08-24-2007, 10:39 AM
The author makes special mention of India:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->CHRISTIANITY WAS ORIGINALLY CATHOLIC
(Roman Piso, 05/27/02)
(1) Catholic. The first thing that I would like to talk about regarding Christianity having been created Catholic is just what the word "Catholic" means. It means "universal," as in universally accepted. This was a prime concern of those who were creating Christianity because they wanted to use the newly created religion as a means to maintain control in lands in which Rome had hoped to conquer. To this end, Christianity was developed around the idea of pre-existing religion and deities in those other lands which Rome was hoping to conquer.
That is a part of the reason that the story of Jesus was written as it was; so as to already be familiar in those other lands. But what is the other evidence that Christianity was originally created Catholic? Well, those who created it are now known to us and they include Arrius Calpurnius Piso (who wrote as Flavius Josephus) and Pliny the Younger. To us scholars who research this these two are very much the dynamic duel. What the link is in finding out how and why Christianity was created as it was originally is to be found in the use of the phrase "the whole habitable earth," and in variants of this phrase (i.e., "the habitable earth").
The reason? Because this is exactly what "Catholic" meant. And we find that phrase used in the New Testament itself, and especially in the works of Flavius Josephus, and also in the works of Pliny the Younger. All of these works are tied together by many correlations that exist between them, including references in the works of Pliny the Youngerâs epistles and the works of Flavius Josephus which have lines and phrases that are particular to the New Testament. The phrase "the whole habitable world," is found used in various places within the New Testament, including Hebrews 2:5, and Rev. 3:10.
(2) Saints. If we look to the New Testament itself, we will find the proof of this. All of the evidence that I am presenting in this short examination is based upon that which is found in the earliest known New Testament texts themselves. The Catholic version of Christianity has recognized "saints" from the very beginning of Christianity and has kept a record of the all since that time; other versions of Christianity have not. The records of such saints have been recorded and preserved by the Catholic Church ONLY. Others may have âborrowedâ from those records and may have cited or used references to saints whenever it was convenient for them to do so. But the fact of the matter is that the actual records of such saints were kept only by the Catholic Church â from the very beginning of Christianity. That is because Catholicism IS the original Christianity.
(3) Church Records. It is also the Catholic Church which has been the ONLY Christian Church that has preserved the early Church records such as the writings of the early Church "martyrs," the early Church Fathers, and the early Church correspondence between Popes and various rulers, etc. Why was there no other Christian Church doing the same thing? Because no other one existed.
(4) Popes. And this brings up the idea of Popes. No other version of Christianity has a Pope. However, this is something that started right from the beginning. What has caused some confusion is in the fact that at the very beginning of the creation of Christianity the first Pope was not called "Pope" in the New Testament. But that is a minor technicality because if we examine the first Pope we find that is given the equivalent title to that of Pope both in and out of the New Testament texts. That first Pope was "Peter" (who was actually Arrius Calpurnius Piso). It is only a matter of deduction to figure out that "Peter" was the first Pope and that that Pope was acknowledged in the New Testament. Meaning, that the New Testament was created with the idea of a Pope in mind; it was created Catholic.
The Catholic (Christian) Church was founded in Rome by the first Holy Father or "Papa" (later to be known as "Pope"), the bishop of Rome - Peter ("upon this "rock" [Peter], I will build my Church," said Jesus). And so, by becoming the first Pope Peter (Arrius) established a precedent that continues to this day. It is "Jesus" who gives the keys to Heaven to St. Peter (that is, to himself!) in Matt. 16:18-19.
(5) Confession and the Confessional. This too, was original to Christianity as recorded in the New Testament itself. And, by the way, this was a Roman invention incorporated into the religion as a means to gain confidential information from believers who were unaware of what their information was being used for (political reasons) and thinking that their confessions were confidential they would not mind telling all that they knew about many things. Being privy to all of this information, the Catholic Church would have a huge amount of power over various people and events. Thus, being able to manipulate things to their advantage. You can find "confession" being spoken of in the New Testament (Hebrews 4:14; 10:23).
(6) Sacred Heart. Have you ever wondered where the concept of the "Sacred Heart" of Jesus came from in Catholicism? It is based upon the knowledge of there being key words used in the New Testament which have alternate meanings. This was something that was done by the original authors of the New Testament themselves. As I had just said above, the two authors to look to for answers to the creation of Christianity are a) Flavius Josephus, and b) Pliny the Younger.
It is Pliny the Younger that tells us that the way that lines or passages were written/composed were with "an alternate version written BETWEEN THE LINES." This is his exact statement, and he was not only referring to his epistles, but to the New Testament as well (Pliny the Younger, Loeb Classical Library edition, (Epistles), Book I, pg. 511). So, knowing this, and having examined these key words and their alternate meanings (I have listed those that have been found so far and how they were found) one finds that the word "heart" has been made synonymous with "stone," and therefore, with "stone" being synonymous with "phallus" and/or "Jesus" it makes perfect sense.
(7) The Sacrament. This too, being a Catholic tradition, was original to Christianity. That is seen in the giving of the little wafer of unleavened "bread" and of the sacramental wine (which is sometimes given in the form of grape juice). These are representative of the "body" (unleavened bread) and "blood" (wine) of Christ. However, we know what the bread really refers to and that is the bread that was made of or with human dung and thrown over the walls of Jerusalem by the Romans during the siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 C.E. (A.D.) while the Jews (Pharisees) were inside starving to death. And the "blood" is really "semen" as that is what the word "blood" was made synonymous with.
(8) Paul. And to be "Catholic" they had to do away with the Jewish requirement of circumcision. And that was a major part of the creation of the character "Paul" in the New Testament. It would be very difficult to get people to accept circumcision if that was not already a part of their culture and so, even though "Jesus" was supposed to have been Jewish* the point had to be made that the NEW religion was to be a NEW "covenant" or agreement with God so that they could have the excuse of not requiring circumcision in the Christian religion.
<b>(9) India. One of the main regions that Rome had hoped to conquer was India. The creators of the Christian religion had taken several of the major themes of the Indian religion and had incorporated them into the Christian religion so that in anticipation of their conquering India, the citizens there would accept the new religion easily.</b> And again, this is why they made Christianity "universal" or Catholic to begin with. Even though the Romans were never successful in conquering India, their intent was quite clear.
Actually, I have a great deal more information about Christianity originally being created Catholic. These points are enough to illustrate that this was the case and will suffice for now. Cheers!
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->CHRISTIANITY WAS ORIGINALLY CATHOLIC
(Roman Piso, 05/27/02)
(1) Catholic. The first thing that I would like to talk about regarding Christianity having been created Catholic is just what the word "Catholic" means. It means "universal," as in universally accepted. This was a prime concern of those who were creating Christianity because they wanted to use the newly created religion as a means to maintain control in lands in which Rome had hoped to conquer. To this end, Christianity was developed around the idea of pre-existing religion and deities in those other lands which Rome was hoping to conquer.
That is a part of the reason that the story of Jesus was written as it was; so as to already be familiar in those other lands. But what is the other evidence that Christianity was originally created Catholic? Well, those who created it are now known to us and they include Arrius Calpurnius Piso (who wrote as Flavius Josephus) and Pliny the Younger. To us scholars who research this these two are very much the dynamic duel. What the link is in finding out how and why Christianity was created as it was originally is to be found in the use of the phrase "the whole habitable earth," and in variants of this phrase (i.e., "the habitable earth").
The reason? Because this is exactly what "Catholic" meant. And we find that phrase used in the New Testament itself, and especially in the works of Flavius Josephus, and also in the works of Pliny the Younger. All of these works are tied together by many correlations that exist between them, including references in the works of Pliny the Youngerâs epistles and the works of Flavius Josephus which have lines and phrases that are particular to the New Testament. The phrase "the whole habitable world," is found used in various places within the New Testament, including Hebrews 2:5, and Rev. 3:10.
(2) Saints. If we look to the New Testament itself, we will find the proof of this. All of the evidence that I am presenting in this short examination is based upon that which is found in the earliest known New Testament texts themselves. The Catholic version of Christianity has recognized "saints" from the very beginning of Christianity and has kept a record of the all since that time; other versions of Christianity have not. The records of such saints have been recorded and preserved by the Catholic Church ONLY. Others may have âborrowedâ from those records and may have cited or used references to saints whenever it was convenient for them to do so. But the fact of the matter is that the actual records of such saints were kept only by the Catholic Church â from the very beginning of Christianity. That is because Catholicism IS the original Christianity.
(3) Church Records. It is also the Catholic Church which has been the ONLY Christian Church that has preserved the early Church records such as the writings of the early Church "martyrs," the early Church Fathers, and the early Church correspondence between Popes and various rulers, etc. Why was there no other Christian Church doing the same thing? Because no other one existed.
(4) Popes. And this brings up the idea of Popes. No other version of Christianity has a Pope. However, this is something that started right from the beginning. What has caused some confusion is in the fact that at the very beginning of the creation of Christianity the first Pope was not called "Pope" in the New Testament. But that is a minor technicality because if we examine the first Pope we find that is given the equivalent title to that of Pope both in and out of the New Testament texts. That first Pope was "Peter" (who was actually Arrius Calpurnius Piso). It is only a matter of deduction to figure out that "Peter" was the first Pope and that that Pope was acknowledged in the New Testament. Meaning, that the New Testament was created with the idea of a Pope in mind; it was created Catholic.
The Catholic (Christian) Church was founded in Rome by the first Holy Father or "Papa" (later to be known as "Pope"), the bishop of Rome - Peter ("upon this "rock" [Peter], I will build my Church," said Jesus). And so, by becoming the first Pope Peter (Arrius) established a precedent that continues to this day. It is "Jesus" who gives the keys to Heaven to St. Peter (that is, to himself!) in Matt. 16:18-19.
(5) Confession and the Confessional. This too, was original to Christianity as recorded in the New Testament itself. And, by the way, this was a Roman invention incorporated into the religion as a means to gain confidential information from believers who were unaware of what their information was being used for (political reasons) and thinking that their confessions were confidential they would not mind telling all that they knew about many things. Being privy to all of this information, the Catholic Church would have a huge amount of power over various people and events. Thus, being able to manipulate things to their advantage. You can find "confession" being spoken of in the New Testament (Hebrews 4:14; 10:23).
(6) Sacred Heart. Have you ever wondered where the concept of the "Sacred Heart" of Jesus came from in Catholicism? It is based upon the knowledge of there being key words used in the New Testament which have alternate meanings. This was something that was done by the original authors of the New Testament themselves. As I had just said above, the two authors to look to for answers to the creation of Christianity are a) Flavius Josephus, and b) Pliny the Younger.
It is Pliny the Younger that tells us that the way that lines or passages were written/composed were with "an alternate version written BETWEEN THE LINES." This is his exact statement, and he was not only referring to his epistles, but to the New Testament as well (Pliny the Younger, Loeb Classical Library edition, (Epistles), Book I, pg. 511). So, knowing this, and having examined these key words and their alternate meanings (I have listed those that have been found so far and how they were found) one finds that the word "heart" has been made synonymous with "stone," and therefore, with "stone" being synonymous with "phallus" and/or "Jesus" it makes perfect sense.
(7) The Sacrament. This too, being a Catholic tradition, was original to Christianity. That is seen in the giving of the little wafer of unleavened "bread" and of the sacramental wine (which is sometimes given in the form of grape juice). These are representative of the "body" (unleavened bread) and "blood" (wine) of Christ. However, we know what the bread really refers to and that is the bread that was made of or with human dung and thrown over the walls of Jerusalem by the Romans during the siege of Jerusalem in the year 70 C.E. (A.D.) while the Jews (Pharisees) were inside starving to death. And the "blood" is really "semen" as that is what the word "blood" was made synonymous with.
(8) Paul. And to be "Catholic" they had to do away with the Jewish requirement of circumcision. And that was a major part of the creation of the character "Paul" in the New Testament. It would be very difficult to get people to accept circumcision if that was not already a part of their culture and so, even though "Jesus" was supposed to have been Jewish* the point had to be made that the NEW religion was to be a NEW "covenant" or agreement with God so that they could have the excuse of not requiring circumcision in the Christian religion.
<b>(9) India. One of the main regions that Rome had hoped to conquer was India. The creators of the Christian religion had taken several of the major themes of the Indian religion and had incorporated them into the Christian religion so that in anticipation of their conquering India, the citizens there would accept the new religion easily.</b> And again, this is why they made Christianity "universal" or Catholic to begin with. Even though the Romans were never successful in conquering India, their intent was quite clear.
Actually, I have a great deal more information about Christianity originally being created Catholic. These points are enough to illustrate that this was the case and will suffice for now. Cheers!
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