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H.Grattan Guiness, in his classic work:
Romanism and the Reformation, 1887 shows
clearly that there was no difference between
paganism and that which crept into the
idolatrous church supposedly representing
Jesus Christ. He writes:
Had Paganism its temples and altars, its
pictures and images? So has Rome.
Had Paganism its holy water and incense?
So has Rome
Had Paganism its tonsured priests, presided
over by a pontifex maximus? So has Rome.
Had Paganism its claim to sacerdotal
infallibility? So has Popery.
Had Paganism its gods carried in procession?
So has Rome.
Had Paganism its college of pontiffs? So has
Rome its college of cardinals.
Had Paganism its religious orders?
So has Rome.
Had Paganism its costly robes, its Queen of
Heaven, its rural shrines and procession? So
has Rome.
Had Paganism its pretended miracles and
weeping statues? So has Rome.
Had Paganism its canonization of saints as in
the deification of dead Caesars: So has Rome.
Had Paganism its idolatrous calendar and
festivals? So has Rome.
Had Paganism its celibacy, mystic signs,
relics, cruel persecution of those who stand
for truth and righteousness? So has Rome.
I would warn you against this evil that is pervading the world anew today-working in and amongst the
reformed churches covered by a evil of righteousness.
Wherever you see ritualism or higher criticism, shun it.
Wherever you see a priest instead of a preacher, an altar instead of a communion table, wax candles instead of the sunshine of God's love, ceremony instead of sound doctrine, sacraments instead of saving grace, liturgies instead of earnest prayers, splendid music instead of spiritual worship, gorgeous vestments instead of gospel truth, tradition instead of "it is written", crossings instead of Christ, there you have Romanism no matter what it is called, no matter how attractive the architecture the music the solemn ceremonial. Shun it.
Revelation 17:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of [a]her fornication.
Reinhard Marx successor to Pope Benedict VI former bishop position.
Revelation 18:4-5 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins [a]have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Jude 24-25 New King James Version (NKJV)
Glory to God
New King James Version (NKJV)
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