Rome's Heretical Inventions
300 A.D. | Prayers for the dead.* |
300 A.D. | Making the sign of the Cross. |
320 A.D. | Wax candles.* |
375 A.D. | Veneration of angels and dead saints, and the use of images. |
394 A.D. | The mass, as a daily celebration. |
431 A.D. | Beginning of the exaltation of Mary; the term 'Mother of God' first applied to Mary by the Council of Ephesus. |
500 A.D. | Priests differentiated from the common man by dress (clothing). |
526 A.D. | Extreme Unction. |
593 A.D. | The doctrine of purgatory established by Gregory I. |
600 A.D. | Latin language, used in prayer and worship, imposed by Gregory I. |
600 A.D. | Prayers directed to Mary, dead saints and angels.* |
607 A.D. | Title of pope, or universal bishop, given to Boniface III by Emperor Phocas. |
709 A.D. | Kissing the pope's foot, began with Constantine. |
750 A.D. | Temporal power of the popes conferred by Pepin, king of the Franks. |
786 A.D. | Authorised worship of the cross, images and relics. |
850 A.D. | Holy water, mixed with a pinch of salt and blessed by a priest. |
890 A.D. | Worship of Saint Joseph. |
927 A.D. | College of the Cardinals established. |
965 A.D. | Baptism of Bells, instituted by Pope John XIII. |
995 A.D. | Canonization of dead saints, by Pope John XV. |
998 A.D. | Fasting on Fridays and during Lent. |
1079 A.D. | Mandatory observance of the mass. |
1090 A.D. | The rosary, mechanical praying, invented by Peter the Hermit. |
1184 A.D. | The Inquisition instituted by the Council of Verona. |
1190 A.D. | Sale of indulgences. |
1215 A.D. | Transubstantiation proclaimed by Pope Innocent III. |
1215 A.D. | Auricular (talking in someone's ear) Confession of sins to a priest instead of God, instituted by Pope Innocent III at the Lateran Council. |
1220 A.D. | Adoration of the Wafer (Host), decreed by Pope Honorius III. |
1229 A.D. | The Bible forbidden to laymen and placed on the Index of Forbidden Books by the Council of Valencia. |
1251 A.D | The Scapular invented by Simon Stock, an English monk. |
1414 A.D. | The cup forbidden to the people at communion by the Council of Constance. |
1439 A.D. | Purgatory proclaimed as a dogma by the Council of Florence. |
1439 A.D. | The doctrine of seven sacraments affirmed. |
1508 A.D. | The Ave Maria (Hail Mary) -completed fifty years later and approved by Pope Sixtus V about 1600 A.D. |
1534 A.D. | Jesuit Order founded by Ignatius Loyola. |
1545 A.D. | Tradition declared of equal authority with the Bible by the Council of Trent. |
1546 A.D. | Apocryphal books added to the Bible by the Council of Trent. |
1560 A.D. | 'Creed' of Pope Pius IV imposed as the official creed. |
1854 A.D. | Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary proclaimed by Pope Pius IX. |
1864 A.D. | The 'Syllabus of Errors' proclaimed by Pope Pius IX and ratified by the Vatican Council; condemned freedom of religion, conscience, speech, press, and scientific discoveries which are not approved by the Roman Church; and also asserted the pope's temporal authority over all civil rules |
1950 A.D. | Assumption of the Virgin Mary (bodily ascension into heaven shortly after her death) proclaimed by Pope Pius XII. |
*approximate dates
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