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To: BlatherNaut
The whole idea was to destroy, not the institution of the Church, but rather the Faith of the people, and even use the institution of the Church, if possible, to destroy the Faith through the promotion of a pseudo-religion: something that resembled Catholicism but was not the real thing.

Which, of course, is exactly what happened in China. The Roman Catholic Church is illegal per order of the Communist Party, and in its place they have erected a false church called the "Patriotic Catholic Association" which mimics our faith, but in reality is a puppet of the atheist Communist Party. They weren't content simply to purge Catholicism---they wanted, as your quote said, to create a literal pseudo-religion to take its place.

32 posted on 05/26/2016 5:27:20 PM PDT by Prince of Desmond
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To: Prince of Desmond

Have you read “Red Book Of Chinese Martyrs” by Gerolamo Fazzini?

“The confessors and martyrs of the Church of China belong to Christianity as a whole, and it is our duty, as well as our right, to present their testimonies so that they might nourish the faith of Christians throughout the world.”
- From the Preface by Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-Kiun, Bishop of Hong Kong”

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Chinese-Martyrs-Gerolamo-Fazzini-ebook/dp/B002HY6GLE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1464319825&sr=1-1&keywords=red+book+of+martyrs


34 posted on 05/26/2016 8:34:59 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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