Wherefore come out from among them,
and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you.
2 Corinthians 6:17
“The alliances made by the Israelites [Adventists] with their heathen
neighbors [Catholics and witch doctors, spirit mediums] resulted in the
loss of their identity as God’s peculiar people.
They became leavened by
the evil practices of those with whom they formed forbidden alliances.
Affiliation with worldlings caused them to lose their first love,
and
their zeal for God’s service.
The advantages they sold themselves to
gain, brought only disappointment, and caused the loss of many souls”
Review and Herald, August 4, 1904.
Later that day,
President Gabriel Boric attended an interfaith prayer and worship
service with Adventists, Roman Catholics, Evangelicals, and indigenous
spirit mediums.
President Gabriel Boric expresses his plans to collaborate and dialogue
with witch doctors, spirit mediums, and those involved in ancestral
worship as part of the new “intercultural work” and “relationship
between the government and the original (indigenous) peoples.”
Later that day President Gabriel Boric and members of his cabinet
attended an interfaith prayer and worship service in Santiago’s Roman
Catholic cathedral.
The same
spirit and message that were present when President Gabriel Boric
participated in the indigenous pagan worship ceremony were carried over
to the Christian churches’ ecumenical service.
The President of the Chilean Episcopal Conference, Rome’s highest
governing authority in Chile, Cardinal Celestino Aós, Archbishop of
Santiago, presided over the ceremony. Once again, Rome was in control.
In his speech, Cardinal Celestino Aós spoke of the need to “seek a
Chile where we all live together, respecting each other, listening to
each other, dialoguing, collaborating” and “fostering a mystique of brotherhood” while building “a more efficient social organization.”
The Prayer to Saint Francis of Assis was sung at the end of the ecumenical service."
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