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The world as we know it, shall one day end. Judgment looms! Are you ready?

Famines; Diseases; Wars, Unrest; Natural Disasters; Iniquity Abounding; Apostasy; False Teachers Deceiving Millions; Israel Hated; Selfishness; Drugs; Violence; Greed; Children Disobeying Parents; Truth Rarely Spoken; God and His Word Run Out of Schools; Blasphemy; Witchcraft; Sodomy; Abortion; Same-Sex Marriages; etc.

"Damnable Heresies"

Long List of Catholic Heresies

2 Peter 2:1-3 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. (KJV)

LIST OF HERESIES And HUMAN TRADITIONS ADOPTED and PERPETUATED by the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH in the COURSE OF 1600 YEARS.

Dates in many cases are approximate. Many of these heresies had been current in the church years before, but only when they were officially adopted by a church council and proclaimed by the pope as dogma of faith, did they become binding on Catholics.

Doctrine MUST be true to conform to the Word of God. Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. (KJV)

The following heresies were in NO way what Jesus taught in the New Testament.

1. Of all the human traditions taught and practiced by the Roman Catholic Church, which are contrary to the Bible, the most ancient are the prayers for the dead and the sign of the Cross. Both began 300 years after Christ................................................................................310
2. Wax Candles introduced in church about...........................................................................320
3. Veneration of angels and dead saints about...................................................................375
4. The Mass, as a daily celebration, adopted.........................................................................394
5. The worship of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the use of the term, "Mother of God", as applied to her, originated in the Council of Ephesus in..............................................................431
6. Priests began to dress differently from the laity in.................................................................500
7. The doctrine of Purgatory was first established by Gregory the Great about the year.......593
8. The Latin language, as the language of prayer and worship in churches, was also imposed
by Pope Gregory I. 600 years after Christ...............................................................................600
The Word of God forbids praying and teaching in an unknown tongue ( 1 Cor.14:9-11).
9. The Bible teaches that we pray to God alone. In the primitive church never were there
prayers directed to Mary, or to dead saints. This practice began in the Roman Church about......................................................................................................................................600
See what the Bible says: (Mat.11:28; Luke 1:46; Acts 10:25-26; 14:14-18)
10. The Papacy is of pagan origin. The title of pope or universal bishop, was first given to the bishop of Rome by the wicked emperor Phocas, in the year.....................................................610
This he did to spite Bishop Ciriacus of Constantinople, who had justly excommunicated him for having caused the assassination of his predecessor emperor Mauritius. Gregory I, then bishop of Rome, refused the title, but his successor, Boniface III, first assumed title "pope".
Jesus did not appoint Peter to the leadership of the apostles and forbade such notion.
(Luke 22:24-26; Eph.1:22-3;Col.1:18; I Cor.3:11 ).
Nor is there any mention in Scripture, nor in history, that Peter ever was in Rome, much less that he was pope there for 25 years; Clement, 3rd. bishop of Rome, remarks that "there is no real 1st century evidence that Peter ever was in Rome."
11. The kissing of the Pope's feet began in.........................................................................709
It had been a pagan custom to kiss the feet of emperors. The Word of God forbids such practices. (Read Acts 10:25-26; Rev.19:10; 22:9).
12. The Temporal power of the Popes began .....................................................................750
When Pepin, the usurper of the throne of France, descended into Italy, called by Pope Stephen II, to war against the Italian Lombards, he defeated them and gave the city of Rome and surrounding territory to the pope. Jesus expressly forbade such a thing, and He Himself refused worldly kingship (Matt.4:8-9; 20:25-26; John 18:38).
13. Worship of the cross, of images and relics was authorized in........................................788
This was by order of Dowager Empress Irene of Constantinople, who first caused to pluck the the eyes of her own son, Constantine VI, and then called a church council at the request of Hadrian I, pope of Rome at that time.
Such practice is called simply IDOLATRY in the Bible, and is severely condemned ( Ex.20:4; 3:17; Deut.27:15; Psalm 115).
14. Holy Water, mixed with a pinch of salt and blessed by the priest, was authorized in .........850
15. The veneration of St. Joseph began in............................................................................890
16. The baptism of bells was instituted by Pope John XIV, in the year...................................965
17. Canonization of dead saints, first by Pope John XV in...................................................995
EVERY believer and follower of Christ is called "saint" in the Bible (Rom.1:7; I Cor.1:2).
18. Fasting on Fridays and during Lent were imposed in the year.........................................998
Imposed by popes said to be interested in the commerce of fish. (Bull, or permit to eat meat), some authorities say, began in the year 700. This is against the plain teaching of the Bible ( Mat.15:10; 1 Cor.10:25; 1 Tim.4:1-3).
19. The Mass was developed gradually as a sacrifice; attendance made obligatory in the 11th century.
The Bible teaches that the sacrifice of Christ was offered once and for all, and is not to be repeated, but only commemorated in the Lord's Supper (Heb.7:27; 9:26-28; 10:10-14).
20. The celibacy of the priesthood was decreed by Pope Hildebrand, Boniface VIII, in ......1079
Jesus imposed no such rule, nor did any of the apostles. On the contrary, Peter was a married man, and Paul says that bishops were to have a wife and children (1 Tim.3:2,5,12; Mat.8:14-15).
21. The Rosary, or prayer beads was introduced by Peter the Hermit, in the year 1090. Copied from Hindus and Mohammedans.
The counting of prayers is a pagan practice and is expressly condemned by Christ (Mat.6:5-13).
22. The Inquisition of heretics was instituted by the Council of Verona in the year 1184. Jesus never taught the use of force to spread His religion.................................................................1184
23. The sale of Indulgences, commonly regarded as a purchase of forgiveness and a permit to indulge in sin, began in the year..............................................................................................1190
Christianity, as is taught in the Bible, condemns this, and it was the protest against this specific thing that brought on the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century.
24. The dogma of Transubstantiation was decreed by Pope Innocent III, in the year...........1215
By this doctrine the priest pretends to perform a daily miracle by changing a wafer into the body of Christ, and then he pretends to eat Him alive in the presence of his people during Mass. The Bible condemns such absurdities; for the Lord's Supper is simply a memorial of sacrifice of Christ. The spiritual Presence of Christ is implied in the Lord's Supper. (Luke 22:19-20; John 6:35; 1 Cor.11:26).
25. Confession of sins to the priest at least once a year was instituted by Pope Innocent III, in the Lateran Council, in the year.............................................................................................1215
The Bible commands us to confess our sins direct to God. ( Psa.51:1-10; Luke 7:48; 15:21; 1 John 1:8-9).
26. The adoration of the wafer (Host), was decreed by Pope Honorius in the year..............1220
The Roman Church worships a god made human hands. This is plain idolatry and absolutely contrary to the spirit of the gospel. (John 4:24).
27. The Bible forbidden to layman and placed in the Index of forbidden books by the
Council of Valencia in...........................................................................................................1229
Jesus commanded that the Scriptures should be read by all (John 5:39; 1 Tim.3:15-17).
28. The Scapular was invented by Simon Stock, an English monk, in the year.......................1287
It is a piece of brown cloth, with the picture of the Virgin and supposed to contain supernatural virtue to protect from all dangers those who wear it on naked skin. This is fetishism.
29. The Roman Church forbade the cup to the laity, by instituting the communion of one kind in the Council of Constance in 1414
The Bible commands us to celebrate the Lord's Supper with unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine (Mat.26:27; 1 Cor. 11:26-29).
30. The doctrine of Purgatory was proclaimed as a dogma of faith by the Council of Florence in...........................................................................................................1439
There is not one word in the Bible that teaches the doctrine of purgatory. The precious Blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from ALL sins. (1 John 1:7-9; 2:1-2; John 5:24; Rom.8:1).
31. The doctrine of 7 Sacraments affirmed in ......................................................................1439
The Bible says that Christ instituted only TWO ordinances, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. (Mat.28:19-20; 26:26-28).
32. The Ave Maria, part of the last half in ..........................................................................1508
It was completed 50 years afterward and finally approved by Pope Sixtus V., at the end of the 16th century.
33. The Council of Trent, held in the year 1545, declared that Tradition is of equal authority
with the Bible........................................................................................................................1545
By tradition is meant human teachings. The Pharisees believed the same way, and Jesus bitterly condemned them, for by teaching human tradition, they nullify the commandments of God (Mark 7:7-13; Col.2:8; Rev.22:18).
34. The apocryphal books were added to the Bible also by the Council of Trent in...............1546
These books were not recognized as canonical by the Jewish Church (Rev.22:8-9).
35. The Creed of Pope Pius IV was imposed as the official creed 1528 years after Christ and the apostles, in ....................................................................................................1560
TRUE Christians retain the Holy Scriptures as their creed. So. . . their creed is more than 1528 older than the creed of Roman Catholics (Gal.1:8).
36. The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in .....1854
The Bible states that all men . . . AND women, with the SOLE exception of Christ, are sinners. Mary herself had need of a Saviour (Rom.3:23; 5:12; Psa.51:5; Luke 1:30, 46, 47).
37. In the year 1870 after Christ, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of Papal Infallibility..1870
This is BLASPHEMY and a sign of the apostasy and a spirit of the anti-christ predicted by Paul (2 Thes. 2:2-12; Rev. 17:1-9; 13:5-8,18).
Many Bible students see the number of the beast (Rev.13:18), 666 in the Roman letters of the Pope's title:"VICARIVS FILII DEI". - V-5, I-1, C-100, I-1, V-5, I-1, L-50, I-1; D-500, I-1 - Total, 666.
38. Pope Pius X, in the year 1907, condemned together with "Modernism", all the discoveries
of modern science which are not approved by the Church................................................... .1907
Pius IX had done the same thing in the Syllabus of 1864.
39. In the year 1930 Pius XI, condemned the Public Schools.............................................1930
40. In the year 1931 the same pope Pius XI, reaffirmed the doctrine that Mary is
"the Mother of God".........................................................................................................1931
This doctrine was first invented by the Council of Ephesus in the year 431. This heresy is contrary by Mary's own words ( Luke 1:46-49; John 2:1-5).
41. In the year 1950 the last dogma was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII, the
Assumption of the Virgin Mary.........................................................................................1950

Summary

What will they come up with next? The Roman Church says it never changes . . . but that is a LIE! Both my husband and I were raised catholic. I left in my teens. He stayed much longer. Years ago, I would cook fish on Friday, because he still felt it would be sin not to do so. Today, it is no sin to not eat fish on Friday. My question is this: "WHY was it a sin back then and NOT a sin today?" Will those years ago be punished more or less than those today? Does NOT make any sense at all to me!

Catholicism keep inventing new doctrines which are directly opposed to the Bible, and the majority of their practiced rites and ceremonies have been taken from paganism. Cardinal Newman, in his book, "The Development of the Christian Religion" admits that..."Temples, incense, oil lamps, votive offerings, holy water, holidays and season of devotions, processions, blessing of fields, sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure (of priests and monks and nuns), images....are all of pagan origin..." (page 359).

Heresies are doctrines of devils (1 Tim.4:1) and practices which are contrary to the Bible. They are also called "human traditions" or "commandments of men" (Mat.15:9). Both Peter and Paul predicted and warned that in the later times "false teachers" would rise within the Church and bring in "damnable heresies" and "doctrines of devils". (2 Peter 2:1-3; 1 Tim.4:1). Jesus rebuked the Pharisees, for they transgressed the commandments of God by keeping their traditions, (Mat.15:3,9; 23:13-33).

The Catholics use the word "Anathema" many times in their laws. What does the Bible say??

1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. (KJV) . . . The word "anathema" occurs only ONCE in the entire Bible! "Let him be Anathema" - - - If anyone does NOT love the Lord, that person is cursed. That is what the Bible says!

Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. (KJV) . . . We must NEVER go against the Word of God!

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