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 88
... 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 the ...
... became a Christian. Paul sent the slave with the letter back to Philemon as a tactful way of asking for his forgiveness. Onesimus became a Christian martyr. 62-64 - The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians - the 12th book in ...
... became a merchant. It purports to have been written as the result of a series of visions. 140-160 - The Gnostic Gospel of Ptolemy was excluded from the New Testament. c.150 - The Second Epistle of Peter – the 22nd book of the New ...
... became more popular with the common people. In Jerusalem, Jesus preached in public saying: “The Sadducees and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not yet after ...
... became the day commemorating the giving of the Law of Moses. It has since become a Christian Holy Day as the Holy Ghost descended on the apostles on the 50th day following the Resurrection. It was on the first Pentecost following the ...
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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 |