No Other God, and some topics about the Holy Spirit

Ave Maria Purissima! Peace be to all!

I was asked by a friend who is Mahal na Ingkong, and as I already said and posted in my blog, I answered him the same. He replied "is Ingkong another God?".

Mahal na Ingkong or Ingkong is not another God. He is the Spirit of the Father or the Spirit of Yahweh and the Spirit or Soul 'Anima' of the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Saint Paul treats the works of Yahweh in the old Testament as the works of His Spirit. He correlated the works of Yahweh with that of His Spirit especially during the Exodus of the chosen people. He, as well, wrote that the Spirit or 'Ghost' of the Lord guided him in his missionary journey.

6 And when they had passed through Phrygia, and the country of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia. 7 And when they were come into Mysia, they attempted to go into Bythynia, and the Spirit of Jesus suffered them not. Acts 16:6

Our Lord Jesus said once the "Spirit of the Lord [Yahweh] is within me..." And when He was asked by his disciples to show them the Father He answered "Whoever beholds me beholds the Father, for I and the Father is One...If you do not believe me then believe with the works I do for this is the work of my Father."

The Giving or enthronement of spirit to man
The same Spirit of the Father and the Son came and inhabited St.Maria Virginia to deliver His messages and He asked to be called "INGKONG". As the Father have chosen Israel to be His people and the Son the Baptized and the Church as His, so thus the Holy Spirit choses His own from the same vineyard of the Father and the Son - sealed them with the seal of the Son and enthroned in them spirits from heaven as much as the Father did to Moses and the seventy two.

16 And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients and masters of the people: and thou shalt bring them to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make them stand there with thee, 17 That I may come down and speak with thee: and I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them, that they may bear with thee the burden of the people, and thou mayest not be burthened alone...

24 Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the Lord, and assembled seventy men of the ancients of Israel, and made them to stand about the tabernacle. 25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, taking away of the spirit that was in Moses, and giving to the seventy men. And when the spirit had rested on them they prophesied, nor did they cease afterwards. Numbers 11:16-17,24-25

Mahal na Ingkong is no other God. He is part and one with the intention of the Father and the Son in sanctifying and saving those who submit to their yoke. As the Father saves, the Son saves, so thus the Holy Spirit saves. As the Father sanctifies thru obedience to the laws, the Son by forgiveness and charity, so the Spirit takes that from the Father and the Son and adds His own - "Do Not Sin Anymore". The Father teaches Justice, the Son Charity, the Holy Spirit Holiness without forgetting Justice and Charity. Holiness based in Justice and Charity.

The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit is One God. Catholic religion taught us the we treat each person as God equal in each other yet we are forbidden to say that there are three Gods. This is the Catholic Religion.

As much as the Father was seen, touched and heard thru the Son, so the Holy Spirit is seen, touched and heard thru the Blessed Virgin Mary. As the Father was known by several names, the Son by His name Jesus, so the Holy Spirit is known by His name - INGKONG. One with the FAther and the Son.

The following is actually another topic.

The Holy Spirit is not a force or energy that can be sent and communicated by any person at will. We cannot subject the Holy Spirit by our will during our laying of hands. This is in contrary to the teachings of the new agers that Chi or Qi is the Holy Spirit; that the Holy Spirit is the breath of life or the life force or the prana of the healers, the energy of the reiki practitioners. The Holy Spirit is a Divine, Moral and Intelligent Person of the Trinity. The Chi, Qi or Prana or the so called bioenergy are subtle forces of nature and the universe which can be directed by the will of man.

It is so nice to know that it was Prophet Elijah who proves that God is not in the winds, nor in the clouds, nor in the earthquake..in short, God is not in the forces of nature. The forces of nature are at His disposal and is not a part of it.

11 And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord over throwing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: the Lord is not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake. 12 And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire a whistling of a gentle air. 3 Kings 19:11

Today, the spirit of John the Baptizer, who was called by our Lord, the incarnation of the Prophet Elijah, was enthroned by Mahal na Ingkong to the St.Maria Virginia's loyal and loving son, Florentine, the Patriarch and the Founder of the Sealed Servant community, the Apostolic Catholic Church also teaches that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Father and the Son is not a force, energy, breath, heat or anything concrete or subtle.

The Many Rites of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church (East and West)

Ave Maria Purissima... Peace be to all!

I found one informative site discussing the many rites of the One church founded by our Lord.

THE RITES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church. Before discussing these rites it is important to note that different sources disagree on exactly what constitutes a rite and exactly how many there are.

A rite represents an ecclesiastical tradition about how the sacraments are to be celebrated. As the early Church grew and spread, it celebrated the sacraments as would be best understood and received in the context of individual cultures, without ever changing their essential form and matter. The early Church sought to evangelize in the major cultural centers of the first centuries A.D. These centers were Rome, Antioch (Syria), and Alexandria (Egypt). All the rites in use today evolved from the liturgical practices and ecclesiastical organization used by the churches in these cities.

The Church of Christ represented in these ecclesiastical traditions is known as a ritual church. The church in a certain territory is known as a particular church. The Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul is an example of a particular church.

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations. Although the particular churches possess their own hierarchy, differ in liturgical and ecclesiastical discipline, and possess their own spiritual heritage, they are all entrusted to the pastoral government of the Roman pontiff, the divinely appointed successor of St. Peter in the Primacy."1

The Catechism lists seven rites. These rites so listed: Latin, Byzantine, Alexandrian, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite, and Chaldean,2 are actually families of liturgical expression. These rites are the descendants of the liturgical practices that originated in centers of Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria. Each will be discussed in turn.

LATIN. The Pope has several titles. He is the Bishop of Rome, the Patriarch of the West, and Vicar of the universal Church. As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman rite. This is by far the largest rite in the Church. It was founded by St. Peter in Rome around 42 A.D. The current Eucharistic liturgy was handed down more or less intact from at least the 4th century. This was the liturgy used in Rome. There were other liturgies used in the West up to the Council of Trent (1526-1570). After the Council of Trent only the Roman liturgy could be used. The only exceptions were liturgical practices that were more than 200 years old.

As the Patriarch of the West (meaning west of Jerusalem) the Pope is vicar of these other liturgical rites that date from before the Council of Trent. These rites include the Mozarabic rite from Spain, the Ambrosian rite from Milan, Italy, named after St. Ambrose (340-397), the Bragan rite from Portugal, and the order liturgies of the Dominican, Carmelite, and Carthusian orders.

As Vicar of the universal Church, the Pope is shepherd of the rites of the West and the East. The eastern rites which have a separate code of canon law, are completely equal in dignity with the rites of the West. All of these eastern ritual churches come under the jurisdiction of the Pope through the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, one of the offices of the Roman Curia.3 The rites are administered by either a Patriarch, a Major Archbishop, a Metropolitan, or have some other arrangement. Patriarchs are elected by a synod of bishops of their rite, and then request ecclesiastical communion from the Pope. Major Archbishops are also elected by a synod of bishops of their rite, but then are approved by the Pope before they take office. Metropolitans are picked by the Pope from a list given by a synod of bishops.4

BYZANTINE. The largest of these eastern rites is the Byzantine. The Byzantine liturgy is based on liturgy developed by St. James for the Antiochaian church, but modified by St. Basil (329-379) and St. John Chrysostom (344-407). This liturgy is similar if not identical to the liturgy used by the Orthodox churches. After the schism between the churches in Rome and Constantinople in 1054, many particular churches remained separated from Rome. Over the years some of these churches came back into union. These churches after they returned to the fold have generally been treated as separate rites based on their particular location, even though they have similar if not identical liturgy. The churches using the Byzantine liturgy include the Albanian, Belarussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian, Melkite, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian, Slovak, and Ukrainian.

ALEXANDRIAN. The liturgy used by the church in Alexandria in Egypt is attributed to St. Mark the evangelist. This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their rejection of the Council of Chalcedon (451). Through missionary work, some of these were brought back into union in recent years. Today there exists in Egypt the Coptic rite which is Orthodox and the Coptic rite that is loyal to the Bishop of Rome.

The Ge'ez rite based in Ethiopia is closely associated with the Coptic rite. Missionaries from Alexandria spread the faith in Ethiopia in the 4th century. The native language (Ge'ez) was used instead of Greek in the liturgy. The church in Ethiopia also fell into heresy after the Council of Chalcedon but was brought back through missionary efforts in the past few centuries. This is a very recently defined rite since the Metropolitan See was only established in 1961.

SYRIAC. The liturgy of the Syriac rite is attributed to St. James the Apostle. This liturgy was used by the church in Antioch in present day Syria. Many bishops in this area also broke away after the Council of Chalcedon. They stopped using Greek and used the Syriac language in their liturgy. The Syriac language is similar to Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. Through the work of Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries many members of this rite returned to union with Rome, including the Patriarch of this rite in 1781.

The Malankarese rite developed in India. They trace their Christian lineage to St. Thomas the Apostle who traveled to South India and founded a church. This rite was in union with the Assyrian (Chaldean) church which had fallen into the Nestorian heresy after the Council of Ephesus in 431. This church was "discovered" by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. After attempts to "latinize" the rite, many broke away to form their own rite under the control of the Syrian Patriarch. In the 1920's and 30's four bishops of this rite were reunited with Rome, and many members of their rite followed. This rite is located in Kerala State, India.

ARMENIAN. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as the state religion in the 4th century. They used the Antiochine liturgy of St. James said in the Armenian language. At that time Armenia was located in eastern Turkey. After it was destroyed in the 11th century it moved to Cilicia (southern Turkey). That is why to this day the Patriarch of this rite is known as the Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians. The Armenians also fell into heresy after the Council of Chalcedon. The Council of Florence in 1439 declared reunion with the Armenians, and Pope Benedict XIV confirmed the first Patriarch in 1742. The Turks massacred roughly two million Armenians at the end of World War I. Most members of this rite live in Lebanon.

MARONITE. The Maronite rite traces its origins to the work of St. Maron in the 4th century who founded a monastery east of Antioch. Later monks moved to the mountains in what is today Lebanon. This rite never fell into heresy and was only separated from Rome by the political reality of Moslem or Ottoman occupation. The Maronites use a hybrid liturgy based on the Antiochian St. James. Maronites make up 17% of the population of Lebanon and by the law of that country the president of Lebanon is always a Maronite.

CHALDEAN. The people in modern day Iran and Iraq were once known as the Assyrians. The church established itself there very early but the people in this area fell into the heresy of Nestorianism in the 5th century. After missionary efforts many returned to union with Rome, and in 1553 Pope Julius III proclaimed the first Patriarch of the Chaldeans. Chaldean is the biblical term used for those from Babylon. Today the Patriarch of this rite located in Bagdad, Iraq where most of the members of this rite live.

Syro-Malabar. The Malabar rite is based in India. Its members are descendants of the Thomas Christians and could be called a brother rite to the Malankarese. The Malabar rite never broke with Rome despite the conflict with the Portuguese in the 16th century. They are generally grouped with the Chaldean family of rites because the Assyrian (later called Chaldean) church provided their bishops until the Portuguese took over that task. Also their liturgy was originally in the Syriac language which the Chaldean church used. Although an ancient rite, it had no single administrator until Pope John Paul II appointed a Major Archbishop in 1992.5

All the rites of the Catholic Church are of equal dignity and equally valid. Attendance at a different rite fulfills the Sunday obligation. The Catholic Church is truly universal since it unites so many diverse rites, whose members share a common faith.


1New Catholic Encyclopedia. Catholic University of America Vol XII, 1967 p. 899
2Catechism of the Catholic Church par1203.
3The Eastern Christian Churches. Ronald G Roberson, CSP, 1995 Pontificio Istituto Orientale, Rome, Italy. p. 120.
4Ibid p. 121
5Ibid p. 131



From: http://www.mncuf.org/rites.htm