tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51683532119795061842024-02-14T06:47:30.536-05:00Continuing Counter ReformationThe Counter Reformation of the Vatican's Jesuit Order did not end back in the 1600s - or more accurately, the Roman Catholic Inquisition did not end during the 1800s -------------------------------------------------------------
open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me. Acts 26: 18 NKJVDouglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.comBlogger970125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-41889131340667631212017-06-08T00:17:00.006-04:002021-02-07T17:14:10.777-05:0010 Years of Continuing Counter Reformation<p>
June 2007: the first month of <i><b>Continuing Counter Reformation</b></i><br />
</p><p><i><b>Required reading</b></i>: <a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Western - Eastern Roman Empire 101</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html</a></p><p>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/hillsdale-college-what-30-years-war.html"><b>Hillsdale College: What 30 Years War? </b></a></span><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/hillsdale-college-what-30-years-war.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/hillsdale-college-what-30-years-war.html</a> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Continuing the Counter-Reformation into the 20th Century</span></a></span><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-spooky.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski's Spooky Obscurity </span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-mission.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-spooky.html<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-mission.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wlodimir Ledochowski: Mission, Motivation, Geopolitical Chessboard</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-mission.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-mission.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/slice-of-europe-illustration-religious.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wlodimr Ledochowski's Plausible Counter Reformation Strategy</b></span> </a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/slice-of-europe-illustration-religious.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/slice-of-europe-illustration-religious.html</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-goal.html">Wlodimr Ledochowski's Goal Predicted By Maximilian Kolbe in 1938</a></span></b><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-goal.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-goal.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-goal-via.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski Goal Via Goals</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-goal-via.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-goal-via.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-death.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski Death Timing</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-death.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-death.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-1914-job.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski 1914 Job Opening Circumstances</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-1914-job.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis-1914-job.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-jesuitism.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jesuitism To Just What Degree</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-jesuitism.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-jesuitism.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/revenge-of-jesuits_8731.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Revenge of the Jesuits</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/revenge-of-jesuits_8731.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/revenge-of-jesuits_8731.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-according.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski According to Tupper Saussy</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-according.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-according.html</a><br />
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excerpt:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wlodimir Ledochowski </span>was a
Polish aristocrat who by 1906 had demonstrated such exceptional skills
in international diplomacy that Jesuit Superior General Franz Xavier
Wernz (under whose tutelage Pacelli had done his post graduate research
in canon law) appointed him Consultor General for Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Russia, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, and Poland, as well as
Belgium and the Netherlands.<br />
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“Consultor General” is the
equivalent of a cabinet post. It empowered Ledochowski to lace the
future of his nations with alliances that lay buried like so many
land-mines. This is not an unusual feat for a Jesuit strategist.
Indeed, the Society of Jesus (which is the pope’s private CIA and
veritable Mother of Spies) is renowned for “Orthelloizing” nations-
setting them up for mutual destruction, as when Othello’s trusted but
treacherous advisor Iago gloats to the audience, “Now whether he kills
Cassio or Cassio him, or each do kill the other, every way makes my
gain.”<br />
<br />
(It’s foolish, in my opinion, not to suspect a covert
military strategist of anything he has the authority, means, and
requirement to do. To ignore him is to be conquered by his strategy,
which is usually to foster ignorance of his most decisive operations.</blockquote>
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-humanitys.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski Humanity's Worst Criminal</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-humanitys.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-humanitys.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski's Holocausts</span></b> </a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis.html</a> <br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-hidden.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski's Hidden Holocaust</span></b> </a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-hidden.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-hidden.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-final.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski's Final Solution Cited By Eichmann 1961</span></b> </a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-final.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-final.html</a><br />
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Also see:<br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/wlodimir-ledochowski-kulturkampf_17.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski Kulterkampf Revenge</span></b> </a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/wlodimir-ledochowski-kulturkampf_17.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/wlodimir-ledochowski-kulturkampf_17.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis_22.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski's Plausible Childhood Revenge Vow</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis_22.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis_22.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis_29.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski's Plausible Childhood Inspiration</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis_29.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/08/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis_29.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2008/11/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski's Influential Uncle Arrested By Bismarck's 2nd Reich</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2008/11/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2008/11/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowskis.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-york-times-on-papacy-and-cardinal.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowki's Influential Uncle:</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-york-times-on-papacy-and-cardinal.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">According to The New York Times 1892 </span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-york-times-on-papacy-and-cardinal.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-york-times-on-papacy-and-cardinal.html</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
(excerpt)</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The Papacy since 1870 has been in a position where
practically everything turns upon the personality of the Pontiff and his
choice of advisers. There can be no more mediocre Popes under whose nominal guidance matters can go on in commonplace routine. Every successor of Peter now must make a big mark in the history of the Church for good or bad. If he is not very strong, he will be found lamentably weak. There is no longer any middle course. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="MsoNormal">
Leo has been one of the strong kind. His
fourteen years of reign have been devoted to building a new sort of
Papacy beside rather than upon the ruins of the old structure. Considering
the great difficulties and obstacles in the way of his task, proceeding
even more from within than without, the result is exceptionally
successful. Perhaps the outcome of his labors is
best described by saying that he has shown those who thought the Papacy
need no longer be taken into account in the world’s affairs because Rome has been wrestled from it that they were profoundly mistaken. <u><b>The Vatican to-day wields far greater influence in Europe than it has done before since the French Revolution</b></u>.</div>
</blockquote>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
But it is a peculiarly personal influence. The
next Pope will inherit only the opportunities of securing it for
himself, and failing to improve these will be vastly easier than
success. </div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
It seems to be taken for granted
that Cardinal Raphael Monaco la Valetta [b. February 23, 1827- d. July
14, 1896] will secure the succession. He is the
doyen of the Sacred College and Secretary of the Inquisition- an
amiable, unambitious priest of sixty-five, who has the very slenderest
notions of or interest in the general European situation. He
is extremely simple in his tastes, is not in the least stirred by all
the great outside social and political problems with which Leo has
striven to grapple as a sacerdotal Tory. By temperament he always belonged to the conservative wing of the college. He will assume the tiara, if elected, as its representative and opposed to the small liberal group headed by Cardinal Parocchi. If
he stood by himself there would be no risk in predicting that this
would be a reign under which the Papacy would lose more prestige than
Leo gained for it. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
It is very well understood, however, that Monaco is entirely under the
control of Ledochowski, that proud, imperious, and able Pole who made
Bismarck such worlds of trouble in the old Kulterkampf day and who has
been able to impose his will very often upon even the present Pope. This
powerful man was in a German prison when Pius IX created him a Cardinal
in 1875. Next year he was released and banished, and he has since lived
in Rome,<u> </u><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>devoting his great wealth and
talents to building up a militant Ultramontagne party about him. His
wrath at the treatment he received at the hands of Bismarck has colored
all his political views. He has hated both Germany and Italy and has
looked unceasingly forward to the time when French bayonets should
restore the temporal power of the Vatican in the old Roman States</u>.</span><br />
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If
we assume that this spirited and resolute prelate will shortly be
ruling the Church through its nominal head, it becomes a most anxious
question how he will accept the existing political conditions of Europe
which have so radically changed since 1875. The new rulers of the
Germans have been at pains to show their desire to abolish the last
traces of the Kulterkampf. When the pending Prussian Education bill is
passed, the German Catholics will be actually stronger than they were
before the May laws. During the last half year these dispatches have
frequently reflected the new interest which William and his immediate
entourage are displaying in the Polish question. Of course a good deal
of this has arisen naturally from the contemplation of the necessity of
sooner or later fighting Russia: but even more it represents the effort
to allure Ledochowski into friendship with Germany by an appeal to his
national sentiment. How far this has successor will be, as has been
said, a most anxious question.<br />
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In any event under this new regime
there would be an abrupt cessation of pastorals on Socialistic and
labor problems and of poems about St. Thomas Aquinas. <b><u>We
should instead see the Vatican boldly embark upon the troubled waters
of European diplomacy, seeking alliances and taking desperate risks upon
the fortune in the next war.</u></b></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-weight: bold;">“Should Old Pope Leo Die:
the political tendencies of his successor. The Cardinal who would
probably win the prize – his Polish supporter – affairs in France and </span>Germany <span style="font-weight: bold;">– Spurgeon’s return – Lord Lorne’s appointment"</span>,</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The New York Times</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">January 23, 1892</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B07E3DA1738E233A25757C2A9679C94639ED7CF&oref=slogin">http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B07E3DA1738E233A25757C2A9679C94639ED7CF&oref=slogin</a></span></blockquote>
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/cardinal-wisemanthe-decisive-battle.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cardinal Wiseman THE DECISIVE BATTLE AGAINST PROTESTANTISM WOULD BE FOUGHT ON THE SANDS OF THE MARK OF BRANDENBURG</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/cardinal-wisemanthe-decisive-battle.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/cardinal-wisemanthe-decisive-battle.html</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
(excerpt)</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Prussia, the first Protestant Power in Germany, is the main support of
German Protestantism, as, according to Moufang, France and Austria are
the main supports of Catholicism. It is plain, therefore, that Austria
and France were to give help against Prussia. The winged words of
Cardinal Wiseman, which he uttered about 1850, that THE DECISIVE BATTLE
AGAINST PROTESTANTISM WOULD BE FOUGHT ON THE SANDS OF THE MARK OF
BRANDENBURG, have thus their political sense.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LZxZAAAAIAAJ&vq=wiseman&dq=Ledochowski&pg=PA295&ci=22,36,895,1528&source=bookclip&hl=en#v=onepage&q=wiseman&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=LZxZAAAAIAAJ&vq=wiseman&dq=Ledochowski&pg=PA295&ci=22,36,895,1528&source=bookclip&hl=en#v=onepage&q=wiseman&f=false</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/kulturkampf-1874.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/kulturkampf-1874.html</a></blockquote>
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/kulturkampf-1874.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kulturkampf 1874: The War Between Prussia and Rome</span></b> </a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/kulturkampf-1874.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/06/kulturkampf-1874.html</a><br />
<blockquote>
<i>'But
Ultramontanism is not a religious belief, it is a political system: and
that political system is in my opinion essentially hostile to the
principles on which the constitution of this country was established at
the Reformation and at the Evolution. It has been in every age and in
every country, and it still is the implacable enemy of Religious Liberty
and Civil Freedom.'</i></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Sir William Harcourt, on his appointment as Solicitor General, spoke as
follows to the electors of Oxford and the world at large</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=LZxZAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA290&dq=Ledochowski&output=text#c_top">http://books.google.com/books?id=LZxZAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA290&dq=Ledochowski&output=text#c_top</a></blockquote>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2013/11/sacred-heart-of-mother-of-war.html">'Sacred Heart' of the 'Mother of War' Ultramontanism from the blog 'Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit'</a></span></b><a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2013/11/sacred-heart-of-mother-of-war.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2013/11/sacred-heart-of-mother-of-war.html</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
19th Century Jesuits
"Fervently Ultramontane, Devoted To The Sacred Heart, Fierce Defenders
Of Pope Pius IX And The 1870 Definition Of Papal Infallibility And
SuspiciousOf Liberalism In All Its Varieties"
</h3>
<a href="http://goodjesuitbadjesuit.blogspot.com/2013/11/19th-century-jesuits-fervently.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZlcTj+%28Good+Jesuit%2C+Bad+Jesuit%29"><b>http://goodjesuitbadjesuit.blogspot.com/2013/11/19th-century-jesuits-fervently.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FZlcTj+%28Good+Jesuit%2C+Bad+Jesuit%29</b></a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
In his introduction to <i>The</i>
<i>Cambridge Companion to the Jesuits </i>(2008)<i>, </i>editor Thomas Worcester realized
he
needed to address an imbalance in the volume: fourth-fifths of the essays
addressed the history of Jesuits before their suppression in 1773. “[T]here are relatively few good studies of
the Jesuits since 1814 – in any part of the world – at least compared with the
abundance of excellent work done on the history of the ‘old’ Society and its ‘corporate’
culture,” Worcester explained. “In general, the Society of Jesus, for much of
the century and a half from its restoration until Vatican II, was conservative
and even reactionary.” (7-8)</blockquote>
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Just one year earlier, John McGreevy, made the point even
stronger in <a href="http://americamagazine.org/print/129580"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">America</i> magazine</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reviewing Gerald McKevitt’s <a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=9239"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Brokers
of Culture: Italian Jesuits in the American West, 1848-1919</i></a> (Stanford,
2006), McGreevy wrote:<i> </i></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<i>“19<sup>th</sup>-century Jesuits – fervently
ultramontane, devoted to the Sacred Heart, fierce defenders of <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12134b.htm">Pope Pius IX</a> and
the 1870 definition of papal infallibility and suspicious of liberalism in all
its varieties and the public schools that seemed to inculcate it – surely
seemed unlikely role models for Jesuits and non-Jesuit scholars in the
immediate postconciliar era.”</i></div>
</blockquote>
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It might be difficult to identify with men whose worldview
was shaped as much by the 1773-1814 suppression as by the European
liberal
revolutions that forced them into exile (once again) to all corners of
the
globe a generation later. And yet, to ignore the post-1814 Jesuits is to
miss a
crucial aspect of Catholic history over the last two centuries. For one
thing, the story of the Jesuits in America, is a
story of the Restored Society. All but
one of the twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities in the United
States
today – and all of the secondary schools – were founded by Restored
Jesuits. But the story of the Restored Jesuits is far broader: they were
a globalizing force in the <i>“long nineteenth century,” </i>the age reframed by C.A.
Bayly, as <a href="http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/420"><i>The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914</i></a><i> </i>(Blackwell,
2004). 2014 marks the bicentennial year of the lifting of the
Suppression. In commemoration of the Restoration, Loyola
University Chicago is hosting a <a href="http://blogs.lib.luc.edu/jesuitrestoration2014/">major conference</a> on
October 16-19, 2014. It aims to bring
together junior and senior scholars to begin a conversation about the
contribution to American identity of both restored Jesuits and the women
religious with whom they worked in their enterprises. The conference aims at locating these
initiatives <a href="http://blogs.lib.luc.edu/jesuitrestoration2014/about/"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">within the
specific experiential context of building an American nation</span></a>. The
stories of these men and women provide studies in what Thomas Tweed has termed <a href="http://jesuitrestoration2014.tumblr.com/post/38057724147/from-a-review-by-michael-ferber-available"><i>Crossing and Dwelling</i></a> (Harvard, 2006):
the <a href="http://blogs.lib.luc.edu/jesuitrestoration2014/2013/01/11/crossings-and-dwellings/"><span color="windowtext" style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">crossings and
dwellings</span></a> of refugees from European exclusions; transatlantic
immigrants; multilingual and transnational identities; settlers in ethnic urban
cores; boundary-dwellers in frontier peripheries. A copy of CFP can be found <a href="http://blogs.lib.luc.edu/jesuitrestoration2014/cfp/">here</a>, with a
February 1, 2014 deadline for proposals.</div>
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<b>Link <a href="http://usreligion.blogspot.com/2013/11/tumblr-ing-into-restored-jesuit-history.html">(here)</a> to US Religion</b></div>
</blockquote>
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/09/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-one-of.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski: One of the two or Three Greatest Jesuit Superior Generals</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/09/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-one-of.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/09/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-one-of.html</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, who met Father Ledochowski in 1930, wrote later that <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"everyone in Rome I was told that Father Ledochowski would rank as one of the two or three greatest heads of the Jesuit Order,"</span> an estimate which would group him with such men as <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Borja&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFrancisco%2BBorgia%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DzZx%26sa%3DG" style="font-weight: bold;">Ignatius Loyola</a>, [<b></b>April 19, 1541 to July 31, 1556] the first [Jesuit] general, <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Borja&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFrancisco%2BBorgia%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DzZx%26sa%3DG" style="font-weight: bold;">Francisco Borgia</a>, [July 2, 1565 to October 1, 1572] the third, and [<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Borja&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFrancisco%2BBorgia%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DzZx%26sa%3DG" style="font-weight: bold;">Claudius] Aquaviva</a>, [Feb 19, 1581 to Jan 31, 1615] the fifth.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
from a premature <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F30715F93C5B167B93C2A81789D95F468485F9">New York Times obituary of December 10, 1942</a></blockquote>
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/09/wlodimr-vladimir-ledochowski-last-of.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wlodimir Ledochowski: Last of the Great Roman Generals</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/09/wlodimr-vladimir-ledochowski-last-of.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/09/wlodimr-vladimir-ledochowski-last-of.html</a><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
It was<span style="font-weight: bold;"> during the twenty-seven year
Generalate of Father Wlodzimierz Ledochowski (1915-1942) that the
traditional character of the Society received the firmest stamp and
clearest definition since the Generalate of Claudio Acquaviva in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.</span> One might even say that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ledochowski
insisted on fidelity to the structure of Jesuit obedience, was an
almost merciless disciplinarian,and maintained a stream of instructions
flowing out to the whole Society about every detail</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> of Jesuit life</span>
and Ignatian ideals. He know exactly what Jesuits should be according
to the Society’s Constitutions and traditions; and under strong hands of
two quite authoritarian Popes, Pius XI and Pius XII, he reestablished
the close ties that had once linked papacy and Jesuit Generalate. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ledochowski, in fact, gave renewed meaning to that old Roman nickname of the Jesuit Father General, “the Black Pope. </span>Just as Pius XII can be described as the last of the great Roman Popes, so <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ledochowski can be called the last of the great Roman Generals of the Jesuits.</span><br />
<br />
p 221 Malachi Martin, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jesuits-Society-Betrayal-Catholic-Church/dp/0671545051"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Jesuits: The Society of Jesus and the Betrayal of the Roman Catholic Church</span></a></blockquote>
<br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Western - Eastern Roman Empire 101</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/07/holocaust-denial-via-new-york-times-in.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Effective Holocaust Denial From The New York Times 2007</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/07/holocaust-denial-via-new-york-times-in.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/07/holocaust-denial-via-new-york-times-in.html</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_592246129"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The New York Times De-Evolution</span></b></a><br />
<a href="https://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2010/07/1892-1915-new-york-times.html"><b>https://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2010/07/1892-1915-new-york-times.html</b></a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/07/up-front-hidden-in-plain-sight.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Up Front & Hidden In Plain Sight</span></b></a><br />
<a href="https://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/07/up-front-hidden-in-plain-sight.html"><b>https://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2011/07/up-front-hidden-in-plain-sight.html</b></a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2010/12/romes-learning-against-learning.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">About Rome's Learning Against Learning- Overview</span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2010/12/romes-learning-against-learning.html"><b>http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2010/12/romes-learning-against-learning.html</b></a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_407426195"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rome's Continuing Inquisition Via The 'War on [some] Drugs'</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/romes-pharmacratic-inquisition-series.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/romes-pharmacratic-inquisition-series.html</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_407426198"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A Buried Standard</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2008/06/buried-standard.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2008/06/buried-standard.html</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_407426200"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>About Those Stupid Guy Fawkes Masks</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-wierd-yet-telling-protest-choice-of.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-wierd-yet-telling-protest-choice-of.html</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-unlucky-number-of-families-that.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Overlooked Ruling Class Families (overlooked by the focus on just some Jewish families and individuals)</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-unlucky-number-of-families-that.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-unlucky-number-of-families-that.html</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_407426207"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ignatias Loyola's Satanic Inspiration-Visions</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/ignatius-loyola-visions-of-serpent.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/ignatius-loyola-visions-of-serpent.html</a><br />
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-15369196085889965782017-06-02T08:00:00.000-04:002017-06-02T08:00:14.203-04:00Both Democrat and Republican Parties Have Disregarded Truthregarding that criminal sociopathic racketeering scheme of the so called "war on drugs"<br />
<u>that was started via the Vatican </u><br />
<u><br /></u>
prerequisite reading:<u><br /></u><br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/romes-pharmacratic-inquisition-series.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/romes-pharmacratic-inquisition-series.html</a><u><br /></u><br />
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<br />
from a comment by b4integrity at:<br />
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<a href="http://www.alternet.org/comments/drugs/left-right-challenge-failed-war-drugs#disqus_thread">http://www.alternet.org/comments/drugs/left-right-challenge-failed-war-drugs#disqus_thread</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote>
President Obama refused to answer this communication to him.
President* Trump and AG* Sessions have also refused to answer similar
communications to them.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fcontact%23more%3AaBn2kNAgznUWB9iK9-UPl9eN3_s&cuid=73190" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.whitehouse.gov/...</a><br />
<br />
5:07 PM, Thursday<br />
2016Jun09<br />
<br />
President Obama,<br />
<br />
The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) contains the following:<br />
<br />
"The Congress makes the following findings and declarations:<br />
<br />
(1)
The Congress has long recognized the danger involved in the
manufacture, distribution, and use of certain psychotropic substances
for nonscientific and nonmedical purposes, and has provided strong and
effective legislation to control illicit trafficking and to regulate
legitimate uses of psychotropic substances in this country. Abuse of
psychotropic substances has become a phenomenon common to many
countries, however, and is not confined to national borders. It is,
therefore, essential that the United States cooperate with other nations
in establishing effective controls over international traffic in such
substances."<br />
<a href="https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.cornell.edu%2Fuscode%2Ftext%2F21%2F801a%3A8vpFkau74FnInguzL7hg3Y-mBd4&cuid=73190" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.law.cornell.edu...</a><br />
<br />
Tobacco & alcohol are psychotropic (mood-altering) substances, affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception.<br />
<br />
Tobacco & alcohol are the two most deadly & dangerous of all drugs.<br />
<br />
Tobacco
drug use accounts for more drug deaths (~480,000 tobacco drug
deaths/year in the U.S.A.) than the summation of the drug deaths from
the use of all other drugs, including alcohol, combined!<br />
<br />
Tobacco meets the definition of a schedule I controlled substance.<br />
<br />
Alcohol meets the definition of a schedule II controlled substance.<br />
<a href="https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.cornell.edu%2Fuscode%2Ftext%2F21%2F812%3AbY0h5Uzn_8U23_eCAaBt3uYNCL8&cuid=73190" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.law.cornell.edu...</a><br />
<br />
Tobacco
& alcohol are unconstitutionally exempt from the CSA in violation
of the Equal Protection Clause [21 U.S.C. § 802(6)].<br />
<a href="https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.law.cornell.edu%2Fuscode%2Ftext%2F21%2F802%3AoZBpYIcjtNxbmGE6q15n2xrUGR4&cuid=73190" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.law.cornell.edu...</a><br />
<br />
Are
there any scientific and/or medical purposes for the use of the
psychotropic substances tobacco & alcohol? If there are, what are
these scientific & medical purposes for the use of tobacco &
alcohol?<br />
<br />
What are the legitimate uses of the psychotropic substances, tobacco & alcohol, in this country?<br />
<br />
What is(are) the reason(s) that tobacco & alcohol are exempt from the CSA?<br />
<br />
Do you acknowledge that the CSA violates the Equal Protection Clause?<br />
<br />
Why do you enforce the CSA when it violates the Equal Protection Clause?<br />
<br />
Why haven't you called for Congress to either:<br />
<br />
1)
Repeal the exemptions of tobacco & alcohol and classify tobacco as a
schedule I controlled substance and alcohol a schedule II; or<br />
<br />
2) Repeal the entire CSA and abolish the DEA?<br />
<br /></blockquote>
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Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-55374837170424810182017-04-28T23:05:00.000-04:002017-05-31T23:05:22.178-04:00FOX Papal Mouthpiece Bill O Reilly Spun Out<br />
Was visiting the Pope in Rome the day his firing by FOX News was announced.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo from the below quoted April 19, 2017 <i>New York Times</i> article</span></div>
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excerpt<br />
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/world/europe/bill-oreilly-meets-pope-francis-in-vatican-vip-line.html?_r=0">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/world/europe/bill-oreilly-meets-pope-francis-in-vatican-vip-line.html?_r=0</a></div>
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ROME — Bill O’Reilly, the powerful Fox News host <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html">forced out of his prime-time position</a> on Wednesday amid a barrage of sexual harassment allegations, spent the morning of his firing briefly meeting <a class="meta-per" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/francis_i/index.html?inline=nyt-per" title="More articles about Pope Francis.">Pope Francis</a>
in St. Peter’s Square during the pontiff’s weekly general audience,
shaking hands with a religious leader he once lectured over immigration.</div>
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Mr. O’Reilly, on vacation in Italy for the past week, sat in a V.I.P. section and shook hands with Francis. </blockquote>
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The
encounter came hours before 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox
News, announced that Mr. O’Reilly had been forced out of his position
after dozens of advertisers abandoned his highly rated program and the
Murdoch family, which owns 21st Century Fox, began to show signs of
eroding support. The family had supported Mr. O’Reilly in the past, but <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news.html">a New York Times article this month</a> detailing harassment allegations against him put his standing atop cable television news in jeopardy....</div>
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The article goes on to state that the visit was planned months earlier, before the New York Times article of April 1, 2017 stating that O Reilly was the target of 5 separate claims of sexual misconduct that were settled by FOX for a total of about $13 million.</div>
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excerpt</div>
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women who made allegations against Mr. O’Reilly either worked for him
or appeared on his show. They have complained about a wide range of
behavior, including verbal abuse, lewd comments, unwanted advances and
phone calls in which it sounded as if Mr. O’Reilly was masturbating,
according to documents and interviews.</div>
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The
reporting suggests a pattern: As an influential figure in the newsroom,
Mr. O’Reilly would create a bond with some women by offering advice and
promising to help them professionally. He then would pursue sexual
relationships with them, causing some to fear that if they rebuffed him,
their careers would stall.</div>
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Of
the five settlements, two were previously known — one for about $9
million in 2004 with a producer, and another struck last year with a
former on-air personality, which The Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news-juliet-huddy.html">reported on in January</a>. </blockquote>
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three other settlements were uncovered by The Times. Two involved
sexual harassment claims against Mr. O’Reilly, and the other was for
verbal abuse related to an episode in which he berated a young producer
in front of newsroom colleagues.</div>
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Besides
the women who reached settlements, two other women have spoken of
inappropriate behavior by the host. A former regular guest on his show,
Wendy Walsh, told The Times that after she rebuffed an advance from him
he didn’t follow through on a verbal offer to secure her a lucrative
position at the network. And a former Fox News host named Andrea
Tantaros said Mr. O’Reilly sexually harassed her <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/business/media/andrea-tantaros-of-fox-news-claims-retaliation-for-harassment-complaints.html">in a lawsuit she filed</a> last summer against the network and Mr. Ailes.</div>
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for 21st Century Fox would not discuss specific accusations against Mr.
O’Reilly, but in a written statement to The Times the company
acknowledged it had addressed the issue with him.</div>
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“21st
Century Fox takes matters of workplace behavior very seriously,” the
statement said. “Notwithstanding the fact that no current or former Fox
News employee ever took advantage of the 21st Century Fox hotline to
raise a concern about Bill O’Reilly, even anonymously, we have looked
into these matters over the last few months and discussed them with Mr.
O’Reilly. While he denies the merits of these claims, Mr. O’Reilly has
resolved those he regarded as his personal responsibility. Mr. O’Reilly
is fully committed to supporting our efforts to improve the environment
for all our employees at Fox News.”</div>
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According
to legal experts, companies occasionally settle disputes that they
believe have little merit because it is less risky than taking the
matters to trial, which can be costly and create a string of
embarrassing headlines.</div>
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The revelations about Mr. O’Reilly, 67, come after sexual harassment accusations against Mr. Ailes led to an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/business/media/as-an-internal-inquiry-sinks-ailes-questions-about-fox-newss-fate.html">internal investigation</a> that found women at Fox News <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/business/at-fox-news-kisses-innuendo-propositions-and-fears-of-reprisal.html">faced harassment</a>.
Current and former Fox News employees told The Times that they feared
making complaints to network executives or the human resources
department.</div>
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Mr. Ailes, who has denied the allegations against him, received $40 million as part of his <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/22/business/media/roger-ailes-fox-news.html">exit package</a>.
The company has reached settlements with at least six women who accused
Mr. Ailes of sexual harassment, according to a person briefed on the
agreements.</div>
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Of course, since the sex allegations date back years, it is plausible that O'Reilly had some inkling that they were going to be again be highlighted, and hence the trip to the Vatican might have been planned in anticipation. <br />
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Whether or not so, FOX has long given this blogger the impression of a workplace where women's looks and sex appeal were hardly minor factors, just going by the way their female talking heads are presented, in their manner of dress, as well as show of legs.<br />
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From the wikipedia artcile about Bill O Reilly:<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Sexual_harassment_lawsuits">Sexual harassment lawsuits <span id="Sexual_harassment_lawsuit"></span></span></h3>
On October 13, 2004, O'Reilly sued Andrea Mackris, a former producer for <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O%27Reilly_Factor" title="The O'Reilly Factor">The O'Reilly Factor</a></i>,
alleging extortion. O'Reilly claimed that Mackris had threatened a
lawsuit unless he paid her more than $60 million. Later the same day,
Mackris sued O'Reilly for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment" title="Sexual harassment">sexual harassment</a>, seeking $60 million in damages.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mackris_complaint_118-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-Mackris_complaint-118">[118]</a></sup> Her complaint alleged that in phone conversations, O'Reilly had "advised her to use a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrator_%28sex_toy%29" title="Vibrator (sex toy)">vibrator</a> and told her about sexual fantasies involving her",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CBS_119-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-CBS-119">[119]</a></sup>
and an allegation that he threatened that if she reported his behavior,
"Roger Ailes... will go after you... Ailes operates behind the scenes,
strategizes, and makes things happen so that one day BAM! The person
gets what's coming to them but never sees it coming." On October 15,
2004, Fox sought judicial permission to fire Mackris, but she was never
dismissed. On October 19, 2004, Mackris filed an amended complaint
seeking further damages for illegal retaliatory actions by O'Reilly, Fox
News, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation" title="News Corporation">News Corporation</a>-owned newspaper the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TSG_120-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-TSG-120">[120]</a></sup> On October 28, 2004, O'Reilly and Mackris reached an <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-court_settlement" title="Out-of-court settlement">out-of-court settlement</a>
in which Mackris dropped her sexual-assault suit against O'Reilly, and
O'Reilly dropped his extortion claim against Mackris. The terms of the
agreement are confidential,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-settleoct28_121-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-settleoct28-121">[121]</a></sup> but in 2017 <i>The New York Times</i> reported the settlement to be around $9 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nyt-settlements_13-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-nyt-settlements-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
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After Ailes was the subject of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former Fox News coworker <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Carlson" title="Gretchen Carlson">Gretchen Carlson</a>,
O'Reilly said in July 2016 that Ailes was a "target" as a "famous,
powerful or wealthy person" and called him the "best boss I ever had."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-122"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-122">[122]</a></sup>
After Ailes was fired and the network settled the lawsuit with Carlson,
O'Reilly declined to comment further, saying that "for once in my life,
I’m going to keep my big mouth shut."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-123"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-123">[123]</a></sup><br />
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Shortly after Ailes was fired, Fox News settled a sexual harassment claim against O'Reilly with former Fox host <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliet_Huddy" title="Juliet Huddy">Juliet Huddy</a>.
Huddy alleged that O'Reilly pursued a romantic relationship with her,
made lewd remarks, including a telephone call during which he appeared
to be masturbating, and tried to have her fired when she rejected his
advances. Legal fees in this case were settled and paid for by Fox News.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-124"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-124">[124]</a></sup> <i>The New York Times</i> reported the settlement to to have been worth $1.6 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nyt-settlements_13-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-nyt-settlements-13">[13]</a></sup><br />
In August 2016, former Fox host <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Tantaros" title="Andrea Tantaros">Andrea Tantaros</a> filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News, claiming that O'Reilly made sexually suggestive comments to her.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-125"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-125">[125]</a></sup><br />
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In April 2017, <i>The New York Times</i> reported that O'Reilly and
Fox News had settled five lawsuits against O'Reilly dating back to 2002.
Previously, only the settlements to Mackris and Huddy were publicly
reported; <i>The Times</i> reported that Fox hosts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Diamond" title="Rebecca Diamond">Rebecca Diamond</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Dhue" title="Laurie Dhue">Laurie Dhue</a>
settled sexual harassment lawsuits in 2011 and 2016 respectively and
junior producer Rachel Witlieb Bernstein settled with Fox in 2002 after
accusing O'Reilly of verbal abuse. The amount paid to the women filing
the complaints was estimated at $13 million. <i>The Times</i> also reported a claim by former <i>O'Reilly Factor</i> guest <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Walsh" title="Wendy Walsh">Wendy Walsh</a>, who declined an offer from O'Reilly to go to his hotel suite and was subsequently denied a job as a Fox News contributor.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-nyt-settlements_13-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-nyt-settlements-13">[13]</a></sup>
Walsh appeared on The O'Reilly Factor for a few months after the hotel
incident, and at one point asked producers for more airtime on the show.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-126"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-126">[126]</a></sup><br />
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After Walsh's complaint, 21st Century Fox hired the law firm of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul,_Weiss,_Rifkind,_Wharton_%26_Garrison" title="Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison">Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison</a>
to conduct an investigation into at least that allegation; that firm
also conducted an investigation into the allegations against Fox News
chairman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ailes" title="Roger Ailes">Roger Ailes</a>, which led to his ouster from Fox.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-127"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-127">[127]</a></sup><br />
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After the five settlements were reported, the <i>O'Reilly Factor</i> lost more than half its advertisers within a week;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-128"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-128">[128]</a></sup> almost 60 companies withdrew their <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_advertising" title="Television advertising">television advertising</a> from the show<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-129"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-129">[129]</a></sup> amid a growing backlash against O'Reilly.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-130"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-130">[130]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-131"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-131">[131]</a></sup>
On April 11, 2017, O'Reilly announced he would take a two-week vacation
and would return to the program on April 24; he normally takes a
vacation around Easter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-132"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-132">[132]</a></sup> On April 19, 2017, Fox News announced that O'Reilly would not be returning to the network.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-133"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-133">[133]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-134"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#cite_note-134">[134]</a></sup><br />
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I long found FOX at times to be somewhat entertaining. Splashy colors; attractive sets; and numerous physically attractive women, presenting the news from the perspective of the political "right", as the counterpart to news channel rivals as CNN and MSNBC which present news from the perspective of the "left". All as part of the highly controlled "left" - 'right" (re, in the U.S.A. Democrat and Republican Party) political spectrum.<br />
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FOX is sometimes good insofar as some of its exposes, such as that concerning one of the creators of ObamaCare, ignored by the slavishly pro Democrat Party establishment media. As such, I have found FOX to be more informative when it is a Democrat President in the White House, as I found MSNBC during the preceding Republican Bush Administrations, due to my skepticism of the ruling class leading me to prefer the "opposition" stance against the incumbent.<br />
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FOX is also horribly repetitious in so far as focusing too much on whatever story they were promoting while failing to report others. Such is to be expected from an opposition that is so controlled, to keep people so focused so they are distracted from the things that indicate how BOTH the main parties have betrayed the public in favor of the ruling class. Such as in failing to report upon legislation regarding say financial interests, as banking, let alone the food and drug supply.<br />
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Most of FOX's talking heads I have found to be non-offensive, with the exceptions being the more sanctimonious ones where and when they speak blatant lies.<br />
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Particularly such when presenting the cherished dogmas of the Powers That Be, on issues that I am more well versed in. In particular, the so called "war on drugs".<br />
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Almost everything written about the "war on drugs" presents it as something started by the 37th U.S. President Richard Nixon during the early 1970s. Rather he merely presided over its U.S. re-codification, with the 1970 U.S. Controlled Substances Act, enacted in reaction to the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court <i>Leary</i> case. That case had declared as unconstitutional the basis of the previous U.S. drug prohibition "laws" dating back to the initial prohibition acts of 1937 and 1914 respectively regarding "Marihuana" and "Narcotics" (Opium, Coca leaves and their derivatives), the U.S. Congress power to impose taxes, <br />
for violating the Constitution's 5th amendment guarantee against self incrimination. <br />
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While much attention has been given to Nixon's favoring the drug war as a tool to oppress ethnic minorities and dissidents, its earlier adaptation reflected <u>an agenda of drug market control</u> protecting key agricultural commodities (particularly Tobacco) from competitors (particularly Coca Leaf), and in establishing a protected market for synthetic (patentable) monopoly medicines (pharmaceuticals) as reflected by the 1906 U.S. Food and Drugs Act and its subsequent enforcement and amending. For more on this, see:<br />
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<a href="http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2017/02/defeating-drug-war-requires-better.html">http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2017/02/defeating-drug-war-requires-better.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2016/02/points-about-progressive-era-war-of.html">http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2016/02/points-about-progressive-era-war-of.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-evil-prohibition-to-promote.html">http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-evil-prohibition-to-promote.html</a><br />
<br />O'Reilly has long acted as Rome's errand boy for promoting this modern day incarnation of the Inquisition known as the drug war.<br />
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Others at FOX that I have noted as more sticking out for this Inquisition incarnation over time have been Monica Crowley, Sean Hannity, and more recently, the figure taking over O'Reilly's evening time slot, Tucker Carlson.<br />
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I have observed Carlson joining this sorry category with his promotion of the "opioid epidemic" fake news demonifying people's pharmaceutical pain pills while giving a free pass to the dangers of mixing such with drugs as Valium, and of cutting off people's legal supplies so they turn to contraband that is increasingly laced with far more potent synthetic opiates as fentanyl and catafentanyl.<br />
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It is s if Tucker Carlson has been prepped to replace the most traditionally egregious FOX talking head. <br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/romes-pharmacratic-inquisition-series.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/romes-pharmacratic-inquisition-series.html</a><br />
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Apparent Invitations To Join The Illuminati (see below)<br />
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Directed to me via the comments section of my blog<b><i> Continuing Counter Reformation</i></b><br />
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Do not accept any such invitations. Such shall bind one to all sorts of traps and tricks.<br />
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<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians+4&version=NLT">https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians+4&version=NLT</a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="text 2Cor-4-4" id="en-NLT-28824"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Satan,
<u>who is the god of this world</u>, has blinded the minds of those who don’t
believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News.
They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the
exact likeness of God.</span></i></span></blockquote>
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These invitations are indicative of an Illuminati membership of an evil satanic club, which IMHO explains much of the political dynamics of what runs the U.S.A. and the rest of the world.<br />
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Make what you will of the <u>timing</u> of these apparent invitations.<br />
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<a href="http://southmallblogger.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-blatant-indication.html"><b>http://southmallblogger.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-blatant-indication.html</b></a><br />
<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-82645172817983045372017-02-03T00:30:00.000-05:002017-02-03T00:30:19.722-05:00Vatican To "Honor" Martin Luther With Postage Stamp In 2017<br />
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Various sources, such as<a href="http://www.linns.com/news/world-stamps-postal-history/2017/january/vatican-city-stamp-protestant-reformation-500th-anniversary.html#"><b> this,</b></a> and <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-gives-stamp-of-approval-to-martin-luther"><b>this</b></a>, are reporting that the Vatican intends to issue a postage stamp sometime in 2017 commemorating the500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's release of his 95 Thesis, an event credited with sparking the modern Protestant Reformation.<br />
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No date nor design has been publically released.<br />
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The Vatican postal site <a href="http://www.vaccari.it/pdf/21777.file.00_Programma_2017_SCV___elenco.pdf"><b>2017 program</b></a> includes a listing for " Riforma protestante, nel quinto centenario" [Protestant Reformation in the fifth centenary]<br />
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The design shown above, according to the accompanying link is said to be a "joke", though with no information upon its source.<br />
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It is probably produced by a Vatican loyal source, indicative of what they would really like to issue. <br />
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-25507892085395080182017-02-02T00:30:00.000-05:002017-02-02T00:30:09.017-05:00Lithuania Issues Postage Stamp Commemorating 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 ThesisIssued January 7, 2017<br />
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2017 is the 500th anniversary of the issuance of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses"><b>95 Thesis</b></a> by Martin Luther (born November 10, 1483; died February 18, 1546) on October 31.<br />
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Expect to see various such commemorative postage stamps through 2017 from political entities around the world.<br />
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The United Sates of America issued such a stamp in 1983 upon the 500th anniversary of his birth.<br />
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-32626698662114184622017-02-01T00:02:00.002-05:002017-02-01T00:17:04.058-05:00The Post 2013 Smouldering Fire Along the Western-Eastern Roman Empire Border<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Required Reading:<br />
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Eastern Europe Long Term Geo Political Dynamics<br />
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2014/09/western-eastern-roman-empire-101.html</a><br />
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Plus various <i><b>Continuing Counter Reformation</b></i> articles from late 2013 and into 2014 about this part of the world.<br />
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<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern-151326291.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-clashes-rage-third-day-sparking-eu-concern-151326291.html</a><br />
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excerpt-<br />
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<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Avdiivka (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels were on Tuesday locked in fighting for a third straight day at a flashpoint town that left thousands shivering without power and sparked renewed EU concern about security in its backyard." data-reactid="23" data-type="text" type="text">
Avdiivka
(Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels were on
Tuesday locked in fighting for a third straight day at a flashpoint town
that left thousands shivering without power and sparked renewed EU
concern about security in its backyard.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Avdiivka (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels were on Tuesday locked in fighting for a third straight day at a flashpoint town that left thousands shivering without power and sparked renewed EU concern about security in its backyard." data-reactid="23" data-type="text" type="text">
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<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="The industrial hub of Avdiivka came under an unexpected assault Sunday from insurgents seeking to wrest back territory controlled by Kiev during the nearly three-year war." data-reactid="24" data-type="text" type="text">
The
industrial hub of Avdiivka came under an unexpected assault Sunday from
insurgents seeking to wrest back territory controlled by Kiev during
the nearly three-year war.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="The clashes have claimed the lives of at least 13 civilians and fighters on both sides since Sunday -- the worst outburst of violence since the two sides agreed a new truce on December 23." data-reactid="25" data-type="text" type="text">
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The
clashes have claimed the lives of at least 13 civilians and fighters on
both sides since Sunday -- the worst outburst of violence since the two
sides agreed a new truce on December 23.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko underscored the urgency of the situation by cutting short a visit to Berlin on Monday and convened an emergency meeting of his National Security and Defence Council." data-reactid="26" data-type="text" type="text">
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Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko underscored the urgency of the situation by
cutting short a visit to Berlin on Monday and convened an emergency
meeting of his National Security and Defence Council.</div>
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<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Poroshenko is worried that Donald Trump's rise to the US presidency and praise for Russia's Vladimir Putin may add fuel to a conflict that began shortly after Ukraine's 2014 ouster of its Moscow-backed leader and tilt toward the West." data-reactid="27" data-type="text" type="text">
Poroshenko
is worried that Donald Trump's rise to the US presidency and praise for
Russia's Vladimir Putin may add fuel to a conflict that began shortly
after Ukraine's 2014 ouster of its Moscow-backed leader and tilt toward
the West.</div>
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Putin's
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the Kremlin was "extremely
worried" but had "reliable information" that renegade units of pro-Kiev
fighters were in fact responsible for the initial attacks. ...</div>
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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/moscow-will-get-the-message-us-flexes-muscles-with-largest-ever-deployment-to-poland-2017-1">http://www.businessinsider.com/moscow-will-get-the-message-us-flexes-muscles-with-largest-ever-deployment-to-poland-2017-1</a></blockquote>
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In January, a US Army brigade of nearly 3,500 troops
and 2,700 pieces of heavy equipment arrived in Poland in the
largest deployments of US troops and armor to that country<br />
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The brigade came with a simple mission — integrate with the
Polish army and deter Russia on all fronts</blockquote>
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"Russian aggression takes many forms," Gen. Ben Hodges, commander
of the US Army in Europe, <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nato-shows-firepower-poland-u-s-allies-worry-about-russia-n714156" target="_blank">told NBC News</a>.
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"Cyber, misinformation, threatening other countries, Russian snap
exercises. We're serious — this is not just a training exercise.
It's to demonstrate a strategic message that you cannot violate
the sovereignty of members of NATO ... Moscow will get the
message — I'm confident of it. "</blockquote>
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The combine US and Polish forces immediately started training
with tanks, artillery, and helicopters in an overt show of force.</blockquote>
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Meanwhile, US soldiers in Lithuania had just finished a similar
exercise. Estonia, Latvia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary
will all also see US troops deployed on a rotational basis.
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But the US assurance to vulnerable NATO states in the Baltics
comes after a years-long Russian military buildup. Current and
former US generals have expressed doubts about NATO's ability to
deter or stop an outright attack from Russia, and a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-could-steamroll-into-the-capitals-of-natos-most-exposed-members-in-36-hours-2016-2" target="_blank">report</a> from the think tank RAND Corp predicts
that Russia could seize control of the Baltic States within 36
hours of a blitz-like invasion.
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... For now, US forces will train, eat, and sleep alongside their
European allies, meaning that a Russian attack of any sort on the
Baltics will draw an immediate reaction from the US.
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<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/after-putin-call-merkel-set-meet-ukraines-poroshenko-549978"> http://www.newsweek.com/after-putin-call-merkel-set-meet-ukraines-poroshenko-549978</a></blockquote>
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Ukrainian President Petro
Poroshenko Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s frenetic day of
phone calls that included herself and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<br />
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Merkel, whose country brokered the maligned ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev in eastern Ukraine, <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/ceasefire-agreed-eastern-ukraine-after-minsk-summit-306274">known as the Minsk agreement</a>, is fast becoming the Western leader most supportive of Ukraine’s struggle to integrate into Europe.<br />
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Since
the start of the conflict in 2014, governments previously hawkish
toward Russia, notably the U.S. under Barack Obama, have been replaced
by leaders such as Trump implementing a softer stance. The
approach within Europe itself is also threatening to
splinter after rising French electoral candidate Francois Fillon
described sanctions against the Kremlin as "pointless," <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-fillon-europe-idUSKBN1571BL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reuters reported</a>.</blockquote>
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Ukraine’s Poroshenko will visit Berlin to meet with Merkel as well as
the President of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert and Vice Chancellor
Sigmar Gabriel, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.<br />
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Speaking to one of Ukraine’s major Russian-language broadcaster’s <a href="http://podrobnosti.ua/2157738-poroshenko-s-merkel-obsudjat-osvobozhdenie-plennyh-na-donbasse-klimkin.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Inter</a>, Klimkin said that during the visit Monday, the two leaders would discuss a broad agenda of issues.<br />
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"We
had an agreement in early February to discuss a number of important
issues particularly how to make Russia fulfill Minsk agreements, the
security situation in Donbas, what can we do to free captives and how we
can take make use of the Normandy format most effectively today," he
said referring to the German-French brokered ceasefire.</blockquote>
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Klimkin added that Ukraine and Germany were not only “political partners
but friends” and that Kiev would seek German help in implementing
anti-corruption reforms.</blockquote>
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The Ukrainian minister also dismissed the possibility that Western
sanctions on Russia would be dropped without implementation of the
ceasefire, despite the Trump administration’s repeated suggestions that
the <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-russia-vladimor-putin-russia-sanctions-russia-hacking-549377">U.S. may lift its sanctions</a> to secure a Russian concession on another issue.</blockquote>
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“We
are going around in circles again on this issue,” Klimkin said, telling
his interviewer the Ukrainian vision was simple. “First we discuss how
we define the steps of the implementation of the Minsk (ceasefire)
agreements. Then we get guarantees from Russia's fulfillment of the
Minsk agreements.”</blockquote>
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So far the ceasefire deal, agreed in Minsk,
Belarus, has been hard to implement due to a fundamental disagreement
about the nature of the Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine. Kiev
treats them as de facto Russian troops, having captured soldiers not
only equipped with Russian military issue weaponry, but also found to
be either active or past servicemen.<br />
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However, Russia has continued
to argue that the militant forces near the Russian border that have
kept Ukraine’s vast armed forces at bay for almost three years are local
independence fighters, who receive no military support from Moscow.</blockquote>
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-5067634449119550072017-01-07T22:53:00.002-05:002017-01-17T19:38:17.503-05:00The Unlucky Number of Families That Rule Via the Vatican etc.<b>Usually notoriously overlooked by those who focus upon the Rothschilds</b><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Borgia"><b>Ceasare Borgia</b> </a><br />
A representation of the Pretense of Christianity<br />
of the continuing mystery Babylon</div>
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<a href="https://geopolitics.co/2012/07/20/powerful-bloodlines-behind-the-dark-cabal/">https://geopolitics.co/2012/07/20/powerful-bloodlines-behind-the-dark-cabal/</a></div>
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Both this Black Pope and the white Pope aren’t of Papal Bloodline, they are both commoners.</div>
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I’ve named the most powerful families on the planet. I’ve named the Grey Pope the one inbetween the white and black but unseen Saturnalian Brotherhood – The Real 13 Zoroastrian Bloodlines of the Illuminati</div>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgia" target="_blank">House of Borgja</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Adrian_IV" target="_blank">House of Breakspeare</a></li>
<li>House of Somaglia</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsini_family" target="_blank">House of Orsini</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Da_Conti" target="_blank">House of Conti</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Chigi" target="_blank">House of Chigi</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonna" target="_blank">House of Colonna</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Farnese" target="_blank">House of Farnese</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici" target="_blank">House of Medici</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caetani" target="_blank">House of Gaetani</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphili" target="_blank">House of Pamphili</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Este" target="_blank">House of Este</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldobrandini_family" target="_blank">House of Aldobrandini</a></li>
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The Farneses helped found the Jesuit Order.<br />
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The recent King of Spain is a member of the Farnese family.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/papist-farnese-family.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/papist-farnese-family.html</a></b></span>Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-77425075551970904592016-10-27T22:56:00.002-04:002016-10-28T10:53:10.724-04:00Jack Chick Dies October 23, 2016<br />
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<b>Our beloved brother, Jack Chick, is now with the Lord.
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Jack Chick passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday evening, October 23, 2016.
He was 92. </blockquote>
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We at Chick Publications all loved Jack.<br />
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We are like a family, and he was our closest relative. He loved
every one of us, and we regularly got to tell him our appreciation and
love for him. We got to see what kind of person he was on a daily basis
—some people for over 45 years! It was very important for us to be with
him before he made his final journey.
<br />
Unlike the king in the Chick tract <a href="http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0020/0020_01.asp"><b>The Fool</b></a>,
Jack had made every preparation for his eternal future. So we visited
him to pray, to tell him we loved him, and to bless him on his way to
his eternal reward.<br />
<br />
But so many others have not gotten that opportunity, either to
see what kind of person Jack was or testify how Chick tracts and Jack
Chick affected them personally. We want to give you that opportunity.<br />
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Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-45524303513156124462016-10-26T23:11:00.000-04:002016-10-27T23:12:34.757-04:00KJ Only-ism Is Un-Wise - Jesus Partisans Balkans<br />
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King James Only-ism is not wise
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While the King James Bible is a literary masterpiece and a milestone in
the history of biblical translation, and while it was the spiritual
bread and butter of early modern English christianity, I have to "tell
it like it is", its language is lamentably outdated and not accessible
to modern English speakers, not to speak of non-native speakers. I can
compose a list of several hundred words (many of which latinisms or old
English artefacts) which even natural literature-savvy speakers(readers)
would need to process through a large dictionary to understand. <br />
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I am in no way endorsing any other English translation as superior, most
others are based on faulty texts,but works like the Modern English
Version, the Greene KJB and even the "satanic" NKJV have their merits. <br />
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I cannot help but wonder if the KJB only movement is a brainchild of the jesuits with the purpose of<br />
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1 Keeping honest and zealous christians in ignorance <br />
2 giving baptists <b>a cultic status </b>among the rest of christianity.<br />
3 preventing translation work from the TR for missionaries, who feel pressed to follow the KJB blindly<br />
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It is in little different than the "latin vulgate only" movement within
traditionalist catholicism, which actually was the prevalent sentiment,
which had dogmatic weight from the middle age through Trent, up to
vatican II and was only interrupted by unknown good men and women and
the reformers, who rendered the scriptures in the common/vulgar language
(most of it language you could hear around town)<br />
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With the knowledge of Greek and Hebrew we have in the 21th century it is
a shame nobody has taken up the task to prepare a translation, which is
readable, comprehensible and applicable in day-to-day life. Or perhaps
they have, only to be disregarded by the "enlightened" fundamental
independent baptists, who care little for anything outside their dogmas.
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">The Black Popes</span></u></b></span></div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hans_Kolvenbach"><b>Peter Hans Kolvenbach</b></a><b> </b>born November 30, 1928</div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Nicol%C3%A1s"><b>Adolfo Nichols Pachon</b> </a> born April 29, 1936</div>
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<b><a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Sosa_Abascal&usg=ALkJrhiBb-y7Qo7Pge-ILjVZvNv0IuahtA">Arturo Sosa Abascal</a> </b>born November 12, 1948<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>The White Popes </u></span></b></span><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI"><b>Benedict XVI (Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger)</b></a> born April 16, 1927<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis"><b>Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) </b></a> born December 17, 1936<br />
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As far as I know, there have never before been 5 living current and former Popes, as both positions - Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, and Superior General of the Jesuit Order are customarily held until death.</div>
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/more-popes-than-ever-before.html"><b>http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/more-popes-than-ever-before.html</b></a><br />
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Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-81755503178083380122016-10-16T22:44:00.004-04:002016-10-26T19:15:39.879-04:00October 2016 Alfred E. Smith Dinner Features Trump and Hillary ClintonHeld in New York since 1945, this annual event since 1960 features the Democrat and Republican candidates for U.S. Presidents in election years.<br />
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The 71st such annual event, just held in October 2016, featured U.S. President candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump flanking Archbishop Dolan, as a symbolic representation of how the Roman Catholic Church plays both sides of the mainstream political aisle.<br />
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See the New York Times video of the event:<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004721088/watch-live-al-smith-dinner.html"><b>http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004721088/watch-live-al-smith-dinner.html</b></a><br />
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Various accounts:<br />
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<a href="http://endrtimes.blogspot.com/2016/10/highlights-of-clinton-and-trump-at-al.html">http://endrtimes.blogspot.com/2016/10/highlights-of-clinton-and-trump-at-al.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2016/10/in-catholic-gotham-final-showdown.html">http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2016/10/in-catholic-gotham-final-showdown.html</a><br />
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-25562779633796628302016-10-16T22:44:00.002-04:002016-10-16T22:46:41.266-04:00Arturo Sosa Abascal S.J. Friday October 15, 2016 HomilySpeech given by the newly elected Jesuit Superior Genera at the Gesu<br />
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<b>Entire [here published]
text
of
the
homily
of
Fr.
Arturo
Sosa,
SJ,
on
the
occasion
of
celebrating
and
giving
thanks
for
his
election
as
Superior
General
of
the
Society
of
Jesus.
Roma,
Chiesa
del
Gesù,
15/10/2016</b><br />
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<i>Dearest
Brothers,
A
few
days
ago,
in
this
very
Church
of
the
Gesù,
where
the
remains
of
St.
Ignatius
and
Pedro
Arrupe
are
laid
to
rest,
Fr.
Bruno
Cadorè
invited
us
to
have
the
audacity
of
the
improbable
as
the
distinctive
stance
of
persons
of
faith,
who
seek
to
bear
witness
to
such
faith
in
the
complex
reality
of
human
life.
He
invited
us
to
leave
behind
our
fear
and
to
row
out
into
the
deep,
as
a
kind
of
attitude
for
being
at
once
creative
and
faithful
during
the
General
Congregation.</i><br />
<br />
<i>Certainly,
the
audacity
that
we
need
in
order
to
be
servants
of
the
mission
of
Christ
Jesus
can
flow
only
from
faith.
For
this
reason,
our
gaze
is
directed
first
of
all
to
God,
since
you
have
only
one
Father,
and
He
is
in
heaven
,
as
the
passage
from
the
Gospel
which
we
have
just
heard
reminds
us.
And
as
the
Formula
of
the
Institute
reminds
us
at
paragraph
no
.1:
“Let
(the
Jesuit)
have
before
his
eyes,
as
long
as
he
lives,
before
anything
else,
God,
and
then
the
form
of
this
his
Institute.”
In
fact,
it
is
the
whole
heart
that
we
wish
to
have
in
tune
with
the
Merciful
Father,
the
God
that
is
only
Love,
our
Principle
and
Foundation
–
the
heart
of
each
of
us
and
also
the
heart
of
the
body
of
the
Society.</i><br />
<br />
<i>If
our
faith
is
like
that
of
Mary,
Jesus’
own
mother
and
the
Mother
of
the
Society
of
Jesus,
our
audacity
can
go
even
further
and
seek
not
only
the
improbable,
but
the
impossible,
because
nothing
is
impossible
for
God
,
as
the
Archangel
Gabriel
proclaims
in
the
scene
of
the
Annunciation
(Luke
1:37).
It
is
the
same
faith
held
by
St.
Teresa
of
Avila,
or
St.
Teresa
of
Jesus,
whose
memorial
we
celebrate
today.
She
too,
without
fear,
entrusted
herself
to
the
Lord
in
order
to
undertake
the
improbable
and
the
impossible.</i><br />
<br />
<i>Let
us
ask,
therefore,
for
this
faith
from
the
Lord,
so
that
we,
as
the
Society
of
Jesus,
can
also
make
our
own
the
words
of
Mary
in
her
response
to
the
extraordinary
call
that
she
received:
“Behold
the
servant
of
the
Lord:
Be
it
done
to
me
according
to
your
word.”
Like
Ignatius
and
the
First
Companions,
like
so
many
Jesuit
brothers
who
have
fought
and
who
fight
today
under
the
banner
of
the
cross,
in
service
only
to
the
Lord
and
to
his
Church,
we
too
desire
to
contribute
to
that
which
today
seems
impossible:
a
humanity
reconciled
in
justice,
that
dwells
peacefully
in
a
well
-‐
cared
-‐
for
common
home,
where
there
is
a
place
for
all,
since
we
recognize
each
other
as
brothers
and
sisters,
as
sons
and
daughters
of
the
same
and
only
Father.</i><br />
<br />
<i>For
this
reason,
we
reaffirm
even
today
the
conviction
of
Ignatius
as
he
wrote
the
Constitutions:
“
Since
the
Society
of
Jesus
was
not
instituted
by
human
means,
it
is
not
through
them
that
it
can
be
preserved
and
increased,
but
with
the
all
-‐
powerful
hand
of
Christ,
our
God
and
Lord
;
in
Him
alone
must
our
hope
be
placed.”</i><br />
<br />
<i>With
our
hope
placed
in
God
and
in
God
alone
the
General
Congregation
will
proceed
with
its
deliberations
and
it
will
contribute
to
its
duty
to
preserve
and
grow
this
whole
body
(
Const.
719).</i><br />
<br />
<i>The
preservation
and
growth
of
the
body
of
the
Society
is
tightly
bound
to
the
depth
o
f
the
spiritual
life
of
each
of
its
members
and
of
the
communities
in
which
we
share
life
and
mission
with
our
companions.
At
the
same
time,
it
is
necessary
to
have
an
extraordinary
intellectual
depth
in
order
to
think
creatively
about
the
ways
in
which
our
service
to
the
mission
of
Christ
Jesus
can
be
more
effective,
in
the
creative
tension
of
the
Ignatian
magis.
To
think
about
ways
of
deeply
understanding
the
unique
moment
of
human
history
in
which
we
are
living,
and
to
contribute
to
the
search
f
or
alternatives
for
overcoming
poverty,
inequality,
and
oppression.
To
think
so
that
we
never
cease
posing
pertinent
theological
questions,
and
so
that
we
continue
to
deepen
our
understanding
of
the
faith
that
we
ask
the
Lord
to
increase
in
ourselves.</i><br />
<br />
<i>We
are
not
alone.
As
companions
of
Jesus
we
too
want
to
follow
the
journey
of
the
incarnation,
to
identify
ourselves
with
the
human
beings
that
suffer
the
consequences
of
injustice.
The
Society
of
Jesus
can
develop
only
in
collaboration
with
others,
only
if
it
becomes
the
least
Society
that
collaborates.
Let
us
be
attentive
to
the
linguistic
pitfalls
here.
We
want
to
increase
collaboration,
not
just
to
seek
that
others
collaborate
with
us,
with
our
own
works,
only
because
we
don’t
want
to
lose
the
prestige
o
f
the
position
of
who
has
the
last
word.
We
want
to
collaborate
generously
with
others,
inside
and
outside
of
the
Church,
in
the
awareness,
which
comes
from
the
experience
of
God,
of
being
called
to
the
mission
of
Christ
Jesus,
which
doesn’t
belong
to
us
exclusively,
but
whom
we
share
with
so
many
men
and
women
who
are
consecrated
to
the
service
of
others.</i><br />
<br />
<i>In
the
journey
of
collaboration,
with
the
grace
of
God,
we
will
also
find
new
companions
to
increase
the
number,
always
much
too
small
no
matter
how
great,
of
collaborators
who,
along
with
the
others,
are
invited
to
be
part
of
this
body.
There
is
hardly
any
doubt
about
the
need
to
increase
our
prayer
and
our
work
for
vocations
to
the
Society,
and
to
continue
the
complex
commitment
to
provide
the
formation
that
makes
of
them
true
Jesuits,
members
of
this
multicultural
body
that
is
called
to
testify
to
the
richness
of
interculturalism
as
the
face
of
humanity,
created
in
the
image
and
likeness
of
God.</i><br />
<br />
<i>Let
us,
therefore
,
today
make
our
own
the
words
of
the
Apostle
Paul:
may
the
God
of
patience
and
consolation
grant
you
to
be
like
-‐
minded
one
toward
the
other
according
to
the
example
of
Christ
Jesus,
so
that
you
may
give
glory
to
the
God
and
Father
of
Our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
with
one
heart
and
one
voice.
(Rm.
15
:5)
In
the
Church
of
the
Gesù
in
R
</i></blockquote>
As reported by the Jesuit General Convocation 36 site:<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://gc36.org/mass-thanksgiving-presided-new-general/">http://gc36.org/mass-thanksgiving-presided-new-general/</a><br />
<br />
The afternoon of Friday, October 14, after the election, the
congregation members were able to take a well deserved break. They met
this morning at the Gesù Church for the second time in two weeks. They
had the joy to be around their new Superior General, Father Arturo Sosa,
who therefore had the opportunity, in his homily, to offer for the
first time a spiritual message inspired by the Holy Scripture.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
The first reading was taken from the wisdom tradition, the book of
Sirach. It emphasized how the search for wisdom provides the
intelligence and opens the way for just decisions. Whoever has this
wisdom coming from the Lord will spread it to all nations. Psalm 88
reminded that the Lord is pleased by the fidelity of his servant. An
excerpt from the letter of St. Paul to the Christians of Rome exhorted
them to avoid causing scandal and division, but mainly to show
perseverance and hope by doing everything for the good of their
neighbour. In the Gospel of St. Mark, Jesus invited his disciples to be
watchful at all times.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
In his homily, the new Superior General first recalled that a few
days earlier, at the opening of the General Congregation, the Master of
the Dominicans had invited the Jesuits to the audacity of the
improbable, something that characterizes a person of faith. Fr. Sosa was
even more daring: referring to Mary, he opened the way to the audacity
not only of the ‘improbable’ but also of the ‘impossible’, because
“Nothing is impossible for God”, had said the angel Gabriel.<br />
<br />
The General added: “We ask the Lord for that kind of faith, because
we can make it our own, as Society of Jesus, the faith expressed in
Mary’s words in response to receiving the extraordinary appeal: ‘Behold
the handmaid of the Lord, all be done according to thy words.’ As
Ignatius and his first companions, like so many brothers who fought and
lived under the banner of the cross in the service of the Lord and his
Church, we also want to contribute to what seems impossible today: a
humanity reconciled in justice, living in peace in a common house well
kept, where there is room for everyone because we recognize that we are
siblings, son and daughters of the same and unique Father.”<br />
<br />
Father General then stressed the fact that we are not alone to
accomplish this task; we do it in collaboration. Not only that of
collaborators in our works, but by making ourselves collaborators of
people, inside and outside of the Church, who are involved in a mission
that is not ours exclusively, a mission we share with many men and women
dedicated to the service of others.<br />
<br />
You can read the original homily in Italian by clicking <a href="http://gc36.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20161015-Arturo-Sosa-Homily.pdf">here</a>.<br />
Official English translation <a href="http://gc36.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/161016_Thanksgiving_Homily_ENG.pdf">here</a>.</blockquote>
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<tr><th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><span class="notranslate">Studies</span> </th><td colspan="2"> <span class="notranslate"> Doctor in Political Science</span> </td></tr>
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<li id="cite_note-Sosa-2" value="2"><span class="notranslate"><b>Arturo Sosa Abascal, SJ</b> (born <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_de_noviembre&usg=ALkJrhh52efR36FfxIQ-NL-N8Dxj0ZsVYQ" title="12th of November">December as November</a> as <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948&usg=ALkJrhivHilU2iUPY50N0OXkqK-aYS-cLw" title="1948">1948</a> ) is a <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacerdote&usg=ALkJrhi-2yiEDgCfjiZc5xXuyKRdAe-BlQ" title="Priest">priest</a> <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_cat%25C3%25B3lica&usg=ALkJrhgnFx-l1qgNohRkaieRkFkpD-QaFQ" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela&usg=ALkJrhi84F3r0RP45-p8lsAA9voO6jqa-Q" title="Venezuela">Venezuelan</a> .</span> <span class="notranslate"> The <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_de_octubre&usg=ALkJrhgSIWWZX17arG2mQ30fmGuIm51ZWA" title="October 14th">14 of October</a> of <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016&usg=ALkJrhg9WHmzh11qUqbQuFw83sJbrZDOMQ" title="2016">2016</a> , the 36th <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregaci%25C3%25B3n_General_de_la_Compa%25C3%25B1%25C3%25ADa_de_Jes%25C3%25BAs&usg=ALkJrhg_mBiiJ7C0Rjcc9322LYCnfAeamw" title="General Congregation of the Society of Jesus">General Congregation</a> of the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa%25C3%25B1%25C3%25ADa_de_Jes%25C3%25BAs&usg=ALkJrhhsuznPguaFN3SdgoSJ_A1HzUFK1A" title="Jesus company">Society of Jesus</a> , the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_religiosa_cat%25C3%25B3lica&usg=ALkJrhj9ITYg0Tm_TxXFWNR04zDxq8NQUw" title="Catholic religious order">religious order</a> most numerous of the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_cat%25C3%25B3lica&usg=ALkJrhgnFx-l1qgNohRkaieRkFkpD-QaFQ" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> , chose him as the thirty - first <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_de_la_Compa%25C3%25B1%25C3%25ADa_de_Jes%25C3%25BAs&usg=ALkJrhgAzx0f1xktcbpL2P3k7H4j0Tbf9w" title="Superior General of the Society of Jesus">Superior General of the Society of Jesus</a> . succeeds to <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Nicol%25C3%25A1s_Pach%25C3%25B3n&usg=ALkJrhh3Bh5a4RC6EMUsYosMw5vsia8Hsg" title="Adolfo Nicolás">Adolfo Nicolas Pachon SJ</a> , who served in it for eight years.</span> <span class="notranslate"> It is considered one of the most important cultural and social references of Venezuela. </span> <br />
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<span class="notranslate"> Arturo Marcelino Sosa Abascal was born in <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracas&usg=ALkJrhiIl5W_W-yJ8kdK-cOyELlQ5UrSgw" title="Caracas">Caracas</a> ( <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela&usg=ALkJrhi84F3r0RP45-p8lsAA9voO6jqa-Q" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> ) on 12 November 1948. It is delegated to the Curia and the houses and interprovincial works of the Society of Jesus in <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma&usg=ALkJrhiJ-7iolP0Ce_UbHwsoKa_LpBc8yw" title="Rome">Rome</a> , and is a director of <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_de_la_Compa%25C3%25B1%25C3%25ADa_de_Jes%25C3%25BAs&usg=ALkJrhgAzx0f1xktcbpL2P3k7H4j0Tbf9w" title="Superior General of the Society of Jesus">General Father</a> .</span> <span class="notranslate"> He holds a degree in philosophy from the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Cat%25C3%25B3lica_Andr%25C3%25A9s_Bello&usg=ALkJrhjj1F8baRFXFSG_APJyMBLUCrqytQ" title="Andres Bello Catholic University">Catholic University Andres Bello</a> (1972) and a doctorate in political science from the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Central_de_Venezuela&usg=ALkJrhghHLApWtUJ1YPYDRuyjPli4VG5fQ" title="Central University of Venezuela">Central University of Venezuela</a> .</span><br />
<span class="notranslate"> </span> <br />
<span class="notranslate"> In the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregaci%25C3%25B3n_General_de_la_Compa%25C3%25B1%25C3%25ADa_de_Jes%25C3%25BAs&usg=ALkJrhg_mBiiJ7C0Rjcc9322LYCnfAeamw" title="General Congregation of the Society of Jesus">General Congregation</a> 35 held in 2008 he was chosen by the Father General <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Nicol%25C3%25A1s_Pach%25C3%25B3n&usg=ALkJrhh3Bh5a4RC6EMUsYosMw5vsia8Hsg" title="Adolfo Nicolás">Adolfo Nicolás</a> as Director General.</span> <span class="notranslate">
And in 2014 he joined the Curia of the Society of Jesus in Rome as a
delegate to the Curia and the houses and interprovincial works of the
Society of Jesus in Rome.</span> <span class="notranslate"> It is institutions that depend directly on the Superior General of the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa%25C3%25B1%25C3%25ADa_de_Jes%25C3%25BAs&usg=ALkJrhhsuznPguaFN3SdgoSJ_A1HzUFK1A" title="Jesus company">Jesuits</a> and for appointing a delegate.</span> <span class="notranslate"> These include, in addition to the General Curia, the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontificia_Universidad_Gregoriana&usg=ALkJrhi16SyhUHvzDA2aDqVrmILoFZAchg" title="Pontifical Gregorian University">Pontifical Gregorian University</a> , the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontificio_Instituto_B%25C3%25ADblico&usg=ALkJrhhgx53IGzJh7tf7wlJxZSFQTkkHGA" title="Pontifical Biblical Institute">Pontifical Biblical Institute</a> , the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontificio_Instituto_Oriental&usg=ALkJrhh1snN3PMiOG3hMsUoqb0KLQAdsig" title="Pontifical Oriental Institute">Pontifical Oriental Institute</a> , the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatorio_Vaticano&usg=ALkJrhjEMKFH5GJ4ka1gMsmTVPgy7mPbrQ" title="Vatican Observatory">Vatican Observatory</a> , as well as various International and Residential Schools.</span><br />
<span class="notranslate"> </span> <br />
<span class="notranslate"> Between 1996 and 2004 was Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Venezuela.</span> <span class="notranslate"> He was previously coordinator of the social apostolate in this country and director of <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro_Gumilla&usg=ALkJrhhCesqo1K7rAlPN0YyYeR6Wb7Vvtg" title="Gumilla center">Gumilla Center</a> , a research and social action of the Jesuits in Venezuela. Along with that I was responsible for the magazine SIC, which won under his leadership in 1979 National Journalism Award. </span><br />
<span class="notranslate"> </span> <br />
<span class="notranslate"> Father Arturo Sosa has a long history of dedication to teaching and research.</span> <span class="notranslate"> He has played several positions and functions in the university.</span> <span class="notranslate"> He has been professor and member of the Foundation Board of the Andres Bello Catholic University and Rector of the <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_Cat%25C3%25B3lica_del_T%25C3%25A1chira&usg=ALkJrhj4bfg5KKF8-OirWwwTPZc1J5u0-g" title="Universidad Catolica del Tachira">Catholic University of Tachira</a> .</span> <span class="notranslate">
Especially he pursued research and teaching in the field of political
science, in different centers and institutions, as the Chair of
Contemporary Political Theory and the Department of Social Change in
Venezuela at the School of Social Sciences.</span> <span class="notranslate">
He has been a researcher at the Institute of Political Studies, Faculty
of Political Science at the Central University of Venezuela and, at the
same university, professor at the School of Political Studies at the
Department of <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia&usg=ALkJrhjLQWIVaJKfMTPHi8Cm1ixDZvgpig" title="History">History</a> of the political ideas of Venezuela.</span> <span class="notranslate">
In 2004 he was invited by the Center for Latin American Studies at
Georgetown University in the United States was professor and professor
of the Department of Venezuelan Political Thought of the Catholic
University of Tachira.</span><br />
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<span class="notranslate"> He has published several works, especially on Venezuelan history and politics.</span> <br />
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web" id="CITAREFEuropa_Press14_de_octubre_de_2016">Europa Press, ed.</span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web" id="CITAREFEuropa_Press14_de_octubre_de_2016">(14 October 2016). <a class="external text" href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=http://www.europapress.es/sociedad/noticia-venezolano-arturo-sosa-abascal-nuevo-superior-general-jesuitas-20161014125520.html&usg=ALkJrhicoUEgXZrqs2iUMkfuzZiRtNb58Q" rel="nofollow">"The Venezuelan Arturo Sosa Abascal, new Superior General of the Jesuits'</a> <span class="reference-accessdate">.</span></span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation web" id="CITAREFEuropa_Press14_de_octubre_de_2016"><span class="reference-accessdate">Retrieved on October 14, 2016.</span></span></span></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver = Z39.88-2004 & rfr_id = info% 2Fes.wikipedia.org% 3Asid% 3AArturo + Sosa + Abascal & rft.btitle = Venezuelan Arturo + + + + Sosa Abascal% 2C + new superior general + + + + of + the Jesuits & rft. date = 14 + of + October + of + 2016 & rft.genre = book & rft_id = http% 3A% 2F% 2Fwww.europapress.es% 2Fsociedad% 2Fnoticia-Venezuelan-arthur-soda-abascal-new-superior-general-Jesuit-20161014125520. html & rft_val_fmt = info% 2Ffmt% 3Aofi% 3Akev% 3Amtx% 3Abook"></span></span> </li>
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<span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation libro" id="CITAREFSosa_Abascal.2C_Arturo1999">Sosa Abascal, Arturo (1999). <a class="external text" href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://books.google.com.ar/books%3Fid%3DzozVdKFebKEC%26pg%3DPA100%26dq%3D%2522Arturo%2BSosa%2BAbascal%2522%2B%2522Centro%2BGumilla%2522%2B%2522revista%2BSIC%2522%2B%2522una%2Bde%2Blas%2Breferencias%2Bculturales%2By%2Bsociales%2Bm%25C3%25A1s%2Bimportantes%2Bdel%2Bpa%25C3%25ADs%2522%26hl%3Des%26sa%3DX%26ved%3D0ahUKEwiJsZPykdrPAhVJD5AKHYv1AzMQ6AEIHDAA&usg=ALkJrhhEoH1BNkna79PWRDfnTEvVPWoOnw#v=onepage&q=%22Arturo%20Sosa%20Abascal%22%20%22Centro%20Gumilla%22%20%22revista%20SIC%22%20%22una%20de%20las%20referencias%20culturales%20y%20sociales%20m%C3%A1s%20importantes%20del%20pa%C3%ADs%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">"From the liberal tyranny to democracy threatened"</a> .</span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation libro" id="CITAREFSosa_Abascal.2C_Arturo1999">In Bernal, Josefina. <i>The reason and passion.</i></span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation libro" id="CITAREFSosa_Abascal.2C_Arturo1999"><i>Around Manuel Caballero.</i></span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation libro" id="CITAREFSosa_Abascal.2C_Arturo1999">Caracas: Fondo Editorial Humanities, Central University of Venezuela.</span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation libro" id="CITAREFSosa_Abascal.2C_Arturo1999">p.</span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation libro" id="CITAREFSosa_Abascal.2C_Arturo1999">100. <small><a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN&usg=ALkJrhg-VTeEvhhtjBcG3hGC-MzxU7nAwg" title="ISBN">ISBN</a> <a href="https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&u=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:FuentesDeLibros/980-00-1507-8&usg=ALkJrhjk_r2YoYVmOjok7KMGvY0bFFUFNA" title="Special: FuentesDeLibros / 980-00-1507-8">980-00-1507-8</a></small> <span class="reference-accessdate">.</span></span></span></span> <span class="notranslate"> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation libro" id="CITAREFSosa_Abascal.2C_Arturo1999"><span class="reference-accessdate">Retrieved on October 14, 2016.</span></span></span></span></ol>
Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-12705472109500117702016-10-14T20:41:00.000-04:002016-10-14T21:39:37.792-04:00Now There Are 5<b>'Father' Arturo Sosa Abascal, of the Venezuelan Province,</b><br />
<b>elected as 31st Superior
General of the Jesuit Order.</b><br />
<b>with 50% + 1 vote (107 votes).</b><br />
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<b>Succeeds Adolfo Nichols who resigned October 3, 2006,</b><br />
<b>who succeeded Peter Kolvenbach who resigned in 2008 and who is still alive</b><br />
<b>making 3 living former and one current 'Black' Popes;</b><br />
<b>plus the current Pope Francis ad his predecessor Benedict XVI who remains alive</b><br />
<b>making 2 current and former White Popes</b><br />
<b>all together making 5 current and former Black and White Popes.</b><br />
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<b>Popes traditionally die in office.</b><br />
<b>This situation of emeritus Popes is apparently unprecedented. </b><br />
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From <b>America- National Catholic Review</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/jesuits-elect-arturo-sosa-sj-new-superior-general">http://www.americamagazine.org/content/all-things/jesuits-elect-arturo-sosa-sj-new-superior-general</a><br />
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The 36th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus has elected
Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, of the Venezuelan Province, Superior
General.<br />
<br />
Father Arturo Sosa was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on November 12,
1948. He is the Delegate of the General for the Interprovincial Houses
and Works of the Society of Jesus in Rome. He is a doctor in political
sciences from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and has a license in
philosophy from the Andrés Bello Catholic University. Father Arturo Sosa
speaks Spanish, Italian, English and understands French.<br />
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Alan Fogarty, S.J., the president of the Gregorian University Foundation, has Father Sosa as his superior. This morning he told <b>America</b> that Father Sosa is <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">“</span>man
of great faith, a real leader, because he has a vision coming from a
strong sense of the history of the Society. He is a great listener, a
man of patience, and believes deeply in discernment, in the tradition of
St. Ignatius of Loyola.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">“</span>He is very friendly, very easy to talk to, and is sensitive, and has a deep concern for others. He is a true companion of Jesus,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">”</span> Father Fogarty added.<br />
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During the 35th General Congregation, in 2008, Father Sosa was chosen
Counselor General by then-Superior General Father Adolfo Nicolás. In
2014, he joined the curia of the Society of Jesus, in Rome, as delegate
for the Society’s Interprovincial Houses and Works. These include the
Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Biblical Institute, the
Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Vatican Observatory.<br />
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According to the announcement by General Congregation, Father Sosa
served as Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Venezuela between 1996
and 2004. Before that, he was coordinator of the social apostolate in
that country and director of Centro Gumilla, a center for research and
social action by the Jesuits in Venezuela. </blockquote>
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Father Sosa has had a long career in teaching and research. He was a
professor and a member of the Foundation Council of the Andrés Bello
Catholic University and for 10 years he was the rector of the Catholic
University in Táchira. He did most of his research and teaching in
political science and published several works about the history and
politics of Venezuela.</blockquote>
From the Jesuit General Convocation 36 site: <br />
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<a href="http://gc36.org/gc36-new-father-general/">http://gc36.org/gc36-new-father-general/ </a><br />
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<b>The 36th General Congregation has elected Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, of the Jesuit Province of Venezuela as Superior General.</b></h3>
<b>Father Sosa was born in Caracas, Venezuela on 12 November
1948. Until his election, Father Sosa has been Delegate for
Interprovincial Houses of the Society in Rome, as well as serving on the
General Council as a Counsellor. He obtained a licentiate in philosophy
from l’Università Cattolica Andrés Bello in 1972. He later obtained a
doctorate in Political Science from l’Università Centrale del Venezuela,
in 1990. He speaks Spanish, Italian, English, and understands French.</b><br />
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In 2008, during General Congregation 35, Father General Adolfo
Nicolás appointed Father Arturo Sosa as General Counsellor, based in
Venezuela. In 2014, Father Sosa joined the General Curia community and
took on the role of Delegate for Interprovincial Roman Houses of the
Society of Jesus in Rome, which include: the Pontifical Gregorian
University, the Pontifical Biblical Institute, the Pontifical Oriental
Institute, the Vatican Observatory, Civiltà Cattolica, as well as
international Jesuit colleges in Rome.<br />
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Between 1996 and 2004, Father Sosa was provincial superior of the
Jesuits in Venezuela. Before that, he was the province coordinator for
the social apostolate, during which time he was also director of Gumilla
Social Centre, a centre for research and social action for the Jesuits
in Venezuela.<br />
<br />
Father Arturo Sosa has dedicated his life to research and teaching.
He has held different positions in academia. He has been a professor and
member of the Council of the Andrés Bello Catholic Foundation and
Rector of the Catholic University of Tachira. He has pursued research
and teaching in the field of political science, in various centers and
institutions, as the Chair of Contemporary Political Theory and the
Department of Social Change in Venezuela at the Faculty of Social
Sciences.</blockquote>
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See our Album on the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gc36/albums/72157671698583273">Election of Fr. Arturo</a>.<br />
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In 2004, he was invited as a visiting professor by the Latin American
Studies Center at Georgetown University in the United States while he
was a professor in the Department of Venezuelan political thought of the
Catholic University of Tachira.<br />
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While Father Sosa election as superior general completes one of the
main tasks of GC 36, the group’s work is not over. Now the delegates
will tackle matters of mission, governance and the state of the Society.
Topics may range from the Society’s changing demographics to challenges
in worldwide ministries, to the Jesuit response to a rapidly changing
world, environmental concerns, poverty and violence.</blockquote>
<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/more-popes-than-ever-before.html"><b>http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/more-popes-than-ever-before.html</b></a><br />
Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-47965573246611542662016-10-14T07:00:00.000-04:002016-10-14T07:00:12.769-04:00Jesuit Order Expected To Elect Next 'Black Pope' Today- October 14, 2016<br />
Found at <i><b>Endr Times</b></i><br />
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<a href="http://endrtimes.blogspot.com/2016/10/jesuits-to-elect-black-pope-today.html">http://endrtimes.blogspot.com/2016/10/jesuits-to-elect-black-pope-today.html</a><br />
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Originally published at <i><b>The Times of India </b></i><br />
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<a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Jesuits-to-elect-Black-Pope-today/articleshow/54840091.cms?from=mdr">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Jesuits-to-elect-Black-Pope-today/articleshow/54840091.cms?from=mdr</a><br />
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Panaji: In Rome, a spiritual meeting is underway, as the Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order founded by St Ignatius of Loyola, prepares to elect the Spaniard’s 30th successor — a new ‘Black Pope’. Representing 112 countries, 79 provinces and six continents, 215 members of the order have been involved in deep prayer and intense discussions at the 36th General Congregation (GC 36), held at the Jesuit Curia in Rome, and, on October 14, they will elect their new general.<br />
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India has the largest population of Jesuits in the world and there is strong feeling among the 3,000-odd Indian Jesuits that 476 years since its existence, the general may be one of their own. But, sources from inside the Jesuit Curia in Rome say that it could be a South American, considering that Christianity is more widespread and a bigger part of the local culture in Latin America than Asia.<br />
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The Catholic Church broke stereotypes by electing a non-European Pope, an Argentinian Jesuit — Jorge Bergoglio, in 2013, and by 4pm on Friday, the world will know if the Society of Jesus will take a similar plunge at its 36th General Congregation during which Jesuits will elect their new general, who is also called the Black Pope. <br />
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The election will take place after the delegates concelebrate the Eucharist at 7.30am in the Church of the Holy Spirit in Rome. The thirtieth and most recent Superior General is the Fr Adolfo Nicolás, who officially resigned on October 3, 2016.<br />
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What makes GC 36 special is that it's the first paper-less congregation. The Jesuits will digitally vote for their new general through a tablet.pppp
Despite TOI’s several attempts to break down the code of silence and secrecy about who could be the next general of the largest religious order of the Catholic Church, conversations with the Jesuits failed to produce any name. “There is no point in speculating. Every time we speculate who it could be, it never matches the one chosen with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The 215 delegates in Rome can elect any one of them or someone out there in the world who is a professed Jesuit priest, having taken his fourth vow to the ChurchThe possibilities for anyone to be elected is roughly about one in 15,000. So, we have to just wait with bated breath and restrained excitement, spending time in prayer,” says Fr Cedric Prakash, a Gujarat-based Jesuit, who is currently on a mission in Beirut, Lebanon, as the advocacy and communications officer of the Jesuit Refugee Service.<br />
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The GC 36, which officially began on October 2, is in the most exciting stage called ‘murmaratio’, where the focus is on electing a new leader, through a process of intense prayer and great confidentiality. “A new general will bring in new leadership and inspiration to respond to the challenges facing the society and will reformulate the mission of the Society of Jesus in a language that appeal to younger Jesuits,” says Fr Anthony da Silva, former provincial of the Goa province of the Society of Jesus, who is currently based at the Xavier Centre for Historical Research, Porvorim.<br />
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Da Silva, who hails from Moira, was in Rome in March 2008, when the Jesuits gathered for GC 35 and he recounts his experience. “A few names start to surface at the beginning of the congregation and the next days are spent in getting to know better the people behind these names by having a one-on-one conversations with each of them. We could sit down for a coffee or share the same dining table, or just take a walk, but we discuss their vision for the society and explore their leadership capabilities. There is no debate or political lobbying or propaganda. On the election day, which is October 14 this year, there is this powerful spiritual feeling that will drive the congregation to narrow down on a couple of names, after which, we vote,” he says.<br />
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“The biggest challenges the Jesuits face in South Asia are growing instances of intolerance, exploitation and injustices. At the global level, some of our challenges include engaging ourselves in works of restoration, responding to the environmental crisis gripping our planet and humanely handling the refugee crisis in many parts of the world,” said scholastic Anderson Fernandes, a Jesuit from Margao, who is currently pursuing his theological studies at Vidyajyoti College of Theology, New Delhi.<br />
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</blockquote>
Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-30225899211254508092016-10-14T01:00:00.000-04:002016-10-14T01:00:24.005-04:00A Black, Black Pope?from <a href="http://www.jesuits-aor.net/"><i><b>East Africa Jesuits</b></i></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.jesuits-aor.net/some-considerations-before-gc36/">http://www.jesuits-aor.net/some-considerations-before-gc36/</a><br />
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<time class="entry-time" datetime="2016-09-10T10:48:18+00:00">September 10, 2016</time> – <span class="entry-author"><a class="entry-author-link" href="http://gc36.org/author/orlando-torres-sj/" rel="author"><span class="entry-author-name">Orlando Torres, SJ</span></a></span></div>
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GC36 there are some new developments in light of the experience of the
last Congregations. For instance, the report on the State of the
Society will be ready before the start of the General Congregation in
order to allow for a more serene and reflected formulation. Also, the
previous work done by other commissions on various topics will be
considered part of the General Congregation. Finally, for the first
time six Jesuit Brothers will participate as electors with the right to
vote in the election of the General.</div>
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Regarding topics for the Congregation,
in the letter of convocation of the General Congregation, Fr. Nicolás
asked each Jesuit to reflect and discern the three most important calls
that the Lord makes to the Society today. It seems to me that gathering
together these calls could indicate some important themes for the
General Congregation.</div>
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I think we should also keep in mind the
call of the Holy Father to go to the frontiers and peripheries of the
world, issues connected with migrants and refugees, the Jubilee of
Mercy, the Synod on the family. It is important to recall that the
well-known decree 4 of GC 32 on the service of faith and the promotion
of justice was inspired as follow-up to the Synod on Justice in 1971-72.</div>
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Another big issue that I think should be
addressed is the demographic change in the Society. As it happens in
the universal Church, the number of young Jesuits grows especially in
Asia (47%) and Africa (20%), it remains more or less the same in Latin
America (12%), and continues to diminish in Europe (12%) and the United
States (9%). That means that 79% of young Jesuits is found in the
global South (Asia, Africa and Latin America) while only 21% is found in
the whole of Europe and the United States. The Society of the future,
and by that I mean in the next ten years, will show a different face.
Considering that key positions in many institutions – such as in the
Gregorian University – have been occupied by Jesuits from Europe and
North America, we must reflect on the consequences of this demographic
change so as not to find ourselves unprepared.</div>
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This post is a fragment of an interview
to Fr. Orlando Torres published at the last issue of the Gregorian
University publication, available in Italian
at http://www.unigre.it/sito/PUG_HG_03O820150936/web/LaGregoriana/48_03_36ma_congregazione_generale_it.pdf</div>
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View more updates on GC 36 <a href="http://gc36.org/">here</a></div>
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Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-54695540562489250912016-10-13T23:38:00.002-04:002016-10-13T23:38:46.097-04:0010 Admitted Facts About the Jesuit General Convocation<br />
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<a href="http://gc36.org/ten-facts-about-jesuit-general-congregations/">http://gc36.org/ten-facts-about-jesuit-general-congregations/</a><br />
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General Congregations are the
ultimate governing body in the Society of Jesus, and here are some of
the more interesting facts about these gatherings, which began over 450
years ago:</div>
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1. The first General Congregation
took place in 1558, delayed for two years after St. Ignatius’ death by a
war between King Philip II of Spain and Pope Paul IV. Father Diego
Laynez was elected Superior General.</div>
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2. The fourth congregation in 1581 elected the youngest Jesuit general: 38-year-old Father Claudio Acquaviva.<br />
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3. Fr. Acquaviva served as Superior General for 34 years — the
longest term in Jesuit history — and presided over three congregations.<br />
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4. The sixth General Congregation made obligatory a daily hour of prayer and an annual eight-day retreat for all Jesuits.<br />
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5. Given the variety of cultures and circumstances in which Jesuits
have lived and worked, differing views have sometimes made for lively
debate on major and minor issues alike, from interreligious dialogue to
Jesuit formation to how long a cassock should be.<br />
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6. General Congregation 10 is the only one to have elected two
Superior Generals. Father Luigi Gottifredi was elected first, but he
died before the congregation concluded. The same group then elected
Father Goswin Nickel.<br />
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7. The 20th General Congregation (1820) was the first one held after
the Society’s restoration in 1814. Greatly concerned that the Society be
the same as before the suppression, it reinstated the decrees of all
past congregations.<br />
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8. The 31st congregation took place during and after Vatican Council
II and elected Father Pedro Arrupe as general. GC 31 dealt with Jesuit
life and work in greater detail than any previous meeting, legislating
changes and updating the theory and practice of poverty.<br />
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9. The Jesuit elected as Superior General need not be present at the congregation — but this would be very unusual.<br />
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10. When more than 200 Jesuits arrive for General Congregation 36 in
Rome in October 2016, there won’t be any confusion about who sits where.
It’s decided for them — seating is alphabetical!<br />
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<i>Adapted from an article by Jesuit Father John Padberg, a historian
and the former longtime director of the Institute of Jesuit Sources.
This post has been originally published by the JCU conference website
at http://jesuits.org/news-detail?tn=news-20141203032106</i></div>
Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-73998602870130828792016-10-11T00:03:00.001-04:002016-10-11T00:24:18.372-04:00A Jesuitical Move Favoring A U.S. Presidential Ticket With a Jesuit As #2See the bus that Trump was recorded upon in 2005 with the logos for <i><b>"Verizon Wireless"</b></i><br />
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See the head of <i><b>Verizon Wireless</b></i> at that time, <b>Dennis Strigl</b><br />
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<a href="http://wwwfreespeechbeneathushs.blogspot.com/2007/10/verizon-wireless-ceo-chairman-of-board.html">http://wwwfreespeechbeneathushs.blogspot.com/2007/10/verizon-wireless-ceo-chairman-of-board.html</a><br />
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<b>Dennis Strigl,</b> is a member of the class of 1974<b></b>, and is <a href="http://www.canisius.edu/president/trustees.asp">Chairman of the Board of Trustees</a> of the Jesuit Order's <a href="http://www.canisius.edu/default.asp">Canisius College</a>.<br />
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Officers for the 2006-2007 Canisius College Board of Trustees include Chairman <b>Dennis F. Strigl ’74</b>, president and CEO of Verizon Wireless; Vice Chairman <b>Rocco J. Maggiotto ’72, MBA ’78</b>, Executive Vice President and Director of Customer Development for Zurich Financial Services; Secretary <b>John J. Hurley ’78</b>, executive vice president and vice president for college relations at Canisius; and Treasurer <b>Patrick E. Richey</b>, vice president for business & finance/treasurer at Canisius.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Strigl">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Strigl </a><br />
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<b>Dennis F. Strigl</b> (born April 13, 1946), is the retired<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Strigl#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> President and Chief Operating Officer of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Communications" title="Verizon Communications">Verizon Communications</a>,
responsible for operations at Verizon Telecom, Verizon Wireless and
Verizon Business. He assumed this position from January 2007. <u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Previously
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">he was the president and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEO" title="CEO">CEO</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Wireless" title="Verizon Wireless">Verizon Wireless</a>.</span></b></u><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<u><b>Strigl was the lead executive in charge of integrating Verizon
Wireless when that company was formed in April 2000,</b></u> by combining the
domestic wireless operations of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Atlantic" title="Bell Atlantic">Bell Atlantic</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone" title="Vodafone">Vodafone</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirTouch" title="AirTouch">AirTouch</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTE" title="GTE">GTE</a>.
Previously, he served as president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Mobile and
group president and CEO of Bell Atlantic Global Wireless, the company’s
domestic and international wireless portfolio </blockquote>
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Upon his retirement from Verizon on December 31, 2009, Strigl served in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_industry" title="Telecommunications industry">telecommunications industry</a> for over 40 years. His telecommunications career began in 1968 with <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Telephone" title="New York Telephone">New York Telephone</a> Company. After this, he held positions at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> and Wisconsin Telephone, Illinois Bell, before becoming vice president of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bell,_Inc." title="American Bell, Inc.">American Bell, Inc.</a> In 1984 he became president of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameritech_Mobile_Communications" title="Ameritech Mobile Communications">Ameritech Mobile Communications</a>.
Strigl launched the nation's first cellular telephone network in
Chicago, resulting in the Cellular Industry Achievement Award, which he
was given for engineering advancement and pioneering in marketing
programs. Applied Data Research, Inc., an Ameritech subsidiary was the
next company in which he served for as president and chief executive
officer.<br />
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Starting in 1989, Strigl served as vice president-product management
for Bell Atlantic Network Services, followed by his later position as
vice president-operations and chief operating officer and a member of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Bell" title="New Jersey Bell">New Jersey Bell</a>'s
board of directors. He was named president and CEO of Bell Atlantic
Mobile Systems in 1991, and oversaw its merger with Metro Mobile CTS. In
1995, Bell Atlantic Mobile and Nynex Mobile merged. Strigl took over
the company as CEO and president.<br />
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Strigl was a founding member and served on the Board of Directors of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_Telecommunications_%26_Internet_Association" title="Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association">Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association</a>,
the national industry association based in Washington, D.C., for many
years. From 1996 to 1997 he served as the chairman of the association.
He was inducted into The Wireless Hall of Fame in 2004 and received
Wireless Week's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.<br />
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He currently serves on the boards of directors of Anadigics Inc., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNC_Financial_Services" title="PNC Financial Services">PNC Financial Services Group</a> and PNC Bank. In September 2015 he ventured into a technology start-up, Smartiply, Inc. (<a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Www.smartiply.com&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Www.smartiply.com (page does not exist)">www.smartiply.com</a>)
in the area of Fog Networks and Internet of Things, where he serves as a
board member and Chairman of the Board. He is a former director of
Kodak, Nokia and Tellabs.<br />
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<u><b>Strigl holds a degree in business administration from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College" title="Canisius College">Canisius College</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a> (where he served as a trustee and as <span style="font-size: large;">Chairman</span> of the Board of Trustees) </b></u>and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairleigh_Dickinson_University" title="Fairleigh Dickinson University">Fairleigh Dickinson University</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford,_New_Jersey" title="Rutherford, New Jersey">Rutherford, New Jersey</a>.
He received an honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, in May 2011
from Canisius College and in May 2016 from Fairleigh Dickinson
University. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Strigl#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> </blockquote>
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He has been a visiting professor at Princeton University since 2013
where he teaches an undergraduate level course in leadership. He is a
licensed commercial pilot. Since retiring from Verizon he has written a
management book and spoken to numerous groups on management leadership.
He has been a frequent guest on the FOX News Channel, FOX Business, CNBC
and MSNBC.</blockquote>
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Was a lead figure in creating Verizon in 2000, and prior to 2007 was the CEO of Verizon Wireless.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College</a></blockquote>
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<b>Canisius College</b> <span class="nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ə/ 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/ primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'no'">n</span><span title="/iː/ long 'e' in 'seed'">iː</span><span title="/ʃ/ 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ə/ 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span> was founded in 1870 by members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" title="Society of Jesus">Society of Jesus</a> (Jesuits) from Germany and is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Canisius" title="Peter Canisius">St. Peter Canisius</a>. It is a private <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College" title="College">college</a> in the Hamlin Park neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>, United States. One of 28 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Jesuit_Colleges_and_Universities" title="Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities">Jesuit institutions</a>
in the nation, Canisius offers 145 undergraduate majors and minors and
around 35 master’s and certificate programs. The college sponsors 20
NCAA Division 1 Athletic teams and is a member of the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC).<br />
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"Canisius" has with roots in the Jesuit community that arose from disputed ownership of St. Louis Church in Buffalo in 1851.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_6-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-ReferenceA-6">[6]</a></sup>
Rev. Lucas Caveng, a German Jesuit, along with 19 families from St.
Louis Church, founded St. Michael's Church on Washington St.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_6-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-ReferenceA-6">[6]</a></sup>
The college followed, primarily for serving sons of German immigrants,
along with the high school in 1870, first at 434 Ellicott St. and next
to St. Michael's.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-ReferenceB-7">[7]</a></sup> In 1913 construction of the Old Main building at 2001 Main St. was completed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> The early presidents of the college were German Jesuits.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Canisius offers more than 100 majors, minors, and special programs.
The college is accredited by the Middle States Association Commission on
Higher Education, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE), and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_to_Advance_Collegiate_Schools_of_Business" title="Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business">Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business</a> (AACSB). In fall 2009, Canisius College introduced a new major in Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> Other new majors include Creative Writing,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> Health and Wellness, and Journalism.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> With the George E. Schreiner '43, MD, Pre-Medical Center as an asset,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canisius_College#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup>
the college caters strongly to the biological and health science fields
and holds close relationships with both the University at Buffalo
School of Medicine and the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
(LECOM).</blockquote>
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Canisius is a Jesuit institution founded in 1870.<br />
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Seems appropriate, given the Jesuit Order's interest in hearing people's confessions and accumulating knowledge that one of their people would be som involved in telecommunications, an ideal positioning to spy upon people in general.<br />
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According to Democrat Party candidate for U.S. president Hillary Clinton, Trump's remarks in 2005 disqualify him from ever holding that position- a standard that would logically likewise disqualify her husband Bill Clinton from ever holding that very same position.<br />
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See Hillary Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-clinton-seeks-to-place-jesuit.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-clinton-seeks-to-place-jesuit.html</a></span></b></blockquote>
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The incriminating 2005 Verizon Wireless Access Hollywood audio-video sat in obscurity for over a decade, only to be publicly released in an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html#comments">October 8, 20016 article in <i><b>The Washington Post</b></i></a>, just prior to the 2nd Trump-Clinton debate held in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9, 2016, and within hours of a wiki-leaks public release of Hillary Clinton related emails. According to that Washington Post article, the date of that audio-video was apparently September 16, 2005.<br />
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A <i><b>jesuitical </b></i>move to shift public voter opinion against Trump, in order to favor what would logically be the Jesuit preferred ticket with one of its very own in the #2 position?<br />
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-89376770719023374132016-10-05T23:58:00.000-04:002016-10-06T00:27:06.117-04:00Starting the Gathering To Raise The Number of Living Popes From 4 to 5October 3, 2016- the start of the 36th Jesuit General Convocation to replace Adolfo Nichols,<br />
Jesuit Superior General/'Black' Pope (2008-1016) who is still alive,<br />
along with his predecessor Peter Kolvenbach (1983-2008),<br />
plus the current 'White' Pope Francis's predecessor Benedict XVI (2005-20013) <br />
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<a href="http://jesus-partisans-balkans.blogspot.com/2016/10/time-for-new-president-of-world.html"><b>http://jesus-partisans-balkans.blogspot.com/2016/10/time-for-new-president-of-world.html</b></a><br />
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According to this <a href="http://gc36.org/"><b>Jesuit site</b></a>, Nichols formally resigned from the position of Superior General:<br />
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In God’s Hands</h1>
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child on his/her mother’s back (or hands) does not worry about the
journey, so says an African proverb. The child feels secure, cared for,
protected and loved by the mother. When around mid-morning of Monday, 3
October 2016, Fr. General Adolfo Nicolás tendered his resignation to
General Congregation (GC) 36, there was certainly no doubt that that was
a “matter of greater moment!” He did it with so much graciousness,
calm, peace and interior freedom—and, I should add, with joy! Shortly
before noon, GC 36 accepted the resignation of the 30th Superior General
of the Society of Jesus on the Feast day of the 3rd Superior General of
the Society, St. Francis Borgia. As Fr. Nicolás walked back into the
Aula, the standing ovation was prolonged and deafening! A rare
historical event of enormous importance had just taken place before our
very eyes! Different emotions welled up. Somewhat strangely, I felt like
a newly bereaved orphan—not only “orphaned” as an individual, but it
seemed as though the entire Society of Jesus had just lost a good,
caring and beloved parent! Indeed, the Society had just “lost” her
General, her spiritual servant-leader. But, as has been true from the
time of the First Superior General of the Society, Ignatius of Loyola,
the Society continues to remain in God’s providential hands.<br />
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God’s hands have always guided the Society since the 16th century.
Our ‘ancestors” in the Society, though dead, are still, in some sense,
an integral part of the One Apostolic Body of the Society. This was
powerfully ritualized towards the end of the opening Eucharistic
celebration on Sunday, 2 October, in the Church of the Gesù. After
Communion, Fr. General Nicolás gave a vote of thanks to Fr. Bruno
Cadoré, the Master General of the Dominicans who presided and preached.
Afterwards, Fr. Nicolas led the six Presidents of the various Jesuit
Conferences to the Chest of Relics of Jesuit Saints and Blessed. There
they said a series of prayers, read by each president in his native
language, with the opening and concluding prayer by Fr. General. For me,
this was a very moving experience, symbolizing the unity and continuity
of the living Jesuits with our Jesuit companions—ancestors—who have
gone before us to their eternal reward.<br />
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Beginning yesterday afternoon, and continuing all day today, we have
been meeting in small groups. There we share our Jesuit vocation stories
and the various ministries through which we have been engaged in the
service of the Lord and the Church. We also discuss some of the current
state of affairs in the universal Society. We are getting to know one
another gradually. Conversations over tea and meals are enlightening.
These are only the initial days of the Congregation. We have begun well.
As we journey along in the coming weeks, we abandon ourselves in the
hands of God. </blockquote>
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Chuks Afiawari, S.J.</blockquote>
They speak of "God" - perhaps unwittingly whether they are referring to God the Creator, or rather the God of this eart: Lucifer:<br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/ignatius-loyola-visions-of-serpent.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/12/ignatius-loyola-visions-of-serpent.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2016/01/pope-francis-sj-lucifer-is-god-of-roman.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2016/01/pope-francis-sj-lucifer-is-god-of-roman.html</a><br />
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See:<br />
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<a href="http://gc36.org/tag/convocation/"><b>http://gc36.org/tag/convocation/</b></a><br />
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-26264878014375269002016-10-05T23:52:00.002-04:002016-10-05T23:52:42.365-04:00The Washington, D.C. Red Mass Continues in 2016The Washington, D.C. 'Red Mass' is an event held by prominent Roman Catholic Church officials to host the members of the U.S. Supreme Court, held annually just before the start of that court's fall term.<br />
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The D.C. Red Mass is but only one of such events held regularly. According to <a href="http://www.anchornews.org/news/breaking/red-mass.html">one Roman Catholic site:</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.anchornews.org/news/breaking/red-mass.html">http://www.anchornews.org/news/breaking/red-mass.html</a><br />
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The Red Mass is the popular name for the Mass of the Holy Spirit offered
to invoke God’s guidance and strength on those working in the areas of
law and justice. Its origins go back to 13th-century Europe; its name
is derived from the color of the vestments customarily worn by the
celebrants. Today, the Mass is widely celebrated in dioceses throughout
the U.S. and beyond.</blockquote>
As with past such events, the event was hosted by D.C. Chief Bishop Werhl.<br />
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Catholic News Service <a href="http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2016/justice-mercy-are-twin-virtues-for-the-law-red-mass-homilist-says.cfm"><b>reports</b></a> that this year's event was addressed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Hebda"><b>Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda</b></a> of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and was attended by five of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices, a number of other government officials, plus figures within the Roman Catholic Church.<br />
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These Supreme Court justices were: Chief Justice John G.
Roberts Jr. and Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence
Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer and Samuel A. Alito Jr.<br />
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The government officials so reported in attendance included U.S. Attorney General Loretta E.
Lynch; U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr.; and Denis McDonough,
President Barack Obama's chief of staff.<br />
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The church officials included Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to
the United States; Archbishop Hebda; Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington, Virginia;
Auxiliary Bishop Richard B. Higgins of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military
Services; and Washington Auxiliary Bishops Barry C. Knestout and Mario E.
Dorsonville. Twenty-one priests also concelebrated the Mass.<br />
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Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda's address included the following statements:<br />
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"Those involved in the administration of law should seek justice and
mercy in their work ... Those two virtues must intersect in our lives and actions,"<br />
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"Men
and women of goodwill throughout this nation depend on you to protect their
liberties,"<br />
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"Gathering
together to pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance in the administration of
justice is an appropriate response to facing difficult challenges".</blockquote>
That such a Church can so speak about justice, mercy and the protection of liberties in an atmosphere of a near universial judicial rejection of the right of freedom of medicine and diet - asides from perhaps the issue of abortion - should speak volumes about their influence over such a judiciary.<br />
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<br />Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-22311049724797206002016-10-05T22:50:00.001-04:002016-10-06T00:22:27.159-04:00Who Was Alfred E. Smith?<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-size: large;">The man who the <a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2016/09/october-20-2016-al-smith-dinner-to.html">Alfred E. Smith Dinner</a> is named for.</span> </blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Roman Catholic politician in the U.S. elected Governor of New York and the Democrat Party candidate for U.S. President in 1928</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">An 'anti-prohibition' of alcohol figure who nonetheless helped lay the groundwork for the prohibition of other substances, such as with his participation in the smear campaign against cocaine. Such disregarded the vast differences between the drug in ultra concentrated forms versus the dilute forms, thus establishing the market protection for Tobacco derived cigarettes via <a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2015/06/20th-century-pharmacratic-inquisition.html"><b>Rome's Pharmacratic Inquisition </b></a>(see <a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/search/label/Pharmacratic%20Inquisition"><b>more</b></a>) better known as the <a href="http://freedomofmedicineanddiet.blogspot.com/2016/02/points-about-progressive-era-war-of.html"><b>'war on drugs'</b></a></span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith</a><br />
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<b>Alfred Emanuel "Al" Smith</b> (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American statesman who was elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_New_York" title="List of Governors of New York">Governor of New York</a> four times and was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Democratic_Party" title="History of the United States Democratic Party">Democratic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928" title="United States presidential election, 1928">U.S. presidential candidate in 1928</a>. He was the foremost urban leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficiency_Movement" title="Efficiency Movement">efficiency-oriented</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Movement" title="Progressive Movement">Progressive Movement</a> and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. He was also linked to the notorious <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammany_Hall" title="Tammany Hall">Tammany Hall</a> machine that controlled New York City's politics; was a strong opponent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a>,
which he did not think could be enforced, and was the first Catholic
nominee for President. His candidacy mobilized Catholic votes—especially
of women, who had only recently received federal suffrage. It also
brought out the anti-Catholic vote, which was strongest among white
conservative Democrats in the South.<br />
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As a committed "wet" (anti-Prohibition) candidate, Smith attracted
not only drinkers but also voters angered by the corruption and
lawlessness that developed alongside prohibition.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>
Many Protestants feared his candidacy, including German Lutherans and
Southern Baptists, believing that the Catholic Church and the Pope would
dictate his policies. Most importantly, this was a time of national
prosperity under a Republican Presidency. Smith lost in a landslide to
Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>, who gained electoral support from five southern states. Four years later Smith sought the 1932 nomination but was defeated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>,
his former ally and successor as New York Governor. Smith entered
business in New York City and became an increasingly vocal opponent of
Roosevelt's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a>.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Early life</b></span><br />
Smith was born and raised in the Fourth Ward on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_East_Side" title="Lower East Side">Lower East Side</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>; he resided here for his entire life.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> His mother, Catherine (Mulvihill), was the daughter of Maria Marsh and Thomas Mulvihill, who were immigrants from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Westmeath" title="County Westmeath">County Westmeath</a>, Ireland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
His father, Alfred Emanuele Ferraro, took the anglicized name Alfred E.
Smith ('ferraro' means 'blacksmith' or 'smith' in Italian). The elder
Alfred was the son of Italian and German<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> immigrants. He served with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_New_York_Infantry" title="11th New York Infantry">11th New York Fire Zouaves</a> in the opening months of the Civil War.<br />
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Al Smith grew up with his family struggling financially in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age" title="Gilded Age">Gilded Age</a>; New York City matured and completed major infrastructure projects. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge" title="Brooklyn Bridge">Brooklyn Bridge</a> was being constructed nearby. "The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together," Smith would later recall.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> His four grandparents were <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_American" title="Irish American">Irish</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American" title="German American">German</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American" title="Italian American">Italian</a>, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Irish" title="Anglo-Irish">Anglo-Irish</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Josephsons.2C_1969_7-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Josephsons.2C_1969-7">[7]</a></sup> but Smith identified with the Irish-American community and became its leading spokesman in the 1920s.<br />
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His father Alfred owned a small trucking firm, but died when the boy
was 13. At 14 Smith had to drop out of St. James parochial school to
help support the family, and worked at a fish market for seven years.
Prior to dropping out of school, he served as an altar boy, and was
strongly influenced by the Catholic priests he worked with.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Burner_8-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Burner-8">[8]</a></sup> He never attended high school or college, and claimed he learned about people by studying them at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Fish_Market" title="Fulton Fish Market">Fulton Fish Market</a>,
where he worked for $12 per week. His acting skills made him a success
on the amateur theater circuit. He became widely known, and developed
the smooth oratorical style that characterized his political career. On
May 6, 1900, Al Smith married Catherine Ann Dunn, with whom he had five
children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Slayton_2001_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Slayton_2001-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Political Career</b></span><br />
<br />
In his political career, Smith built on his working-class beginnings,
identifying himself with immigrants and campaigning as a man of the
people. Although indebted to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammany_Hall" title="Tammany Hall">Tammany Hall</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_machine" title="Political machine">political machine</a>, particularly to its boss, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Murphy" title="Charles Francis Murphy">"Silent" Charlie Murphy</a>, he remained untarnished by corruption and worked for the passage of progressive legislation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Slayton_2001_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Slayton_2001-9">[9]</a></sup> It was during his early unofficial jobs with Tammany Hall that he gained renown as an excellent speaker.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Von_Drehle_2003_204-210_10-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Von_Drehle_2003_204-210-10">[10]</a></sup>
Smith's first political job was in 1895 as an investigator in the
office of the Commissioner of Jurors as appointed by Tammany Hall.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>State legislature</b></span><br />
Smith was first elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a> (New York Co., 2nd D.) in 1904, and repeatedly elected to office, serving through 1915.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Burner_8-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Burner-8">[8]</a></sup> After being approached by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Perkins" title="Frances Perkins">Frances Perkins</a>,
an activist to improve labor practices, Smith sought to improve the
conditions of factory workers. He served as vice chairman of the state
commission appointed to investigate factory conditions after 146 workers
died in the 1911 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire" title="Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire">Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire</a>.
Meeting the families of the deceased Triangle factory workers left a
strong impression on him. Together with Perkins, Smith crusaded against
dangerous and unhealthy workplace conditions and championed corrective
legislation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Von_Drehle_2003_204-210_10-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Von_Drehle_2003_204-210-10">[10]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup><br />
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The Commission was chaired by State Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Wagner" title="Robert F. Wagner">Robert F. Wagner</a>
and co-chaired by Smith. They held a series of widely publicized
investigations around the state, interviewing 222 witnesses and taking
3500 pages of testimony. They hired field agents to do on-site
inspections of factories. Starting with the issue of fire safety, they
studied broader issues of the risks of injury in the factory
environment. Their findings led to thirty-eight new laws regulating
labor in New York state, and gave each of them a reputation as leading
progressive reformers working on behalf of the working class. In the
process, they changed Tammany's reputation from mere corruption to
progressive endeavors to help the workers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup>
New York City's Fire Chief John Kenlon told the investigators that his
department had identified more than 200 factories where conditions
resulted in risk of a fire like that at the Triangle Factory.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup>
The State Commission's reports led to modernization of the state's
labor laws, making New York State "one of the most progressive states in
terms of labor reform."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup>
New laws mandated better building access and egress, fireproofing
requirements, the availability of fire extinguishers, the installation
of alarm systems and automatic sprinklers, better eating and toilet
facilities for workers, and limited the number of hours that women and
children could work. In the years from 1911 to 1913, sixty of the
sixty-four new laws recommended by the Commission were legislated with
the support of Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sulzer" title="William Sulzer">William Sulzer</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup><br />
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In 1911, the Democrats obtained a majority of seats in the State
Assembly; and Smith became Majority Leader and Chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means. In 1912, following the loss of the majority, he
became the Minority Leader. When the Democrats reclaimed the majority
after the next election, he was elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly" title="Speaker of the New York State Assembly">Speaker</a> for the 1913 session. He became Minority Leader again in 1914 and 1915. In November 1915, he was elected <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_of_New_York_County,_New_York" title="Sheriff of New York County, New York">Sheriff of New York County, New York</a>. By now he was a leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Era" title="Progressive Era">Progressive movement</a> in New York City and state. His campaign manager and top aide was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Moskowitz" title="Belle Moskowitz">Belle Moskowitz</a>, a daughter of Jewish immigrants.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Slayton_2001_9-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Slayton_2001-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Governor 1918-1928</b></span><br />
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After serving in the patronage-rich job of Sheriff of New York County, Smith was elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Council#Presiding_officers_since_1898" title="New York City Council">President of the Board of Aldermen of the City of New York</a> in 1917. Smith was elected Governor of New York at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1918" title="New York state election, 1918">New York state election, 1918</a> with the help of Murphy and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Farley" title="James A. Farley">James A. Farley</a>, who brought Smith the upstate vote.<br />
In 1919, Smith gave the famous speech, "A man as low and mean as I can picture",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> making a drastic break with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst" title="William Randolph Hearst">William Randolph Hearst</a>.
Publisher Hearst, known for his notoriously sensationalist and largely
left-wing position in the state Democratic Party, was the leader of its
populist wing in the city. Hearst had combined with Tammany Hall in
electing the local administration. Hearst had attacked Smith for
starving children by not reducing the cost of milk.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup><br />
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Smith lost his bid for re-election at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1920" title="New York state election, 1920">New York state election, 1920</a>, but was again elected governor in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1922" title="New York state election, 1922">1922</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1924" title="New York state election, 1924">1924</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_state_election,_1926" title="New York state election, 1926">1926</a>, with <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Farley" title="James A. Farley">James A. Farley</a>
managing his campaign. In his 1922 re-election, he embraced his
position as an anti-prohibitionist. Smith offered alcohol to guests at
the Executive Mansion in Albany, and repealed the Prohibition
enforcement statute: the Mullan-Gage law.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup>
Governor Smith became known nationally as a progressive who sought to
make government more efficient and more effective in meeting social
needs. Smith's young assistant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses" title="Robert Moses">Robert Moses</a> built the nation's first state park system and reformed the civil service, later gaining appointment as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_New_York" title="Secretary of State of New York">Secretary of State of New York</a>.
During Smith's term, New York strengthened laws governing workers'
compensation, women's pensions and children and women's labor with the
help of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Perkins" title="Frances Perkins">Frances Perkins</a>, soon to be President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Labor" title="United States Secretary of Labor">Labor Secretary</a>.<br />
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At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1924 Democratic National Convention">1924 Democratic National Convention</a>, Smith unsuccessfully sought the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1924" title="U.S. presidential election, 1924">Democratic nomination for president</a>, advancing the cause of civil liberty by decrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching" title="Lynching">lynching</a>
and racial violence. Roosevelt made the nominating speech in which he
saluted Smith as "the Happy Warrior of the political battlefield."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Slayton_2001_9-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Slayton_2001-9">[9]</a></sup>
Smith represented the urban, east coast wing of the party as an
anti-prohibition "wet" candidate while his main rival for the
nomination, California <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibbs_McAdoo" title="William Gibbs McAdoo">William Gibbs McAdoo</a>, stood for the more rural tradition and prohibition "dry" candidacy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup>
The party was hopelessly split between the two. An increasingly chaotic
convention balloted 100 times before both men accepted that neither
would be able to win the two-thirds majority required to win, and so
each withdrew. The exhausted party nominated the little-known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Davis" title="John W. Davis">John W. Davis</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>. Davis lost the election by a landslide to the Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Calvin Coolidge</a>, who won in part because of the prosperous times.<br />
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Undeterred, Smith returned to fight a determined campaign for the party's nomination in 1928.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="1928_election">1928 election</span></h3>
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Reporter Frederick William Wile made the oft-repeated observation
that Smith was defeated by "the three P's: Prohibition, Prejudice and
Prosperity".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup>
The Republican Party was still benefiting from an economic boom, as
well as a failure to reapportion Congress and the electoral college
following the 1920 census, which had registered a 15 percent increase in
the urban population. The party was biased to small town and rural
areas. Their presidential candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> did little to alter these events.<br />
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Historians agree that prosperity, along with widespread anti-Catholic
sentiment against Smith, made Hoover's election inevitable.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> He defeated Smith by a landslide in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1928" title="United States presidential election, 1928">1928 election</a>, carrying five southern states in crossover voting by conservative white Democrats (since <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disfranchisement_after_Reconstruction_era" title="Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era">disenfranchisement of blacks in the South</a> at the turn of the century, whites dominated voting.)<br />
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The fact that Smith was Catholic and the descendant of Catholic immigrants was instrumental in his loss of the election of 1928.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Burner_8-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Burner-8">[8]</a></sup>
Historical hostilities between Protestants and Catholics had been
carried by national groups to the United States by immigrants, and
centuries of Protestant domination allowed myths and superstitions about
Catholicism to flourish. Native Protestants had viewed the waves of
Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Italy and eastern Europe since the
mid-19th century with suspicion. In addition, many Protestants carried
old fears related to extravagant claims of one religion against the
other dating from the European national wars of religion. They feared
that Smith would answer to the Pope and not the US Constitution. White
rural conservatives in the South also believed that his close
association with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammany_Hall" title="Tammany Hall">Tammany Hall</a>,
the Democratic machine in Manhattan, showed he tolerated corruption in
government (and overlooking their own brands). Another major
controversial issue was the continuation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a>,
which was widely considered a problem to enforce. Smith was personally
in favor of relaxation or repeal of Prohibition laws, as they had given
rise to more criminality. The Democratic Party split North and South on
the issue, with the more rural South continuing to favor Prohibition.
During the campaign Smith tried to duck the issue with noncommittal
statements.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup><br />
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Smith was an articulate proponent of good government and efficiency,
as was Hoover. Smith swept the entire Catholic vote, which had been
split in 1920 and 1924 between the parties; he attracted millions of
Catholics, generally ethnic whites, to the polls for the first time,
especially women, who were first allowed to vote in 1920. He lost
important Democratic constituencies in the rural North and in southern
cities and suburbs. He did carry some of the Deep South, thanks in part
to the appeal of his running mate, Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Taylor_Robinson" title="Joseph Taylor Robinson">Joseph Robinson</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>,
but he lost five southern states to Hoover. Smith carried the ten most
populous cities in the United States, an indication of the rising power
of the urban areas and their new demographics. In addition to the issues
noted above, Smith was not a very good campaigner. His campaign theme
song, "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sidewalks_of_New_York" title="The Sidewalks of New York">The Sidewalks of New York</a>",
had little appeal for rural folks, and they found his 'city' accent,
when heard on the "raddio," seemed slightly foreign. Smith narrowly lost
New York state, whose electors were biased to rural upstate and largely
Protestant districts. But in 1928 his fellow Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Roosevelt</a> (a Protestant of Dutch old-line stock) was elected to replace him as governor of New York.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup> <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Farley" title="James A. Farley">James A. Farley</a>
left Smith's camp to run Franklin D. Roosevelt's successful campaign
for Governor, and later Roosevelt's successful campaigns for the
Presidency in 1932 and 1936.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Voter_realignment">Voter realignment</span></h3>
Some political scientists believe that the 1928 election started a voter realignment that helped develop the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal_coalition" title="New Deal coalition">New Deal coalition</a> of Franklin D. Roosevelt.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup>
As one political scientist explains, "...not until 1928, with the
nomination of Al Smith, a northeastern reformer, did Democrats make
gains among the urban, blue-collar and Catholic voters who were later to
become core components of the New Deal coalition and break the pattern
of minimal class polarization that had characterized the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Party_System" title="Fourth Party System">Fourth Party System</a>."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup>
However, Allan Lichtman's quantitative analysis suggests that the 1928
results were based largely on religion and are not a useful barometer of
the voting patterns of the New Deal era.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><br />
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Finan (2003) says Smith is an underestimated symbol of the changing
nature of American politics in the first half of the last century. He
represented the rising ambitions of urban, industrial America at a time
when the hegemony of rural, agrarian America was in decline, although
many states had legislatures and congressional delegations biased toward
rural areas because of lack of redistricting after censuses. Smith was
connected to the hopes and aspirations of immigrants, especially
Catholics and Jews from eastern and southern Europe. Smith was a devout
Catholic, but his struggles against religious bigotry were often
misinterpreted when he fought the religiously inspired Protestant
morality imposed by prohibitionists.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Opposition_to_Roosevelt_and_the_New_Deal">Opposition to Roosevelt and the New Deal</span></h3>
Smith felt slighted by Roosevelt during the latter's governorship. They became rivals for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1932" title="United States presidential election, 1932">1932 Democratic presidential nomination</a>.
At the convention, Smith's animosity toward Roosevelt was so great that
he put aside longstanding rivalries and managed to work with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibbs_McAdoo" title="William Gibbs McAdoo">William McAdoo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst" title="William Randolph Hearst">William Randolph Hearst</a>
to try to block FDR's nomination for several ballots. This unlikely
coalition fell apart when Smith refused to work on finding a compromise
candidate; instead he maneuvered to become the nominee. After losing the
nomination, Smith eventually campaigned for Roosevelt in 1932, giving a
particularly important speech on behalf of the Democratic nominee at
Boston on October 27 in which he "pulled out all the stops."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup><br />
Smith became highly critical of Roosevelt's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a> policies and joined the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Liberty_League" title="American Liberty League">American Liberty League</a>,
an anti-Roosevelt group. Smith believed the New Deal was a betrayal of
good-government progressive ideals and ran counter to the goal of close
cooperation with business. The Liberty League was an organization that
tried to rally public opinion against Roosevelt's New Deal. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Democrat" title="Conservative Democrat">Conservative Democrats</a>
who disapproved of Roosevelt's New Deal measures founded the group. In
1934, Smith joined forces with wealthy business executives, who provided
most of the league's funds. The league published pamphlets and
sponsored radio programs, arguing that the New Deal was destroying
personal liberty. However, the league failed to gain support in the 1934
and 1936 elections, and it rapidly declined in influence. The league
was officially dissolved in 1940.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup><br />
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Smith's antipathy to Roosevelt and his policies was so great that he supported Republican presidential candidates <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_M._Landon" title="Alfred M. Landon">Alfred M. Landon</a> (in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1936" title="United States presidential election, 1936">the 1936 election</a>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Willkie" title="Wendell Willkie">Wendell Willkie</a> (in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1940" title="United States presidential election, 1940">the 1940 election</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Slayton_2001_9-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Slayton_2001-9">[9]</a></sup>
Although personal resentment was one factor in Smith's break with
Roosevelt and the New Deal, Smith was consistent in his beliefs and
politics. Finan (2003) argues Smith always believed in social mobility,
economic opportunity, religious tolerance, and individualism. Despite
the break between the men, Smith and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a>
remained close. In 1936, while Smith was in Washington making a
vehement radio attack on the President, she invited him to stay at the
White House. To avoid embarrassing the Roosevelts, he declined.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Business Life & Later Years</b></span><br />
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After the 1928 election, Smith became the president of Empire State, Inc., the corporation that built and operated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building" title="Empire State Building">Empire State Building</a>. Construction for the building began symbolically on March 17, 1930, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day" title="St. Patrick's Day">St. Patrick's Day</a>,
per Smith's instructions. Smith's grandchildren cut the ribbon when the
world's tallest skyscraper opened on May 1, 1931, which was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day" title="May Day">May Day</a>,
an international labor celebration. It had been completed in a record
13 months for such a large project. As with the Brooklyn Bridge, which
Smith had seen being built from his Lower East Side boyhood home, the
Empire State Building was a vision and an achievement constructed by
combining the interests of all, rather than being divided by interests
of a few.<br />
In 1929 Smith was elected as President of the Board of Trustees of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_State_College_of_Forestry" title="History of the New York State College of Forestry">New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup><br />
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Like most New York City businessmen, Smith enthusiastically supported
World War II. He was not asked by Roosevelt to play any role in the war
effort.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Slayton_2001_9-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-Slayton_2001-9">[9]</a></sup><br />
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In 1939 Smith was appointed a Papal Chamberlain of the Sword and
Cape, one of the highest honors the Papacy bestowed on a layman. In the
early 21st century, this honor is styled a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_Gentlemen" title="Papal Gentlemen">Gentleman of His Holiness</a>.<br />
Smith died at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_University" title="Rockefeller University">Rockefeller Institute Hospital</a>
on October 4, 1944 of a heart attack, at the age of 70. He had been
broken-hearted over the death of his wife from cancer five months
earlier, on May 4, 1944.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup> He is interred at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary_Cemetery_%28Queens,_New_York%29" title="Calvary Cemetery (Queens, New York)">Calvary Cemetery</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup><br />
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Trump, Clinton to trade jokes instead of barbs at Al Smith dinner</div>
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By <a href="http://religionnews.com/author/davidgibson/">David Gibson</a> | 24 hours ago</blockquote>
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NEW YORK (RNS) This has been
an unconventional election by almost any measure, with both candidates
garnering record high negatives from the voters and political newcomer
Donald Trump — a real estate and casino mogul — lowering the bar on
almost every previous standard of acceptable campaign rhetoric.<br />
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But
the Catholic Church likes nothing better than to stick with tradition,
and so Trump, the Republican nominee, and his Democratic opponent,
Hillary Clinton, will be headlining the glitzy Al Smith Dinner at the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan next month to trade jokes (hopefully)
rather than barbs in a custom that goes back more than 70 years.<br />
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“The
presidential nominees will share the dais with Timothy Cardinal Dolan,
Archbishop of New York, and they will deliver the evening’s speeches in
the spirit of collegiality and good-humor that has become a hallmark of
the gala,” <a href="http://www.alsmithfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/71st-Alfred-E-Smith-Memorial-Foundation-Dinner-Keynote-Speakers.pdf">said a statement</a> issued Tuesday (Sept. 27) by the New York Archdiocese and the foundation that runs the event.<br />
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The
Oct. 20 dinner “honors a cause that transcends the polarizing political
rhetoric of the day and exemplifies the vision of Gov. Alfred E. Smith,
known as ‘The Happy Warrior’ for his ability to maintain his positive
outlook even as he tackled the pressing social issues of his day,” the
statement said.<br />
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The Oct. 20 dinner “honors a cause that transcends the polarizing
political rhetoric of the day and exemplifies the vision of Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, known as ‘The Happy Warrior’ for his ability to maintain his
positive outlook even as he tackled the pressing social issues of his
day,” the statement said.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">The <a href="http://www.alsmithfoundation.org/the-dinner/">dinner’s namesake</a> was the New York governor who in 1928 became the first Catholic nominee for president.</span>
Smith was known as a reformer and “man for the people,” but
anti-Catholicism was still so virulent at the time and the
pre-Depression economy of the 1920s roaring so fiercely that the
Democrat was trounced by Republican Herbert Hoover.<br />
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A charitable
foundation that takes his name was launched in 1946, two years after
Smith’s death, and over the years its annual dinner has become “a ritual
of American politics,” as historian Theodore H. White put it, where
candidates of opposing parties would come together for a few hours of
comic relief at the height of an intense campaign battle.<br />
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But the
white-tie dinner itself has not been free of controversy, especially
for its host. Dolan, for example, was excoriated by conservative
Catholics in 2012 when he continued the tradition by inviting President
Obama, whose stance in support of abortion rights and other issues
outraged some.<br />
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READ: <a href="http://religionnews.com/2012/08/15/n-y-cardinal-timothy-dolan-defends-obama-invitation-to-al-smith-dinner/">Cardinal Timothy Dolan defends Obama invitation to Al Smith Dinner</a><br />
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There
was some precedent for Dolan to punt on an invitation to Obama: In
1996, then-Cardinal John O’Connor did not invite either of that year’s
candidates because he did not want to give President Bill Clinton, an
abortion rights supporter who was running for re-election, a
church-sponsored platform that tends to show the candidates in a
flattering light.<br />
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And in 2004, then-Cardinal Edward Egan did not
invite either candidate, President George W. Bush or his challenger
Democratic nominee, John Kerry, a Catholic who supports abortion rights.<br />
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But
Dolan is an outgoing personality who tends to prefer engagement to
picking fights, and he also enjoys an evening that can showcase his own
deft talent for quips.<br />
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Four years ago, Dolan defended himself
from the critics, saying the dinner is a time for civility, engagement
and dialogue — and raises money for needy children.<br />
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“Those who
started the dinner 67 years ago believed that you can accomplish a lot
more by inviting folks of different political loyalties to an uplifting
evening, rather than in closing the door to them,” Dolan wrote at the
time.<br />
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He added that he believed he was also following the example
of Jesus, “who was blistered by his critics for dining with those some
considered sinners; and by the recognition that, if I only sat down with
people who agreed with me, and I with them, or with those who were
saints, I’d be taking all my meals alone.”<br />
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Whether Dolan will be
criticized again this year, or in the same way, remains to be seen. The
real interest may be on how the candidates comport themselves.<br />
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Trump
has upended conventional Republican politics, especially its family
values agenda: He is a thrice-married businessman with a legacy as a
playboy and someone who has supported abortion rights and gay rights. He
has made headlines by insulting ethnic and religious minorities, women
and the handicapped, among others.<br />
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While Trump has said he will
oppose abortion as president, many remain dubious, and some of his other
statements have upset Catholic leaders.<br />
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Trump has also shown
himself to be relatively thin-skinned when it comes to criticism or
teasing, which is unusual for a candidate for such a high office, where
calumny and comedy are daily fare.<br />
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And if Clinton is not quite
the tummler that other candidates have been, she has shown an ability to
tweak Trump, as she did in the first of three presidential debates on
Monday night.<br />
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<a href="https://kensarowiwalumumba.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/the-holocaust-was-written-by-superior-general-wlodimir-ledochowski/">https://kensarowiwalumumba.wordpress.com/2014/05/10/the-holocaust-was-written-by-superior-general-wlodimir-ledochowski/</a><br />
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A good place to start- read the successive posts:<br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-final.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/wlodimir-vladimir-ledochowski-final.html</a><br />
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What this policy was a continuation of:<br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/437th-anniversary-st-bartholomew-days.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/437th-anniversary-st-bartholomew-days.html</a><br />
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Continuing holocaust denial:<br />
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<a href="http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/07/holocaust-denial-via-new-york-times-in.html">http://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2007/07/holocaust-denial-via-new-york-times-in.html</a>Douglas Andrew Willingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06412711658495398785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5168353211979506184.post-36228380631382890492016-09-26T23:54:00.001-04:002016-09-26T23:59:56.158-04:00The Matthew Bible<span style="font-size: large;">The Overlooked Link Between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe"><b>Wycliffe</b></a>-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale"><b>Tyndale</b></a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version"><b>King James Bible</b></a>,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">overshadowed by attention on the latter</span><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible</a><br />
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The <i><b>Matthew Bible</b></i>, also known as <i><b>Matthew's Version</b></i>, was first published in 1537 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rogers_%28Bible_editor_and_martyr%29" title="John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)">John Rogers</a>, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale" title="William Tyndale">William Tyndale</a>, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death. The translations of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Coverdale" title="Myles Coverdale">Myles Coverdale</a> from German and Latin sources completed the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Manasses" title="Prayer of Manasses">Prayer of Manasses</a>. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.<br />
<b><br />Translation</b><br />
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Matthew's Bible was the combined work of three individuals, working from numerous sources in at least five different languages.<br />
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The entire New Testament (first published in 1526, later revised, 1534 and 1535), the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentateuch" title="Pentateuch">Pentateuch</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Jonah" title="Book of Jonah">Jonah</a> and in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Daniell_%28Literary_scholar%29" title="David Daniell (Literary scholar)">David Daniell</a>'s view,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Joshua" title="Book of Joshua">Books of Joshua</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Judges" title="Book of Judges">Judges</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Ruth" title="Book of Ruth">Ruth</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_Samuel" title="Books of Samuel">First and Second Samuel</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_Kings" title="Books of Kings">First and Second Kings</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">First and Second Chronicles</a>, were the work of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tyndale" title="William Tyndale">William Tyndale</a>. Tyndale worked directly from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Greek</a>, occasionally consulting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus" title="Erasmus">Erasmus</a>’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> version, and he used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Luther</a>'s Bible for the prefaces, marginal notes and the biblical text.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> The use of the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew" resulted possibly from the need to conceal from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> the participation of Tyndale in the translation.<br />
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The remaining books of the Old Testament and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocrypha" title="Apocrypha">Apocrypha</a> were the work of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myles_Coverdale" title="Myles Coverdale">Myles Coverdale</a>. Coverdale translated primarily from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a> and Latin sources.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
Historians often tend to treat Coverdale and Tyndale like competitors
in a race to complete the monumental and arduous task of translating the
biblical text. One is often credited to the exclusion of the other. In
reality they knew each other and occasionally worked together. Foxe
states that they were in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> translating the Pentateuch together as early as 1529.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_of_Manasseh" title="Prayer of Manasseh">Prayer of Manasses</a> was the work of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rogers_%28Bible_editor_and_martyr%29" title="John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)">John Rogers</a>.
Rogers translated from a French Bible printed two years earlier (in
1535). Rogers compiled the completed work and added the preface, some
marginal notes, a calendar and an almanac.<br />
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Of the three translators, two were burned at the stake. Tyndale was burned on 6 October 1536 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilvoorde" title="Vilvoorde">Vilvoorde</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> John Rogers was "tested by fire" on 4 February 1555 at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield,_London" title="Smithfield, London">Smithfield</a>, England; the first to meet this fate under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England" title="Mary I of England">Mary I of England</a>. Myles Coverdale was employed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cromwell" title="Thomas Cromwell">Cromwell</a> to work on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bible" title="Great Bible">Great Bible</a> of 1539, the first officially authorized English translation of the Bible.<br />
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Time and extensive scholastic scrutiny have judged Tyndale the most gifted of the three translators. <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Foss_Westcott" title="Brooke Foss Westcott">Dr Westcott</a> (in his <i>History of the English Bible</i>) states that "The history of our English Bible begins with the work of Tyndale and not with that of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe" title="John Wycliffe">Wycliffe</a>."
The quality of his translations has also stood the test of time, coming
relatively intact even into modern versions of the Bible. A. S.
Herbert, Bible cataloguer, says of the Matthew Bible, "this version,
which welds together the best work of Tyndale and Coverdale, is
generally considered to be the real primary version of our English
Bible",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerbert196818_9-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196818-9">[9]</a></sup> upon which later editions were based, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Bible" title="Geneva Bible">Geneva Bible</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerbert196818_9-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196818-9">[9]</a></sup> Professor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Daniell_%28author%29" title="David Daniell (author)">David Daniell</a> recounts that, "New Testament scholars <a class="new" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon_Nielson&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Jon Nielson (page does not exist)">Jon Nielson</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Skousen" title="Royal Skousen">Royal Skousen</a>
observed that previous estimates of Tyndale's contribution to the KJV
'have run from a high of up to 90% (Westcott) to a low of 18%
(Butterworth)'. By a statistically accurate and appropriate method of
sampling, based on eighteen portions of the Bible, they concluded that
for the New Testament Tyndale's contribution is about 83% of the text,
and in the Old Testament 76%.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup>
Thus the Matthew Bible, though largely unrecognized, significantly
shaped and influenced English Bible versions in the centuries that
followed its first appearance.<br />
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<b>Printing</b><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Strype" title="John Strype">John Strype</a> wrote in 1694 that the 1537 Matthew Bible was printed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grafton" title="Richard Grafton">Richard Grafton</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStrype181281.E2.80.936_12-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStrype181281.E2.80.936-12">[12]</a></sup> Later editions were printed in London; the last of four appeared in 1551.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerbert196892_13-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196892-13">[13]</a></sup>
Two editions of the Matthew Bible were published in 1549. One was a
reprint of the 1537 first edition, and was printed by Thomas Raynalde
and William Hyll (Herbert #75). The other was printed by John Daye and
William Seres,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerbert196874_14-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196874-14">[14]</a></sup>
and made extensive changes to the notes of the original Matthew Bible,
included copious commentaries on the book of Revelation based on the
book <i>Image of Two Churches</i> by contemporary <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bale" title="John Bale">John Bale</a>. </blockquote>
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Van Meteren's son, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_van_Meteren" title="Emanuel van Meteren">Emanuel</a>,
stated in an affidavit dated 28 May 1609 that his father was "a
furtherer of reformed religion, and he that caused the first Bible at
his costes to be Englisshed by Mr Myles Coverdal in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Andwarp</a>, the w’h his father, with Mr Edward Whytchurch, printed both in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>." Coverdale was employed as a translator by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_van_Meteren" title="Jacobus van Meteren">Jacobus van Meteren</a>.
Rogers began assisting the work around 1535, and married J. van
Meteren's niece Adriana in the same year that the Matthew Bible was
first published (1537). Rogers was living in London again at the time of
the second printing of the Matthew Bible in 1549.<br />
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<b>Literature</b>
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<dl>
<dt>Bible editions</dt>
</dl>
1. <i>The Matthew's Bible. 1537 edition [Facsimile]</i>. Peabody, Massachusetts, Hendrickson Publishers, 2009, <a class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781598563498">ISBN 978-1-59856-349-8</a><br />
2. <i>The Tyndale Bible, Thomas Matthew, 1549 [Facsimile]</i>. Greydon Press, USA, 2003, <a class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1570744920">ISBN 1-57074-492-0</a>. Sold as a facsimile of <i>Matthew's Version</i>,
it is in fact Becke's 1549 edition of the Matthew Bible but contains
preliminary pages from Raynalde and Hyll's 1549 version, and even a copy
of the title page from the 1549 Great Bible.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerbert196876_15-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196876-15">[15]</a></sup><br />
3. <i>New Matthew Bible</i>: World's first project working with the
Matthew Bible scriptures to publish the Matthew Bible in modern spelling
with language and grammar minimally updated - <a class="external text" href="http://newmatthewbible.org/" rel="nofollow">"New Matthew Bible Project"</a>, with a target publication date of 2020.<br />
4. <i>The Matthew Bible: Modern Spelling Edition. <a class="external text" href="http://www.richwoodchapel.org/matthew-bible.html" rel="nofollow">"The Matthew Bible: Modern Spelling Edition"</a>
This Bible uses modern font and spelling (without changing the original
wording). It includes modern verse divisions. It is available in 2015.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup></i><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-1"> <span class="reference-text">Tyndale, William (tr.); Martin, Priscilla (ed.) (2002) <i>William Tyndale's New Testament (edition of 1534)</i>; with an introduction by Priscilla Martin. Hertfordshire; p. xxi, line 37 and see the Wikipedia article for <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Daniell_%28Literary_scholar%29" title="David Daniell (Literary scholar)">David Daniell</a></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-2"> <span class="reference-text">Scientifically proven, see: Tyndale, William (tr.); Martin, Priscilla (ed.) (2002); p. xvi</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-3"> <span class="reference-text">Scientifically proven, see also: Daniell, David (1994) <i>William Tyndale: a biography</i>. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, p. 114, line 33</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-4"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-4"> <span class="reference-text">Scientifically proven, see also: Vogel, Gudrun (2009) "Tyndale, William" in: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockhaus_Enzyklop%C3%A4die" title="Brockhaus Enzyklopädie">Der Brockhaus in sechs Bänden</a>. Mannheim/Leipzig: Brockhaus Verlag</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-5"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-5"> <span class="reference-text">Scientifically proven, see also: Zwahr. A. (2004) <i>Tyndale, William" in: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyers_Konversations-Lexikon" title="Meyers Konversations-Lexikon">Meyers Großes Taschenwörterbuch</a>. Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut</i></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-6"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-6"> <span class="reference-text">Probably <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Bible" title="Luther Bible">Luther's German translation</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a> (see: Tyndale, William (tr.); Martin, Priscilla (ed.) (2002); p. xxi, line 18); for more see: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverdale_Bible" title="Coverdale Bible">Coverdale Bible</a></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-7"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-7"> <span class="reference-text"><a class="external text" href="http://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxintro.html" rel="nofollow">Foxe, John. The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe</a></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-8"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-8"> <span class="reference-text">most probably, at the instigation of agents of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" title="Henry VIII of England">Henry VIII</a> and his <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Church" title="Anglican Church">Anglican Church</a></span></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196818-9"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196818-9"> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#CITEREFHerbert1968">Herbert 1968</a>, p. 18.</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-10"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-10"> <span class="reference-text">Perhaps also written: John Nielson</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-11"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-11"> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Daniell_%28author%29" title="David Daniell (author)">Daniell, David</a> (2003) <i>The Bible in English: history and influence</i>. New Haven and London: Yale University Press <a class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0300099304">ISBN 0-300-09930-4</a>, p. 448</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStrype181281.E2.80.936-12"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEStrype181281.E2.80.936-12"> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#CITEREFStrype1812">Strype 1812</a>, pp. 81–6.</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196892-13"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196892-13"> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#CITEREFHerbert1968">Herbert 1968</a>, p. 92.</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196874-14"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196874-14"> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#CITEREFHerbert1968">Herbert 1968</a>, p. 74.</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196876-15"><br /></li>
<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerbert196876-15"> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Bible#CITEREFHerbert1968">Herbert 1968</a>, p. 76.</span></li>
<li id="cite_note-16"><br /></li>
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<li id="cite_note-16" value="16"> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Nathan, Harding. <a class="external text" href="http://www.richwoodchapel.org/matthew-bible.html" rel="nofollow">"The Matthew Bible: Modern Spelling Edition"</a>. <i>The Matthew Bible</i>. lulu.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 December</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatthew+Bible&rft.atitle=The+Matthew+Bible%3A+Modern+Spelling+Edition&rft.aufirst=Harding&rft.aulast=Nathan&rft.genre=unknown&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.richwoodchapel.org%2Fmatthew-bible.html&rft.jtitle=The+Matthew+Bible&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal"></span></span></li>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="References_.28general.29">References (general)</span></h2>
<ul>
<li><cite class="citation" id="CITEREFHerbert1968">Herbert, A. S. (1968), <i>Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of the English Bible, 1525–1961</i>, London & New York: British and Foreign Bible Society; American Bible Society, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number" title="International Standard Book Number">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-564-00130-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-564-00130-9">0-564-00130-9</a></cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatthew+Bible&rft.aufirst=A.+S.&rft.aulast=Herbert&rft.btitle=Historical+Catalogue+of+Printed+Editions+of+the+English+Bible%2C+1525%931961&rft.date=1968&rft.genre=book&rft.isbn=0-564-00130-9&rft.place=London+%26+New+York&rft.pub=British+and+Foreign+Bible+Society%3B+American+Bible+Society&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook"></span></li>
<li><cite class="citation" id="CITEREFStrype1812"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Strype" title="John Strype">Strype, J.</a> (1812) [1694], <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U1s4AQAAMAAJ" rel="nofollow"><i>Memorials
of the Most Reverend Father in God Thomas Cranmer, Sometime Lord
Archbishop of Canterbury: Wherein the History of the Church, and the
Reformation of It, During the Primacy of the Said Archbishop, Are
Greatly Illustrated; And Many Singular Matters Relating Thereunto, Now
First Published (1694) in Three Books</i></a>, <b>1</b>, Clarendon, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC" title="OCLC">OCLC</a> <a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154289588" rel="nofollow">154289588</a></cite><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatthew+Bible&rft.aufirst=J.&rft.aulast=Strype&rft.btitle=Memorials+of+the+Most+Reverend+Father+in+God+Thomas+Cranmer%2C+Sometime+Lord+Archbishop+of+Canterbury%3A+Wherein+the+History+of+the+Church%2C+and+the+Reformation+of+It%2C+During+the+Primacy+of+the+Said+Archbishop%2C+Are+Greatly+Illustrated%3B+And+Many+Singular+Matters+Relating+Thereunto%2C+Now+First+Published+%281694%29+in+Three+Books&rft.date=1812&rft.genre=book&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.co.uk%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DU1s4AQAAMAAJ&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F154289588&rft.pub=Clarendon&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook"></span></li>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible" title="Tyndale Bible">Tyndale Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bible" title="Great Bible">Great Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Bible" title="Geneva Bible">Geneva Bible</a></li>
</ul>
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