Catholicism – Mixture of Christianity & Mithraism

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Even at its very beginning, the Roman Catholic Church succeeded in mixing the Mithraism prevalent in Rome with the Gospel and selling this package as Christianity. Added to this were numerous rites, rituals and liturgy from Egypt and Babylon and Catholicism was born.

Mithraism – West Persia-East India

The word “Mitra” comes from ancient Iranian, ancient Indian and means loyalty, contract, covenant. Mithra, stylized as a deity, was interpreted as the light of heaven and was therefore very close to the sun. A “god of light”, often depicted in a chariot that traveled across the sky every day, pulled by four horses. Rising from the east every morning. Mithras is the “protector and savior of the world” in his fight against evil and brings his worshipers to fame and wealth.

Mithraism has changed

With the spread of Mithraism from the West Indian and East Persian areas to Europe, especially to Rome, this deity was sometimes attributed expanded and modified properties. This pagan religion had a focus in the Medo-Persian Empire during the reigns of Xerxes I (485-464 BC), Artaxerxes I (464-423 BC) (also called Artasastas), through Darius II ( 423-406 BC) up to Artaxerxes III. (404-358 BC). So also during the time when the decree for the construction of Jerusalem was issued in 457 BC. was enacted (Ezra, chapter 7).

The fall of the Medo-Persian Empire in 331 BC due to the victorious campaigns of Alexander the Great did not mean the sudden end of this pagan religion. Mithraism had long since found its way into other regions. With the newly formed Greek Empire, religion from West Persian-East Indian origins and Hellenism came together. Today it can be seen that the first mixing began in the fourth century BC. Mithras of Persia, revered as the “god of light”, met the “sun god” Helios of Greece.

Mithraism arrives in Rome

From today’s perspective, it is not clear when Mithraism, which has now become Hellenized and is laden with numerous mysteries, arrived in the metropolis of Rome. It is assumed that the first contacts occurred in the first century BC. Also a manifestation only in the first century AD. What is certain, however, is that the spread within the catchment area of ​​the Roman Empire was very rapid. This development was already encouraged by the extensive deployment of the legionnaires in the areas controlled by Rome.

This religion acquired its official character in the Roman Empire with the initiation of the Emperor Commodus (180-192 AD) into the Mithraic cult. In the second and third centuries, the cult of Mithras and Christianity were on an equal footing in terms of spread and following. It was only a small step before Mithras was elevated to the status of “invincible sun” (“sol invictus”) and protector god of the Roman Empire. Emperor Gallienus (260-268) had his coins depicted wearing a Mithraic crown.

With Emperor Constantine, the prevailing Mithraism is said to have been put a strong damper. According to tradition, he was the first Roman emperor to become a Christian. But was that actually the case? This idea is fueled by the victory against Licinius. He fought under the sign of the solar cross, the sign of Mithras. Constantine’s reign began in Rome in 306 and ended in Constantinople (Eastern Rome) in 337. However, Mithraism experienced a revival again with Emperor Julian (360-363) and is said to have finally disappeared with Emperor Valentian I (375-392).

Doubts about Constantine’s Christian confession

However, some aspects clearly speak against Constantine’s assumed acceptance of the Christian faith. Although the emperor played a significant role in the tolerance that Christians now prevailed after years of persecution, there are still doubts about his seriousness about Christianity. Constantine commissioned the minting of coins with his image and the inscription “sol invictus” in honor of the sun god.

Constantine’s “great victory” against Licinius was simply that he had Licinius arrested and hanged in Thessalonica on charges of conspiracy.

The (supposedly) Christian symbol used by Constantine consisted of the Greek letters “X” (Chi) and “P” (Rho). In a figurative sense this should represent “XRISTOS” (“CHRISTOS”), but it bears a striking resemblance to the sign of the Egyptian sun god Osiris.

The historian Eusebius of Caesarea, a contemporary of the emperor, reported that Constantine had Christians expelled from the palace and ordered his military to sacrifice to pagan gods. In addition, there was interference in the internal affairs of the Christian church at the time.

Constantine’s most important decree to this day took place in the year 321. In the month of March, the emperor ordered the sanctification of the first day of the week, Sunday. This solar day is dedicated to the sun god.

Another important aspect is that Constantine retained the title of “pontifex maximus” (“supreme bridge builder”). An inheritance from ancient Babylon for the highest priest of the sun god Baal. Only this title enabled him to designate Sunday as a feast day in a religious sense. At this point, the Bishop of Rome was still subordinate to the Emperor.

According to tradition, Constantine was baptized only on his deathbed. But the pagan title remained. Only with Emperor Gratian (375-383), who (more credibly) professed Christianity, did this originally Babylonian title pass to the Bishop of Rome. This was Siricius and was the first Roman bishop who was also called “papa” with this title. Papa stands for father and in Mithraism is considered the priest in the highest (seventh) level. More details about the priesthood in the Mithras cult – here.

If Constantine professed Christianity, then it was out of political calculation, but hardly out of genuine faith. Therefore, the timing of his deathbed baptism appears to be a saga rather than a factual account. Just as credible as the “Donation of Constantine”.

The papacy rises

In 330, Emperor Constantine consecrated the city of Constantinople as the new capital. While adversity increased in Western Rome, the imperial see in the East appeared even more robust. The power of the Bishop of Rome rose slowly but steadily. In 476, the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed after riots, coups and rebellions. Western Rome broke up into 10 Germanic kingdoms of the Teutons. Having virtually retired, Romulus even received an annual pension, but was politically insignificant. One of his patrons was Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoth Empire. Afterwards it happened almost in quick succession.

The Bishop of Rome recognized the opportunity and immediately set about filling the political vacuum himself. He won the Merovingian Clovis, King of Franconia, as his ally. Like most of the other princes of the Germanic peoples, Clovis professed Catholicism and was baptized. However, resistance came from the Vandals, the Heruli and the Ostrogoths. They refused to recognize the new, self-proclaimed ruler in Rome. Thanks to Clovis’ military power, the Bishop of Rome managed to wipe all three recalcitrant Germanic peoples off the map by the year 508. All princes who were now “loyal to the Pope” had the common characteristic of practicing a pagan religion.

Mithraism finds its way into Christianity

In the areas formerly occupied by the Roman Empire, the predominantly practiced religion was Mithraism. Their confession of Catholicism was less a complete rejection of their paganism than the introduction of pagan beliefs into Christianity, which was already quite removed from the Gospel, especially in Rome. The reason also lies in the accommodation for the pagans so that it was easier to convert to Catholicism. (Rotten) compromises, as can be clearly observed in ecumenism today (Info).

In 538 the last resistance in the city of Rome was broken. Under Pope Vigilius the papacy’s unrestricted religious and political monopoly power began. There still remained the dispute with the Eastern Church in Constantinople. In addition to the “reinvention” of extra-biblical teachings, the dispute was primarily about the recognition of the Bishop of Rome as supreme shepherd. This ultimately resulted in schism in 1054, the division into a western and an eastern church.

The Christian community in Rome, along with the community in Alexandria, was very early on open to the continued cultivation of pagan customs and the inclusion of further extra-biblical teachings. This was mainly reflected in the fact that Christianity still sanctified the biblical Sabbath (7th day of the week), while Rome and Alexandria rejected this and instead honored the previously customary solar day (1st day of the week). Emperor Constantine, still the supreme religious leader in his time, cemented this Sunday.

Christianity plus Mithraism is Catholicism

The mixing of Christianity and Mithraism resulted in Catholicism. A comparison of some characteristics in Mithraism, Gospel and Catholicism illustrate this syncretism.

Catholicism is 75% paganism

Catholicism is a symbiosis of Christianity and Mithraism. There are also lavish additions from the paganism of Egypt (“the source of wisdom”) and Babylon. This brew is veiled in the garb of the gospel. The bottom line is that three quarters of the religion taught and practiced by the Church of Rome consists of paganism. According to the Catholic understanding, the Gospel, i.e. the Bible, is subordinate to the catechism.

It is therefore not surprising that the church year is filled with celebrations and rituals that cannot be found anywhere in the Bible. Easter is simply depicted as the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, but the sun god is homaged (Info). The enclosed eggs and rabbits are fertility symbols of paganism (Egypt, Babylon). The Church of Rome established the obligatory Sunday at the Council of Nicaea in 325, just 4 years after Emperor Constantine’s “Sunday Law”.

Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus (Grotto in Bethlehem), although the birth date of the Bible’s Jesus Christ could never have been in December (Info).

Why the bishop’s headgear is called a miter seems strangely an open question, although here the origin can be found in ancient Babylon and the priest of the fish god Dragon, as well as the sign of the cross (“Maltese cross”) on the bishop’s robe from Horus priest of Egypt was worn.

Difficult to recognize forgery

The teachings, the organization of the church year and the liturgies, especially the Eucharist (Info), are a copy of the gospel, laced with paganism and in turn sold as Christianity. A cleverly prepared forgery and difficult for the generally “lazy” Bible reader to understand. “It all looks so Christian.”

In fact, it is difficult to understand that when the Pope speaks of a “Christian” or a “Jesus” he actually means Mithras (the anointed one and savior of the world). Only to a select audience does the pontiff speak plainly, using the vocabulary “Oceanos, Uranus and Gaia.” (Info). The rituals with candles, lights and incense, all of which are intended for the “light bearer” Mithras, are just as difficult to understand. After all, Jesus Christ is also the light of the world, came to the rescue and received incense as a gift from the wise men from the East.

The believer is responsible for himself

However, in faith it is not someone else’s faith that plays a role, but only your own faith. If the cleric secretly speaks of Mithras, but the believer thinks of the Jesus Christ of the Bible, only the cleric will have to answer questions. Things always become disastrous if the “good believer” also takes part in ceremonies and rituals that could be recognized as purely pagan idolatry based on one’s own Bible study. This applies to the adoration of any images as well as to the requests sent to Mary in prayer (Info). The only thing that helps everyone here is for believers to take the Bible into their own hands and read it.

The clear differentiator

There is an easily identifiable feature to distinguish whether it is covert paganism or gospel belief. This clear demarcation is even in the interest of the idol worshiper, because he wants to worship his “God” and under no circumstances the God of the Bible.
The distinguishing feature is the day of separate worship. The sanctification of a particular day. If the connections presented, the teachings and the names mentioned cannot be distinguished between paganism and genuine Christianity, it is the very special day that makes the necessary distinction possible.

According to tradition, the pagan sun god in all his different manifestations wants to be worshiped and worshiped separately on the first day of the week, i.e. Sunday (sun day). The God of the Bible already designated the 7th day of the week (Sabbath, today Saturday) as a holy day to crown His creation. The day to remind man that He is the only true and living Creator God.

Sabbath or Sunday is a testimony

If a church looks Christian, but celebrates Sunday, then this automatically applies to the false pagan god of the sun, usually unbeknownst to the following believers. Sunday worship is the recognition of a pagan “god” and the practice of service to these idols.

Since it was the Roman Catholic Church that moved the biblical Sabbath to the first day of the week, observing Sunday is automatically recognition of the Church’s authority and its secretly practiced paganism. The Church of Rome even defends the fact that it has changed the law of God for man (Info).

Sabbath was attacked early by Rome

Since, in addition to the early community in Alexandria, which was strongly influenced by Hellenism, it was primarily the community in Rome that absorbed the paganism of Mithraism, a real campaign against Christianity, which at that time was still predominantly Sabbath-keeping, started from this city very early on (Info).

However, the law of God is unchangeable. No matter how much human authority is presented, the statutes of God remain untouched. Therefore, the Sabbath still applies without restriction to all people today (Info).

The important distinction between paganism and Christianity according to the gospel is therefore very simple. The sanctification of Sunday (1st day) is paganism, the sanctification of the Sabbath (7th day) is true obedience to God. It also follows from this what exactly the mark of the beast relevant to the end of time is in the book of Revelation (Info).

Reformation was inconsistent

The Roman Catholic Church was only able to “make credible” the toxic mixture of Mithraism and paganism from Egypt and Babylon because of its historically unprecedented brutality against any deviations from its religious dictates. The distribution of the Bible was suppressed. Possession of the Bible was punishable by death and the preachers of the true gospel were cruelly persecuted. It was only with the Reformation that people gained insight into the true Word of God. With the Counter-Reformation launched in Rome and the stricter measures of the Inquisition, brutality reached its peak again. The slaughter of around 70,000 Protestants on the so-called St. Bartholomew’s Night, which lasted a whole week, is just one example.

However, the once Protestant churches did not take advantage of their opportunities. As much as we owe the great reformer Martin Luther, the implementation of his “sola scrptura” was inconsistent. Only his strong anti-Semitism prevented him from implementing the true Sabbath, which is easily recognized in the Bible. The Church of Rome has long since discredited the biblical Sabbath as a “Jewish Sabbath.” Instead, Luther stuck to Sunday services and thus still recognized the authority of the Church of Rome.

Ignorance can hardly exist anymore

God’s grace is almost inexhaustible. While man said, “Ignorance does not protect against punishment,” God overlooks ignorance. This particularly affects people in the Dark Ages, who were denied the truth by the interventions of the Church of Rome. But this grace does not apply to the attitude “what I don’t know doesn’t make me hot.” If a person has every opportunity to learn the truth but fails to do so for whatever reason, he will be held accountable. Today, in the age of digitalization, the Bible can be viewed free of charge at any time of the day or night. There can therefore be no excuse for ignorance of the truth. The following Bible quote is followed by a direct link to an online Bible.

Bible verses from King James Version