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Nope, not true. Do some research. A list of Popes, men that were head of the Church in Rome, was first started by Ireneus who was a student of Polycarp who was a student of the Apostle John.
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""""""""The Roman Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary, “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”[1] This doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950""""
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The Catholic Encyclopedia admits:
Regarding the day, year, and manner of Our Lady’s death, nothing certain is known…The dates assigned for it vary between three and fifteen years after Christ’s Ascension. Two cities claim to be the place of her departure: Jerusalem and Ephesus. Common consent favours Jerusalem, where her tomb is shown; but some argue in favour of Ephesus.
When did the "cult of Mary" begin ??
"""""" In the early part of the 3rd century, Hippolytus of Rome recorded the first liturgical reference to the Virgin Mary, as part of the ordination rite of a Bishop..
The Council of Ephesus in 431 sanctioned the cult of the virgin as Mother of God;
Then....
Pope Gregory’s reading of the role of Mary would be repeated by monks and priests. They would weave in to the Gospels his readings as if they were Gospel themselves soon forgetting that it was myth. The words of Gregory soon became a reality. The birth of the cult of the Virgin Mary had begun. She became a pure and perfect form of womanhood, an expectation of perfection within the female form. """"""
Then why do you keep responding (butting in) to my post's when I am not even conversing with you??? Your actions prove YOU ARE INTERESTED!!
Each individual man learns his bible on his own and comes up with his own interpretation and each individual man believes he has the HIS truth of what Jesus taught......you do know that the bible doesn't teach that theory? Right?
This shows us the depth, breadth, length, and height of the enemies' Deception.
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""""""""The Roman Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary, “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”[1] This doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950""""
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The Catholic Encyclopedia admits:
Regarding the day, year, and manner of Our Lady’s death, nothing certain is known…The dates assigned for it vary between three and fifteen years after Christ’s Ascension. Two cities claim to be the place of her departure: Jerusalem and Ephesus. Common consent favours Jerusalem, where her tomb is shown; but some argue in favour of Ephesus.
When did the "cult of Mary" begin ??
"""""" In the early part of the 3rd century, Hippolytus of Rome recorded the first liturgical reference to the Virgin Mary, as part of the ordination rite of a Bishop..
The Council of Ephesus in 431 sanctioned the cult of the virgin as Mother of God;
Then....
Pope Gregory’s reading of the role of Mary would be repeated by monks and priests. They would weave in to the Gospels his readings as if they were Gospel themselves soon forgetting that it was myth. The words of Gregory soon became a reality. The birth of the cult of the Virgin Mary had begun. She became a pure and perfect form of womanhood, an expectation of perfection within the female form. """"""
Really? The Catholic Church, of which you 'ran from', is your enemy?
LOL
I am not fond of Francis either.LOL
Don't hold your breath.
Can't remember who, but a prominent Protestant person said that we will be splintering even more and the faith will become washed down unless we learn to agree and become strong...I'm speaking of Protestantism.
I agree with this wholeheartedly, but due to man's pride this will not happen.
And forget about Catholics and Protestants becoming united.
Who would give in to who? (neither side).
I watched an interview with Pope Francis on an Italian celebrity talk-show (a serious one) that's on every Sunday evening.
I couldn't even believe he would be on such a program.
They did a nice job of it...but I really think this Pope is too worldly for me and I, along with many of my Catholic friends, are waiting for him to vacate his office. Many are alarmed at this feeling they have because they've believed all their life that the Pope is to be respected even if they don't agree with him at times -- they can't seem to be able to respect this one. I agree.
And I was dismayed that in 40 minutes of talking he mentioned our Lord at the end and in just one or two sentences.
BTW, it's not your fault!
Hey Behold,
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""""""""The Roman Catholic Church teaches as dogma that the Virgin Mary, “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”[1] This doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950""""
,
The Catholic Encyclopedia admits:
Regarding the day, year, and manner of Our Lady’s death, nothing certain is known…The dates assigned for it vary between three and fifteen years after Christ’s Ascension. Two cities claim to be the place of her departure: Jerusalem and Ephesus. Common consent favours Jerusalem, where her tomb is shown; but some argue in favour of Ephesus.
When did the "cult of Mary" begin ??
"""""" In the early part of the 3rd century, Hippolytus of Rome recorded the first liturgical reference to the Virgin Mary, as part of the ordination rite of a Bishop..
The Council of Ephesus in 431 sanctioned the cult of the virgin as Mother of God;
Then....
Pope Gregory’s reading of the role of Mary would be repeated by monks and priests. They would weave in to the Gospels his readings as if they were Gospel themselves soon forgetting that it was myth. The words of Gregory soon became a reality. The birth of the cult of the Virgin Mary had begun. She became a pure and perfect form of womanhood, an expectation of perfection within the female form. """"""
The term ‘pope’ is from the Greek word ‘pappas’ which means ‘Father.’ In the first three centuries it was used of any bishop, and eventually the term was used for the Bishop of Alexandria, and finally by the sixth century it was used exclusively for the Bishop of Rome. Therefore it is an open question who was the first ‘pope’ as such.
The Anglicans coined the term "Roman Catholic" because they wanted to keep what little apostolicity they had, and still call themselves "catholic". "RCC", to designate all Catholics, pays no attention to the other 22+ rites. It's inaccurate. Professional liars like Matt Slick are too proud to be corrected. Use "CC" instead of "RCC". Please.
Complete lie. You should learn your Christian history instead of giving opinion.
Constantine did not invent Catholicism, he simply recognized it and let ALL people legally be Christian. Christians were having "Catholic masses" long before this "legalization" of Christianity. Three hundred years before Constantine it is very clear thru historical Christian documents that Christians believed in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, honored Mary, had elaborate ceremonies, prayed for the dead, respected the Church hierarchy, baptized babies, recognized Peter as the Rock, built the Church upon him with successors and followed a rich tradition of Christianity. That was the Christianity of the early days of Christianity and that is the Catholic Church of today.
See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is administered either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude of the people also be; even as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. —Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Smyrnaeans, 110AD
But inasmuch as love suffers me not to be silent in regard to you, I have therefore taken upon me first to exhort you that you would all run together in accordance with the will of God. For even Jesus Christ, our inseparable life, is the manifested will of the Father; as also bishops, settled everywhere to the utmost bounds of the earth, are so by the will of Jesus Christ… Let us be careful, then, not to set ourselves in opposition to the bishop, in order that we may be subject to God. — Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Ephesians, 108AD
Ignatius, also called Theophorus, to the Church that has found mercy in the greatness of the Most High Father and in Jesus Christ, his only son; to the Church beloved and enlightened after the love of Jesus Christ, our God, by the will of him that has willed everything which is; to the Church which also holds the presidency in the place of the country of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of honor, worthy of blessing, worthy of praise, worthy of success, worthy of sanctification, and because you hold the presidency of love, named after Christ and named after the Father; here therefore do I salute in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father. —Letter to the Romans, Intro 108AD
So stop with your lies.....
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