{"id":16,"date":"2015-03-28T22:51:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T02:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2025-09-30T13:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:37:03","slug":"ecumenical-movement-evangelicals-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Ecumenical Movement &#038; Evangelicals &#8211; The Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=ecumenism\" class=\"series-7\" title=\"Ecumenical Movement &amp; Evangelicals\">Ecumenical Movement &amp; Evangelicals<\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/popecumenical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter wp-image-17 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/popecumenical-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"popecumenical\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/popecumenical-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/popecumenical-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/popecumenical-676x507.jpg 676w, https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/popecumenical.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and <strong>what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?<\/strong> for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and <strong>be ye separate, saith the Lord<\/strong>, and <strong>touch not<\/strong> the unclean thing; <strong>and I will receive you<\/strong>, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/kjv\/2_corinthians\/6.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>2 Corinthians 6:14-18<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancis-Lujan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20\" class=\"wp-image-20 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancis-Lujan.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis &amp; Lady of Lujan\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancis-Lujan.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancis-Lujan-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis &amp; Lady of Lujan<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancisAparecida.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21\" src=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancisAparecida.jpg\" alt=\"Lady of Aparecida, Brazil\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancisAparecida.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PFrancisAparecida-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lady of Aparecida, Brazil<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_23\" style=\"width: 686px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PopePaganLeaders.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23\" src=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PopePaganLeaders-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis' Interfaith dialogues\" width=\"676\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PopePaganLeaders.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PopePaganLeaders-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/PopePaganLeaders-676x452.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis&#8217; Interfaith dialogues<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160602091324\/http:\/\/jcourt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/francisrick-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Pope Francis is doing everything right<\/em>.\u201d \u2013<strong> Rick Warren<\/strong> on Roman Catholic <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151011101541\/http:\/\/www.nowtheendbegins.com:80\/blog\/?p=28695\">EWTN network<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 More<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/watchmanforjesus.blogspot.com\/2014\/11\/rick-warren-and-word-of-faiths-full.html\"> here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rick Warren, Emergents and Muslims\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iiMYRzFR2ZM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/christiannews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Warren-John-701x467.jpg\" width=\"417\" height=\"278\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Rick Warren author of &#8216;Purpose Driven Life &#8216; and singer Elton John. Source: Christian News<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2015\/05\/10\/feel-the-love-tonight-rick-warren-elton-john-hold-hands-joke-about-kissing-before-aids-panel\/\">Christian News<\/a>, May 6 2015.: &#8220;<em>Controversial megachurch leader and autho<strong>r Rick Warren<\/strong> raised concerns Wednesday after joining hands with homosexual singer Elton John during a speech before a congressional hearing on AIDS funding, and joked what would happen if the two kissed.<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2015\/05\/10\/feel-the-love-tonight-rick-warren-elton-john-hold-hands-joke-about-kissing-before-aids-panel\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/spiritandtruthdiscernment.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Celebrate%20Recovery%20Exposed!\">Beware! Celebrate Recovery Exposed (Rick Warren &#8211; John Baker)<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the time will come when <span style=\"color: #800000;\">they will <strong>not<\/strong> endure sound doctrine<\/span>; but after <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">their own lusts shall they heap to themselves <strong>teachers<\/strong><\/span>, having itching ears; and they shall <span style=\"color: #800000;\">turn away<\/span> their ears <strong>from the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> truth<\/span><\/strong>, and shall be <span style=\"color: #800000;\">turned unto fables<\/span>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/kjv\/2_timothy\/4.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>2 Tim. 4:3-4<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Jesus<\/strong><\/span> said to him, \u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life.<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> No one<\/span> comes to the Father<\/strong>, <strong>except through<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>me<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/kjv\/john\/14.htm\"><strong>John 14:6<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Personal relationship with Jesus is dangerous outside the RCC says pope.\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmjAjrlrE10?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150711215028\/http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com:80\/data\/stories\/cns\/1402635.htm\">Catholic News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis says it&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;dangerous&#8221; &amp; &#8220;absurd dichotomy&#8221;<\/strong> to believe<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> one can have a <strong>personal direct relationship<\/strong> with Jesus Christ<\/span> <strong>apart from the<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> mediation<\/span> of the (Catholic) church.<\/strong> Then guess what church has to lead the Ecumenical Movement?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If Catholic Online is insinuating that Pope Francis has \u201creformed\u201d the <strong>irreformable<\/strong> dogma,<strong> outside the (Catholic) Church there is no salvation<\/strong>, then that is shameful and disingenuous. <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150730111227\/http:\/\/www.catholicvote.org:80\/what-pope-francis-really-said-about-atheists\/\">Catholic Vote<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Roman Catholic document &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vatican.va\/roman_curia\/congregations\/cfaith\/documents\/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000806_dominus-iesus_en.html\">DOMINUS IESUS<\/a>&#8221; (DI) was issued by then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the time. Carrying the full authority of an official Vatican decree, it declares<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> the <strong>Roman Catholic Church<\/strong><\/span> (which they say in that same document is the church founded by Christ and the one true religion), to be the <em>&#8220;Universal sacrament of <span style=\"color: #800000;\">salvation<\/span>&#8220;<\/em> and the <em>&#8220;<strong>instrument for the salvation of all humanity&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/em> The &#8216;DI&#8217; was &#8220;ratified and confirmed&#8221; by pope John Paul II on June 16th 2000.<\/p>\n<p>But this is the <strong>spirit of Antichrist<\/strong>! I&#8217;m not saying the pope <em>is<\/em> the Antichrist, but that the <strong>denomination<\/strong> is operating <strong>in the spirit<\/strong> of Antichrist. The term Antichrist has 2 meanings:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0That which is against Christ, or<\/li>\n<li>That which counterfeits or<strong> takes the place<\/strong> of Christ.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If Jesus Christ says <strong>He is the only way<\/strong> to the Father, and the Word of God says there is <strong>no salvation apart from Him<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts%204%3A10-12&amp;version=AKJV;NKJV;RVR1960\">Acts 4:12<\/a>), then the Roman Catholic Church is not only contradicting the Word of God, but is also usurping <strong>the place that only belongs to Christ<\/strong>, and that is the spirit of Antichrist. Any religion, group, organization that point to themselves instead of Jesus Christ for salvation are operating in the spirit of Antichrist. The pope also is called the &#8216;Vicar of Christ&#8217; (Representative of Christ) and the &#8216;Holy Father&#8217;. But see what Jesus says in <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231222002848\/https:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Matthew-23-9\/\">Matthew 23:9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another document from the Vatican signed in 2007&#8243;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To the dismay of <strong>ecumenically-minded Protestants<\/strong>, the Roman pope, Benedict XVI, made it clear, in a document released in 2007, that the <strong>Roman Catholic<\/strong> institution is the &#8220;<strong>one, true Church<\/strong>&#8220;, and that <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Protestant institutions, not being in full communion with Rome, are not true churches<\/span>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblebasedministries.co.uk\/2007\/12\/30\/rome-still-claims-to-be-the-one-true-church\/\">Bible Based Ministries<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The \u201cultimate aim\u201d of the ecumenical journey, \u201cis obviously the<strong> unity of the churches in the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">one<\/span> Church<\/strong>\u201d. \u201cThis does not mean uniformity\u201d but \u201c<span style=\"color: #800000;\">unity in pluriformity<\/span>\u201d. The \u201cOrthodox Churches should not change much in their internal structure, almost nothing in fact, i<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">f they unite themselves with Rome<\/span>\u201d\u00a0 Vatican Insider, Feb 23, 2015.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For all the above reasons (and many others not mentioned here), we don&#8217;t consider the Catholics Church the body of Christ. There are some people that<em> are<\/em> getting saved and love Jesus that are still within that group &#8211; people the Lord is revealing Himself to &#8211; but eventually these people should be on their way out of Catholicism, like what had happened to us. Not everyone who calls himself a Christian actually\u00a0<em>is<\/em> one. <em>By their fruits you will know them<\/em>. We pray for all of them so that they may know the gospel of truth and receive salvation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Sept. 2014: Israel former president &amp; Prime Minister Shimon Peres&#8217; made <strong>proposal to pope Francis to set up an organization of<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161114233426\/http:\/\/www.lastampa.it:80\/2014\/09\/04\/vaticaninsider\/eng\/the-vatican\/peres-proposal-to-francis-to-set-up-a-un-of-religions-nqnTVfJaJ2WQlT1kVCPPKM\/pagina.html\">United Religions<\/a> <\/strong>&amp; due to the power of religions and the Pope\u2019s charisma, Peres would like <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Pope Francis to lead<\/span><strong> the proposed UN of religions!!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <strong>One World Religion<\/strong> was formed and it&#8217;s almost ready, they had taking many steps, one of them was signed on <a href=\"http:\/\/anothervoicerev184.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/antichrist-summoning-world-one-world.html\">2009<\/a>! They meet every year, so everything is in place, they just need to give a public and worldwide authority <strong>to the pope<\/strong> over all religions, and that may happen very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Do not be surprise brethren when more evangelicals leaders come out of the closet calling<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> to unite with Rome<\/span>.<strong> I really believe the Catholic Church and her ecumenical evangelical friends are preparing a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">great deception<\/span>,<\/strong> they have been calling for some years now (more strongly since 2013) for people to pray for a<strong> &#8216;New Pentecost&#8217;<\/strong>, there is no new Pentecost in the bible, but apostasy!\u00a0 Some others are asking for an &#8216;spiritual tsunami&#8217;. It looks like they may be<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> planning a <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>fake revival<\/strong><\/span><\/span> like the one in\u00a0 Toronto, etc.\u00a0 but this time <strong>in or involving\u00a0 the Roman Catholic Church. <\/strong>Maybe among the youth?\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see.\u00a0 I think is very possible that one of the main purpose of the many past fake revivals, was <strong>to condition<\/strong> Christians into believing that those are legitimate movements of God, so when the same happens among the Catholics many will embrace them as part of the body of Christ. That plus the <strong>Catholic mystics<\/strong> promotion would help them greatly to accelerate the union of evangelical Christians and Rome. <strong>Please don&#8217;t be deceived!<\/strong> Pray for all of them but mainly for the true church of Jesus Christ to not be deceived.<\/p>\n<p>We know well that soon<span style=\"color: #800000;\">, Christians who don&#8217;t get into the ecumenical movement <\/span>or unite with them<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> will be called divisive, unloving, proud, narrow minded and possibly even be harassed &amp; persecuted!<\/span> <strong>Where is the Christian church sounding the alarm on this<\/strong>? . . .It&#8217;s being silenced by many who wrongly believe that <strong>love with out God&#8217;s Truth<\/strong> is Godly, or that it is always unloving to discern &amp; warn others. Many walk under the disguise of a &#8216;love&#8217; which creates a<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> false unity.<\/span> They lay aside the truth of God&#8217;s Word and compromise with false doctrines because they don&#8217;t want to be controversial. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>True love warns<\/strong> <\/span>people of God about false doctrines to protect the sheep. True Godly and biblical love can be found in the ministry of the apostle Paul who never failed to warn the people whom he loved.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure (innocent) from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which <span style=\"color: #800000;\">he hath purchased with his own blood<\/span>. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves <strong>shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them<\/strong>. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years<strong> I ceased not to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\">warn<\/span> every one night and day with tears.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/biblehub.com\/kjv\/acts\/20.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Acts 20:26-31<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Objection is often raised even by some sound in the faith <strong>regarding the exposure of error<\/strong> as being entirely negative and of no real edification. &#8230; But the brethren who assume this attitude forget that a large part of the New Testament, both of the teaching of our blessed Lord Himself and the writings of the apostles, is made up of this very character of ministry\u2014namely, showing the Satanic origin and, therefore, the unsettling results of the propagation of erroneous systems which Peter, in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2+Peter+2%3A1&amp;version=AKJV\">second epistle<\/a>, so definitely refers to as \u201cdamnable heresies.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190423023003\/https:\/\/thewordonthewordoffaithinfoblog.com\/2013\/03\/01\/exposing-error-is-it-worthwhile-by-dr-harry-ironside\/\">EXPOSING ERROR: IS IT WORTHWHILE?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=ecumenism\" class=\"series-7\" title=\"Ecumenical Movement &amp; Evangelicals\">Ecumenical Movement &amp; Evangelicals<\/a><\/div><p>Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? and what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[68],"series":[7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14180,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/14180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}