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HERESIES OF THE ROMAN-CATHOLIC INSTITUTION

REJECTION OF THE BIBLE

The heresies of the Roman-Catholic institution were introduced throughout its existence, by means of its councils, decrees and papal briefs which are its rule of faith, surpassing the Bible. The divergence became so great that the ownership and reading of the Bible was forbidden to the “laymen” in 1229, and nobody is allowed to interpret it, which means that in the innumerable places where the Word of God clearly condemns its heresies, the institution says that the true interpretation is another mysterious one.  The Bible is the greatest enemy of Romanism because it puts its falsity and corruption in evidence.

BLASPHEMIES

The attitude of pride and arrogance of this institution causes it easily to blaspheme. For example:

• Pope Pius X once declared that the Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but is Jesus Christ himself, hidden underneath the veil of flesh.
• In the canonical Roman law, the following words appeared in 1685 (Paris, Pope John XXII): “to believe that our Lord God the Pope has no power to decree as he has done, is heresy. The words “our Lord God the Pope” appears in other places, including an edition of the canonical law of 1580 published by Gregory XIII.
• Writers of the canonical law say that the Pope and God are the same, therefore he has all power in heaven and earth.
• Pope Nicholas I declared that the name of God was conferred by Constantine to the Pope who, being God, cannot be judged by men.

IDOLATRY

The Word of God says: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image …  you shall not bow down to them nor serve them” (Exodus 20:4,5) and “Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” (I John 5:21). The catechism of the council of Trent reads: “it is lawful to have images in the church, to honour them and to worship them. The images of the saints are also placed in the churches, so that they may be worshipped”. The creed of Pope Pius IV teaches: “I firmly declare that the image of Christ, of the Mother of God, always a Virgin, and also of the other saints must be had and retained, so that the due honour and veneration are given to them”.

PURGATORY

This absurd and perverse doctrine was invented by Gregory in 593 AD., and has been a great source of income for the institution: even having obtained all the “sacraments”, according to this doctrine the soul of the deceased goes to a place called “purgatory”, to suffer the punishment he deserves for his “venal” sins. His time there is shortened by means of masses, paid for by his relatives and friends on behalf of his soul.

MEDIATORS

While the Word of God says that “there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (I Timothy 2:5), the Roman-Catholic institution lies by teaching that Mary is not only mediator and advocate, but also is more compassionate than the Lord Jesus Christ himself; it also teaches that she is the intermediary through whom the grace of God is distributed to men, and just as no one goes to the Father except through the Son, no-one goes to the Son except through His mother. The intermediaries imposed by her are many: the saints, the Popes, the cardinals, the bishops and the priests of the Roman-Catholic institution.

THE MASS

The Word of God teaches that Christ offered himself, once only, as sacrifice for our sins forever, being now seated on the right hand of God (Hebrews 9:28, 10:12,14, etc.): according to the Romanists, in each mass there is a new sacrifice of the flesh and blood of Christ, offered to God for sins, both of the living and of the dead.

CONFESSIONS

Obligatory confession of sins to a priest was introduced by Pope Innocence III in 1215 AD, as well as the penalty of perpetual punishment for those who do not make it!

PERVERSITY

The perversity of its doctrines is apparent in denying salvation by means of faith in the redeeming work of Christ, in the blasphemous commercialization of indulgences and of the souls of deceased, in its teaching that, even infants who are not christened by their priests go straight into hell if they die, in the control on its followers by means of the confessional, in the persecution to death of millions of people who refused to submit to its dominance.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE HERESIES OF ROMAN-CATHOLICISM THROUGH THE CENTURIES

1. CENTURY 2: the ministers of the Church of Rome start to call themselves priests.
2. CENTURY 3: the sacerdotal mass is introduced in Rome by Cyprian.
3. 300: prayers for the deceased were started.
4. 375: they began to worship and to venerate angels, dead “saints” and to make images.
5. 394: the mass became a daily ritual.
6. 431: the exaltation of Mary began to be observed, and the position of “mother of God”, was given her for the first time in the Council of Ephesus.
7. 526: the practice of extreme unction was introduced.
8. 593: the doctrine of purgatory was invented by Gregory. Latin was imposed for all prayers and worship.
9. 600: incense began to be used in worship. Prayers to Mary, to the “saints” and to the angels were sanctioned.
10. 610: the bishop of Rome was declared to be the “vicar” of Christ.
11. 709: the ceremony of kissing the foot of the Pope was introduced.
12. 750: the Pope received secular authority from Cucumber, king of the Franks.
13. 786: the veneration of the Cross, images and relics was approved.
14. 850: “holy water” was introduced in christenings and blessings.
15. 890: “Saint” Joseph started also to be venerated.
16. 927: the College of the Cardinals was instituted.
17. 965: John 13 introduced the “baptism of the bells”.
18. 995: John 15 instituted the canonization of “dead saints”.
19. 998: Fast on Fridays and Lent was decreed.
20. CENTURY 11: Mass was declared to be a sacrifice, of compulsory attendance.
21. 1.079: celibacy of the priests became obligatory.
22. 1.090: the rosary (of heathen origin) was adopted by Peter Hermit.
23. 1.184: The Council of Verona inaugurated the Inquisition, with permission to use torture and violence.
24. 1.150: sales started of “indulgences”, which were promises to reduce the time in purgatory, in order to raise funds for magnificent buildings and monuments in the Vatican.
25. CENTURY 12: the seven “sacraments” were defined by Peter Lombardo.
26. 1.215: Innocent 3 defined the doctrine of the trans-substantiation and imposed it as rule-of-faith. Confession to a priest became obligatory, as was penance and absolution.
27. 1220: Honorius 3 introduced the worship of the host during mass, as if it were God.
28. 1229: the laymen were forbidden to possess or to read the Bible, by the Council of Valencia.
29. 1251: the monk’s scapular was invented.
30. 1414: the Council of Constance forbade laypeople from drinking from the cup, in the mass.
31. 1439: purgatory was declared a dogma by the Council of Florence.
32. 1545: tradition was declared to be of equal authority as the Bible, in the Council of Trent.
33. 1546: the apocryphal books were added to the Bible in the Council of Trent.
34. 1560: the original apostolic creed was replaced by the creed written by Pius 4.
35. 1854: Mary was declared to be without sin by Pius 9.
36. 1864: In his “Syllabus Severus”, confirmed by the Council of the Vatican, Pius 9 condemned freedom of religion, of conscience, of expression, of press, and of scientific discoveries.
37. 1870: the Pope was declared infallible in faith and moral.
38. 1950: Pius 12 proclaimed the ascension of Mary and her “enthronement” as “queen of heaven”.
39. 1965: Paul 6 declared Mary to be  “mother of the church”.

 

R David Jones