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To: NKP_Vet
1980: “Since his election, Pope John Paul II has emerged as the greatest religious leader of the modern world, and one of the greatest moral and spiritual leaders of this century … The Pope came [to America] as a statesman and a pastor, but I believe he also sees himself coming as an evangelist. … The Pope sought to speak to the spiritual hunger of our age in the same way Christians throughout the centuries have spoken to the spiritual yearnings of every age-by pointing people to Christ” (Saturday Evening Post, Jan.-Feb. 1980). [In this same article Graham was quoted as saying, “Recently I learned the word ‘Pontiff’ comes from the Latin words which originally meant ‘bridge builder.’ … Pope John Paul II [is] indeed a bridge builder, and that is something our divided world desperately needs.” Historically, “pontiff” does not mean bridge- builder, but refers to the papal title of Pontifex Maximus, which was handed down to the early popes from the high priests of ancient heathen religion in the Roman Empire; “Pontiff” in Italian and Latin means “bridge,” and clearly points to the Pope’s blasphemous claim that he himself is that bridge between man and God.] (Billy Graham, The Saturday Evening Post, Jan.-Feb. 1980).

So you can post from 'jesus-is-savior.com but we can't because you guys claim it is a catholic hate site...I don't whine to the moderators but just wanted to point it out...

Billy Graham is a preacher, certainly not a bible scholar...B.G. has led thousands upon thousands, maybe millions of people to Jesus Christ...The Protestant version...So say what you will, Graham had led countless numbers of Catholics out of that heathen religion and into the arms of Jesus...

129 posted on 11/10/2013 8:57:54 AM PST by Iscool
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To: Iscool

I will guarantee you that more protestants converted to Catholicism during the time of JP2 than Catholics converting to protestants.

No practicing Catholic, who truly believes Christ is present in the Eucharist, would leave Christ to be a protestant.

And the truth of the matter about Billy Graham is he loved Catholics and had a great relationship with Catholics and all the Pope’s he personally knew.

The Bible-thumpers, i.e., pentacostals in particular, despise Billy Graham because of his relationship to Catholics and his refusing to call them anything but fellow Christians.


142 posted on 11/10/2013 9:35:01 AM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: Iscool

I will guarantee you that more protestants converted to Catholicism during the time of JP2 than Catholics converting to protestants.

No practicing Catholic, who truly believes Christ is present in the Eucharist, would leave Christ to be a protestant.

And the truth of the matter about Billy Graham is he loved Catholics and had a great relationship with Catholics and all the Pope’s he personally knew.

The Bible-thumpers, i.e., pentacostals in particular, despise Billy Graham because of his relationship to Catholics and his refusing to call them anything but fellow Christians.


144 posted on 11/10/2013 9:50:31 AM PST by NKP_Vet
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