Karl Adam, Catholic syncretist of Tuebingen, Germany, was one of the prominent pre-ecumenists that paved the way for the Great Apostasy by claiming that using ancient Mesopotamian liturgies to the Great mother goddess could be adapted to Mary the virgin who gave birth to Our Lord Jesus Christ. He claimed that all of paganism could be adapted at will by the Catholic Church.
This is no different than what the Catholic Encyclopedia (1911) a century ago said:
Contained herein are three absolute errors.
1) Equating Christian faith with the location of Rome, Italy, as the source and fountainhead thereof. See below at the beginning: "Moreover, the Christianity of which we speak is that which we find realized in the Catholic Church alone" - the meaning is the "Roman Catholic Church." Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ did not sacrifice Himself for our salvation at Rome, but at Jerusalem which He condemned as rejecting Him. After that the Gospel by His command was to go throughout the whole world beginning at Jerusalem on Pentecost and with Him alone as the Head over His Church. On Pentecost St. Peter preached Jesus Christ as the fulfillment of the One the Prophets of the Old Testament foretold and the Apostles went from house to house baptizing in the name of and with the Eucharist established in each house church - no ecclesial hierarchy of any sort, certainly not Roman pagan NOR predicated on Roman paganism. Neither St. Peter nor any other Apostle preached St. Peter nor their own selves, they only preached Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - and they most certainly did not preach Rome as anything to have dominion over the Church. The entire book of the Revelation is full of of total condemnations of Rome and all of paganism. It is the last book in the bible and the final word on that.
2) Henotheism. The statements, "We may trace, too, in the world at large, apart from the Jewish people, a similar though less direct preparation." with the rest with it and particularly this one "Whatever their corruption, these new religions, concentrating worship on a single prominent deity, were monotheistic in effect." is nothing other than henotheism, a neo-Gnostic concoction of Friedrich Max Müller, a philologist who maintained that God evolved from a cacophony of polythesitc idols into a single monotheistic concept in the mind of man.
3) Syncretism especially with Graeco-Roman paganism. The statements, "The Christianity, then, which the Apostles preached on the day of Pentecost was entirely distinct from Judaism" and "far from Jesus being the continuer of Judaism" and "The effect of the national religion of pagan Rome on early Christianity concerned rites and ceremonies rather than points of doctrine, and was due to the general causes just mentioned. With Greek philosophy, on the other hand, representing the highest efforts of the human intellect to explain life and experience, and to reach the Absolute, Christianity, which professes to solve all these problems, had, naturally and necessarily, many points of contact." and "Concerning the "union of the Gospel with the Greek spirit"" and "In addition to this peaceful permeation of the Hebraic by the Greek genius," add up to equating Our Lord Jesus Christ as an innovator of Gnostic persuasion who syncretized a unique creation of religious beliefs drawn from pagan idols and philosophy which He then claimed as His own - all apart from the Prophesied Messianic fulfillment of the God-man Redeemer Who is the only Meditator between God and man. NONE OF THIS IS A DEFINITION OF THE IMMORTAL SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST, OUR ONLY LORD AND SAVIOUR THROUGH WHOM ALONE IS SALVATION. IT IS RATHER IT IS THE DEFINITION OF THE ANTICHRIST. Such blasphemous sophism and adherence to sorcery is only Apostasy and the False Prophet instigating people to be overcome by the Antichrist.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911
Christianity
In the following article an account is given of Christianity as a religion, describing its origin, its relation to other religions, its essential nature and chief characteristics, but not dealing with its doctrines in detail nor its history as a visible organization. These and other aspects of this great subject will receive treatment under separate titles. Moreover, the Christianity of which we speak is that which we find realized in the Catholic Church alone; hence, we are not concerned here with those forms which are embodied in the various non-Catholic Christian sects, whether schismatical or heretical.
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I. ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY AND ITS RELATION WITH OTHER RELIGIONS;
II. THE ESSENTIALS OF CHRISTIANITY;
III. THE DIVINE PURPOSE IN CHRISTIANITY.
Origin of Christianity and its relation with other religions
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We may trace, too, in the world at large, apart from the Jewish people, a similar though less direct preparation. Whether due ultimately to the Old Testament predictions or to the fragments of the original revelation handed down amongst the Gentile, a certain vague expectation of the coming of a great conqueror seems to have existed in the East and to a certain extent in the Roman worlds, in the midst of which the new religion had its birth. But a much more marked predisposition to Christianity may be noticed in certain prominent features of the Roman religion after the downfall of the republic. The old gods of Latium had long ceased to reign. In their stead Greek philosophy occupied the minds of the cultured, whilst the populace were attracted by a variety of strange cults imported from Egypt and the East. Whatever their corruption, these new religions, concentrating worship on a single prominent deity, were monotheistic in effect. Moreover, many of them were characterized by rites of expiation and sacrifice, which familiarized men's minds with the idea of a mediatorial religion. They combined to destroy the notion of a nation cultus, and to separate the service of the Deity from the service of the State. Finally, as a contributory cause to the diffusion of Christianity, we must not fail to mention the widespread Pax Romana, resulting from the union of the civilized races under one strong central government.
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The Christianity, then, which the Apostles preached on the day of Pentecost was entirely distinct from Judaism, especially as understood by the Jews of the time; it was a new religion, new in its Founder, new in much of its creed, new in its attitude towards both God and man, new in the spirit of its moral code. "The Law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).
St. Paul, as was to be expected, is our clearest witness on this point. "If any man be in Christ", he says, "he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are new" (2 Corinthians 5:17). How new Christianity was, the Jews themselves showed by putting its Author to death and persecuting His adherents. Renan himself, who is not always consistent, admits that "far from Jesus being the continuer of Judaism, what characterizes His work is its breach with the Jewish spirit" (Vie de Jésus, c. xxviii).
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The effect of the national religion of pagan Rome on early Christianity concerned rites and ceremonies rather than points of doctrine, and was due to the general causes just mentioned. With Greek philosophy, on the other hand, representing the highest efforts of the human intellect to explain life and experience, and to reach the Absolute, Christianity, which professes to solve all these problems, had, naturally and necessarily, many points of contact.
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Concerning the "union of the Gospel with the Greek spirit" which, according to Hatch and Harnack, resulted in such profound modification so the former, we may admit many of the statements made, without drawing from them the rationalistic inferences. We readily grant that Greek thought and Greek culture had thoroughly permeated the society into which Christianity was born. Alexander's conquests had brought about a diffusion of Greek ideals throughout the East. The Jews were dispersed westwards, both from Palestine and from the towns of the Captivity, and established in colonies in the chief cities of the empire, especially in Alexandria. The extent of this dispersion may be gathered from Acts 2:9-11), Greek became the language of commerce and social intercourse, and Palestine itself, more particularly Galilee, was to a great extent hellenized. The Jewish Scriptures were best known in a Greek version, and the last additions to the Old Testament — the Book of Wisdom and the Second Book of Machabees — were entirely composed in that tongue. In addition to this peaceful permeation of the Hebraic by the Greek genius, formal efforts were made from time to time, both in the political and the philosophical sphere to hellenize the Jews altogether.
Concerning what the Catholic Encyclopedia lies about and cites and claims as the sources for Christianity, the Polytheistic idolatrous Pantheism of Graeco-Roman paganism; which was and is and always will be absolutely offensive to God:
Two examples.
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The Apocalypse, the Book of the Revelation: Apollyon
The Fifth Trumpet
Rv:9:
1 ¶ And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star [1] fall from heaven upon the earth. And there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 8:7, 10!; 20:1
2 And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit. … Scripture reference – IV Esr.: 7:36; Gn.: 19:28
3 And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the earth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree: but only the men who have not the sign of God on their foreheads. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 7:1, 3!; Ezek.: 9:6
5 And it was given unto them that they should not kill them: but that they should torment them five months. [2] And their torment was as the torment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them. … Scripture reference – Job: 3:2
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle. And on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold: and their faces were as the faces of men. … Scripture reference – Joel: 2:4
8 And they had hair as the hair of women: and their teeth were as lions. … Scripture reference – Joel: 1:6
9 And they had breastplates as breastplates of iron: and the noise of their wings was as the noise of chariots and many horses running to battle. … Scripture reference – Joel: 2:5
10 And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in their tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months. And they had over them … Scripture reference – Rev.: 9:19
11 A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon [3] and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).
Rv:13:
The Beast of the Earth [the False Prophet]
11 ¶ And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth: and he had two horns, like a lamb: and he spoke as a dragon.
12 And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight. And he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first beast, whose wound to death was healed. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 13: 3,4
13 And he did great signs, so that he made also fire to come down from heaven unto the earth, in the sight of men.
14 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived.
15 And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast: and that the image of the beast should speak: and should cause that whosoever will not adore the image of the beast should be slain.
16 And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character [3] in their right hand or on their foreheads: … Scripture reference – Rev.: 14:9; 20:4
17 And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 14:11!
18 Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six. {See this link - 666 -} [4] … Scripture reference – Rev.: 17:9
12 And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight. And he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first beast, whose wound to death was healed. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 13: 3,4
13 And he did great signs, so that he made also fire to come down from heaven unto the earth, in the sight of men.
14 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived.
15 And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast: and that the image of the beast should speak: and should cause that whosoever will not adore the image of the beast should be slain.
16 And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character [3] in their right hand or on their foreheads: … Scripture reference – Rev.: 14:9; 20:4
17 And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. … Scripture reference – Rev.: 14:11!
18 Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six. {See this link - 666 -} [4] … Scripture reference – Rev.: 17:9
The Devil Mother Goddess masquerading as Mary - again. Athena the Virgin, Nike Samothrace - model for Mary as Our Lady of Victory.
The Feast of Our Lady of Victory dedicated to Mary (Christ's mother), claiming the victory was due to her intercession, was made to celebrate that On October 7, 1571 at the Battle of Lepanto (modern Navpaktos [or spelled Nafpaktos]) the combined Christian fleet defeated the Ottoman Emperor's fleet in the Gulf of Corinth between central Greece and the Peloponnesus. Athens, home of the Parthenon (the Virgin Goddess Athena's temple) and Nike Athena, is due East at the other end of the Gulf of Corinth across a small stretch of land. It was renamed the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and the same date retained. Nike Samothrace (winged victory of the sea), part of the pagan idol of Athena Parthenos (Athena the Virgin) in her temple on the Parthenon at Athens, Greece, is the model for Mary as Our Lady of Victory. Sheer pagan syncretism and nothing to do with the true God.
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| Athena Parthenos (Athena the Virgin Goddess - chief Grecian Devil Virginal Mother Goddess), Nike Samothrace (Winged Victory) in Athena's hand as an emanation from her - in Gnosticism Nike Athena is Sophia/Mary as the power of God - but in both Paganism and Gnosticism, God/Zeus is in actuality the Devil and emphatically NOT the true God. The Serpent (left of Athena, same side as spear and shield) is the Devil as the power behind all of it. The Serpent on the same side as spear and shield means Armour Bearer - see St. Irenaeus where he says that the False Prophet, the Beast of the Earth (Rev. 13:11 and following verses) is the Armour Bearer of the Antichrist. In other words the False Prophet is used by the power of the Devil to promote the Antichrist by sorcery and magic. The Devil Mother Goddess is always core to the Devil's sorcery and magic. |
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