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124 (approx)..Immortality of the soul
124...........Pre-human existence of Christ
124...........Substitutionary sacrifice
150...........Sprinkling instead of immersion
180...........Greek word "trias" used for trinity
200...........The term "priest" applied to church officials
200...........Millennial reign of Christ regarded as an allegory
200...........Platonic philosophy introduced by Origen
250...........Perpetual virginity of Mary
250...........Primacy of Peter
250...........Apostolic succession
250...........Infant baptism
270...........Monasticism founded
300 (approx)..Prayers for the daed
300 (approx)..Making the sign of the cross
312...........Emperor Constantine makes apostate Christianity the state religionwholesale inclusion of Christianized pagans
320...........Wax candles
325...........Jesus a person within the Godhead (Council of Nicaea-from which came the Nicene Creed)
375...........Veneration of dead "saints" and angels
375...........Use of images
381...........The "Holy Ghost" a person within the Godhead (Conccil of Constantinople)
395...........Emperor Theodosius makes apostate Christianity compulsory
395..........."Pontiflex Maximus" (formerly title of Caesar and high priest of heathen religion) taken as title of Bishop of Rome
ROMAN EMPIRE DIVIDES-CONSTANTINOPLE THE CAPITAL IN THE EAST AND ROME IN THE WEST
400...........Jeromes's translation of the Bible - the Latin "Vulgate"
402...........Innocent I calls himself "Ruler of the Church of God"
430...........Docrtine of Purgatory
430...........Original Sin
430...........Holy Spirit the exclusive agent in regeneration
431...........Exaltation of Mary - "the Mother of God"
451...........Leo I takes the title of "pope" - the title is conferred on all previous bishops of Rome posthumously
ROME FALLS TO THE BARBARIANS..........476
476...........Indulgences for the dead
500...........Priests begin to dress differently than laymen
526...........Extreme Unction
600...........Latin language used in prayer and worship established by Gregory I
600...........Prayers directed to Mary, dead saints and angels
610...........Decree of Phocas gives pope temporal power
682...........Rival claimants to Papal throne - Honorius II and Leo II
709...........Kissing of pope's foot begins with Constantine
819...........Feat of the assumption of the virgin Mary
850..........."Holy Water" mixed with a pinch of salt and blessed by a priest
858 (approx)..Wearing of papal crown - Nicolas I
859...........Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals - forged documents used by Nicolas I to establish his claims to temporal powers
869...........Western and Eastern Churches (Rome and Constantinople) mutually excommunicate each other
995...........Canonization of dead "saints" John XV
1079..........Celibacy of the priesthood decreed by Gregory VII
1090..........The Rosary, mechanical praying with beads, originated by Peter the Hermit
1094..........Plenary indulgences granted to all who took part in the Crusades
1100..........Payment for Masses introduced
1184..........The Inquisition instituted by the Council of Verona
1190..........Indulgences sold - money used to repair St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
1198..........Reading of the Bible in the common vernacular condemned
1200..........Extermination of the Albigenses ordered by Innocent III
1215..........Auricular confession to a priest instead of God instituted by Innocent III
1220..........Adoration of the wafer (host) decreed by Honorius III
1229..........Bible forbidden to laymen, and placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Council of Valencia
1245..........Limbo originated for the dead unbaptized infants
1250..........Thomas Aquinas published "Summa Theologica"
1251..........The scapular (a shoulder strap connected by two strings) invented by Simon Stock
1291..........The House of Mary was purportedly detached from its foundation in Nazareth and transported by angels first to Dalmatria and then to Loretto, Italy
1294..........Plenary indulgences granted by Boniface VIII to all who visit Rome
1296..........Priests refuse to pay taxes
1342..........Treasury of Merits - merits can be transferred
1409..........Three rival claimants to papal chair - John XXIII, Gregory XII, Benedict XIII
1414..........Huss the reformer promised safe passage to Rome and then betrayed and burned to death
1414..........the Cup forbidden to the people at communion
1439..........Seven sacraments and purgatory made articles of faith
1484..........Innocent VIII orders extermination of the Waldenses
1513..........Indulgences sold for the living and the dead
1517..........Luther's 95 theses
1534..........Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuits
1534..........Copernicus excommunicated for his heliocentric theory of the solar system
1546..........Tradition given equal authority with the Scriptures
1546..........Council of Trent affirms:
- LATIN - language of the mass
- use of Scripture without permission forbidden
- only Roman Catholic traditions allowed
- absolute power of the pope over the whole earth
1572..........Solemn mass celebrated for the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre when 60,000 Huguenots exterminated
1616..........Galileo condemned by Paul V and Urban VIII
1775..........Bulls issued by Pius VI against Bible Societies
1845..........Newman and Manning, leaders of the Oxford Movement, converted to Roman Catholicism
1854..........Doctrine of Immaculate Conception proclaimed by Pius IX
1858..........Virgin Mary supposedly appears to Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes in France
1870..........Papal infallibility decreed by 1st Vatican Council
1917..........Virgin Mary supposedly appears to three children in Fatima, Portugal
1922..........Life of mother and fetus equally sacred, proclaimed by Pius XI
1929..........Lateran accord - Mussolini restored Pope's temporal power in Vatican City
1931..........Liguori (canonized saint) in "The Glories of Mary" declares Mary as a "mediatrix" - she obtains favours not granted by God and quicker than Jesus
1933..........Papal Concordat signed with Nazi Germany
1943..........Pope remains silent over Germany's extermination of 6,000,000 Jews
1946..........Pius XII creates 32 new cardinals - robes of each cost $10,000
1950..........Assumption of body of Mary to heaven made an article of faith
1954..........Queenship of Mary proclaimed - "Queen of Heaven"
1962..........Ecumenical movement towards eastern Orthodox - Vatican II
1962..........Ecumenical movement further attempted - pope addresses U.N. prays for peace with Protestants
1965..........Pope addresses "World Council of Churches" and opened his arms to welcome Protestants home
1973..........Pope maintains that Jerusalem should be international city although diplomatic relations exsist with many Arab countries, none with Israel
1973..........Pope Paul re-affirms belief in the Devil
May the reader of these notes, sensitive to the Scriptural use of terms like "saint" and "Father" pardon the use of these terms when they refer to Romanists within the apostacy. These arrogated titles are used only for the purposes of identification. It is with regret that they have to appear with such unholy associations.
Taken from pages 28-29 of "Man of Sin, A Future Fuehrer in Jerusalem or Roman Catholic Apostacy? A Biblical and Historical Study of 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2" by Ron Abel.
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