"And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth." Rev. 17:5
The Catholic religion often calls herself the "Mother Church." She's NOT the mother of Christ's church! By calling herself "mother" she is telling on herself. she is the abomination spoken of in the Scriptures? . . .
The Catholic Church is the mother church. But the Bible sense in which she is the mother church is not very flattering. And what the Bible and history tell us about another line of churches is equally wonderful in a positive way.
The Catholic Church is the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth, for she was the first and most important church to commit spiritual adultery by corrupting the apostolic simplicity of New Testament Christianity with elements of pagan religion. She committed spiritual fornication with Judaism, paganism, and the kings of the earth. Several chapters in Revelation are dedicated to this very subject. See Revelation chapters 12, 13, 17, and 18.
Read the indictment from the Messiah Himself. "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH" (Rev 17:5). (Emphasis is by the Author, Yahwah Himself.) How do we know it is the Roman Catholic Church? By reading Revelation 17:18! It reads like this: "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth" (Rev 17:18). Here is a simple question for you, what city ruled over the kings of the earth during the lifetime of the apostle John, the writer of this book? Babylon? Guess again. Nineveh? Guess again. Rome! You are right!
Catholic readers, if you are still with me, I fully agree with your claim that you are the mother church of all Protestant churches. They all came out of you, for you were first by about 1200 years. You are the mother church, and they are your harlot daughters. You can read the text above to have the Scriptural proof of your claim. The Protestant churches separated from you and took some of your doctrines and practices with them, but they owe their existence to you. I fully agree. You are the mother church, especially of all Protestant churches.
But there is a little fact of history, which may be painful to learn. From the days of the apostles to the present there have been thousands of little churches following the apostolic pattern that never were part of the Roman Catholic dominion. She hated them, tortured them, and burned them (in various inquisitions); but she could not get rid of them. They were the original and apostolic Baptists, in the line of John the Baptist, Yahwah Ha'Mashiach, and His apostles. These Baptists existed in all countries, even while Rome thought herself Queen of the world. In fact, they had churches through many centuries right in the Valleys of Piemont, just a few miles from the Holy See itself! Isn't that amazing? Other Baptists had taken the gospel to Wales while Paul was still alive. Wales was filled with Baptist churches and pastors long before Rome's St. Augustine visited in 597 A.D. The Venerable Bede himself records it in ancient English history.
See, the blessed Yahwah Ha'Mashiach had promised to preserve those precious saints who kept the apostolic faith once delivered to the saints. You can read about it in Revelation 12:1-17. Rome is not the mother church of the Baptists at all. While most Baptists churches today have crawled to Rome and asked for some of her abominations like Christmas and Easter. There are many others, like me, that have rejected every single thing she stands for.
"Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" John 5:39-47
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