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Religious terror in Ireland
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246 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1988
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Avro Manhattan
22 books17 followersAvro Manhattan (1914–1990) was a writer and philosopher, primarily known for his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. Having covered various political topics throughout his career, Manhattan is perhaps best remembered as the author of several works analyzing the Vatican's role in world politics and global affairs. Despite having an intellectual outlook somewhat at odds with Christian fundamentalism, many of Manhattan's books were sold by Jack Chick, an American fundamentalist publisher.
Born in Milan, Italy on April 6, 1914 to American and Swiss/Dutch parents of Jewish extraction, Manhattan was educated at the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics.
During World War II, Manhattan was jailed in Italy for refusing to serve in Benito Mussolini's fascist army. Later during the war, he operated a radio station called "Radio Freedom" broadcasting to nations occupied by the Axis Powers.
His friends included H G Wells, Pablo Picasso, George Bernard Shaw and scientist Marie Stopes.
Manhattan spent much of his later life after 1979 at the ornately decorated home of his wife's late mother in South Shields, North East England.
Manhattan authored more than 20 books, including The Vatican in World Politics. It has been translated into most major languages, including Chinese, Russian and most recently, Korean. Some of his other popular works include The Vatican Billions, The Vatican's Holocaust, and Vatican Moscow Alliance. Some of his books which are especially critical of the Vatican and of Roman Catholicism.
The following is a list of Avro Manhattan's most notable works, ordered chronologically:
The Rumbling of the Apocalypse (1934)
Towards the new Italy (Preface by H.G. Wells) (1943)
Latin America and the Vatican (1946)
The Catholic Church Against the Twentieth Century (1947; 2nd edition 1950)
The Vatican in Asia (1948)
Religion in Russia (1949)
Vatican in World Politics (1949)
Catholic Imperialism and World Freedom (1952; 2nd edition 1959)
Terror Over Yugoslavia, the Threat to Europe (1953)
The Dollar and the Vatican (1956)
Vatican Imperialism in the Twentieth Century (1965)
Vatican Moscow Alliance (1982)
The Vatican Billions (1983)
Catholic Terror in Ireland (1988)
Vietnam ... why did we go? (1984)
Murder in the Vatican, American Russian and Papal Plots (1985)
The Vatican’s Holocaust (1986)
Born in Milan, Italy on April 6, 1914 to American and Swiss/Dutch parents of Jewish extraction, Manhattan was educated at the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics.
During World War II, Manhattan was jailed in Italy for refusing to serve in Benito Mussolini's fascist army. Later during the war, he operated a radio station called "Radio Freedom" broadcasting to nations occupied by the Axis Powers.
His friends included H G Wells, Pablo Picasso, George Bernard Shaw and scientist Marie Stopes.
Manhattan spent much of his later life after 1979 at the ornately decorated home of his wife's late mother in South Shields, North East England.
Manhattan authored more than 20 books, including The Vatican in World Politics. It has been translated into most major languages, including Chinese, Russian and most recently, Korean. Some of his other popular works include The Vatican Billions, The Vatican's Holocaust, and Vatican Moscow Alliance. Some of his books which are especially critical of the Vatican and of Roman Catholicism.
The following is a list of Avro Manhattan's most notable works, ordered chronologically:
The Rumbling of the Apocalypse (1934)
Towards the new Italy (Preface by H.G. Wells) (1943)
Latin America and the Vatican (1946)
The Catholic Church Against the Twentieth Century (1947; 2nd edition 1950)
The Vatican in Asia (1948)
Religion in Russia (1949)
Vatican in World Politics (1949)
Catholic Imperialism and World Freedom (1952; 2nd edition 1959)
Terror Over Yugoslavia, the Threat to Europe (1953)
The Dollar and the Vatican (1956)
Vatican Imperialism in the Twentieth Century (1965)
Vatican Moscow Alliance (1982)
The Vatican Billions (1983)
Catholic Terror in Ireland (1988)
Vietnam ... why did we go? (1984)
Murder in the Vatican, American Russian and Papal Plots (1985)
The Vatican’s Holocaust (1986)
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September 23, 2018
Taking the side of the Protestants not through bias but facts, the author does a great job at demonstrating the hypocrisy of the Irish Catholics, and the British Labor Govt. of the time (late 1960's) who were conspiring with Dublin for Ulster take over. Protestants were stripped of fire arms while Catholic "no go" zones were avoided by police. Turns out in God's Providence, that in 1970 the Tory govt. was elected, alongside Ian Paisley for the first time. The new govt. begun searching the Catholic "no go area" of Falls Road, Belfast, and found lots of fire arms which were in ready for a Dublin take over. God's Providence.
Chapter 7 was particularly interesting about how the Pope sold Ireland in 1155 to England to get the Irish to pay taxes to Rome. It's ironic that England in the course of time became the champion of Protestantism, to whom Ireland had been sold by the Pope!
Chapter 7 was particularly interesting about how the Pope sold Ireland in 1155 to England to get the Irish to pay taxes to Rome. It's ironic that England in the course of time became the champion of Protestantism, to whom Ireland had been sold by the Pope!
September 12, 2024
A SHARP CRITIC OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH INTERPRETS THE CONFLICT IN RELIGIOUS TERMS
Avro Manhattan (1914-1990) was a writer known for his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church, and political issues. He also wrote books such as 'The Vatican/Moscow Washington Alliance,' 'The Vatican Billions,' etc.
He says, "Civil war loomed (in 1914), even before Ireland had been granted independence. While it is true that the primary cause of the gap was religion, a form of racialism which had been grafted into it had made the whole problem even more intractable. The Northern Irish consider themselves different from those of the South, being in fact, of Scot and English descent." (Pg. 14-15)
He suggests, "Throughout the tragic events of the seventies, the Vatican presented an appearance of aloofness. Although the Catholic Church was occasionally mentioned, either as a villain or as a victim, she was never seriously accused of being the main promoter of the civil disorders. The unrest always appeared to be inspired by social grievances and the nationalistic aspirations of Catholics, acting as citizens longing for the reunification of Ireland. Despite her coyness, the Catholic Church was once more at the center of the Irish tragedy, as she had always been in the past." (Pg. 43-44)
He argues, "'True Irish' are Catholic Celts, who are mainly in the South. The 'alien race' are the Scots and the English who were 'planted' there mostly during the 17th and 18th centuries by various Protestant rulers. In other words, the Protestant settlers would include all their descendants, or practically the whole Protestant population of Northern Ireland. The Southern Catholic antagonism against the Ulster Protestants, therefore, is not only politico-religious, it is also racial." (Pg. 106)
He admits, "Objections may be raised that the I.R.A. is not representative of the thinking of the majority of Irishmen and that it has nothing to do with ideological problems. It may also be argued that it is but a tiny minority, which may be correct. Minorities, however, have always been more representative than the majorities regarding certain pertinent issues. Also, being the concrete expression of immediate passions, they are the most tangible evidence of the urges, divisions and frustrations present in a society...
"To take a para-military organization as an example of the coming ideological transformation might not seem justifiable. Yet, as an extreme, vocal and energetic sample of Irish nationalism and mostly devoted to military objectives, it, perhaps more than any other institution, can tell the disturbing tale of the conflicting forces in the Catholic-Protestant, Free State-Ulster conflict." (Pg. 116)
He concludes, "The fact that Catholic Ireland is determined to incorporate the Protestant population of Ulster against their expressed will is the most blatant proof that both the Catholic Free State and its mentor, the Catholic Church, DO NOT believe in freedom. This cannot be otherwise since they basic attitude of the Catholic Church will always remain the same. Her goal is freedom for her to exist, expand and destroy others when she is not in a Catholic land. When in a Catholic society, her goal is the complete removal of all freedoms to non-Catholics." (Pg. 124)
Quite a bit out of date, this book will nowadays interest probably only the more extreme critics of the Catholic Church (such as Jack Chick).
Avro Manhattan (1914-1990) was a writer known for his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church, and political issues. He also wrote books such as 'The Vatican/Moscow Washington Alliance,' 'The Vatican Billions,' etc.
He says, "Civil war loomed (in 1914), even before Ireland had been granted independence. While it is true that the primary cause of the gap was religion, a form of racialism which had been grafted into it had made the whole problem even more intractable. The Northern Irish consider themselves different from those of the South, being in fact, of Scot and English descent." (Pg. 14-15)
He suggests, "Throughout the tragic events of the seventies, the Vatican presented an appearance of aloofness. Although the Catholic Church was occasionally mentioned, either as a villain or as a victim, she was never seriously accused of being the main promoter of the civil disorders. The unrest always appeared to be inspired by social grievances and the nationalistic aspirations of Catholics, acting as citizens longing for the reunification of Ireland. Despite her coyness, the Catholic Church was once more at the center of the Irish tragedy, as she had always been in the past." (Pg. 43-44)
He argues, "'True Irish' are Catholic Celts, who are mainly in the South. The 'alien race' are the Scots and the English who were 'planted' there mostly during the 17th and 18th centuries by various Protestant rulers. In other words, the Protestant settlers would include all their descendants, or practically the whole Protestant population of Northern Ireland. The Southern Catholic antagonism against the Ulster Protestants, therefore, is not only politico-religious, it is also racial." (Pg. 106)
He admits, "Objections may be raised that the I.R.A. is not representative of the thinking of the majority of Irishmen and that it has nothing to do with ideological problems. It may also be argued that it is but a tiny minority, which may be correct. Minorities, however, have always been more representative than the majorities regarding certain pertinent issues. Also, being the concrete expression of immediate passions, they are the most tangible evidence of the urges, divisions and frustrations present in a society...
"To take a para-military organization as an example of the coming ideological transformation might not seem justifiable. Yet, as an extreme, vocal and energetic sample of Irish nationalism and mostly devoted to military objectives, it, perhaps more than any other institution, can tell the disturbing tale of the conflicting forces in the Catholic-Protestant, Free State-Ulster conflict." (Pg. 116)
He concludes, "The fact that Catholic Ireland is determined to incorporate the Protestant population of Ulster against their expressed will is the most blatant proof that both the Catholic Free State and its mentor, the Catholic Church, DO NOT believe in freedom. This cannot be otherwise since they basic attitude of the Catholic Church will always remain the same. Her goal is freedom for her to exist, expand and destroy others when she is not in a Catholic land. When in a Catholic society, her goal is the complete removal of all freedoms to non-Catholics." (Pg. 124)
Quite a bit out of date, this book will nowadays interest probably only the more extreme critics of the Catholic Church (such as Jack Chick).
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