The "Vestal Virgins" of pagan Rome
and the "Nuns" of  Catholic Rome
What is the Connection ?

 
The Above picture - shows Catholic Nuns Dancing around
the Pagan Altar of the Taj Mahoney - in The Novus Ordo
Cathedral of Los Angeles.

One is left to wonder, how the Vestal Virgins
of Ancient Pagan Rome - may have done the same.


The "Vestal Virgins" of pagan Rome
and the "Nuns" of Catholic Rome
What is the Connection ?

Who Were The Vestal Virgins ?

The Goddess "Vesta"

"Vesta, in pagan Roman religion, was the goddess
of the hearth, identified with the Greek "Hestia"...
Her worship was observed in every household
and her image was sometimes encountered in the
household shrine. The Temple of Vesta in the
Roman Forum was where there burned the perpetual
fire of the public hearth attended by the
Vestal Virgins.  In addition to the shrine itself
stood the magnificent Atrium Vestae. This name was
originally given to the whole sacred area comprising
the Temple of Vesta, a sacred grove, the Regia
(headquarters of the pontifex maximus, or chief priest),
and the House of the Vestal."
-(Encyclopedia Britannica,
under Topic - Vesta, Hestia, Std.Ver.1999)

"Vesta’s fire burned at the highest place in Rome,
right next to the sacred trees and the seat of
the Pontifex Maximus.  The celibate nuns (of Catholic
Rome) are none other than the continuance of the
vestal virgins."
-The Dark Powers That Bind -
Destiner Press Titles
 Section 6. ROME
 by Peter Dunstan

"Each Roman family had some sort of statuette
or tribute to the goddess Vesta situated somewhere
near the fireplace at home. The flame of the hearth
would be "fed" with wood and during meals crumbs
of bread would be thrown into the fire also."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

"The goddess Vesta was worshipped not only in the home
but also in a circular temple in the Forum. It was a
circular construction with a hole in the top of the roof
to allow smoke to escape. Within the temple there was
an altar with a flame which continually burned as well
as a number of relics which were thought to influence
the destiny of Rome."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

"In the earliest days the temple was a simple hut
made of straw and mud but this was later replaced
by a brick and marble building. The earliest foundations
are in Tufa rock - a sort of porous chrystalised earth
of volcanic origin which abounds in the area around Rome.
The temple was rebuilt after the great fire of Rome
during the reign of Nero (64AD) and was rebuilt
a second time a century later."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

"The buildings were two or three stories high
and they enclosed a rectangular courtyard, which was
decorated with the statues of the high-priestesses
of the past. Portions of these buildings are still
visible and a few of the statues which decorated the
cloister are still there. I seem to remember that the
pedestals of the statues bear names but that one,
who must have dishonored the order has had her name
obliterated, possibly because she converted to
Christianity."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

The Vestal Virgins

The Vestal Virgins

"The Vestal Virgins of pagan Rome
wore the cross suspended from their necklaces,
as the nuns of the Roman Catholic church do now.”
-book Babylon Mystery Religion, (p. 51).

"Women had long played an important role
in Roman religion. Vestal virgins, who were
priestesses of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth,
kept the sacred fire burning at Vesta's temple
in the Roman Forum. They lived in an elaborate
house near the temple and occupied a place of
honor at public ceremonies."
-Encyclopedia Britannica Online
 Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome

"The Vestal Virgins were the priestesses
of the goddess Vesta: the goddess of the hearth
and life whose symbol was the fire of the hearth.
The ancient roman writer Ovid tells us that Vesta
was synonymous with "Fire" although in other passages
he relates her to "Earth". Virgil reconciles the two
attributes by observing that Fire, the natural heat
through which all things are produced is enclosed
in the Earth."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

"The Vestal priestesses slept and lived in buildings
just behind the temple. Rather than the simple cells
one might imagine the Vestals actually lived in
apartments which recent excavations indicate to have
been supplied with hot water (suggesting a degree of
comfort). The work of the priestesses was aided by a
number of servants and slaves who lived in the same
complex."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

"The priestesses or "Vestal Virgins" were similar
to nuns living in a semi-enclosed order and they spent
most of their time in the central cloister.
The youngest were admitted to the Order between 6-10
years of age and they could expect to remain "in service"
for as long as 30 years. In fact they were taken by force
by the Pontifex Maximus (high priest of Rome) from their
parents. The first 10 years of life in the Vestal
community were spent as Novices, obliged to learn the
ceremonies and perfect themselves in the duties of their
religion. During the following ten years they would
become priestesses who actually discharged the priestly
functions. During the last ten years of service they
would become the teachers of the Novices below them."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

"Once the priestesses had completed the 30 years of
their term they were free to leave the Order...although
leaving the order was felt to be unlucky and therefore
rarely happened."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

"Within society the Vestals held a position
of great honour and had many privileges.
However the Vestal virgins were also under the
constant threat of a series of more or less severe
punishments. Cases which were not so severe would
be punished at the discretion of the Pontifex Maximus
- the high priest of Rome (the Pope so to speak)
which during the Empire was the Emperor himself."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

The Vestal Virgins
 and the Nuns

"The Pontifex Maximus continues to the present day
as an office of the higher order in the Catholic
Church.  The Church, wisely trying to keep the
general population with a sense of familiarity,
readily adopted the use of convents and position
of nuns that held many of the same rules and customs
as the Vestal Virgins. "
-UNRV HISTORY; The Roman Empire
 "Vestal Virgins"
  by Chris Heaton

"Ancient Greek traditions had always attributed
prophetic power to virgins.  Unsullied virginity
commanded certain powers: hence, the consecration
of the vestal virgins, and later the Catholic Nuns."
-The Washington Post
Sisters in Arms
Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia
By Jo Ann Kay McNamara

"There were nuns in ancient Egypt
as well as in Peru and old Pagan Rome.
They were the "virgin brides" of their
respective (Solar) gods. Says Herodotus,
"The brides of Ammon are excluded from
all intercourse with men","
- Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary
    on "Nuns"

"The vestal virgins in Rome, and the virgins of the sun
in Peru, witnessed to a sense of the sanctity of
religious virginity, and were thus the forerunners
of Catholic nuns (derived from paganism)."
-Some Thoughts on Catholic Apologetics: pg 43
A Plea for Interpretation- Comparative Religion
By Edward Ingram Watkin

"The priestesses or "Vestal Virgins" were similar to nuns
living in a semi-enclosed order and they spent most of
their time in the central cloister."
-Antiquities of Rome
The Vestal Virgins and the Goddess Vesta
Mariamalani
written by Giovanni Milani-Santarpia

Celibacy in Religion

"CELIBACY, the deliberate abstinence from sexual
activity.  Most institutional female celibates
are nuns in residential cloisters."

Judaism is an example of one religion which
has NOT practiced celibacy at all. On the contrary,
a marriage with children is regarded as itself
a sacred duty. In the time of the Temple,
even the High Priest was expected to be married
and single men were prohibited from holding
a variety of important offices.

Some ancient pagan religions reserved particular
religious offices for celibate people - one famous
example would be the Vestal Virgins in Rome.
These women had to remain celibate for 30 years
while they served the perpetual fire in the Atrium
of Vesta. Celibacy was also common among different
cults dedicated to nature incarnated as the
Great Mother.

"Mandatory celibacy for priests and nuns...
over the course of centuries assumed the force
of ecclesiastical law."
-Time Magazine
Religion: Celibacy-
-Jewel or Crown of Thorns-
Monday, Feb 23,1970

"Although Jesus himself was not married;
biblical scholars assume that most of his
disciples were married, since the Judaism
of the time frowned upon bachelorhood."
-Time Magazine
Religion: Celibacy-
-Jewel or Crown of Thorns-
Monday, Feb 23,1970

"At the urging of Popes and councils,
monastic austerity (celibacy) was gradually
forced upon the clergy as a whole.
Pope Benedict VIII in 1018 formally forbade
priestly marriages; the prohibition was solemnly
extended by the First Lateran Council of 1123.
The Council of Trent imposed excommunication
on priests or nuns who violated the canon laws
prohibiting marriage."
-Time Magazine
Religion: Celibacy-
-Jewel or Crown of Thorns-
Monday, Feb 23,1970

"It is an undeniable fact that celibacy
is supported by nearly 1,000 years of
Catholic ecclesiastical tradition."
-Time Magazine
Religion: Celibacy-
-Jewel or Crown of Thorns-
Monday, Feb 23,1970

"Married clergy were banned at the first
and second Lateran Councils (1123 and 1139). "

 "Romans believed the fire should never go out.
A priestess-hood of specially chosen women (all virgins)
were devoted to Vesta and supervised her worship
(and the flame of her hearth). Romans called these
women the Vestal Virgins. It seems that this group
was created to fulfill these religious duties.
Vestal Virgins enjoyed great respect from Romans
of every station - think of the way most folks
think of nuns, and how they treat them. "
-Roman Civilization
CMS 206 /History 206
 Vestalia
Bates College; MARGARET IMBER

"In ancient Roman religion, the Vestal Virgins
were the priestesses of Rome's oldest
Goddess-matriarch, Vesta.  They were sworn to
chastity as they were the brides of the spirit of Rome.
Vestals underwent  the same ceremony that was
later applied to nuns."
-3TEN; HAUSTUDIO
 Diane Hause

"In Scandinavia, the priestesses of Freya,
whose duty it was to watch the sacred fire,
and who were bound to perpetual virginity,
were just an order of nuns."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

"In Athens there were virgins maintained
at the public expense, who were strictly bound
to single life. In Pagan Rome, the Vestal virgins,
who had the same duty to perform as the priestesses
of (the goddess) Freya, occupied a similar position."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

"Even in Peru, during the reign of the Incas,
the same system prevailed, and showed so remarkable
an analogy, as to indicate that the Vestals of Rome,
the nuns of the Papacy, and the Holy Virgins of Peru,
must have sprung from a common origin."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

"Thus does Prescott refer to the Peruvian
nunneries: "Another singular analogy with Roman
Catholic institutions is presented by the virgins
of the sun, the elect, as they were called.
These were young maidens dedicated to the service
of the deity, who at a tender age were taken from
their homes, and introduced into convents,
where they were placed under the care of certain
elderly matrons who had grown grey within their walls."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

"It was their duty to watch over the sacred fire
obtained at the festival of Raymi. From the moment
they entered the establishment (convent) they were
cut off from all communication with the world,
even with their own family and friends..."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

"One is astonished," adds Prescott, "to find so close
a resemblance between the institutions of the American
Indian, the ancient Roman, and the modern Catholic."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

"Woe to the unhappy maiden who was detected
in an intrigue! by the stern law of the Incas
she was to be buried alive.  This was precisely
the fate of the Roman Vestal who was proved to have
violated her vow. Neither in Peru, however, nor in
Pagan Rome was the obligation to virginity so stringent
as in the Papacy.  In all these cases, however,
it is plain that the principle on which these
institutions were founded was originally the same."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

"The term Nun itself is a Chaldean (Babylonian) word.
Ninus, the son in Chaldee is either Nin or Non.
Now, the feminine of Non, a "son," is Nonna,
a "daughter," which is just the Popish canonical name
for a "Nun," and Nonnus, in like manner, was in early
times the designation for a monk in the East."
-The Two Babylons' Alexander Hislop
Chapter VI; Section II
Priests, Monks, and Nuns

 The "Worship" of Fire
Originated in Ancient Babylon

Vesta,  Hestia,  and the Hearth

"Fire-worship in Graeco-Roman tradition had two
separate forms: fire of the hearth and fire of the
forge. Hearth worship was maintained in Rome by
the Vestal Virgins, who served the goddess Vesta,
protector of the home, who had a sacred flame as
the symbol of her presence in the city.  The Greek
equivalent of the goddess was Hestia, whose worship
is less well attested."
-Fire Worship
From Wikipedia; the free encyclopedia

"The Greek goddess Hestia is associated
with the warmth and comfort of the
welcoming fireplace. The hearth of every
home honors Hestia."
-Goddess Gift
by Sharon Turnbull, Ph.D.
Hestia, Greek Goddess 
of Hearth and Home
 
"The living flame of Hestia was tended
constantly and never allowed to die out.
When new “subdivisions” were developed,
fire was carried from the town’s hearth
to light the fire of the new community,
assuring its prosperity."
-Goddess Gift
by Sharon Turnbull, Ph.D.
Hestia, Greek Goddess 
of Hearth and Home

"Every home had a hearth that was dedicated
to the goddess "Hestia".  The Goddess Hestia
intended that homes should be built from the
center out, with the center being a hearth
that contained her sacred flame."
-Goddess Gift
by Sharon Turnbull, Ph.D.
Hestia, Greek Goddess 
of Hearth and Home

"There was an altar to Hestia in the center
of every home...it was the fireplace, the hearth,
where the family gathered to honor the goddess,
Hestia."
-Goddess Gift
by Sharon Turnbull, Ph.D.
Hestia, Greek Goddess 
of Hearth and Home

"The Sacred fire of the goddess Vesta,
who in Roman mythology was the goddess
of the hearth and goddess of fire,
and of smoke was central to Roman piety."
-The Roman goddess Vesta
Wikipedia Encyclopedia

"Subtly...the old gods had entered their churches...
And they live still in the festivals of Christianity."
-(Testament: The Bible and History,
   Romer, 1988, pp. 230-31)

Many pagan religious and spiritual traditions
of the world, honor fire and the role of
the fire tender or fire keeper.

"Fire was sacred to the ancient Celts.
The domestic hearth-fire was never allowed
to die.  Druids used sacred fires for divination.
The hearth-fire was the center of Celtic
Religious and family activity."

"The fireplace in every home was especially
sa­cred to the god THOR, and he was said to
come down through the chimney into his
element, the fire."
- -Francis X. Weiser,  (Catholic Priest)
Handbook of Christian Feasts and Customs
(New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1958)

"In Northern Europe One of the gods that
these pagans had was a god they called Thor. 
Since Thor’s element was fire, he was made
into the god for the Yule tide.  Thor was a
friendly god and during the Yule tide season,
he delivered presents through the chimney
because the hearth, being used for fire,
was especially sacred to him."
-The Origins — By Sheila Ayala
 Origins of Christmas, "THOR"

"The god - "Thor" was dressed in red
in keeping with his association with fire."
-The Origins — By Sheila Ayala
 Origins of Christmas, "THOR"

"It seems the "chimney tale" came to us
via Thor, the mythical god of fire and lightning.
Satan and Thor are symbolized by the lightning
bolt (Luke 10:18). Thor’s name means "thunder".
The Thor story goes like this; Most families
in the pre-patriarchal Scandinavian world
would have an altar to Thor – their fireplace.
Every year on his birthday, December 25th
Thor would come down the chimney to his altar
of fire, and bring presents to the kiddies."
-Santa Claus; The great Imposter
   by Terry Watkins 

"Santa" was a common name for Nimrod
throughout Asia Minor. This was also the same
fire god who came down the chimneys of the
ancient pagans."
-Langer's Encyclopedia of World History,
 (article "Santa")

"Traditionally, a yule log was burned in the fireplace
on Christmas Eve.  The yule log represented the
sun-god Nimrod "
--After Armageddon -Chapter 4
Where do we get our ideas?
by John A. Sarkett

"So our yule log (that we burn in the fireplace)
has tremendous meaning, but NOT a Christian
meaning.  The yule log is the dead Nimrod,
human ruler of ancient Babylon, who was
eventually deified as the sun incarnate, and
hence a god. "
--After Armageddon -Chapter 4
Where do we get our ideas?
by John A. Sarkett

"Fire" Worship and Satan

"Fire was worshiped at  the very beginning;
for Nimrod is singled  out  by  the voice  of 
antiquity as commencing  the  fire-worship"
-The Two Babylons,
Alexander Hislop, p. 226.

"Fire-worship  was only one form of sun-worship
that was  actually  Satan worship.  The worship of
the serpent began side by side with the worship
of fire and sun."
-The Two Babylons,
Alexander Hislop, p. 227.

"From the very first chapters of the Bible,
Satan is pictured as a serpent.  And at the end,
he is still pictured as a  serpent.  In Revelation 
12:3,   Satan is called  "a great red  dragon," 
which could also be  translated 'a fiery dragon',
'fiery  serpent',  or 'serpent of fire.' "
-THE HISTORY OF SUN-DAY WORSHIP
  By B. L. Cocherell

"This  historical  background is essential to 
understanding  that Sun-worship (fire-worship)
was the dominant religion in all the ancient 
civilizations,  and  that it spread from
"Mother Babylon" into  all  countries:
including India, China, Africa, Greece, Rome,
Mexico, South America, Egypt, and Europe.
Sun-worship (fire-worship) was a very prominent
religion  and Sunday  was  the main day of worship
in the Roman empire by  the time of Jesus Christ,
just as it was in ancient Babylon."
-THE HISTORY OF SUN-DAY WORSHIP
  By B. L. Cocherell

"In pagan Rome, this fire-worship and serpent-worship
were  sometimes  separate,  sometimes conjoined;
but both occupied  a  preeminent place in Roman esteem."
-The Two Babylons,
Alexander Hislop, p. 226.

"Now if this worship of the sacred serpent,
the great fire-god, was so universal in Rome,
what symbol could more graphically  portray
the idolatrous power of pagan Imperial Rome 
than the 'Great  Fiery Serpent?'  No doubt it
was to set forth this very thing that the
Imperial standard itself - thestandard  of the
pagan Emperor of Rome, as Pontifex Maximus - 
head  of  the great system of fire-worship,
was the serpent elevated on a lofty pole, 
and so colored as to exhibit it as a recognized
symbol  of fire-worship."
-The Two Babylons,
Alexander Hislop, p. 238.

"Along  with  the sun, as the great fire-god,
and in due time, identified with him, the serpent
was worshiped. 'In mythology  of the primitive world,'
says Owen, 'the serpent is universally the symbol
of the sun (or fire).'  In Egypt, one of the commonest
symbols of the sun, or sun-god, is a disc with
a serpent around it."
-THE HISTORY OF SUN-DAY WORSHIP
  By B. L. Cocherell

"Then the word rendered "Red" properly means "Fiery";
so that the "Red Dragon" signifies the "Fiery Serpent"
or "Serpent of Fire." Exactly so does it appear to have
been in the first form of idolatry, that, under the
patronage of Nimrod, appeared in the ancient world.
The "Serpent of Fire" in the plains of Shinar seems
to have been the grand object of worship.
There is the strongest evidence that apostacy
among the sons of Noah began in fire-worship,
and that in connection with the symbol of the serpent."
-The Great Red Dragon; Chapter VII
The Two Babylons - Alexander Hislop

"Nimrod is singled out by the voice of antiquity
as commencing this fire-worship. Along with the sun,
as the great fire-god, and, in due time, identified
with him, was the serpent worshipped.  The worship
of the serpent began side by side with the worship
of fire and the sun. "
-The Great Red Dragon; Chapter VII
The Two Babylons - Alexander Hislop

"Nimrod of Ancient Babylon was the head of the
fire-worshippers.  The power, the popularity,
and skill of Nimrod enabled him to spread the
delusive doctrine far and wide, as he was represented
under the well-known name of Phaethon, as on the
point of "setting the whole world on fire,"
or of involving all mankind in the guilt of
fire-worship."
-The Great Red Dragon; Chapter VII
The Two Babylons - Alexander Hislop

"The extraordinary prevalence of the worship
of the fire-god in the early ages of the world,
is proved by legends found over all the earth."
-The Great Red Dragon; Chapter VII
The Two Babylons - Alexander Hislop

"In Pagan Rome, this fire-worship
and serpent-worship occupied a pre-eminent place
in Roman esteem. The fire of Vesta was regarded
as one of the grand safeguards of the empire,
and was kept with the most jealous care
by the Vestal virgins, who, for their charge of it,
were honoured with the highest honours.
The temple where it was kept, says Augustine,
"was the most sacred and most reverenced of all
the temples of Rome." The fire was regarded
in the very same light as by the old Babylonian
fire-worshippers."
-The Great Red Dragon; Chapter VII
The Two Babylons - Alexander Hislop

"The Epidaurian snake, that the Romans worshipped
along with the fire that they worshipped,
was looked on as the divine representation
of Aesculapius, the child of the Sun.
Aesculapius, whom that sacred snake represented,
was evidently, just another name for the great
Babylonian god."
-The Great Red Dragon; Chapter VII
The Two Babylons - Alexander Hislop

"The Romans looked upon fire as a god.
As many of the religious forms of the Roman family
had their counterpart in the State religion,
so the worship of the fire in home had its
counterpart in the State religion."
-Eli Edward Burriss
Washington Square College,
New York University
The Use and Worship of Fire among the Romans
The Classical Weekly; Vol. 24, No. 6
(Nov. 17, 1930), pp43‑45.

"The seat of the worship of Vesta in Rome
was the circular 'Temple' of Vesta, shaped like
a primitive hut. Here was the sacred fire
of the State.  Vesta was tended by six maiden
priestesses, who renewed the fire every year,
on March 1, from a spark formed by friction. 
There was no statue of Vesta in the 'temple':
the fire was the goddess herself."
-Eli Edward Burriss
Washington Square College,
New York University
The Use and Worship of Fire among the Romans
The Classical Weekly; Vol. 24, No. 6
(Nov. 17, 1930), pp43‑45.

"The Vestal Virgins were venerated priestesses
of Vesta (the Roman goddess of the hearth fire)
who could intervene on behalf of those in trouble.
The vestal virgins lived in  luxurious accommodations
at state expense, and when they went out, fasces
were carried before them. They wore distinctive dress
and the hairstyle of a Roman bride. The Vestals'
chief function was preservation of an undying fire
(ignis inextinctus) in the shrine of Vesta, goddess
of the hearth, but they had other functions as well.
-Ancient/Classical History
Six Vestal Virgins
By N.S. Gill

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"take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared
to follow them....and that thou inquire NOT after
their gods, saying, How do these nations serve
their gods? even so will I do likewise.
Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God:
for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth,
have they done unto their gods; for even their sons
and their daughters do they burn in the fire
to their gods.  What thing soever I command you,
that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add
thereto, nor diminish from it."
(Deuteronomy 12:30-32)(ASV)-BibleGateway

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with Paganism
The Story of Constantine
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to Support Man-Made Doctrines
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"Mass Cards" and "Indulgences"
Religious Extortion with a Price
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"GREED" and  Religion
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Babylon - The First Human Rebellion
Against Jehovah God  (click-here)

Christendom - Jumping in Bed
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Are You Saying "AMEN" in ignorance ?
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Nimrod Opposed Jehovah God
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Why is God So Angry ?
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The "GodHead" Compromise
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The "HellFire" Compromise
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A Time - When The Bible
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Constantine Corrupted Christianity
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That Jesus Worshipped.
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Rome Adopted "The Trinity"
From The Pagans

Jehovah God was Traded
For a Pagan Concept of
a 3-in-one Mystery god

"So we see the earliest forms of various
pagan religions were really deliberate
rejections -  of the One God, Jehovah.
Their pagan doctrines were obviously
lacking specific truths as they had departed 
from the true faith.  The more that people
crept away from faith in Jehovah God
the more elaborate their concoctions became
regarding their view of God,  until a "trinity" of
three persons was INVENTED."
-- The Pagan Influence Upon the Development
   of the Doctrine of the Trinity -Michael F Blume

"The Papacy has in some of its churches, 
an image of the Triune God, with three heads
on one body.  The Babylonians had something
of the same.  So utterly idolatrous was the
Babylonian recognition of the Triune Divine unity,
that Jehovah - the Living God, had severely
condemned his own people for giving any
countenance to it."
-Alexander Hislop
The Two Babylons (pp. 16-19).

"From ancient times -  Mystery Babylon
has tried to make God what he is NOT - A Trinity."
-Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor

Unlike early Christianity, which worshipped
the Jewish God, Jehovah - The apostate Church
adopted the Trinity god of the pagans which
originated in Ancient Babylon.

"The trinity got its start in Ancient Babylon
with Nimrod - Tammuz - and Semiramis.
Semiramis demanded worship for both her husband
and her son as well as herself.  She claimed
that her son, was both the father and the son.
Yes, he was "god the father" and "god the son" -
The first divine incomprehensible trinity."
 --The Two Babylons ;
Alexander Hislop;  p.51




The Chief god of almost all pagan
religions - existed as a "Trinity"
of Thee co-equal gods, or goddesses

The Trinity Doctrine was a Central
Theme in Most Pagan Religions -
Around the World.   

Even the Pagan Celts -
had Their Trinity god.
The Triad Belief system
Started in Ancient Babylon -
with Nimrod  - and spread
its way around the Entire World.

Notice the SNAKE above - being pictured
in this carving of Triune Worship among
this Pagan teaching.   The ancient serpent
rears his ugly head - showing who is
behind the "Trinity" concept of worship.

Even Europe provides Artifacts
that confirm how Prevelant -
Trinity Worship was - among most
Ancient Pagan Civilizations.

Rome adopted the Trinity Concept
from The pagans - who were most
prevelant in the Empire. 
By making Christ into a Triad god,
the pagans were pleased and
willing to join in Rome's newly
Created - Quasi-pagan Christendom.

"The cult that arose in Babylon and spread
its cult tentacles throughout the world
was trinitarian ."
-- The Two Babylons,
 by Alexander Hislop



"There were triads of gods..."
-(Babylonian and Assyrian Religion,
      Norman, Okla.; 1963,
      S. H. Hooke, pp. 14-40) 

"The Babylonian pagan worship of Nimrod,
Semiramis, and the god-incarnate son
extended throughout the entire world
and eventually assumed the name of
Trinitarian Christianity."
- The Two Babylons,   pp. 240-252.
   Alexander Hislop

"This cultivation of pagan philosophy
by Christian teachers - greatly displeased
those who were attached to the simple faith,
as taught by Christ and His apostles;
for they feared, what afterwards
actually happened,  that the purity and
excellence of divine truth would suffer by it."
-The Translator of
Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History,
 James Murdock, D.D.,

Trinity Worship -
Began in Ancient Babylon
And Spread Around the World

"The trinity got its start in Ancient Babylon
with Nimrod - Tammuz - and Semiramis.
Semiramis demanded worship for both her husband
and her son as well as herself.  She claimed
that her son, was both the father and the son.
Yes, he was "god the father" and "god the son" -
The first divine incomprehensible trinity."
 --The Two Babylons ;
   Alexander Hislop; p.51

"Babylon was, at that time,
the center of the civilized world;
and thus Paganism...had opportunities
of sending forth its debased counterfeit
of the truth to all the ends of the earth."
- Hislop, A., The Two Babylons,
 Loiseaux Brothers, Neptune, N.J. pg 99.

Nimrod of Ancient Babylon
Invented  the Very First Trinity

Nimrod was the First Human to openly oppose
Jehovah God.  Nimrod wanted worship for
himself, his son and his wife.  Nimrod married
his own mother - and attempted to hide this
fact - by saying his was both "The Father" and
"The Son".   His mother and wife, Semiramis was
given titles like "Queen of Heaven" and the
"Mediatrix" between god and men.  Nimrod
demanded worship for himself as "God - The Father"
and "God - The Son".   And yet, he insisted that
there were not two gods, but rather a two in one,
co-equal divine arrangement.

Nimrod's rebellion against Jehovah God,  was
instigated by Satan.  And to reward Nimrod -
this pagan God-Son equality / Trinity was
spread around the entire earth.

Jesus preached the original Jewish concept,
of One Divine Being, namded "Jehovah" God.
Jesus prayed to Jehovah and asked for His help.

Jesus obeyed Jehovah and always remained
in subjection to God's commands.

The earliest of Christ's Followers were all
worshippers of the monotheistic God,  Jehovah

"...the early Christians taught the monotheistic
views of the Jews."
-Hagen
 History of Doctrines, vol. i., p. 124

"As a follower of Christ,
Peter used Gods name, Jehovah.
When Peters speech was put on record
the Tetragrammaton (YHWH / Jehovah)
was here used according to the practice
during the first century B.C.E. and the
first century C.E."
- Paul Kahle; Studia Evangelica,
edited by Kurt Aland,  F. L. Cross,
Jean Danielou,  Harald Riesenfeld
and W. C. van Unnik, Berlin, 1959,
p. 614  (See App 1C §1.)

ROME CORRUPTED CHRISTIANITY

When Rome took over the religion of those who
followed Christ - Rome corrupted it - by adopting
many pagan practices, beliefs, and worship.

Hence, the trinity of the pagans was among the many
things that Rome Adopted.

"In the year 325 A.D. was perpetrated
one of the most colossal frauds and deceptions
in the annals of history. This was the date of
the Council of Nicea, whose task it was
to create a new religion that would be
acceptable to Emperor Constantine..."
-"The Historical Apollonius
Versus the Mythical Jesus"
By: Dr. R. W. Bernard, Ph.D.

"In the year 325 A.D. was perpetrated
one of the most colossal frauds and deceptions
in the annals of history. This was the date of
the Council of Nicea, whose task it was
to create a new religion that would be
acceptable to Emperor Constantine..."
-"The Historical Apollonius
Versus the Mythical Jesus"
By: Dr. R. W. Bernard, Ph.D.

"The Council of Nicea was a pivotal event
in the history of Christianity.
The sudden adoption of a quasi-philosophic term
to define the historic Jesus as equal to God
was a major departure from scripture.... 
Further, the use of this term "trinity" in a Creed
meant that,  from 325 on,  Nicenes could and did
proclaim other dogmas that have no basis
in Scripture."
- -State Church of the Roman Empire;
     Ben H. Swett; 1998

The "Trinity" Began in Ancient Babylon
with Nimrod

"At first, the Trinity doctrine was merely humanism,
the man, Nimrod making himself god.
The first humanism trinity of record
to be setup and worshiped as gods,
was that of Nimrod, Simeramus, and Tammuz..
These are in the Old Testament in the Canaanite
language identified as Baal, Ashtoreth, and Tammuz.
At the dispersion of the people at the Tower of Babel,
this trinity doctrine of humanism was spread all over
the world.  Each religion of all the pagan religions
held two common traits: 1.) A trinity of gods and;
2.) These were in a form of human gods."
---Jesus Messieh Fellowship
The Trinity Doctrine Is Pagan
By Cohen G. Reckart, Pastor 

"Long ago - right after the Flood,
a man named Nimrod emerged on the scene
of history. His name means "let us rebel".
He led the founding of the first great civilization
– Babylon...  He led the people to rebel
against God.  Nimrod had tremendous power,
so much that he became a god in the eyes
of the people.  When he died,  his wife,
Semiramis, recognized that without him she
might loose power herself, so she devised a
clever plan.  Semiramis was pregnant.
She told everyone that the child in her womb
was none other than Nimrod being reborn.
This was the beginning of the greatest perversion...
the concept of father/son deity,  the very first
incomprehensible divine trinity
(the unexplainable mystery)..."
- - Resurrection Sunday and
   the Babylonian Connection;
         By Errol Hale

"...Nim´rod....He displayed himself
a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah...."
(Genesis 10:8,9)(NWT)

"...Nimrod....He was a mighty hunter
before Jehovah..."
(Genesis 10:8,9)(ASV)-BibleGateway

"Now it was Nimrod who excited them
to such an affront and contempt of God."
-Josephus (c. 37 – c. 100 AD/CE),

"His name is Nimrod, It means ‘the rebel,’
and is evidently meant to designate the nature
of the man.  He was the first specimen of giant
tyranny after the flood.  His Defiance of Jehovah
was perpetrated in wickedness and ambition
under the very eye of Jehovah.   Nimrod's
assumptions were religious as well as political.
Nimrod presented himself not only for obedience
but also for worship.  His awful greatness was
of ambitious rebellion,  apostasy and defiance
of Jehovah God.  And as it was Babel that was
the beginning of his empire, so is ‘Babylon the great’
its consummation and close."
-- Nimrod
by Horatius Bonar
1808-1889

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