Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI's election in 2005, President Bush met with a small circle of advisers in the Oval Office. As some mentioned their own religious backgrounds, the president remarked that he had read one of the new pontiff's books about faith and culture in Western Europe.
Save for one other soul, Bush was the only non-Catholic in the room. But his interest in the pope's writings was no surprise to those around him. As the White House prepares to welcome Benedict on Tuesday, many in Bush's inner circle expect the pontiff to find a kindred spirit in the president. Because if Bill Clinton can be called America's first black president, some say, then George W. Bush could well be the nation's first Catholic president.
This isn't as strange a notion as it sounds. Yes, there was John F. Kennedy. But where Kennedy sought to divorce his religion from his office, Bush has welcomed Roman...
dudley davis wrote: I am an ex roman catholic and now a Presbyterian Protestant.All Presbyterians and all Protestants need to remember the following which is a pillar of the Protestant Reformation. "The Lord Jesus Christ is the sole King and only Head of His Church and He never appointed any earthly Head of His Church." An excellent Charles Spurgeon QUOTE is the following: "Christ did not redeem his church with his blood that the pope might come in and steal away the glory. He never came from heaven to earth, and poured out his very heart that he might purchase his people, that a poor sinner, a mere man, should be set upon high to be admired by all the nations, and to call himself God's representative on earth. Christ has always been the Head of the church. Charles Spurgeon
George W. Bush, on his own signature, with no approval from Congress and no input from the American people, has seized unlimited power for the Presidency; he has dismantled the constitutional protections of the American people; he has ignored the courts; he has begun creating the merger of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, including the merger of the U.S. and Canadian militaries; and he has refused to enforce U.S. immigration laws, thus facilitating a borderless North America. And all of this has been done at the behest of David Rockefeller and his cabal of moneychangers at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). - Pastor Chuck Baldwin [URL=http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin431.htm]]]http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin431.ht..[/URL]
"The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the Americans freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight." -- JFK
I am an ex roman catholic and now a Presbyterian Protestant.All Presbyterians and all Protestants need to remember the following which is a pillar of the Protestant Reformation. "The Lord Jesus Christ is the sole King and only Head of His Church and He never appointed any earthly Head of His Church." An excellent Charles Spurgeon QUOTE is the following: "Christ did not redeem his church with his blood that the pope might come in and steal away the glory. He never came from heaven to earth, and poured out his very heart that he might purchase his people, that a poor sinner, a mere man, should be set upon high to be admired by all the nations, and to call himself God's representative on earth. Christ has always been the Head of the church. Charles Spurgeon
It's striking that both sides, Dems & many "right-wingers," practically foam at the mouth now over Bush, as if he were the Devil incarnate.
Why people think his ancestors' alleged misdeeds are relevant to the current administration is a mystery to me. Bush's basic problem is civil antinomianism, but then, many pastors have this problem too.
Mike wrote: Mighta known. It's all Bush's fault. It's always Bush's fault. Everything is Bush's fault. One Bush or another. Someone ran into a telephone pole near here recently. Bush's fault. Starter went bad on my car. Bush's fault. Flooding in the midwest? Bush. That earthquake? Guess who? I guess having a single name to blame for all the ills of mankind does make it easier to "understand."
Mike, I do not like to admit it, but I voted for GWB twice. Take a look at the videos, please!
Overcome Evil wrote: See a thorough, documented, criminal indictment of George Herbert Walker Bush, establishing beyond a reasonable doubt his guilt as a supervisor in the conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Click link: [URL=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4315024059102108031]]]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-431502405..[/URL] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4315024059102108031
Mighta known. It's all Bush's fault. It's always Bush's fault. Everything is Bush's fault. One Bush or another. Someone ran into a telephone pole near here recently. Bush's fault. Starter went bad on my car. Bush's fault. Flooding in the midwest? Bush. That earthquake? Guess who?
I guess having a single name to blame for all the ills of mankind does make it easier to "understand."
AntiVaticanistAmerican wrote: Come on now, People, What do you expect from the Grandson of A Nazi-Germany/Hitler/Fascist financier (Prescott Bush--Hint: George W. Bush's Nazi-Fascist Republican U.S. Senator Grandfather) to do when his Hitler-Youth/Nazi/Fascist "Skull&Bones"-"Jesuit"-Controlled master, Joe-RATzinger/Benedict-XVI, arrives by airplane from Satanic-Vaticanist Rome ?
*NOTE: GUESS WHO WAS ALSO BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY'S BROTHER, ROBERT KENNEDY, IN 1968 ?
& THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S SON "JOHN-JOHN" IN 1999 ? THE SATANIC-VATICANIST GEORGE BUSHES 1&2 !
See a thorough, documented, criminal indictment of George Herbert Walker Bush, establishing beyond a reasonable doubt his guilt as a supervisor in the conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. Click link:
Minnow Good job there is a cure though isn't it. The Reformed Church is the cure for all diseases like papistry, liberalism, atheism and other man made religions
Reformed from what?
Reformed Augustinianism, i.e. true Catholisism. That's what you are "reformed" from.
I have done some serious reading of history, and would that everyone would take the time to do the same.
The Reformers murdered Anabaptists and Lollards and Quakers and such because they would not join Reformed Rome.
Please, please take some time to dig through history.
You really are totally off of your rocker for having so much hatred in your heart for the RCC. You could take a lesson from my brother's Non Denominational minister who does not state anything against the RCC because he knows that the RCC also acknowledges the Deity Of Christ and the Holy Trinity and thus the RCC is just as much a True Church as my brother's Non Denominational Church is. Start acting more Christlike.
Come on now, People, What do you expect from the Grandson of A Nazi-Germany/Hitler/Fascist financier (Prescott Bush--Hint: George W. Bush's Nazi-Fascist Republican U.S. Senator Grandfather) to do when his Hitler-Youth/Nazi/Fascist "Skull&Bones"-"Jesuit"-Controlled master, Joe-RATzinger/Benedict-XVI, arrives by airplane from Satanic-Vaticanist Rome ?
Just as President John F. Kennedy distanced himself from The "Pope" of Rome and his Roman "Catholic" Religion dictating his Administrations Public Policy --
So, President George W. Bush has conjoined himself with That ANTI-CHRIST from Rome and His Cultic Religion:
THE SATANIC ROMAN "CATHOLIC" CULT OF POPISH "JESUITIC" VATICANISM !
Since President Dwight D. EISENHOWER; Every U.S. PRESIDENT has bowed-down & obeyed the Satanic-Vatican/"Papacy";
with the EXCEPTION OF ONE (1) DISOBEYING THE SATANIC-VATICAN & HER 'AMERICAN' AGENDA (ESPECIALLY HER "JESUIT" ORCHESTRATED "FEDERAL-RESERVE-ACT-SYSTEM-BANK-BOARD") AND Being ASSASSINATED For it:
THE AFOREMENTIONED U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY !
*NOTE: GUESS WHO WAS ALSO BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY'S BROTHER, ROBERT KENNEDY, IN 1968 ?
& THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S SON "JOHN-JOHN" IN 1999 ?
"some say, then George W. Bush could well be the nation's first Catholic president."
There is no question that GW has been more of an advocate for the RCC than John Kennedy ever was. This may be why GW has been able to avoid trouble with the Jesuits and Kennedy's fate thus far.
"some say, then George W. Bush could well be the nation's first Catholic president."
Is it contagious or what.
First Tony Blair now George Bush???
Diagnosis Yes I'm afraid heresy is contagious and whats worse history has shown it to be epidemic. Poor old Bush!!!
Good job there is a cure though isn't it. The Reformed Church is the cure for all diseases like papistry, liberalism, atheism and other man made religions.
Good that Mr. Bush gets the recognition he deserves as the nation's first "believing" president to convert to Popery. May it be a part of our prayers that he truly be converted to know the real Jesus and not that imposter Benedict.