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To: Siobhan
CATALOGUE OF ROME'S UNSCRIPTURAL DOCTRINES
AND DATES OF THEIR INCEPTION

1. Prayers for the dead 300 A.D.
2. Sign of the Cross 310 A.D.
3. Wax votive candles 320 A.D.
4. Veneration of saints and angels 375 A.D.
5. Mary declared "Mother of God" 431 A.D.
6. Priests begin to wear vestments 500 A.D.
7. Worship in Latin 600 A.D.
8. Temporal power of Papacy granted by Phocas 610 A.D.
9. Feast days in honour of Mary 650 A.D.
10. Kissing of the Pope's feet 709 A.D.
11. Temporal power of Papacy confirmed 750 A.D.
12. Adoration of Mary, saints, images and relics
legalised by 2nd Council of Nicea 788 A.D.
13. Holy water 850 A.D.
14. Veneration of St. Joseph 890 A.D.
15. Baptism of bells 965 A.D.
16. Canonization of dead saints 995 A.D.
17. Fasting on Fridays and Lent 998 A.D.
18. Rosary beads 1090 A.D.
19. Pope Boniface VII decrees celibacy of priests 1097 A.D.
20. Inquisition of heretics 1184 A.D.
21. Sale of Indulgences 1190 A.D.
22. Transubstantiation of the wafer 1215 A.D.
23. Confession to a priest 1215 A.D.
24. Adoration of the host (Wafer God) 1220 A.D.
25. Bible forbidden and placed on index of forbidden books --
by Council of Valencia 1229 A.D.
26. Red hats for Cardinals 1245 A.D.
27. Feast of Corpus Christi 1264 A.D.
28. The Miraculous scapular 1287 A.D.
29. Roman church as the only true church 1303 A.D.
30. Cup forbidden to laity at Communion 1415 A.D.
31. Purgatory decreed by Council of Florence 1439 A.D.
32. Doctrine of the seven sacraments 1439 A.D.
33. Tradition of equal authority to the Bible 1545 A.D.
34. Justification by works and not faith alone 1545 A.D.
35. Creed of Pope Plus IV makes all the unscriptural
doctrines of Council of Trent binding 1560 A.D.
36. Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary 1854 A.D.
37. Papal infallibility 1870 A.D.
38. Papal decree on mixed marriages -- all marriages not
celebrated by a Roman priest declared null and void 1908 A.D.
39. Pope reaffirms Mary as Mother of God 1931 A.D.
40. Assumption of the Virgin Mary 1950 A.D.


37 posted on 03/03/2004 5:39:19 PM PST by DEEHERR
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To: DEEHERR
Again, I thank you for exhibiting charity within the confines of what you have been taught about the Catholic Church.

Now it is time for you to stop cutting and pasting lists and to learn the glorious truth of the Holy Catholic Church of Rome. Here are 2 other good websites where you can begin:

The Holy See

EWTN - The website

38 posted on 03/03/2004 6:07:52 PM PST by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)
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To: DEEHERR; Siobhan; Salvation; NYer; AAABEST
Historical errors just from your list (these are just a few):

1. Prayers for the dead 300 A.D. "Prayers to the dead" predate Christ. You'll find it in the books 1 Macabees and 2 Macabees. You're Bible doesn't have it? Then its incomplete! Jesus used the Septuagint, which had these books.

2. Sign of the Cross 310 A.D. See Sign of the Cross. It references Tertullian, who writes about the Sign of the Cross a century before your date, and the Sign itself has pre-Christian Jewish roots.

3. Wax votive candles 320 A.D. Candles were around LONG before that. Beekeeping goes back millenia.

6. Priests begin to wear vestments 500 A.D. Religious kept the standard garments they had been wearing for century, while other peoples' styles of clothing changes. That's why vestments are ancient-looking.

Adoration of Mary, saints, images and relics legalised by 2nd Council of Nicea 788 A.D. There's a First Century image of St. Peter in the Roman catacombs. While else would Christians paint them, if as some Protestants claim, these are "graven images."

13. Holy water 850 A.D. Ever hear of the Baptism of Christ?

14. Veneration of St. Joseph 890 A.D. There is a First Century prayer still prayed to St. Joseph. An ancient piece of papyrus from this century was found in Egypt.

22. Transubstantiation of the wafer 1215 A.D.
23. Confession to a priest 1215 A.D.
These are the sacraments instituted by Jesus Himself.

24. Adoration of the host (Wafer God) 1220 A.D. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament comes from at least the Fourth Century.

25. Bible forbidden and placed on index of forbidden books -- by Council of Valencia 1229 A.D. Completely and utterly FALSE. There is a long-standing partial indulgence for reading the Bible.

Most of the rest, the dates of the dogmas are correct, but as my pastor said once, you'd be hard pressed before the Protestant Reformation to find Christians who didn't believe in these things.

39 posted on 03/03/2004 6:58:03 PM PST by Pyro7480 ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: DEEHERR; Religion Moderator
Disruptor alert.
45 posted on 03/03/2004 8:07:46 PM PST by Antoninus (Federal Marriage Amendment NOW!)
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