This story is hardly earth-shattering or surprising but it's
still worthy of consideration.
One, it adds to the growing file of controversy and
corruption that surrounds the mysterious semi-cultic organisation of Opus Dei.
Unfortunately there's a lot of false information out there, due in part to Dan
Brown's specious novel The DaVinci Code.
And yet the group can certainly be described as secretive and
even sinister and (point number two) it continues to exert influence on the US
political system as there are numerous people in power who are either directly
affiliated with the organisation or operate on its fringes. Given that its
membership is largely concealed the numerous politicians and judges that are
rumoured to be members, cannot be confirmed. And that's just how Opus Dei wants
it.
There are also several nebulous connections between the group
and the Evangelical activist wing of the Christian Right. Once again, you're
not going to find a paper trail. Sometimes there's a money trail but even
veteran investigators have run into brick walls. Apart from leaks and hacks,
some of these labyrinthine relationships are difficult to expose.
But they do exist. People talk about these things but such
conversations are whispered and few are willing to go on the record.
During my several stays in Rome during the 1990's I recall
the name of Opus Dei inspired angst, even fear at times. It became something of
a fascination for me and the more I learn of it, the more convinced I am of its
evil... not the Dan Brown depiction but a genuine social, political and
religious evil.
The settlement mentioned in the article is fairly staggering
and while settlements are sometimes sought and reached by innocent parties due
to potentially overwhelming legal costs required to mount a defense, this
arrangement smacks of genuine culpability. Roman Catholicism's errors are too
many to be easily counted but in terms of the corruption and perversity within
its ranks... so far we've only seen the tip of the iceberg.
It is a veritable Sodom and while earlier generations of
Protestants found it to be the fount of all evil in the world, today's
Evangelicals and Protestants have swung dangerously the other direction. Rome's
power is ignored and downplayed. Many look to it with a degree of respect and
even reverence. And increasingly so-called 'Conservative Evangelicals' are
finding comfort in the shadow of its wings. They may not actually 'swim across
the Tiber' and become card-carrying members of the Roman Catholic religion and
yet in many cases they don't have to. They're doing its work and pushing
Evangelicals into embracing the same perverted Constantinian 'Kingdom' view
that Rome has advocated since the Dark Ages.
This understanding of the Kingdom is not only heretical it
will lead the world to unleash unprecedented persecution on the Harlot 'Church'
of Constantinianism (both Catholic and Protestant)... an outpouring of wrath
which the remnant Biblically-minded Church will not escape. Both the Beast and
the Harlot are threats to the tiny flock that is the remnant Church. This is
with us at all times but when they unite, then beware, our adversary wields a
mighty hand.
Opus Dei is a long way from achieving such a goal but make no
mistake... a return to medieval Constantinianism is its aim and thus
unwittingly (to be sure) it represents yet another manifestation of the very
Harlot-Beast imagery found in the Apocalypse. The fact that it, along with the
greater bureaucracy and hierarchy of Romanism is in fact a den of sin and
deceit, is no surprise. It's to be expected. Protestants (for what it's worth)
once understood this but alas, history's lessons are drowned in the cesspool of
modern Sacralist propaganda.
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