Alberto Rivera (activist)
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Alberto Rivera | |
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Jack T. Chick's rendition of Rivera | |
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Died | June 20, 1997 | (aged 61)
Resting place | Rose Hill Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Known for | Anti-Catholic religious activism |
Alberto Magno Rivera Romero (September 19, 1935 – June 20, 1997) was an
Chick promised to promote Rivera's testimony even after he died. Rivera claimed to have been a
Biography
Rivera was born in
questioned many of Rivera's statements about his life, alleging that he was a fraud. The two conflicting versions are summarized below.Rivera's account
According to Rivera,
Cornerstone's account
According to the Cornerstone exposé,
The document exhibited by Rivera to prove his status as a Catholic priest was fraudulent. The Catholic Church says his statement of having been a Jesuit priest, or another statement that he was a bishop, are not true. Rivera had only one sister who worked as a maid in a private London home, not as a nun in a convent; the statement that his sister the nun nearly died in a convent in London was a lie. In an employment form dated 1963, Rivera stated he was married to Carmen Lydia Torres, and the couple had two children in the U.S. In his narrative, Rivera said that he was a priest living in Spain in 1963.
Cornerstone also questioned Rivera's statement to various degrees, including three doctorates (Th.D., D.D., and Ph.D.), reporting that his known chronology did not allow enough time to have completed these degrees. Rivera allegedly admitted that he had received these degrees from a non-accredited entity sometimes referred to as a diploma mill located in the state of Colorado.
Claims
Rivera said that the Jesuit order was responsible for the creation of
Rivera also made several allegations about
Presence in "Chick Tracts"
Six of
Death
Rivera died in 1997 of
See also
References
- ^ a b Metz, Gary (1981). "The Alberto Story". Cornerstone. 9 (53): 29–31. Archived from the original on 2005-12-02.
- ^ "Alberto Rivera: Is He For Real?". Christianity Today. 2 (2). 1981-03-13.
- ^ a b Chick Publications - Alberto
- ^ Elizabeth Goldman (1995), p. 63, gives 8 June 632 CE, the dominant Islamic tradition. Many earlier (primarily non-Islamic) traditions refer to him as still alive at the time of the Muslim conquest of Palestine. See Stephen J. Shoemaker,The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam, page 248, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
- ^ "Jesuit Order Founded".
- ^ a b Catholic Answers Special Report: Chick Tracts Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brian Onken, "Alberto: The Truth about His Story", Forward, February 25, 1983
- ^ "Encyclopædia Britannica – Jesuit". 17 June 2023.
- ^ Chick Publications - The Godfathers
- ^ "Chick Publications - The Prophet". Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2004-12-20.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/SecretHistoryOfTheJesuits The Secret History of the Jesuits by Edmond Paris
- ^ "Alberto Rivera" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-11. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
External links
- "Who Was Alberto Rivera?" ("Chick Tracts: Their Origin and Refutation", part 3) from Catholic Answers
- Information
- Dr Alberto Rivera History, Testimony
- Alberto Rivera: The Vatican Confessions
- Dr ALBERTO RIVERA EX JESUIT PRIEST DAY Parts 1&2, Jesuits, Roman Catholicism