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(see "Prophetic Vocabulary")
Note; Can a Juror determine truth without hearing ALL of the evidence? It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that one hear ALL of the evidence, beginning with Part #1 of these posts!
In PART #15, the JURY heard the TESTIMONY of "Documented Human History" regarding TWO RELIGIONS that were RISING UP inside the ROMAN IMPERIAL STATE.
One of those religions was Christianity, which held to the 10 Commandments written with the "FINGER OF GOD", and had the Testimony of Jesus Christ.
The other religion rising up inside the Roman imperial State at the same time was;
The JURY heard TESTIMONY that Early Christian Writers complained that the Pagans had;
Early Christian Writers ALSO complained that the Pagans had "COPIED" the "Baptism".
According to Scripture, a person's INITIATION INTO Christianity begins with their "BAPTISM FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS";
The INITIATION into the "MYSTERIES of MITHRAS" began with a "Ritual Bath".
In FACT, the "MYSTERIES of MITHRAS" incorporated SO MANY CHRISTIAN teachings INTO their PAGAN Rituals, that the two religions closely resembled each other.
-which strongly denounced this PAGAN COUNTERFEIT of Christianity.
-BAPTISM
-SACRAMENT OF BREAD AND WINE
-PAGAN GOD NAMED MICHAEL
Mithra (Mithras or Mica (Michael)
The JURY SHOULD NOTE the following CRITICAL information for use when we seek to understand Revelation 17's "10 Kings without Kingdoms".
Persian and Parthian-speaking Manichaeans used the name of Mithra current in their time for two different Manichaean angels.
In Parthian and Sogdian however Mihr was taken as the sun and consequently identified as the Third Messenger.
This Third Messenger was the helper and redeemer of mankind, and identified with another Zoroastrian divinity Narisaf -meaning 'potent utterance', the name of a yazata).
A yazata is accordingly "a being worthy of worship" or "a holy being".
Citing Boyce, Sundermann remarks, "It was among the Parthian Manicheans that Mithra as a sun god surpassed the importance of Narisaf as the common Iranian image of the Third Messenger.
The JURY SHOULD NOTE, doesn't this PAGAN god called "Michael", sound a lot like the fallen angel LUCIFER;
The JURY SHOULD ALSO NOTE that around 100 AD;
According to "Documented Human History", the earliest recorded use of the terms;
-dates to the 2nd century, attributed to Ignatius of Antioch c. 107.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, the DEFENSE would like to submit for your consideration;
"Documented Human History" TESTIFIED that about 100 AD, TWO very similar religions,
-AT THEIR VERY BEGINNINGS
-were RISING Up inside the Imperial Roman State.
"Documented Human History" also TESTIFIED that about 100 AD, TWO very similar religions were RISING Up inside the Imperial Roman State;
Could the ROMAN "Pontifex Maximus" Catholic church be tied to the MYSTERIES of MITHRAS?
Could the ROMAN "Pontifex Maximus" Catholic church be tied to the "Little Horn" that would rise up out of the 4th beast's 10 horns, destroying 3 of them?
"Documented Human History" goes on to TESTIFY that the ROMAN "Pontifex Maximus" Church gradually became a defining institution of the Empire.
Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313 proclaiming toleration for the Christian religion, and convoked the First Council of Nicaea in 325 whose Nicene Creed included belief in "one holy catholic and apostolic Church".
Emperor Theodosius I made "Catholic" Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica of 380.
Early Christendom would close at the end of imperial persecution of Christians after the ascension of Constantine the Great and the Edict of Milan in AD 313 and the First Council of Nicaea in 325.
The JURY will now hear the TESTIMONY of "Documented Human History" regarding the "Christianization" of Roman Emperor Constantine.
Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus;[3] 27 February c. 272[2] – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine,[4] was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337.
Constantine built a new imperial residence at Byzantium, naming it New Rome.
However, in Constantine's honor, people called it Constantinople, which would later be the capital of what is now known as the Byzantine Empire for over one thousand years.
Because of this, he is thought of as the founder of the Byzantine Empire.
Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to ROMAN Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed tolerance of all religions throughout the empire.
Constantine ended the persecution of Christianity (and other religions) with the Edict of Milan, so that the Imperial pagan religion of Ancient Rome was no longer the only religion acceptable by the state.
When Yale historian Ramsay MacMullen treated the Christianization of the Roman Empire, he divided his book in two sections, before and after the year 312, which marked the momentous conversion of Constantine.
Christianization (or Christianisation) is the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once.
Various strategies and techniques were employed in ROMAN CATHOLIC Christianization campaigns from Late Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages:
— sometimes upon penalty of death.
– the practice of converting native pagan;
INTO THE "Christian" church!
In the next Post, the JURY will hear the Testimony of "Pontifex Maximus" Constantine, and his part in DANIEL'S "Abomination of Desolation".
(see "Prophetic Vocabulary")
Note; Can a Juror determine truth without hearing ALL of the evidence? It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that one hear ALL of the evidence, beginning with Part #1 of these posts!
In PART #15, the JURY heard the TESTIMONY of "Documented Human History" regarding TWO RELIGIONS that were RISING UP inside the ROMAN IMPERIAL STATE.
One of those religions was Christianity, which held to the 10 Commandments written with the "FINGER OF GOD", and had the Testimony of Jesus Christ.
The other religion rising up inside the Roman imperial State at the same time was;
- The Mysteries of Mithras
The JURY heard TESTIMONY that Early Christian Writers complained that the Pagans had;
- not only "COPIED" the "Sacrament of Bread and Wine"(Christ's Body and Blood),
- but had actually INCORPORATED IT INTO THEIR PAGAN(Sun Worshiping) RITUALS!
Early Christian Writers ALSO complained that the Pagans had "COPIED" the "Baptism".
According to Scripture, a person's INITIATION INTO Christianity begins with their "BAPTISM FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS";
- which(according to Biblical accounts) includes one PROFESSING their sins,
- and IMMERSION IN WATER.
The INITIATION into the "MYSTERIES of MITHRAS" began with a "Ritual Bath".
In FACT, the "MYSTERIES of MITHRAS" incorporated SO MANY CHRISTIAN teachings INTO their PAGAN Rituals, that the two religions closely resembled each other.
- ONE GENUINE; WITH the 10 Commandments and the Testimony of Jesus Christ;
-which strongly denounced this PAGAN COUNTERFEIT of Christianity.
- ONE A PAGAN COUNTERFEIT with a;
-BAPTISM
-SACRAMENT OF BREAD AND WINE
-PAGAN GOD NAMED MICHAEL
Mithra (Mithras or Mica (Michael)
- In Rome, Mithras was a sun god
- In Persia, he was a god of the morning sun.
The JURY SHOULD NOTE the following CRITICAL information for use when we seek to understand Revelation 17's "10 Kings without Kingdoms".
- In the Zoroastrian calendar, the sixteenth day of the month and the seventh month of the year are dedicated to, and under the protection of, Mithra. ("Little Horn" / Great Red Dragon / Lucifer / Satan)
Persian and Parthian-speaking Manichaeans used the name of Mithra current in their time for two different Manichaean angels.
- The first, called Mihryazd by the Persians, was the "The Living Spirit" (Aramaic rūḥā ḥayyā), a savior-figure who rescues the "First Man" from the demonic Darkness into which he had plunged.
- The second, known as Mihr or Mihr yazd among the Parthians, is "The Messenger" (Aramaic īzgaddā), likewise a savior figure, but one concerned with setting up the structures to liberate the Light lost when the First Man had been defeated.
In Parthian and Sogdian however Mihr was taken as the sun and consequently identified as the Third Messenger.
This Third Messenger was the helper and redeemer of mankind, and identified with another Zoroastrian divinity Narisaf -meaning 'potent utterance', the name of a yazata).
A yazata is accordingly "a being worthy of worship" or "a holy being".
Citing Boyce, Sundermann remarks, "It was among the Parthian Manicheans that Mithra as a sun god surpassed the importance of Narisaf as the common Iranian image of the Third Messenger.
The JURY SHOULD NOTE, doesn't this PAGAN god called "Michael", sound a lot like the fallen angel LUCIFER;
- DANIEL'S "Little Horn", and
- REVELATION'S "SATAN"?
The JURY SHOULD ALSO NOTE that around 100 AD;
- we have a PAGAN "MYSTERY" religion rising up within the Roman Imperial State
- with SATAN as it's Sun God, Mithras(MICHAEL),
- which is a VERY CLOSE COUNTERFEIT of CHRISTIANITY.
According to "Documented Human History", the earliest recorded use of the terms;
- Christianity (Greek Χριστιανισμός)
- and Catholic (Greek καθολικός),
-dates to the 2nd century, attributed to Ignatius of Antioch c. 107.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the JURY, the DEFENSE would like to submit for your consideration;
"Documented Human History" TESTIFIED that about 100 AD, TWO very similar religions,
-AT THEIR VERY BEGINNINGS
-were RISING Up inside the Imperial Roman State.
- The TRUE Christian Church, and
- Mysteries of Mithras that "copied" Christian practices
"Documented Human History" also TESTIFIED that about 100 AD, TWO very similar religions were RISING Up inside the Imperial Roman State;
- The TRUE Christian Church which KEEP the 10 Commandments written with the Finger of God
- The ROMAN "Pontifex Maximus" Catholic Church.
Could the ROMAN "Pontifex Maximus" Catholic church be tied to the MYSTERIES of MITHRAS?
Could the ROMAN "Pontifex Maximus" Catholic church be tied to the "Little Horn" that would rise up out of the 4th beast's 10 horns, destroying 3 of them?
"Documented Human History" goes on to TESTIFY that the ROMAN "Pontifex Maximus" Church gradually became a defining institution of the Empire.
Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313 proclaiming toleration for the Christian religion, and convoked the First Council of Nicaea in 325 whose Nicene Creed included belief in "one holy catholic and apostolic Church".
Emperor Theodosius I made "Catholic" Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica of 380.
Early Christendom would close at the end of imperial persecution of Christians after the ascension of Constantine the Great and the Edict of Milan in AD 313 and the First Council of Nicaea in 325.
The JURY will now hear the TESTIMONY of "Documented Human History" regarding the "Christianization" of Roman Emperor Constantine.
Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus;[3] 27 February c. 272[2] – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine,[4] was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337.
Constantine built a new imperial residence at Byzantium, naming it New Rome.
However, in Constantine's honor, people called it Constantinople, which would later be the capital of what is now known as the Byzantine Empire for over one thousand years.
Because of this, he is thought of as the founder of the Byzantine Empire.
Well known for being the first Roman emperor to convert to ROMAN Christianity, Constantine and co-Emperor Licinius issued the Edict of Milan in 313, which proclaimed tolerance of all religions throughout the empire.
Constantine ended the persecution of Christianity (and other religions) with the Edict of Milan, so that the Imperial pagan religion of Ancient Rome was no longer the only religion acceptable by the state.
When Yale historian Ramsay MacMullen treated the Christianization of the Roman Empire, he divided his book in two sections, before and after the year 312, which marked the momentous conversion of Constantine.
Christianization (or Christianisation) is the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once.
Various strategies and techniques were employed in ROMAN CATHOLIC Christianization campaigns from Late Antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages:
- ancient holy sites were destroyed or converted to "Catholic" Christian churches,
- indigenous pagan gods were demonized, and traditional religious practices were condemned as witchcraft and even criminalized
— sometimes upon penalty of death.
- A notable strategy for "Catholic" Christianization was interpretatio christiana;
– the practice of converting native pagan;
- practices and culture,
- pagan religious imagery,
- pagan sites and
- the pagan calendar
INTO THE "Christian" church!
In the next Post, the JURY will hear the Testimony of "Pontifex Maximus" Constantine, and his part in DANIEL'S "Abomination of Desolation".
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