To All Christian  Faithful
Dispel the poor comprehension and spiritual immaturity of superficial
pseudo-evangelism that promotes the notion: Believers in Christian Religion
lack divine grace or direct relationship with CHRIST.
[Such was conveyed on the following Television Program:
Fox News, Heartland from NYC, 5:30 -6:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Saturday, February 28, 2004]

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“THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST”

The CHRIST Message is not a marketable commodity:

It has universal pertinence, irrespective of the causes of the Crucifixion.

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The film production known as “The Passion of the Christ” affects the conscience of
Christians and Jews alike.

Material profits earned by this initiative, therefore, are not property and must be distributed in
proportional form to recognized Christian and Jewish charitable-religious institutions without
favor for any particular denomination.  Production costs reimbursement and reasonable
compensation to all contributors to the work must be made prior to any distributions.
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 (Luke 20:25-26)     "And he said unto them,  Render  therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's,
and unto God the things which be God's.  And they could not take hold of his words before the people:
and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace."

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Archbishop sees Mel Gibson's

The Passion of the Christ.

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos saw
Mel Gibson's controversial film "The Passion of The Christ" at a
private screening in a central Athens cinema on Wednesday night.
At the end of the film, Christodoulos said:

"The film we saw is inspired by an excessive and shocking realism, at least in the scenes of violence,
which comes however in contrast with the controlled narration of the gospels of the Holy Passion.
The purpose of the Holy Passion is not to provoke the Christians, neither to provoke stimulus in their fantasy, neither to their feelings, neither to provoke sentiments of hate and despair towards people who were accomplice to the passion and the crucifixion, given that the passion of Christ was voluntary.  The purpose of the Holy Passion is the confrontation with ourselves, with our sins."

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[Source: News Agency Bulletin & Press Review (ANA). February 26, 2004. The Bulletin reports daily update of main events in Greece.]

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THE  FOCUS  IS  ON  THE  CHRIST  MESSAGE

AND

NOT  ON  VIOLENCE  OR  ON  ECONOMIC  TRIUMPH

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