STANCE
ON COVID
BELIEF.
FAITH.
STANCE.
The Essene Community Church of Christ believes in prayer to God, herbal holistic healing and fasting as being the only forms of healing for an Essene Christian. In Our creed we understand God tests us with illnesses as punishment for sins committed in the body, to correct a behaviour or as a method to test our faith in his power to heal.
We must believe this to be the absolute truth because any doubt renders that power null and void as Christ stated in the Holy Bible.
Biomedicine, including vaccines are banned from our Church as usage for healing any man, woman or child as this method is not ordained by God. Members are commanded to consult with Church officials concerning all sicknesses. Covid-19 vaccinations are not approved by the Council of the Essene Community Church of Christ as a form of medical healing.
Proverbs 11:14 Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Proverbs 19:20Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.
James 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
Pharmaceutical Drugs
The Holy Bible and the Essene Community Church of Christ teaches healing and sanctification
through prayer from the elders or through the use of medicinal herbs. Forced vaccination
would be contrary to these beliefs. We are also warned about Sorcery which the Holy Bible lists
as pharmaceutical drugs in the last days.
Revelation 18:23 for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Biblical Definition of Sorceries from the Strong’s Concordance:
G5331 (Strong) φαρμακεία pharmakeia far-mak-i'-ah
From *G5332; medication (“pharmacy”), that is, (by extension) magic (literal or figurative): - sorcery, witchcraft.
Total KJV occurrences: 3
*G5332 φαρμακεύς pharmakeus far-mak-yoos'
From φάρμακον pharmakon (a drug, that is, spell giving potion); a druggist (“pharmacist”) or
poisoner, that is, (by extension) a magician: - sorcerer.
The Vatican’s doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has
determined that it is “morally acceptable” for Catholics to take these vaccines against the COVID-19 Virus.
Source: https://www.cacatholic.org/CCC-vaccine-moral-acceptability
Bio medicine promotion by Catholic Church
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
INSTRUCTION DIGNITAS PERSONAE
ON CERTAIN BIOETHICAL QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION
The teaching of Donum vitae remains completely valid, both with regard to the principles on
which it is based and the moral evaluations which it expresses. However, new biomedical
technologies which have been introduced in the critical area of human life and the family
have given rise to further questions, in particular in the field of research on human embryos,
the use of stem cells for therapeutic purposes, as well as in other areas of experimental
medicine. These new questions require answers. The pace of scientific developments in this
area and the publicity they have received have raised expectations and concerns in large sectors
of public opinion. Legislative assemblies have been asked to make decisions on these questions
in order to regulate them by law; at times, wider popular consultation has also taken place.
The Magisterium also seeks to offer a word of support and encouragement for the perspective
on culture which considers science an invaluable service to the integral good of the life and
dignity of every human being. The Church therefore views scientific research with hope and
desires that many Christians will dedicate themselves to the progress of biomedicine and will
bear witness to their faith in this field. She hopes moreover that the results of such research
may also be made available in areas of the world that are poor and afflicted by disease, so that
those who are most in need will receive humanitarian assistance. Finally, the Church seeks to
draw near to every human being who is suffering, whether in body or in spirit, in order to bring
not only comfort, but also light and hope.
Source:
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What is biomedicine?
Biomedicine (also referred to as Western medicine, mainstream medicine or conventional medicine)
[1] is a branch of medical science that applies biological and physiological principles
to clinical practice. Biomedicine stresses standardized, evidence-based treatment validated
through biological research, with treatment administered via formally trained doctors, nurses,
and other such licensed practitioners.
[2] Biomedicine also can relate to many other categories in health and biological related fields. It has been the dominant system of medicine in the Western world for more than a century.[3][4][5][6]
It includes many biomedical disciplines and areas of specialty that typically contain the "bio-"
prefix such as molecular biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, cell biology, embryology,
nanobiotechnology, biological engineering, laboratory medical biology, cytogenetics, genetics,
gene therapy, bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems biology, neuroscience, microbiology,
virology, immunology, parasitology, physiology, pathology, anatomy, toxicology, and many others
that generally concern life sciences as applied to medicine.
[1] https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/biomedicine
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570449/
[3] https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/09/pc
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535463/
[5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535463
[6] Lloyd, Hilary, Helen Hancock, and Steven Campbell. Vital Notes for Nurses: Principles of Care. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (2007).
What is Alternative medicine?
Alternative medicine is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of
standard care. Standard care is what medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, and allied health
professionals, such as nurses and physical therapists, practice. Alternative medicine is used in
place of standard medical care.
Alternative medicine is a broad term encompassing a variety of medical modalities. These are
typically supported by tradition and seldom taught in a Western medical setting. Such
modalities range from the ancient Eastern practices of #acupuncture and Tai chi, to #herbal
medicine, #Reiki, #chiropractic manipulation, and more. These services are often used
interchangeably with the term "alternative medicine", a designation created in the 1800s that
distinguished these modalities as “alternative” to allopathic medicine. Allopathic medicine is
also commonly referred to as Western medicine, evidence-based medicine, conventional, or
mainstream medicine.
This mRNA vaccine is not to be compared with other vaccines we have seen. It is the first of its
kind and the Holy Bible warns Christian believers of medical pharmaceutical deception in the
end times, endorsed by Babylon who is identified as the Roman Catholic Church by Reformation
Christians. In the present day, this is exactly what is transpiring. Due to this occurrence, many
nations, including Christians have been deceived and placed their faith in pharmaceutical
drugs instead of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
On The Freedom of a Christian
By: Martin Luther
See, however, which is called the Court of Rome, and which neither you nor any man can deny
to be more corrupt than any Babylon or Sodom, and quite, as I believe, of a lost, desperate,
and hopeless impiety, this I have verily abominated, and have felt indignant that the people of
Christ should be cheated under your name and the pretext of the Church of Rome and so I
have resisted, and will resist, as long as the spirit of faith shall live in me. Not that I am striving
after impossibilities, or hoping that by my labours alone, against the furious opposition of so
many flatterers, any good can be done in that most disordered Babylon.
On The Freedom of a Christian
By: Martin Luther
These things are clearer than the light to all men; and the Church of Rome, formerly the most
holy of all churches, has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of
all brothels, the very kingdom of sin, death, and hell; so that not even Antichrist, if he were
to come, could devise any addition to its wickedness.
Biomedicine, including vaccines are banned from our Church as usage for healing any
man, woman or child as this method is not ordained by God. Members are commanded
to consult with Church officials concerning all sicknesses. Covid-19 vaccinations are not
approved by the Council of the Essene Community Church of Christ as a form of medical
healing.