My uncle calls it the 'Whore of Babylon'.
2007-05-02 10:30:55 · 12 answers · asked by hebertaft 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes I do.
2007-05-02 11:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by cclleeoo 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The whore of Babylon mentioned in Revelation was the Roman Empire of the first and 2nd centuries.
2007-05-02 17:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Is Catholic*
Then your uncle is gravely misinformed.
Take for instance that the Vatican wasn't even in the city of Rome until the mid 9th century ad when Pope Leo IV expanded the city walls to protect St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican. The Vatican is built on Vatican Hill (Vaticanus Mons) which is not one of the 7 hills of Rome. It is an old cemetery.
The meaning of the term Whore of Babylon is taken as those religious groups who sell out to the secular society. When St. John wrote Revelations, he used it to refer to Jerusalem which had sold out to Rome. And just as Revelations says, Jerusalem was sacked by the Romans under Titus and leveled to the ground, the temple destroyed and its people slain.
Additionally the Church, as Christ’s Mystical Body, is vivified by the Holy Spirit. Where the Church leads people is where Christ leads people, for they have one and the same mission, and that is the salvation of souls. Any attack on the Church is an attack on Christ and his incarnation.
2007-05-03 00:15:49 · answer #3 · answered by Liet Kynes 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm Catholic. The Church leads u to heaven, not hell.
2007-05-03 11:46:38 · answer #4 · answered by Danny H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible to give a universal statement on the salvation of all members of any denomination of Christianity. Not ALL Baptists are saved. Not ALL Presbyterians are saved. Not ALL Lutherans are saved. Salvation is determined by personal faith in Jesus alone for salvation, not by titles or denominational identification. Despite the unbiblical beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church, there are genuine believers who attend Roman Catholic churches. There are many Roman Catholics who have genuinely placed their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. However, these Catholic Christians are believers despite what the Catholic Church teaches, not because of what it teaches. To varying degrees, the Catholic Church teaches from the Bible and points people to Jesus Christ as the Savior. As a result, people are sometimes saved in Catholic churches. The Bible has an impact whenever it is proclaimed (Isaiah 55:11). Catholic Christians remain in the Catholic Church out of ignorance of what the Catholic Church truly stands for, out of family tradition
2007-05-02 22:45:58 · answer #5 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes and no.
The catholic church is teaching people false doctrine; however, people will only be held accountable for what they know and understand.
So, if a person who is catholic is never brought to the understanding of what the Bible really says, then they won't be held accountable for it.
BUT, they will be held accountable if they remain willingly ignorant.
2007-05-02 17:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by Birdie 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hardly. Why would Christ establish His Church to do that? he did say that the 'gates of hell would not prevail against it." So, NO.
Cheers :-)
2007-05-02 17:37:43 · answer #7 · answered by chekeir 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ouch! That's harsh!
2007-05-02 17:34:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/#rc
2007-05-02 17:38:01 · answer #9 · answered by calvalry_2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-05-02 17:34:06 · answer #10 · answered by Hamzeh 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋