THE UNGODLY DEVIATIONS ORIGINATING
FROM THE WRITINGS OF AUGUSTINE.
Perverse individuals attach
themselves to ritualistic teachings to bring in destructive sects.
(2 Peter 2:1). But with research the origins of these unGodly beliefs can be
discovered. Here are a few of the more obvious examples:
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In the third
century A.D.
Augustine wrote a manuscript based on his own confessions, which in this century
is now a published work called
'Confessions'.
A doctrine adopted from this work, and still prevalent today, is that of
sectarian priests among Catholics setting themselves up as mediators in
place of The Christ in order to hear the sinful confessions of its members.
After the sinner has said to the priest:
'Forgive me Father, for I have sinned',
the priest then hears the sinner's confession of his/her sins and pronounces the
sinner forgiven. Given that we have only One Father Almighty God, and
that only His Son has been appointed by God as mediator between God and
man for the forgiveness of sins, the hearing of confessions by Catholic priests
is "publicly showing himself to be a god." (2 Thess 2:4)
(See 1 Tim 2:5,6). |
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In many
places of sectarian worship members light candles, supposedly to represent a
votive arrangement and thanksgiving to God. The originator? Paschal.
There is no scriptural basis for this visual demonstration. The seven "lampstands" used by our Lord to symbolically describe the
seven named congregations of the Revelation was a sign of a coming reality in
The Christ's congregations. (Rev 1:12,13 & 20). |
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The Trinity,
the concept of a three-in-one God, as advocated by Augustine, has become the
central doctrine of the Catholic sect. Catholics are anti-Christs because
they refuse to believe in the separate God-created existence of His
only-begotten Son Jesus Christ.
(John 3:16-18). |
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Augustine referred a great deal to the developments of a demonic city on
earth in opposition to the heavenly City of God under development. The
Catholic sect has created that demonically inspired city on earth: Vatican City, Rome. |
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Augustine
formulated extensive arguments to substantiate his belief in resurrections of
the dead back to life in the flesh on earth. Belief in an earthly resurrection
is particularly prevalent among the sect falsely calling themselves Jehovah's
Witnesses. While it did not prove difficult for Almighty God to resurrect
Lazarus back to a fleshly existence, this is not what God has foreordained for
mankind. The resurrection of Lazarus had a special purpose. (See John 11:4).
The Scriptures state that all will wake, some to a resurrection of everlasting
spirit life, and some to a resurrection of Judgement and the reproach of eternal abhorrence. (Dan 12:1,2 NEB).
Those to be resurrected to an everlasting spirit life are "reaching out for a better place, that is, one belonging to heaven." (Heb 11:16)
(See Subject Index: Resurrection).
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