God’s anathema upon the Protestant Church in the Netherlands

Lvov (Ukraine), 9 July 2011

To Representatives and Believers

of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands

In May 2004, three Churches in the Netherlands joined together, namely Netherlands Reformed Church, Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and Evangelical Lutheran Church, and formed the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. In November 2004, this Protestant Church announced that it would grant “blessings” to gay couples.

As early as 1972 the synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church declared: “Homosexuality forms no obstacle to being a minister or office-bearer in the Lutheran church.” In 1995 this synod decided to bless same-sex relationships in the church as well. The synod stated: “There are no theological arguments against blessing two people in their promise of lasting friendship, devotion, and faithfulness.”

By means of dialectical methods they remove the difference between good and evil, a sin is no longer called by them a sin and perversion is regarded as lasting friendship, devotion and faithfulness.

They thus rejected God’s laws and the authority of God the Creator and Supreme Lawgiver. They exchanged the truth for a lie and turned the Church of God into an assembly of Satan (Rev 2:9).

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 Protestant anti-Church in 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) and 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 Protestant anti-Church in the Netherlands.

On behalf of the Byzantine Catholic Patriarchate

+ Elijah

Patriarch

+ Methodius OSBMr               + Timothy OSBMr

Secretaries of the BCP

Copies to:

–         Queen Beatrix and Government of the Netherlands

–         Presidents of EU member states and MEPs

–         All Churches of the Netherlands and Christian Churches of the world

–         Mass media of the Netherlands and the EU