Tuesday, May 04, 2004
UnBiblical Christianity.DJ: And sorry if this is rude, or coarse, but it all seems like a lot of Papal Bull!
The vast majority of the doctrines and beliefs of the Church of Rome have no basis whatsoever in the Bible. They were added at a later date, contrary to the clear warning of the Bible in Revelation 22:18. Here is a list of the main unscriptural doctrines and the dates on which they were made official. All Roman Catholics are forced to accept them without question
- The daily mass, 394 A.D.
- The doctrine of purgatory (Pope Gregory), 593 A.D.
- Prayers to the Virgin, Queen of Heaven, 600 A.D.
- The first Pope (Boniface III), 610 A.D.
- Kissing the Pope's foot began in 709 A.D. (ewwwwww)
- Temporal power of the Pope declared in 750 A.D.
- Worship of images, relics and cross, 788 A.D.
- Holy water, blessed by a priest, 850 A.D.
- Veneration of St. Joseph, 890 A.D.
- Canonisation of dead saints (Pope John XV), 995 A.D.
- Lent and Good Friday began in 998 A.D. (Pagan Holidays. origin's of the Easter "Holy" Day )
- The mass declared to be a sacrifice of Christ, 1050 A.D.
- Celibacy of the priesthood and nuns, 1079 A.D.
- The rosary introduced by Peter the Hermit, 1090 A.D.
- Selling indulgences began in 1190 A.D.
- Doctrine of transubstantiation adopted in 1215 A.D.
- Confession of sins to human priest, 1215 A.D.
- Adoration of the water (Pope Honorius), 1220 A.D.
- Interpretation of Bible forbidden to laity, 1229 A.D.
- Scapular declared a charm against dangers, 1287 A.D.
- Communion under one kind, 1414 A.D.
- Seven sacraments declared, 1439 A.D.
- Superstitions of the Ave Maria (Pope Sextus V), 1508 A.D.
- Tradition established as infallible authority, 1545 A.D.
- Apocryphal books added to the Bible, 1546 A.D.
- Immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, 1854 A.D.
- Infallibility of the Popes, 1870 A.D. (infallibly wrong!)
- Mary declared to be the Mother of God, 1931 A.D.
- Assumption (translation) of the Virgin Mary, 1950 A.D.
This is only a partial list of the false doctrines that the Roman hierarchy has added to the Bible. All of them are without a shred of divine authority
Cardinal Newman, one of the authorities most respected by Rome itself, writes on page 359 of his book The Development of the Christian Religion: "Temples, incense, candles, votive offerings, holy water, holidays, and seasons of devotions, processions, blessing of fields, sacerdotal vestments, priests, monks and nuns, images [...] etc. [...], are all of pagan origin."
Excerpts from. EIPS
