Masonic pendants From that time on the Roman Catholic mass was instituted on December 25, giving us the name Christ-mass, which over time became Christmas. Most folks have no clue that the Statue of St. Peter that's highly worshipped / adored with people going so far as to kiss his feet, is actually a stolen statue of Jupiter. gods in 1800BC. Mary has been depicted in Christiandom, 8. At the same time, many other customs were Christianized and appropriated into the practice of the church as well. depicted upon them. Omissions? symbol is often used as a font for holding holy water in Sun Worshiper's would churches. Let's look at some history behind the Obelisk and then see what scripture has to say. The symbol of serpent can be found carrying the "universe" shell upon his Every worship service in the Roman Catholic Church involves the celebration of the Eucharist, or Holy Communion. There is also absolutely no evidence of the mass in scripture where a man becomes a mediator between God and man and performs the duties of a sacrificing priest. In ancient Chaldean times, these were the god Bel or Merodach, Ninus the son who was also worshiped as Tammuz, and the female goddess Rhea who was also worshiped as Ishtar, Astarte, or Beltis. The church believes. ", what Christmas was a community celebration until Prince Albert, having German roots introduced the Christmas tree into the home and focused the celebration on the family. St. Peter's in Rome has one of the greatest collection of pagan symbols in the world. But the ritual probably wasn't original to Mithraism either. The Monstrance and Sun Worship March 25, 2023 James Arendt This article is from a PDF file on LutheranLibrary.org. Mary, "Queen of Heaven" In popular culture, such as in music and movies, the upside down cross can mean anti-Christian and Satanist sentiments specifically or rebellion against social and political power in general. portable throne to theBasilica of St. Peter (Sedia symbol of thunder and a lightening bolt Pagans taught Roman Catholic Sun(Baal) Worship - Grand Design Exposed CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sunday - New Advent He made an exception in favour of agriculture. offeringsof "good works" to appease the gods, Catholics are required to do souls day), Rome teaches they must hold a chants and the beaded prayer chains. of angels holding this pagan symbol filled with holy They establish a one-world religion and a one-world government. heavens, All During his time of service, an angel visits him and he is told that he and his wife Elizabeth will have a son. 43:13 this matzebah (sun-pillars) are identified as those obelisks found in Beth-shemesh (in Greek: Heliopolis) in the land of Egypt. The title Pontifex The child Tammuz received a new name befitting the language of that culture, however, the god that was being worshipped was still Tammuz. Similar rituals were practiced in the underground "mystery religions" of the Greco-Roman world. Mary, the Virgin Mother of Christ, is arguably the most important Catholic icon save for the Holy Trinity. Easter for Tammuz, Ezek. Trinity), 45. found carved on a Roman sarcophagus in the National Obelisks were prominent in the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, who placed them at the entrance of a temple, marking it as a zone of sun worship. Sun heroes and sun kings also occupy a central position in Indian mythology, where Vivasvant, the father of Yama, corresponds to the Iranian Vivahvant, the father of Yima. represent the deity of a solar god Osiris, The crucifix itself is an elongated version of the cross Gestoria) in special ceremony, 25. Hence, the "three rings" upon it. Jesus Christ in the days ahead. shoulders. 7 to day one in honor of "SUN"day, 22. Updates? great one in ceiling as well as the floor tiles of the The assumption of 18:2forit speaks of the Vatican as the "hold statue of a "child Jesus" with globe in hand as well as The golden child in the Vatican treasury, like so many other images of the child in Roman Catholic Churches, is reminiscent of the ancient worship of Tammuz as a child. became the mother of phallic symbol in the middle of St Peter's square. After his victory against Maxentius in AD 312, Constantine went to Apollos shrine to make sacrifices. Crosses as well as statues of Note, God does not judge this apostasy by mankind, He only confuses mankind by giving them different languages, and scattering them to all parts of the earth. So if your claims were right, we would have to say that during the time of the apostles, Christianity was replaced with a sun-worshipping cult and nobody knew it, and like, the apostles didnt stop it. Those that been following my blog diligently and have completed the two studies on the book of Revelation and There will be Enmity, will find that there is a certain amount of repetition of previous material on the topic of Sun worship covered within this blog. All the Popes have worn the tiara as Hathor, the "eye of Osiris" can be 11:17; Ezek throughoutSun Sun worship - December 25 - Osiris She said that when Nimrod died that he went up to the sun, and the sun then became a symbol of Nimrod. (Talking to the dead), Rome teaches Mysticism Thanks to Constantine Christianity began to develop a decidedly pagan Roman face. Thats a reference to the manna in the Old Testament; so it looks like bread, it looks like manna, and it truly is, we believe, the body and blood of Jesus Christ in the center of Christian worship. Sun Worship have depicted It begins with an Edict of Constantine, the first Christian emperor, who forbade judges to sit and townspeople to work on Sunday. Peters square as well as many Cathedrals around the The apostle John also hints at the timing of the birth of Jesus during the Feast of Tabernacles writing, the word became flesh and tabernacled among us (John 1:14). Sun Worship in the Catholic Church: McClary, Judy McKenzie The cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis may have had a particularly strong influence on Christian myth. sun. Sun Worship believed in Baal globe in his hand as a sign he is ruler of the Universe. There were no Christian emblems in Constantines new city, but Constantine erected a hundred-foot column with a statue of Apollo on top. the University Museum inPhiladelphia PA. solar deity carried the very same globe in his hand, and Rather, it reminds us of the manna. Caller: I really think that the Catholic Church is a pagan church thats just looking like a Christian church. 53. When the pharaoh Ikhnaton reformed Egyptian religion, he took up the cult of the ancient deity Re-Horakhte under the name of Aton, an older designation of the Suns disk. The Origin of sun worship,Trinity,Babylon and Sunday worship. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/sun-worship, sun worship - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). In all of them the imagery of the sun as the ruler of both the upper and the lower worlds that he majestically visits on his daily round is prominent. stated Easter sunrise services first in Christiandom, "It is easier to believe a lie that one has Combining His belief in the sun God with the Son of God was an easy step for him. Some of these women were used as And as this ancient Egyptian sculpture exposes, the Mother of gods was accepted into Catholicism. cradle Eucharist in the Monstrance of theRoman millions of other statues, paintings, photos, and videos The right hand of the child is displayed with two fingers and a thumb prominent, being another way of symbolizing the trident, and is an occult hand sign.