Do You Worship the Roman Catholic Jesus or the True Jesus of the Bible?

by Jeremy James

Sincere members of the Roman Catholic faith are invited to accept the challenge set out in this paper. As a born-again Christian I have long been concerned that the majority of Roman Catholics have no relationship whatever with the living God. They profess to know Christ but are unable to communicate with him in their daily lives. In reality they know about Christ, but they dont personally know him in any real sense. The reason is very simple the Christ taught by the Roman Catholic church is a false Christ. He does not exist except in the minds of the theologians who dreamt him up.

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There is no connection whatever between the phony version taught by Rome and the living Christ who redeemed mankind and who lives today at the right hand of the Father. As a former Roman Catholic I was taught to worship the false Christ and am very familiar with the extensive propaganda that Rome has used down the centuries to convince the masses that her counterfeit version is the real Jesus of Nazareth. From experience I know that a great many Roman Catholics are truly sincere in their beliefs and that any suggestion that Rome is teaching a false Christ makes many of them very uncomfortable which is understandable. Please bear with me as I put this in perspective. Firstly, lets assume that Satan is very active in the world today. All sincere Catholics should know that this is definitely the case and that he is bent on appropriating the work of Christ and taking His place in the minds and hearts of men. Now consider how he operates. Direct frontal attack is certainly one of his methods, but his most enduring results are achieved through deception. As Jesus said, he is the father of lies. In his age-long quest to destroy true Christianity, he has striven again and again to present his truth in a form that men will find acceptable. Given that he possesses one of the most remarkable intellects in the whole of creation, he knows how to manufacture and present convincing duplicates of truth. Perhaps his most successful counterfeit to date has been the false Christ taught by Rome. I hope you have the courage to consider the following aspects of the true and the false Christ, respectively, and having done so to ask whether you have been deceived:

- Sovereignty False Christ: He delegated his function here on earth to an unbroken succession of religious figures who are charged with guiding his church and expressing his holy will. True Christ: He continues to lead his church as the High Priest appointed by his Father for this purpose. He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in the heart of each and every believer Who in turn guides and directs them along the spiritual path. Every believer is a saint and a priest. - Salvation False Christ: By his death on the cross, he opened the door of salvation to all who believe in him and earn his approval through good works and selfless service. True Christ: Salvation is found exclusively in his saving work on the cross and there is absolutely nothing any person can do to earn this gift. We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in the shed blood of Christ.

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- Scripture False Christ: The teachings given through the apostolic tradition, when expressed by the Pope in doctrinal form, have the same force as scripture, as through Christ himself had spoken them. True Christ: Every word deemed necessary by Christ for the guidance and edification of the believer is set out in scripture, the sixty-six books of the Bible. Not one word may be added or removed. - Grace False Christ: The grace of God can be earned through unselfish acts of service and in particular through participation in sacramental rites approved by the church. True Christ: Grace is a gift, the unmerited favour of God, and there is nothing that any man can do to earn it. - Mediator False Christ: He allows others, notably the Queen of Heaven and canonised saints, to hear the requests and supplications of believers and to intercede with him on their behalf. True Christ: In his High Priestly role, Christ alone hears the prayers of believers and intercedes with the Father on their behalf. - Sin False Christ: He has delegated authority to anointed church leaders to forgive sin. True Christ: He alone forgives sin, in accordance with his holy will. This list is far from complete but it hits upon some startling differences between the true incarnate Son of God and the counterfeit entity manufactured by the church of Rome. Most Catholics are unaware of these differences since they have never studied the Bible. They trust their so-called religious superiors to interpret the Bible for them and to define their relationship with God. In doing so millions of sincere Catholics have sold their souls to a system of idolatry which is severely displeasing to God. How can you have a relationship with Christ if you reject him in favour of a theological mirage, a cunning counterfeit concocted by the minds of sinful men? It is simply impossible.

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Every day millions of Catholics kneel down and worship the False Christ. In a sense they are worshipping the Pope since they have placed him between themselves and the incarnate Son of God. It is idolatry and nothing but idolatry, a sin which the LORD abhors. Why do so many Catholics prefer a counterfeit Christ to the living Christ? The answer of course lies in our fallen nature. Jesus himself referred to this inborn perversity when he said: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:21-23) He is clearly stating that there will be many who, on the day of judgment, will claim to be Christian and will even offer evidence of their allegiance to Christ but who will be rejected by him. What a devastating rebuke, to be told by Jesus that he never knew them! His solemn rejection implies that the Jesus they were following while on earth was a false one. Are you doing the will of the Father, as Jesus instructed, or are you doing the will of Rome? You cant do both. Please understand that I write this from hard experience and not in condemnation of anyone. Having been a Catholic until age nineteen and a member of the New Age for a further 33 years, I can hardly claim to have a talent for discernment. But my background has helped me see just how dreadfully deceived most Catholics really are and how successful Satan has been in substituting a false Christ for the real one. The Book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, is hardly ever taught by the Roman Catholic Church since it contains an astonishing amount of information about her true nature. The Book speaks about the Whore of Babylon, a city built on seven hills which has persecuted and murdered the true followers of Christ throughout history. Today the gruesome annals of Papal Rome are being quietly pushed aside and the millions of Christian martyrs forgotten. There is no mention of the abduction and torture of countless good people tens of millions down the centuries who would not bow to the will of Rome, the slaughter of entire towns and villages across central Europe, the terror of the Inquisition, or the extermination of any group which dared to live solely in accordance with Gods word. Today she presents a tolerant, welcoming face, but she has not changed in any way. In accordance with her much vaunted maxim, Semper Idem, she is always the same. The same doctrines, the same rituals, the same system of social control, and the same global ambitions. She must teach a false Christ since otherwise she could not exist.

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If you have any doubt about this and need hard evidence of the truly sinister and utterly unchristian spirit which secretly controls the Roman Catholic Church, then I suggest you read what is known as the Extreme Oath of the Jesuits see Appendix below. (A copy may also be found on the website of the European Institute of Protestant Studies.) In conclusion, dear reader, if you are a Roman Catholic and feel separated in any way from Christ, then please give thought to the ideas expressed in this paper. Jeremy James Ireland 16 June 2011

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APPENDIX

Jesuit Extreme Oath of Induction

as recorded in the Journals of the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session, of the United States Congressional Record House Calendar No. 397, Report No. 1523, 15 February, 1913, pp. 3215-3216 The following is the text of the Jesuit Extreme Oath of Induction as recorded in the Journals of the 62nd Congress, 3rd Session, of the United States Congressional Record (House Calendar No. 397, Report No. 1523, 15 February, 1913, pp. 32153216), from which it was subsequently torn out. According to Professor Arthur Noble, the Oath is also quoted by Charles Didier in his book Subterranean Rome (New York, 1843), which was translated from the French original. Dr. Alberto Rivera, who left the Jesuit Order in 1967, confirmed that the induction ceremony and the text of the Jesuit Oath which he took were identical with those given below. Note that certain portions of the text below have been highlighted for emphasis. -oooWhen a Jesuit of the minor rank is to be elevated to command, he is conducted into the Chapel of the Convent of the Order, where there are only three others present, the principal or Superior standing in front of the altar. On either side stands a monk, one of whom holds a banner of yellow and white, which are the Papal colours, and the other a black banner with a dagger and red cross above a skull and crossbones, with the word INRI, and below them the words IUSTUM NECAR REGES IMPIUS, the meaning of which is: It is just to exterminate or annihilate impious or heretical Kings, Governments, or Rulers. Upon the floor is a red cross at which the postulant or candidate kneels. The Superior hands him a small black crucifix, which he takes in his left hand and presses to his heart, and the Superior at the same time presents to him a dagger, which he grasps by the blade and holds the point against his heart, the Superior still holding it by the hilt, and thus addresses the postulant:

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(The Superior speaks:) My son, heretofore you have been taught to act the dissembler: among Roman Catholics to be a Roman Catholic, and to be a spy even among your own brethren; to believe no man, to trust no man. Among the Reformers, to be a Reformer; among the Huguenots, to be a Huguenot; among the Calvinists, to be a Calvinist; among other Protestants, generally to be a Protestant; and obtaining their confidence, to seek even to preach from their pulpits, and to denounce with all the vehemence in your nature our Holy Religion and the Pope; and even to descend so low as to become a Jew among Jews, that you might be enabled to gather together all information for the benefit of your Order as a faithful soldier of the Pope. You have been taught to plant insidiously the seeds of jealousy and hatred between communities, provinces, states that were at peace, and to incite them to deeds of blood, involving them in war with each other, and to create revolutions and civil wars in countries that were independent and prosperous, cultivating the arts and the sciences and enjoying the blessings of peace; to take sides with the combatants and to act secretly with your brother Jesuit, who might be engaged on the other side, but openly opposed to that with which you might be connected, only that the Church might be the gainer in the end, in the conditions fixed in the treaties for peace and that the end justifies the means. You have been taught your duty as a spy, to gather all statistics, facts and information in your power from every source; to ingratiate yourself into the confidence of the family circle of Protestants and heretics of every class and character, as well as that of the merchant, the banker, the lawyer, among the schools and universities, in parliaments and legislatures, and the judiciaries and councils of state, and to be all things to all men, for the Pope's sake, whose servants we are unto death. You have received all your instructions heretofore as a novice, a neophyte, and have served as co-adjurer, confessor and priest, but you have not yet been invested with all that is necessary to command in the Army of Loyola in the service of the Pope. You must serve the proper time as the instrument and executioner as directed by your superiors; for none can command here who has not consecrated his labours with the blood of the heretic; for "without the shedding of blood no man can be saved". Therefore, to fit yourself for your work and make your own salvation sure, you will, in addition to your former oath of obedience to your order and allegiance to the Pope, repeat after me:

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(Text of the Oath:) I_______________ , now in the presence of Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, and all the saints, sacred host of Heaven, and to you, my Ghostly Father, the superior general of the Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius Loyola, in the pontification of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do by the womb of the Virgin, the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ, declare and swear that His Holiness, the Pope, is Christ's Vice-Regent and is the true and only head of the Catholic or Universal Church throughout the earth; and that by the virtue of the keys of binding and loosing given to His Holiness by my Saviour, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose heretical Kings, Princes, States, Commonwealths, and Governments, and they may be safely destroyed. Therefore to the utmost of my power I will defend this doctrine and His Holiness's right and custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatever, especially the Lutheran Church of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and the now pretended authority and Churches of England and Scotland, and the branches of same now established in Ireland and on the continent of America and elsewhere and all adherents in regard that they may be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred Mother Church of Rome. I do now denounce and disown any allegiance as due to any heretical king, prince or State, named Protestant or Liberal, or obedience to any of their laws, magistrates or officers. I do further declare the doctrine of the Churches of England and Scotland of the Calvinists, Huguenots, and others of the name of Protestants or Masons to be damnable, and they themselves to be damned who will not forsake the same. I do further declare that I will help, assist, and advise all or any of His Holiness's agents, in any place where I should be, in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Ireland or America, or in any other kingdom or territory I shall come to, and do my utmost to extirpate the heretical Protestant or Masonic doctrines and to destroy all their pretended powers, legal or otherwise. I do further promise and declare that, notwithstanding, I am dispensed with to assume any religion heretical for the propagation of the Mother Church's interest; to keep secret and private all her agents' counsels from time to time, as they entrust me, and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstances whatever; but to execute all that should be proposed, given in charge, or discovered unto me by you, my Ghostly Father, or any of this sacred order. I do further promise and declare that I will have no opinion or will of my own or any mental reservation whatever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my superiors in the militia of the Pope and of Jesus Christ. That I will go to any part of the world whithersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions north, jungles of India, to the centres of civilisation of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of America without murmuring or repining, and will be submissive in all things, whatsoever is communicated to me.

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I do further promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly and openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Masons, as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth; and that I will spare neither age, sex nor condition, and that will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle, and bury alive these infamous heretics; rip up the stomachs and wombs of their women, and crush their infants' heads against the walls in order to annihilate their execrable race. That when the same cannot be done openly I will secretly use the poisonous cup, the strangulation cord, the steel of the poniard, or the leaden bullet, regardless of the honour, rank, dignity or authority of the persons, whatever may be their condition in life, either public or private, as I at any time may be directed so to do by any agents of the Pope or Superior of the Brotherhood of the Holy Father of the Society of Jesus. In confirmation of which I hereby dedicate my life, soul, and all corporal powers, and with the dagger which I now receive I will subscribe my name written in my blood in testimony thereof; and should I prove false, or weaken in my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the militia of the Pope cut off my hands and feet and my throat from ear to ear, my belly be opened and sulphur burned therein with all the punishment that can be inflicted upon me on earth, and my soul shall be tortured by demons in eternal hell forever. That I will in voting always vote for a Knight of Columbus in preference to a Protestant, especially a Mason, and that I will leave my party so to do; that if two Catholics are on the ticket I will satisfy myself which is the better supporter of Mother Church and vote accordingly. That I will not deal with or employ a Protestant if in my power to deal with or employ a Catholic. That I will place Catholic girls in Protestant families that a weekly report may be made of the inner movements of the heretics. That I will provide myself with arms and ammunition that I may be in readiness when the word is passed, or I am commanded to defend the Church either as an individual or with the militia of the Pope. All of which I,_______________, do swear by the blessed Trinity and blessed sacrament which I am now to receive to perform and on part to keep this my oath. In testimony hereof, I take this most holy and blessed sacrament of the Eucharist and witness the same further with my name written with the point of this dagger dipped in my own blood and seal in the face of this holy sacrament. (He receives the wafer from the Superior and writes his name with the point of his dagger dipped in his own blood taken from over his heart.)

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(Superior speaks:) You will now rise to your feet and I will instruct you in the Catechism necessary to make yourself known to any member of the Society of Jesus belonging to this rank. In the first place, you, as a Brother Jesuit, will with another mutually make the ordinary sign of the cross as any ordinary Roman Catholic would; then one crosses his wrists, the palms of his hands open, and the other in answer crosses his feet, one above the other; the first points with forefinger of the right hand to the centre of the palm of the left, the other with the forefinger of the left hand points to the centre of the palm of the right; the first then with his right hand makes a circle around his head, touching it; the other then with the forefinger of his left hand touches the left side of his body just below his heart; the first then with his right hand draws it across the throat of the other, and the latter then with a dagger down the stomach and abdomen of the first. The first then says Iustum; and the other answers Necar; the first Reges; the other answers Impious. The first will then present a small piece of paper folded in a peculiar manner, four times, which the other will cut longitudinally and on opening the name Jesu will be found written upon the head and arms of a cross three times. You will then give and receive with him the following questions and answers: From whither do you come? Answer: The Holy faith. Whom do you serve? Answer: The Holy Father at Rome, the Pope, and the Roman Catholic Church Universal throughout the world. Who commands you? Answer: The Successor of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus or the Soldiers of Jesus Christ. Who received you? Answer: A venerable man in white hair. How? Answer: With a naked dagger, I kneeling upon the cross beneath the banners of the Pope and of our sacred order. Did you take an oath? Answer: I did, to destroy heretics and their governments and rulers, and to spare neither age, nor sex, nor condition; to be as a corpse without any opinion or will of my own, but to implicitly obey my Superiors in all things without hesitation or murmuring. Will you do that? Answer: I will.

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How do you travel? Answer: In the bark of Peter the fisherman. Whither do you travel? Answer: To the four quarters of the globe. For what purpose? Answer: To obey the orders of my General and Superiors and execute the will of the Pope and faithfully fulfil the conditions of my oaths. Go ye, then, into all the world and take possession of all lands in the name of the Pope. He who will not accept him as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-Regent on earth, let him be accursed and exterminated.

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