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Proclamations ofthe Office of the Metropolitan See

This letter was originally submitted to the Mindanao Gold Daly Star, the largest daily

newspaper in the State of Mindanao, the Philippines. t was printed on the !"th March

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%n &pen 'etter to their E(cellencies, %rchbishop %ntonio 'edesma, S.)., the

*oman Catholic %rchbishop of Cagayan de &ro and +ishop +rian arrell, '.C. of the-atican/ Congregation for Christian 0nity.

Date1 " March !##"

To1 2is E(cellency, %rchbishop %ntonio 'edesma, S.). of Cagayan de &ro 2is E(cellency, +ishop +rian arrell, '.C., Secretary -atican/ Congregation of

Christian 0nityThe *e3. Monsignors, Priests, +rothers, Mon4s, 5uns, and the 'aity of the

*oman Catholic

%rchdiocese of Cagayan de &ro, the Philippines1

rom1 2is +eatitude, Metropolitan Dr. Mar Mi4hael of Edessa, &.S.).

+y the grace of God, Primate -Chief 2ierarch/The Eastern Catholic Metropolia -Chaldean6Syrian/, the Pro3ince of the %mericas and

ar East

To 2is E(cellency, %rchbishop 'edesma, we greet him1 7God grant you many years89

and to the Clergy and 'aity -our *oman Catholic brothers and sisters/, we e(tend our

%postolic +lessings and our fraternal blessings.

ntroduction1 Since our Synod of +ishops, our clergy, and we an our ecclesiastical

:urisdiction of !." million souls ha3e been :udged, condemned without a trial, without

being sent a copy of the 7infamous letters9 of ; &ctober !##< and the 05D%TED letterof Msgr. *ey Manual Monsantos, the icar6General and Chancellor, issued at the

command of %rchbishop 'edesma, S.).= the sole e3idence being the personal opinions

-falsehoods/ of the ;th &ctober !##< letter of +ishop +rian arrell, '.C.

urther, we were not gi3en the opportunity to pro3ide any comments, nor our e3idence to

counter act these libelous pronouncements, letters, and allegations. Therefore, we are

forced to bring our case to the Courts of Public &pinion.


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&ur Policy

This :urisdiction with its Metropolitan and Primate for o3er >>? years ha3e ne3er sought7official recognition9 from any *oman Catholic Pope, Cardinal, %rchbishop, or +ishop

of any archdiocese or diocese. @e are Eastern Catholics and do not need *oman Catholic

permission to e(ist and minister to the spiritual needs of ChristAs poor, sic4, needy,suffering and dying.

@e are an historical and sacramental Church , a part of the &ne, 2oly, Catholic, and%postolic Church of &ur 'ord and Sa3iour )esus Christ.

@hat is e(communicationB The word actually and canonically means 7out of

communion with.9 To be e(communicated by the *oman Catholic Pope -Church/ meansyou are no longer in communion with the Pope nor able to recei3e the sacraments or

sacramentals of the *oman Catholic Church. E(communication D&ES 5&T ME%5 that

you are no longer a member of the &ne, 2oly, Catholic, and %postolic Church which is

the Mystical +ody of Christ, with Christ as its head. The &ne, 2oly, Catholic, and%postolic Church is composed of the many branches of the historical and sacramental

churches, e.g.1 The Eastern &rthodo( Churches composed of the *ussian &rthodo(,Gree4 &rthodo(, 04rainian &rthodo(, %ntiochian &rthodo(, Coptic &rthodo( Church

and many other &rthodo( Churches, the Eastern Catholic Churches -Patriarchal/ e.g.1 the

%ssyrian Churches of the East and the Chaldean6Syrian Churches, the Syrian &rthodo(Churches, and the *oman Catholic Church. 5& S5G'E +*%5C2 of any of these

churches can claim to be the &5' &ne 2oly, Catholic, and %postolic Church in the

world. @e all together comprise the &ne, 2oly, Catholic, and %postolic Church founded

by the same Twel3e 2oly %postles.

E(communication D&ES 5&T ME%5 you cannot go to the Eastern &rthodo( or Eastern

Catholic Churches to recei3e the 2oly Sacraments of &ur 'ord and Sa3iour )esus Christ.ou can go to these churches, tal4 to the married -uite often/ parish priest -;6F of

the clergy are married/, counsel with him %5D begin to recei3e the Sacraments once

again.

@hat is a canonical churchB irst of all, the issue of canonicity, is essentially, a 'atin

*ite -*oman Catholic/ idea imported into Eastern &rthodo(y and Eastern Catholicism

and is incompatible with its ecclesiological principle. %rchbishop Chrysostomos of theGree4 &rthodo( Church has stated1 7There is no such thing, of course, as a HcanonicalA

&rthodo( :urisdiction, despite the fact that this 4ind of terminology has crept into or

ecclesiological 3ocabulary from the @est.9 ather %le(ander Schmemann, noted*ussian &rthodo( theologian and Seminary Professor, 7f a formal a definition is

reuired, it would be1 Hcanonical is that which complies with the canons of the Church.9

To be canonical, then simply stated, the :urisdiction -church/ is reuired1


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I/ To be harmony with the ancient creeds of the &ne, 2oly, Catholic, and %postolic

Church and to be in compliance with the Canon 'aws of the church

!/ to be in proper ecclesiastical relationship with the recognised leadership of the

church.

This :urisdiction -church/ was made autocephalous -self go3erning/ in I#! by the proper

authorities of the Mother Church in ndia. Metropolitan Mar +asilius -consecrated on the

!Jth )uly IF/ was the head of the Chaldean6Syrian Church, founded by St. Thomas the%postle in ;! %.D. 2ence, the Chaldean6Syrian Church in ndia was and is an %postolic

Church ha3ing been founded by one of the Twel3e 2oly %postles. &ur %postolic

Succession comes from the 2oly %postles Saints Peter, Thomas, and )ude Thaddeus.

Metropolitan -Metran/ Mar +asilius consecrated Metropolitan Mar )acobus on the >#th5o3ember I#! as his Coad:utor with *ight of Succession. Metran Mar +asilius also

issued a mandate to Metran Mar )acobus to establish the Chaldean6Syrian Church and

Metropolia -%rchdiocese/ in Europe1 to start parishes, seminaries, etc. Metran Mar

+asilius established this daughter church in Europe to be autocephalous -self6go3erning/.Metran Mar +asilius shared the 3ision of his predecessor Metropolitan Mar %bdisho

-%bd6shu/ -The Most *e3erend %nthony Thondanatta/ to bring the Chaldean6SyrianChurch into Europe. Metran %bdisho had been consecrated by Patriarch Mar *uwil

-*euben/ Shimun KK, the Catholicos6Patriarch of the Church of the East on the I"th

December IF

Dr. Mar %prem of ndia, from Mar 5arsai Press1 7The I"! Special Edition of 7The

oice of the East9 -The Chaldean6Syrian Church of the East in ndiaAs official

publication/ and the I"" edition of the boo41 7The Chaldean6Syrian Church in ndia-see the uotations in the footnotes of this letter.

Metran Mar )acobus recei3ed the Canon 'aws of the Chaldean6Syrian Church of ndia-%ncient Synodus/ and established two ma:or centres of the Chaldean6Syrian Church in

Europe1 the Swiss6German branch and the +ritish +ranch. The Swiss6German

:urisdiction was under the Coad:utor Metropolitan -with the *ight of Succession/ Mar)ohann= Metran Mar )ohann consecrated Metran Dr. Mar Da3id in I!! as a bishop and

consecrated him as a Metropolitan in I>J. Metran Dr. Mar Da3id of Edessa, &.2.S.

was issued a Mandate by the Synod of +ishops and assigned to bring the Chaldean6

Syrian Church to 5orth and South %merica. Metran Dr. Mar Da3id brought the historicCanon 'aws of our Mother Church with him to the 0nited States in I>J and we ha3e

been operating under these historic Canon 'aws e3er since. 2ence, by definition -de

facto/, we are a canonical, historic, sacramental and %postolic Church. These are thefacts which clearly demonstrate that we do not need the appro3al or recognition of any

*oman Catholic bishop, archbishop, cardinal, diocese, archdiocese, or Congregation. @e

grant our priests and deacons their faculties to administer the 2oly Sacraments.


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The *oman Catholic labelling another church as 7canonical9 or 7uncanonical9 is an old

ecclesiastical -church/ head game of semantics, intended to create instant insecurity in the

intended 3ictim. 0nli4e, +ishop +rian arrell, '.C., we do not pretend1 to 4nowpersonally e3ery single Eastern &rthodo( :urisdiction in the entire world, nor ma4e any

rash :udgements upon them, without e(amining the documentation of their %postolic

Succession -Tables/ and their mandates which e3ery &rthodo( Church operates under.2ence, we would not presume to outright declare any :urisdiction as uncanonical. +ishop

+rian arrell, '.C. failed to document which &rthodo( churches he had contacted. 2e

has utilised a 3ery wide brush of innuendos and belie3es that his personal title and thetitle of his office is enough to intimidate anyone who recei3es his arrogant

pronouncements nor e(amine his statements further andLor demand legal proof for his

innuendos and statements. @e do dare to demand the legal basis for his pronouncements.

@e uestion his sweeping pronouncements o3er our Synod of +ishops who care for !."

million souls and demand he substantiate his 7pronouncements.9 There are not enough

hours in a day to ha3e contacted %'' the &rthodo( Churches all o3er the world in all of

the 3arious time ones.

@hy this all out attac4 on this disabled Metropolitan who needs ! 4nee braces, ! canes,and a bac4 brace in order to wal4 -due to beatings recei3ed in a Communist prison camp,

resulting in < 4nee surgeries and II N hours of unsuccessful spinal surgery with ; wee4s

of traction/, one chor6episcopa, ! priests, and J sub6deacons -a total of I#6I; marriedclergymen/B

This is not the first persecution by *ome upon this historic church. n I;, the *oman

Catholic Portuguese empire and Dominican and )esuit priests came to ndia 4illing ourChaldean +ishops, priests, mon4s, nuns, and laity, destroying our churches, seminaries,

and libraries to dri3e our church into e(tinction. @ith the introduction of the nuisition,

the *oman Catholic Church became the new State *eligion in occupied ndia. +ut these*oman Catholics ne3er dealt with the po3erty of ndia= they preached on1 7+lessed are

the poor in spirit9 -Mt. ;1>/666e3entually you shall see God. ou ha3e to suffer a lot in

this life to get a better place in hea3en, ha3e a lot of children because the *omanCatholic priests says so6to 4eep you poor666or it is a mortal sin to disobey the priest.

There ha3e always been differences between *oman Catholic and Eastern Catholic

theologies of marriage, family planning. %ccording to an old Eastern Catholic pro3erb,

7The bishop stays out of the bedroom666unless it is his own9. Celibate priests attemptingto tell married people how to li3e their married li3es 3s. the married Eastern Catholic

priests who ha3e children, 4now how to earn a li3ing in the *E%' @&*'D, pay bills=

you come to counselling to a priest who has first hand 4nowledge of marriage for he isli3ing the Sacrament of 2oly Matrimony daily -an on6going Sacrament or 2oly Mystery

-as do all Eastern &rthodo( priests/.

@ith all of the graduates from all of the prestigious *oman Catholic uni3ersities and

colleges, such as in the Department of inance666why is there such po3erty as well as

corruption in the Philippines with all of these good practising *oman Catholics in the

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n our >>? years as a Metropolitan and Primate, there ne3er has been any need for us to

contact the *omanian &rthodo( Church -! :urisdictions/, the &rthodo( Church in

Georgia -*ussia/, the &rthodo( Church in inland, all > branches of the 04rainianChurches in the 04raine, etc. @e do not ha3e parishes in their countries6it is not part of

our :urisdictional pro3ince. 'ogically, we do not 4now them nor do they 4now us.

The definition of 7Catholic19 The word 7Catholic9 means uni3ersal6666not *oman

Catholic e(clusi3ely. %ll the Eastern &rthodo( Churches carry the name of Catholic in

their formal names1 The *ussian &rthodo( Gree4 Catholic Church of Moscow and allthe *ussias, the Gree4 &rthodo( Catholic Churches, the 04rainian &rthodo( Catholic

Church, etc. %fter the Great Schism of I#;J %.D., the Eastern Christians added the term

7&rthodo(9 which means 7right or true belief/ to their name, to identify themsel3es as

maintaining the unchangeable historic faith, nothing added to or ta4en away from whenthe Church was united. @e all recite the 5icene Creed on Sundays together6the original

5icene Creed, un6tampered with by *ome. n the original 5icene Creed, it stated1 7The

2oly Spirit proceeds from the ather9 not the *oman inno3ation of the ilioue 7the

2oly Spirit proceeds from the ather and the Son.9 n spite of the theologicalinno3ations by the *oman Catholic Church, all Eastern Christians of the &rthodo( and

Eastern Catholic Churches are apart of the &ne, 2oly, Catholic, and %postolic Church.@e are all Catholics together in Christ. 5o one church has the e(clusi3e hold on the title

of 7Catholic.9

@e ha3e attended countless hierarchal -episcopal/ consecrations, enthronements, and

funerals of our Eastern &rthodo(, Eastern Catholic, and *oman Catholic brethren. This

Cagayan de &ro enthronement in3itation -escapade/1 we did not come to Cagayan de

&ro to attend the enthronement of %rchbishop -%bp/ 'edesma, S.)., we were scheduledto lea3e on the !th May !##


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&3er3iew of the letters -documents/ of %rchbishop 'edesma and +ishop +rian arrell,

'.C.1

@e are forced to 3iew these letters as the on6going persecution of us Eastern Catholics

-Chaldean6Syrian/ and the Church of the East. The undated letter of Msgr. *ey Manuel

Monsanto, ).C.D., the icar General and Chancellor, at the personal direction of %bp.'edesma, S.). was read throughout all of the *oman parishes of the Cagayan de &ro

%rchdiocese beginning in late 5o3ember !##;.

n our church history, we ha3e gi3en more martyrs to the 2oly aith then all of the

*oman Catholic and Eastern &rthodo( Churches combined1 o3er


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5ow in Cagayan de &ro, we witness e3en more egregious attac4s upon our person and

our clergy, more than e3er before, of our missionary diocese to the Philippines. The

dialogue between the then ather, now Chor6episcopa Elias and our office, we agreed toestablish our :urisdiction within our designated boundaries of our %merican Pro3ince

established in I>J. @e warned our clergy that they would not be welcomed by the

arrogant *oman Catholic hierarchy and clergy who would consider the presence of amarried priesthood a direct threat to their 7celibate9 church leadership, in spite of their

3alid 2oly &rders, Sacraments, being charismatic and e3angelical.

&n the I


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on the !>rd %pril I;. @hy is the arrogant +p. +rian arrell, '.C. in his palatial

atican office unaware of all of these e3entsB s he aware that we ha3e, as the

Metropolitan, personally bailed out of :ail o3er I!I drun4en *oman Catholic priests fromthe drun4en tan4 -:ail/, because we belie3e priests should not be in a :ail cellB

Supposedly, the mighty *oman Catholic %rchdiocese of Cagayan de &ro had to conducta formal in3estigation on us and our :urisdiction, at the reuest of %bp. 'edesma, S.). in

order to in3ite us to his ># May !##; enthronement. %ll these details were included in

our formal -cut and paste/ in3itation to his enthronement ceremonies and according to theE6mails we recei3ed, we were official appro3ed of.. &nce again, our purpose was to meet

the Cardinal6Primate of the Philippines666not attend an installation ceremony. &ut of

respect for the &ffice of a *oman Catholic %rchbishop, we accepted this outrageous and

insulting in3itation we recei3ed and attended this installation ceremony in St. %ugustineCathedral @e remember well %bp. 'edesmaAs parting words to us1 7@e shall loo4

forwarding to cooperating with you in the future.9 Some Co6operation8888 During this

process from I March through I; May !##;, we had to educate the *oman Catholic

chancellery staff on the Decrees of atican for Separated +rethren, including why wecould not concelebrate this installation Mass., per ather 'yndon C. 7+utch9 Qayan.

@e must in all good conscience as4 why ha3e there been no similar attac4s upon the

Protestant Clergy and Churches, whose churches grow by con3erting *oman CatholicsB

@hy only we Eastern Catholics with the newest parishes in town -e3en though ourchurch is ># years older than the Church of *ome, our church was founded in >; %.D. the

Church of *ome was started sometime between


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The mighty *oman %rchdiocese can not control these married as the *oman Chancery

attempts to control, or attempts to control, their own *oman priests. rom their lofty

palatial offices, mighty *ome and the *oman %rchdiocese now feel threatened and afraidof married sacramental historically 3alid priests. nstead the Philippines -it is common

4nowledge/ ha3e 7celibate9 priests preaching how to endure suffering in order to get into

hea3en e3entually, li3ing is lu(ury compared to their people %5D after 2oly Mass iso3er, many of these priests shac4 up with their mistresses -honeys/ and some with

illegitimate children. snAt about time to stop li3ing in open scandal and li3e an honest

lifeB n a recent meeting with the Mayor of Cagayan de &ro, icente . Emano, on the!


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e(communicated bishop was formally recei3ed in the atican by Pope +enedict K,

after attending the %ustrian *oman Catholic Dialogue group, held in *ome between

*ome and the 3arious Syrian Churches. *ome really honoured the decree ofe(communication from another Patriarch with whom they are in nter6communion

with6666their 7Sister Church9666the only church *ome has formal nter6communion status

in the entire world. t would ta4e an additional ! newspaper pages to describe all theparticulars of these attac4s upon our person and :urisdiction by this e(communicated

bishop sending his priests into our residence to threaten and attempt to intimate us, and

ma4e 4now the future death threats. The original I" %merican priests who were sent tous to intimidate and threaten us are no longer members of their clergy. So are the clergy

in3ol3ed in the II, I> attac4s as well. n I;, the 7infallible atican Curia were

already courting this schismatic patriarch rather then deal with the historic and 3alid

patriarch elected in I


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f there is a di3ision in the Church, the *oman bishops ha3e caused it by their libellous

statement and falsehoods. The option of bringing these matters into the ci3ilLcriminal

courts is still an option. +ut &ur 'ord will inter3ene for those who are persecuted for2im, 2is 5ame. 5ow you 4now why in DanteAs 7nferno,9 so many and 3ast numbers of

*oman Popes, Cardinals, bishops and priests were seen going into the pits of hell.

&ur priest responded to the *oman Seminary *ector, 7@hen the imperialistic Spaniards

came into the Philippines in the I11IJ1I;/.'o3e your enemies, do good to them.

-'u4e #As and J#As etc. ha3e stopped going to their *oman Catholic

ChurchLparishesB &nly I! of the *oman Catholics in taly attend Sunday Mass6666but

the other FF are still 4ept on the parish roosters as 7acti3e members.9 @e usually ha3eF# to # turn out for our 2oly 'iturgy e3ery Sunday, world wide. @hy the

differenceBBB


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Dear Seminary *ector, you are attempting to put the 2oly Spirit in your little *oman

Catholic bo( and you want to be able to gi3e orders to the 2oly Spirit @hom 2e can

consecrate as a bishop or ordain to the 2oly Priesthood in the Eastern &rthodo( andEastern Catholic Churches6666only those who are fa3ourable to *ome. The *oman

soldiers could not 4eep )esus Christ in the tomb for o3er > days666what ma4es you thin4

you can control the 2oly SpiritB &b3iously, the *oman Clergy -hierarchy/ is :ealous andafraid of their own priests lea3ing the priesthood= in I", ;### ilipino priests left the

*oman priesthood. %re they afraid of our married priesthood 3s. *oman priests who li3e

in open sin and scandal, sha4ing up with their honeys, ma4ing illegitimate babiesB @eEastern Catholics ha3e the 2oly Sacraments, are an historic church, are charismatic, and

we are e3angelical= e3erything the early church was, we are today.

)ealousy and now hatred because our Eastern Catholic priests ha3e not disappeared intothe woodwor4, 4noc4ing at the *oman %rchbishopAs door -'edesma, S.)./ begging to be

allowed to come bac4. Dream on. 5ow uite suddenly, for the first time e3er, the

*oman Chancery has called a conference for all their e(6seminarians and e(6priests666

suddenly the aloof chancery is worried about these menAs spiritual health, well being andloyalty to the *oman Church6666JJ? years after atican Council . @hyB ou ne3er

cared for them before !##


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office of patriarch had passed from uncle to nephew in the *oyal Shimun family for o3er

;##? years. %s the patriarch and the head of this royal family, there was no nephew to

replace him as patriarch. Mar Shimun resigned as patriarch and married= he had threesons and was assassinated in I"< by his wifeAs cousin in San )ose, California. This

patriarchal resignation caused temporary confusion within the Church of the East lac4ing

a hereditary patriarch. %n election was held in +aghdad and Metropolitan Mar ThomaDarmo, an %ssyrian, of the Chaldean6Syrian Church in ndia was elected, consecrated,

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@e are not going away= we are here to stay8 God wills it. &nce again, we ha3e ne3er

sought your recognition or appro3al for our actions. @e do not need it for our e(istence.

People always fear what they do not understand and are afraid to as4 uestions for fearthey might appear ignorant. @e are always a3ailable to respond to inuiries. @e were

e3en in3ited by +rother Edgar of the *oman Chancery staff in the name of ather +utch

to attend your pre6installation dinner with the Cardinal Primate of the Philippines inattendance as well. @e sat directly opposite both the Cardinal *osales and %rchbishop

'edesma. %t the post6installation luncheon in the %rchbishopAs palace, we met with the

Cardinal6Primate *osales and presented him with a consecrated con. See the pictures.

@hat nowB &ur policy is always based upon 2oly Scriptures to forgi3e666but to be wise

and on guard to protect the +ody of Christ. Do we need aticanAs or this %rchbishopAs

appro3al to e(istB 5o8 Do we need their appro3al to minister to the needs of the peopleB5o8 Do we need their recognitionB Most definitely 5&. @e ha3e been in the episcopate

for o3er >>? years. @e grant our priests and deacons their faculties to function in their

offices6not these arrogant *oman bishops. Since they do not desire to act li4e +rothers in

Christ, then we shall obey the command of the 'ord )esus Christ and sha4e the dust off ofour shoes and continue on. They ha3e chosen to act li4e heathen6not us.

@here do these gross errors and libellous accusations come fromB rom the

e(communicated and deposed %ssyrian +ishop +awai Soro, who was the bishop6general

secretary of the Mar Din4haAs schismatic churchAs nter6church *elations andEducational De3elopment Commission. , later the bishop of San )ose -California. 2e

was the principle bishop who interacted with *ome and the Communist Patriarch of

Moscow, and other Syrian )acobite churches. 0nfortunately for this e(communicated

bishop, he began to belie3e he was more important than his own patriarch -a seriousdelusion for a church diplomat/. 2e attempted to modernise the %ssyrian 'iturgy without

patriarchal appro3al and began to e(pose in public the immorality of his brother bishops.

Schismatic Patriarch Mar Din4ha e(communicated and deposed him in 5o3ember !##;=in spite of his e(communication, he did not go away, but continued to carry on in his self

delusions and self aggrandisement by attending meetings with atican bishops in early

!##< and is now attempting to start his own :urisdiction. So much for the respect towardsanother patriarch in honouring his e(communications6he e3en had an audience with the

new Pope. 2e personally led the slander and libellous campaigns against us and our

:urisdiction in the IF#s and in I;.

n the later IF#s we reduced our e(posure to the *oman bishops within the 0nited

States and concentrated on our e3er e(panding missionary and 3icar6dioceses in 'atin

and South %merica. @e conducted international ecclesiastical relations with the Eastern&rthodo( and *oman bishops in these countries.

t would appear, if +ishop arrell, '.C., in his lofty atican &ffices and apartments, haslistened only to second hand gossip from this e(communicated %ssyrian +ishop who

misused Dr. Gordon MeltonAs original erroneous wor4 and ne3er uoted the professorAs

errata and apology. &b3iously, he has no other hierarch to uote to in order to e(pound

his personal opinions upon a Metran and a :urisdiction he has ne3er met.


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'et us now re3iew the %rchbishopAs appro3ed letter1

I/ paragraph I is a brief history statement concerning our accepting and attending

his in3itation to his installation666is true. @e originally communicated with the

%rchbishop Emeritus, not 4nowing he had submitted his resignation= we sent the identicalinformation to the %rchbishop6elect.

!/ paragraph !1 @e attended this installation after recei3ing a 7formal9 in3itationfrom the *e3. 'yndon G. 7+utch9 Qayas, the Chairman of the &3er6all Committee on the

installation of the %rchbishop elect. @e pre3iously had ne3er recei3ed a formal in3itation

which consisted of cut and pasting parts of our stationary and parts of our communiuRs ,

which was telefa(ed to us on the IIth May !##/ Paragraph >1 facts are the *oman clergy concerning their own %bp.

J/ Paragraph J1 the details under this sentence are erroneous1 @e had sent per the

reuest of three *oman Cardinals who reside in *ome, who desired that we should

become apart of the *oman Catholic church structure -Eastern *ites/. @e contacted this3ery same +p. arrell, '.C. in )anuary and sent an identical pac4et to the *oman

%rchbishop of Cagayan de &ro in March !## Popes at the same time, se3eral times in their

medie3al history. @e seriously doubt that this atican +p. telephoned e3ery single&rthodo( :urisdiction in the entire world.

;/ The remaining paragraphs demonstrated through the falsehood presented that the%bp. is afraid of loosing people to our local churches, that there is indeed and

organisation of e(6seminarians and e(6*oman priests, most of our clergy already ha3e

their M.%. degrees in Theology, these former *oman Seminarians 4now where all the

*oman clergy s4eletons are hidden and that he fears the e(6*oman priests might becoming to us to reacti3ate their priestly ministries666many of the e(6priests were uite

popular among the laity and perhaps their former parishioners might follow after them..

2ence, in their palatial arrogance, they are trying to undermine our credibility and hope

to pre3ent an e(odus from their church to our parishes6666a re3olt of belie3ers. &b3iously

there is no concern for the souls of their laity= these *oman priests 4now1 where thepeople go, they ta4e their money -donations/ with them. They fear our married priests,

the Eastern Christian 3iew of marriage, family planning, and our desire to ha3e all of our

parishioners grow spiritually, mentally, financially666all according to historic biblical

principles, our married priests who can identify with the laity6they are wor4ing priests,


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paying bills, raising their children, etc. :ust li4e them. @here3er our missionaries go,

they bring education and medicine with them -South %merica/ &ur married priests do

not ha3e 7office hours9 as do *oman priests, %fter the 2oly 'iturgy, our priests go hometo their wi3es and children6not pretending to be chaste and pure, leading a celibate life

while they shac4 up with their honeys, or on the golf course with societyAs elite.

? years as a Metran.Most peopleAs irrational fears ne3er come true. f these palatial ecclesiastical bureaucrats

would ha3e made inuiry, they would be surprised at our answers and our policy

concerning e(6*oman priests. 0nfortunately most arrogant *oman bishops are glorified

bureaucrats6entrenched in their system to maintain the status uo6not meeting the needsof ChristAs poor, sic4, needy and dying. @e are recognised as canonical. @e 4now of I#

&rthodo( :urisdictions who want nothing to do with *ome= they still consider the *oman

Church in Schism since brea4ing the 0nity of the Church in I#;J %.D.666the GreatSchism. They also ha3e declared the *oman sacraments are without grace.

n +ishop arrellAs letter1

I/ Paragraph !1 his staff signed for our I< )anuary !#< pac4et. %bp. 'edesma was

in *ome the end of )une666it too4 this atican bureaucrat all of ebruary to September666

does eight months really eual 7for many yearsB9 @e can only presume that this o3erlyimperial bishop has so impressed himself of his own self worth and abilities which now

has blinded his :udgements. 2is self aggrandisement of his ego allows him to o3er loo4

the truth to the detriment of his own soul. The @ords of Saint Paul are :udgement forbishops, priests, and the laity1 7@ho are you to :udge another manAs ser3antB9 -*om

IJ1J/ The @ords of )esus1 7@hat so e3er you do to the least of the brethren, ye do it

unto Me89 Mt. !;1J#6J;/

!/ %ll he uotes are the ramblings and gossip of an e(communicated and deposed

%ssyrian bishop. @hy did not this atican bishop uote the retractions of Professor Dr.

Gordon Melton which he had in his own hands -we sent it to him/B urther, this palatial


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bureaucrat ne3er reuested a copy of our %postolic Tables of succession -from the 2oly

%postles1 Peter, Thomas, and )ude Thaddeus.

>/ Paragraph J1 @e ha3e ne3er published any letter we recei3e from any *oman

Catholic Cardinal, %rchbishop, or +ishop6666if we were to do so, we would as4 for their

permission to do so6666standard operating procedures for the historical and sacramentalchurches.

J/ Paragraph ;. Then this +p. attempts to associate us -guilt by innuendo/ with theother independent &ld Catholic churches who split from *ome o3er Papal nfallibility

-atican Council /.

&nce again, it has been and is our policy that we do not see4 recognition for our ministryor :urisdiction. @e 4now who we are and the 3alidity documented by our Mother Church

in ndia, in their official publications which are in the public domain.

%ccording to our sources in *ome, this bishop is 4nown to be uite pompous and li4eany curia member 7would not spea4 the truth for fear of getting caught89 %s a member

of the 'egionaries of Christ, he is supposed to place the '.C. after his name to designatehis religious order or congregation to which he belongs to. @hy did this +p. fail to do

soB s his order not supposed to be 7super spiritual, super *oman to uphold the Papacy

as well as be super traditionalist, pro6'atin Mass, etc. &r is it now an embarrassment thata politically acti3e member of the Curia, see4ing promotion -%rchbishop or Cardinal/

that the founder of his order, r. Marcial Maciel Degollado had his public faculties

remo3ed by the Pope +enedict K on numerous and serious allegations of decades of

pedophiliaB

@hat is the truth these self righteous bureaucrats failed to obtain and pro3ide you with in

order for you to ma4e your own decisions or failed to inform you of the informationwhich we pro3ided, or is in the realm of the public domainB

The 7oice of the East9 is the official publication of the Chaldean6Syrian Church of theEast -the 2oly %postolic6Catholic Church of the East -Chaldean6Syrian/, the original

church founded by Saint Thomas the %postle and is apart of the Churches of the East.

2is Grace, Metropolitan Dr. Mar %prem of ndia printed a Special Edition in I"! of the

7oice of the East.9 n this magaine, the Metran documented the 3alidity of the%postolic Succession of Metran Mar )acobus line -or branch of the Mother Church/ who

was sent into Europe by Metropolitan Mar +asilius -consecrated the Metropolitan by

Metran Mar %bdisho -Thondanatt/ as his successor. n IF. Metran Mar +asilius-Soares/ as the successor to Metran Mar %bdisho consecrated Metran Mar )acobus on the

>#th 5o3ember I#!. 0pon his being sent into Europe and England and the death of

Metran Mar +asilius, Metran Mar )acobus attempted to go3ern the Church in ndia fromEngland, in I#


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This I"! special edition also documents the ordinations and consecrations performed by

Metran Mar )acobus to 7e(tend the influence of the Chaldean6Syrian Church of Trichur.9

t further lists his %postolic Succession. 2is +eatitude, Mar Shimun K *euben, thePatriarch and Catholicos of the Church of the East documented that Metran Mar %bdisho

%ntonio -Thondanatt/ was consecrated a Metropolitan on the I" December IF

Church of Mar Saba, 0pper Tiari, Ourdistan, for the Chaldean6Syrian. Church in ndia.Metran Mar %bdisho consecrated Metran Mar +asilius on the !Jth )uly IF in the

Chaldean6Syrian Cathedral, Trichur, Cochin, ndia. Metran Mar +asilius consecrated

Metran Mar )acobus on >#th 5o3ember I#! in the Church of the Epiphany,Pallithanam, Madina District, South ndia. Metran Mar )acobus is listed as the successor

to Metran Mar +asilius.

n his boo4, The Chaldean6Syrian Church in ndia by Metran Dr. Mar %prem publishedin I"" by Mar 5arsai Press in Trichur, the Metran documents the 2istory of the Church

of the East6Chaldean6Syrian before the *oman Catholic Portuguese occupation of ndia.

The Metran documents the founding of the Church by St. Thomas the %postle in ;! %.D.

n Chapter , The Transition and *estoration IFF!6I#F, Metran Dr. Mar %premdocuments the reign of Metran Mar %bdisho, and how on his way to ndia he was

continually harassed by the *oman Catholics. The Chaldean Catholic -0niate/ bishopwhen he saw the Metran666too4 off his own pectoral cross and ga3e it to Metran Mar

%bdisho. %gain, on page I!", Metran Dr. Mar %prem documents the MetropolitanAs

desire to consecrate a bishop for outside Malabar and ndia to 7e(tend the influence ofthe Chaldean6Syrian Church in Trichur to regions beyond Cochin into the entire world.

Metran Mar %bdisho was too old to underta4e such a missionary wor4. 2e consecrated

Metran Mar +asilius 6the first nati3e ndian to be consecrated in Trichur or anywhere in

ndia in the Church of the East. &n page IJ#, Metran Dr. Mar %prem documents thatMetran Mar +asilius was consecrated by Metran Mar %bdisho a Metran in IF. Metran

Mar +asilius consecrated Metran Mar )acobus to create a new line or branch666a daughter

church of ndia to go into the @est.

&n " May IIJ, Patriarch Mar +en:amin Shimun KK had his letter printed in the &(ford

Times documenting the 3alidity of the consecration of Metropolitan Mar %bdisho by hislate uncle, Patriarch Mar *uwil -*euban/ Shimun KK the Catholicos6Patriarch of the

Churches of the East. Metran Mar %bdisho was granted full powers and authority as a

Metropolitan. The same original letter was sent to Metropolitan Mar )acobus in England

to confirm and 3alidate the historic episcopate with the %postolic Succession possessedby Metran Mar )acobus from the consecration of Metran Mar %bdisho of ndia.

Metropolitan Mar )acobus consecrated as his Coad:utor Metropolitan with the right ofSuccession Metran Mar )ohann of Switerland. Metran Mar )ohann consecrated Metran

Mar Da3id in I>J to bring the Chaldean6Syrian Church to the 0nited States and issued

the territories to be included in this new Pro3ince. Photocopies of these te(tboo4s wouldha3e been made a3ailable to )esuit %bp. 'edesma and Msgr. Monsantos and 'egionnaire

of Christ +p. arrell upon a simple reuest.


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Metran Dr. Mar %prem also documents in the 7oice of the East9 with pictures, the

5o3ember IFF formal reception of 2is 2oliness, Patriarch Mar %ddai by Pope )ohn

Paul and again in the May6)une edition II, 2is 2oliness, Patriarch Mar %ddai wasrecei3ed again by Pope )ohn Paul in the atican along with the Chaldean Catholic

-0nite/ Patriarch Mar *aphael +idawrd. n the !>rd of May IF>, in the May6)une

edition, Metran Dr. Mar +asilius was also recei3e by Pope )ohn Paul in the atican.

t would appear as though the imperial arrogance of the atican desires to still be HOing

Ma4ers9 as they were in the medie3al ages has now turned into 7Patriarch Ma4ers.9This authority was ne3er gi3en by the undi3ided Church to any Patriarch or Pope. n the

IJth %pril I" personal letter to us, Metran Dr. Mar %prem e(plained the dual

patriarchs and why he is supporting Patriarch Mar %ddai Metan Dr. Mar %prem was

forced to switch patriarchs in I;1 due to not being able any longer to pay o3er onemillion 0s dollars in legal fees to fight for his own churches and properties in the law

suits brought against him by Patriarch Mar Din4ha. 2e was forced to surrender his

autocephalous status as well. See how we Christians lo3e one another.

The atican curia ob3iously found it easier to deal with a schismatic Patriarch who li3es

in lu(ury in the 0nited States then to deal the historic Patriarch who resides in war torn+aghdad.

Summary1 @e truly feel great pity towards the )esuit %bp. of Cagayan de &ro and this'egionnaire of Christ +p. who resides also in lu(ury in the atican. )esus said, Hather,

forgi3e them, for they 4now not what they do.9 -'u4e !>1>J/ n attac4ing us and this

:urisdiction, they demonstrate to the entire world1 they ha3e no self respect, nor honour

towards themsel3es or other Christians.

They wanted to play their usual arrogant condensing disrupti3e and di3isi3e church

politics from their lofty palatial residences and offices6666to pro3e they ha3e 7power.9

@hat they tried to hide in secret has been re3ealed by the 2oly Spirit. Their hidden

agenda against Christian 0nity which the 'ord 2imself prayed for during the last day of2is life. These bishops hold a sham approach to Christian 0nity, e3en though they

conduct their annual Prayer @ee4 for Christian 0nity, e3ery )anuary. They lac4 a real

desire for Christian 0nity than the 7man in the moon.9

They could care less for all the souls our priests can reach, heal, and restore bac4 to the

2oly Sacraments to become members of the &ne, 2oly, Catholic, and %postolic Church,

the Mystical +ody of Christ. They readily condemn !." million souls of our :urisdictionin > continents without a blin4 of an eye. @hat an obno(ious arrogance666they ha3e

forgotten why they were called to the 2oly Priesthood, if they e3er were. More

importantly, this shows what a few good married priests can do.


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They are now fighting against the 2oly Spirit and blaspheming against the 2oly Spirit.

There are crac4s in their monolithic facades= their walls show signs of crumbling. They

ha3e had too much power for far too long, 4eeping their lay members down, utilisingfear, guilt, and shame.

They ha3e gi3en us first hand e3idence of how they shall treat the smaller branches of theEastern &rthodo( Churches. %ll we ha3e to do is send photocopies of their now

infamous letters and our response to all the :urisdictions. They ha3e set bac4 Ecumenism

another J#6;# years.

Do they careB Probably not. They li3e in their palaces and palatial *oman apartments

rent free, all their meals paid for, their laundry being done for them, their beds changed

by maids, etc. %5D belie3e their own lies about how spiritual they are and how they aredoing the 7'ordAs @or4.9 et we remember well that in the Philippines, the people rose

up against a dictator6president and toppled his go3ernment. This could happen again to

those bishops and priests who forgot how to be simple God fearing and God belie3ing

Christians. n this information age, you can only 4eep the members of your diocesesignorant for a 3ery short period of time. These churchmen lac4 the guts to be open and

honest666only deceitful , as most bullies tend to act. &therwise, they would ha3e ta4en thetime to contact us and recei3e further documentation.

@e go daily among the people, to rich to raise funds for our hospices, homes for thediscarded new born %DS infants, to wal4ing the streets, e3en in Cagayan de &ro in our

cassoc4 where the poorest of the poor li3e and ha3e congregated. God is not moc4ed

-Gal

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