The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-12-15

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Shackies OF ignorance ana Superstition.
II Is but reasonable to assume that
many Christian ministers nave mel
Their studied deeply nor thought care
fuiiy on TINS subject out nave merely
1oiiowed the beaten path OF tneir vari-
Gus DENOMINATIONS without inquiring
Tor the DIVINE authority OF tneir ordi-
MARION, tlries, ana nonors OF men as
Titled eccieslastics. But our sympathy
should not nlnder US from freeing our
mlnqs OF tue snackies OF ignorance anu
superst,tion' nor ninuer US from neip-
ing otnerS 70 the liberty "nereW'tn
christ makes Tree
Inc prosecutions OF the SECOND anu
Inlro centuries undouDtediy tehdeu
20 Keep tue Ihurcn nunp'e anu Tree
from nypocrltes' Dut the prosperity
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seeL;nc - ~ ,,onrosa ths wor,d,y asna
scialiy the rulers, with their importance.
In the year 800 A. D., under the pat
ronage Of the Emperor Constantine. all
Christians who acknowledged the Nj
Gene Greed were not only protected
but honored, the Emperor seeking 70
strengthen his political power thereby.
BY him the Bishop of Rome was grant
ed special honor as a chief amongst
the Bishops, this also suiting the EN-
perors plans of making Rome the cen.
ter Of both political and religious In
fiuence. In tbe century following. tbe
power OF the Bishops was greatly in
creased by various false doctrines
which gradually crept In. The doctrine
of q fiery He'll of torture was one of
these, followed later by a theory that
members Of the true Church would
never be sent to 1t, but instead to Pur-
gat0ry, the fortunes of which would
furnish them second chance for puri.
fication and preparation for Heaven.
The clergy gradually grasped more
and more of power and money for
services In this world and beyond
Every marriage not performed by
them would not be valid Those mar
ried otherwise would be living in sin.
The theory Of infant damnation made
the ministers additionally necessary to
sprinkle the babes. to preserve them
from eternal torture. Then followed
classification of sins and the fixing of
penalties and arranging for masses for
the sooner deIiyerance of the culprit
from Purgatory. Rites and ceremonies
connected with the dead were also de-
clared necessary. All Of these served
to bind the people to the clergy. and
more and more separated them from
the. simplicity of the Gospel and the
example of Jesus and the Apostles. to
which we are seeking TO return, but
are fought at every step by ignorance
and superstition within and without
A Point Not Generally Known.
Favored oy conditions prevailing the
Bishop of Rome became more and
more prominent, while the Roman EN-
pire gradually went to pieces. The
Bishop Of Rome took to himself the
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