The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. ( And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.Revelation:16:13 ) Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium. GC 588.3
Mar 18, 2023, 1:02 PM
- The ruins of an 11th-century church remerged in Catalonia during Spain’s months-long drought.
- The Romanesque church, consecrated in 1062, was flooded in the 1960s when a dam was built nearby.
- The Sau reservoir is currently only 10% full, and access to the area has been restricted.
The remains of an ancient church have completely resurfaced in Spain despite once being underwater, as the country faces continued extreme droughts.
Water levels in the Catalonia region of the country are so low that the 11th-century Church of Sant Romà in the village of San Roman de Sau, 62 miles north of Barcelona, has reemerged from the shrinking reservoir. Navigation apps inadvertently say people are submerged in water when they are now standing on dry land, according to reporting by Reuters.
As visitors enjoy the unique pleasure of visiting the church for the first time in 50 years, fishermen are busily scooping up tons of fish in the depleted reservoir that would struggle to survive and contaminate what’s left of the drinking water, Reuters said.
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Romanism is now regarded by Protestants with far greater favor than in former years. In those countries where Catholicism is not in the ascendancy, and the papists are taking a conciliatory course in order to gain influence, there is an increasing indifference concerning the doctrines that separate the reformed churches from the papal hierarchy; the opinion is gaining ground that, after all, we do not differ so widely upon vital points as has been supposed, and that a little concession on our part will bring us into a better understanding with Rome. The time was when Protestants placed a high value upon the liberty of conscience which had been so dearly purchased. They taught their children to abhor popery and held that to seek harmony with Rome would be disloyalty to God. But how widely different are the sentiments now expressed!
The defenders of the papacy declare that the church has been maligned, and the Protestant world are inclined to accept the statement. Many urge that it is unjust to judge the church of today by the abominations and absurdities that marked her reign during the centuries of ignorance and darkness. They excuse her horrible cruelty as the result of the barbarism of the times and plead that the influence of modern civilization has changed her sentiments.
Have these persons forgotten the claim of infallibility put forth for eight hundred years by this haughty power? So far from being relinquished, this claim was affirmed in the nineteenth century with greater positiveness than ever before. As Rome asserts that the “church never erred; nor will it, according to the Scriptures, ever err ” (John L. von Mosheim, Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, book 3, century II, part 2, chapter 2, section 9, note 17), how can she renounce the principles which governed her course in past ages?
The papal church will never relinquish her claim to infallibility. All that she has done in her persecution of those who reject her dogmas she holds to be right; and would she not repeat the same acts, should the opportunity be presented? Let the restraints now imposed by secular governments be removed and Rome be reinstated in her former power, and there would speedily be a revival of her tyranny and persecution. GC 563.1 – GC 564.2
The Mediterranean country has entered a long-term drought — and high temperatures and low rainfall increasingly lead to the risk of heatwaves and fires, authorities said.
The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. ( And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.Revelation:16:13 ) Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium. GC 588.3
“The first available predictions for the summer of 2023 point to a likely situation of temperatures once again above normal,” a spokesperson for the country’s weather agency Aemet said on Friday, according to the Associated Press.
The country entered a period of drought at the end of 2022. It has continued into the first three months of this year. Catalonia officials recently asked citizens to decrease their water use.
CBC recently spoke to local residents who said they had never seen the church in its entirety, as it was usually filled with water.
The Romanesque church, consecrated in 1062, was flooded in the 1960s when a dam was built nearby, according to The Guardian, leaving only the tip of the distinctive tower visible.
The weather has been particularly dry along Spain’s northeastern Mediterranean coast — including in Catalonia — because the area is a “no man’s land” not “affected by the storms coming from the Atlantic and the Mediterranean,” Aemet spokesperson Ruben del Campo told Reuters.
“Heat waves in this geographical area of the planet are more frequent and are increasing more frequently than in other regions,” he said, referring to the effects of climate change.
Del Campo added that this year’s drought is not the most severe Spain has faced but has warmed 1.3 degrees Celsius (34 Fahrenheit) since the 1960s.
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