Dogma Evolution & Papal FallaciesAuthorHouse, 30 במאי 2007 - 352 עמודים Dan Brown's best-selling novel and subsequent popular movie, The DaVinci Code, created a sensation and intense criticism from the Roman Catholic clergy; yet it was fiction! Now, with Imma Penn's Dogma Evolution and Papal Fallicies, little known historical facts have been presented using the actual statements of priests, bishops, emperors, kings, popes and contemporary chroniclers. It shines a bright light on the evolution of Christian religious beliefs and practices that inspired Dan Brown's creation. A darker side of Catholicism is revealed - its schism controversies, the antipopes, papal corruptions and obscenities, the selling of indulgences, simony, the Inquisition condoned and encouraged by 73 popes, and the torture and the burning at the stake of hundreds of thousands of non-believers. Penn's critical history of the Roman Catholic Church shows the Curia presiding over an institution still in tune with the 13th century. Modern-day "cafeteria" Catholics may be surprised by some of the facts which have been kept out of the public eye. They may also be fascinated to learn how Catholic religious doctrine and rituals have evolved from pagan practices. Catholicism is ripe for reform. The recent priestly misbehaviors and the cover-up are well known and repetitive of the Church's reactions to the misdeeds of its past. A fresh, transparent approach is needed to cleanse the institution of it excessive non-spiritual baggage. It is no wonder that some prominent Catholics, like authors Garry Wills and James Carroll, have called for a Vatican III, a coming together of the Church, to bring about the necessary public apologies and reforms. Readers may be interested to learn of the revelations in this book. |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 41
... Mary, and the Lord Jesus. Religious institutions are the logical outgrowth of our desire to recognize, give thanks to, and worship the Creator. For many, a shared experience, especially with common rituals and ceremony, gives added ...
... Mary became venerated to a kind of goddess beyond the teachings of the Gospels. Then came the struggles for power between the monarchs and the bishops. The institution we know as the papacy evolved even though it was never mentioned in ...
... Mary Magdalene was a most trusted disciple of Jesus. (Pope Urban III (1185-1187) issued a Bull declaring that the Mary Magdalene was buried in Vézelay in southern France.) The concept of papal infallibility has been proven wrong ...
... Mary, Thomas, Judas, and Philip. They did not make it into the New Testament. At least half of the 27 books of the New Testament were attributed to the apostle Paul. They were the Pauline Epistles (Corpus Paulinum), originally letters ...
... Mary, Thomas, Judas Iscariot, and Philip. Many of these excluded books were written earlier than the New Testament book of John, but they told a story that was not consistent with his beliefs of those of likeminded Christians. (Reading ...
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Doctrine Dogma the Sacraments | 45 |
The Changing Nature of Jesus | 79 |
Catholic Symbolism | 91 |
The Primacy of Papal Power | 99 |
Papal Corruption Immoral Behavior | 163 |
The Unbroken Chain? | 219 |
Catholic Holy Days Festivals | 239 |
Celibacy Absurdities | 249 |
The Venerables | 277 |
Other Early Religions of the Middle East | 295 |
Religious Persecutions | 303 |
Catholic Chronology in Context | 321 |
Bibliography | 343 |