Beruflich Dokumente
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By the Bereans
As Christian revival sweeps in various parts of our nation, counterfeit beliefs (foreign and
every Filipinos. These are some of those who have already crept inside our country creating
This refers to the cults of Christianity that came from outside the Philippine Islands and was
brought here by their emissaries to spread their false teachings. Examples are as follows:
• Christian Science / Church of Science - Mary Ann Morse Baker (Mary Baker Eddy)
• Children of God ("The Family of Love") - David Brandt Berg ("Moses David")
and practices.
• "Campbellites" ("The Church of Christ" or "The Disciples of Christ")
• Christadelphians
Local Cults otherwise known as indigenous cults. This refers to the cults of Christianity that are
home grown (in the Philippines. They may have similar doctrines with the major cults but
managed to formulate their own style of unsound theology. Examples are as follows:
• Iglesia ni Cristo (I.N.C.) - Felix Y. Manalo.
• Jesus Christ To God Be the Glory or "Friends Again" ("Oneness") - Louie R. Santos.
The word can be traced from Latin, religare which literally means, "to tie fast." A person who
belongs to a certain religion is perhaps "tied fast" to a set of beliefs, values and practices of a
spiritual leader that are not necessarily Christian. They have common beliefs and reverence for
a supernatural power or powers which they regard as a creator (or creators) or and governor
(or governors) of the universe which through out the years have become an institutionalized
system.
• Roman Catholicism
• Islam - Muhhammad
• Hindusim
This is any system of belief that opposes the central teachings of the Christian faith. While all
cults of Christianity are also false religion, not all false religions are cults of Christianity because
These are offspring of eastern philosophy which are usually are rooted in Hinduism, Buddhism
• Faith Healing
• Feng Shui
• Horoscopes
• Ouija Board
• Transcendental Meditation
• Astral Projection
• Out-of-Body Experience
Those that had broke away from Christianity and they deny the essential evangelical doctrines.
They also use the Bible as their source of doctrines and regard Jesus Christ as a central figure.
What is noticeable among them is they claim to be the only true representation of Christ's
Church.
• Freemasonry
• Liberation Theology
Those who unify eastern and western religions. They only respect the Bible as long as it helps
• Theosophy
Other Worldviews
• Atheism/Agnosticism