Do Catholics read Eusebius anymore?

 

Does God Hear the Prayers of Warmongers?

Marcus Peter, Catholic World Report

 

... The Lord of hosts is never a mascot for bloodlust. ...

 

Oh really? 

 

... Reviewing, I say, all these considerations, [Constantine] judged it to be folly indeed to join in the idle worship of those who were no gods, and, after such convincing evidence, to err from the truth; and therefore felt it incumbent on him to honor his father's God alone.

Accordingly he called on him with earnest prayer and supplications that he would reveal to him who he was, and stretch forth his right hand to help him in his present difficulties. And while he was thus praying with fervent entreaty, a most marvelous sign appeared to him from heaven, the account of which it might have been hard to believe had it been related by any other person. But since the victorious emperor himself long afterwards declared it to the writer of this history, when he was honored with his acquaintance and society, and confirmed his statement by an oath, who could hesitate to accredit the relation, especially since the testimony of after time has established its truth?

 

He said that about noon, when the day was already beginning to decline, he saw with his own eyes the trophy of a cross of light in the heavens, above the sun, and bearing the inscription, Conquer By This [τούτῳ νίκα]. At this sight he himself was struck with amazement, and his whole army also, which followed him on this expedition, and witnessed the miracle.

 

... then in his sleep the Christ of God appeared to him with the same sign which he had seen in the heavens, and commanded him to make a likeness of that sign which he had seen in the heavens, and to use it as a safeguard in all engagements with his enemies. ... 

And this representation I myself have had an opportunity of seeing.

Now it was made in the following manner. A long spear, overlaid with gold, formed the figure of the cross by means of a transverse bar laid over it. On the top of the whole was fixed a wreath of gold and precious stones; and within this, the symbol of the Saviour's name, two letters indicating the name of Christ by means of its initial characters, the letter P being intersected by X in its centre: and these letters the emperor was in the habit of wearing on his helmet at a later period. ...

The emperor constantly made use of this sign of salvation as a safeguard against every adverse and hostile power, and commanded that others similar to it should be carried at the head of all his armies. 

-- Eusebius, Life of Constantine, 1.27ff. 

The Devil, flanked by Famine and Death

 A Devilish Photo of Trump Sparks an Online Firestorm

Should he not know better by now?

 

I mean, the gaudy gold ornamentation above the "horns" in the current photo from the Cabinet Room is new. It is missing in the 2020 photo, so he's aware of this setting and what happened to him last time, isn't he lol?

 

The Devil has only himself to blame.

 

October 9, 2025

July 9, 2020

Pete Hegseth's pastor thinks Pete is just what we need to replace the current crop of degenerates running the US military

 

 Up until just a few years ago, Pete could hardly be described as the God fearing Christian man we most need now to run the US Department of Defense. His history since his first marriage in 2004 is a lurid tale of infidelities, inseminations, and inebriation up until at least 2017.

Not only is his Christianity of very recent vintage, so is his church, founded in 2021, which Hegseth eventually became associated with after he moved to Tennessee, evidently in May 2022.

Promising to quit drinking if confirmed to the position has to be the most absurd statement lately to come out of the mouth of a God fearing Christian man.

Degenerates may run the Defense Department, but the DOD is not the only thing which has degenerated in this country.

 

Why Pete Hegseth nomination is a milestone for the rightwing Christian movement he follows

... Throughout this nomination process and the ensuing controversy, Pilgrim Hill founding pastor Brooks Potteiger and pastoral intern Joshua Haymes, who jointly manage a small-scale media operation and podcast, have been among Hegseth’s most enthusiastic supporters.

“Replacing degenerates with God fearing Christian men,” Haymes said in a Nov. 13 social media post about Hegseth’s nomination. “Trump’s White House will be staffed by (at least some) faithful, God-fearing Christians who will be advising president Trump and wielding political power.” ...

Hegseth's involvement with this Reformed evangelical camp arose not from any personal relationship with Wilson, but the recent expansion of CREC churches. Wilson doesn’t personally know Hegseth but called the nomination “a wonderful pick,” Wilson said in a Nov. 25 blog post. “He is an advocate of classical Christian education, an opponent of women in combat roles, and to top it all off he is a member of one of our CREC churches.”

Hegseth’s church, Pilgrim Hill, is among 50 the denomination added between 2020-2024, a 41% growth in U.S. congregations now totaling 120, according to an analysis of the CREC’s church directory.

This 41% spike is credited by denomination leaders in a September 2023 report as the fruits of conservative disenfranchisement with mainstream evangelical groups, starting with COVID-19 and CREC pastors like Wilson resisting public health guidelines. Potteiger, who founded Pilgrim Hill in 2021, said on a Feb. 10 podcast interview another driver was the Black Lives Matter protests and evangelical leaders’ alleged acquiescence to the movement’s demands, which Potteiger characterized as “a huge satanic tactic to corrupt the gospel.”

Jimmy Carter's funeral not only defiled Christianity with John Lennon's "Imagine", but also Pete Hegseth's symbol of white nationalism with the coffin

 

All's fair in love and war again

 

 Against such lewdsters, and their lechery,

Those that betray them do no treachery.     

 

-- William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 3

Elon, Donald, and the Peter

 

FOR THE OPTIMISTIC LIZARD, A PROUD LIBERAL

 

 Elon, Donald, and the Peter

Each and every is a cheater.

One had five and one had seven

One has even had eleven

Children loved by God in heaven

Make the blood boil in the creeper.

 

-- Johnny

This is the absolute state of conservatism today under Donald Trump, who has nominated this man to run The Department of Defense