WRONG.
YOU’RE the one who dishonestly attributed the Pope’s mitre to “Dagon-worship” – and now you’re back-pedaling . . .
On the contrary – it was the Church who evangelized the world, toppling the Roman Empire in the process while virtually wiping out paganism.
First of all – ANY institution where sinful humans are involved will experience hardship because of our sinful nature – including YOURS. This goes for EVERY SINGLE institution ever created - without exception.
That being said - the Church NEVER promoted or approved the selling of Indulgences. This was an abuse by individuals like Johanne Tetzel in Germany.
Torturing heretics was largely a matter of governments. Heresy was treated as treason against the state and dealt with harshly.
Purgatory (Final Purification) is indeed a Scripturally-based doctrine.
We are told in 1 Cor. 3:12-15 that the day (judgment) will disclose the foundation that a person builds upon and how it will be revealed: “If the work stands that someone built upon the foundation, that person will receive a wage. But if someone's work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire.”
This cannot be Heaven because the person will SUFFER ‐ and there is NO suffering in Heaven.
This cannot be Hell because the person will be SAVED ‐ ad there is NO salvation in Hell.
This is describing a THIRD state – a state of Final Purification.
Additionally, Matt. 12:32 states, “whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come”, which indicates that there is purification after death for some. Matt. 18:32-35 and Luke 12:58-59 are additional verses that support this doctrine
Nonsense.
NOBODY is trying to “buy” anything. We just don’t play the “Denial Game” as it pertains to Peter being the Rock of Matt. 16.
The mitre didn’t evolve from ANYTHING other than the Early Christian “ICHTHUS “symbol.
Do your homework instead of vomiting out the same, tired falsehoods.
As for your objection to the Pope representing Christ on earth – READ your Bible.
We are ALL supposed to be ambassadors of Christ on earth (2 Cor. 5:20) as His co-workers (1 Cori. 3:9-17)
You can shout in bold font and oversized text all you want — it doesn’t resurrect the dead gospel buried under centuries of corruption.
You keep parroting “the Church evangelized the world,” but here’s the truth:
the apostles evangelized the world with the blood of martyrs, not the gold of basilicas. The early Church grew in catacombs —
not in cathedrals lined with indulgence coins and saint bones.
Jesus said: “
Freely you have received, freely give.” — Matthew 10:8
The Vatican said: “Pay us, and we’ll spring your loved ones from purgatory.”
Let’s be real: You claim the “Church never promoted indulgences”?
Go read
Pope Leo X's 1517 bull "Exsurge Domine". He explicitly upheld indulgences while condemning Luther for opposing them. That wasn’t Tetzel going rogue — that was
the papacy cashing in on salvation.
You say purgatory is “scriptural”? That’s eisegesis at its finest.
1 Corinthians 3:15 doesn’t describe a
place — it describes a
testing of works, not souls. The “fire” reveals the value of one’s labor, not the burning off of sins. That’s allegory — not afterlife real estate.
And Matthew 12:32? It says
what won’t happen — it does
not imply an intermediate state. That’s the same logic as saying “you won’t be forgiven in this life or the next… unless you pay us first.” That’s
medieval manipulation, not sound doctrine.
Let’s talk mitres.
It may have started with ICHTHUS —
but today that symbol is slapped onto a Roman religious machine that
sells grace by the ounce,
crucifies Christ again and again on a golden altar,
and is
drenched in fallen angel symbolism from top to bottom.
Cathedrals lined with gargoyles.
Altars built over bones.
Mitres shaped like pagan crowns.
Sunbursts, obelisks, and occult geometry infused into “sacred” architecture.
Statues of “saints” venerated like demigods.
And a throne —
a literal throne — reserved for a man who dares call himself the "Holy Father."
This isn’t Christianity.
It’s a
cosmic mockery — a dragon in white robes.
And every time someone bows to it,
they’re not honoring Christ —
they’re honoring the
system that tried to replace Him.
Whether it traces back to Dagon or some designer bishop in the Middle Ages —
Jesus never wore one. Peter never wore one.
But the high priest of Babylon did. So what's that tell you?
So when a man sits on a throne, wears a crown, claims to speak infallibly for God, and rules over nations — it’s not “apostolic succession,” it’s
the spirit of antichrist in liturgical cosplay.
“
He who would be greatest among you must be the servant of all.” — Matthew 23:11
Your “vicar” lives in a palace, wears crimson robes, and sits on a golden throne. You do the math.
Peter would walk into the Vatican, see it dripping in blood, relics, and empire…
And he wouldn’t bow —
he’d start flipping tables.
You keep citing 2 Corinthians 5:20 to defend the Pope’s title as ambassador.
Sure. We’re all ambassadors.
But
no ambassador claims to be the literal King.
The Pope doesn’t just represent Christ — he
usurps Him.
“Vicar of Christ”?
Try
anti-Christ. Because no man replaces the Son of God on Earth.
In the end, the Gospel didn’t survive because of Rome —
it survived
in spite of her.
While your institution was torturing believers and
burning them alive for daring to read Scripture,
real Christians were hiding underground, copying Bibles by candlelight,
bleeding to preserve the truth
your empire tried to bury under gold, Latin, and fear.
The Vatican didn’t carry the Gospel.
It tried to
kill it —
But it rose anyway —
because Christ doesn’t need a throne, a robe, or a mitre.
He needs only
the Cross — and the hearts of those who follow it.
So maybe it’s you who needs to stop vomiting tired defenses
—and finally open the Bible you keep telling others to read.
