16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:16-17)
6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6)
The Catholic Church( widest road to destruction) in Uganda has started a campaign to make Late president Julius Nyerere a saint.
In Roman Catholic theology, the saints are in Heaven. In the Bible, the saints are on earth. In Roman Catholic teaching, a person does not become a saint unless he/she is “beatified” or “canonized” by the Pope or prominent bishop. In the Bible, everyone who has received Jesus Christ by faith is a saint. In Roman Catholic practice, the saints are revered, prayed to, and in some instances, worshipped. In the Bible, saints are called to revere, worship, and pray to God alone. (http://www.gotquestions.org/saints-Christian.html)
What are Christian saints according to the Bible?
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There is no doubt in mind that the late Julius Nyerere did many wonderful things however , the most important question to ask is ; Was he born again? No born again Christian can be born again and remain in this catholic satanic system. The bible categorically states that our works are filthy rags so, the works of Late Julius Nyerere were simply filthy rags . He died in a lie , he believed a lie, clear and simple. The canonization of Julius Nyerere is just another political trick by the catholic church to keep people deceived . It is amazing that even ‘born again’ Janet Museveni was in support of this. The bible says you will see them by their fruits.
Tanzanians wonder whether Nyerere saint or sinner
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0220681820070302
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2007/03/05/85645.html
The word of God Categorically calls all born again believers saints . Apostle Paul in most of his letters begins by saluting the saints(ie born again beleivers concecrated to God). Therefore all born again christians are called saints. You do not need the authority of man, the Pope and his bishops to be declared a saint.Amen. Flee the catholic satanic system now. It is a billion miles away from the word of God. it is an antichrist system that leads to hell.Check out theses scriptures(see how apostle Paul calls believers saints).
1Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: (1 Corinthians 1:1-2)
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.( Ephesians 1:1-2)
1Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1: 1-2)
1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 2To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Colossians 1:1-2)
Unmasking Catholicism
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Saint to be MOTHER TERESA'S LETTERS RECOUNT CRISIS OF FAITH
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Saint to be MOTHER TERESA: A SERVANT OF SATAN AND THE ANTICHRIST
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CATHOLICISM THE WIDER ROAD TO DESTRUCTION
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Taking Africa back to Satan: Pope Benedict XVI visits Cameroon
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Nyerere set on road to sainthood
Daily Monitor News | June 2, 2009
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Nyerere_set_on_road_to_sainthood_85833.shtml
Walter Wafula
Kampala
He fought for freedom, he struggled for unity and he helped Uganda achieve the peace that its people enjoy today.
In his honour, Julius Nyerere (RIP), the first President of Tanzania, will be christened a Saint by the Catholic Church in the near future.
Nyerere, a key founder of the Organisation of African Unity, will be honoured for the spiritual and political role he played in helping many African nations, including Uganda, to achieve unity, peace and political stability, according to Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, the Kampala Archbishop.
This was revealed at a special prayer ceremony held in honour of Nyerere who passed on in October 1999, at the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine in Kiira Town Council yesterday. The ceremony coincided with the arrival of hundreds of people from around the world who flock to the shrine every June 3, to celebrate the killing of 22 passionate and faithful Uganda Martyrs who sacrificed their lives for Christianity.
The ceremony was presided over by President Yoweri Museveni, his wife Janet, Mr Benjamin Mkapa, another ex-Tanzanian president, Ms Mariam Nyerere, the wife to Julius Nyerere and their family among other people.
Speaking to the congregation, President Museveni welcomed the move to canonise Nyerere who helped exiled Ugandans in 1978, to oust Uganda’s ex-president Idi Amin Dada.
President Museveni described the Saint-to- be, as a “freedom fighter” and a “unifier of people” drawing from his successful efforts in uniting a divided Tanganyika (now Tanzania), and bringing celebrated and long-lasting peace to Tanzania and Uganda.
“Tanzania like any other African country is diverse in terms of ethnic groups and religion. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was able to use Swahili to unite the people,” President Museveni said of the late Pan-African.
Bishop Lwanga said the process to honour Nyerere was on-going, and he will be canonised a saint in future. Nyerere has already been declared a servant of God by the Catholic Church, the first step in becoming a saint.
Mr Mkapa described the late as a leader who disliked to be worshiped.
“He knew he was human, and he lived like many others -being a good leader,” Mr Mkapa said.
Nyerere fit to be a saint — Museveni
Monday, 1st June, 2009
http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/683324
By Raymond Baguma
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has supported the ongoing campaign in the Catholic Church to have former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere recognised as a saint.
The campaign to bestow sainthood on Nyerere began on January 26, 2006 when the Vatican accepted a request from the Bishop of Musoma in northern Tanzania to canonise the late leader. The Vatican then granted him the title of ‘Servant of God.’
Museveni yesterday praised Nyerere for uniting the different religious groups in Tanzania and advancing Swahili as a common language to unite the ethnically diverse country. Today, Tanzania is the most peaceful country in Africa with no civil wars, Museveni observed.
He was speaking during special prayers, held at Catholic Martyrs’ shrine in Namugongo, for the beatification of the late Mwalimu.
Mass was celebrated by the Archbishop of Kampala, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, and Bishop Emeritus Edward Baharagate. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa was among the dignitaries present. The Nyerere family was led by the widow, Maria Gabriel Magige.
The family and many Tanzanians donned scarves with Kiswahili messages calling for Nyerere’s canonisation. They also wore uniform wrappers. The choir from Marian Faith Healing Centre in Dar-es-Salaam sang Kiswahili hymns.
After mass, Museveni narrated his first meeting with the former leader when he was still a student at Dar-es-Salaam University in 1968. “He was blessed with extraordinary wisdom and compassion for the oppressed. He loved freedom and unity for all people, and he was a fearless freedom fighter.”
He said during the 1970s, Nyerere supported freedom movements in Vietnam, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola, Namibia as well as Uganda. Museveni also pointed out that Nyerere’s role was instrumental in the restoration of peace in Burundi.
“He was like the Ugandan martyrs who stood for truth against sin; even at the expense of their lives. I join those who are praying for the canonisation of Mwalimu as a saint. He was not only a freedom fighter, he was also a man of God.”
Mkapa, who was Tanzania’s third President, praised the fact that Nyerere always remained humble. “I stayed with him from 1966 until his passing away. He was a leader of the independence struggle. He abhorred being worshiped. He knew he was human and lived like any other being.”
Prayers for Nyerere’s canonisation, organised by the widow, have been conducted at the Namugongo shrine since 2007.
Hundreds of Tanzanian, Kenyan and Rwandan pilgrims are currently in the country to commemorate Uganda Martyrs’ Day, celebrated annually on June 3.
Tanzanians wonder whether Nyerere saint or sinner
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0220681820070302
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2007/03/05/85645.html
By Katie Nguyen
In a world where politicians are usually cast as villains and sinners, Tanzania`s founding father Julius Nyerere may yet turn out to be a saint.
Eight years after he died at the age of 77, the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania is leading a call to beatify the statesman who in life earned worldwide respect for his pan-Africanist vision.
The act of being declared `blessed` by the Pope, for which one miracle has to be recognised by the Vatican, is the last step in the Church`s long path before sainthood.
If it happened, his elevation would be a rare honour for Africa, which some say badly needs heroes to counter-balance a series of corrupt leaders and greedy despots who have tarnished the continent's post-colonial history.
The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania, Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, said the campaign to have Nyerere beatified was a message to leaders who had fallen by the moral wayside.
`When you speak of politicians -- they are known as liars, they are known for not keeping their word.
When we say someone is involved in business -- it`s like closing the doors to heaven,` Pengo told Reuters.
`Our aim is mainly to encourage politicians, statesmen and businessmen to live a life that is capable of leading them to sainthood,` he said in an interview at Dar es Salaam's St Joseph`s Cathedral, overlooking the Indian Ocean waterfront.
Pengo said an appeal, known as a cause for beatification, was sent in 2005 to Rome.
The appeal begins the process to determine whether Nyerere was worthy of beatification.
It may take years if not decades for Rome to make a ruling.
`MWALIMU`
Most Tanzanians remember Nyerere -- a slight man with a penchant for Mao-style suits -- as an honest leader who led his people to independence in 1961. He then dismantled tribalism, by advancing Kiswahili as the national language and culture, to make Tanzania one of Africa`s most peaceful nations.
Nyerere ruled for 23 years before stepping down voluntarily in 1985 a rarity in African politics.
Even after death, Nyerere's picture is often found hanging alongside that of current President Jakaya Kikwete, while his name is uttered with hushed reverence by many Tanzanians who still call him their teacher -- `Mwalimu` in Kiswahili.
The son of a tribal chief, Nyerere was said to have remained true to his mission upbringing, becoming a devout Catholic who often fasted, attended Mass on an almost daily basis and translated parts of the Bible into his native Zanaki language.
He earned respect for his integrity and his lifestyle was modest to the point of austerity -- in stark contrast to the excesses of his contemporaries, including Uganda`s Idi Amin, Zaire`s Mobutu Sese Seko and Ethiopia's Mengistu Haile Mariam .
A university professor who knew Nyerere said he always carried a copy of the Bible and the 1967 Arusha Declaration, which was meant to turn Tanzania into a model of self-reliance.
But critics say Nyerere`s perceived saintliness was undone by his political legacy.
His experiment with socialism left Tanzania poorer and hungrier than when he came to power.
Some recall with bitterness the economic hardship brought about by Nyerere`s `Ujamaa` system of collective farming and sweeping nationalisations that laid claim to land, property, industries, businesses and even schools.
`My grandfather told me how much pain he still has from the suffering he underwent working in the nationalised plantations, and getting nothing in return,` said Alfayo, a trader who did not wish to give his last name.
`For that, I don`t think Nyerere deserves to be a saint.`
A civil servant who only gave his name as Musa questioned the motives behind the sainthood drive.
Ujamaa is not part of the Bible and he did not die for his beliefs.
This push to make Nyerere a saint is all political, he said.
DICTATOR?
World leaders applauded Nyerere for his pan-Africanist vision and his work on peace efforts in Rwanda and Burundi.
His funeral drew a host of former revolutionaries who had plotted their campaigns from Dar es Salaam during the heady scramble for independence of the 1960s and 1970s.
But Nyerere's heralded statesmanship belies simmering resentment at home over his refusal to allow multiparty politics, which critics say set the stage for four decades of ruling party government.
`He wanted to preserve power. Maybe he did not kill people as other dictators, but by suppressing dissent he was not different from any other dictator,` said Ismail Jussa, a senior official in the main opposition Civic United Front (CUF) party.
The view was echoed by Christopher Mtikila, a Pentecostal preacher who successfully won a court case allowing independent candidates to run in Tanzania`s next election due in 2010.
`He was the one to sing for all of us. If you thought any different you were thinking treason," he told Reuters.
If the Roman Catholic Church succeeds in beatifying Nyerere, it would eventually allow relics, prayers and images of him to be honoured in places of worship, with the Vatican's permission.
But for some churchgoers leaving an evening Mass at Dar es Salaam's sunbleached Gothic cathedral, that's a step too far.
`The church should seek another title for Nyerere. True, he was a devout Catholic, but the title he already has as 'Father of the Nation' is enough,` said Haule, a telecoms firm driver.
SOURCE: Guardian
