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[TD="width: 1224"]The Rosary, or prayer beads was introduced by Peter the Hermit, in the year 1090. Copied from Hindus and Mohammedans
The counting of prayers is a pagan practice and is expressly condemned by Christ. (Matthew 6:5-13).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1090[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Inquisition of heretics was instituted by the Council of Verona in the year 1184. Jesus never taught the use of force to spread His religion[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1184[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The sale of Indulgences, commonly regarded as a purchase of forgiveness and a permit to indulge in sin.
Christianity, as taught in the Bible, condemns such a traffic and it was the protest against this traffic that brought on the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century.[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1190[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The dogma of Transubstantiation was decreed by Pope Innocent III, in the year
By this doctrine the priest pretends to perform a daily miracle by changing a wafer into the body of Christ, and then he pretends to eat Him alive in the presence of his people during Mass. The Bible condemns such absurdities; for the Lord's Supper is simply a memorial of the sacrifice of Christ. The spiritual presence of Christ is implied in the Lord's Supper. (Read Luke 22:19-20; John 6:35; 1st Corinthians 11:26).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1215[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]Confession of sin to the priest at least once a year was instituted by Pope Innocent III., in the Lateran Council
The Bible commands us to confess our sins direct to God. (Read Psalm 51:1-10; Luke 7:48; 15:21; 1st John 1:8-9).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1215[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The adoration of the wafer (Host), was decreed by Pope Honorius
So the Roman Church worships a God made by human hands. This is plain idolatry and absolutely contrary to the spirit of the Gospel. (Read John 4:24).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1220[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Bible forbidden to laymen and placed in the Index of forbidden books by the Council of Valencia
Jesus commanded that the Scriptures should be read by all. (John 5:39; 1st Timothy 3:15-17).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1229[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Scapular was invented by Simon Stock, and English monk
It is a piece of brown cloth, with the picture of the Virgin and supposed to contain supernatural virtue to protect from all dangers those who wear it on naked skin. This is fetishism.[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1287[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Roman Church forbade the cup to the laity, by instituting the communion of one kind in the Council of Constance
The Bible commands us to celebrate the Lord's Supper with unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine. (Read Matthew 26:27; 1st Corinthians 11:26-29).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1414[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The doctrine of Purgatory was proclaimed as a dogma of faith by Council of Florence
There is not one word in the Bible that would teach the purgatory of priests. The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sins. (Read 1st John 1:7-9; 2:1-2; John 5:24; Romans 8:1).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1439[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The doctrine of 7 Sacraments affirmed
The Bible says that Christ instituted only two ordinances, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. (Read Matthew 28:19-20; 26:26-28).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1439[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Ave Maria, part of the last
It was completed 50 years afterward and finally approved by Pope Sixtus V, at the end of the 16th century.[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1508[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Council of Trent, held in the year 1545, declared that Tradition is of equal authority with the Bible
By tradition is meant human teachings. The Pharisees believed the same way, and Jesus bitterly condemned them, for by teaching human tradition, they nullified the commandments of God. (Read Mark 7:7-13; Colossians 2:8; Revelation 22:18).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1545[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The apocryphal books were added to the Bible also by the Council of Trent
These books were not recognized as canonical by the Jewish Church. (See Revelation 22:8-9).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1546[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Creed of Pope Pius IV was imposed as the official creed 1560 years after Christ and the apostles
True Christians retain the Holy Scriptures as their creed. Hence their creed is 1500 years older than the creed of Roman Catholics. (Read Galatians 1:8).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1560[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX
The Bible states that all men, with the sole exception of Christ, are sinners. Mary herself had need of a Savior. (Read Romans 3:23; 5:12; Psalm 51:5; Luke 1:30,46,47).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1834[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]In the year 1870 after Christ, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of Papal Infallibility
This is a blasphemy and the sign of the apostasy and of the antichrist predicted by St. Paul. (Read 2nd Thessalonians 2:2-12; Revelation 17:1-9; 13:5-8,18).
Many Bible students see the number of the beast (Rev. 13:18), 666 in the Roman letters of the Pope's title: "VICARIVS FILII DEI." -- V-5, I-1; C-100, I-1; V-S, I-1; L-50, I-1; I-1; D-500, I-l — Total, 666.[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1870[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]Pope Plus X, in the year 1907, condemned together with "Modernism", all the discoveries of modern science which are not approved by the Church
Pius IX had done the same thing in the Syllabus of 1864.[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1907[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]In the year 1930 Pius XI, condemned the Public Schools[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1930[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]In the year 1931 the same pope Pius XI, reaffirmed the doctrine that Mary is "the Mother of God"
This doctrine was first invented by the Council of Ephesus in the year 431. This is a heresy contrary by Mary's own words. (Read Luke 1:46-49; John 2: l-5).[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1931[/TD]
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[TD="width: 1224"]In the year 1950 the last dogma was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary[/TD]
[TD="width: 62"]1950[/TD]
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