ASSASSINATED POPE JOHN PAUL I SUCCESSOR'S LIFE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MARVEL COMICS GROUP! - Associated With Masons/Freemason's -WIERD!
- an Overview -
for the records compiled by Amelia Gora (2018)
NOTE:
Pope John Paul I was assassinated in 1978 after he planned to boot the clergy, Priests and Nuns from the Catholic Church if they belonged to the Masons/Freemasons. He had also planned to go over the assets of the Vatican Bank. Read the book IN GOD'S NAME http://www.amazon.com/In-Gods-Name-Investigation-Murder/dp/0786719842
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http://boredomtherapy.com/scary-stuff-found-in-attics/2/?as=6d23842659115370051
Wonder why Pope John Paul II appeared in the above.....Comics............hmmm..............
Maybe the answers lies in the following article:
Maybe the answers lies in the following article:
"Friday, March 15, 2013
The Pope of Comics
Congratulations to my Catholic readers--if there are any who haven't been put off by my occasional references, when appropriate to the subject at hand, to my unashamed atheism and liberal politics. Most Catholics I know are staunch Republicans and refused to even vote for one of their own for President back in 2004 because he belonged to the wrong party. Not to mention that more than a few of them actually belief in God.
Sorry, got sidetracked again. Happens a lot. Maybe I should hire myself an editor. Anyway, as I was about to say, there's a new pope as of two days ago. This is the fourth time during my lifetime, including twice in 1978 alone, that the cardinals of the Catholic church have gathered to select a new leader for their little cult. (If I had any Catholic readers left, they're gone now) The first two times, I actually sort of cared. Though, in retrospect, I don't think I ever really believed, I was raised as a Catholic and attended mass regularly until the mid-1980's when I went off to college and got away from parental influence. Plus, I did think that it was kind of cool that the second pope chosen in '78 was one of my people--a Pole.
The history of the papacy during the past four decades has been one of precedents and historic firsts. The election of John Paul I to replace the late Paul VI (I remember reading a satirical headline in National Lampoon that declared, "John Paul Elected Pope; George, Ringo Miffed") was pretty much business as usual for the church, until JP I, in turn, died a mere 33 days later. Though the reign of Pope John Paul I was by no means the shortest in history, it is, according to Wikipedia, in the top ten. John Paul I's tenure of little more than a month was followed by the election of the first non-Italian pope in more than something like four hundred years.
I suppose you could call it ironic that one of the shortest papacies was followed by the second longest papal reign in Catholic history. John Paul II served for over twenty-six years.
After JP II's death in 2005, he was followed by Benedict XVI, a German with a somewhat questionable past. (He's in his 80's and from Germany...you do the math.) After an eight year reign marked by all sorts of controversies, Benedict broke centuries of precedent by becoming the first Pontiff to leave the office standing up for almost six hundred years.
The new pope, Francis I of Argentina, continues the tradition of breaking with tradition by being the first from the "New World" of the Americas, and the first from the Jesuit order.
What the bloody hell, you may be screaming at your computer screen by this point, does this poorly researched treatise on recent religious history have to do with comics, which is what this damned blog is supposed to be about? Well, John Paul II, during his quarter century plus reign, became one of the most popular popes in history. Not only was he beloved by Catholics, but he made quite an impression on non-Catholics as well. He also ended up making a few appearances in comic books over the years, including two that recounted the story of his life.
The first of those was published in 1982 by Marvel as part of the short-lived line of hagiographic comics produced in co-operation with the Catholic church that also included the Mother Theresa comic I wrote about last year. (...and, relevant to the new pope, I believe there was also a book about St. Francis of Assissi, after whom the new pontiff renamed himself) I have not actually read this comic, but the cover blurb promises "The Entire Story! From his childhood in Poland to the assassination attempt!" The Life of Pope John Paul II was written by Steven Grant. Grant's other credits from the decade include the 1986 Punisher mini-series, among other, more typical mainstream comics fare. (The Pope and the Punisher...Now there's a team-up I would've loved to see. I mean, if Frank Castle can meet Archie Andrews, then why not?
The second sequential retelling of John Paul II's life, The Life of Pope John Paul II...in Comics!, was published in 2006. As it came out after John Paul II's death, I imagine the latter volume offers a more complete picture of the pontiff's life.
In addition to those two biographies, the Comic Book Data Base lists a handful of other appearances by John Paul II in some perhaps surprising titles. These include Vertigo's Kid Eternity, DC's Wonder Woman, and Marvel's Thor. I don't know the nature of his appearance in Thor, but its interesting to imagine one of the foremost representative of Christianity meeting one of those "other gods" inveighed against in the First Commandment.
On a completely different note, and totally unrelated to anything I've written here so far, there's one thing I've been wondering as I mentally composed this post. Why do popes take a new name when they get elected? Why couldn't I, if I became pope, just be Pope Raymond I? "''
Reference: http://guttertalkcomicsblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-pope-of-comics.html
The following are entries about Pope John Paul I and II:
263 | 26 Aug 1978 – 28 Sept 1978 (33 days) (33) | .jpg) | Ven. John Paul I Papa IOANNES PAULUS Primus | Albino Luciani | 17 Oct 1912 Forno di Canale, Belluno, Italy | 65 / 65 | Motto: Humilitas ("Humility") Italian. Abolished the coronation opting for the Papal Inauguration. First pope to use 'the First' in papal name; first with two names for two immediate predecessors. Last pope to use the Sedia Gestatoria. |
264 | 16 Oct 1978 – 2 April 2005 (26 years, 168 days) (9665) |  | St John Paul II (John Paul the Great)[30] Papa IOANNES PAULUS Secundus | Karol Józef Wojtyla | 20 May 1920 Wadowice, Poland | 58 / 84 | Motto: Totus Tuus ("Totally yours") First Polish pope and first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI (1522–1523). Traveled extensively, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. Third longest reign after Pius IX and Saint Peter. Founded World Youth Day (1984) and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (1994). Canonized more saints than all his predecessors. Youngest individual to start his papacy since Pius IX (1846). |
Assassinated Pope John Paul I Coffin had Freemason Symbols:
"Previous Pope's Coffin Had Skull And
Bones Insignia
The Orange County Register reports that
John Paul II's predecessor, John Paul I's coffin included Skull and Bones
symbolism.
"The lead and oak caskets were embossed
with inscriptions giving the
dates of John Paul's life and reign, as well as a cross with a skull
and crossbones at its foot, and John Paul's personal coat of arms, a
shield with mountains and the winged lion of Venice's St. Mark's
Cathedral. The word "humilitas" also was inscribed on the two outer
coffins."
dates of John Paul's life and reign, as well as a cross with a skull
and crossbones at its foot, and John Paul's personal coat of arms, a
shield with mountains and the winged lion of Venice's St. Mark's
Cathedral. The word "humilitas" also was inscribed on the two outer
coffins."
The late Pope John Paul II's coffin is
plain with just his name and dates of brith and death on the front.
However, it is yet to be seen if any insignia
is on the other caskets which the original coffin is placed in after public
viewing."
Reference: https://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2005/090405popescoffin.htm
YouTube has this video about Pope John Paul II:
Background:
In 1886, this is what Attorney, Orator Robert Ingersoll wrote:
"INGERSOLL ON McGLYNN.
The attitude of the Roman Catholic Church in Dr. McGlynn's case is
consistent with the history and constitution of the Catholic Church
—perfectly consistent with its ends, its objects, and its means—
and just as perfectly inconsistent with intellectual liberty and the real
civilization of the human race.
When a man becomes a Catholic priest, he has been convinced that he ought
not to think for himself upon religious questions. He has become convinced
that the church is the only teacher—that he has a right to think
only to enforce its teachings. From that moment he is a moral machine. The
chief engineer resides at Rome, and he gives his orders through certain
assistant engineers until the one is reached who turns the crank, and the
machine has nothing to do one way or the other. This machine is paid for
giving up his liberty by having machines under him who have also given up
theirs. While somebody else turns his crank, he has the pleasure of
turning a crank belonging to somebody below him.
Of course, the Catholic Church is supposed to be the only perfect
institution on earth. All others are not only imperfect, but unnecessary.
All others have been made either by man, or by the Devil, or by a
partnership, and consequently cannot be depended upon for the civilization
of man.
The Catholic Church gets its power directly from God, and is the only
institution now in the world founded by God. There was never any other, so
far as I know, except polygamy and slavery and a crude kind of monarchy,
and they have been, for the most part, abolished.
The Catholic Church must be true to itself. It must claim everything, and
get what it can. It alone is infallible. It alone has all the wisdom of
this world. It alone has the right to exist. All other interests are
secondary. To be a Catholic is of the first importance. Human liberty is
nothing. Wealth, position, food, clothing, reputation, happiness—all
these are less than worthless compared with what the Catholic Church
promises to the man who will throw all these away.
A priest must preach what his bishop tells him. A bishop must preach what
his archbishop tells him. The pope must preach what he says God tells him.
Dr. McGlynn cannot make a compromise with the Catholic Church. It never
compromises when it is in the majority.
I do not mean by this that the Catholic Church is worse than any other.
All are alike in this regard. Every sect, no matter how insignificant;
every church, no matter how powerful, asks precisely the same thing from
every member—that is to say, a surrender of intellectual freedom.
The Catholic Church wants the same as the Baptist, the Presbyterian, and
the Methodist—it wants the whole earth. It is ambitious to be the
one supreme power. It hopes to see the world upon its knees, with all its
tongues thrust out for wafers. It has the arrogance of humility and the
ferocity of universal forgiveness. In this respect it resembles every
other sect. Every religion is a system of slavery.
Of course, the religionists say that they do not believe in persecution;
that they do not believe in burning and hanging and whipping or loading
with chains a man simply because he is an Infidel. They are willing to
leave all this with God, knowing that a being of infinite goodness will
inflict all these horrors and tortures upon an honest man who differs with
the church.
In case Dr. McGlynn is deprived of his priestly functions, it is hard to
say what effect it will have upon his church and the labor party in the
country.
So long as a man believes that a church has eternal joy in store for him,
so long as he believes that a church holds within its hand the keys of
heaven and hell, it will be hard to make him trade off the hope of
everlasting happiness for a few good clothes and a little good food and
higher wages here. He finally thinks that, after all, he had better work
for less and go a little hungry, and be an angel forever.
I hope, however, that a good many people who have been supporting the
Catholic Church by giving tithes of the wages of weariness will see, and
clearly see, that Catholicism is not their friend; that the church cannot
and will not support them; that, on the contrary, they must support the
church. I hope they will see that all the prayers have to be paid for,
although not one has ever been answered. I hope they will perceive that
the church is on the side of wealth and power, that the mitre is the
friend of the crown, that the altar is the sworn brother of the throne. I
hope they will finally know that the church cares infinitely more for the
money of the millionaire than for the souls of the poor.
Of course, there are thousands of individual exceptions. I am speaking of
the church as an institution, as a corporation—and when I say the
church, I include all churches. It is said of corporations in general,
that they have no soul, and it may truthfully be said of the church that
it has less than any other. It lives on alms. It gives nothing for what it
gets. It has no sympathy. Beggars never weep over the misfortunes of other
beggars.
Nothing could give me more pleasure than to see the Catholic Church on the
side of human freedom; nothing more pleasure than to see the Catholics of
the world—those who work and weep and toil— sensible enough to
know that all the money paid for superstition is worse than lost. I wish
they could see that the counting of beads, and the saying of prayers and
celebrating of masses, and all the kneelings and censer-swingings and
fastings and bell-ringing, amount to less than nothing—that all
these things tend only to the degradation of mankind. It is hard, I know,
to find an antidote for a poison that was mingled with a mother's milk.
The laboring masses, so far as the Catholics are concerned, are filled
with awe and wonder and fear about the church. This fear began to grow
while they were being rocked in their cradles, and they still imagine that
the church has some mysterious power; that it is in direct communication
with some infinite personality that could, if it desired, strike then
dead, or damn their souls forever. Persons who have no such belief, who
care nothing for popes or priests or churches or heavens or hells or
devils or gods, have very little idea of the power of fear.
The old dogmas filled the brain with strange monsters. The soul of the
orthodox Christian gropes and wanders and crawls in a kind of dungeon,
where the strained eyes see fearful shapes, and the frightened flesh
shrinks from the touch of serpents.
The good part of Christianity—that is to say, kindness, morality
—will never go down. The cruel part ought to go down. And by the
cruel part I mean the doctrine of eternal punishment—of allowing the
good to suffer for the bad—allowing innocence to pay the debt of
guilt. So the foolish part of Christianity—that is to say, the
miraculous—will go down. The absurd part must perish. But there will
be no war about it as there was in France. Nobody believes enough in the
foolish part of Christianity now to fight for it. Nobody believes with
intensity enough in miracles to shoulder a musket. There is probably not a
Christian in New York willing to fight for any story, no matter if the
story is so old that it is covered with moss. No mentally brave and
intelligent man believes in miracles, and no intelligent man cares whether
there was a miracle or not, for the reason that every intelligent man
knows that the miraculous has no possible connection with the moral. "Thou
shalt not steal," is just as good a commandment if it should turn out that
the flood was a drouth. "Thou shalt not murder," is a good and just and
righteous law, and whether any particular miracle was ever performed or
not has nothing to do with the case. There is no possible relation between
these things.
I am on the side not only of the physically oppressed, but of the mentally
oppressed. I hate those who put lashes on the body, and I despise those
who put the soul in chains. In other words, I am in favor of liberty. I do
not wish that any man should be the slave of his fellow-men, or that the
human race should be the slaves of any god, real or imaginary. Man has the
right to think for himself, to work for himself, to take care of himself,
to get bread for himself, to get a home for himself. He has a right to his
own opinion about God, and heaven and hell; the right to learn any art or
mystery or trade; the right to work for whom he will, for what he will,
and when he will.
The world belongs to the human race. There is to be no war in this country
on religious opinions, except a war of words—a conflict of thoughts,
of facts; and in that conflict the hosts of superstition will go down.
They may not be defeated to-day, or to-morrow, or next year, or during
this century, but they are growing weaker day by day.
This priest, McGlynn, has the courage to stand up against the propaganda.
What would have been his fate a few years ago? What would have happened to
him in Spain, in Portugal, in Italy—in any other country that was
Catholic—only a few years ago? Yet he stands here in New York, he
refuses to obey God's vicegerent; he freely gives his mind to an
archbishop; he holds the holy Inquisition in contempt. He has done a great
thing. He is undoubtedly an honest man. He never should have been a
Catholic. He has no business in that church. He has ideas of his own—theories,
and seems to be governed by principles. The Catholic Church is not his
place. If he remains, he must submit, he must kneel in the humility of
abjectness; he must receive on the back of his independence the lashes of
the church. If he remains, he must ask the forgiveness of slaves for
having been a man. If he refuses to submit, the church will not have him.
He will be driven to take his choice— to remain a member,
humiliated, shunned, or go out into the great, free world a citizen of the
Republic, with the rights, responsibilities, and duties of an American
citizen.
I believe that Dr. McGlynn is an honest man, and that he really believes
in the land theories of Mr. George. I have no confidence in his theories,
but I have confidence that he is actuated by the best and noblest motives.
Question. Are you to go on the lecture platform again?
Answer. I expect to after a while. I am now waiting for the church
to catch up. I got so far ahead that I began almost to sympathize with the
clergy. They looked so helpless and talked in such a weak, wandering, and
wobbling kind of way that I felt as though I had been cruel. From the
papers I see that they are busy trying to find out who the wife of Cain
was. I see that the Rev. Dr. Robinson, of New York, is now wrestling with
that problem. He begins to be in doubt whether Adam was the first man,
whether Eve was the first woman; suspects that there were other races, and
that Cain did not marry his sister, but somebody else's sister, and that
the somebody else was not Cain's brother. One can hardly over- estimate
the importance of these questions, they have such a direct bearing on the
progress of the world. If it should turn out that Adam was the first man,
or that he was not the first man, something might happen—I am not
prepared to say what, but it might.
It is a curious kind of a spectacle to see a few hundred people paying a
few thousand dollars a year for the purpose of hearing these great
problems discussed: "Was Adam the first man?" "Who was Cain's wife?" "Has
anyone seen a map of the land of Nod?" "Where are the four rivers that ran
murmuring through the groves of Paradise?" "Who was the snake? How did he
walk? What language did he speak?" This turns a church into a kind of
nursery, makes a cradle of each pew, and gives to each member a rattle
with which he can amuse what he calls his mind.
The great theologians of Andover—the gentlemen who wear the brass
collars furnished by the dead founder—have been disputing among
themselves as to what is to become of the heathen who fortunately died
before meeting any missionary from that institution. One can almost afford
to be damned hereafter for the sake of avoiding the dogmas of Andover
here. Nothing more absurd and childish has ever happened—not in the
intellectual, but in the theological world.
There is no need of the Freethinkers saying anything at present. The work
is being done by the church members themselves. They are beginning to ask
questions of the clergy. They are getting tired of the old ideas—tired
of the consolations of eternal pain—tired of hearing about hell—tired
of hearing the Bible quoted or talked about—tired of the scheme of
redemption—tired of the Trinity, of the plenary inspiration of the
barbarous records of a barbarous people—tired of the patriarchs and
prophets—tired of Daniel and the goats with three horns, and the
image with the clay feet, and the little stone that rolled down the hill—tired
of the mud man and the rib woman—tired of the flood of Noah, of the
astronomy of Joshua, the geology of Moses—tired of Kings and
Chronicles and Lamentations—tired of the lachrymose Jeremiah—tired
of the monstrous, the malicious, and the miraculous. In short, they are
beginning to think. They have bowed their necks to the yoke of ignorance
and fear and impudence and superstition, until they are weary. They long
to be free. They are tired of the services— tired of the meaningless
prayers—tired of hearing each other say, "Hear us, good Lord"—tired
of the texts, tired of the sermons, tired of the lies about spontaneous
combustion as a punishment for blasphemy, tired of the bells, and they
long to hear the doxology of superstition. They long to have Common Sense
lift its hands in benediction and dismiss the congregation.
—Brooklyn Citizen, April, 1886. "
References: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38808/38808-h/38808-h.htm
Research incomplete.
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