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Should the Catholic Church Delete these Popes from their records..

St. Peter (32-67) St. Linus (67-76) St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) St. Clement I (88-97) St. Evaristus (97-105) St. Alexander I (105-115)St. Sixtus I (115-125) St. Telesphorus (125-136) St. Hyginus (136-140) St. Pius I (140-155) St. Anicetus (155-166) St. Soter (166-175) St. Eleutherius (175-189) St. Victor I (189-199) St. Zephyrinus (199-217) St. Callistus I (217-22) St. Urban I (222-30) St. Pontain (230-35) St. Anterus (235-36) St. Fabian (236-50) St. Cornelius (251-53)
St. Lucius I (253-54) St. Stephen I (254-257) St. Sixtus II (257-258) St. Dionysius (260-268) St. Felix I (269-274) St. Eutychian (275-283) St. Caius (283-296) St. Marcellinus (296-304) St. Marcellus I (308-309)

And all the other Saints and Martyrs Of the Church Of Christ. (Catholic Church) Before Constantine.
Saint Ignatius (35-107), the second Bishop of Antioch wrote a letter to the Smyrneans in 107 A.D..
In this letter is recorded the first known use of the words "Catholic Church"...
Paragraph #8
"You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the presbytery as you would the Apostles; reverence the deacons as you would God's commandment. Let no one do anything touching the Church, apart from the bishop. Let that celebration of the Eucharist be considered valid which is held under the bishop or anyone to whom he has committed it. Where the bishop appears, there let the people be, just as where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. It is not permitted without authorization from the bishop either to baptize or to hold an agape; but whatever he approves is also pleasing to God. Thus everything you do will be proof against danger and valid."
To deny this you have to have your head way up your azz

Clements many writings prove that the Catholic Church was strong and consolidating writing almost immediately after the Apostles died off.

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2008-07-15 06:11:06 by Marty

1. OF ALL THE HUMAN TRADITIONS taught and practiced by the Roman Catholic Church, which are contrary to the Bible, the most ancient are the prayers for the dead and the sign of the Cross. Both began 300 years after Christ ... 310AD.

2. Wax Candles introduced in church about 320AD.

3. Veneration of angles and dead saints about 375

4. The Mass, as a daily celebration, adopted 394AD.

5. The worship of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the use of the term, 'Mother of God', as applied to her, originated in the Council of Ephesus in .... 431AD.

6. Priests began to dress differently from the laity in 500AD.

7. The doctrine of Purgatory was first established by Gregory the Great about the year 593AD.

8. The Latin language, as the language of prayer and worship in churches, was also imposed by Pope Gregory I. 600 years after Christ ...600AD. The Word of god forbids praying and teaching in an unknown tongue. (1Cor.14:9).

9. The Bible teaches that we pray to God alone. In the primitive church never were prayers directed to Mary, or to dead saints. This practice began in the Roman Church about 600AD. (Matt. 11:28; Luke 1:46; Acts 10:25-26; 14:14-18)

10. The Papacy is of pagan origin. The title of pope or universal bishop, was first given to the bishop of Rome by the wicked emperor Phocas, in the year 610AD. This he did to spite Bishop Ciriacus of Constantinople, who had justly excommunicated him for his having caused the assassination of his predecessor emperor Mauritius. Gregory I, then bishop of Rome, refused the title, but his, successor, Boniface III, first assumed title "Pope." Jesus did not appoint Peter to the headship of the apostles and forbade any such notion. (Lk. 22:24-26;Eph.1:22-23;Col.1:18;lCor.3:11).Note:-Nor is there any mention in Scripture, nor in history, that Peter ever was in Rome, much less that he was pope there for 25 years; Clement, 3rd bishop of Rome, remarks that there is no real lst century evidence that Peter ever was in Rome."

11. The kissing of the Pope's feet began in 709AD. It had been a pagan custom to kiss the feet of emperors. The Word of God forbids such practices. (Read Acts 10:25-26; Rev. 19: 1 0; 22:9).

12. The Temporal power of the Popes began 750AD. When Pepin, the usurper of the throne of France, descended into Italy, called by Pope Stephen II, to war against the Italian Lombards, he defeated them and gave the city of Rome and surrounding territory to the pope. Jesus expressly forbade such a thing, and He himself refused worldly kingship. (Read Matt 4:8-9; 20:25-26; John 18:38).

13. Worship of cross, of images and relics was authorized in 788AD. This was by order of Dowager Empress Irene of Constantinople, who first caused to pluck the eyes of her own son, Constantine VI, and then called a church council at the request of Hadrian I, pope of Rome at that time.

14. Holy Water, mixed with a pinch of salt and blessed by the priest, was authorized in 850AD.

15. The veneration of St. Joseph began in 890AD.

16. The baptism of bells was instituted by Pope John XIV, in the year 965AD.

17. Canonization of dead saints, first by Pope John XV in 995AD. Every believer and follower of Christ is called saint in the Bible. (Read Rom, 1:7; I Cor. 1:2).

18. Fasting on Fridays and during Lent were imposed in the year 998AD.

Imposed by popes said to be interested in the commerce of fish. (Bull, or permit to eat meat), some authorities say, began in the year 7OOAD. This is against the plain teaching of the bible. (Read Matt.15:10 1Cor. 10:25; 1Tim.4:1-3).

19. The Mass was developed gradually as a sacrifice; attendance made obligatory in the 11th century. The Bible teaches that the sacrifice of Christ was offered once and for all, and not to be repeated, but only commerated in the Lord's Supper. (Read Heb.7:27; 9:26-28; 10: I 0- 14).

20. The celibacy of the priesthood was decreed by Pope Hildebrand, Boniface VII, in the year 1079AD. Jesus imposed no such rule, nor did any of the apostles. On the contrary, St. Peter was a married man, and St. Paul says that bishops were to have wife and children. (Read 1st Tim. 3:2,5, and 12: Matt 8:14-15).

21. The Rosary, or prayer beads was introduced by Peter the Hermit, in the year 1090AD. Copied from Hindus and Mohammedans 1090AD. The counting of prayers is a pagan practice and is expressly condemned by Christ (Matt 6:5-13).

22. 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 ...1184AD.

23. The sale of Indulgence, commonly regarded as a purchase of forgiveness and a permit to indulge in sin, began in the year 1190AD. 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.

24. The dogma of Transubstantiation was decreed by Pope Innocent III, in the year 1215AD. 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 Lords Supper is simply a memorial of the sacrifice of Christ. The spiritual presence of Christ is implied in 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; I Cor. 11:26).

25. Confession of sins to the priest at least once a year was instituted by Pope Innocent III, in the Lateran Council, in the year 1215AD. The Bible commands us to confess our sins direct to God. (Read Psalm. 51: 1 - 10; Luke 7:48; 15:21; John 1:8-9). 26. The adoration of the wafer (Host), was decreed by Pope Honorius in the year in 1220AD. 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).

27. The Bible forbidden to laymen and placed in the Index of forbidden books by the Council of Valencia in 1229AD. Jesus commanded that the Scriptures should be read by all. (John5:39: lTim.3:15-17).

28. The Scapular was invented by Simon Stock, an English monk, in the year ... 1287AD. 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. It is fetishism.

29. The Roman Church forbade the cup to the laity, by instituting the communion of one kind in the Council of Constance n 1414AD. The Bible commands us to celebrate the Lord's Supper with unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine. (Read Matt. 26:27; I Cor. 11:26-29).

30. The doctrine of Purgatory was proclaimed as a dogma of faith by Council of Florence in 1439AD. 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 I John 1:7-9; 2:1-2; John 5:24; Rom. 8: 1).

31. The doctrine of 7 Sacraments affirmed in 1439AD. The Bible says that Christ instituted only two ordinances, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. (Read Matt. 28:19-20; 26:26-28).

32. The Ave Maria, part of the last half in 1508AD. It was completed 50 years afterward and finally approved by Pope Sixths V, at the end of the 16th century.

33. The Council of Trent, held in the year 1545, declared that Tradition is of equal authority with the Bible 1545AD. 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; Col. 2:8; Rev. 22:18).

34. The apocryphal books were added to the Bible also by the Council of Trent in 1546 These books were not recognized as canonical by the Jewish Church. (See Rev. 22:8-9).

35. The Creed of Pope Pius IV was imposed as the official creed 1560 years after Christ and the apostles, in 1560AD. True Christians retain the Holy Scriptures as their creed. Hence their creed is 1500 years older than the creed of Roman Catholics. (Read Gal. 1:8).

36. The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in the year 1854AD. The Bible states that all men, with the sole exception of Christ, are sinners. Mary herself had need of a Savior. (Read Rom. 3:23; 5:12; Psalm. 51:5; Luke 1:30,46,47).

37. In the year 1870 after Christ, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of Papal Infallibility 1870AD. This is a blasphemy and the sign of the apostasy and of the antichrist predicted by St. Paul. (Read II These. 2:2-12; Rev. 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 FILLII DEI." -V.5, I-1; C-100, l-l: v-5, 1-1; L-50, 1-1; 1-1-Total, 666.

38. Pope Pius X, in the year 1907, condemned together with 'Modernish", all the discoveries of modern science which are not approved by the Church... 1907AD. Pius IX had done the same thing in the Syllabus of 1864.

39. In the year 1930 Pius XI, condemned the Public Schools ... 1930AD.

40. In the year 1931 the same pope Pius XI, reaffirmed the doctrine that Mary is "the Mother of God.... 1931AD. This doctrine was first invented by the Council of Ephesus in the year 431AD. . This is a heresy contrary by Mary's own words. (Read Luke 1:46-49; John 2:1-5).

41. In the year 1950 the last dogma was proclaimed by Pope Pius XII, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary ....1950AD
Kerri, another user asked me why i reject catholic teachings. I couldn't remember who it was, so I just put it out for everybody. You're correct, it's long!
Tur b and yeow...my point, or at least part of it, is that doctrinally the RC church is lost and wandering. The list I posted is not all encompassing. There's much, much more.
The doctrines Christ taught, and the distorted money-making schemes the RC church turned them into are miles apart.
The veneration of mary is heresy. The confessional booth is heresy. There is one God, and one mediator between man and God; the man Christ Jesus.
What more needs to be said?
The papacy is illegitimate. See point 10.
We can take the popes one by one and critique them and thier pronouncements if you like, but somehow I don't think you want to go there.
tiger lily, i didn't say you worshipped mary. i used the term venerate. even a protestant understands the difference. it's still heresy.

Apparently you are not catholic because you believe in the word of the one true God.

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2007-08-29 20:47:10 by Graham

Price: $39.95

I am recovering from surgery and can't sleep because of the pain. When I think about my life, its been a long 19 years and I wonder how one would tell one's own story. Heres how I did it, writing just off the bat with no planning on paper.

Start.

My name, is Shaun ** XXXX XX. Shaun means "God's Gift", my mum thought it fanciful, most spell it with a W, but the U stands for unique or a halved W. **, is my dad's surname, he works as a year-round-asshole, my parents are divorced. XXXX XX, is my chinese name, it represents my parents hope that I would mature fast and be neat. I was raised a Catholic.

I was born in 1990 in a Singaporean hospital at 830am. I probably started living a couple of months back. 3 weeks after my birth, I was diagnosed with Bells Palsy. When I was a kid, I found out it meant I couldn't smile properly. A couple of years later, I realized that fact.

I went to Bedestha Chapel's Kindergarten first. The vivid memories I had were of me flushing a singlet down a toilet bowl, my grandma calling a plumber and numerous fights with my younger brother. To my grandma, I was a poltergeist. To others, I was a cute kid. From my flashbacks, I realize that my mum also loved dressing me and my brother up in different colored but similar designed clothes.

Primary school was Saint Stephen's Primary School. It was an all boys school that shifted thrice within two locations when I spent six years there. I was first bullied there, laughed at for my facial condition. My best friend, Wyman, had a condition that ostracized him, we became instant best friends till today. I competed and lost in a chess competition while there, the winner was a brilliant handicapped friend of mine called David. Like me, he too had a medical condition. Saint Stephen's was also where I shat my pants and learnt the basics of life and friendship. I was a fairly good student there. In my national exam, I was afflicted with nearly 5 different ailments: A profuse nosebleed during listening comprehension, insomnia with fever before English, Food poisoning after English and a prolonged fever after that. I did poorly, scoring 214/300.

My secondary school was Saint Patrick's Secondary school. Within this stage of my life, I had a confusing, specific, happy moment involuntarily whilst at school. Later on in life, I found out what it meant: orgasm

Saint Patrick's was affiliated to my primary school, as such, it was no surprise the bullies ended up in the same school at me. If their command of language was good today, they owe it in part to me for inspiring colorful insults. Yet, my soul drew strength from their jeers and I excelled exceptionally academically, topping the cohort for Literature in my second year and in English in my final year. I scored 11 points in my final year (the lower the better, 11 is an average A2), the top scorer in my school had 7 points , while 13 others had scores below 10. I nearly peed myself when I wasn't in the 13. When I was Fifteen, I had my first love and crush, but she had no idea. While in church, she told me I should become a priest, people always did. That hurt, a lot, because Catholic Priests can't marry.

I had come of age. I was Sixteen and my prospects looked great. I was confirmed as a Catholic and had John added to my name. Shaun, is an Irish derivation from John. I pre-enrolled into a Junior college, met and made some of the friendliest people in the world and thought I found a home. Only problem was I lived two hours away from school and the school's entrance points was 20. My mum felt I was too good for the school and moved me against my wishes to a better Junior College. I did poorly there, got retained and didn't excel above my potential. When I was 18, I realised that it was difficult for an unassuming person like me to be Catholic, so I gave it up.

At 19 years of age, I was referred to a doctor who could cure my paralysis. It was an expensive operation because my family engaged the best doctor. Now, I have finished an operation, I sit with 1 cut on my face, 3 on my left leg and stitches in my mouth. Hoping, that it would all be worth it when I look back half a decade later.

The End, Well technically not, but you get it.
I didnt write the story to be published, i wrote it off the bat and i dont think people actually try to summarize their lives. So i thought i gave it a try.

Even though your young i think you should write a book about all your experiences. I would read it.

2010-03-09 10:12:12 by I AM A BLACK MAN!

Price: $8.95

I am recovering from surgery and can't sleep because of the pain, i decided to do a 1 page autobiography consisting of my most important moments and to keep it interesting.
I have lived, 19 years on planet Earth, this is my story.

Start.

My name, is Shaun ** XXXX XX. Shaun means "God's Gift", my mum thought it fanciful, most spell it with a W, but the U stands for unique or a halved W. **, is my dad's surname, he works as a year-round-asshole, my parents are divorced. XXXX XX, is my chinese name, it represents my parents hope that I would mature fast and be neat. I was raised a Catholic.

I was born in 1990 in a Singaporean hospital at 830am. I probably started living a couple of months back. 3 weeks after my birth, I was diagnosed with Bells Palsy. When I was a kid, I found out it meant I couldn't smile properly. A couple of years later, I realized that fact.

I went to Bedestha Chapel's Kindergarten first. The vivid memories I had were of me flushing a singlet down a toilet bowl, my grandma calling a plumber and numerous fights with my younger brother. To my grandma, I was a poltergeist. To others, I was a cute kid. From my flashbacks, I realize that my mum also loved dressing me and my brother up in different colored but similar designed clothes.

Primary school was Saint Stephen's Primary School. It was an all boys school that shifted thrice within two locations when I spent six years there. I was first bullied there, laughed at for my facial condition. My best friend, Wyman, had a condition that ostracized him, we became instant best friends till today. I competed and lost in a chess competition while there, the winner was a brilliant handicapped friend of mine called David. Like me, he too had a medical condition. Saint Stephen's was also where I shat my pants and learnt the basics of life and friendship. I was a fairly good student there. In my national exam, I was afflicted with nearly 5 different ailments: A profuse nosebleed during listening comprehension, insomnia with fever before English, Food poisoning after English and a prolonged fever after that. I did poorly, scoring 214/300.

My secondary school was Saint Patrick's Secondary school. Within this stage of my life, I had a confusing, specific, happy moment involuntarily whilst at school. Later on in life, I found out what it meant: orgasm

Saint Patrick's was affiliated to my primary school, as such, it was no surprise the bullies ended up in the same school at me. If their command of language was good today, they owe it in part to me for inspiring colorful insults. Yet, my soul drew strength from their jeers and I excelled exceptionally academically, topping the cohort for Literature in my second year and in English in my final year. I scored 11 points in my final year (the lower the better, 11 is an average A2), the top scorer in my school had 7 points , while 13 others had scores below 10. I nearly peed myself when I wasn't in the 13. When I was Fifteen, I had my first love and crush, but she had no idea. While in church, she told me I should become a priest, people always did. That hurt, a lot, because Catholic Priests can't marry.

I had come of age. I was Sixteen and my prospects looked great. I was confirmed as a Catholic and had John added to my name. Shaun, is an Irish derivation from John. I pre-enrolled into a Junior college, met and made some of the friendliest people in the world and thought I found a home. Only problem was I lived two hours away from school and the school's entrance points was 20. My mum felt I was too good for the school and moved me against my wishes to a better Junior College. I did poorly there, got retained and didn't excel above my potential. When I was 18, I realised that it was difficult for an unassuming person like me to be Catholic, so I gave it up.

At 19 years of age, I was referred to a doctor who could cure my paralysis. It was an expensive operation because my family engaged the best doctor. Now, I have finished an operation, I sit with 1 cut on my face, 3 on my left leg and stitches in my mouth. Hoping, that it would all be worth it when I look back half a decade later.

The End, Well technically not, but you get it.
LK... are you from some kinda chinese triad or something?

Yeah, I got it. "Technically" not "The End."
I like this a lot.
It's very well-done, which is how I like stuff to be... crispy and tasty.

Plus... there were/are so many similarities to my own life!
How did you know??

Most 'dragons' don't have to go to school...but I did... schools usually named 'St. ___.'
Most 'dragons' do have physical 'about-your-mouth' problems....things burn.
Most 'dragons' are subject to bullies and their taunts... things burn.
Most 'dragons' are certainly never Catholic... but I was. That was a Saint George thing. Am not ready to talk about it yet. Things burned....

Many 'dragons' are never in hospital... but I was. Granny got gored... things burned.
Most 'dragons' never write a one-page autobiography...I haven't either.
We tend to live far too long for that... and we can't write anyway. Things burn.

2010-02-11 03:43:34 by Black

- We like to keep Mass interesting. We sit, stand and kneel, in no particular order. Probably just to keep the blood flowing.

- It's not merlot and Ritz they're serving; it's the Flesh and Blood of Jesus. No, really.

- Forget a big meal afterwards, just pick up some of the breakfast tacos they're always selling after Mass

- Purgatory.

- We all have 20 cousins. On each side of the family.

- Infant Baptism isn't dumb; it's after-life insurance.

- $5.00 in the collection basket is the epitome of generosity. Anything more than that, someone has hit the lottery.

- A missal is a book, not a weapon. However, it has been known to pull double duty.

- The signs we make aren't just a mark of respect, they're a lot of fun to do.

- We really like statues. A lot.

- After every confession, everyone hits themselves on the head. This is because they have realized that they forgot that really big sin, and they know that it'll hang over their head til the next time.

- Contraceptives? Why?

- Altar boys continue well into their twenties.

- The 14 Stations has nothing to do with TV.

- We've always been taught that celibacy til marriage is the only way to go, forever and ever, amen. That being said...

- The Mass doesn't start for a few minutes not because of tardy parishioners. It's because the priest is running late.

- The Virgin Mary is not a God and we don't treat her as such. But she is without sin, gave birth to Jesus and did it without having sex. That warrants more than a little respect.

- 11:00 a.m. Mass means 11:15.

- We actually get all the jokes in Dogma.

- There are two very different, irreconcilable factions in every single church in the world. They are known as the Saturday or Sunday Mass bunch.

- St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. SNAKES.

- You miss JPII more than you miss some relatives...

- Bake Sales are a way of life.

- Your knees are more calloused than your feet.

- Priests have been giving us alcohol since we were little kids. No wonder any one of us can drink Protestants under the table.

- The Catholic way of dealing with a mid-life crisis is having another kid.

- Mass is nearly unchanged after almost 2000 years. We're a little stubborn.

- Whatever you gave up for Lent, you have it in your hands at 11:59 p.m. Saturday night, counting the seconds til midnight.

- Episcopalians are referred to as "Diet Catholics"

- You either love or hate the Stations of the Cross. There is no middle ground.

- We all know Da Vinci code is bogus and inaccurate. Yet we'll still read it if nothing else is going on.

- "Offer it up!" = "Quit bitching!"

- We have Midnight Mass so there are no interruptions on Christmas morning

- You've slipped out an Amen after the Pledge of Allegiance.

- Holy Water can kill just about anything. So Protestants are pretty much screwed if a vampire comes calling.

- There's no need for impromptu prayer; you can always fall back on the Rosary.

- Alleluia becomes almost a swear during Lent

- It's not uncommon for just one family to take up an entire pew or two.

- Boondock Saints is the greatest movie ever. E-Ver.

- Confession. Enough said.

- You're of the opinion that Stephen Colbert should be Canonized.

- When in doubt, say a Hail Mary.

- Peter Griffin, a Catholic!

- Whenever anyone in Star Wars saga says "May the Force Be With You", we get the urge to say "And Also With You" (coming soon: "And With Your Spirit)

- The Pope does indeed wear a funny hat. But it's way more interesting than Joel Osteen's suit and tie.

- Even though you never met her or been to a country she's been in, you're still willing to have "seen" a miracle by Mother Teresa.

- We're the oldest Christian religion. Period.
((((Happy Nun))))

Hahaha! :D

The first point: The continuous alternation of standing, kneeling and sitting burns calories! haha Catholics are the most ripped Christians! LOL
(But the bake sales fill us in on the calories again :) )

HAHA, @ drinking protestants under the table (Yes, we can ;) )

lol, "Also with you."
I've REALLY thought that same thing!!! Haha! :D

(((((((Dylan))))))))

Thanks for making me laugh!! :D

2009-07-17 18:16:10 by Dylan, the Pope-ette.