Roman
Catholicism [A Study Outline]
By Pastor Steve Harmon Th.G., B.S., Th.M., Th.D.
(1991)
Roman Catholicism
I.
History - Constantine
A.
Constantine followed the historical church period
from 100 A.D. through 313 A.D. There are ten persecutions
of the church by the end of this church period.
1.
Nero (64 - 68) - Killed Peter and Paul.
2.
Domitian (81 - 96) - Killed thousands of believers.
Banished John to Patmos.
3.
Trajan (98-117) - The first to pass laws against
Christianity.
4.
Pius (137-161) - Killed a disciple of John.
5.
Marcus Aurelius (161-180) - Thought Christianity
an absurd superstition. Beheaded [Christians].
6.
Severus (193-211) - Killed Origen's father.
7.
Thracian (235-238) - Brutal barbarian who commanded
all Christian leaders to die.
8.
Decius (249-251) - Determined to exterminate
Christianity.
9.
Valerian (253-260) - Killed Cyprian, Bishop
of Carthage.
10.
Diocleatian (284-305) - Last and most severe
persecution. For ten years believers were hunted
in caves and forests. They were burned, thrown to
wild beasts, and put to death by every torture cruelty
could devise. But Diocletian's own wife and daughter
accepted Christ.
B.
The next historical period saw the "marrying" of
the pagan religions and Christianity.
1.
They were given over to many Greek idols, the two
most prominent were:
a.
Baccas - the god of revelry.
b.
Asclepius - the god of healing.
C.
Rome demanded cooperation of all groups under their
reign.
D.
Constantine "married" paganism and the church, the
world and the church.
E.
Constantine was the son of a Roman emperor. He felt
that he should have the throne. He amassed an army
and headed for Rome.
F.
Constantine needed the backing of the Christians,
as well as the pagans, which he already had.
G.
October 28, 312 A.D. at the Battle of Milvian Bridge
on the Tiber River, he had a vision; he saw a sign
in the sky, which said "In this sign conquer."
H.
Constantine vowed that if the God of the Christians
would help him to win this battle, he would become
a Christian.
I.
Constantine, carefully described the cross he saw,
and had it placed on the shield of the soldiers.
J.
The cross was an Egyptian "ankh" a T with a circle
on top, this is the sign of the sun God, and Tammuz.
{Graphic
in booklet}
K.
He won the battle, took Rome, and attributed it
to the sign.
L.
In 313 A.D., Constantine signed the edict of toleration
(no more persecution of the church). He declared
himself to be the "Protector of Christianity".
M.
Constantine ordered the production of 50 copies
of the Holy Scriptures.
1.
Eusebious produced these Bibles.
2.
He used the Hexapolis. This was a parallel Bible
with six versions in it. He used the most corrupt
of them.
3.
This is the origin of false Bibles.
4.
The Siniaticus and the Vaticanus were written during
this period.
a.
These are often called the Septuagint.
b.
The Septuagint was suppose to be a Greek translation
of the Old Testament, that Jesus quoted from.
c.
There are NO earlier versions of the Septuagint.
d.
I do not accept that there was a Septuagint.
II.
Pagan Practices Married to the Church of Rome
The
Church that never changes has been in a constant
state of change since is inception in the third
century. Here is a partial list of added practices
complete with the dates that they were started.
A.
312 A.D. Symbol of the cross (tau) for the church.
B.
Cir-300 Infant baptism.
C.
300 A.D. Prayers for the dead.
D.
300 A.D. Making the sign of the cross.
E.
375 A.D. Worship of angels.
F.
375 A.D. Worship of saints.
G.
394 A.D. Mass instituted.
H.
431 A.D. Worship of Mary.
I.
500 A.D. Priests dressing differently from laymen.
J.
526 A.D. Extreme unction (Last Rights).
K.
593 A.D. Doctrine of purgatory.
L.
600 A.D. Services conducted in Latin.
M.
600 A.D. Prayers conducted to Mary.
N.
607 A.D. Boniface the third made the first Pope.
O.
709 A.D. Kissing of the Pope's foot.
P.
786 A.D. Worshipping of images and relics.
Q.
850 A.D. Use of Holy Water.
R.
995 A.D. Canonization of dead saints (You may now
pray to them).
S.
1079 A.D. Celibacy of the priesthood.
T.
1090 A.D. Rosary (prayer beads instituted).
U.
1215 A.D. Transubstantiation (The wafer becomes
the literal flesh of Jesus Christ).
V.
1220 A.D. Adoration of the wafer (host).
W.
1229 A.D. Bible is forbidden to the laymen.
X.
1414 A.D. Cup forbidden to be touched during Holy
Communion.
Y.
1439 A.D. Doctrine of seven Sacraments affirmed.
Z.
1508 A.D. The Ave Maria approved. (Hail to Mary).
a.
1534 A.D. Jesuit order founded.
b.
1545 A.D. Tradition granted equal authority with
the Bible.
c.
1546 A.D. Apocryphal books placed in the Bible.
d.
1854 A.D. Immaculate conception of Mary.
e.
1864 A.D. Syllabus of errors proclaimed.
f.
1870 A.D. Infallibility of the Pope declared.
g.
1935 A.D. Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
h.
1965 A.D. Mary proclaimed the Mother of the Church.
III.
Mother / Son Worship - Starting Before Christ
A.
Nimrod
Genesis
10:8-10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be
a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter
before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod
the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning
of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad,
and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis
11:1-9 And the whole earth was of one language,
and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they
journeyed from the east, that they found a plain
in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And
they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick,
and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for
stone, and slime had they for mortar. And they said,
Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a
name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face
of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see
the city and the tower, which the children of men
builded. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is
one, and they have all one language; and this they
begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained
from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to,
let us go down, and there confound their language,
that they may not understand one another's speech.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon
the face of all the earth: and they left off to
build the city. Therefore is the name of it called
Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language
of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter
them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
1.
Semiramis, his wife, deified Nimrod after his death.
2.
Semiramis gave birth to a son, sometime after his
death, and said it was virgin born.
3.
Tammuz was the name of her son.
4.
She claimed him to be the promised seed.
Genesis
3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
5.
She and Tammuz were worshipped as deity.
B.
Mother and son worship spread around the world.
Jeremiah
51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S
hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations
have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations
are mad.
Revelation
18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine
of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of
the earth have committed fornication with her, and
the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through
the abundance of her delicacies.
C.
Examples of Mother and Son worship:
1.
Semiramis and Tammuz. (Babylon)
2.
Shingmoo [or Holy Mother] and child. (China)
3.
Virgin Hertha with Child. (Ancient Germany)
4.
Disa with Child. (Scandinavia)
5.
Nutria with child. (Etruscans)
6.
Virgo-Patitura (the Mother of God) with Child. (Druids)
7.
Indrani and Child. (India)
8.
Aphrodite or Ceres. (Greeks)
9.
Nana. (Sumarians)
10.
Venus or Fortuna with child Jupiter. (Rome)
11.
Devaki and Crishna. (India)
12.
Isi and Iswara. (India)
13.
Cybele and Deoius. (Asia) Wife of Baal, virgin queen
of heaven, fruit born without conception.
14.
Ashtoreth (wife of Baal). (Philistines)(Phoenicians)
Judges
2:13 And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal
and Ashtaroth.
Jeremiah
44:17-19 But we will certainly do whatsoever
thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn
incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and
our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem:
for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well,
and saw no evil. But since we left off to burn incense
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings
unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been
consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when
we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured
out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes
to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto
her, without our men?
Jeremiah
44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken
with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we
have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform
your vows.
15.
Isis and Horus. (Egypt)
16.
Diana. (Ephesus)
Acts
19:35 And when the town clerk had appeased the people,
he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that
knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is
a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the
image which fell down from Jupiter?
D.
Illustrations of Mother-Son Gods.
{Graphics
in booklet}
IV.
Mary Worship
A.
Mary worship had no part of early Christianity.
1.
"...during the first centuries of the church, no
emphasis was placed on Mary whatsoever." - Encyclopedia
Britanica, vol. 14, p. 309.
2.
"Devotion to Our Blessed Lady in its ultimate analysis
must be regarded as a practical application of the
doctrine of the Communion of Saints. Seeing that
this doctrine is not contained, at least explicitly,
in the earlier forms of the Apostles' Creed, there
is perhaps no ground for surprise if we do not meet
with any clear traces of the cultus of the Blessed
Virgin in the first Christians centuries," the worship
of Mary being a later development. - The Catholic
Encyclopedia, vol. 15, p. 459.
3.
Epiphanius, died 403 A.D., denounced certain ones
of Trace, Arabia, and elsewhere, for worshipping
Mary as a goddess and offering cakes at her shrine.
She should be held in honour, he said, "but let
no one adore Mary." - The Catholic Encyclopedia,
vol. 15, p. 460.
4.
It was at the Council of Ephesus (Where Diana, the
Mother Goddess was worshipped) in 431 A.D. that
an official doctrine for Mary worship was adopted.
B.
Mary's titles also show that this worship came from
old worship of a mother goddess.
1.
Madonna; is the translation of one of the titles
by which the Babylonian goddess was known.
2.
My Lady; translation of Baalti, the wife of Baal.
3.
The Lady of the Sea; after the Phoenician mother
goddess.
4.
The Mediatrix; as a mediator, Mylitta, a title for
mother goddess. The Bible states that only Jesus
is the mediator.
1
Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
5.
The Queen of Heaven; Ashtoreth was called this in
the scripture.
6.
The Mother of God; Isis was called this, the theologians
of Alexander, Egypt put this on Mary. Mary is the
mother of only the physical body and human nature
of Jesus, not His deity.
IV.
Jezebel, Dan, Catholic Church Revelation 2:18-29
A.
Jezebel - Like the others is a class of people rather
than a particular person.
1.
Nicolaitanes - Meaning: to conquer the laity.
Revelation
2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the
deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
2.
Antipas - Meaning: Against the Papacy or Fatherdom.
Revelation
2:13 I know thy works and where thou dwellest,
even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast
my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those
days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who
was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
3.
Doctrine of Balaam - The intermarriage of false
gods.
Revelation
2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because
thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam,
who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before
the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed
unto idols, and to commit fornication.
B.
As a Class of people who is Jezebel?
1.
Dan is called a serpent, so is Satan.
Genesis
49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an
adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels,
so that his rider shall fall backward.
Genesis
3:1-4 Now the serpent was more subtle than any
beast of the field which the LORD God had made.
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And
the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the
fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit
of the tree which is in the midst of the garden,
God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall
ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto
the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Genesis
3:13-15 And the LORD God said unto the woman,
What is this that thou hast done? And the woman
said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And
the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou
hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle,
and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly
shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days
of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee
and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise
his heel.
2.
Dan is called a Lion, Satan is called a lion.
Deuteronomy
33:22 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp:
he shall leap from Bashan.
1
Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour:
3.
Dan gets a young man to be a priest for his whole
tribe, this is against the Levitical law.
Judges
18:1-6 In those days there was no king in Israel:
and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought
them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day
all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among
the tribes of Israel. And the children of Dan sent
of their family five men from their coasts, men
of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy
out the land, and to search it; and they said unto
them, Go, search the land: who when they came to
mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged
there. When they were by the house of Micah, they
knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and
they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who bought
thee hither? and what makest thou in this place?
and what hast thou here? And he said unto them,
Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired
me, and I am his priest. And they said unto him,
Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know
whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before
the LORD is your way wherein ye go.
Judges
18:15-19 And they turned thitherward, and came
to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto
the house of Micah, and saluted him. And the six
hundred men appointed with their weapons of war,
which were of the children of Dan, stood by the
entering of the gate. And the five men that went
to spy out the land went up, and came in thither,
and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the
teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood
in the entering of the gate with the six hundred
men that were appointed with weapons of war. And
these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved
image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten
image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye,
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine
hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us
a father and a priest: is it better for thee to
be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou
be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
4.
This priest is called father.
Judges
17:10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me,
and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will
give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and
a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite
went in.
Judges
18:19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace,
lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and
be to us a father and a priest: is it better for
thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or
that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family
in Israel? We are commanded by Jesus to call no
man father but God!
Matthew
23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth:
for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
5.
This priest takes care of idols which are used as
an aid to worship.
Judges
18:20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he
took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven
image, and went in the midst of the people.
6.
Dan settles up near Zidon and Tyre on the Phoenician
coast.
Judges
18:28 And there was no deliverer, because it
was far from Zidon, and they had no business with
any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by
Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
7.
Dan is in total apostasy for nearly 1000 years,
mixing with the natives of the people.
Judges
18:30-31 And the children of Dan set up the
graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom,
the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests
to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity
of the land. And they set them up Micah's graven
image, which he made, all the time that the house
of God was in Shiloh.
8.
The Canaanites settled this part of the country.
They were involved in Baal worship.
Genesis
10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from
Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou
goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and
Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
9.
King Ahab takes over, marries the daughter of the
king of the Zidonians, and serves Baal, the Phoenician
god. His wife's' name: Jezebel.
1
Kings 16:29-33 And in the thirty and eighth
year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of
Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri
reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of
the LORD above all that were before him. And it
came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for
him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal
king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal,
and worshipped him. And he reared up an altar for
Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in
Samaria. And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more
to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than
all the kings of Israel that were before him.
10.
Baal worship is conducted from 6 in the morning
until noon.
1
Kings 18:26 And they took the bullock which
was given them, and they dressed it, and called
on the name of Baal from morning even until noon,
saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice,
nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the
altar which was made.
11.
They worshipped the fire and the sun on the sun
god's day: Sunday.
1
Kings 18:24-25 And call ye on the name of your
gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and
the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.
And all the people answered and said, It is well
spoken. And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal,
Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress
it first; for ye are many; and call on the name
of your gods, but put no fire under.
12.
These priests mutilate their bodies to get what
they want from God.
1
Kings 18:28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves
after their manner with knives and lancets, till
the blood gushed out upon them.
a.
Though it is practiced today to gain favor with
God, and get forgiveness for sins, it was ridiculed
in the early church. - Athenagoras' "Legito pro
Christ"; Wertzburg, 1777. Section 14, page 134.
b.
On Good Friday; in Rome, Madrid, and other holy
cities; thousands flock to see the flagellants beat
themselves until their blood flows from their body.
-Herds' "Rites and Ceremonies." Page 175.
c.
The honoring of Christ's death by self beating until
the blood flowed was practiced by the followers
of Osiris on the anniversary of his death. - Hurd's
"Rome in the 19th Century", Volume 3, page 251.
13.
These priests wear long robes called vestments.
Consequently, they have vestries and vestry men
for their vestments.
2
Kings 10:22 And he said unto him that was over
the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers
of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. Christ
warns of people in long robes, seeking the attention
of man.
Mark
12:38-40 And he [Jesus] said unto them in his
doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go
in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost
rooms at feasts: Which devour widows' houses, and
for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive
greater damnation.
14.
These Baal worshippers cut down a tree and decked
it with gold, on their god's birthday; December
25.
Jeremiah
10:1-5 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh
unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD,
Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed
at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed
at them. For the customs of the people are vain:
for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work
of the hands of the workman, with the ax. They deck
it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with
nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are
upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must
needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid
of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is
it in them to do good.
a.
December 25th, was celebrated as the birthday of
the sun god. Because at this time the days began
to get longer. Winter solstice.
b.
"On the 24th of the tenth month [December] the Arabians
celebrated the birthday of the lord [the Moon god]."
- Stanley's History of Philosophy; London, 1687.
c.
The ancient Saxon's celebrated the birth of any
lord of the Hosts of Heaven on this day.
d.
December 25 was the "celebration of the victory
of the unconquered Sun". - Gieseler's Ecclesiastical
History; Edinburgh, 1846.
e.
Trees as gods and in worship:
1).
Egypt- Tree was a palm tree - Baal-Tamar.
2).
Rome- Tree was a fir tree - Baal-Berith.
3).
Greece- Adonis' mother was turned into a
tree.
f.
Yule log is burned on Christmas Eve and a Christmas
tree appears the next morning. The tree represents
Zero-Ashta (god).
g.
Yule log also represents the dead stock of Nimrod,
cut down by his enemies, but is reborn the next
morning to shine again. Represented by a tree carrying
lighted candles.
15.
They baked cakes to offer to their female deity
who they called "the queen of heaven" 1000 years
before the birth of Christ.
Jeremiah
44:17-19 But we will certainly do whatsoever
thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn
incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out
drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and
our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the
cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem:
for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well,
and saw no evil. But since we left off to burn incense
to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings
unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been
consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when
we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured
out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes
to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto
her, without our men?
Jeremiah
44:25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken
with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand,
saying, We will surely perform our vows that we
have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven,
and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will
surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform
your vows.
C.
Dan and Ephraim removed from being tribes.
1.
Dan is last mentioned in Amos.
a.
He is never mentioned in the New Testament.
b.
He is cursed to never be brought back up again.
c.
Dan in not one of the Tribes at the coming of the
Lord for this reason.
d.
Amos 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria,
and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner
of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never
rise up again.
2.
Ephraim is cut off.
a.
Ephraim is cut off, the Bow is filled with him.
Zechariah 9:9-13.
b.
Joseph is raised up to replace Ephraim.Zechariah
10:6-7.
c.
Ephraim is mentioned once in the New Testament,
but this is not a reference to the man, nor the
tribe; but to a city by that name. John 11:54
D.
Charting the Twelve Tribes of Israel from Jacob
through the Tribulation.
1.
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are Blessed by Jacob
their father. - Genesis 49:1-28.
a.
Reuben v. 3
b.
Simeon v. 5
c.
Levi v. 5
d.
Judah v. 8
e.
Zebulun v. 13
f.
Issachar v. 14
g.
Dan v. 16
h.
Gad v. 19
i.
Asher v. 20
j.
Naphtali v. 21
k.
Joseph v. 22
l.
Benjamin v. 27
2.
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are Blessed by Moses
their leader. - Deuteronomy 33:6-25.
a.
Reuben v. 6
b.
Simeon Not Mentioned?
c.
Levi v. 8
d.
Judah v. 7
e.
Zebulun v. 18
f.
Issachar v. 18
g.
Dan v. 22
h.
Gad v. 20
i.
Asher v. 24
j.
Naphtali v. 23
k.
Joseph v. 13
l.
Benjamin v. 12
m.
Ephraim v. 17 (Son of Joseph)
n.
Manasseh v. 17 (Son of Joseph)
3.
The Twelve tribes of Israel are divided according
to their portion of land, as reported by Ezekiel
the Prophet. - Ezekiel 48:1-27.
a.
Reuben v. 6
b.
Simeon v. 25
c.
Levi v. 10-22 (No Portion)
d.
Judah v. 7
e.
Zebulun v. 26
f.
Issachar v. 25
g.
Dan v. 1
h.
Gad v. 27
i.
Asher v. 2
j.
Naphtali v. 3
k.
Joseph (No Portion)
l.
Benjamin v. 22
m.
Ephraim v. 5 (Son of Joseph)
n.
Manasseh v. 4 (Son of Joseph)
4.
The Twelve thousand of each of the Twelve Tribes
of Israel sealed by God, in the Tribulation. - Revelation
7:4-8.
a.
Reuben v. 5
b.
Simeon v. 7
c.
Levi v. 7
d.
Judah v. 5
e.
Zebulun v. 8
f.
Issachar v. 7
g.
Dan (No Longer a Tribe)
h.
Gad v. 5
i.
Asher v. 6
j.
Naphtali v. 6
k.
Joseph v. 8
l.
Benjamin v. 8
m.
Ephraim (No Longer a Tribe) (Son of Joseph)
n.
Manasseh v. 6 (Son of Joseph)
V.
Doctrine
A.
Baptismal Regeneration.
1.
"Absolute necessity for salvation ... regenerates
us by a new spiritual birth, making us children
of God." - Hayes, Bishop; "Sincere Christian", Doublin,
Ireland, 1783. pp. 363, 356.
2.
Two exceptions to this rule:
a.
An infidel, converted in a heathen land, where it
is impossible to get baptism.
b.
A martyr, who is baptized in his own blood.
3.
Without baptism even an infant cannot enter into
heaven. "Before the gates (of hell) the cries
of babes newborn, when fate had from their tender
mothers torn (before baptism)." - Dryden, "Virgil",
London, 1709. Volume 2, pages 427-429.
4.
Baptism is for a person only after believing on
the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Saviour.
Acts
16:30-33 And brought them out, and said, Sirs,
what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house. And they spake unto him the word
of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
And he took them the same hour of the night, and
washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all
his, straightway.
Acts
8:36-38 And as they went on their way, they
came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said,
See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine
heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And
he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they
went down both into the water, both Philip and the
eunuch; and he baptized him.
5.
Method of Baptism: Sprinkling vs Immersion.
a.
The practice of the Catholic church is to sprinkle
babies and new converts into the church.
b.
"The most ancient form usually employed was unquestionably
immersion. This is not only evident from the writings
of the fathers and early rituals of both Latin and
Oriental churches, but, it can also be gathered
from the Epistles of St. Paul.... In the Latin church,
immersion seems to have prevailed until the twelfth
century.... Infusion and aspersion, however, were
growing common in the thirteenth century and gradually
prevailed in the western church." - The Catholic
Encyclopedia Volume 2, page 261:
c.
Jesus was immersed. Mark 1:9-10 And it came to pass
in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And
straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the
heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending
upon him:
6.
Baptism before John the Baptist, or Christ.
a.
"In certain sacred rites of the heathen (worship
of Isis and Mithra) the mode of initiation is by
Baptism." - Tertullian, "De Baptismo", Volume 1,
page 1204-1205.
b.
Baptism into the religions of ancient times was
a rough and formidable process, "if he survived,
was then admitted to the knowledge of the mysteries."
- Gregorii Nazianzen: "Eliae Comment", Orat. 4,
page 245.
c.
The worshipers of Odin, are known to have practiced
baptismal rites, which, taken in connection with
their avowed object in practicing them, show that,
originally, at least, they must have believed that
the natural guilt and corruption of their newborn
children could be washed away by sprinkling them
with water, or by plunging them, as soon as born,
into lakes or rivers." - Mallet, "Antiquities",
(On Anglo-Saxon Baptism). Volume 1, Page 335.
d.
When Cortez arrived in Mexico, the natives were
already baptizing infants to Chalchivitlycue (the
goddess of water). - Prescott, "Mexico", Volume
3, pages 339-340.
B.
Justification by Works.
1.
Necessary for Salvation.
a.
St. Michael the Archangel, has a scale to balance
good and bad works upon. This determines your suitability
for admittance into heaven. - MacGavin, "Protestant",
Page 841, Column 2.
b.
"But He (God) absolutely demands that, by penitential
works, we punish ourselves for our shocking ingratitude,
and satisfy the divine justice for the abuse of
His mercy." - Hayes, "Sincere Christian", Vol. 1,
page 270.
2.
What does the scripture say about our righteousness,
of good works.
Isaiah
64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and
all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and
we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like
the wind, have taken us away. Ephesians 2:8-9 For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not
of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should boast. Galatians 2:21 I do not
frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness
come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
3.
Cannot be certain if you have obtained this justification:
"That no man can know with infallible assurance
of faith that he HAS OBTAINED the grace of God."
- Sharpi, "History of the Council of Trent", Vol.
1, page 353.
4.
The Scripture says you can know for sure!
1
John 5:13 These things have I written unto you
that believe on the name of the Son of God; that
ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that
ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
5.
Most ancient and recent religions teach that salvation
is obtained in part or whole by works.
6.
Martin Luther, upon discovering salvation without
works said that he was "free as a flower of the
field." - Edinburgh Review, January, 1893.
C.
Extreme Unction.
1.
James 5:14 Is any sick among you? 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:
2.
To anoint the person dying in the name of the Lord,
after they have been shriven and absolved, and thus
to prepare them for their last journey.
3.
The doctrine was not known in the church for the
first one thousand years. - Gibson, Bishop.
"Preservative Against Popery". London, 1848, Volume
8, P. 255.
4.
Anointing with oil in preparation for death, before
Christ.
a.
Babylonian god Beelsamen or Lord of Oil.
b.
Babylonian king Xerxes.
c.
Roman God Saturn.
d.
Indian sages, Apollonius and his companion were
rubbed with an oil so powerful that they felt as
if bathed with fire.
5.
To be healed?
James
5:14-15 Is any sick among you? 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:
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed
sins, they shall be forgiven him.
D.
Saints, worshipped and prayed to.
1.
Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead
is bound up inseparably with the doctrine ... of
the communion of the saints ... Prayers to the saints
and martyrs collectively, or to some one of the
in particular, these are recommended. - The Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume 4, Page 653-655.
2.
Council of Trent: "...the saints who reign together
with Christ offer up their own prayers to God for
man. It is good and useful suppliantly to invoke
them, and to have recourse to their prayers, aid,
and help for obtaining benefits from God." - The
Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8, Page 70.
3.
"The chief objections raised against the intercession
and invocation of the saints are that these doctrines
are opposed to the faith and trust which we should
have in God alone ... and that they cannot be proved
from scriptures." - The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume
8, Page 70.
4.
Saints and what they are patron saints of:
a. Actors St. Genesius August 25
b. Architects St. Thomas December 21
c. Astronomers St. Cominic August 4
d. Athletes St. Sebastian January 20
e. Bakers St. Elizabeth November 19
f. Bankers St. Matthew September 21
g. Beggars St. Alexius July 17
h. Book Sellers St. John of God March 8
i. Bricklayers St. Steven December 26
j. Builders St. Vincent Ferrer April 5
k. Butchers St. Hadrian September 28
l. Cab Driver St. Fiarce August 30
m. Candle-makers St. Bernard August 20
n. Comedians St. Vitus June 15
o. Cooks St. Martha July 29
p. Dentists St. Apollonia February 9
q. Doctors St. Luke October 18
r. Editors St. John Bosco January 31
s. Fishermen St. Andrew November 30
t. Florists St. Dorothy February 6
u. Hat Makers St. James May 11
v. Housekeepers St. Anne July 26
w. Hunters St. Hubert November 3
x. Laborers St. James/Greater July 25
y. Lawyers St. Ives May 19
z. Librarians St. Jerome September 30
a. Merchants St. Francis/Assisi October 4
b. Miners St. Barbara December 4
c. Musicians St. Cecilia November 22
d. Notaries St. Mark/Evangelist April 25
e. Nurses St. Catherine April 30
f. Painter St. Luke October 18
g. Pharmacists St. Gemma Galgani April 11
h. Plasterers St. Bartholomew August 24
i. Printers St. John of God March 8
j. Sailors St. Brendan May 16
k. Scientists St. Albert November 15
l. Singers St. Gregory March 12
m. Steel Workers St. Eliguis December 1
n. Students St. Thomas Aquinas March 7
o. Surgeons St. Cosmas/Damian September 27
p. Tailors St. Boniface/Credtion June 5
q. Tax Collectors St. Matthew September 21
r. Barren Women St. Anthony
s. Beer Drinkers St. Nicholas
t. Children St. Dominic
u. Domestic Animals St. Anthony
v. Emigrants St. Francis
w. Family Troubles St. Eustachius
x. Fire St. Lawrence
y. Floods St. Columbian
z. Lightning Storms St. Barbara
a. Lovers St. Raphael
b. Old Maids St. Andrew
c. Poor St. Lawrence
d. Pregnant Women St. Gerard
e. Television St. Claire
f. Apprehend Thieves St. Gervase
g. Have Children St. Felicitas
h. Obtain a husband St. Joseph
i. Obtain a wife St. Anne
j. To find lost articles St. Anthony
k. Arthritis St. James
l. Bite of dogs St. Hubert
m. Bite of snakes St. Hilary
n. Blindness St. Raphael
o. Cancer St. Peregrine
p. Cramps St. Murice
q. Deafness St. Cadoc
r. Disease of Breast St. Agatha
s. Disease of Eyes St. Lucy
t. Disease of Throat St. Blase
u. Epilepsy, Nerves St. Vitus
v. Fever St. George
w. Foot Diseases St. Victor
x. Gall Stones St. Liberius
y. Gout St. Andrew
z. Headaches St. Dennis
a. Heart Trouble St. John of God
b. Insanity St. Dympna
c. Skin Disease St. Roch
d. Sterility St. Giles
E.
Mass - Communion for Salvation.
1.
"In the Celebration of the Holy Mass, the bread
and wine are changed into the body and blood of
Christ. It is called Transubstantiation, for in
the Sacrament of the Eucharist the substance of
bread and wine do not remain, but the entire substance
of the bread is changed into the body of Christ,
and the entire substance of the wine is changed
into his blood. The species or outward semblance
of bread and wine alone remaining." -The Catholic
Encyclopedia, Volume 4, page 227.
2.
When the priest blesses the bread and wine he says
in Latin, "Hocest corpus menus" (Hocus Pocus).
- Durant, The Reformation, P. 749.
3.
Council of Trent:
a.
Necessary for Salvation.
b.
Not only do the elements of the Mass contain flesh,
bones, and nerves as part of Christ, but also a
whole Christ. - Encyclopedia of Religions, Volume
2, P. 77.
4.
The Scripture - a memorial.
1
Corinthians 11:23-30 For I have received of
the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That
the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed
took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake
it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which
is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
After the same manner also he took the cup, when
he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament
in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it,
in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this
bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's
death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat
this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily,
shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat
of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that
eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's
body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among
you, and many sleep.
5.
"A ROMAN MIRACLE" (From: Babylon Mystery Religion
by Ralph Woodrow, page 125.)
A
Pretty maid, a Protestant, was to a Catholic wed;
To
love all Bible truths and tales, quite early she'd
been bred.
It
sorely grieved her husband's heart that she would
not comply,
And
join the Mother Church of Rome and heretics deny.
So
day by day he flattered her, but still she saw no
good
Would
ever come from bowing down to idols made of wood.
The
Mass, the host, the miracles, were made but to deceive;
And
transubstantiation, too, she'd never dare believe.
He
went to see his clergyman and told him his sad tale.
"My
wife is an unbeliever, sir; you can perhaps prevail;
For
all your Romish miracles my wife has strong aversion,
To
really work a miracle may lead to her conversion."
The
priest went with the gentleman - he thought to gain
a prize.
He
said, "I will convert her, sir, and open both her
eyes."
So
when they cam into the house, the husband loudly cried,
"The
priest has come to dine with us!" "He's welcome,"
she replied.
And
when, at last, the meal was o'er, the priest at once
began,
To
teach his hostess all about the sinful state of man;
The
greatness of our Savior's love, which Christian's
can't deny,
To
give Himself a sacrifice and for our sins to die.
"I
will return tomorrow, lass, prepare some bread and
wine;
The
sacramental miracle will stop your soul's decline."
"I'll
bake the bread," the lady said. "You may," he did
reply,
"And
when you've seen this miracle, convinced you'll be,
say I."
The
priest did come accordingly, the bread and wine did
bless.
The
lady asked, "Sir, is it changed?" The priest answered,
"Yes,
It's
changed from common bread and wine to truly flesh
and blood;
Begorra,
lass, this power of mine has changed it into God!"
So
having blessed the bread and wine, to eat they did
prepare.
The
lady said unto the priest, "I warn you to take care,
For
half an ounce of arsenic was mixed right in the batter,
But
since you have it nature changed, it cannot really
matter."
The
priest was struck real dumb - he looked as pale as
death.
The
bread and wine fell from his hands and he did gasp
for breath.
"Bring
me my horse!" the priest cried, "This is a cursed
home!"
The
lady replied, "Begone; tis you who shares the curse
of Rome."
The
husband, too, he sat surprised, and not a word did
say.
At
length he spoke, "My dear," said he, "the priest has
run away;
To
gulp such mummery and tripe, I'm not for sure, quite
able;
I'll
go with you and we'll renounce this Roman Catholic
fable."
-
Author Unknown
Bibliography
The
Books noted by a "*" are recommended reading.
Athenagoras.
"Legito Pro Christ"; Wertzburg, 1777.
Catholic
Encyclopedia
Dryden.
"Virgil"; London, 1709.
Durant.
"The Reformation".
Encyclopedia
Britanica
Gibson,
Bishop. "Preservative Against Popery", London, 1848.
Gieseler.
"Ecclesiastical History"; Edinburgh, 1846.
Hayes,
Bishop. "Sincere Christian"; Doublin, Ireland, 1783.
*
Hislop, Alexander. "The Two Babylons"; Loizeaux
Brothers: Neptune, New Jersey, 1959.
Hurd.
"Rome in the 19th Century"
Luther,
Martin. "Edinburgh Review", January, 1893.
MacGavin.
"Protestant".
Mallet.
"Antiquities".
*
Martin, Walter. "The Kingdom of the Cults"; Bethany
Fellowship, Inc.: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977.
Milner,
Vincent L. "Religious Denominations of the World";
Bradley, Garretson & Co.: Philadelphia, Pa.,
1875.
Nazianzen,
Gregorii. "Eliae Comment".
Prescott.
"Mexico".
*
Rice, John R. False Doctrines - Answered from the
Scriptures"; Sword of the Lord: Murfreesboro, TN.,
1970.
*
Rockwood, Perry F. "Romanism and the Bible"; Peoples
Gospel Hour: Halifax, NS., Canada.
*
Ruckman, Peter S. "The Book Of Revelation"; Pensacola
Bible Press: Pensacola, Florida, 1970.
Sharpi.
"History of the Council of Trent".
Stanley.
"History of Philosophy"; London, 1687.
Tertullian.
"De Baptismo".
*
Woodrow, Ralph. "Babylon Mystery Religion"; Riverside,
Ca., 1981.
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