Christ as the pagan sun-god, other pagan gods of christists

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Srinivasan Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@g...> wrote:

Comment on The Mark of Shiva and Pope John Paul II

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Posted on 07/03/2005 8:09:01 PM PDT by Coleus

 

Q: Someone in the schismatic group the Society of St. Pius X told me

that when the pope was in India he had his forehead anointed by a

Hindu "priestess of Shiva" and that there is a photo to prove it. Is

this true?

 

A: There is a photo of the pope having his forehead anointed by an

Indian woman, but she was a Catholic, not a Hindu priestess! She was

giving the pope a traditional Indian form of greeting known as

"Aarti," which has no more religious significance than a handshake in

western culture or giving someone a wreath of flowers as a welcome in

Hawaii.

 

A letter dated November 22, 1994 from the Pontifical Council for

Social Communications explains the custom and its role in Indian

society:

 

"Indian Catholics . . . use 'Aarti' when a child returns home after

receiving First Holy Communion, and when a newly married couple are

received by their respective families. Nowadays, 'Aarti' is often

performed to greet the principal celebrant at an important liturgical

event, as it was on the occasion shown in the photograph. On such

occasions, 'Aarti' is usually offered by a Catholic married lady, and

certainly not by a 'priestess of Shiva' as has been alleged."

 

The letter, by Archbishop John P. Foley, president of the pontifical

council, went on to note: "Use of the 'Aarti' ceremonial by Indian

Catholics is no more the worship of a heathen deity than is the

decoration of a Christmas tree by American Christians a return to the

pagan rituals of Northern Europe."

 

Your schismatic friend in the Society of St. Pius X should check his

facts before spreading such malicious gossip about the holy father

(cf. Acts 23:1-5). He was simply about to say Mass and received the

traditional Indian form of greeting for the celebrant.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1436021/posts

 

On 7/26/05, Srinivasan Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@g...> wrote:

> http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/wheel.htm> See gallery of

pagan/christist gods:

> http://www.biblepicturegallery.com/Pictures/Pagang.htm

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