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disputed the Roman Catholic Church that its origin in death, the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ about the year 30 AD is. The Catholic Church proclaims himself as the church for which Jesus Christ died - as the church, which was founded by the apostles and built. If this is the true origin of the Catholic Church? Quite the contrary: Even a cursory reading of the New Testament reveal, is that the Catholic Church does not originate in the teachings of Jesus or His apostles. In the New Testament there is no mention of

• papacy
• Marian devotion and worship (or the immaculate conception of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the assumption of Mary as co-redeemer and mediator)
• the saints in heaven to ask their prayers
• apostolic succession
• regulations of the Church as sacraments broken
• infant baptism
• to confess sins to a priest
• purgatory
• of sins
• the same authority of church tradition and Scripture

So if the source of the Catholic Church is not in the teaching of Jesus and His Apostles as in the New Testament record, then what is the true origin of the Catholic Church?

was for the first 280 years of Christian history, Christianity by the Roman Empire exiled, and Christians persecuted them terrible. That changed after the "conversion" of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantine "legalized" Christianity in the Edict of Milan in 313 AD Later, in 325 AD, Constantine called together the Council of Nicaea, in an attempt to unify Christianity.

Constantine envisioned Christianity as a religion that could unite the Roman Empire, which had started at the time, crumbling and to divide. While it seems that this has been a positive development for the Christian church, the results were anything but positive. Just as Constantine refused to accept the Christian faith entirely, but continues to exert many of its pagan practices, it was the Christian church that Constantine promoted a mixture of Christianity and Roman paganism. Here are some examples:

first The cult of Isis, an Egyptian mother-God's religion has been incorporated into Christianity by replacing Isis with Mary. Many of the titles of Isis were used as "Queen of Heaven," "Lady," and "Theotokos" (God) Maria were given. Maria was given a glorified role in the Christian faith, far more than what the Bible ascribes to it in order to attract devotees of Isis to a faith they would not otherwise have accepted. In fact, many Isis temples were converted into churches for Mary and dedicated to her. The first clear indication of the devotion to Mary are found in the writings of Origen, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, where the focal point of Isis worship was. (development of Marian devotion)

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second The Mithras cult was a religion in the Roman Empire during the 1st to 5 Century AD He was very popular among the Romans, especially their soldiers, and it was possibly the religion of several Roman emperors. One of the main features of the Mithras cult, was the sacrificial meal, which the eating of meat and drink contained the blood of a bull.

Mithras, the god of this cult was present in the flesh and blood of bulls and guaranteed salvation for those who took part in the sacrificial meal (Theophagy, "God-eating"). The Mithras cult had seven "sacraments," making the similarities between the Mithras cult and Catholicism hard to miss.

Constantine and his successors found an easy substitute for the sacrificial meal of the Mithras cult in the concept of the Lord's Supper / Communion. Sadly, had already begun some of the early Christians that, the Lord's Supper to attach a mystical significance, which rejected the biblical concept of a simple, reverential memory of the death of Christ and His shed blood.

The Romanization of the Last Supper made the transition to a sacrificial consumption of Jesus Christ today known as the Catholic Mass / Eucharist, complete. (Mithraism and Christianity)

third Most Roman emperors (and citizens) were henotheists. A henotheists is someone who believes in the existence of several gods, but concentrated on a particular God or is a particular god as supreme over the other gods. Thus, for example, was the Roman god Jupiter as the supreme over the Roman pantheon of gods. Roman soldiers were often admirer of Neptune, god of the ocean.

As the Catholic Church absorbed Roman paganism, it simply has the pantheon of gods with the Holy replaced. Just as the Roman pantheon of gods, a god of love, a God of peace, a war god, a god of strength, a god of wisdom, had, etc., so the Catholic Church has a saint, which the leaders of these and many other categories is. Like many Roman cities had a god specifically for the city, so has the Catholic Church "patron saint" created for the cities. (Pantheon of the Gods)

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4th The supremacy of the Roman bishop (the Papacy) was created with the support of the Roman emperor. With the city of Rome as the seat of the Roman Empire and the Roman emperor who lived in Rome, the city grew in importance in all areas of life. Constantine and his successors gave the Bishop of Rome as the supreme ruler of the church, their support.

course, it was the best for the unity of the Roman Empire, that the government and the state religion were centered in the same place. While most other bishops (and Christians) resisted the idea of the Roman bishop as head of the Roman bishop increased as a result of power and the influence of the Roman emperors were eventually to head on. When the Roman Empire collapsed, the popes assumed the title that had previously belonged to the Roman emperors - Pontifex Maximus.


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There could be many more examples are cited. These should be four but sufficient to demonstrate the true origin of the Catholic Church. Of course, denies the Catholic Church the pagan origin of their beliefs and practices. She hides her pagan beliefs under layers of complex theology. She apologizes, and denies its pagan origin beneath the mask of "church tradition".

Recognizing that many of their beliefs and practices of the Holy Scriptures are entirely foreign to the Catholic Church is forced to deny the authority and sufficiency of Scripture. The origin of the Catholic Church is the tragic compromise of Christianity with pagan religions, of which the Catholic Church is shaped. Rather than proclaim the Gospel and
to convert the pagans, the Catholic Church the pagan religions, "Christianity" and Christianity "verheidnischt.

The Catholic Church made itself attractive to people in the Roman Empire, by blurring the differences and characteristics have been erased. One result was that the Catholic Church for centuries the main religion of the "Roman world". However, another result was the most dominant form of apostasy of Christianity from the true gospel of Jesus Christ and the proclamation of the Word of God.

second Timothy 4, 3-4

"For there will come a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they are themselves teachers, having itching ears they are, and are turn away their ears from the truth, and the fables return "

. (Source: Enzeit reporter, originating Catholic Church)