The Holy Scripture - english version B.indd - Sabbat

446How far is it actually from the truth?Quotation:“The GREAT CONFLICT“ by Ellen G. White, 2009, first published 1884/88,page 50 (an excerpt):1. Prayer for the Dead (about 300 AD.)2. Introduction of the CROSS AS A SIGN of the church (300 AD).3. Infiltration of the unbiblical INFANT BAPTISM (Origen) (from 3rd century)5. SUNDAY WORSHIP becomes a duty, first Sunday Law(Constantine 321)6. Veneration of angels and dead saints (375)7. Veneration of images (375)8. Daily celebration of Mass (394)9. Beginning of the worship of MARY, God’s Mother(Council of Ephesus 439)10. Priests stand out from the laity by special clothing (599)11. Extreme Unction (520)12. Purgatory, Doctrine of Purgatory (Gregory I, 593)13. Use of Latin language for service and correspondence (Gregory I, 600)14. Prayer to Mary, the saints and angels (620)15. The „POPE“ title (Holy Father) is given to Boniface III(Emperor Phocas, 607)16. Kissing of Pope’s feet (709)17. Attribution of SECULAR POWER TO THE POPE(Pepin, King of France, 750)18. Official launch of worship and veneration of the CROSS, theIMAGES and RELICS (786)21. Cardinal body of the Pope (927)23. Beginning of the canonization of dead saints (John XV, 995)24. Fasting on Fridays and during Lenten season from Ash Wednesday toEASTER (the pagan festival of fertility goddess Astarte, Asherah)as a preparation for Easter (998)25. MASS as a HOLY SACRIFICE (1050)26. Demanded celibacy of priests (Gregory II, 1079)27. Invention of ROSARY BEADS (Peter the Hemit, 1090)28. Official launch of the INQUISITION (The Council of Verona, 1184)29. Handling with INDULGENCES for the forgiving of sins (1190)30. The heresy of TRANSUBSTANTIATION is prescribed(Christ is supposed to be taken from the sky on the order of thepriest, his blood turned into alcoholic wine and his flesh into thealtar bread) (Innocent III, 1215)31. CONFESSION of sins to the priest in place of to God is exacted(Innocent III, 1215)32. Worship and adoration of the HOST is prescribed (Honorius III, 1220)33. Official ban on the POSSESSION and reading OF THE BIBLE,the Bible is added to the „List of Prohibited Books“(Council of Valencia, 1229)