CALVINISM
Calvinism,
and other entities,
have added mongrel dogma
DOGMA ADDED SINCE FINAL NEW TESTAMENT REVELATION
Worship of the saints and angels 375 A.D.
Mass first adopted 394 A.D.
Worship of Mary began to develop 431 A.D.
Priests began to dress differently from laity 500 A.D.
The doctrine of purgatory first taught 593 A.D.
Boniface III gets title of "Universal Bishop" and thus became the first Pope 606 A.D.
Feasts in honor of Virgin Mary begin 650 A.D.
Worship of images and relics authorized 788 A.D.
Holy water introduced 850 A.D.
Worship of Saint Joseph began 890 A.D.
Canonization of saints 993 A.D.
Feasts of the dead instituted 1003 A.D.
Celibacy of priesthood decreed 1074 A.D.
Doctrine of infallibility of Roman Catholic Church 1076 A.D.
Prayer beads invented 1090 A.D.
Doctrine that seven sacraments are taught 1140 A.D.
Origin of Inquisition 1184 A.D.
Sale of indulgences 1190 A.D.
Wafer substituted for bread in Lord's Supper 1200 A.D.
Transubstantiation adopted 1215 A.D.
Confession instituted 1215 A.D.
Adoration of the wafer (Host) 1220 A.D.
Hand bell used during mass 1227 A.D.
Cardinals ordered to wear red hats 1245 A.D.
The scapular invented 1287 A.D.
Sprinkling for immersion decreed 1311 A.D.
The procession of the Holy Sacrament 1336 A.D.
Communion in one kind; cup taken from laity 1415 A.D.
Purgatory decreed 1439 A.D.
Roman tradition placed on same level as Scriptures 1546 A.D.
Apocryphal books received into sacred canon 1546 A.D.
Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary decreed 1854 A.D.
Doctrine of temporal power of Pope proclaimed 1864 A.D.
Infallibility of Pope decreed 1870 A.D.
Pius X's Encyclical on mixed marriages, condemning as null and void all marriages between two Catholic and non-Catholic if not celebrated by priest 1908 A.D.
The assumption of Mary i.e., she bodily ascended into Heaven without ever experiencing death 1950 A.D.
Downgrading of certain saints 1969 A.D.
Now, that takes care of the Roman Catholic Whore. Amens are heard from the reader, right?
But, what ELSE was added along the way?
The Heidelburrg Confession
The Augsburg Confession
The Belgic Confession
The Geneva Confession
Canons of Dordrecht
The Westminster Confession
The Scots Confession
The Episcopal Confession
Helvetic Confession
Gallican Confession
A Puritan Confession
The London Baptist Confession
The Book of Common Prayer
Book of Concord
The 39 Articles of the Anglican Church
The Apostle's Creed
Thousands of variations of creeds
Calvin's Institutes
Southern Baptist Confession of Faith
Thousands of Church Constitutions
By-laws
Amendments
Indeed ANY articles of religion which are required to define a local church
Free Methodist Articles of Religion
Robes and Protestant vestments
The Covenant with the local church by a new member
Membership, Baptism, and Marriage Certificates (if you must produce them to be a "member")
Nonprofit Corporation Membership with Caesar
Faith Promise Giving
Democracy in making local church decisions (rather than one mind)
The title "Reverend," which belongs to God alone (Psalm 111:9)
Archbishops, church moderators, chairmen by the millions, Robert's Rules of Order
Synods, consistroies, sessions, vestries, and boards of directors
Church steeples (an ancient phallic symbol)
Cumulus Ladidum (Stone piles for the Body of Christ to meet in)
Regulated worship by decree or from on high (as in the Church of England)
Orders of worship
The "cup" at the Lord's Supper must have alcohol in it to be genuine.
All Church holidays (The Lord's day is NOT Easter-- it is the "First day of the week")
"Anointed" or "blessed" trash, such as guitars, songs, and pulpits
(This includes allegedly "consecrated" rubbish)All scholars, no matter how much you trust them (that is, if you cannot live without them)
Jack Hyles' rules and Regulations, including "100% for Hyles" buttons
Bob Jones University's Rules and Regulations
ANY allegedly Christian book you must own and refer to in order to be "one of us"
Bill Gothard's big red book
Every mega church on earth
On
and on it goes..... If you or your local church cannot function without one or
more of the above, you have added to God's Word, and "God shall add unto
him (you) the plagues that are written in this book."
Revelation 22:18
Anything added to the Word of God, as authoritative, which does not agree with the Word of God, is heresy and damned to hell along with the one adding it. By this we mean, anything the local church MUST have, or observe, to be allegedly "right with God".
Anything added to biblical truth which is 100% in agreement with the Word of God is redundant and, at the very least, a distraction from the absolute and unique authority of the Word of God. Your best effort and amendment to God's Word makes the truth of the Word of God "of none effect" in some way.
Mark 7:13 (KJV) Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
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