I agree this pope is satanic, and the devil has infiltrated the church. To say the entire church, which would include every catholic, is a stretch to me.
Denominations are divisions in the true Church of Christ which has no building made with mans hands. Individuals are the tabernacle, the body of born again believers is the temple, the Church of the body.
And divisions/disunity in the church is a scandal -- it is what happens though, when people decide to make themselves popes -- each free to pick and choose whatever they feel like, and call it Christ's teaching and church. There is only one church founded by Christ.
The infiltration of the church began around 200 AD or so. The council of Nicea and the council of Laodicea were pivotal events where paganism was melded with Christianity. You can thank them for the trinity doctrine, Sunday worship, Christmas, Easter, and Mary worship. All but the last one are common to most denominations.
Ezekiel 8 foretold the paganism and sun worship.
Daniel foretold that the church would seek to change the times and laws of God.
Wrong on all counts. Mary is not worshipped, but esteemed for her role, and sought as an intecessor to her son, Jesus. Catholics in fact, are the only ones fulfilling her spirit-filled prophesy, that "all generations will call me blessed". Christmas celebrates Jesus' birthday, and Easter celebrates his Resurrection.
I am curious what you make of Christ's promise to Peter, that the gates of hell would not prevail against Christ's Church...
Nowhere in the Bible is Mary mentioned as the intercessor. Christ is the intercessor to the father. You literally pray to Mary. That's the whole Hail Mary prayer. See Hebrews 9:15, 12:24, parts of Romans, Galatians, and other Epistles in the NT. Christ sits at the right hand of God, judges us in the end times (Revelation) and provides the blood that is our sacrifice for the remission of sin. Mary was a vessel for the birth of Christ but has no divine power at all. She, like the Apostles, is a good and Godly piece of Bible history but is no mediator and is not someone we are to beseech in prayer. We pray to the Father as outlined in Matthew and Luke in the Lord's prayer.
All generations call Mary blessed for her role as the bearer of Christ. We do not pray to her nor ask her for intercession.
Also, you literally pray to angels and saints. These beings are not intercessors or divine powers. The angels are servants and the saints are those who died in Christ. In Revelation John is told by an angel "see that you don't do that" when he mistakes the angel for God and prays to him. We are not to pray to angels or the dead.
As for Christmas, per the seasons described in the Gospels, Christ was likely born during one of the harvest seasons. The date of December 25th was picked long after the Apostles died. Do you know who else was born on December 25th? The Babylonian god Tammuz, a god of fertility. Tammuz worship was foretold in the OT.
Ezekiel 8
13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
Unlike Tammuz, Christ was resurrected three days after His death. Tammuz was dead 40 days. Ishtar wept for Tammuz in ashes for 40 days.
Then there's the matter of Sunday worship. Sunday. The day the Roman pagans and Babylonian pagans (Babylonian paganism informed Roman paganism) worshipped the sun. Sun worship is also foretold.
Ezekiel 8
15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
When does this occur? God provides us a clue.
Ezekiel 8
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.
In the passage above the word "day" is added by the translators. A Jewish month is 30 days and a fifth of the month is the 6th day so in the 6th year, in the 6th month, in the 6th day. In the time of 666. That's a hint.
As for Peter and Matthew 16:18. The interlinear bible shows that Jesus is making a pun. Petros and petra. Two words. One means a pebble and one means a large boulder. Christ called Peter a pebble. The boulder upon which Christ built His church is the confession of faith, exactly what Peter said - Christ is the Son of God. This understanding is magnified in later passages where Christ makes clear He (and confession in Him) is the cornerstone of the church He establishes.
If you read the accounts of the "who do they say I am" discussion in Mark and Luke, they do not record any pun with regarding Peter and rocks. These are Mark 8:27-32 and Luke 9:18-22. In multiple accounts Christ rebukes Peter almost immediately after "Who am I" when Peter objects to "I have to die on the cross". "Get thee behind me Satan" isn't something one would normally say to someone who is to be the foundation of a church.
I was pretty clear that we do not worship Mary, nor the saints nor angels, and that they play the role of supporting us by their prayers. As well the "praying to them" is in no sense worshipping them, but simply asking them to pray for us. If that were wrong, then scripture itself is wrong, as it obviously encourages us to intercede for one another -- and even, if you have a Catholic Bible, for we on earth, to intercede for those who have died.
There is a pattern, among some non-catholics, to lock-on to one strict sense of a word, pretending that other senses do not exist, in order to score points. The fact is, each of us is called to intercede for each other -- if you want to use lower-case "i" on that use of the word intercede, to distinguish it from the most important, and unique way that Jesus is the Intercessor to the Father, that is fine. That is an important point, yet it would be quite sad if one were to conclude from that, that for any of us to intercede for one another in prayer is somehow displeasing to God, or diminishes in any way, Jesus' role in interceding for us to the Father.
Similarly, there is plenty of non-catholic hand wringing about Peter being the first pope (despite the fact most of them essentially set themselves up as their own pope). Jesus and his followers spoke aramaic, not greek, as their common language, as can be seen by the scriptural account transliterating the aramaic word, kefa (rock) into Cephas. This may not be an important point except that it helps simplify some seeming confusion over whom Jesus was calling the rock upon which he would build his church. <g> Of course Jesus was speaking of and to Peter, as he literally renames him from Simon, to Peter (!) And all the rest of the New Testament shows the name stuck. Yes, he rebukes Peter as often as is necessary, but not before acknowledging that Peter loved him "more than these others" and telling him to feed and lead his sheep. It is an enlightening exercise to see how many more times Peter's name is mentioned in the New Testament, as compared to all the other apostles -- he was being groomed, and yes, corrected as needed, for the important role he was to hold in the early Church.
not sure if you want us to talk about this in the context of ROMAN...but Q tells us to read the Bible, so this might help. some thoughts about the SoS.
Overreach.
The church was infiltrated just as our Government was.
Gee why try to destroy the church?
Because she is righteous and the one church of Jesus.
You're supposed to be an Anon...try thinking like one.
Pffft.
The catholic church is not the one true church, it is in fact one built by Satan himself bringing all the Babylonian practices into their arena. Calling it a church, Christian or anything to do with the one true God is a deception.
people involved are deceived, it is part of the matrix and is full of false doctrine. In fact they are bound tight with the Rothschilds and the rest of the synogogue of Satan. You don't need priest when you have the living Christ in you colossians 1:27.
For over 1,500 years, to be Christian was to be Catholic. So-called reformers, rather than correct abuses in the church, chose to go their own way, creating man-made churches/denominations which disagree with each other to the point we now have over 30,000 different denominations, each claiming to be accurately presenting all of Christ's teaching.
That is a lot to ask at one time. :) The dark ages generally refers to the centuries after Roman civilization fell -- splintering Europe into feudal kingdoms, with some similarities to present times -- economic depression, roving bands of lawless types, necessitating walled cities, mass migrations, etc.
But the monks, during this time, and long before the printing press, quietly and prayerfully kept learning alive -- dedicating their lives to copying the bible by hand, as well as other worthwhile books. Bibles in fact were so prized that they were sometimes donated and chained in the churches, much like phone books used to be fastened with a cable, to keep them from being stolen from phone booths.
While civilzation struggled some, Christianity actually thrived. During the late middle ages (say, 1200-1400 anyway), there are many examples of magnificent cathedrals being built -- to glorify God and uplift the soul. Both rich and poor worked, often shoulder to shoulder, pulling carts of building supplies, and artisans dedicated years of their lives to contributing artwork, in some cases placed where only God would see it.
In most European languages -- and including older English, the word "pray" simply meant "to ask". The oldest Christian martyrs tombs (some dating to 1st and 2nd century!) are often covered in very ancient grafitti, and notes left in crevices, asking the deceased to pray for them, to also be faithful and make it to heaven. It was also assumed (for good reasons) that those in heaven were allowed to convey the prayers of those on earth to God. In any case, the requests of prayer, to angels and to saints, are no more and no less, what Christians on earth would typically request of one another -- hey, please pray for me -- I have an exam, or a problem, or a doubt, or a sickness, and would appreciate your prayers, as you are closer to God. The saints are viewed as heroes, who "won the race" and are confirmed in heaven, and "the prayers of the just availeth much". With Mary, not only was she mother of Jesus, but also in a real sense given to us, and us to her, by Jesus' last words on the cross. Catholics do not confuse adoration and worship (due to God alone) with the humble respect and admiration they have for his saints and angels -- who are merely his creatures, but ones who love us, and form a "cloud of witnesses" cheering those of us still on earth, and encouraging us with their prayers.
Read the book Revelation Timeline Decoded - Messiah's Apocalyptic Vision Is A War Manual That Uses Symbols And Layers To Hide The Fulfillment
by David Wilcoxson.
It not only agrees with your statement, but shows you so many truths about the church.
The picture is heavily doctored, slanders not the current pope, but a prior one who drove the NWO-types crazy, and he was forced out by the pedo mafia which infiltrated the church.
Your post slanders faithful Catholics, who are besieged by attacks both within and without the Church, both from her mortal enemies, as well as ignorant and hateful types who do not realize they are like Saul, persecuting faithful Christians.
It's not. Synagogue of Satan are the Ashkenazi jews. Hence the word synagogue. Rome is its own devilish system. Though I would not doubt the entire Roman church is now full of Ashkenazis.
You're guessing alright. Are you aware of how seriously wrong it is to cast false accusations and slander? Look into his history (written by people who don't hate Catholics) -- he lost both parents at a young age, lived under both nazi and communist rule, secretly studied, with great sacrifices, to become a priest, and was instrumental (working with Reagan and the West) in helping to free many soviet satellite countries from communism.
No, he had a role though in ending the martyrdoms of Christians, and in fact encouraged Christianity throughout the Roman Empire -- possibly, one can argue, that when persecution of Christians ceased, it became easier to be Christian, and that some may have "converted" only externally, not in their heart. But this is not Constantine's fault, is it?
Constantine outlawed Sabbath worship and implemented Sunday worship as a matter of law. This is a violation of the 4th commandment and also foretold in both Daniel (seek to change times and laws of God) and in Ezekiel 8 (sun worship).
If you think the Sabbath is abolished then you need to provide evidence from the Bible. I have also read some of the apocrypha and some of the letters of Ignatius and am also aware of translation controversies in those letters. Controversies that undermine the argument that the earliest churches gave up Sabbath worship for Sunday worship. Try to use something from the Bible.
There is a good evidence the earliest Christians gathered "on the first day of the week" to worship and celebrate the Resurrection (as Catholics would call it, they had mass). <g>
This business of requiring all evidence to come solely out of a Catholic book called the Bible is itself not scriptural -- nothing in the Bible says that it is the sole source of Revelation, and in fact, there are passages which infer an oral source of revelation. This makes perfect sense, given:
a) The apostles (first bishops) were given 24x7 in-person training, by Jesus himself, for the 3 years of his public ministry. And scripture is clear that when Jesus spoke to them privately, he spoke clearly, and explained things, and did not resort to parables as he often did with the crowds. Scripture is also clear that scripture itself does not, and could not, contain even a small fraction of all that Jesus said and did. Yet, there were witnesses who were present for much of what he did and said, and they were given authority in the church as leaders and decision makers.
b) The Bible, specifically the New Testament portions of it, did not exist at the start of the Church (which we might agree was at Pentecost), and in fact there was not an official canon, or list of which books were or were not to be included in the Bible, until the 300's, when this was decided in a council.
c) Given the Church was entrusted with the authority to bind and loose, to forgive sins in Jesus' name, to safeguard and pass on all things taught by Christ that are important for salvation, and clearly had the authority to make important decisions regarding doctrine and the contents of the Bible itself, so also the Church had the authority to designate Sunday as the Lord's Day. That this was so was considered self-evident for most of the last 2,000 years, by virtually all Christians, including most non-Catholics, so I do not think you and I can improve upon that discussion here.
You mention Ignatious -- that's great, there are several others worth reading -- and do not be swayed by translation red-herrings. There are folks who felt the need to downplay the important testimony of these early writers, but it is quite clear they say what they say, and were understood that way, for millenia.
On the Lord's Day/Sabbath issue, there also are non-christian sources, such as Josephus, who mentions that the Christians gathered for worship on the 1st day of the week.
I mean which one(s) you think are owned by the deepstate? Why was John Paul the 1st only pope for 33 days before JP 2nd? And why after JP 2nd died did Benedict step down? He should have died as pope. pope Frances filling in after Benedict being forced out tells me he is someone’s puppet.
I see -- yes, those are fair and good questions. Honestly, I don't have certain answers, to those either -- JP1 may have died of natural causes, or there may have been intrigue and more sinister forces at work. My opinion of what happened with Benedict is that he was forced out by deep church aka satanic pedo mafia types who have infiltrated the church. Whether Benedict legitimately relinquished both the visible and spiritual authority of the Papacy I'm not certain of, and I believe Francis was pushed in through DS/Deep Church forces as well. This is a very scandalous and confusing time for the Church, and for all Christians. But God does expect us to remain faithful to him, humbly ask for his grace and guidance, and lift up those around us. Christ's Church is going through, in a sense, the passion, but which will lead to a glorious resurrection. Pope JP2 continually spoke of a "springtime of evangelization" in coming years, and many, many times, repeated the words "do not be afraid".
I agree this pope is satanic, and the devil has infiltrated the church. To say the entire church, which would include every catholic, is a stretch to me.
It’s truly disgusting. I saw it years ago, but people think you are crazy when you disclose what you know.
More than a stretch, it is slander.
Like every other Christian Church in the world, it has been infiltrated by powerful, corrupt demons.
Millions of “holier than thou” types still revere Joel Osteen, Franklin Graham, and Jerry Falwell (whose namesake son is a true CUCK).
Your denomination no longer matters. You are with Christ and those who are with Christ, or you are against them all.
Denominations are divisions in the true Church of Christ which has no building made with mans hands. Individuals are the tabernacle, the body of born again believers is the temple, the Church of the body.
And divisions/disunity in the church is a scandal -- it is what happens though, when people decide to make themselves popes -- each free to pick and choose whatever they feel like, and call it Christ's teaching and church. There is only one church founded by Christ.
You're close.
The infiltration of the church began around 200 AD or so. The council of Nicea and the council of Laodicea were pivotal events where paganism was melded with Christianity. You can thank them for the trinity doctrine, Sunday worship, Christmas, Easter, and Mary worship. All but the last one are common to most denominations.
Ezekiel 8 foretold the paganism and sun worship.
Daniel foretold that the church would seek to change the times and laws of God.
Wrong on all counts. Mary is not worshipped, but esteemed for her role, and sought as an intecessor to her son, Jesus. Catholics in fact, are the only ones fulfilling her spirit-filled prophesy, that "all generations will call me blessed". Christmas celebrates Jesus' birthday, and Easter celebrates his Resurrection.
I am curious what you make of Christ's promise to Peter, that the gates of hell would not prevail against Christ's Church...
Nowhere in the Bible is Mary mentioned as the intercessor. Christ is the intercessor to the father. You literally pray to Mary. That's the whole Hail Mary prayer. See Hebrews 9:15, 12:24, parts of Romans, Galatians, and other Epistles in the NT. Christ sits at the right hand of God, judges us in the end times (Revelation) and provides the blood that is our sacrifice for the remission of sin. Mary was a vessel for the birth of Christ but has no divine power at all. She, like the Apostles, is a good and Godly piece of Bible history but is no mediator and is not someone we are to beseech in prayer. We pray to the Father as outlined in Matthew and Luke in the Lord's prayer.
All generations call Mary blessed for her role as the bearer of Christ. We do not pray to her nor ask her for intercession.
Also, you literally pray to angels and saints. These beings are not intercessors or divine powers. The angels are servants and the saints are those who died in Christ. In Revelation John is told by an angel "see that you don't do that" when he mistakes the angel for God and prays to him. We are not to pray to angels or the dead.
https://www.catholic.org/saints/angels/angelprayer.php http://francismary.org/why-do-catholics-pray-to-the-angels-and-saints/
As for Christmas, per the seasons described in the Gospels, Christ was likely born during one of the harvest seasons. The date of December 25th was picked long after the Apostles died. Do you know who else was born on December 25th? The Babylonian god Tammuz, a god of fertility. Tammuz worship was foretold in the OT.
Unlike Tammuz, Christ was resurrected three days after His death. Tammuz was dead 40 days. Ishtar wept for Tammuz in ashes for 40 days.
Then there's the matter of Sunday worship. Sunday. The day the Roman pagans and Babylonian pagans (Babylonian paganism informed Roman paganism) worshipped the sun. Sun worship is also foretold.
When does this occur? God provides us a clue.
In the passage above the word "day" is added by the translators. A Jewish month is 30 days and a fifth of the month is the 6th day so in the 6th year, in the 6th month, in the 6th day. In the time of 666. That's a hint.
As for Peter and Matthew 16:18. The interlinear bible shows that Jesus is making a pun. Petros and petra. Two words. One means a pebble and one means a large boulder. Christ called Peter a pebble. The boulder upon which Christ built His church is the confession of faith, exactly what Peter said - Christ is the Son of God. This understanding is magnified in later passages where Christ makes clear He (and confession in Him) is the cornerstone of the church He establishes.
If you read the accounts of the "who do they say I am" discussion in Mark and Luke, they do not record any pun with regarding Peter and rocks. These are Mark 8:27-32 and Luke 9:18-22. In multiple accounts Christ rebukes Peter almost immediately after "Who am I" when Peter objects to "I have to die on the cross". "Get thee behind me Satan" isn't something one would normally say to someone who is to be the foundation of a church.
I was pretty clear that we do not worship Mary, nor the saints nor angels, and that they play the role of supporting us by their prayers. As well the "praying to them" is in no sense worshipping them, but simply asking them to pray for us. If that were wrong, then scripture itself is wrong, as it obviously encourages us to intercede for one another -- and even, if you have a Catholic Bible, for we on earth, to intercede for those who have died.
There is a pattern, among some non-catholics, to lock-on to one strict sense of a word, pretending that other senses do not exist, in order to score points. The fact is, each of us is called to intercede for each other -- if you want to use lower-case "i" on that use of the word intercede, to distinguish it from the most important, and unique way that Jesus is the Intercessor to the Father, that is fine. That is an important point, yet it would be quite sad if one were to conclude from that, that for any of us to intercede for one another in prayer is somehow displeasing to God, or diminishes in any way, Jesus' role in interceding for us to the Father.
Similarly, there is plenty of non-catholic hand wringing about Peter being the first pope (despite the fact most of them essentially set themselves up as their own pope). Jesus and his followers spoke aramaic, not greek, as their common language, as can be seen by the scriptural account transliterating the aramaic word, kefa (rock) into Cephas. This may not be an important point except that it helps simplify some seeming confusion over whom Jesus was calling the rock upon which he would build his church. <g> Of course Jesus was speaking of and to Peter, as he literally renames him from Simon, to Peter (!) And all the rest of the New Testament shows the name stuck. Yes, he rebukes Peter as often as is necessary, but not before acknowledging that Peter loved him "more than these others" and telling him to feed and lead his sheep. It is an enlightening exercise to see how many more times Peter's name is mentioned in the New Testament, as compared to all the other apostles -- he was being groomed, and yes, corrected as needed, for the important role he was to hold in the early Church.
Also try to get the right Popes picture. Extremely low effort post💩💩💩💩🤥
not sure if you want us to talk about this in the context of ROMAN...but Q tells us to read the Bible, so this might help. some thoughts about the SoS.
https://www.gotquestions.org/synagogue-of-Satan.html
Look folks... anyone who has read all the Q posts would notice the St Michael prayer was posted, by Q, multiple times. This is a Catholic prayer.
In fact, it was written by Pope St. Leo XIII, in response to a vision he had, of Jesus' response to the devil, threatening to destroy the Church.
Overreach. The church was infiltrated just as our Government was. Gee why try to destroy the church? Because she is righteous and the one church of Jesus. You're supposed to be an Anon...try thinking like one. Pffft.
The catholic church is not the one true church, it is in fact one built by Satan himself bringing all the Babylonian practices into their arena. Calling it a church, Christian or anything to do with the one true God is a deception.
people involved are deceived, it is part of the matrix and is full of false doctrine. In fact they are bound tight with the Rothschilds and the rest of the synogogue of Satan. You don't need priest when you have the living Christ in you colossians 1:27.
your last sentence reminds me...
I've been thinking how we really don't need a government if everyone listens to God's voice, rather than the outside world.
and this is the reason Q uses Socratic reasoning, to get us to listen to the voice within.
For over 1,500 years, to be Christian was to be Catholic. So-called reformers, rather than correct abuses in the church, chose to go their own way, creating man-made churches/denominations which disagree with each other to the point we now have over 30,000 different denominations, each claiming to be accurately presenting all of Christ's teaching.
Tell us more about the dark ages. Also, why do Catholics pray to Mary, saints, and angels?
That is a lot to ask at one time. :) The dark ages generally refers to the centuries after Roman civilization fell -- splintering Europe into feudal kingdoms, with some similarities to present times -- economic depression, roving bands of lawless types, necessitating walled cities, mass migrations, etc.
But the monks, during this time, and long before the printing press, quietly and prayerfully kept learning alive -- dedicating their lives to copying the bible by hand, as well as other worthwhile books. Bibles in fact were so prized that they were sometimes donated and chained in the churches, much like phone books used to be fastened with a cable, to keep them from being stolen from phone booths.
While civilzation struggled some, Christianity actually thrived. During the late middle ages (say, 1200-1400 anyway), there are many examples of magnificent cathedrals being built -- to glorify God and uplift the soul. Both rich and poor worked, often shoulder to shoulder, pulling carts of building supplies, and artisans dedicated years of their lives to contributing artwork, in some cases placed where only God would see it.
In most European languages -- and including older English, the word "pray" simply meant "to ask". The oldest Christian martyrs tombs (some dating to 1st and 2nd century!) are often covered in very ancient grafitti, and notes left in crevices, asking the deceased to pray for them, to also be faithful and make it to heaven. It was also assumed (for good reasons) that those in heaven were allowed to convey the prayers of those on earth to God. In any case, the requests of prayer, to angels and to saints, are no more and no less, what Christians on earth would typically request of one another -- hey, please pray for me -- I have an exam, or a problem, or a doubt, or a sickness, and would appreciate your prayers, as you are closer to God. The saints are viewed as heroes, who "won the race" and are confirmed in heaven, and "the prayers of the just availeth much". With Mary, not only was she mother of Jesus, but also in a real sense given to us, and us to her, by Jesus' last words on the cross. Catholics do not confuse adoration and worship (due to God alone) with the humble respect and admiration they have for his saints and angels -- who are merely his creatures, but ones who love us, and form a "cloud of witnesses" cheering those of us still on earth, and encouraging us with their prayers.
Trust after the comments already posted that you have changed your mind!
Read the book Revelation Timeline Decoded - Messiah's Apocalyptic Vision Is A War Manual That Uses Symbols And Layers To Hide The Fulfillment by David Wilcoxson.
It not only agrees with your statement, but shows you so many truths about the church.
ACTUALLY, THIS POST IS SATANIC!
The picture is heavily doctored, slanders not the current pope, but a prior one who drove the NWO-types crazy, and he was forced out by the pedo mafia which infiltrated the church.
Your post slanders faithful Catholics, who are besieged by attacks both within and without the Church, both from her mortal enemies, as well as ignorant and hateful types who do not realize they are like Saul, persecuting faithful Christians.
Back it up. Sauce?
It's not. Synagogue of Satan are the Ashkenazi jews. Hence the word synagogue. Rome is its own devilish system. Though I would not doubt the entire Roman church is now full of Ashkenazis.
Quite right - Revelation 2:9 says they are those who say they are Jews but are not ... this need not be restricted to the Ashkanazi
Close. They're the scarlet harlot riding the beast. The Babylonian Talmud jews running the world are the synagogue of Satan.
I think they fled to Babylon mostly. Fellow travelers with the wicked.
Working on it. I am convinced the two primary forces of evil in the world today originate in Babylon.
I’m guessing Pope John Paul was the first corrupt Pope. Rumor is he had a past life as an agent orange sales guy before becoming religious.
Evidence?
Correct. Whenever the deep state seized control of the Catholic Church, that pope and everyone after them would’ve been a pedo.
That’s their main lever that they pull.
You're guessing alright. Are you aware of how seriously wrong it is to cast false accusations and slander? Look into his history (written by people who don't hate Catholics) -- he lost both parents at a young age, lived under both nazi and communist rule, secretly studied, with great sacrifices, to become a priest, and was instrumental (working with Reagan and the West) in helping to free many soviet satellite countries from communism.
Tell us which pope is the first corrupt pope? Who do you think was the first guy to sell out the Vatican? My guess is JPII
Constantine waa pretty early. He had a major hand in bringing paganism into the church.
No, he had a role though in ending the martyrdoms of Christians, and in fact encouraged Christianity throughout the Roman Empire -- possibly, one can argue, that when persecution of Christians ceased, it became easier to be Christian, and that some may have "converted" only externally, not in their heart. But this is not Constantine's fault, is it?
Constantine outlawed Sabbath worship and implemented Sunday worship as a matter of law. This is a violation of the 4th commandment and also foretold in both Daniel (seek to change times and laws of God) and in Ezekiel 8 (sun worship).
If you think the Sabbath is abolished then you need to provide evidence from the Bible. I have also read some of the apocrypha and some of the letters of Ignatius and am also aware of translation controversies in those letters. Controversies that undermine the argument that the earliest churches gave up Sabbath worship for Sunday worship. Try to use something from the Bible.
There is a good evidence the earliest Christians gathered "on the first day of the week" to worship and celebrate the Resurrection (as Catholics would call it, they had mass). <g>
This business of requiring all evidence to come solely out of a Catholic book called the Bible is itself not scriptural -- nothing in the Bible says that it is the sole source of Revelation, and in fact, there are passages which infer an oral source of revelation. This makes perfect sense, given:
a) The apostles (first bishops) were given 24x7 in-person training, by Jesus himself, for the 3 years of his public ministry. And scripture is clear that when Jesus spoke to them privately, he spoke clearly, and explained things, and did not resort to parables as he often did with the crowds. Scripture is also clear that scripture itself does not, and could not, contain even a small fraction of all that Jesus said and did. Yet, there were witnesses who were present for much of what he did and said, and they were given authority in the church as leaders and decision makers.
b) The Bible, specifically the New Testament portions of it, did not exist at the start of the Church (which we might agree was at Pentecost), and in fact there was not an official canon, or list of which books were or were not to be included in the Bible, until the 300's, when this was decided in a council.
c) Given the Church was entrusted with the authority to bind and loose, to forgive sins in Jesus' name, to safeguard and pass on all things taught by Christ that are important for salvation, and clearly had the authority to make important decisions regarding doctrine and the contents of the Bible itself, so also the Church had the authority to designate Sunday as the Lord's Day. That this was so was considered self-evident for most of the last 2,000 years, by virtually all Christians, including most non-Catholics, so I do not think you and I can improve upon that discussion here.
You mention Ignatious -- that's great, there are several others worth reading -- and do not be swayed by translation red-herrings. There are folks who felt the need to downplay the important testimony of these early writers, but it is quite clear they say what they say, and were understood that way, for millenia.
On the Lord's Day/Sabbath issue, there also are non-christian sources, such as Josephus, who mentions that the Christians gathered for worship on the 1st day of the week.
There have been many sinful, and some corrupt, popes, and bishops, and priests -- and, for that matter, laypeople, throughout history.
Christ's church is a church of both saints and sinners.
The very first pope, Peter, denied Christ 3 times. One of the first 12 bishops (Judas) betrayed Christ to his enemies.
Nothing has changed, in that sense, throughout the last 2,000 years.
I mean which one(s) you think are owned by the deepstate? Why was John Paul the 1st only pope for 33 days before JP 2nd? And why after JP 2nd died did Benedict step down? He should have died as pope. pope Frances filling in after Benedict being forced out tells me he is someone’s puppet.
I see -- yes, those are fair and good questions. Honestly, I don't have certain answers, to those either -- JP1 may have died of natural causes, or there may have been intrigue and more sinister forces at work. My opinion of what happened with Benedict is that he was forced out by deep church aka satanic pedo mafia types who have infiltrated the church. Whether Benedict legitimately relinquished both the visible and spiritual authority of the Papacy I'm not certain of, and I believe Francis was pushed in through DS/Deep Church forces as well. This is a very scandalous and confusing time for the Church, and for all Christians. But God does expect us to remain faithful to him, humbly ask for his grace and guidance, and lift up those around us. Christ's Church is going through, in a sense, the passion, but which will lead to a glorious resurrection. Pope JP2 continually spoke of a "springtime of evangelization" in coming years, and many, many times, repeated the words "do not be afraid".