The problem is not a small one. I am referring to the authorship of the letters and gospels that are in our New Testaments. Current scholarship builds invincible arguments for the unknown authorship for most of the documents in the New Testament. Tradition, of course, says otherwise. Tradition says that the Apostles, wrote many Letters, having in mind immediate needs of the Churches. I wish that were so but any "knowledgeable and informed" student of the New Testament can discern from both internal and external evidences that Jewish authorship for most of the New Testament is not only improbable but impossible.
As to which Letters were to be preserved for future ages, to believe that God Himself watched over the selection of these letters and made His own choice is to accuse God of being a liar for He says “Learn not the way of the heathen” yet we inherited documents within the New Testament which contain beliefs and doctrines which came straight from heathenism, pagan religions, sun-worship, and not the religion of Yeshua. This is the work of Gentiles and anti-Semites!
I suppose today I am most agitated when I think back to my religious beliefs which were taken directly from the New Testament as we have received it to which later, upon much study, I found to be adulterations of Biblical truth instead of Biblical truth. But without serious and dedicated study I would never have known the truth concerning this New Testament, and neither would you, for we have been lulled asleep to believe in Gentile religious establishment which has changed little since the third century and which effectively began the de-judaization of the faith of Yeshua. Such a legacy has been inherited today as contemporary Christianity to which its adherents know little about the corruption of their faith way back in the third century by Constantine and others. The truth of the matter is that we are expected to believe that God worked through an anti-Semitic and anti-Judaic institution called the Gentile Christian Church to create His replacement for the Hebrew Bible which is today called the “New Testament.”
The Church is supposed to be both guard and guarantor of the Scriptures. The Church today has failed to inherit the teachings of Yeshua in an unadulterated state, but they can be retrieved thought a diligent study of the Jewish first century church and the doctrines taught by the Apostles in their legacy of Yeshua. If the Gentile Church of the second, third and fourth centuries was corrupted (and if you know anything about Judaism and what a Jew like Jesus believed in the first century then you know this as fact), then so was the canon of Scripture of this same Gentile establishment, because the books they chose and authored stemmed directly from their faith and doctrinal beliefs at that time and again "their" beliefs can be shown to have originated with solar and astral worship. The two are inseparable. If we cannot trust the early Gentile Catholic Church (and we cannot), then we cannot trust the New Testament, which was written, delivered, altered, and preserved by the Gentile Catholic Church as such alterations mirrored the latest decisions by the Catholic Church Councils.
Answer for yourself: If you cannot and do not accept the religious belief system as shown below, then why do you read uncritically the documents selected by such people (the New Testament) as if they are inspired and infallible if the religious beliefs and foundational doctrines of the Catholic Church are not?
Answer for yourself: If you find it difficult to believe the Holy Spirit led the early Gentile Catholic Church into “all truth” as evidenced by the following doctrines which Protestantism cannot accept, then how comfortable should we be in ascribing to the Holy Spirit the same accuracy and truth in selecting the documents for the New Testament which unfortunately ultimately replaced the Torah as the Bible for the church?
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." Yeshua in John 8:32
Notice:--These dates are in many cases approximate. Many of these heresies had been current in the Church years before, but only when they were officially adopted by a Church council and proclaimed by the pope as dogma of faith, did they become binding on Catholics.
"To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." (Isaiah 8:20)
Before you read these "beliefs" of the same people who gave us the New Testament…understand that this is the same movement that gave us a NEW BIBLE...which ended up replacing the Bible Yeshua used…the Old Testament as the ONLY authority for the believers in God.
Answer for yourself: As you read the following "religious beliefs" of the same people who gave us the New Testament ask yourself if you can we trust the Holy Spirit to have led them into all truth, and should we trust their collection of writings called the New Testament when they, in several places, contradict Moses and Yeshua? I cannot, and I offer no man apologies. Craig M. Lyons M.Div.
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we trust those who gave us such spurious doctrines as those below to
have NOT erred likewise when writing and giving us their documents which
we call the New Testament today? |
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As you read the following ask yourself where the "leading of the Holy Spirit" is at and then ask yourself if such errors were made...how can we trust their canon...the New Testament? |
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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 Yeshua. |
310 |
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Wax Candles introduced in church. about |
320 |
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Veneration of angels and dead saints. |
375 |
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The Mass, as a daily celebration, adopted. |
394 |
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The worship of Mary, the mother of Yeshua, and the use of the term, "Mother of God", as applied to her, originated in the Council of Ephesus |
431 |
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Priests began to dress differently from the laity |
500 |
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The doctrine of Purgatory was first established by Gregory the Great |
593 |
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The Latin language, as the language of prayer and worship in churches, was also imposed by Pope Gregory I. 600 years after Yeshua. The Word of God forbids praying and teaching in an unknown tongue (I Cor. 14:9). |
600 |
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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 (Matt. 11:28; Luke 1:46; Acts 10:25-26; 14:14-18) |
600 |
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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. This he did to spite Bishop Ciriacus of Constantinople, who had justly excommunicated him for his having caused the assassination of his predecessor emperor Mauritis. Gregory 1, then bishop of Rome, refused the title, but his successor, Boniface III, first assumed title pope." Yeshua 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; I Cor. 3:11). Note:-- Nor is there any mention in Scripture, nor in history, that Peter ever was in Rome, much less that he was the pope there for 25 years; Clement, 3rd bishop of Rome, remarks that there is no real 1st century evidence that Peter was ever in Rome." |
610 |
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The kissing of the Pope's feet It had been a pagan custom to kiss the feet of emperors. (Read Acts 10:25-26; Rev. 19:10; 22:9). |
709 |
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The Temporal power of the Popes 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. Yeshua expressly forbade such a thing, and He himself refused wordly kingship. (Read Matt. 4:8-9; 20:25-26; John 18:38). |
750 |
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Worship of the cross, images and relics was authorized. 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. Such practice is called simply IDOLATRY in the Bible, and is severely condemned. (Read Ex. 20:4; 3:17; Deut. 27:15; Psalm 115). |
788 |
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Holy Water, mixed with a pinch of salt and blessed by the priest, was authorized |
850 |
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The veneration of St. Joseph began |
890 |
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The baptism of bells was instituted by Pope John XIV |
965 |
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Canonization of dead saints, first by Pope John XV Every believer and follower of Yeshua is called saint in the Bible. (Read Rom. 1:7; I Col. 1:2). |
995 |
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Fasting on Fridays and during Lent were 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 700. This is against the plain teaching of the Bible. (Read Matt. 15:10; I Cor. 10:25; I Tim. 4:1-3). |
998 |
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The Mass was developed gradually as a sacrifice; attendance made obligatory in the 11th century. |
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The celibacy of the priesthood was decreed by Pope Hildebrand, Boniface VII. Yeshua 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 I Tim. 3:2,5, and 12; Matt. 8:14-15). |
1079 |
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The Rosary, or prayer beads was introduced by Peter the Hermit, in the year 1090. Copied from Hindus and Mohammedans. The counting of prayers is a pagan practice and is expressly condemned by Yeshua (Matt. 6:5-13). |
1090 |
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The Inquisition of heretics was instituted by the Council of Verona in the year 1184. Yeshua never taught the use of force to spread his religion. |
1184 |
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The sale of Indulgences, commonly regarded as a purchase of forgiveness and a permit to indulge in sin. 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. |
1190 |
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The dogma of Transubstantiation was decreed by Pope Innocent III, in the year By this doctrine the priest pretends to perform a daily miracle by changing a wafer into the body of Yeshua, and then he pretends to eat Him alive in the presence of his people during Mass. The Bible condemns such absurdities; for the Lord's Supper is simply a memorial of the death of Yeshua. |
1215 |
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Confession of sin to the priest at least once a year was instituted by Pope Innocent III., in the Lateran Council. The Bible commands us to confess our sins direct to God. (Read Psa. 51:1-10; Luke 7:48; 15:21; I John 1:8-9). |
1215 |
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The adoration of the wafer (Host), was decreed by Pope Honorius. 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). |
1220 |
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The Bible is forbidden to laymen and placed in the index of forbidden books by the Council of Valencia. Yeshua commanded that the Scriptures should be read by all. (John 5:39; I Tim. 3:15-17). |
1229 |
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The Scapular was invented by Simon Stock, and English monk. 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. This is fetishism. |
1287 |
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The Roman Church forbade the cup to the laity, by instituting the communion of one kind in the Council of Constance. 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). |
1414 |
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The doctrine of Purgatory was proclaimed as a dogma of faith by Council of Florence. There is not one word in the Bible that would teach the purgatory of priests. |
1439 |
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The doctrine of 7 Sacraments affirmed. |
1439 |
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The Ave Maria, part of the last It was completed 50 years afterward and finally approved by Pope Sixtus V, at the end of the 16th century. |
1508 |
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The Council of Trent, held in the year 1545, declared that Tradition is of equal authority with the Bible. By tradition is meant human teachings. The Pharisees believed the same way, and Yeshua 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). |
1545 |
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The apocryphal books were added to the Bible also by the Council of Trent. These books were not recognized as canonical by the Jewish Church. (See Rev. 22:8-9). |
1546 |
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The Creed of Pope Pius IV was imposed as the official creed 1560 years after Yeshua and the apostles. True Christians retain the Jewish Holy Scriptures as their creed. Hence their creed is 1500 years older than the creed of Roman Catholics. (Read Gal. 1:8). |
1560 |
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The Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX. The Bible states that all men, with the sole exception of Yeshua, are sinners. Mary herself had need of a Savior. (Read Rom. 3:23; 5:12; Psa. 51:5; Luke 1:30,46,47). |
1834 |
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In the year 1870 after Yeshua, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of Papal Infallibility. This is a blasphemy and the sign of the apostasy and of the anti-christ predicted by St. Paul. (Read II Thess. 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 FILII DEI." -- V-5, I-1; C-100, I-1; V-S, I-1; L-50, I-1; I-1; D-500, I-l -- Total, 666. |
1870 |
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Pope Plus X, in the year 1907, condemned together with "Modernism", all the discoveries of modern science which are not approved by the Church. Pius IX had done the same thing in the Syllabus of 1864. |
1907 |
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In the year 1930 Pius XI, condemned the Public Schools |
1930 |
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In the year 1931 the same pope Pius XI, reaffirmed the doctrine that Mary is "the Mother of God." This doctrine was first invented by the Council of Ephesus in the year 431. This is a heresy contrary by Mary's own words. (Read Luke 1:46-49; John 2: l-5). |
1931 |
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In the year 1950 the last dogma was proclaimed by Pope Pins XII, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. |
1950 |
Answer for yourself: What will be the next "theological" invention? The Roman Church says it never changes; yet, it has done nothing else but invent new doctrines which are contrary to the Bible, and has practiced rites and ceremonies taken bodily from paganism. Some scholars have declared that 75% of the rites and ceremonies of the Roman Church are of pagan origin.
Note:-- Cardinal Newman, in his book, "The Development of the Christian Religion," admits that ... "Temples, incense, oil lamps, votive offerings, holy water, holidays and season of devotions, processions, blessing of fields, sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure (of priests and monks and nuns), images ... are all of pagan origin..." (Page 359).
HERESIES are those doctrines and practices which are contrary to the Bible. They are also called "human traditions" or "doctrines of men". Both Peter and Paul predicted and warned that in the later times "false teachers" would rise within the Church and bring in "damnable heresies" and "doctrines of devils". (Read II Peter 2:1-3, and I Tim. 3:2-5). Yeshua rebuked the Pharisees, for they transgressed the commandments of God by keeping their traditions. "in vain," He said, "they worship me by keeping for doctrines the commandments of men" (Matt. 15:3,9).
The real heretics therefore, are the Roman Catholics and the true orthodox are the Evangelical Christians.
BRETHREN! The Word of God commands us to get out of Babylon, saying: "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." (Rev. 18:4). All true Christians will remain faithful to the religion of Yeshua as taught in the Bible, and heed the warning of the Apostle Paul, who said: "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." (Gal. 1:8).
Answer for yourself: If you have difficulty in accepting these above heresies as truth, then why do you accept their other beliefs hidden within the New Testament that violate the Laws, the Prophets and the Writings?
Answer for yourself: If you have difficulty in accepting these above heresies as truth, then why do you accept their other beliefs cleverly contained in the New Testament which, without through knowledge of the Old Testament, will not be noticed as fraudulent in simple reading of the New Testament?
Don't look now my Protestant friends because much of what you practice in your church comes from these pagan backgrounds...and most of you are not aware because you have placed faith in a fraudulent document!
The Word of God commands us to get out of Idolatry and pagan expressions of religious faith. All true Christians will remain faithful to the religion of Yeshua as taught in the Bible.....the Jewish Scriptures, and which can still be detected within the New Testament with a little study.