The Fable of the Floating Roman Fresco
American Catholic television's number one wife and husband team, Penny and Bob Lord, continue to feed Catholics unhealthy food from the Roman pantry. One of their latest rehashed fables is in their Christmas 2002 publication, the 'Good Newsletter,' as part of an article titled, "Miraculous Cross of Genzanno."
In 1467, two soldiers in Albania were praying before the fresco (image) of "Our Lady of Scutari," when suddenly the fresco detached itself from the wall and floated on a cloud, surrounded by angels. It then slowly floated the 19 miles to the coast of the Adriatic Sea, with the two soldiers following it on foot.
The soldiers then walked ON and across the Adriatic Sea, continuing to follow the floating fresco. How did they do this? The article says, "As each foot would touch the water, it stepped onto what became a small solid diamond, like slate, which held up their weight. Then as the foot would raise up, the little diamond would disappear and another would form as the next foot touched the water. This continued all the way from Albania to Italy, a distance of just over 190 miles."
The journey went on to the outskirts of Rome, where in an instant the fresco vanished! As the article says at this point, "But she (Mary) was full of surprises." Wow!! How about that Roman "Mary?" (In actuality not the real Mary of the bible, but a demonic being playing upon the Catholic love of idolatry). She's always keeping Catholics on the edge of their seats!
Fast-forward to the town of Genzanno, Italy, 31 miles from Rome. At 4 PM on April 25, 1467, all of a sudden the townspeople heard angelic choirs, and then they saw the fresco floating down to within six inches of the wall of the local Roman church. To this day, the fresco supposedly still floats six inches off the wall, BUT, to quote the article, "A large frame has been placed around it so that no one can see the space between the fresco and the wall." Hmmmm......that sounds very 'Catholicly' convenient!
However, the article inadvertently gives away the REAL reason for this miracle: "As soon as this miracle had taken place, MONEY began to POUR IN for the construction of the little church." It looks like "miracles" were very, very good for the Genzanno economy!
May Christ give bible-believing Protestants the eye-salve to see the utterly false nature of Romanism and the fairy tales it tells. May Christ also protect us from the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1467, two soldiers in Albania were praying before the fresco (image) of "Our Lady of Scutari," when suddenly the fresco detached itself from the wall and floated on a cloud, surrounded by angels. It then slowly floated the 19 miles to the coast of the Adriatic Sea, with the two soldiers following it on foot.
The soldiers then walked ON and across the Adriatic Sea, continuing to follow the floating fresco. How did they do this? The article says, "As each foot would touch the water, it stepped onto what became a small solid diamond, like slate, which held up their weight. Then as the foot would raise up, the little diamond would disappear and another would form as the next foot touched the water. This continued all the way from Albania to Italy, a distance of just over 190 miles."
The journey went on to the outskirts of Rome, where in an instant the fresco vanished! As the article says at this point, "But she (Mary) was full of surprises." Wow!! How about that Roman "Mary?" (In actuality not the real Mary of the bible, but a demonic being playing upon the Catholic love of idolatry). She's always keeping Catholics on the edge of their seats!
Fast-forward to the town of Genzanno, Italy, 31 miles from Rome. At 4 PM on April 25, 1467, all of a sudden the townspeople heard angelic choirs, and then they saw the fresco floating down to within six inches of the wall of the local Roman church. To this day, the fresco supposedly still floats six inches off the wall, BUT, to quote the article, "A large frame has been placed around it so that no one can see the space between the fresco and the wall." Hmmmm......that sounds very 'Catholicly' convenient!
However, the article inadvertently gives away the REAL reason for this miracle: "As soon as this miracle had taken place, MONEY began to POUR IN for the construction of the little church." It looks like "miracles" were very, very good for the Genzanno economy!
May Christ give bible-believing Protestants the eye-salve to see the utterly false nature of Romanism and the fairy tales it tells. May Christ also protect us from the Roman Catholic Church.
posted by Robt. B. at 8:24 AM
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