Posted on 12/27/2020 6:51:51 AM PST by marshmallow
Francis turns Christmas message into 'Masonic' manifesto on fraternity
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Pope Francis rehashed his theologically erroneous view of "fraternity" in his Christmas address — asserting the incarnation makes all human beings "truly" brothers and sisters, even if they belong to another religion.
Contradicting the Christmas Day lectionary reading from the prologue of St. John's Gospel, which categorically states that in the incarnation God adopts as his children only those "who received him [Jesus], who believed in his name" (John 1:12), Francis' Urbi et Orbi insisted "we are all brothers and sisters" despite religious differences.
The pontiff stressed that "the ecological crisis and grave economic and social imbalances only worsened by the coronavirus pandemic," made it "all the more important for us to acknowledge one another as brothers and sisters."
"The same thing is true of relationships between peoples and nations: brothers and sisters all!" Francis added, citing his encyclical Fratelli Tutti — praised by Spanish and Italian Freemasons for its interpretation of "fraternity" as harmonious with Masonic doctrine.
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Francis says a lot of objectionable things, but saying that all people are brothers and sisters is not one of them.
“Brothers and sisters” is used here to mean that all humans are related and are equal. There is nothing wrong with that statement.
Furthermore, in John 1:12 it does not say “ONLY.”
Heresy Ping
What makes you think the above verse applies to all humans, e.g. Muslims, pagans, etc.?
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