Edolatry

Catholics Come Home Video

Edolatry

The Catholic come home commercial mentions that they brought us the College and University system. So we need to look at this system more closely also.

If someone has a Law degree from Harvard and one has a high school diploma, which one do you hold as higher esteemed in society? Of course the one who holds a degree from Harvard.

In the Untied States we worship many Gods. Education is one of the many gods and having a good education and having a degree from a prestigious institution is worth more than money itself.

We instill in our children the importance of getting good grades before they even start school. We are more concerned that our children get a good education than we are about them living for the Lord and living a Godly life.

We go to great lengths for knowledge. We save money for a lifetime to be able to send our children and grandchildren to college and universities. Most families can not save money for education of their children and it's easy to go into debt with easy to get college loans, hoping you will be able to find a good paying job after college.

These colleges and universities teach our children secular values. Your child may have been in church their entire life and may have memorized many bible verses.

When they enter into these colleges and universities, if they are found out to be a christian, they are often ridiculed by their professors and peers. They are told how dumb they are for believing in a fairytale. Only then will many question their faith because we are programmed to believe people who have a degree are smarter.

Men love to praise themselves and wear their degrees like a badge of honor. Framing them and hanging them on walls for all who to see. They put titles before and after their names to let people know that they are to be respected.

Education is a form of evolution. Men like to be able to set themselves apart from the animal kingdom. Simply because we are the most intelligent animal in the animal kingdom and the most intelligent person will be worshiped as the highest type of evolved animal. Everyone wants to be intelligent and wants their offspring to be even more intelligent. Education is what makes us human and separates us from the animals.

Christians worship education more than most others. They hold preachers with degrees from theological seminaries higher than a person who is blessed by god. These seminary universities, men teach men. Men are fallible and they teach out of the text books of other fallible men. Most of the time they teach the doctrines of the whore, the catholic church without knowing the deceptive qualities that have been passed down for two thousand years and has been intertwined with the original meanings of Jesus Christ.

Most believe that someone with a four year degree has more knowledge of the Bible than someone who reads the bible everyday for seventy-five years. People need to learn how to interpret the bible. Which this is true in some cases. Some of the teachings in the Bible are as plain as black and white. More on this later.

Some pastors attend seminary for the wrong reasons. They want to get paid for their college education. What organizations have the most money to pay? It's the Church. Big Houses and fancy cars, especially if you land a job in one of the mega churches of today. Some just love to be called Pastor, they want to be trusted. We do trust them because of their degrees from institutions of higher education.

It does not matter which denomination you belong to, the truth is most worship this false god of education. As parents we are all too eager to see our children graduate from these secular and/or Christian universities. In reality we should want to see our children have a childlike faith in Jesus.

Through my years in the church, I have seen people conducting and finalizing business deals on Sundays at the Church. I have seen churches in trouble financially, having to cut the pay of the Pastor and the pastor gets mad and leaves for a church who can pay him his worth. An educated person thinks,“Well I paid the sacrifice and spent all these years in school and I deserve to get paid.”

I have often seen children, some in my very own family, who attend a Christian school all their life and enter into the institutions of higher education and emerge from these universities as godless and as atheist with their new found intelligence. They have reasoned away god and some believe they are smarter than God himself.

With a degree, people think they are somebody. Some of these “somebodies” that I have met through my life, do not have a bit of common sense and lack the wisdom to apply their educational knowledge. Engineers are the worst, they have the book smarts and they lack in the ability to apply the principals. But you can not tell them any different because they have paid the price with their journey of higher education and have a degree. Even the wisest eighty year old man can not tell a twenty-two year old what's right from wrong. But not in all cases, there are some educated people who are wise in their years and seek advise. Those wise ones often advance faster in their chosen career fields.

For those Christian parents who send their children to institutions of higher education, rather it be secular or Christian are almost ensuring that their children turn out confused with weaker or counterfeit faith.

But some leaders of the Church will tell the lesser ones that they are not smart enough to understand what God is saying in the Bible and you need someone with a degree in theology to help you understand the hidden meaning about the passage and you do not understand the audience in whichit is was originally spoken to or you do not understand to events surrounding the Biblical passage or it's history. I say this is nonsense! God speaks to everyone differently with different messages in order to achieve His ultimate Will. You just have to know God's voice and recognize when He is speaking to you.

Jesus teaches us somethings are hidden from the wise and educated. In Luke 10:21-22 Jesus says, “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.”

What are these things that God has hidden from the wise and intelligent? How do we know if the Son has revealed these things only to the well educated theological masters? It reminds me of today's Church as the pharisees and sadducees of old.

It was the matter of interpretation that brought me to where I am today. The matter of and manner of interpretation, over the years, raised some very serious questions. The matter of interpretation was different from Church to Church and Pastor to Pastor. Which one was right? When each had it's own interpretation. So I set out on a journey for truth.

These masters of interpretation dumb down their flocks. Most of their flock will not dare question the teachings of these earthly educated masters. They will not read their bibles for themselves.They just go with the flow and feel good about themselves because they attended church.

Why does God delight in us “simpletons” that have childlike faith in his son? He is looking for meek, humbled and servants with pure hearts. Jesus said to the Pharisees in Luke 16:15, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.”

A degree is highly esteemed among men and not with Jesus. We worship the people who hold Bachelors and Doctorate degrees.

Ask a pastor, why did you go to seminary or college in order to become a pastor? Most will say they had a “calling from God”. Then ask, if you needed to go to an institution of higher learning to become a preacher. Some answers will amaze you.

This education system is not new. In the early days of the university system, only the wealthy could afford higher education for themselves and their children. Only in today's times has education became the norm and almost anyone can go to the colleges and universities and obtain degrees. It's so common today that we do not give a second thought about it.

Before the later half of the Twentieth Century, most families worked farms and was lucky to attend school or even make it past grade school. Children had to stay home to work on the family farms to just make a living and survive. Education was not really needed. The top priorities were farming, cooking, sewing, washing clothes, hunting and the basics to get by in this life.

The bible even speaks of this on the end times in the Book of Daniel 12:4, “many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.”

Today we run to and fro to obtain knowledge. We travel at great links in order to obtain knowledge. We often travel out of state or out of the country to attend a university that teaches knowledge of one thing or another.

If this was not such a problem, then why did God mention it to Daniel? Maybe because higher education teaches us to rely on our self more than to rely on God.

God in Genesis 2:17 told Adam and Eve, “of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Knowledge is something that makes people aware of other things than that of the Godly things.

Is education worth more than your placement in eternity? It's a hard choice. You can have both. It's what you do with your knowledge that's important. Are you advancing the Will of God or the things of the devil?

The Didache

The Didache Message Video

The Didache or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles

Translated by Charles H. Hoole

CHAPTER 1

1:1 There are two paths, one of life and one of death, and the difference is great between the two paths.

1:2 Now the path of life is this -- first, thou shalt love the God who made thee, thy neighbour as thyself, and all things that thou wouldest not should be done unto thee, do not thou unto another.

1:3 And the doctrine of these maxims is as follows. Bless them that curse you, and pray for your enemies. Fast on behalf of those that persecute you; for what thank is there if ye love them that love you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? But do ye love them that hate you, and ye will not have an enemy.

1:4 Abstain from fleshly and worldly lusts. If any one give thee a blow on thy right cheek, turn unto him the other also, and thou shalt be perfect; if any one compel thee to go a mile, go with him two; if a man take away thy cloak, give him thy coat also; if a man take from thee what is thine, ask not for it again, for neither art thou able to do so.

1:5 Give to every one that asketh of thee, and ask not again; for the Father wishes that from his own gifts there should be given to all. Blessed is he who giveth according to the commandment, for he is free from guilt; but woe unto him that receiveth. For if a man receive being in need, he shall be free from guilt; but he who receiveth when not in need, shall pay a penalty as to why he received and for what purpose; and when he is in tribulation he shall be examined concerning the things that he has done, and shall not depart thence until he has paid the last farthing.

1:6 For of a truth it has been said on these matters, let thy almsgiving abide in thy hands until thou knowest to whom thou hast given.

CHAPTER 2

2:1 But the second commandment of the teaching is this.

2:2 Thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not commit adultery; thou shalt not corrupt youth; thou shalt not commit fornication; thou shalt not steal; thou shalt not use soothsaying; thou shalt not practise sorcery; thou shalt not kill a child by abortion, neither shalt thou slay it when born; thou shalt not covet the goods of thy neighbour;

2:3 thou shalt not commit perjury; thou shalt not bear false witness; thou shalt not speak evil; thou shalt not bear malice;

2:4 thou shalt not be double-minded or double-tongued, for to be double tongued is the snare of death.

2:5 Thy speech shall not be false or empty, but concerned with action.

2:6 Thou shalt not be covetous, or rapacious, or hypocritical, or malicious, or proud; thou shalt not take up an evil design against thy neighbour;

2:7 thou shalt not hate any man, but some thou shalt confute, concerning some thou shalt pray, and some thou shalt love beyond thine own soul.

CHAPTER 3

3:1 My child, fly from everything that is evil, and from everything that is like to it.

3:2 Be not wrathful, for wrath leadeth unto slaughter; be not jealous, or contentious, or quarrelsome, for from all these things slaughter ensues.

3:3 My child, be not lustful, for lust leadeth unto fornication; be not a filthy talker; be not a lifter up of the eye, for from all these things come adulteries.

3:4 My child, be not an observer of omens, since it leadeth to idolatry, nor a user of spells, nor an astrologer, nor a travelling purifier, nor wish to see these things, for from all these things idolatry ariseth.

3:5 My child, be not a liar, for lying leadeth unto theft; be not covetous or conceited, for from all these things thefts arise.

3:6 My child, be not a murmurer, since it leadeth unto blasphemy; be not self-willed or evil-minded, for from all these things blasphemies are produced;

3:7 but be thou meek, for the meek shall inherit the earth;

3:8 be thou longsuffering, and compassionate, and harmless, and peaceable, and good, and fearing alway the words that thou hast heard.

3:9 Thou shalt not exalt thyself, neither shalt thou put boldness into thy soul. Thy soul shall not be joined unto the lofty, but thou shalt walk with the just and humble.

3:10 Accept the things that happen to thee as good, knowing that without God nothing happens.

CHAPTER 4

4:1 My child, thou shalt remember both night and day him that speaketh unto thee the Word of God; thou shalt honour him as thou dost the Lord, for where the teaching of the Lord is given, there is the Lord;

4:2 thou shalt seek out day by day the favour of the saints, that thou mayest rest in their words;

4:3 thou shalt not desire schism, but shalt set at peace them that contend; thou shalt judge righteously; thou shalt not accept the person of any one to convict him of transgression;

4:4 thou shalt not doubt whether a thing shall be or not.

4:5 Be not a stretcher out of thy hand to receive, and a drawer of it back in giving.

4:6 If thou hast, give by means of thy hands a redemption for thy sins.

4:7 Thou shalt not doubt to give, neither shalt thou murmur when giving; for thou shouldest know who is the fair recompenser of the reward.

4:8 Thou shalt not turn away from him that is in need, but shalt share with thy brother in all things, and shalt not say that things are thine own; for if ye are partners in what is immortal, how much more in what is mortal?

4:9 Thou shalt not remove thine heart from thy son or from thy daughter, but from their youth shalt teach them the fear of God.

4:10 Thou shalt not command with bitterness thy servant or thy handmaid, who hope in the same God as thyself, lest they fear not in consequence the God who is over both; for he cometh not to call with respect of persons, but those whom the Spirit hath prepared.

4:11 And do ye servants submit yourselves to your masters with reverence and fear, as being the type of God.

4:12 Thou shalt hate all hypocrisy and everything that is not pleasing to God;

4:13 thou shalt not abandon the commandments of the Lord, but shalt guard that which thou hast received, neither adding thereto nor taking therefrom;

4:14 thou shalt confess thy transgressions in the Church, and shalt not come unto prayer with an evil conscience. This is the path of life.

CHAPTER 5

5:1 But the path of death is this. First of all, it is evil, and full of cursing; there are found murders, adulteries, lusts, fornication, thefts, idolatries, soothsaying, sorceries, robberies, false witnessings, hypocrisies, double-mindedness, craft, pride, malice, self-will, covetousness, filthy talking, jealousy, audacity, pride, arrogance;

5:2 there are they who persecute the good -- lovers of a lie, not knowing the reward of righteousness, not cleaving to the good nor to righteous judgment, watching not for the good but for the bad, from whom meekness and patience are afar off, loving things that are vain, following after recompense, having no compassion on the needy, nor labouring for him that is in trouble, not knowing him that made them, murderers of children, corrupters of the image of God, who turn away from him that is in need, who oppress him that is in trouble, unjust judges of the poor, erring in all things. From all these, children, may ye be delivered.

CHAPTER 6

6:1 See that no one make thee to err from this path of doctrine, since he who doeth so teacheth thee apart from God.

6:2 If thou art able to bear the whole yoke of the Lord, thou wilt be perfect; but if thou art not able, what thou art able, that do.

6:3 But concerning meat, bear that which thou art able to do. But keep with care from things sacrificed to idols, for it is the worship of the infernal deities.

CHAPTER 7

7:1 But concerning baptism, thus baptize ye: having first recited all these precepts, baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in running water;

7:2 but if thou hast not running water, baptize in some other water, and if thou canst not baptize in cold, in warm water;

7:3 but if thou hast neither, pour water three times on the head, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

7:4 But before the baptism, let him who baptizeth and him who is baptized fast previously, and any others who may be able. And thou shalt command him who is baptized to fast one or two days before.

CHAPTER 8

8:1 But as for your fasts, let them not be with the hypocrites, for they fast on the second and fifth days of the week, but do ye fast on the fourth and sixth days.

8:2 Neither pray ye as the hypocrites, but as the Lord hath commanded in his gospel so pray ye: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done as in heaven so on earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debt, as we also forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil: for thine is the power, and the glory, for ever.

8:3 Thrice a day pray ye in this fashion.

CHAPTER 9

9:1 But concerning the Eucharist, after this fashion give ye thanks.

9:2 First, concerning the cup. We thank thee, our Father, for the holy vine, David thy Son, which thou hast made known unto us through Jesus Christ thy Son; to thee be the glory for ever.

9:3 And concerning the broken bread. We thank thee, our Father, for the life and knowledge which thou hast made known unto us through Jesus thy Son; to thee be the glory for ever.

9:4 As this broken bread was once scattered on the mountains, and after it had been brought together became one, so may thy Church be gathered together from the ends of the earth unto thy kingdom; for thine is the glory, and the power, through Jesus Christ, for ever.

9:5 And let none eat or drink of your Eucharist but such as have been baptized into the name of the Lord, for of a truth the Lord hath said concerning this, Give not that which is holy unto dogs.

CHAPTER 10

10:1 But after it has been completed, so pray ye.

10:2 We thank thee, holy Father, for thy holy name, which thou hast caused to dwell in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and immortality which thou hast made known unto us through Jesus thy Son; to thee be the glory for ever.

10:3 Thou, Almighty Master, didst create all things for the sake of thy name, and hast given both meat and drink, for men to enjoy, that we might give thanks unto thee, but to us thou hast given spiritual meat and drink, and life everlasting, through thy Son.

10:4 Above all, we thank thee that thou art able to save; to thee be the glory for ever.

10:5 Remember, Lord, thy Church, to redeem it from every evil, and to perfect it in thy love, and gather it together from the four winds, even that which has been sanctified for thy kingdom which thou hast prepared for it; for thine is the kingdom and the glory for ever.

10:6 Let grace come, and let this world pass away. Hosanna to the Son of David. If any one is holy let him come (to the Eucharist); if any one is not, let him repent. Maranatha. Amen.

10:7 But charge the prophets to give thanks, so far as they are willing to do so.

CHAPTER 11

11:1 Whosoever, therefore, shall come and teach you all these things aforesaid, him do ye receive;

11:2 but if the teacher himself turn and teach another doctrine with a view to subvert you, hearken not to him; but if he come to add to your righteousness, and the knowledge of the Lord, receive him as the Lord.

11:3 But concerning the apostles and prophets, thus do ye according to the doctrine of the Gospel.

11:4 Let every apostle who cometh unto you be received as the Lord.

11:5 He will remain one day, and if it be necessary, a second; but if he remain three days, he is a false prophet.

11:6 And let the apostle when departing take nothing but bread until he arrive at his resting-place; but if he ask for money, he is a false prophet.

11:7 And ye shall not tempt or dispute with any prophet who speaketh in the spirit; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven.

11:8 But not every one who speaketh in the spirit is a prophet, but he is so who hath the disposition of the Lord; by their dispositions they therefore shall be known, the false prophet and the prophet.

11:9 And every prophet who ordereth in the spirit that a table shall be laid, shall not eat of it himself, but if he do otherwise, he is a false prophet;

11:10 and every prophet who teacheth the truth, if he do not what he teacheth is a false prophet;

11:11 and every prophet who is approved and true, and ministering in the visible mystery of the Church, but who teacheth not others to do the things that he doth himself, shall not be judged of you, for with God lieth his judgment, for in this manner also did the ancient prophets.

11:12 But whoever shall say in the spirit, Give me money, or things of that kind, listen not to him; but if he tell you concerning others that are in need that ye should give unto them, let no one judge him.

CHAPTER 12

12:1 Let every one that cometh in the name of the Lord be received, but afterwards ye shall examine him and know his character, for ye have knowledge both of good and evil.

12:2 If the person who cometh be a wayfarer, assist him so far as ye are able; but he will not remain with you more than two or three days, unless there be a necessity.

12:3 But if he wish to settle with you, being a craftsman, let him work, and so eat;

12:4 but if he know not any craft, provide ye according to you own discretion, that a Christian may not live idle among you;

12:5 but if he be not willing to do so, he is a trafficker in Christ. From such keep aloof.

CHAPTER 13

13:1 But every true prophet who is willing to dwell among you is worthy of his meat,

13:2 likewise a true teacher is himself worthy of his meat, even as is a labourer.

13:3 Thou shalt, therefore, take the firstfruits of every produce of the wine-press and threshing-floor, of oxen and sheep, and shalt give it to the prophets, for they are your chief priests;

13:4 but if ye have not a prophet, give it unto the poor.

13:5 If thou makest a feast, take and give the firstfruits according to the commandment;

13:6 in like manner when thou openest a jar of wine or of oil, take the firstfruits and give it to the prophets;

13:7 take also the firstfruits of money, of clothes, and of every possession, as it shall seem good unto thee, and give it according to the commandment.

CHAPTER 14

14:1 But on the Lord's day, after that ye have assembled together, break bread and give thanks, having in addition confessed your sins, that your sacrifice may be pure.

14:2 But let not any one who hath a quarrel with his companion join with you, until they be reconciled, that your sacrifice may not be polluted,

14:3 for it is that which is spoken of by the Lord. In every place and time offer unto me a pure sacrifice, for I am a great King, saith the Lord, and my name is wonderful among the Gentiles.

CHAPTER 15

15:1 Elect, therefore, for yourselves bishops and deacons worthy of the Lord, men who are meek and not covetous, and true and approved, for they perform for you the service of prophets and teachers.

15:2 Do not, therefore, despise them, for they are those who are honoured among you, together with the prophets and teachers.

15:3 Rebuke one another, not in wrath but peaceably, as ye have commandment in the Gospel; and, but let no one speak to any one who walketh disorderly with regard to his neighbour, neither let him be heard by you until he repent.

15:4 But your prayers and your almsgivings and all your deeds so do, as ye have commandment in the Gospel of our Lord.

CHAPTER 16

16:1 Watch concerning your life; let not your lamps be quenched or your loins be loosed, but be ye ready, for ye know not the hour at which our Lord cometh.

16:2 But be ye gathered together frequently, seeking what is suitable for your souls; for the whole time of your faith shall profit you not, unless ye be found perfect in the last time.

16:3 For in the last days false prophets and seducers shall be multiplied, and the sheep shall be turned into wolves, and love shall be turned into hate;

16:4 and because iniquity aboundeth they shall hate each other, and persecute each other, and deliver each other up; and then shall the Deceiver of the world appear as the Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders, and the earth shall be delivered into his hands; and he shall do unlawful things, such as have never happened since the beginning of the world.

16:5 Then shall the creation of man come to the fiery trial of proof, and many shall be offended and shall perish; but they who remain in their faith shall be saved by the rock of offence itself.

16:6 And then shall appear the signs of the truth; first the sign of the appearance in heaven, then the sign of the sound of the trumpet, and thirdly the resurrection of the dead

16:7 -- not of all, but as it has been said, The Lord shall come and all his saints with him;

16:8 then shall the world behold the Lord coming on the clouds of heaven.

Catholics come home

Catholics Come Home Video

Rev 18:4 also says "Catholics come home"

"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

Rowland Taylor

Rowland Taylor

I am passionate about God, Jesus, The Bible, history, my family and it's history and stories that they

have passed down from generation to generation.

My family lineage consist of Kings, Queens, Martyrs and Saints. Through my love of history

and research I have over the years compiled stories that often left me asking more questions then I had

answers for. Several families of my bloodline took very well recorded records. The Eller's, Taylor's and

Gascoigne's especially.

My bloodline includes the likes of and not to mention the Queens and other nobodies.

Saint Arnulf of Metz (582 – 640)

Saint Begga (615 – 693)

Charlemagne (742 - 814)

William I "The Conqueror" King of England (1024 – 1087)

Henry I King of England (1068 – 1135)

Henry II King of England (1132 – 1189)

John I King of England (1166 – 1216)

Henry III King of England (1207 – 1272)

Edward I King of England (1239 – 1307)

My family history is not that unique. Most people alive today can trace their genealogy back to

Royal Heritages. Royal families have always been related to one another in Europe since they often

intermarried with each other. Each family creating their own heirs and producing Kings and Queens of

other countries. Through the passage of time royals marrying commoners became more and more

common. I would estimate that descendants of Royal lineage with illegitimate children (those not

suited for the monarchy) is close to the tens of millions in the United States. Some might be a

descendant of a Royal descendant and the guy who served as their horse groomer.

Royals back in those days tended to have larger families and were able to provide their families

with adequate food and nutrition than the common family. More of their children were able to live

until childbearing age and escape disease, sickness and starvation unlike a common and less wealthy

family.

Royals over time and especially the female descents gradually ran out of stuff to inherit. Most

females of Royal bloodlines began coming to America with their families in the 16^th century in order to obtain the free land. So being able to trace your family heritage back to Royal blood is really no big deal.

In my family heritage some individuals stand out more than others. The ones that stand out the

most to me are the lesser known individuals who stood up for God. The ones who were martyred and

the ones who came to the New World to escape religious persecution.

The one who I think is the cornerstone is my 7th great grandfather Rowland Taylor (October 6,

1510-February 9, 1559) who was killed by Bloody Queen Mary I. He was burned at the stake for

preaching against the Catholic Church and for his support of “the Nine Day Queen” Lady Jane Grey.

He was also married to William Tyndale's (of the King James Bible) sister Margaret. Rowland was a

central figure of the Protestant Reformation along with Martin Luther and John Calvin.

Rowland's troubles began with a sermon he preached at Bury Saint Edmunds on July 25, 1553

denouncing the Catholic practice of clerical celibacy in which Catholic Priest were forbidden to marry.

Many Clergymen started to abandon this practice since the 1530s as part of the protestant reformation.

He was also against a few other of the Catholic practices including the practice of idolatry.

After King Edward VI died on July 6, 1553, Bloody Mary I started bringing the practices of

Roman Catholicism back to England. Drawing England back into the rule of the Holy Roman Empire

and many of the Protestant reformers resisted the new english monarchy and that of Mary's husband

King Philip II King of Spain..

On March 26, 1554 the Privy Council ordered the arrest of Rowland and he was tried over the

next several years and sentenced to prison where he made many converts to the Faith. On January 20,

1555 the Catholic Church reinstated the burning of heretics. Nine days later On January 29^th, Rowland

was given to opportunity to recant and when he refused, He was convicted of heresy and was condemned to be burned at the stake.

Rowland's words to his accusers were, "And although I know, that there is neither justice nor

truth to be looked for at my adversaries hands, but rather imprisonment and cruel death: yet know my cause to be so good and righteous, and the truth so strong upon my side, that I will by God's grace go and appear before them and to their beards resist their false doings."

Rowland was taken back to his hometown of Hadleigh to meet his fate as order by the Roman

Catholic Church. His wife had promised to be there the entire time and the Sheriff gave Rowland an

opportunity to speak with his family one last time.

Rowland's last words to his family were, “I say to my wife, and to my children, The Lord gave

you unto me, and the Lord hath taken me from you, and you from me: blessed be the name of the Lord! I believe that they are blessed which die in the Lord. God careth for sparrows, and for the hairs of our heads. I have ever found Him more faithful and favorable, than is any father or husband. Trust ye therefore in Him by the means of our dear Savior Christ's merits: believe, love, fear, and obey Him: pray to Him, for He hath promised to help. Count me not dead, for I shall certainly live, and never die. I go before, and you shall follow after, to our long home."

Rowland and Margaret's eldest son was Thomas (my 6^th great grandfather). Rowland's words to

Thomas were, "Almighty God bless thee, and give you his Holy Spirit, to be a true servant of Christ, to learn his word, and constantly to stand by his truth all the life long. And my son, see that thou fear God always. Fly from all sin and wicked living. Be virtuous, serve God daily with prayer, and apply thy boke. In anywise see thou be obedient to thy mother, love her, and serve her. Be ruled by her now in thy youth, and follow her good counsel in all things. Beware of lewd company of young men, that fear not God, but followeth their lewd lusts and vain appetites. Flee from whoredom, and hate all filthy lying, remembering that I they father do die in the defense of holy marriage. And another day when God shall bless thee, love and cherish the poor people, and count that thy chief riches to be rich in alms. And when thy mother is waxed old, forsake her not, but provide for her to thy power, and see that she lacks nothing. For so will God bless thee, give thee long life upon earth, and prosperity, which I pray God to grant thee."

On his way to the stake, Rowland sought after a blind couple in which he tossed a glove full of

coins into their window and as a last act of kindness, he gave his boots to a shoeless man along the way. While tied to the stake, a local butcher was ordered to light the fire and he resisted and one of the

guards had pity on Rowland before the fire could be set and hit Rowland over his head that instantly

killed him saving him the suffering of being burned alive. Shortly after his body was consumed by

the flames.

The spirit of God is often found in the descendants of Rowland and Margaret. Some will say that the descendants of Rowland are Blessed through his words to his sons. I will tell you that we are

blessed and we are each blessed in our own unique way. We are blessed with God's perfect will.