Tony Palmer died in hospital after hours of surgery because of a motorcycle accident. Tony Palmer quickly rose to fame, when Pope Francis sent him to a charismatic minister’s conference in Forth Worth, TX run by Kenneth Copeland in February with a recorded message of love and unity for them on video. Subsequently, Kenneth Copeland and other evangelicals went to Rome to meet with the pope.
Palmer, a charismatic himself, was an Anglican bishop of the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches, a breakaway denomination that considers itself part of the “Convergence Movement,” a movement to converge charismatic worship with more traditional liturgies, such as the Anglican liturgy. Palmer was also pushing for unity with Rome. He confidently declared to the minister’s conference that “Luther’s protest is over.” Then he asked them, “Is yours?”
The meeting between the evangelicals, arranged by Tony Palmer was remarkable because most conservative evangelicals viewed the pope as the antichrist once upon a time.
The charismatic movement is one of the bridges to bring evangelical Christians back to Rome. Speaking in tongues is a characteristic of the charismatic movement in which the mind of the person is taken over by a spirit and gives utterance in an unknown tongue, which is even unknown to God.
“Some of these persons have exercises, which they call gifts and say that the Lord has placed them in the church. They have an unmeaning gibberish which they call the unknown tongue, which is unknown not only by man but by the Lord and all heaven. Such gifts are manufactured by men and women, aided by the great deceiver. Fanaticism, false excitement, false talking in tongues, and noisy exercises have been considered gifts which God has placed in the Church. Some have been deceived here. The fruits of all this have not been good…” Maranatha, page 154
Tony Palmer had done much in recent times to bring charismatic evangelicals back to the Catholic Church. Perhaps his absence will slow down the process to some extent.
“And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.” Revelation 7:1
Comments
W. Sanford
Tuesday July 22nd, 2014 at 09:24 AMThis tragic death reminds me of the struggle
Jeremiah had with errant prophets of his day.
Willful Distortions of God’s Word never ends well!! May divine mercy overshadow his family.
Sean Taylor
Tuesday July 22nd, 2014 at 06:23 PMJesus knows no delay. He is coming quickly and his reward is with him! Prophecy will be fulfilled the Protestant churches will unite with Rome in fulfilling Gods will!! A-men
W. Sanford
Wednesday July 23rd, 2014 at 04:54 AMMatthew 24:14 is the prophetic voice of Jesus
Assuring us that His priority is the faithful proclamation of the gospel to the billions yet unwarned. Jesus has faith in us to get the job done. By His grace, let’s get it done. THEN the end will come.
P. A . Howell
Thursday July 24th, 2014 at 11:23 AMTRUE MY BROTHER THAT’S ALL WE NEED TO DO ! ALSO REMEMBER THAT TIME DOES EVERYTHING ..AND GOD RULES IN THE A FEARS OF MEN …THOSE MILLIONS WILL SURELY COME DURING THE TIME OF THE LATTER RAIN .. OUR LORD HAVE ALL THIS PLANNED ..LET US NOT ONLY READ THE WORD BUT STUDY IT LINE UPON LINE, HERE A LITTLE THERE A LITTLE.. GOD BLESS YOU .
Jean H.
Wednesday July 23rd, 2014 at 04:32 PMYes, this is the beginning of the end, but let us remember that Jesus said that tribulation would come on this earth like no man has ever seen.
Timothy
Tuesday July 29th, 2014 at 02:38 AMIt is sad when we Loo’s a love one so our prayers should be for the family at this time.his Death will stop the goining of hands across waters. Thanks for the woundeful work that you are doing. God Bless
A Fletcher
Thursday July 31st, 2014 at 05:25 PMApparently based on phone calls to the hospital by the Forerunner (Chris Hudson) there is a discrepancy. Hospital showed he was “DISCHARGED” at 9:48 am. This was verified by 4 different employees on 4 different recorded calls. (video since removed). Something is amiss here and I am sure we have not heard the last of this with Tony Palmer. Jesus is coming soon and we should not be surprised by the “devils miracles.”
admin
Thursday July 31st, 2014 at 07:43 PMYes, something is amiss. Chris usually does good work, but all the news sources, Kenneth Copeland, and a good number of others have all made their statements concerning his passing. There must be some mistake. The fact that the video is taken down suggests that it was not correct in the first place. Chris is the kind of guy that would not keep something up if it wasn’t right, I’m sure. Pastor Mayer