Iglesia ni Cristo (INC)

[icarusrising]

San Francisco del Monte
Quezon City

[bacolodchamp]

Originally Posted by SUV111

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The Cartwheeel Chapel

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located at hda. rosalia, manapla, negros occidental, made famous as the location peque gallaga's classic film...oro, plata, mata

[kevinb]

Now I know why it's called the Cartwheel Chapel. Unique. The altar looks very Filipino.

Originally Posted by zoroethgenre_003

simple lang naman kasi ang qualification para maging cathedral..its not on the size or the appearance of the church..Its called a cthesral when a Bishop resides there..

Alam ko naman. Iba kasi pag sinabing Cathedral. It frequently has a beautiful façade and a grand altar. Y'know what I mean.

[icarusrising]

Loboc Church
Bohol

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by icarusrising

Loboc Church
Bohol

wow..such an old church..Loboc buildings are marvelous..

[mao rong]

...Tumauini, Isabela

Originally Posted by iamjomar

photos by: elmer nocheseda

[overtureph]

Balayan church c.1900. Notice the American flag atop the facade.

[overtureph]

Originally Posted by blueguy

Dumaan diyan si Rizal before he went to Dapitan...di ba if I'm right it was a ten year old boy who painted the church's ceiling murals?.....

If I remember it correctly, indicated sa marker sa labas ng simbahan na nag-punta nga si Dr. Jose Rizal dito para ata makita din yung mga naka-pinta sa simbahan. Ang hinde ko alam ay kung sino ang nag-pintura at nag-guhit nito.

[mao rong]

where located ang Balayan Church?

[CraigList]

helu

[overtureph]

Originally Posted by mao rong

where located ang Balayan Church?

Province of Batangas.

[habagatcentral1]

Balayan Church looks very similar to those of the Cebu Agustinian churches...but what religious order was Balayan back then and commissioned in constructing the stone church?

[overtureph]

Originally Posted by habagatcentral1

Balayan Church looks very similar to those of the Cebu Agustinian churches...but what religious order was Balayan back then and commissioned in constructing the stone church?

I believe the western part of Batangas (Balayan) where under the Franciscans but the rest of the province where under the Agustinians back then.

[mao rong]

tnx for the info...

[zeos]

Mormons Temple, Cebu City

[zoroethgenre_003]

wow, the second Mormon Temple in the Philippines and the and the 7th Mormon Temple in Asia.

..upon completion it will be the second largest Mormon Temple in Asia (after Tokyo)..and even larger than the Manila Temple

[mao rong]

really?

[Igsuonnimo]

Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON,Associated Press Writer - Sunday, November 22

VATICAN CITY – After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.

Archbishop Rowan Williams said he came away convinced there was no "dawn raid" on his church by Rome, telling Vatican Radio he wishes "every blessing" for those who want to become Catholics.

Williams and Benedict met privately for 20 minutes in what the Vatican called "cordial discussions," as part of what has clearly been a difficult visit by the Anglican leader.

The Vatican said in a brief statement that the two leaders "turned to the challenges facing all Christian communities" and the need "to promote forms of collaboration and shared witness in facing these challenges."

Referring to the recent overture for traditional Anglicans upset over the ordination of women and gay bishops to become Catholics, the Vatican said the talks reiterated "the shared will to continue and to consolidate the ecumenical relationship between Catholics and Anglicans."

Williams' visit to Rome had been long planned but the Vatican overture to conservative Anglicans, for which he admittedly received little advance notice, cast a shadow over the trip and raised questions about the future of relations between Rome and the 77-million strong worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the U.S. Episcopal c.Church.

In the interview after the papal audience with Vatican Radio, Williams acknowledged the handling of the Vatican move put Anglicans "in an awkward position for a time. Not the contents so much, as some of the messages that were given out. So I needed to share with the pope some of those concerns and I think they were expressed and heard in a very friendly spirit."

Williams said he came away assured that it "did not represent any change in the Vatican's attitude to the Anglican communion as such; and a very strong statement came out."

In a personal gesture, the Vatican said the pope presented the archbishop with a gold bishop's cross as a gift.

Since coming to Rome on Thursday, Williams has sought to downplay the implications of the Vatican's unprecedented invitation.

The Vatican says it was merely responding to the many Anglican requests to join the Catholic Church and has denied it was poaching converts in the Anglican pond.

But the move already has strained Catholic-Anglican relations and is sure to affect the worldwide Anglican Communion, which was already on the verge of schism over homosexuality and women's ordination before the Vatican intervened.

In a speech at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Williams was gracious in referring to the Vatican's new policy, which he called the "elephant in the room." The policy was an "imaginative pastoral response" to requests by some Anglicans but broke no new doctrinal ground, Williams said.

He spent the bulk of his speech describing the progress that had been achieved so far in decades of Vatican-Anglican ecumenical talks and questioning whether the outstanding issues were really all that great.

Anglicans split from Rome in 1534 when English King Henry VIII was refused a marriage annulment. For decades, the two churches have held theological discussions on trying to reunite, part of the Vatican's broader, long-term ecumenical effort to unify all Christians.

But differences remain and the ecumenical talks were going nowhere as divisions mounted between liberals and traditionalists within the Anglican Communion itself.

The new policy allows Anglicans to convert to Catholicism but retain many of their Anglican liturgical traditions, including married priests. The Vatican will create the equivalent of new dioceses, so-called personal ordinariates, for these former Anglicans to be headed by a former Anglican priest or bishop.

Estimates on the number of possible converts has ranged from a few hundred to thousands.

Williams _ the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion _ wasn't informed of the change until right before it was announced.

It remains to be seen how the new policy will affect Pope Benedict XVI's planned trip to Britain next year. Saturday's Vatican statement did not mention it.

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by mao rong

really?

Yes..

Here is the statistic:

1. Tokyo Temple - 52,590 sq ft (4,886 m2)
2. Cebu Temple - 29,556 sq ft (2,746 m2)
3. Seoul Temple - 28,057 sq ft (2,607 m2
4. Manila Temple - 26,683 sq ft (2,479 m2)
5. HongKong Temple - 21,744 sq ft (2,020 m2)
6. Fukuaka Temple - 10,700 sq ft (990 m2)
7. Taipei Temple - 9,945 sq ft (924 m2)

[mao rong]

ah ok bai....