God’s anathema upon the Old Catholics of Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands
Lvov (Ukraine), 12 July 2011
To Representatives and Believers of the Old Catholic Church
in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands
The Old Catholic Churches in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands permit gay and lesbian priests, and bless gay couples. This contradicts the Gospel and the whole Church Tradition. The Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands has 6,000 members. By introducing perverse homosexuality, Bishop Dick Schoon from Amsterdam has denied the essence of the Christian faith; however, he states mendaciously and demagogically: “We don’t follow every modern trend… We can’t change our faith or add or subtract something from it.” Only church deceivers, church pharisees and those who are in spiritual unity with them can lie to one’s face so ingeniously. It is the apostatical theologians and apostatical hierarchy who bring down a curse upon all Europe owing to the loss of sound mind and loss of moral values.
A Swiss offshoot of the Old Catholic Church has 14,000 members. In June 2006, the spokeswoman for this Church said: “It’s a blessing for couples – not only homosexual or lesbian – but for all sorts of relationships…”
The Old Catholic Churches in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands have thus rejected God’s laws and the authority of God the Creator and Supreme Lawgiver. They no longer call evil evil, a sin a sin, an abomination an abomination. They exchanged the truth for a lie and turned the Church of God into an assembly of Satan (Rev 2:9).
The apostatical Old Catholic Church in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands has ceased to be a blessing for the nation and brings down a curse and self-destruction both upon it and upon all Europe.
The Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate, by authority of the apostolic and prophetic office before God and before the Mystical Body of Christ, which is the true Church of Christ, hereby declares before all Christians of the world (Mt 18:18): The Old Catholic anti-Church in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands is no longer the Church of Christ but spiritual Babylon and the harlot of antichrist (Rev 17:1-6). We hereby call upon every member of this Church to be converted, to repent and to go out from that spiritual Babylon (Isa 52:11). The spirit of antichrist cast the Spirit of God out of this Church. All who want to be saved must separate from this anti-Church because it leads the deceived souls to eternal damnation in hell. This anti-Church has become a synagogue of Satan (see Rev 3:9; Rev 2:20-24) because it preaches a different gospel. “Even if an angel from heaven should preach any other gospel to you, let him be accursed.” (Gal 1:8-9) By reason of apostasy from the Gospel of God, God has cast this curse upon the Old Catholic anti-Church in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands.
On behalf of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate
+ Elijah
Patriarch
+ Methodius OSBMr + Timothy OSBMr
Secretaries of the BCP
