Roman House members were given just 30 minutes to read the 315 page bill.

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Catholic Inquisition operated. He forgets, too, that the Patriot Act was drafted by a professor at the Jesuit Georgetown University (for whach see Book D. Judge Napolitano is a devout Roman Catholic who studied at the Jesuit Notre Dame University (Notre Dame is French for "Our Lady" referring to Mary). In a 2008 interview with Celebrate Lake Magazine, Judge Napolitano said " we should go to our Lady, the Blessed Mother. Not a Mass should be said without reference to her. Not a war should be waged, not a prayer should be uttered, no contact should be sought without her assistance." This, reader, n qualify as a candidate for quote of the decade! It certainly left me scratching my head. Isn't it just strange how Catholics can be intellige on almost every subject other than their religion? But more of this ser Not content with the Patriot Act. Mr. Bush enacted the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which effectively ended habeas corpus-d right to an attorney when charged, and to have a court review of one's detention and arrest. Without this latter right, all other rights are ellectively undermined, as anyone can now be detained indefinitely and no one needs to know about it-they would just go missing!

Still, Mr. Bush was not done. Before leaving office he passed NSPD 51, a directive signed by Bush on May 9, 2007, that, with the stroke of a pen allows any US. President to declare martial law-for such reasons as "to restore public order-effectively transforming the US, into dictatorship. Mr. Bush even had parts of the NSPD 51 directive classified so that members of Congress are denied the right to review Next came the "Protect America Act 2007" (PAA), allowing domes wiretapping and surveillance, while reducing FISA court over Under PAA, probable cause' of being a terrorist is no longer required. Another law, The Jolm Warner Defense Authorization Act, sed by Mr. Bush on October 17, 2007, allows the U.S. President to declec a public emergency and station troops anywhere in America-with de coment of the governor or local authorities-to "suppress publ disorder. Thus, by means of a raft of post 9/11 legist the Constitutional rights of Americans have been systematically disuaald

One la alter another, all in the name of national security

Another curious set of farts is what occurred soon after 9/11: the US government, it would appear, took no ellective steps to catch the alleged

3 The university's first academic curriculum was modeled after the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum ("The Official Plan for Jesuit Education"). Interview with Anita Crane, senior editor of Celebrate Life

www.cimagazine.org/backissues/2008 janfeb 16-18judgeandrewnapolitano.pdf

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September 11th-National Security Vs. Individual Freedoms... astermind behind 9/11. This is demonstrated by what happened to Bin Ladens living in the US, a few days after the 9/11 attacks, when Learjet 35 twice flew in and out of Tampa International Airport (TIA) violation of the Federal no-fly restriction. Among the passengers on at aircraft were members of the Bin Laden family."

Authorities at TIA initially denied that the flights had taken place. can Heller of the St. Petersburg Times wrote on June 9, 2004, that the White House, aviation and law enforcement officials have insisted the d never took place and have denied published reports and despread Internet speculation about its purpose." "But now, at the

quest

of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, TIA officials ve confirmed that the flight did take place and have supplied details." Yet another lie foisted upon the American people by the officialdom. Did the FBI or CIA investigate the Bin Laden Family as part of the ackdown of financing or involvement in global terrorism before allowing them to leave the U.S.? No! At the time, the Bin Laden family lad extensive investments in the U.S., and it is not improbable that they could have secretly funnelled millions of dollars to Bin Laden's operatives inside and outside of America. Yet, every member of the Emily of the alleged master-minded behind the 9/11 plot was given aress to the America skies on a private jet, at a time when law-abiding American citizens were banned from flying! The alleged orchestrator of the attacks had his family treated as royalty, while the U.S. Government felt it necessary to caves drop on and interrogate its own citizens, despite the fact the government admits that the 9/11 attackers were all non- Americans and lived primarily outside of the U.S. Yet, the Bush gemment, in its unparalleled wisdom, saw it fit to create the "Homeland Security" Act and the Jesuit-crafted "Patriot Act."

The question is, why? Is this really a war on terror or something more sinister? Several decades ago, John Lord O'Brian, former United

Boeing 727 contracted by the Saudi embassy, departed the United On September 20, 2001, at 2:05 A.M., Ryan International Flight 441, a States from Boston, for Newfoundland. The screening of this flight was directed by an FBI agent in the Baltimore Field Office who was also a pilot: James C, interview (June 3, 2004). The flight manifest indicates other than the flight crew: 23 passengers and 3 security guards. that the flight departed the United States with 26 individuals on board them had the last name Bin Ladin: see, FBI record, "Final Draft of Most of the 23 passengers were relatives of Usama Bin Ladin: 12 of Response to October 2003 Vanity Fair Article (Bin Laden FamilyDepartures after 9/11/2001)," Sept. 24, 2003.

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States Attorney General for Western New York, warned of the dangers af forfeiting Constitutionally granted freedoms for the promise-teg necessarily the guarantee-of security: "It is an understatement to emphasize that one of the principal influences which threaten the very existence of democracy is the all-pervasive craving for security at any price." "Over and over again we have been warned against the insidious and sinister invasions of civil liberty by plausible excuses...."

A state or country in which citizens and visitors can be interrogaod, interned or detained without trial, without evidence or even explanation or have their private communications intercepted, purely on the basis of some government agent's suspicion is a slippery slope towards high-tech totalitarianism-and is a mere refinement of the techniques of the papal Inquisition of the middle ages. As the Supreme Court of Canada observed in R. v. Duarte (1990), such a police state is the kind of 'democracy in which liberty will eventually have no meaning.

Reader, unless the signs are all misleading, the United States will soon no longer have a constitutional legislative branch of government in any true sense of that term, other than vestigial: for each year brings its additional level of restrictive and invasive regulations in the name of Anti-Terrorism, but in the bargain chip away at our liberties.

And when the dust finally settles, I venture to say that we will find ourselves in a world in which privacy and liberty no longer have any meaning, a world where we are a little safer, perhaps, but far less free."

As Brian Lilley wrote. ".... It is only a matter of time before some would be terrorist, pledging loyalty to al Qaida tries to bring down a plane by smuggling explosives in a body cavity. At that point, a travellers will be asked to take off their shoes, surrender their water boules, step aside for the scan and then bend over for a probing search. At that point, perhaps, the public will realise they are surrendering their rights, their dignity and getting little in the way of protection in return.

7 John Lord O'Brian, National Security and Individual Freedom (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1955), p. 7.

8 Frank Murphy and Norris Harold, Mr. Justice Murphy and the Bill of Rights (New York: Oceana Publ., Inc., 1965), p. 43, citing John L. O'Brian from a speech given at Harvard April 27, 1955.

9 The thorough pat-down as an alternative to full-body scan is no less

invasive or humiliating.

10 Brian Lilley, Ottawa Bureau Chief for radio stations Newstalk 1010 Toronto and CJAD 800 Montreal": www.mercatornet.com/articles/

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5. U.S. development of space-based weapons;

6. "Advanced forms of biological warfare that can target specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool;"

7. U.S. willingness to use muclear weapons to accomplish its goal 8. Possible conflict with China.

Reader, that was in 2000, one year before 9/11! The proposal is available, in its entirety, on the PNAC Website. Read it for yoursell

Knowing full well that the decent American people would never support their outrageous goals unless they were thoroughly traumatised first, page 52 of the proposal (PNAC) states, "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event-like a new Pearl Harbor. That's verbatim. Were these ideologs serious?

Michael Schwartz, Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University. has confirmed in his book War Without End that in 1998 the out of power Republican Party formed a policy advocacy group called "The Project for a New American Century." Professor Schwartz reveals that the group's membership included Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld. Paul Wolfowitz and dozens of other key individuals who would later hold key positions in the administration of George W. Bush.

Only a year before Bush, Jr. was jobbed into office, this same group of Neo-Cons, lead by Rumsfeld and Cheney, issued a policy document "Entitled Rebuilding America's Defenses, advocating what is now known as the Rumsfeldian doctrine. The document stated that in order to justify another American military invasion of Iraq they would need "some catastrophic and catalyzing event." The document goes on to s that "public approval could not be obtained WITHOUT... A NEW PEARL HARBOR." That is to say, an outrageous attack on the US, soil.

There are those who say that since members of the Bush administration could make suck policy proposals in 1998, and further since the American government actually planned to stage fake terror attacks aunst its people in 1962, what's to keep them from staging fake

1 www.newamericancentury.org

2 The document was also cited by the BBC:

3 David Ray Griffin, The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/conspiracy files/6338551.stm the Bush Administration and 9/11 (Northampton, Mass.: Interlink Bks.

2004), pp. 95-96.

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9/11: A New Pearl Harbor Or "outrageous conspiracy theories" Such attacks, lake or real. Indeed, some conspiracists say that the U.S. attacks in 2001 when they have even greater capability to orchestrate government had much more motivation to achieve this hidden agenda. Do these conspiracy theorists have documented proof, irrefutable proof, that the U.S. government is capable of conspiring a plot of the magnitude and evil of 9/11, against its own citizens? It would seem so. There is a document known as "Operation Northwoods," which although created long before 9/11, does show that the U.S. government had a plan to kill its own citizens for a "greater cause." This top secret document was presented to President John F. Kennedy on March 13, 1962 and was only declassified in 1997. But it took three years before the Baltimore Sun and ABC News ran stories on the document, in 2001. The document is available from dozens of reputable online sources such as the National Security Archive located at George Washington University, and is thoroughly analyzed by author James Bamford in his 2001 book Body of Secrets.

What are the contents of this document? The goal of Operation Northwoods was to get public support for an invasion of Cuba. The Joint Chiefs of Staff believed that Americans would only support a war against Cuba if it could be shown that Cuban "terrorists" had carried out a number of surprise attacks against the U.S. Isn't that how they got support for their "war on terror" and their second war against Iraq?

The 1962 Northwoods document recommended that the US. should stage fake terror attacks against American citizens. The document states: "Such a plan would enable a logical build-up of incidents to be combined with other seemingly unrelated events to camouflage the ultimate objective and create the necessary impression of Cuban rasmess and irresponsibility on a large scale." The specific recommendations made in the document included": 1. Stage mock attacks, sabotages and riots and blame it on Cuban 2. Sink an American ship at the Guantanamo Bay American military base or destroy American aircraft and blame it on Cubon

forces.

News, May 1, 2003. Archived at:

David Ruppert, "US Military Wanted to Provoke War with Cuba," ABC Washington University: www.gwu.edu/nsarchiv/news/20010430 pabcnews.go.com/sections/us/Daily News/jointchiefs 010501.html

ee, "Pentagon Proposed Pretext for Cuba Invasion." Archive at George http://operation-northwoods.wikiverse.org summary of the Operation Northwoods document is found at:

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3. Harassment of civil air, attacks on surface shipping, and destruction of U.S. military drone aircraft by MIG-type planes would be useful as complementary actions.

4. Destroy A FAKE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT supposedly full of "college students off on a holiday."

5. Stage a "terror campaign," including the "real or simulated" sinking of Cuban refugees.

What do you think reader, does that not sound like the U.S. Joint hiels were plotting a "conspiracy" involving the hijacking of an aircraft? If in 1962, the higher ups in the U.S. government were prepared to lan and stage fake terror attacks against its own citizens, what is to say hey did not stage "simulated" or even 'real' attacks on 9/112

But, I hear you say, "That was fouty years ago; you couldn't possibly be suggesting that this could happen today, or did happen on 9/11?" My response to you is, "Why not?"Why not reader? Answer that.

In 2002, U.S. Today reported a bizarre coincidence that occurred on the very day of the 9/11 terror attacks: that a US. intelligence agency was set to run "an exercise" on Sept 11 at 9AM, 2001, in which a commercial aircraft would crash into one of its buildings near Washington, DC. (USA Today/AP, 8/22/02). "It was just an incredible coincidence that this happened to involve an aircraft crashing into our facility," was the excuse given by U.S. intelligence agent Art Haubold. He added: "As soon as the real world events began, we canceled the exercise." Sure you did. The U.S. Today article quoted above was titled "FEDERAL AGENCY PLANNED PLANE-CRASHING-INTO-BUILDING DRILL... LAST SEPT. 11." Now, that's a fact that is stranger than fiction! In light of all of the above facts, let us review what really happened on 9/11; let us separate the 'real' from the fiction-the cold, hard. unpalatable truth from the "outrageous conspiracy theories. For as Disraeli once said. "Ignorance never settles a question.

7 usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-22-sept-11-plane-drill_x.htm

8 As an aside, here is what might be just another "outrageous conspiracy theory" for you. Is it probable that Islamic terrorists or Islamic nations may attack Rome and the Vatican? According to Former Jordanian Minister Sheikh Ali Al-Faqir "The prophecy of the conquest of Rome remains valid, Allah willing.... Rome too will be conquered. Our prayers, our fasting, and the charity we give will be to no avail, if we doubt [what the Prophet Muhammad (said]." May 2, 2008. "We proclaim that we will conquer Rome.": www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2410.htm; See also sermon aired on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV on March 5, 2010: www.memritv.org/clip/en/2410.htm.

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Codeword Barbelon book Two

by P.D. Stuart

Occam’s razor is a principle stating that the simplest explanation for an observable problem is likely the correct one. This rings true when exploring the origins of the term “bar” as it relates to legal practice.

Some people claim the term bar is an acronym for “British Accredited Registry.” Aside from making little sense, this assertion is patently false.

In reality, the word “bar” refers to the railing that separates the working area of the court from the spectator area. The working area of the court consists of the following:

Judge’s bench

Prosecutor’s table

Defense’s table

Jury seats

Witness box

The bar is a reference to the court system’s origins in English common law. In England, a barrister is a type of lawyer who operates within the bounds of common law jurisdiction. When representing their clients, they do so from the “bar.”

Today, the term “bar” applies to associations of licensed attorneys in the United States, while the bar exam is the test required to become a member of these organizations.

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BAR (1)

bar (prefix):

Aramaic for the Hebrew ben, "son." Compare Aramaic sections of Ezra and Daniel. In the Old Testament the word is found three times in Proverbs 31:2 and once in Syriac Psalms 2:12 (Hier. translates "pure"). In the New Testament "Bar" is frequently employed as prefix to names of persons. Compare Barabbas; Bar-Jesus; Bar-Jonah; Barnabas; Barsabbas; Bartholomew; Bartimeus.

See BEN.

[https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/bar-1/](https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/bar-1/)

bar

In my post about bar mitzva, I wrote

bar בר means "son" (primarily in Aramaic, but also in Hebrew, see Mishlei 31:2)

The question is what is the connection between bar and the Hebrew word for son - בן ben? And does bar as "son" have a connection to any of the other meanings of the word bar, such as "outside", "pure" or "grain"?

In his entry for ben, Klein writes that

The change of n to r in Aramaic, Syriac, and Mehri is difficult to explain; it may be due to regressive dissimilation.

(See more detail in the article The Forms of 'Son' and 'Daughter' in Aramaic, by Steven Fassberg in the book Aramaic in its Historical and Linguistic Setting.)

Regarding the other meanings of bar, Klein doesn't connect them to "son", but does show how they are related to each other. He discusses them all under the root ברר, meaning "to purify, select, set apart, separate". In his Hebrew etymological dictionary, he derives from this root the following words:

bar בר - threshed grain or corn, from ברר (to purify, select)

bar בר - pure, clean, related to ברר

bor בור - lye, alkali, potash, from ברר. Related to another word for lye, borit בורית. Surprisingly, he makes no connection to "borax", which has the same meaning, but is of Persian origin (this book does connect the two).

bar בר - exterior, outside. May have developed from another meaning of bar - "open field". Also related is the adverb bar, meaning "except, outside of".

beram ברם - but, however. A contraction of the Aramaic בר מא - "except what".

baraita ברייתא - the Tanaitic sayings not incorporated in (excluded from) the Mishna.

barur ברור - chosen; clear, distinct, certain

borer בורר - arbitrator

An English word with the same source is "barrio". The Online Etymology Dictionary has the following:

"ward of a Spanish or Spanish-speaking city," sometimes also used of rural settlements, from Sp. barrio "district, suburb," from Arabic barriya "open country" (fem.), from barr "outside" (of the city). Main modern sense of "Spanish-speaking district in a U.S. city" is 1939; original reference is to Spanish Harlem in New York City.

It's worth noting that Stahl, in his Arabic etymological dictionary, disagrees with Klein, and connects bar as "son" with bar as "out". He notes the Hebrew word for "offspring, descendant", צאצא tze'etza, which derives from the root יצא - "to go out". So too does the child "go out" from his parents.

One other word that Klein thinks may be related to ברר is ברית brit (actually better spelled berit/b'rit, but that's not at all common) - "covenant". He writers:

Of uncertain etymology. Meyer derives it from ברה (= to eat bread); it would have been so called because in ancient times it was customary for those concluding a treaty or alliance to partake of a meal. Several scholars, with less probability, derive the noun ברית from ברה (= to choose.)

There's one more "bar" I didn't discuss, but I'll save that for the next post...

[https://www.balashon.com/2011/09/bar.html](https://www.balashon.com/2011/09/bar.html)

Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:35

BAR JESUS ("son of Jesu or Joshua"):

By: Crawford Howell Toy, Kaufmann Kohler

A Jewish magician described in Acts xiii. 6-11 as a "sorcerer, a false prophet," who, when Paul and Barnabas came to Cyprus, was found in the company of Sergius Paulus, the Roman proconsul. He also bore the title of "Elymas" (= sorcerer; perhaps related to , Deut. xiii. 2; explained also from the Arabic alim = wise). He opposed Paul in his attempt to convert the proconsul; whereupon Paul, "filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him," and cursed him with temporary blindness, calling him "son of the Devil" ("Ben Belial"); and "immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness," and he had to be led by the hand. The proconsul, "when he saw what was done," was converted. Simon Magus, to whom Bar Jesus bears a striking resemblance, is apparently the person mentioned by Josephus ("Ant." xx. 7, § 2), as "Simon . . . a Jew, born in Cyprus," who "pretended to be a magician," one of the friends of Felix, the procurator of Judea, and employed by him to seduce Drusilla from her husband, Azizus, king of Emesa. The same Simon Magus occurs in the story of Peter the Apostle (Acts viii. 20-24), of which the Paul story obviously forms a counterpart. New Testament critics therefore doubt the authenticity of the whole story (see Holzmann, on Acts xiii., and P. W. Schmiedel, in "Encyc. Bibl.")

The Syriac, taking offense at "Son of Jesus" being called "Son of the Devil," has changed the name "Bar Jesus" into "Bar Shuma" (Son of the Name); one Latin translation has "Bar Jesuba," which again has led modern writers like August Klostermann to new conjectures.

Bibliography:

Cheyne, Encyc. Biblica, s.v.;

Hastings, Dict. of the Bible, s.v.

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In law, the bar is the legal profession as an institution. The term is a metonym for the line (or "bar") that separates the parts of a courtroom reserved for spectators and those reserved for participants in a trial such as lawyers.

In the United Kingdom, the term "the bar" refers only to the professional organization for barristers (referred to in Scotland as advocates); the other type of UK lawyer, solicitors, have their own body, the Law Society. Correspondingly, being "called to the bar" refers to admission to the profession of barristers, not solicitors.

Courtroom division

The origin of the term bar is from the barring furniture dividing a medieval European courtroom.[1][2] In the U.S., Europe and many other countries referring to the law traditions of Europe, the area in front of the barrage is restricted to participants in the trial: the judge or judges, other court officials, the jury (if any), the lawyers for each party, the parties to the case, and witnesses giving testimony. The area behind the bar is open to the public.[3] This restriction is enforced in nearly all courts. In most courts, the bar is represented by a physical partition: a railing or barrier that serves as a bar.[4]

License and certification

The bar may also refer to the qualifying procedure by which a lawyer is licensed to practice law in a given jurisdiction.

U.S. procedure

Main article: Admission to the bar in the United States

In the United States, this procedure is administered by the individual U.S. states and their respective bar associations. In general, a candidate must graduate from a qualified law school and pass a written test: the bar examination. Almost all states use the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), a multiple-choice exam administered on one day of a two- or three-day test. An increasing number use the Uniform Bar Examination, which includes the MBE. In either case, on days during which the MBE is not administered, the bar exam may include questions related to that state's laws. If the candidate reaches the score required by a particular state, the candidate is then admitted to the bar. A lawyer whose license to practice law is revoked is said to be disbarred.

State bar associations may set additional requirements to bar admission such as trial and court observations, character and background screenings, or an additional examination on professional ethics.

U.S. patent procedure

Main article: USPTO registration examination

Admission to practice before the patent section of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requires that the individual pass a separate, single-day examination administered by that agency. This test is typically referred to as the "patent bar", although the word "bar" does not appear in the test's official name.

Unlike the general bar examination, for which graduation from a recognized law school is a prerequisite, the USPTO exam does not require that the candidate have taken any law school courses. Instead, the main prerequisite is a science or engineering background, most often met with a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Individuals who pass the examination are referred to as "patent attorneys" if they have an active law license from any U.S. jurisdiction, and "patent agents" otherwise. Attorneys and agents have the same license to represent clients before the patent section of the USPTO, and both may issue patentability opinions. However, any other patent-related practice (such as licensing or infringement litigation) can only be performed by licensed attorneys—who do not necessarily have to be USPTO-licensed.

British procedure

Main article: Call to the bar

In the United Kingdom, the practice of law is divided between barristers (advocates in Scotland) and solicitors; advocacy before a court is almost always carried out by barristers (or advocates). A person who becomes an advocate or barrister is referred to as being called to the bar. In the UK, there is a distinction between the inner bar (for senior King's counsel) and the outer bar (for Junior barristers).

The legal profession

The bar commonly refers to the legal profession as a whole. With a modifier, it may refer to a branch or division of the profession: as, for instance, the tort bar—lawyers who specialize in filing civil suits for damages.

In conjunction with bench, bar may differentiate lawyers who represent clients (the bar) from judges or members of a judiciary (the bench). In this sense, the bar advocates and the bench adjudicates. Yet, in some countries, judges who previously worked as lawyers representing clients commonly remain members of the bar and lawyers are commonly referenced as Officers of the Court.

The phrase bench and bar denotes all judges and lawyers collectively.[4]

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The Knights Templar

From A Brief Historical Description by Professor Sir John Baker QC LLD FBA

Master of the Bench

The history of the Temple begins soon after the middle of the twelfth century, when a contingent of knights of the Military Order of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem moved from the Old Temple in Holborn (later Southampton House) to a larger site between Fleet Street and the banks of the River Thames. The new site originally included much of what is now Lincoln’s Inn, and the knights were probably responsible for establishing New Street (later Chancery Lane), which led from Holborn down to their new quarters. Following their custom, the knights built a round church patterned on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. An inscription on the Round recorded that it was consecrated by the Patriarch Heraclius on 10 February 1185, in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is thought that King Henry II was also present on that day, inaugurating a long association between the royal family and the Temple.

Among the other buildings erected by the knights were dormitories, storehouses, stables, chambers, and two dining halls, one of them in the consecrated central portion and connected with the church by a cloister. It was a house fit for kings to stay in, and several did so. During a visit by King John in January 1215 he received a deputation of barons demanding a charter of liberties; and when the Great Charter was signed later in the year, the Master of the Temple was one of the witnesses. The knights took advantage of their special privileges to make their sanctuary a safe place for depositing treasure, and during the thirteenth century the New Temple became a busy financial centre. It was no doubt during this period that the first handful of lawyers came to live in the Temple, not as distinct societies but as legal advisers to a wealthy international organisation. The Templars thrived, adding to their round church a fine nave, which was consecrated in the presence of King Henry III in 1240. Many knights associated with the order were buried in the church, the most distinguished being William Marshal (d. 1219), first Earl of Pembroke and regent of England, the very model of medieval English chivalry, and one of the instigators of Magna Carta. Marshal’s armoured effigy, battered by time and war, may still be seen in the Round.

[https://www.innertemple.org.uk/who-we-are/history/the-inner-temple-history/the-knights-templar/](https://www.innertemple.org.uk/who-we-are/history/the-inner-temple-history/the-knights-templar/)

The Knight’s Templar was expelled from the Papacy in 1312 by Pope Clement V and Philip IV of France. The few Templars who escaped went to the powerful kingdom of Aragon and became known as the Order of the Calatrava, who would later align with the the Montessa. In 1534, a Spanish nobleman by the name of Ignatius Loyola would revive the Templars and call them the "Society of Jesus." Loyola was a Templar, and a member of a secret society called the "AlumBRADos." The third Superior General and co-founder of the order was Francis Borgia. The Borgia bloodline is part of the notorious "Black Nobility" which dates back to the ancient Ptolemaic period in history."

Exposing the Jesuits and the Papacy: The Jesuits are the revived Knights Templar (jesuitinquisition.blogspot.com)

https://jesuitinquisition.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-jesuits-are-revived-knights-templar.html

Alcaraz’s fervor, which in the past had given him successes in his proselytizing activities, was once again causing trouble. Hamilton opines, “Alcaraz continued to engineer his own downfall. He made no secret of his disapproval of those numerous individuals who had fallen under the spell of Ocaña and Olmilllos or who had been duped by Francisca Hernández.” Visions and trances were a point of contention for Alcaraz as it was for other alumBRADos including Isabel de la Cruz. Alcaraz, however, had already had some disagreements for some time with Fray Francisco Ortiz and Francisco de Osuna concerning the value of these mystical endeavors. Alcaraz considered trances, visions and prophecy to be ataduras and thus undesirable. To engage in such activity would hinder one’s dejamiento or abandonment to God by refocusing the mind on prophecies that concerned themselves with the material.22 In his attempts to denounce Ocaña and Olmillos to the Franciscan provincial Alcaraz instead succeeded in calling attention to himself. In May of 1524 Francisco de Quiñones, the general of the Franciscan order, held the Inquisitorial chapter of Toledo in Escalona. On the 22nd of May a decree was issued that condemned the practices and activities of Isabel de la Cruz and Pedro Ruíz de Alcaraz.23

EL SABOR DE HEREJIA: THE EDICT OF 1525, THE ALUMBRADOS AND THE INQUISITORS’ USAGE OF LOCURA

by Javier A. Montoya

https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/uf/e0/04/13/85/00001/montoya_j.pdf

Self-love, Progress measured by abandoning

Senses, Application of

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

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"Though the term illuminati has been most closely associated with the 18th-century movement of republican free thought in Bavaria, the word has in fact been in use since the late 15th century to refer to various groups. One of the early illuminati groups was the AlumBRADos (“Enlightened Ones”), whose movement began in Spain in the 16th century and had ideological roots in gnosticism. A very early leader was María de Santo Domingo, a prophet and mystic who claimed to converse directly with Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary and was tried under the auspices of the Inquisition. Many AlumBRADos later fell victim to the Inquisition, and St. Ignatius of Loyola was charged with having sympathies with the AlumBRADo movement. Another early group associated with the illuminati was the Rosicrucians, who came to public attention in the early 16th century but claimed to go back to 1422. Much of what is known about them comes from their earliest extant text, Fama Fraternitatis, first published in 1614, which describes the journey of their founder, Christian Rosencreutz."

https://www.britannica.com/question/What-are-the-origins-of-the-illuminati

THE pilgrim sailed from Barcelona to the Italian port city of Gaeta, and walked the remaining distance to Rome, arriving there on Palm Sunday, March 29, 1523. Two days later, according to Vatican archives, “Iñigo de Loyola, cleric of the diocese of Pamplona” received permission from Pope Adrian VI to visit Jerusalem. From Rome, Iñigo proceeded to Venice, where one of Charles Habsburg’s agents received him graciously and introduced h im to the Doge, Andrea Gritti, the highest official in Venetian civil government. A famed diplomat and linguist, Gritti arranged free passage for Iñigo aboard a small ship whose name – the “Negrona” – was appropriate for an evangelist dedicated to the Black Virgin of Christian Conquest.

On July 14, 1523, the Negrona left Venice, arriving a month later at the island of Cyprus. At Cyprus, one Diego Manes and his servant, along with several Cypriot officials, boarded ship for the rest of the voyage to Haifa. Diego Manes was a Commander of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.7 Since 1312, the Hospitallers had held title to the vast wealth of the Knights Templar. They had been drawing upon these assets to defend the Roman economy against Islamic marauders in the east. But when the Turks attacked the Hospitallers’ headquarters on the Island of Rhodes, the assets were frozen by the pope and his former pupil, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles. No assistance in any form was forthcoming from either party. Consequently, in December 1522, the Hospitallers had no choice but to surrender Rhodes and retreat to what would become their final domicile, Malta. T h e message was clear. Now that Luther’s German-language New Testament was in print, Protestantism loomed a greater menace to Rome than Islam ever did. It is possible that in a Jerusalem-bound ship named Negrona, Commander Diego Manes turned over the litanies, lists, secret codes, formulae, cabalah, and other portable assets comprising the Knights Templar resources to Iñigo. If this indeed happened, the western world’s secret infrastructure was now Loyola’s to populate and manipulate in the cause of learning against learning. That is my hypothesis. What is not hypothesis is that as soon as the pilgrim returned from Jerusalem he began vesting himself with Medici learning. The idea of uniting the Templars with the Hospitallers was first argued publicly in a book published in 1305 by Raimon Llull, a renowned illuminatus from Majorca. Llull’s book, Libre de Fine, (“Free At Last”) appeared in the midst of a raging controversy between the French monarchy and the Roman papacy over who held jurisdiction over the Templars. That is the subject of our next chapter.

Rulers of Evil

by F. Tupper Saussy

Nevada School of Law at Old College was the first law school established in the state of Nevada. The school, located in Reno, was founded in 1981 by former president of Gonzaga University Rev. John "Jack" P. Leary and then-Washoe County District Attorney Cal Dunlap. After its first year, the school moved from the former St. Thomas Aquinas Parochial School to its permanent home at the old Reno Gazette-Journal newspaper plant donated by the Gannett Company. The school lacked the financial means by which to gain full accreditation from the American Bar Association, and it closed its doors in August 1988. At the time of its closure, the school had an 85% first-time bar passage rate among its graduates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_School_of_Law_at_Old_College

Case No. 24 PO 00116 3G

PO REC NO 311979

242401219

FILED

IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF DAYTON TOWNSHIP24 JUL-2 PM 3: 12

COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA JUSTICE

PRACT

CLEAK

JULIA ANN BYSE

Applicant,

VS.

WILLIAM FRANCIS DUNN IV

Adverse Party.

TEMPORARY PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST STALKING OR HARASSMENT

Expiration: This order was issued by the Court above on July 2, 2024 and will expire on AUGUST 16, 2024 at 11:59 pm unless the Court orders otherwise.

Hearing to Extend:

There is no hearing scheduled.

The Applicant filed a verified application for a protective order. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter. See NRS 200.591, et seq. The Court finds that stalking, ggravated stalking and/or harassment has occurred. Accordingly, and good cause appearing, c is the ORDER of the Court that the following orders apply to the Adverse Party:

1. YOU ARE PROHIBITED from threatening, physically injuring, or harassing the On Applicant and/or the following persons:

Protected Parties: The following persons are protected under this order: Applicant: JULIA ANN BYSE

2. YOU ARE ORDERED to not contact the protected parties at all in any way, including but not limited to in person, by phone/text, by email, or through social media.

3. YOU ARE ORDERED to stay away from Applicant's residence located at:

2030 LONNIE LANE

DAYTON, NV 89403

C2020 Nevada Supreme Court

(Revised October 2020) Temporary Protection Order Against Stalking or Harassment

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ORDER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT

Any law enforcement officer, with or without a warrant, may arrest and take into custody the Adverse Party, when the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that (a) an Order has been issued pursuant to NRS 33.270 against the Adverse Party; (b) the Adverse Party has been served with a copy of the Order; and (c) the Adverse Party is acting or has acted in violation of the Order. This arrest may occur regardless of whether the violation occurred in the officer's presence.

Any law enforcement agency in this state may enforce a Court Order issued pursuant to NRS 33.270 without regard to the county in which the Order is issued.

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July 2, 2024

Aamir Vecch

CAMILLE VECCHIARELLI Justice of the Peace

02020 Nevada Supreme Court

Temporary Protection Order Against Stalking or Harassment (Revised October 2020)

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What does the Bible say about lawlessness?

To be lawless is to be contrary to the law or to act without regard to the law. Laws are necessary in a sinful world (1 Timothy 1:9), and those who choose to act lawlessly further sin in the world. The word for “lawlessness” in the Bible is often translated “iniquity.” According to the Bible, the root of all lawlessness is rebellion.

First John 3:4 defines sin as lawlessness: “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.” To commit sin is to be lawless; that is, the sinner breaks God’s law. In this way, lawlessness is a rejection of God. Satan, who models the ultimate rejection of God, will one day empower the Antichrist, called “the lawless one,” whose rise to power “will be in accordance with how Satan works” (2 Thessalonians 2:9).

Lawlessness is contrasted with righteousness in verses such as Romans 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:14, and Hebrews 1:9. The righteous, who have the nature of Jesus Christ, hate the deeds of lawlessness. Lot, a godly man living in Sodom, “was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard” (2 Peter 2:8). The psalmist said, “I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked” (Psalm 26:5). Christians are to be law-abiding (1 Peter 4:15).

When a society ignores the law, lawlessness is the result, and chaos ensues. The time of the judges after Joshua’s death was marked by upheaval, oppression, and general disorder. The biblical historian puts his finger on the reason for the tumult: “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit” (Judges 21:25). The riot in Ephesus is a good example of lawlessness in action (Acts 19). The rioters were confused and unsure even of why they were rioting (verse 32); in their lawlessness, they were ignoring proper legal channels (verse 39) and, of course, breaking the law (verse 40).

God has a purpose for establishing human government: “to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right” (1 Peter 2:14). Rulers are God’s appointees to maintain order and promote righteousness in a civil society. “Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves” (Romans 13:2). In other words, lawlessness is condemned in Scripture.

The Bible connects man’s lawlessness and rebellion against God with his need for God’s forgiveness. In Romans 4:7, Paul (quoting Psalm 32:1) says, “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered” (ESV). God’s righteousness is imputed to us at salvation, and God forgives us of our lawlessness: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more” (Hebrews 10:17, quoting Jeremiah 31:34). Christ died on the cross “to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works” (Titus 2:14, ESV). Our lawless deeds resulted in Christ’s death, but God’s grace overcomes our lawless hearts.

In the judgment many will stand before Christ claiming a connection with Him that exists only in their own minds. They will rehearse their good deeds done in His name, only to hear Jesus declare them to be “workers of lawlessness” whom Christ never knew (Matthew 7:23, ESV). At that time, those who practice lawlessness will be cast “into the blazing furnace,” while those who are covered by the righteousness of Christ “will shine like the sun” (Matthew 13:41–43). Christ will have the ultimate victory and will eliminate lawlessness forever.

[https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-lawlessness.html](https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-lawlessness.html)

What does the Bible say about a false witness?

Bearing false witness is mentioned many times in the Bible, exclusively as something bad. “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” is the ninth of the Ten Commandments that Moses brought back with him from his encounter with God on Mount Sinai (Exodus 20:16). False witness, or spreading a false report, is associated with being allied with the wicked (Exodus 23:1), willing to do violence to others (Psalm 27:12), and sowing discord among brothers (Proverbs 6:19). The Bible calls bearing false witness lying (Proverbs 14:5) and compares a man who bears false witness against his neighbor to a violent weapon (Proverbs 25:18). Lies harm people.

A false witness is one who stands up and swears before others that something untrue is true, especially with the intention of hurting someone else or ruining his reputation. This happened to David (Psalm 27:12), Jesus (Matthew 26:60; Mark 14:56), and Stephen (Acts 6:13). When the wicked Queen Jezebel wished to procure a vineyard for her sulking husband, King Ahab, she employed two false witnesses. Naboth, the rightful owner of the vineyard, was seated in an honorable place on a day of fasting, but “then two scoundrels came and sat opposite him and brought charges against Naboth before the people, saying, ‘Naboth has cursed both God and the king.’ So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death” (1 Kings 21:13). What the “scoundrels” said against Naboth was absolutely untrue; they were bearing false witness with impunity and with the queen’s blessing. As a result, an innocent man was killed. When a person is righteous and his enemies can find nothing with which to blame him, bearing false witness is a common weapon.

The lies told by a false witness come from the sinful human heart—along with murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, slander, and evil thoughts (Matthew 15:19). Jesus said that man is defiled by these evil things that come from the heart. The only possible cure for an evil heart that bears false witness is to receive a new, pure heart, which can only be given by God (Ezekiel 36:26). When a person is indwelt by the Holy Spirit, he will be like a fresh spring or a fruitful tree or a budding vine, bursting with good things (John 7:38; Psalm 1:1–6; John 15:4–5). The old is gone, and the new takes its place (Ephesians 4:22–24). Those who are in Christ have a new heart that speaks the truth: “Each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor” (Ephesians 4:25). A person who bears false witness is controlled by the flesh rather than by the Spirit of God, and he should repent of that sin and turn to Christ.

"There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to Him...a lying tongue...a false witness who breathes out lies..." (Proverbs 6:16–19).

https://www.gotquestions.org/false-witness.html

Marquette University Law School is the law school of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is one of two law schools in Wisconsin and the only private law school in the state. Founded in 1892 as the Milwaukee Law Class, MULS is housed in Eckstein Hall on Marquette University's campus in downtown Milwaukee.[3][4]

Overview

Marquette University is a Catholic institution operated by the Jesuit order. The law school's mission includes a commitment to the Jesuit idea of cura personalis ("care of the entire person"), a duty to promote diversity, and a goal of encouraging its "students to become agents for positive change in society."[5]

As of the 2016-17 academic year, the school has 575 enrolled students and 98 faculty members and administrators, including 30 full-time faculty members, 10 "deans, librarians, and others who teach," and 58 part-time faculty members.[1] For the fall 2016 entering J.D. class, there were 190 enrolled students (182 full-time and 8 part-time).[1]

Wisconsin, unique among American states, allows graduates of accredited law schools within the state to be admitted to the Wisconsin state bar without taking the state's bar examination if they complete certain requirements in their law school courses and achieve a certain level of performance in those courses, a practice known as the "diploma privilege."[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_University_Law_School

World, the: 1. It is proper to our vocation: to go to diverse places and live in whatever part of the world and to be sent wherever the greater service of God and the help of souls can be hoped for [82, 92, 304, 308, 588, 603, 605, 626, 749]; to this purpose is directed the vow of special obedience to the supreme pontiff regarding missions, FI no. 3 [603, 605], 2 §1; consequently a complete availability, mobility, and universality are necessary, 110, 121 4°, 242 §3, 246 7°, 248, 259, 411; at the service of which is chastity, 144 §2; consequently our community is a community for dispersion, 255 §1, 312, 314 §2, 315, 317; thus also the need for communicating with different cultures of the world and for insertion into them, 99 §2, 106 §2, 110, 111, 246 2°; and for promoting that perfect and open cooperation among the members of the entire Society, of whatever province or region they may be, 396 §2. See also Cooperation, interprovincial and supraprovincial; Culture(s); Insertion 2. God is present in the world: exercising the ministry of healing and reconciliation, 246 4°; thus he is there to be sought and found, 223 §§3-4; the world, in great part afflicted with atheism and injustice and increasingly divided by diverse economic, social, and ethnic systems and by other sources of division and opposition, 59 §2, 223 §3, 246 4° 3. The world, as distinguished from religious life: is to be left behind, trampled underfoot, and renounced [30, 50, 53, 61, 66, 297]; it is to be despised because of the love for and imitation of Christ [101]; contempt for it assists in the union of minds and hearts [671]: customs which smack of the world are not to be introduced, 322.

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Thirteenth Rule. To be right in everything, we ought always to hold that the white which I see, is black, if the Hierarchical Church so decides it, believing that between Christ our Lord, the Bridegroom, and the Church, His Bride, there is the same Spirit which governs and directs us for the salvation of our souls. Because by the same Spirit and our Lord Who gave the ten Commandments, our holy Mother the Church is directed and governed."

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola

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14We ought to act on the principle that everyone who lives under obedience should let himself be carried and directed by Divine Providence through the agency of the superior 15as if he were a lifeless body, which allows itself to be carried to any place and treated in any way; or an old man s staff, which serves at any place and for any purpose in which the one holding it in his hand wishes to employ it. 16For in this way the obedient man ought joyfully to employ himself in any task in which the superior desires to employ him in aid of the whole body of the religious order; 17and he ought to hold it certain that by so doing he conforms himself with the divine will more than by anything else he could do while following his own will and different judgment.[3]"

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Universal good: for this the entire Society was founded [258]; the Society s superior should look to the same [119]; let the assistants for provident care be strong in pursuit of this [779], 364 §2; let provincials foster this, 397; let all possess a supraprovincial and supranational spirit, 110, 111, 242 §3; its greatest foe is love of oneself [671]; it must be kept in mind: in admissions [187, 189]; in dismissals [204, 208, 212, 215, 222]; in the dismissal of the author of dissension [665]; in dispensing from a requirement of the Constitutions [425]; in communicating authority [512]; in exercising poverty [422, 558, 576, 579]; in the renunciation of goods [258]; in seeking alms [331]; in taking on the obligations of colleges or universities [325] ; in studies [354, 356, 417, 466, 508]; in the choice of ministries [608, 611, 615, 618, 622-26, 629], 258 §1; in providing our neighbors with the assistance of prayer [638, 639]; in undertaking corporal works of mercy [650]; by the general in his disposition of personnel [739]; and in his removal of superiors [736]; in the provident care the Society exercises toward the general [766, 773, 774, 778]

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The large Latin inscription on the façade reads: Clemens XII Pont Max Anno V Christo Salvatori In Hon SS Ioan Bapt et Evang. This abbreviated inscription translates as: "The Supreme Pontiff Clement XII, in the fifth year [of his Pontificate, dedicated this building] to Christ the Savior, in honor of Saints John the Baptist and [John] the Evangelist".[5] The inscription indicates, with its full title (see below), that the archbasilica was originally dedicated to Christ the Savior and, centuries later, rededicated in honor of Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist. Christ the Savior remains its primary dedication, and its titular feast day is 6 August, the Transfiguration of Christ. As the cathedral of the pope as bishop of Rome, it ranks superior to all other churches of the Catholic Church, including Saint Peter's Basilica.

Name

The archbasilica's Latin name is Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris ac Sancti Ioannis Baptistae et Ioannis Evangelistae ad Lateranum,[6] which in English is the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist at the Lateran, and in Italian Arcibasilica [Papale] del Santissimo Salvatore e Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbasilica_of_Saint_John_Lateran#Lateran_Palace

Himmler used the Jesuits as the model for the SS, since he found they had the core elements of absolute obedience and the cult of the organisation.[59][60] Hitler is said to have called Himmler "my Ignatius of Loyola".[59] As an order, the SS needed a coherent doctrine that would set it apart.[61] Himmler attempted to construct such an ideology, and deduced a "pseudo-Germanic tradition" from history.[61] Himmler dismissed the image of Christ as a Jew and rejected Christianity's basic doctrine and its institutions.[62] Starting in 1934, the SS hosted "solstice ceremonies" (Sonnenwendfeiern) to increase team spirit within their ranks.[63] In a 1936 memorandum, Himmler set forth a list of approved holidays based on pagan and political precedents meant to wean SS members from their reliance on Christian festivities.[64] In an attempt to replace Christianity and suffuse the SS with a new doctrine, SS-men were able to choose special Lebenslauffeste, substituting common Christian ceremonies such as baptisms, weddings and burials. Since the ceremonies were held in small private circles, it is unknown how many SS-members opted for these kind of celebrations.[65]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology_of_the_SS

From modest beginnings the SS (Schutzstaffel; Protection Squadrons), became a virtual state within a state in Nazi Germany, staffed by men who perceived themselves as the “racial elite” of Nazi future.

In the Nazi state, the SS assumed leading responsibility for security, identification of ethnicity, settlement and population policy, and intelligence collection and analysis. The SS controlled the German police forces and the concentration camp system. The SS conceived and implemented plans designed to restructure the ethnic composition of eastern Europe and the occupied Soviet Union.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/ss

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[666] 6. 1On the side of the superior general, what will aid toward this union of hearts are the qualities of his person [G], to be treated in Part IX [723-25], with which he will perform his office, 2which is to be for all the members a head from which the influence required for the end sought by the Society ought to descend to them all. 3It is thus from the general as head that all authority of the provincials should flow, from the provincials that of the local superiors, and from the local superiors that of the individual members. 4And from this same head, or at least by his commission and approval, should likewise come the appointing of missions. And the same should apply to communicating the graces of the Society. 5For the more the subjects are dependent upon their superiors, the better will the love, obedience, and union among them be preserved."

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Head:

1. See Illness, mental

2. The superior general, head of the Society [666]"

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Revelation 13:18

New International Version

18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.

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BULL of Pope Boniface VIII promulgated November 18, 1302

For, according to the Blessed Dionysius, it is a law of the divinity that the lowest things reach the highest place by intermediaries. Then, according to the order of the universe, all things are not led back to order equally and immediately, but the lowest by the intermediary, and the inferior by the superior. Hence we must recognize the more clearly that spiritual power surpasses in dignity and in nobility any temporal power whatever, as spiritual things surpass the temporal. This we see very clearly also by the payment, benediction, and consecration of the tithes, but the acceptance of power itself and by the government even of things. For with truth as our witness, it belongs to spiritual power to establish the terrestrial power and to pass judgement if it has not been good. Thus is accomplished the prophecy of Jeremias concerning the Church and the ecclesiastical power: ‘Behold to-day I have placed you over nations, and over kingdoms‘ and the rest. Therefore, if the terrestrial power err, it will be judged by the spiritual power; but if a minor spiritual power err, it will be judged by a superior spiritual power; but if the highest power of all err, it can be judged only by God, and not by man, according to the testimony of the Apostle: ‘The spiritual man judgeth of all things and he himself is judged by no man‘ [1 Cor 2:15]. This authority, however, (though it has been given to man and is exercised by man), is not human but rather divine, granted to Peter by a divine word and reaffirmed to him (Peter) and his successors by the One Whom Peter confessed, the Lord saying to Peter himself, ‘Whatsoever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound also in Heaven‘ etc., [Mt 16:19]. Therefore whoever resists this power thus ordained by God, resists the ordinance of God [Rom 13:2], unless he invent like Manicheus two beginnings, which is false and judged by us heretical, since according to the testimony of Moses, it is not in the beginnings but in the beginning that God created heaven and earth [Gen 1:1]. Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.

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The Constitutions of The Society of Jesus and Their Complimentary Norms

A Complete English Translation of the Official Latin Texts

THE INSTITUTE OF JESUIT SOURCES

SAINT LOUIS, 1996

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THE INQUISITION IN MINUTE DETAIL: THE FIRST HOLOCAUST

Cruelties committed by the Inquisition. Those who survive the first tortures are tied dom upon their backs, a large cauldron turned upside down is placed upon their naked stomachs, with a number of large dormice underneath. A fire is lighted upon the top of the cauldron, which enrages the dormice; and as they are unable to creep under the edges of the cauldron, they burrow into the entrails of the victim

OR NEARLY SIX CENTURIES, WROTE PETER DE ROSSA. "Not one of the eighty popes (from the thirteenth century to nineteenth) said a word against the diabolical machinery of the inquisition, rather they cach added their own cruel touch to the awful machinery of death. The Church of Rome, at times, even waded through the blood of Roman Catholics to get to the Protestant "heretics."

THE

The real object of the Inquisition, it has been asserted. "was to discover errors in doctrine, to stop them from being propagated, and endeavour to enlighten and to win back those who had been perverted by the apostles of error." So says a Catholic apologist. We are even told that "the popes were obliged to employ stratagem in order to protect the penitent heretics from the merciless severity of the Inquisition." But, the fact is that the Holy See, in 1215 at the fourth Lateran Council, in the

1 Peter de Rossa, Vicars of Christ: The Dark Side of the Papacy (1988).

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third canon of that Council declared that "the heretics who are condemned shall be handed over to the secular arm, in order that they may receive their merited punishment," in the MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE MIDDLE AGES! Indeed, one historian, giving a detailed account of trials before the tribunals of the Inquisition, tell us that the civil punishment was only inflicted after the day of the Church's mock trial

called the Auto-da-fe ("Act of Faith").

In 1252, the pope even made a decree stipulating the exact details of how the prisoners of the Inquisition were to be tortured-including children from the age of twelve and upwards.

But for all its horrors, it was popish Spain that refined to an art the punishments Catholics invented to use against those who refused to accept their faith. In 1481, during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. the Inquisition was provided with "a new code of regulations," giving it even more formidable powers:

It was then that it got the name of The Holy Office, and was superintended by a grand inquisitor-general and a council.

When the Holy Office had a heretic, or anyone suspected of being one, lafter being arrested, its agents stripped the accused person of all he had about his person, and took a detailed inventory of his clothing and furniture.... The money so seized, whether in gold or silver, belonged by right to the tribunal, and went to defray the costs of the procedure. These formalities over, the accused...was taken to prison.

Of prisons, the Inquisition had several kinds: 1st, the common prison, in which were confined persons accused merely of ordinary misdemeanour, and who, consequently, were allowed to communicate with their families and friends; 2nd, the prison of mercy or of penitence, which was set apart for those who were to be detained only temporarily; 3rd, the intermediate prison, reserved for those who had committed some ordinary delinquency which brought them within the jurisdiction of the Holy Office; 4th, the secret prison, the inmates of which were kept in solitary confinement.

lon] the day of trial.... after a long interrogatory linterrogation). if the prisoner failed to avow his guilt, he was taken to the torture chamber, preceded by the Inquisitor and the four mystenous men in black.... Here he was again exhorted to abjure his errors, and, if these fresh entreaties were powerless to move lum, he was handed over to the torturer, who put him to the torture with one of the four agencies employed by justice-the cord, the scourge, fire, or water."

P. L. Jacob, (a Catholic) Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages, (London: Chapman & Hall, 1874), pp. 435-436.

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Reader, we cannot find expressions strong enough to characterise the brutish, raw violence to which the Church of Rome had recourse with a view to establishing her anti-christian 'religion. John Lothrop Modey, speaking of papal persecution in the Netherlands, says: "Upon February 16, 1568, a sentence of the Holy Office (the Inquisition) condenmed ALL the inhabitants of the Netherlands to death as heretics.... The mos concise death warrant that was ever framed. THREE MILLIONS of people, men, women and children, were sentenced to the scaffold..." Although not put into full effect, "Alva's contemporary Grotius states that 100,000 genuine martyrs suffered death in the Netherlands for conscience' sake. Gibbon declared that this number, executed in a single province and a single reign, far exceeded that of the primitive martyrs in the space of three centuries and of the Roman Empire."

More than fifty million members of the human family are estimated to have been slaughtered under the sanction of the Catholic Church (Dowling, History of Rome. Bk. 8). How could such a degraded, inhumane, barbaric system claim to be the religion of Jesus Christ? Where in the Bible does it say the life of the heretic should be taken?

In Rome today, you will find, on the outside the Lateran Church, a plaque depicting Pope Innocent VIII's 1487 order against the Christian Waldenses (Vaudois or Albigenses) in these words: "That abominable sect of malignant to be crushed like venomous snakes." Why? They would not accept the pope as their head. R. W. Thompson writes:

The Waldenses were burned; they were cast into damp and bomd dungeons; they were smothered in crowds in mountain cavems mothers and babes, and old men and women together; they were sen out into exile in the winter night, unclothed and unfed, to climb the snowy mountains; they were hurled over the rocks; their houses and lands were taken from them; their children were stolen to be indoctrinated with the religion which they abhorred. Rap individuals were sent among them to strip them of their propert persecute and exterminate them. Thousands... old men, wouse and children, WERE HUNG, QUARTERED, BROKEN UPON THE WHEEL, OR BURNED ALIVE and their property confiscated...

John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Vol. I (London:

John Chapman, 1856), part 3, chap. 2, p. 626.

4 W.L. Bruckman, THE GLORY OF BELGIUM (London, New York, Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton), see footnote on pp. 10-11.

5 John Dowling, History of Romanism (1871), Bk. 6, chap. 5: sect. 62. 6 R.W. Thompson, The Papacy and the Civil Power, op. cit., p. 416.

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In 1209 (July 22nd), Pope Innocent III caused the Waldenstan town of Beziers to be taken by assault and made a scene of terrible camage: his "crusaders gave no quarter-twenty thousand inhabitants were massacred without distinction of age or sex, and seven thousand were burnt in a church in which they had taken refuge."

In a few decades, hundreds of thousands of Waldenses dissenters were killed by the Pope's army. Two cities, of considerable size, Beziers (Braziers) and Carcasone, were destroyed; their occupants thrown from the top of high cliffs, hanged, DISEMBOWELED, PIERCED THROUGH REPEATEDLY, drowned, put out to be tom by dogs, burnt alive, and even crucified! One victim, "Paul Garnier was slowly sliced to pieces at Rora. Thomas Margueti was mutilated in an indescribable manner at Miraboco, and Susan Jaquin cut in bits at La Torre, Sara Rostagnol was slit open from the legs to the bosom, and so left to perish on the road between Eyral and Lucerna. Anne Charbonnier was impaled and carried thus on a pike, AS A STANDARD, from San Giovanni to La Torre. Daniel Rambaud, at Paesano, had his nails torn off, then his fingers chopped off, then his feet and his hands, then his arms and his legs, with each successive refusal on his part to abjure the Gospel.... In June, 1556, Barthelemi Hector, of Poitiers, was burned at Turin, for having sold copies of the Bible to the shepherds of the Alps."

Said the same author. "On Saturday, 24th April, 1655, at four o'clock in the morning, the signal for a general massacre of the Vandois was given: Sick persons and old people, men and women, were burned alive in their houses, or hacked in pieces, or mutilated in horrible ways. or flayed alive, or exposed bound and dying to the sun's noontide heat, or to ferocious animals; some were stripped naked, bound up in the form of a ball... and then rolled over precipices... Next, alter massacre and abduction, came incendiarismr. monks and priests, and other zealous propagandists, went about with lighted torches and projectiles, burning down the houses.... lal sister had seen her brother's mouth filled with gunpowder, and the head then blown to atoms...." These people, "so simple, so Christian, were made a prey to the DEMON of popery, cruel in its superstition BEYOND THE CRUELTY OF THE

MOST BARBAROUS SAVAGES.

TP. L. Jacob, Military and Religious Life..., op. cit., p. 430. Alex Muston (transl.), A History of the Waldenses: The Israel of the Alps

2nd edn. (London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1853), p. 46.

9 Ibid., p. 138.

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I shall next quote from one who was intimately acquainted with the Inquisition, Don Juan Antonio Llorente, derived from orginal documents in the archives of the Supreme Tribunal and those of the Subterranean Tribunals of the Holy Office. I quote Llorente from his Critical History of the Inquisition in Spain, cited in page 207 of History of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, Vol. 1, by William H. Prescott

Don Juan Antonio Llorente is the only writer who has succeeded in completely lifting the veil from the dread mysteries of the Inquisition. It is obvious how very few could be competent to this task, since the proceed. ings of the Holy Office were shrouded in such impenetrable secrecy, that even the prisoners who were arraigned before it, as has been already stated, were kept in ignorance of their own processes. Even such of its functionaries, as have at different times pretended to give its transactions to the world, have confined themselves to an historical outline, with meagre notices of such parts of its internal discipline as might be safely disclosed to the public.

Llorente was secretary to the tribunal of Madrid from 1790 to 1792. His official station consequently afforded him every facility for an acquaint- ance with the most recondite affairs of the Inquisition; and, on its suppres sion at the close of 1808, he devoted several years to a careful investigation of the registers of the tribunals, both of the capital and the provinces, as well as of such other original documents contained within their archives, as had not hitherto been opened to the light of day.

Llorente thus speaks in his Preface:--

In order to write an exset history, it was necessary to be an Inquisitor, or Se entary of the Inquisition. In this way alone could be seen the bulls of the pope the orders of the kings, the decisions of the council of the Inquisition, the original trials and other papers of its archives. Perhaps I am the only one, who at the pre sent time can poss all of these documents. I was Secretary of the Inquisition of the Court of Madrid, in the years 1789, 1790, and 1791. I knew its establishment sofficiently to consider it vicious in its origin, constitution, and laws, in spite of the apologetic writings in its favour. I immediately devoted myself to the collection of papers, abridging the most voluminous, but copying literally all that was impert ant. My perseverance in this labour, and in that of collecting all the suppressed books and pamphlets that I could find among the depositories of former inquisitor provided me with a great sumber of interesting documents. I at last obtained the whole of the archives in 150), when the tribunal was abolished. I hope that I shall not be thought arrogant is mying, that I alone can satisfy the cariosity of th who wish to know the trae tory of the Inquisition of Spain. I merely mean, that supply in a great degree, my want of talent" I hop

In the early chapters of his work. Llorente gives a sketch of the ancient Inquisition, from its origin in 1203, down to the estab lishment of the modern tribunal by Ferdinand V. in 1481. Llo rente, with all his opportunities, was able to collect bat meagre details of the ancient Inquisition: its existence during the dark ages being unfavourable to critical inquiry.

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To begin to understand the scale of atrocity of the inquisitions, consider the career of Torquemada (1420-1498), Grand Inquisitor of Spain. During his 18- year term, well over 100,000 heresy cases were tried in Spain alone, of which 97.322 were imprisoned and/or lost their property, at least 90,000 were torrared (many to death) and 10.220 were burned. These are numbers so large they seem incredible, but which were given by Llorenie, the Spanish historian of the Imp sition, who was well-qualified to judge their accuracy. If we take only half of Torquemada's rate of 5975 victims per year (people imprisoned, robbed, tor tured or killed by the Church) and multiply it for the 6 major Western Christian powers (Spain, France. England, Germany, Italy, Slavic countries) over 500 years (roughly 1150-1650), we reach a figure of nearly 9,000,000 victims of the various inquisitions. This does not include groups slaughtered in Europe by crusaders, or by general decree. It also does not include those threatened, harassed, lynched or punished without trial, such as known Jews. These victims add millions more to the body count. We can easily say that Christian Inquisitions killed at least 10 million, and cruelly ruined the lives of at least 10 million more.

Sober reader, the Seventh chapter of Daniel has been precisely fulfilled in the Catholic Church: "The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth... and shall devour the whole earth.... tread it down, and break it to pieces."

I quote next Grattan Guiness Romanism and the Reformation, 1881:

Stay, I will take you to the Inquisition. You shall enter its gloomy portals; you shall walk through its dark passages; you shall stand in its infernal torture-chamber; you shall hear the cries of some of its victims; you shall listen to their very words. What agonies have been suffered in these somber vaults, unseen by any human eyes save those of fiendish inquisitors! What cries have been uttered in this dismal place which has never reached the open world in which we live. Locked doors shut them in; stone walls stifled them. No sound escaped, not even that of a faint and distant moan. But now and then a victim found release; one and another have come forth from the torture-chamber pale and tremblingly, maimed and mutilated, to tell the things they experienced when in the hands of the holy inquisitors. We shall call in some of these as witnesses.

This book is Limborch's History of the Inquisition. It tells the story of its origin seven hundred years ago.... it describes its ministers and methods, its vicars, assistants, notaries, judges, and other officials. It describes the power of the inquisitors, and their manner of proceeding. It unveils their dread tribunal; opens their blood-stained records; describes their dungeons, the secret tortures they unflicted. the extreme, merciless, unmitigated tortures, and also the public... burning of heretics. What a record! What a world of tyranny and intolerable anguish compressed into that one word-the Inquisition!

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Tyranny over the conscience! Men in the name of Jesus Christ stretching and straining, maiming and mangling their fellow men, to compel them to call light darkness, and darkness light. To bow down to man and worship him as God; to call the teaching of Chris beress, and the teachings of antichrist Divine! Tremendous was the power of that dread[ed] tribunal. In Spain and Portugal it completely crushed the Reformation. No secrets could be withheld from the inquisitors; hundreds of persons were often apprehended in one day, and in consequence... from their examinations under torture, thousands more were apprehended.

the inquisition [cells were filled and emptied again and ag torture-chamber was a hell. The most excruciating engines wer employed to dislocate the limbs of even tender women. Thousands were burned at the stake. The gospel was gagged and crushed....

"The place of torture," says a Spanish historian, quoted by Limborch, Page 217, "is generally an underground and very dri room.... There is a tribunal erected in it in which the inquisitor inspector, and secretary sit. When the candles are lighted, and the person to be tortured brought in, the executioner, who is waiting for him, makes an astonishing and dreadful appearance. He is covered all over with a black linen garment down to his feet and tied close to his body. His head and face are all concealed with a long black carl, only two little holes being left in it for him to see through.

All this is intended to strike the miserable wretch with greater terror in mind and body, when he sees himself going to be tortured by the hands of one who thus looks like the very devil.

Today, the infallible Church of Rome would have us to believe that such atrocities were the product of darker, less civilized times and that she has changed. But if she has changed' WHAT WAS SHE BEFORE?

TORTURE BY Ut

For more, see Juan Antonio Llorente's Critical History of the Inquisition in Spain 189

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Inquisition

INQUISI'TION, noun s as z. [Latin inquisitio, inquiro. See Inquire.]

1. Inquiry; examination; a searching or search. Psalms 9:12.

2. Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.

The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.

3. Examination; discussion.

4. In some catholic countries, a court or tribunal established for the examination and punishment of heretics. This court was established in the twelfth century by father Dominic, who was charged by pope Innocent III. with orders to excite catholic princes and people to extirpate heretics.

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Inquisition

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Inquisition

INQUISITION

in-kwi-zish'-un (darash, "to follow," "diligently inquire," "question," "search" (Deuteronomy 19:18; Psalms 9:12), baqash, "to search out," "to strive after," "inquire" (Esther 2:23)):

The term refers, as indicated by these passages, first of all to a careful and diligent inquiry necessary to ascertain the truth from witnesses in a court, but may also refer to a careful examination into circumstances or conditions without official authority.

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Deuteronomy 19

1599 Geneva Bible

19 2 The franchised towns. 14 Not to remove thy neighbor’s bounds. 16 The punishment of him that beareth false witness.

1 When the Lord thy God shall root out the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou shalt possess them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses,

2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee, in the midst of thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

3 Thou shalt [a]prepare thee the way, and divide the coasts of the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every [b]manslayer may flee thither.

4 ¶ This also is the cause wherefore the manslayer shall flee thither, and live: who so killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed:

5 As he that goeth unto the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand striketh with the axe to cut down the tree, if the head slip from the helve, and hit his neighbor that he dieth, the same [c]shall flee unto one of the cities, and live,

6 Lest the avenger of the blood follow after the manslayer while his heart is chafed, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him, although he be not [d]worthy of death, because he hated him not in time passed.

7 Wherefore I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt appoint out three cities for thee.

8 And when the Lord thy God [e]enlargeth thy coasts (as he hath sworn unto thy fathers) and giveth thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers.

9 (If thou keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day: to wit, that thou love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways forever) then thou shalt add three cities more for thee besides those three,

10 That no innocent blood be shed within thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, [f]lest blood be upon thee.

11 ¶ But if a man hate his neighbor, and lay wait for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he die, and flee unto any of these cities,

12 Then the [g]Elders of his city shall send and fet him thence, and deliver him to the hands of the avenger of the blood, that he may die.

13 Thine [h]eye shall not spare him, but thou shalt put away the cry of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

14 ¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s mark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherit in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

15 ¶ One witness shall not rise against a man for any trespass, or for any sin, or for any fault that he offendeth in, but at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be stablished.

16 ¶ If a false witness rise up against a man to accuse him of trespass,

17 Then both the men which strive together, shall stand before the [i]Lord, even before the Priests and the Judges, which shall be in those days.

18 And the Judges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witness be found false, and hath given false witness against his brother,

19 Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to do unto his brother: so thou shalt take evil away forth of the midst of thee.

20 And the rest shall hear this, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickedness among you.

21 Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 19:3 Make an open and ready way.

Deuteronomy 19:3 Which killeth against his will, and bare no hatred in his heart.

Deuteronomy 19:5 That murder be not committed upon murder.

Deuteronomy 19:6 Or, cannot be judged to death.

Deuteronomy 19:8 When thou goest over Jordan to possess the whole land of Canaan.

Deuteronomy 19:10 Lest thou be punished for innocent blood.

Deuteronomy 19:12 The Magistrates.

Deuteronomy 19:13 Then whosoever pardoneth murder, offendeth against the word of God.

Deuteronomy 19:17 God’s presence is where his true ministers are assembled.

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FILED

Date: 01/22/2026

WALKER RIVER JUSTICE COURT

By: Leslie Dem-Hedrick (electronically signed)

WALKER RIVER JUSTICE COURT Court Clerk

COUNTY OF LYON, STATE OF NEVADA

ALBERTO ALCALA BANDA

5 Applicant,

CASE NO.: 26 PO 00017 3H

VS.

WILLIAM DUNN, IV

Adverse Party.

TEMPORARY PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST STALKING OR

HARASSMENT

Expiration: This order was issued by the Court on JANUARY 22, 2026

and will

expire on MARCH 9, 2026

at 11:59 P.M. unless the Court orders otherwise.

Hearing to Extend:

There will be a hearing to determine whether to extend this order on

MARCH 3, 2026 AT 9:00 A.M..

The Applicant filed a verified application for a protective order. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter. See NRS 200.591, et seq. The Court finds that the above-named Adverse Party received actual notice of the hearing and was given an opportunity to participate. The Court finds that stalking, aggravated stalking and/or harassment has occurred. Accordingly, and good cause appearing, it is the ORDER of the Court that the following orders apply to the Adverse Party:

1. YOU ARE PROHIBITED from threatening, physically injuring, or harassing the Applicant and/or the following person(s) either directly or through an agent (someone acting on your behalf).

Applicant: ALBERTO ALCALA BANDA

Child: Child:

SOFIA BANDA, DOB 05/02/2024

Other Protected Parties: SARINA BARELA-BANDA, WIFE

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The Walker River Justice Court is located in Yerington at the justice complex. Walker River Justice Court encompasses Silver Springs, Yerington, Mason Valley and Smith Valley.

A few of the duties of the Justice Court include but are certainly not limited to: Probable Cause hearings, Bail hearings, Preliminary hearings, issuance of protective orders, traffic violations, small claims court and again much more.

Born in Los Angeles California in 1957, I left effectively California in 1980 when I joined the Marine Corps. Upon returning from the Persian Gulf in 1991, then as a Staff Sergeant, I was stationed at the Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport California. I bought a house in the Topaz Ranch Estates. In 1993, the Marine Corps wanted to send me back to Camp Pendleton. Not wanting to go back to California I took an early out. My new career then began with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office in 1994 and I moved to Yerington.

Over the next twenty eight and a half years I served with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office in numerous positions and attended many career enhancing schools enabling me to better serve the citizens of Lyon County. I am a father of five, grandfather of 11, great grandfather of 2 and live in Yerington on a small farm with his wife Theresa.

My Marine Corps career included travels or deployments to: Okinawa, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Spain, and Germany. Assignments and Schools include: 1980 Marine Corps Recruit Depot 1981, Camp Lejeune Schools Battalion, 1981-1982 Marine Wing Support Squadron El Toro, CA, 1982-1983 Attached to Marine Air Support Squadron 2 Okinawa, 1983 Yechon Korea where I served as the Sergeant of the Guard during the Shoot down of Korean Airline 007. 1984 Dam Neck VA, Basic Intelligence schools then attached to Third Marine Aircraft Wing Air Combat Intelligence division. 1985 Little Creek VA, for Advanced Intelligence Analyst School then assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 166, newly commissioned and served as the first Intelligence Chief for that squadron. 1985 First Marine Amphibious Force Tactical Exercise Control Group. 1986 awarded for having the highest rated intelligence office in the First Marine Amphibious Force. 1986 Coronado, Ca. Advanced Amphibious Intelligence School 1987 Returned to HMM-166 as Intelligence Chief and served as such for West Pack aboard the USS Tarawa. 1989 Deployed with HMM-166 as Intelligence during West Pac aboard USS Peleliu. Returned to Marine Corps Air Station Tustin serving with HMM-166 until August of 1990 when I was attached to HMM-161 as part of Contingency Air Group 70 to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield. August 1990 – Spring 1991. Served as the Intelligence Chief For MAG-70 during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

Later in 1991 to 1993 I was assigned to Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Ca. Trained as an instructor for winter and summer survival. Further worked in academics, rewriting lesson plans for various training disciplines. Honorably discharged from the Marine Corps as a Staff Sergeant in 1993.

My Law Enforcement Career included: Sworn in as a Lyon County Deputy on Thanksgiving Day 1994. 1994 to 1996 Jail Deputy 1996 Attended the Nevada POST Academy 1996 to 2000 Patrol Deputy Interview, Interrogations, and Statement Analysis During that time, assigned to work with the U.S. Secret Service developing emergency action plan for the visit by former president Jimmy Carter. 2000 Certified by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a Clandestine Lab Technician. 2000 to 2003 Narcotics Officer when I returned to the Patrol Division I was chosen as One of only Two Officers from the State of Nevada to attend the Drug Enforcement Agency Tactical Academy in 2003. 2003 – 2008 worked patrol, primarily in the Walker River area (Smith Valley, Yerington/Mason Valley area, Silver Springs). Detective Sergeant 2008 to 2010, Trained and served as Crisis Negotiator. SWAT Sniper concurrent with Detective Patrol Sergeant, Jail Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant, and Administrative Captain. I retired from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office on January 03, 2023.

I bring with me INTEGRITY and TRUE LIFE EXPERIENCE. I stand behind the Constitution of the United States and Nevada State Law. I believe in FAIR AND EQUAL JUSTICE and further, I am qualified to be your next Walker River Justice of the Peace and would appreciate your vote.”

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Peterson Space Force Base, previously Peterson Air Force Base, Peterson Field, and Army Air Base, Colorado Springs, is a United States Space Force base that shares an airfield with the adjacent Colorado Springs Municipal Airport and is home to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), the Space Force's 21st Space Wing, elements of the Space Force's Space Systems Command, and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) headquarters. Developed as a World War II air support base for Camp Carson, the facility conducted Army Air Forces training and supported Cold War air defense centers at the nearby Ent Air Force Base, Chidlaw Building, and Cheyenne Mountain Complex. The base was the location of the Air Force Space Command headquarters from 1987 to 20 December 2019 and has had NORAD/NORTHCOM command center operations since the 2006 Cheyenne Mountain Realignment placed the nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex on standby. On 26 July 2021, the installation was renamed Peterson Space Force Base to reflect its prominent role in the new space service.[2]

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The surname Peterson is a Scandinavian and English patronymic name meaning "son of Peter". It derives from the given name Peter, which stems from the Greek petros, meaning "rock" or "stone". It has strong roots in Denmark, Sweden, and England, and was commonly used to identify individuals by their father's name.

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Origins and History

Meaning: "Son of the rock," derived from the Greek Petros.

Patronymic Tradition: It indicates the "son of Peter" (or sometimes Petersen, Pedersen).

Regional Roots: Primarily found in Scandinavia (Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Northern Germany, and England.

Early Records: Early instances date back to the 13th century in England and Scandinavia. A record from 1195 in England lists "Ralph Peter".

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Variations and Popularity

Variations: There are over 700 spellings of the surname, including Pedersen, Petersen (often Danish), Petersson (often Swedish), and Piotrowicz.

Immigration: The spelling "Peterson" is considered the standard in Sweden, though many Danish immigrants changed their names from Petersen to Peterson in English-speaking countries.

Popularity: In Denmark, nearly 3.4% of the population has the surname. It is also the 63rd most popular surname in the United States.

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The name reflects a, strong, lasting familial, and often Christian, heritage, with early settlers appearing in North America as early as the 17th century.

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Peter and Pedro share the same etymological root, deriving from the Greek word petros (masculine) or petra (feminine), meaning "stone" or "rock". The name was Latinized as Petrus and is based on the Aramaic name Cephas ("rock") given by Jesus to the Apostle Simon. Peter is the English form, while Pedro is the Spanish and Portuguese equivalent.

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Key Etymological Details:

Origin: The name originates from the Greek Petros and Latin Petrus, translating the Aramaic Kephas.

Meaning: Both names signify "stone" or "rock," symbolizing steadfastness and reliability.

Biblical Significance: In Matthew 16:18, Jesus refers to Peter (Cephas) as the rock upon which the church would be built.

Linguistic Evolution (Pedro): In Spanish and Portuguese, the Latin "t" in Petrus underwent a process called lenition (specifically, voicing), turning the 't' into a 'd' to form Pedro.

Cognates and Variations: Other variations include Pierre (French), Pietro (Italian), Piotr (Polish), Pyotr (Russian), and Petar (Slavic).

Differences in Usage:

Peter: Primarily used in English, German, and Scandinavian languages.

Pedro: Primarily used in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking regions.

Pedro Arrupe y Gondra, SJ (14 November 1907 – 5 February 1991) was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983.[2] He has been called a second founder of the Society, which he led in the implementation of the Second Vatican Council, especially with regard to faith that does justice and preferential option for the poor.[3][2]

Born in 1907 in Bilbao, Arrupe joined the Jesuits in 1927 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1936. While serving as a novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, Arrupe used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.[4]

In 1983, paralysis from a stroke caused Arrupe to resign from office. He lived on until 1991, when he died in the local Jesuit infirmary.[4] His cause for sainthood was opened by the Jesuits and the Diocese of Rome in 2018.

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Peter Hans Kolvenbach (30 November 1928 – 26 November 2016) was a Dutch Catholic priest and professor who was the 29th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1983 to 2008.

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The Denial of Peter (or Peter's Denial) refers to three acts of denial of Jesus by the Apostle Peter as described in all four Gospels of the New Testament.[2]

All four Canonical Gospels state that during Jesus's Last Supper with his disciples, he predicted that Peter would deny knowledge of him, stating that Peter would disown him before the rooster crowed the next morning.[a] Following the arrest of Jesus, Peter denied knowing him three times, but after the third denial, he heard the rooster crow and recalled the prediction as Jesus turned to look at him. Peter then began to cry bitterly.[4][b] This final incident is known as the Repentance of Peter.[5]

The turbulent emotions behind Peter's denial and later repentance have been the subject of major works of art for centuries. Examples include Caravaggio's Denial of Saint Peter, which is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The incidents have also inspired segments in various films related to the life and death of Jesus Christ (for instance, when Francesco De Vito performed as Peter in The Passion of the Christ) as well as references in musical works, both religious and secular.

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Pete J Spinuzzi

Walker River Justice Court

Title: Justice Of The Peace

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911 Harvey Way

Suite 2

Yerington, NV 89447

Phone:

(775) 463-6639

Fax:

(775) 463-6638

Email wrjc@lyon-county.org

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Party Nonpartisan

Office Justice of the Peace, Walker River Township

Address 833 West Bridge Street Yerington, NV 89447

Phone 775.315.4285

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Email: spinuzzi1118@gmail.com

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General Election 2024

Justice Of The Peace for Dept. 1 of the Walker River Justice Court

Received 50.33% of the vote between 2 candidates and won the general election.

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A stalker filing a restraining order against their victim is a manipulative tactic known as "weaponized litigation" or DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender). This allows the stalker to use the court system to continue harassment, gain the victim's address, and falsely claim victimhood, often creating a "he-said-she-said" scenario that complicates legal protection for the actual victim.

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Key Aspects of This Tactic:

Reversing Roles: The stalker portrays themselves as the victim of harassment to gain legal, emotional, and social power over the true victim.

Information Gathering: By filing, the stalker may force the victim to provide contact information or address details in court documents.

Legal Harassment: This tactic forces the victim to spend time, money, and emotional energy defending themselves in court, which is a form of control.

Common in High-Conflict Cases: It is a tactic frequently seen in situations where the stalker has previously faced legal consequences or has an intimate knowledge of the victim's vulnerabilities.

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Common Outcomes:

Dismissal: Courts often dismiss these fraudulent orders if the victim can prove the harassment originated from the person filing.

Increased Danger: Such actions are often linked to increased violence or stalking behavior.

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Note: If you are experiencing this, it is recommended to document all instances of harassment and seek legal counsel or victim advocacy services immediately.

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