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Thursday, 30 April 2026

250 Orang India Berpindah Ke Israel Lepas Claim Mereka Keturunan Yahudi Yang Hilang?


Oleh : Azizul Farhan
The Patriots: 29 April 2026
Haih, diorang ni macam-macam lah. Ni mesti ada mimpi pelik-pelik ni.
Lebih 250 orang India mendarat di Lapangan Terbang Ben Gurion, Tel Aviv yang dikatakan dari komuniti Bnei Menashe, sebuah komuniti dari timur laut India yang mendakwa mereka adalah keturunan salah satu “suku Yahudi yang hilang” sejak zaman Bible.
Pelik kan?
Orang India dari Manipur dan Mizoram tiba-tiba berpindah ke Israel kerana percaya nenek moyang mereka berasal daripada Bani Israel yang hilang lebih 2,700 tahun lalu. Tapi inilah yang sedang berlaku sekarang. Menurut laporan, sekitar 250 anggota komuniti Bnei Menashe mendarat di Tel Aviv baru-baru ini di bawah program kerajaan Israel untuk membawa masuk komuniti tersebut secara berperingkat. Mereka ini dikatakan kumpulan pertama yang tiba sejak kerajaan Israel membuat keputusan pada November lalu untuk membiayai perpindahan ribuan anggota Bnei Menashe dari India ke Israel.
Persoalannya, siapa sebenarnya Bnei Menashe ini? Betul ke mereka keturunan Yahudi purba? Atau ini cuma mitos dongeng sahaja?
Dalam tradisi Yahudi, ada kisah tentang “Ten Lost Tribes of Israel” atau sepuluh suku Israel yang hilang. Sekitar abad ke-8 sebelum Masihi, kerajaan Assyria menakluk Kerajaan Israel Utara. Ramai penduduknya dibuang negeri, dipindahkan dan lama-kelamaan hilang daripada catatan sejarah. Antara suku yang sering disebut dalam kisah ini ialah Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Ephraim dan Manasseh. Bnei Menashe pula bermaksud “anak-anak Menashe” atau “anak-anak Manasseh”. Komuniti ini percaya mereka berasal daripada suku Manasseh, salah satu suku yang dikatakan hilang selepas penaklukan Assyria sekitar 722 sebelum Masihi.
Menurut kisah lisan mereka, nenek moyang mereka dikatakan mengembara jauh dari tanah Israel ke arah timur. Dari kawasan Parsi, Afghanistan, Tibet dan China, sebelum akhirnya sampai ke kawasan yang hari ini dikenali sebagai Manipur dan Mizoram di timur laut India. Mereka mendakwa dalam perjalanan panjang itu, mereka masih mengekalkan beberapa amalan yang dianggap mirip tradisi Yahudi seperti berkhatan, amalan korban dan beberapa adat tertentu dalam kehidupan masyarakat
Cuma di sinilah ceritanya jadi menarik. Sebab selama berabad-abad, komuniti ini langsung tak dikenali sebagai Yahudi. Mereka adalah sebahagian daripada masyarakat Kuki, Mizo dan Chin yang tinggal di kawasan pergunungan timur laut India berhampiran sempadan Myanmar dan Bangladesh. Dari segi bahasa dan budaya, mereka lebih dekat dengan masyarakat Tibeto-Burman berbanding masyarakat Yahudi Timur Tengah. Pada abad ke-19 pula, ramai daripada mereka memeluk agama Kristian selepas kedatangan mubaligh Barat ke kawasan tersebut.
Titik penting dalam kebangkitan identiti ini berlaku pada abad ke-20. Pada tahun 1951, seorang bomoh Mizo bernama Challianthanga atau Mela Chala dikatakan mengalami mimpi bahawa masyarakat Mizo, Kuki dan Chin adalah keturunan suku Israel purba.
Dari situlah perlahan-lahan muncul gerakan yang melihat masyarakat sebagai waris kepada satu sejarah Yahudi yang hilang. Gerakan ini semakin berkembang pada sekitar 1970-an dan 1980-an apabila mereka pula menghubungi komuniti Yahudi di India dan Israel.
Hah, aku dah kata dah. Memang mimpi pelik-pelik lah ni.
Kemudian muncul nama Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail, tokoh Israel yang terlibat dalam usaha mencari komuniti-komuniti yang dianggap keturunan “lost tribes”. Beliau melihat kaitan antara nama Menashe dalam Bible dengan beberapa nama nenek moyang atau tokoh dalam tradisi lisan masyarakat Kuki dan Mizo seperti Manmasi atau Manasia. Dari situlah istilah Bnei Menashe menjadi semakin popular. Pada awalnya, Israel tidak terus menerima mereka sebagai Yahudi. Malah, proses membawa mereka ke Israel berlaku secara kecil-kecilan, kadang-kadang dengan visa pelancong, kemudian mereka belajar agama Yahudi Ortodoks dan melalui proses penukaran agama.
Pada tahun 2005, Ketua Rabbi Israel dilaporkan mengiktiraf Bnei Menashe sebagai “lost seed of Israel”, tetapi isu ini tetap tidak semudah yang disangka. Ramai anggota Bnei Menashe masih perlu melalui proses penukaran agama secara rasmi sebelum diterima sepenuhnya sebagai Yahudi menurut undang-undang agama. Sebab itu, dalam laporan terbaru pun disebut bahawa mereka yang baru tiba di Israel masih perlu menjalani proses tukar agama untuk menjadi warganegara Israel.
Kajian genetik yang pernah dibuat terhadap komuniti ini tidak memberikan bukti yang benar-benar muktamad. Ada kajian yang menunjukkan beberapa petunjuk tertentu, tetapi ada juga kajian lain yang menolak kesimpulan itu sebagai tidak cukup kuat. Indian Express melaporkan bahawa ujian genetik yang dikaitkan dengan isu ini pernah dianggap tidak konklusif dan saintis di Technion-Israel Institute of Technology juga menjalankan ujian yang hasilnya tetap tidak memberi jawapan mutlak.
Jadi, adakah mereka benar-benar keturunan Manasseh?
Entahlah, mereka percaya begitu, sebahagian institusi agama Israel menerima naratif itu dalam kerangka tertentu, tetapi dari sudut sejarah akademik dan bukti genetik, dakwaan itu masih diperdebatkan.
Namun, dikatakan Bnei Menashe ni sudah puluhan tahun mengamalkan cara kehidupan Yahudi moden. Mereka belajar Ibrani atau Hebrew, mengamalkan adat Yahudi, menghantar anak-anak mereka untuk belajar agama dan sebahagian daripada mereka sudah lama berhijrah ke Israel sejak 1990-an. Menurut organisasi Shavei Israel, kira-kira 4,000 anggota Bnei Menashe telah berhijrah ke Israel sejak dekad 1990-an, manakala ribuan lagi masih berada di India.
Kumpulan terbaru yang tiba di Israel ini pula merupakan sebahagian daripada operasi kerajaan Israel. Menteri Imigresen Israel, Ofir Sofer menyifatkan ketibaan mereka sebagai “detik bersejarah”. Perancangan Israel adalah membawa masuk lebih ramai anggota Bnei Menashe secara berperingkat dengan laporan menyebut sasaran sekitar 1,200 orang setahun. Times of India pula melaporkan bahawa Israel meluluskan rancangan menyerap hampir 6,000 anggota komuniti Bnei Menashe dari Mizoram dan Manipur secara berperingkat menjelang 2030.
Kenapa sekarang?
Salah satu sebabnya ialah keadaan di Manipur. Negeri itu sejak beberapa tahun kebelakangan ini bergolak akibat ketegangan antara komuniti Meitei yang majoritinya Hindu dan komuniti Kuki yang majoritinya Kristian. Konflik ini telah menyebabkan ratusan orang terbunuh dan ramai penduduk terpaksa berpindah keluar.
Tapi perpindahan ke Israel juga bukan bermaksud hidup terus jadi mudah. Ada juga laporan bahawa anggota Bnei Menashe yang sudah lama berada di Israel pernah berdepan isu diskriminasi kerana rupa fizikal dan latar etnik mereka berbeza daripada gambaran umum orang Yahudi Israel yang biasa dilihat.
Namun, bagi kerajaan Israel pula, kedatangan Bnei Menashe membawa makna politik dan demografi. Dalam negara yang menjadikan konsep “aliyah” iaitu kepulangan orang Yahudi ke tanah Israel sebagai salah satu teras pembinaan negara, komuniti seperti Bnei Menashe dilihat sebagai “saudara jauh” yang akhirnya pulang selepas beribu tahun terpisah.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Judaism, Zionism and Israelism



Zionism is not synonymous to Judaism. Not all Jews are necessarily Zionists. There are the assimilationists who see themselves as an integral part of the nations among whom they live. They also consider the countries in which they live as their homeland. In fact, many Jews are anti-Zionists. On the other hand, as a result of the complex relationship between the Zionist movement and the imperial and colonial powers especially Great Britain and the USA, many non-Jewish politicians and fundamentalist religious leaders in the West were very enthusiastic Zionists.

In the years before WWI, political Zionism was rejected by many Jews. While many religious Jews supported spiritual Zionism, which saw Palestine as the cultural center of Judaism, they remained convinced that political Zionism was heretical. It was opposed by practically every rabbi in Europe, many of whom denounced political Zionism as a vile heresy since religious Jews at that time believed that only the Messiah could resurrect the Kingdom of Israel. It was not until well into the twentieth century that a number of religious Jews was converted to political Zionism. Herzl, Max Nordau and many of the other early Zionist leaders were non-believers. Religious objections to political Zionism did not concern them. Assimilated Jews, on the other hand, were offended by the suggestion that their loyalty must by divided between a Jewish state and the land of their birth. But Zionism had surprising support among the non-Jewish population in most Western countries. 
(Michael Palumbo, "The Palestinian Catastrophe: The 1948 Expulsion of a People from their Homeland", pp. 5 - 8)

Orthodox rabbis had learned over the centuries to believe that the Jews should stay in the Diaspora until the Messiah led them back home and established a religious state in "Eretz Yisrael". To establish a secular state there seemed blasphemous. Some rabbis even refused to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem lest they condoned the Zionists. Thus Zadok of Lublin (1823 - 1900) wrote: "I fear lest my departure and ascent [aliyah] to Jerusalem might seem like a gesture of approval of Zionist activity. I hope unto the Lord, my soul hopes for his word, that the Day of the Redemption will come. I wait and remain watchful for the feet of his anointed. Yet though three hundred scourges of iron afflict me, I will not move from my place."

Religious Jews, who were living in Palestine before the advent of Zionism, had lived a devour life according to the Torah. They were horrified by the chalutzim (the pioneers), and claimed that when Herzl had entered the Holy Land "evil entered with him". For their part, the Zionists turned away from their Orthodox brethren in disgust. These religious people clinging to the Wailing Wall in their archaic clothes and long beards seemed to symbolize everything that was wrong with the Jews. They wanted to liberate their people from anachronistic religious traditions that shackled them to attitudes of hopeless dependence and they created a new "secular religion" of their own - a religion of labor. The new Labor Zionists replaced religious Judaism with a cult of work in "Eretz Yisrael", but expressed themselves in traditional Jewish terms. For them, "the redeemed Jew of chalutzism does not need God, he is the creator". (Karen Armstrong, "The Holy War: The Crusades and their Impact on Today's World", p. 62).

Equating Zionism with Judaism and Israelism is a myth purposefully created by the Zionists to confuse everyone and to use as an excuse to accuse anyone who criticizes Zionism or Israeli policies as an "anti-Semite". This myth is also abused by the Zionists to confuse Jews and lead them to believe that "non-Jewish people (the Goyim) were hopelessly anti-Semitic. Their anti-Semitism was based on the existence of Jews among them. The solution was 'separation' (apartheid)." Accordingly, Zionism claims that it is "hopeless to fight against racism and anti-Semitism. Anti-Jewish prejudices were so to speak imminent features of a non-Jewish mind". Such a perverted myth have led many Jews to the wrong conclusion that only a "Jewish State" would guarantee the personal safety of Jews and ensure their "emancipation". (The quotations are taken from a paper written by an anti-Zionist Jew, Elias Davidsson, in April 1998: A Progressive Vision for Palestine. Davidsson introduced the paper by a "personal background" giving his experience as an "Israeli" child who was "subjected to a systematic Zionist indoctrination").

Consequently, it is of utmost importance that no one, Jew or non-Jew should ever be caught by such illusions advocated for cheap political reasons. Ethnic hatred as we have witnessed in Kosovo and in Palestine, anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia and Western Europe, and all kinds of discrimination based on color, religion or ethnic origin, are all man-made and have nothing to do with God or religion, any religion. Such illusions obscure vision and keep us caught in a vicious circle of hatred, violent conflicts, and endless bloodshed. God is much, much greater, merciful, and loving creator who calls for peaceful co-existence and love among his creatures.

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Tuesday, 7 October 2025

YAHUDI KAIFENG, YAHUDI CINA SEBENARNYA WUJUD?

Kredit: The Patriots

Oleh: Azizul Farhan
Kaifeng, China. Wajah orangnya sama macam orang Han lain yang mana mata sepet, rambut hitam, gaya hidup moden.
Tapi di sebalik semua tu, tersimpan satu kisah pelik yang hampir dilupakan dunia iaitu kisah orang Yahudi yang pernah hidup, beranak-pinak dan berasimilasi di tengah-tengah tamadun China selama lebih seribu tahun.
Mereka ni dikenali sebagai Yahudi Kaifeng atau komuniti Yahudi yang hilang ditelan masa.
Ramai tak tahu, asal-usul Yahudi Kaifeng bermula sekitar abad ke-10 Masihi masa Dinasti Song Utara sedang memerintah.
Kaifeng ketika itu ialah ibu kota dan pusat dagangan penting di sepanjang Laluan Sutera. Ramai pedagang dari Parsi, India dan Asia Barat singgah berdagang di situ termasuk pedagang Yahudi yang akhirnya menetap.
Mereka berkahwin dengan penduduk tempatan dan mula membina kehidupan baru tanpa meninggalkan agama nenek moyang.
Pada tahun 1163, komuniti ni siap membina sinagog mereka sendiri, tempat beribadat yang berdiri megah selama beratus tahun.
Tapi hidup bukan sentiasa indah. Banjir besar tahun 1642 hampir musnahkan seluruh sinagog mereka.
Mereka masih bertahan, tapi lepas banjir kedua tahun 1852, segalanya mula hancur. Rabbi terakhir mereka meninggal dunia dan generasi baru langsung tak tahu baca kitab Taurat.
Bayangkan, satu komuniti yang berpegang teguh pada ajaran selama berabad-abad, tiba-tiba hilang arah sebab tiada lagi siapa nak ajar mereka bahasa Ibrani.
Lama-kelamaan, budaya dan agama mereka lenyap, digantikan oleh identiti Cina sepenuhnya.
Peliknya, ramai antara keturunan mereka masih mengamalkan pantang larang Yahudi tapi tak tahu sebabnya.
Mereka tak makan babi, mereka bersunat, mereka juga memakai topi biru seperti kopiah. Orang sekeliling pun ingat mereka Cina Muslim, sama macam suku Hui. Tapi sebenarnya, mereka ni bukan Islam.
Mereka cuma ikut tradisi lama yang diwarisi tanpa tahu maknanya. Sampai ke satu tahap, kalau kau tanya mereka dulu-dulu, “Kau ni orang Islam ke?”, mereka akan jawab, “Tak tahu. Kami cuma ikut cara nenek moyang kami.”
Rekod paling awal tentang kewujudan mereka datang dari seorang pendakwah Jesuit bernama Matteo Ricci pada tahun 1605.
Masa tu, Ricci bertemu seorang lelaki bernama Ai Tian, orang Kaifeng yang menyembah satu Tuhan tapi bukan Islam atau Kristian.
Ai Tian datang ke rumah dakwah Ricci di Beijing dan ternampak gambar Maryam dan Nabi Isa. Tapi dia sangka itu gambar keluarga Nabi Ishak dan Yaakob!
Dua-dua yakin mereka bercakap tentang Tuhan yang sama, tapi dengan kisah berbeza.
Ai Tian kemudian mendedahkan yang dia sebenarnya dari keluarga Yahudi Kaifeng yang ada kuil, rabbi dan skrol Taurat sendiri.
Perjumpaan tu buat Ricci terkejut. Dia mula menulis surat kepada rabbi Kaifeng untuk “memperkenalkan” agama Kristian dan mengumumkan bahawa “al-Masih sudah datang.”
Tapi rabbi tu balas dengan tenang, katanya al-Masih takkan muncul untuk 10,000 tahun lagi.
Ironinya, rabbi tu siap ajak Ricci masuk agama Yahudi sebab dia kekurangan murid untuk diganti. Tapi selepas rabbi itu meninggal dunia, memang betul apa yang Ricci ramalkan.
Komuniti itu akhirnya hilang arah dan berasimilasi sepenuhnya dengan masyarakat Cina.
Masuk abad ke-19, nama “Yahudi Kaifeng” tinggal dalam catatan sejarah saja. Sinagog mereka musnah, kitab mereka reput dan tradisi mereka pudar.
Ramai keturunan mereka masuk Islam, Kristian atau terus hidup sebagai orang Cina biasa tanpa tahu asal usul. Tapi abad ke-20 menyaksikan kebangkitan minat semula terhadap mereka.
Beberapa pengkaji dari Isewel, Amerika dan Eropah datang mencari jejak komuniti ni, cuba menjejaki keturunan mereka yang masih hidup.
Ada segelintir yang masih simpan cebisan kitab Taurat lama, malah ada yang cuba belajar semula bahasa Ibrani untuk hidupkan warisan lama keluarga mereka.
Namun sejak tahun 2015, kerajaan China mula mengetatkan kawalan terhadap aktiviti keagamaan termasuk komuniti Yahudi Kaifeng.
Mereka tak dibenarkan mengajar ajaran Yahudi secara terbuka, sinagog yang baru cuba dibina pun diarahkan tutup, dan pelancong dilarang bercerita tentang asal-usul Yahudi komuniti tu.
Bagi pemerintah China, identiti mereka dilihat sebagai hal sensitif yang boleh “mengganggu keharmonian kaum”. Jadi walaupun Isewel pernah cuba bantu mereka belajar semula agama, usaha tu banyak tersekat di tengah jalan.
Hari ni, mungkin masih ada keturunan mereka yang berjalan di Kaifeng, makan dengan sumpit, cakap Mandarin dan langsung tak tahu yang darah Yahudi masih mengalir dalam diri mereka.
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Sunday, 29 December 2024

THE COUNCIL OF NICEA: PAGAN EMPEROR CONSTANTINE USED CHRISTIANITY TO UNIFY CHURCH AND STATE

SOURCE: ANCIENT ORIGINS NET
9 NOVEMBER 2018

The Council of Nicaea (also known as the First Council of Nicaea) was the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. This council, which was convened in 325 AD, was assembled by the Roman Emperor Constantine. About 300 bishops from across the Roman Empire met in Nicaea to discuss theological issues, particularly the teachings of Arius, Arianism. One of the most important outcomes of the Council of Nicaea was the formulation of the Nicene Creed, which is still used as a profession of faith by many of the Christian denominations.

What was the Purpose of the Council of Nicaea?


In 324 AD, Constantine became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Although not a Christian himself at that time (he was only baptized on his deathbed in 337 AD), he allowed Christians (through the Edict of Milan in 313 AD) to practice their faith without being oppressed. As the ruler of the Roman Empire, Constantine hoped that Christianity could be used to unify his subjects. Divisions within the faith, however, meant that this would be difficult to achieve. In order to unify the Christian faith, the emperor convened the Council of Nicaea.

During the 4th century AD, there was a controversy within Christianity regarding the nature of the Godhead, specifically the nature of God the Son in relation to God the Father. One position maintained that though Jesus Christ was divine, he was not equal to God, as he was a created being. This belief is known as Arianism, names after Arius of Alexandria

The other position maintained that Jesus and God are equal, being consubstantial, i.e. of one substance, and coeternal. This position was known as Homoousian (meaning 'same in being’) Christology.

The Arian controversy had already been debated as early as 320/ 321 AD, when a council was called by St. Alexander, the Bishop of Alexandria. Over a hundred bishops from Egypt and Libya took part in this council, which resulted in Arius being anathematized. Nevertheless, Arius continued to preach and recruit followers. When he was expelled from Egypt, Arius went to Palestine, and thence to Nicomedia. The seriousness of the Arian controversy may be seen in the fact that the emperor himself tried to reconcile the two parties to each other. Constantine sent letters to both Arius and St. Alexander advising them to end the conflict. As neither party were prepared to back down, Constantine decided that the best way to resolve the conflict was to convene an ecclesiastical council.

What Happened at the Council of Nicaea?

In 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea was convened. The council was attended by about 300 bishops from across the Roman Empire, especially from the eastern provinces. Interestingly, the pope at that time, Pope Sylvester I, was not present at the council, though he had two representatives. Although Constantine was also present at the council, and presided over it as an honorary president, he left the direction of the theological debates to the ecclesiastical leaders.

One of the most important outcomes of the Council of Nicaea was the Nicene Creed, which defined orthodox, or “correct”, Christian belief. At the end of the council, Arianism was left with only three supporters, Arius himself, Theonas of Marmarica, and Secundus of Ptolemais. Arius’ teachings were declared as heretical, and his books burned. Arius himself was exiled by the emperor to Illyria.

Various other issues were also discussed by the participants of the Council of Nicaea, and 20 canons were issued, most of which being administrative in nature. For example, the primacy of Alexandria and Antioch over other sees in their area was confirmed by the council. Another canon provided instructions for the proper ordination of bishops, i.e. that they should be appointed by all the other bishops in the province if possible, failing which, three would be sufficient, provided that the absent bishops had taken part in the vote, and provided their written consent.

Why was Council of Nicaea Important?

The Council of Nicaea had a lasting impact on Christianity. The Nicene Creed is still used by most of the major Christian denominations, including the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant churches. Additionally, the involvement of Constantine in the Council of Nicaea indicated the solidarity between Church and State, and the patronage of ecclesiastical matters by secular rulers, a pattern which was to last for centuries to come.

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PERSIDANGAN NICEA

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Persidangan Nicaea (juga dikenali sebagai Persidangan Nicaea Pertama) diadakan pada tahun 325 Masehi atas perintah Maharaja Constantine dan disertai oleh kira-kira 300 orang paderi dari seluruh Empayar Rom yang membincangkan isu-isu teologi, khususnya tentang ajaran Arius.Salah satu kesan utama yang lahir daripada Persidangan Nicaea adalah pembentukan Fahaman Nicaea yang sehingga kini menjadi asas bagi kebanyakan aliran dalam agama Kristian.

LATAR PERISTIWA YANG MEMBAWA KEPADA PERSIDANGAN NICEA
Pada tahun 324 Masehi, Constantine menyandang kedudukan sebagai pemerintah tunggal Empayar Rom. Walaupun pada waktu itu beliau sendiri bukan penganut Kristian (hanya dibaptiskan semasa beliau nazak pada tahun 337M), beliau membenarkan penganut Kristian (menerusi Titah Milan 313M) mengamalkan ajaran agama mereka tanpa ditindas.
Beliau juga berharap agama Kristian dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai medium penyatuan rakyat jelatanya. Namun, perpecahan yang berlaku dalam agama tersebut memberi kesan kepada perpecahan dalam kalangan warga Rom. Demi menyatukan kembali ajaran Kristian, Constantine pun mengadakan Persidangan Nicaea.
Pada kurun ke-4 Masehi, berlaku satu kontroversi besar dalam lingkungan keagamaan Kristian berkenaan sifat tuhan, khususnya berkaitan Jesus dan tuhan bapa. Satu kumpulan berpendapat bahawa walaupun Jesus-Christ adalah utusan tuhan yang menjadikannya unggul berbanding manusia lain, beliau sama sekali tidak mempunyai sifat ketuhanan memandangkan beliau sendiri adalah makhluk.Kepercayaan sebegini dikenali sebagai Arianisme, bersempena nama penyebar fahaman tersebut iaitu Arius dari Iskandariah. Kumpulan lain pula bertegas mengatakan bahawa Jesus dan tuhan itu sama, yakni berkongsi kewujudan dan keabadian yang sama (mentuhankan Jesus). Fahaman sebegini dikenali sebagai Kristologi-Homoousian.
Permasalahan seputar ajaran Arius ini sudah pun diperdebatkan seawal 320-321 Masehi, di mana sebuah persidangan terpaksa diadakan oleh paderi Iskandariah, St. Alexander. Persidangan tersebut disertai oleh lebih seratus orang paderi dari Mesir dan Libya yang kemudiannya masing-masing sebulat suara mengisytiharkan Arius sebagai kufur.
Walau bagaimanapun, Arius tetap terus menyebarkan fahamannya dan meraih pengikut-pengikut baru. Selepas diusir dari bumi Mesir, Arius membawa diri ke Palestin dan seterusnya ke Nicomedia.
Permasalahan agama yang melibatkan Arianisme ini dianggap serius hingga memaksa Constantine campur tangan dalam usaha mendamaikan kedua-dua aliran itu, di mana beliau mengutus surat kepada Arius dan St. Alexander yang isi kandungannya menitahkan mereka agar menamatkan konflik berkenaan.Namun dek kerana masing-masing enggan mengalah, Constantine pun memutuskan untuk meleraikan konflik itu dengan mengadakan sebuah persidangan keagamaan.
KELANGSUNGAN PERSIDANGAN NICEA
Pada tahun 325 Masehi, Persidangan Nicaea pun diadakan. Persidangan ini dihadiri oleh kira-kira 300 orang paderi dari seluruh Empayar Rom, terutama dari wilayah-wilayah di sebelah timur.Apa yang menghairankan, paus yang berkuasa pada ketika itu, iaitu Paus Sylvester I tidak hadir dan hanya menghantar dua orang wakil. Constantine sendiri hadir dan duduk di kerusi pengerusi, namun halatuju perdebatan diserahkan kepada ketua-ketua agama yang terlibat.Salah satu susulan paling signifikan daripada Persidangan Nicaea adalah pembentukan Fahaman Nicaea yang secara efektif mendefinisikan Kristian ortodoks (berintisarikan tritunggal).
Semasa persidangan ini ditamatkan, Arianisme hanya mempunyai tiga orang penyokong sahaja, iaitu Arius, Theonas dari Marmarica, dan Secundus dari Ptolemais. Ajaran Arius diisytiharkan sebagai menyeleweng dan buku-bukunya habis dibakar. Arius sendiri dibuang negeri ke Illyria.Sehingga kini, Fahaman Nicaea masih diterapkan oleh kebanyakan aliran utama Kristian, seperti Katolik Rom, Ortodoks Timur, dan Protestan. Tambahan lagi, penglibatan Constantine dalam persidangan berkenaan sering dianggap oleh penganut Kristian sebagai simbol kesatuan Gereja dan Negara.
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Wu Mingren. (9 November 2018). The Council of Nicaea: Pagan Emperor Constantine Used Christianity to Unify Church and State. Ancient Origins.


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Monday, 23 December 2024

DO NOT SAY "MERRY CHRISTMAS"

BY: YUSUF ESTES : 25 DECEMBER 2020

DO NOT SAY "Merry Christmas" It was not Jesus' birth, it was his death - eating his body, drinking his blood! PAGAN Worship! (MUSHRIK)
- [Vatacan Quotes end of this page] From Catholic Website -

All misunderstood & misused by most people around the world. (proofs below)

AMAZING! WOW!
The "Roman UNIVERSAL Church" persecuted early Christians until 313 A.D, and in 380 A.D. put their beliefs on top of it all.
Let’s examine real meanings and essence of the words and go beyond invented rituals, decorations, gift-giving, and today’s perception of December the 25th, as much of it, is inspired by retail merchants and pagan witchcraft, all adding on to the invention of the “Roman UNIVERSAL Church” in the 4th century.
Many people consider the word “Christmas” to mean, “birthday of Jesus”.
Roman UNIVERSAL Church claims this event as their invention and entitled to give the definition as, “Death of Christ”.
World Book Encyclopedia agrees with this definition, along with the Catholic Encyclopedia.

So what’s the meaning of “Merry Christimas”?

“Merry” is easy to understand: “care-free”; “joyful”; “happy” and “jolly”. Giving us a feel of joy and laughter, even a bit silly.
Let’s start with the World Book Encyclopedia definition: "Christmas”: — The word Christmas comes from "Cristes Maesse", an early English phrase that means "Mass of Christ.
Please note, the word "Mass", as used by the Roman Universalists, is traditionally rejected by the Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists, Pentecostals, Presbyterians and other Protestants.
The Universal Church of Rome makes claim to “mass” as their own invention. Therefore, so is ”Christ-Mass."
Since almost all branches of Christianity, in one way or another celebrate and commemorate “Crist-mass”, it starts to become clear that all Protestants become Catholic (at least for a day) even though they “Protested” against it 500 years ago. (see: Martin Luther and Protestant Reformation)
Ultimately, according to this understanding, the word “mass” in religious terms, is “sacrificial death”.

You may be confused by the all this.

So let’s make it simple: Millions of people greet each other in late December with, “Merry Christmas!” — but they would be shocked to learn, it means: “Happy Death of Jesus the Christ”.

Muslims do not accept the death of Jesus Christ (Mes-iah Esa, alayhis salem). Rather the Quran of Allah tells us:
[157] And their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but something else was made apparent to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except following guesses. And surely, they did not kill him. — ReciteQuran.com/4:157
Page 537 — Church Encyclopedia says: In the Christian law, the supreme sacrifice is that of the “Mass”.
And continues: "The supreme act of worship consists essentially in an offering of a worthy victim to God, the offering made by a proper person, as a priest, the destruction of the victim."
Note the word: "victim" of Mass. The Latin word for victim is "Hostia" from which the word "host" is derived. The Mass, by definition of those who coined the word, is a sacrifice involving a victim. There is no other meaning for the word "Mass" or "Christ-Mass” as far as the Roman Universal Church is concerned.

So, to this Church, the Mass is the ceremonial slaying of Jesus Christ — over and over again, followed by — eating his flesh and drinking his blood.
Mass — is a death sacrifice, and the "Host" is the victim.
This is official Roman Universal Church doctrine, and "Christ-mas" is a word that they invented.
So the expression says, “Eat! Drink! And make Merry! . . “ A belief in slow, agonizing, torturous, pain and suffering death of Jesus Christ - for the sins of others?? REALLY??
Shayton really did his job to get millions of “Christians” to utter blaspheme and commit shirk. Na’uthu billah (we seek refuge in Almighty Allah from such things).
There is so much more to this PAGAN CELEBRATION - and other innovations of the Roman UNIVERSAL Church.

Just visit: SheikGoogle.com and type in “CATHOLIC”!

Oh yeah. Do you know what word the UNIVERSAL is from? — CATHOLIC.
[[ Quotes of Vatican - Roman Universal (Catholic) Church - website:
"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread:"234
If you are the body and members of Christ, then it is your sacrament that is placed on the table of the Lord; it is your sacrament that you receive. To that which you are you respond "Amen" ("yes, it is true!") and by responding to it you assent to it. For you hear the words, "the Body of Christ" and respond "Amen." Be then a member of the Body of Christ that your Amen may be true.235
1397 The Eucharist commits us to the poor. To receive in truth the Body and Blood of Christ given up for us, we must recognize Christ in the poorest, his brethren:
You have tasted the Blood of the Lord, yet you do not recognize your brother,. . . . You dishonor this table when you do not judge worthy of sharing your food someone judged worthy to take part in this meal. . . . God freed you from all your sins and invited you here, but you have not become more merciful. [236]
[[ End of Vatican quotes ]]

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