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2 hours ago, 26th of foot said:

Just a couple of jottings from memory of Higher History in the early seventies.

 

I. Paul Larkin's tripe about Free Masons banning RCs is nonsense. I remember doing Higher History circa 1973, in the study of early trade unions/tramping artisans, the first banning order emanates from the the Vatican. An Edict issued in 1738 bans RCs from becoming members of the Masonic Order. It's mind numbing paranoia to turn this around to state the Masonic Order bans RCs. 

 

2. Sellik allowing Larkin access to peddle such tripe, is up there with ra Sellik allowing access to the Wolfe Tones thirty years past, to film an official video. You couldn't make it up, you don't need to; the Wolfe Tones are there in colour inside ra Piggery shouting the refrain, "ooh aah, up the Ra".

 

Sellik and Paul Larkin, keeping it classy, always?

 

 

 

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19831126_declaration-masonic_en.html

 

 

 

CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH


DECLARATION ON MASONIC ASSOCIATIONS

 

It has been asked whether there has been any change in the Church’s decision in regard to Masonic associations since the new Code of Canon Law does not mention them expressly, unlike the previous Code.

This Sacred Congregation is in a position to reply that this circumstance in due to an editorial criterion which was followed also in the case of other associations likewise unmentioned inasmuch as they are contained in wider categories.

Therefore the Church’s negative judgment in regard to Masonic association remains unchanged since their principles have always been considered irreconcilable with the doctrine of the Church and therefore membership in them remains forbidden. The faithful who enrol in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.

It is not within the competence of local ecclesiastical authorities to give a judgment on the nature of Masonic associations which would imply a derogation from what has been decided above, and this in line with the Declaration of this Sacred Congregation issued on 17 February 1981 (cf. AAS 73 1981 pp. 240-241; English language edition of L’Osservatore Romano, 9 March 1981).

In an audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect, the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II approved and ordered the publication of this Declaration which had been decided in an ordinary meeting of this Sacred Congregation.

Rome, from the Office of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 26 November 1983.

Joseph Card. RATZINGER
Prefect

+ Fr. Jerome Hamer, O.P.
Titular Archbishop of Lorium
Secretary

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First and foremost, THEY are victims too. Their real and perceived victimhood can by now been measured by astronomical units, no doubt about that.

 

 

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Chris Sutton death threat shock as Celtic legend to meet cops over chilling message

It's understood police are treating the sinister message sent to The Daily Record columnist seriously.

 

By

Keith Jackson

Keith McLeod

04:30, 7 JAN 2019

 

Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton is expected to meet police today after he received a death threat.

The sinister message was sent to Sutton last week in the wake of the Rangers versus Celtic match at Ibrox and it is understood officers are treating it seriously.

The 45-year-old – one of the game’s most outspoken pundits and a Record Sport columnist – confirmed last night: “I don’t want to go into any detail as this is a private matter and it is now in the hands of the police.

“Suffice to say, I have seen what’s been sent and it wasn’t a particularly pleasant thing to receive.”

It is understood Sutton has reported the threat to police near his home in England.

 

 

The revelation follows death threats made to match referee John Beaton in the wake of Rangers’ 1-0 victory on December 29.

 

Beaton had to be given a guard as he arrived at Somerset Park in Ayr on Saturday to referee the Championship match between Ayr United and Falkirk.

It is believed the threat was made to Sutton after the match but before he penned a ­controversial column in the Record.

He was scathing about the SFA’s failure to take retrospective action against Rangers’ Alfredo Morelos, who was involved in three incidents during the game where he appeared to lash out off the ball.

The SFA took no retrospective action when it emerged Beaton had witnessed them all.

In his Record column, Sutton claimed the SFA’s decision not to take disciplinary action against Morelos for his derby antics looked “like a stitch up”.

He said: “If they had applied the rules correctly then El Buffalo would have been on the end of three separate red cards.”

In his role as a pundit on BT Sport, Sutton branded the SFA decision as “shambolic” and “buffoonery of the highest order”.

The threats to figures within the game follow concerns at a rise in thuggish behaviour at matches, with coin-throwing, pyrotechnics and even racist incidents on the increase.

 

 

The threats come as Scottish football enjoys one of its most exciting seasons, with just a handful of points separating the top six teams in the SPFL top flight.

Sutton is noted – even in the opinionated world of football pundits – for his outspoken views.

In August 2017, he mocked an “anti-Rangers refereeing” petition.

Thousands of Rangers supporters rallied together online calling for the SFA to take action against match officials following Beaton’s ­performance at Ibrox in a home defeat to Hibs – ironically the same referee now in the firing line from Celtic fans over the Ibrox match.

Beaton controversially ordered Ryan Jack off after the midfielder clashed with Anthony Stokes during the match.

But while Sutton agreed Jack should not have been shown red, the Celtic legend ­ridiculed the Twitter campaign by punters.

He wrote: “Ryan Jack red card was an awful decision. But the petition for anti-Rangers refereeing? There’ll be one for Neil Lennon cheering a goal next.”

Sutton also tweeted support for the Hibs boss after a coin was chucked at him from the crowd at Hearts’ Tynecastle Park last October.

Sutton said: “On the Neil Lennon incident tonight… How can Neil Lennon be to blame for somebody throwing a coin at him? It’s a ridiculous notion.”

 

 

The threat to Sutton follows a long list of death threats being levelled at players, managers and referees.

Following the result at Ibrox, Beaton’s contact details were leaked online.

Trolls have since bombarded the official with threatening and abusive messages. A police spokesman said: “We can confirm that a complaint has been made to police regarding texts and calls received by a 36-year-old man.

“Police inquiries are ongoing into this matter.”

Following the threats to Beaton, SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell said in a statement: “It is with deep dismay that, in the last 24 hours, we learned of one of our match ­officials having had threats made against him and his family.

“We are in close contact with those involved and with Police Scotland to ensure they are safe and that those responsible are identified and held accountable for their actions.

“This is not the first time in recent weeks that our match officials have been targeted.

“Another referee was allegedly threatened and assaulted at a lower-league game prior to Christmas. These incidents are isolated but they are unacceptable and extremely concerning when they occur.”

In November 2017, a Rangers supporter who threatened to kill Lennon in a ­Facebook post was spared jail. Sean Cowan, 54, asked fellow fans for a gun so he could “shoot” the Hibs boss in the head.

 

 

Cowan was incensed after the former Celtic star cupped his ears in celebration during a Scottish Premiership match at Ibrox. He posted the remarks on August 12, after Hibs’ 3-2 victory.

And in November, graffiti saying “hang Neil Lennon” was daubed on a wall near Tynecastle Park.

In 2011, a sectarian mob hanged an effigy of Lennon in his native Northern Ireland. Sutton was acclaimed as a Celtic hardman but says that he could not have withstood the bullets and bomb scares faced by Lennon.

In 2011, Sutton said: “I don’t know how he put up with the stuff last season and I think that had an effect on where the title went.

“I can honestly say that if that was me, then I’d have been gone. I don’t know anyone else who would have stayed.

“Anyone else would have walked away from it all. It says a lot about his character. The stuff last season was ridiculous.”

Ex-Rangers star Fernando Ricksen, now bravely battling motor neurone disease, also previously revealed, in 2010, how he was targeted.

He said: “I’ve had hate letters sent to me with bullets in them. I’d messages telling me bullets were sent to the IRA so they could kill me.

 

“People phoned my son threatening to sort him out and beat him up at school. Supporters have physically and verbally threatened me on the field. My wife was abused in the street by them, they spat in my face while we were out shopping.”

Nacho Novo received death threats in 2008 as a Rangers player months after helping the Ibrox club to the UEFA Cup final. He needed his home guarded.

And after joining Irish League club Glentoran in 2017, Novo was again targeted. The threats were said to come from dissident Republicans.

Novo said: “Hearing the news about the threat was hard because you would not want that to happen to anyone but I got lots of support and that was important to me.

“The support came from everywhere and I appreciated it, because what happened to me was nothing to do with football.”

In 2010, then rookie referee Willie Collum received death threats after Rangers won 3-1 at Celtic Park.

And when Rangers won the league at the same venue in 1999, referee Hugh Dallas was struck by a coin from the crowd, then had the windows at his home smashed by thugs and received death threats.

Sources say Sutton will meet officers from Norfolk Constabulary to discuss the threat.

 

 

 

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/former-celtic-star-chris-sutton-13821932

 

Can envisage poor boy Sutton now while walking the streets of Glasgow tenor.gif

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People shouldn’t be surprised or frankly give him the attention he needs for his wage packet.  Sutton is just a different version of Hopkins or a piers Morgan. They’ve all been failed/sacked from their original profession only to take the path of least resistance by beings shouty. No attempt to prove their peers wrong by trying to have another go in their chosen profession. No attempt at redemption.

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10 minutes ago, ian1964 said:

 

What an utter twat. Did Celtic not gub Killie by 5 on the same day? Did they lie down?

 

I actually had the "pleasure" of meeting him in a bar back in the day. He wasn't at all like he is on TV. He was worse. He was rude and arrogant as hell and ended nearly coming to blows with a mate of mine, who was a Celtic fan. He is a sign of the times I suppose.

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The trouble with the way the press are carrying on is the evidence is there for all to see. 

 

We all know all this nonsense is about a possible yellow card. 

 

Add to that the stubborn refusal to discuss our penalt claim and the bias is there for all to see. 

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