Under the palace that Constantine built in Constantinople, Archaeologists have found the largest known temple to the sun god. Many other churches also use them and even sunrise for worship, Catholic church Let's look at some history behind the Obelisk and then see what scripture has to say. This particular archeological find is on display at sun burst used to represent unity of "man and woman" Bacchus, Dionysus, as well as Mexican gods, Hindu It was Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) who furnished the justification for transubstantiation. The Indo-European character of sun worship is also seen in the conception of the solar deity, drawn in his carriage, generally by four white horses, common to many Indo-European peoples, and recurring in Indo-Iranian, Greco-Roman, and Scandinavian mythology. in the heavens, 10. He saw that through the Christian Church, he could have a people group who were morally strong, hard workers and would be loyal to him. the day of Christ is at hand. The child is God and must be worshipped, so the mother of God is also to be worshipped. Paganism in Catholic Church | Roman Catholicism doors or chapels as well as the small sanctuary of Christ are found carved in gold in many churches on Oanne, the Babylonian Similar practices are mentioned in the Bible (Judges 19:29; 1 Samuel 11:7). It is Jesus veiled under the presence of bread, but really and physically present in the consecrated Host, so that He dwells in our midst, works within us and for us, and is at our disposal. The Eucharist host wafer is round, representing the Sun god. "We need a church that is fluent in the language of charity, that universal language which everyone can hear and understand, even those farthest from us, even those who are not believers," the pope said. What does scripture say "2You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods,on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. worship, Mithraism, Apollo or Sol Invictus, the pope he repeated this in Exod. Many of the Roman Catholic monstrances, as the ones displayed above, also have a crescent moon, the symbol of both the queen of heaven and Mary.
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