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The
"Church" of Rome Unmasked at Last!! |
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A
false word, like a "false" "weight" is "an
abomination to the Lord" (Prov. 11:1).
The
assemblies of Diana of the Ephesians were called "ekklesias."
In
the Greek language, the assemblies of Diana of the Ephesians were called
ekklesias, which is translated into English as "churches."
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that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but
also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised,
and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the
world worshippeth"
(Acts 19:27). |
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"For
ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches
(ekklesias), nor yet blasphemers of your goddess."
(Acts 19:37). |
| "Some
therefore cried one thing, and some another for the ASSEMBLY (ekklesia)
was confused; and the more part knew not why they were come together"
(Acts 19:32). |
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"But
if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined
in a lawful ASSEMBLY
(ekklesia)"
(Acts 19:39). |
Statue of Diana of the Ephesians.
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Ruins of the temple of Diana at Ephesus.
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Another
monument to the power of the Risen Christ....The temple of Diana of
the Ephesians in Turkey was one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world,
but nothing remains today . . . except ruins....However, her ekklesias
or churches have found their way into most translations of the Bible.
The
New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was written in Greek
The
records of the birth, life, death and Resurrection of the Son of God
were written in Greek —the language of the 3rd
universal empire. The history of the early Christians and all the
translations of the New Testament into the languages of the ancient
world were
made from the Greek language. In the Greek tongue, an ASSEMBLY or group
of people was called an ekklesia:
"
. . .that the Greek word, meaning etymologically 'the body of the
ekklesia or select counsellors' was the name given by Solon
to the public formal assembly of the Athenian people, and hence to
the similar public assemblies of other free Greek cities" (Oxford
English Dictionary).
The
word ekklesia meant an assembly of pagan Greeks meeting to
discuss their false gods. In the Book of Acts chapter 19, it is used
to describe the meeting places of the worshippers of Diana of the Ephesians.
The
Latin word for God's people was CONGREGATION!!
In
the Hebrew OLD Testament, the name for God's people was QAHAL.
The Latin equivalent was CONGREGATION. In the pre-Jerome Latin Bible,
which was translated from Greek into Latin around 150 A.D., and called
the Italic version, QAHAL is translated
as CONGREGATION. This is the CORRECT translation. JEHOVAH's people were
called His CONGREGATION over 300 times in the Latin Old Testament. His
CONGREGATION consisted mostly of Jews and salvation was by RACE.
Jesus is the Son
of God or the JEHOVAH of the Old Testament. He did not come to build
a "CHURCH" or even to start a new CONGREGATION. He came to
open the CONGREGATION to ALL THE WORLD so that salvation would be by
GRACE . . . and not by RACE....Jesus
said to His disciples:
"And
other sheep I have, which are not of this (Israel) fold: them also I
must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be ONE fold,
and ONE shepherd"
(John 10:16).
St. Peter confessed
that Jesus was JEHOVAH!!
In
the Old Testament; when the Son of God, or the Angel of the Lord appeared
to the Jews, he was WORSHIPPED as God or JEHOVAH:
"When Jesus
came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,
saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias;
and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of
the living God.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona:
for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father
which is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock
I will build my church (ekklesia); and the gates of hell shall not
prevail against it" (Matthew 16:13-18).
In the English Bible,
the word CHURCH was substituted for CONGREGATION. This is the CORRECT
and only translation of the Greek word ekklesia.
Latin is the father
of the Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian languages, but they still
retain the CORRUPT word ekklesia when describing the New Testament
congregation of Christ.
The
English word "CHURCH" comes from CIRCE!!
The
Greek word ekklesia is translated as CHURCH in English. Church
or kirke comes from the Greek goddess CIRCE who specialized in turning
men into PIGS....Here is the definition
of the word "CHURCH" from the FINAL AUTHORITY on word meanings:
the Oxford English Dictionary:
"CHURCH:
FORMS: (a) cirice, cyrice, chiriche, churiche, chereche, (b) CIRCE,
cyrce, chyrce, cirke, etc., etc.,
"The ulterior derivation has been
keenly disputed. The L. circus, and a Gothic word
kélikn 'tower, upper chamber' (app. originally Gaulish)
have both been proposed (the latter suggested by the Alemannic chilihha),
but are set aside as untenable; and there is now a general agreement
among scholars in referring it to the Greek word, properly kurion
adj. 'of the Lord, dominicum, dominical' (f. Kurios lord), which occurs,
from the 3rd century at least, used substantively (sc. doma, or the
like) = 'house of the Lord', as a name of the Christian house of worship.
Of this the earliest cited instances are in the Apostolical Constitutions
(II. 59), a 300, the edict of Maximinus (303-13), cited by Eusebius
(Eccl. Hist. ix. 10) a 324, the Councils of Ancyra 314 (Canon 15),
Neo-Caesarea 314-23 (Can. 5), and Laodicea (Can. 28). Thenceforward
it appears to have been in fairly common use in the East: e.g., Constantine
named several churches built by him Kuriaka (Eusebius De
Laud. Const. xvii),"(Oxford English Dictionary).
The Egyptian goddess Isis was the precursor
of Circe, Diana and Cybele!!
About
100 years before the birth of Moses (1613 B.C.), Egypt became a world
superpower and the most important and influential country in the world.
The worship of the Egyptian trinity: Isis, Horus and Seth spread to
the entire world. Pyramids and obelisks built on the Egyptian model
are found everywhere. The ancient Mayans and Aztecs in the New World
had pyramids copied from ancient Egypt.
CIRCE
was a Greek goddess who turned men into PIGS!!
Semiramis was called
Isis in Egypt. According to Homer, Circe was a witch who turned men
into PIGS:
"CIRCE:
In Greek and Latin mythology the name of an enchantress who dwelt
on the island of Aea, and transformed all who drank of her cup into
SWINE; often used allusively"(Oxford
English Dictionary).
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Most
of the ancient world was familiar with the Greek Odyssey
written by Homer. Anybody who read the New Testament could see
immediately that the woman described in the book was none other
than CIRCE— the filthy witch who turned men into PIGS.
"So
he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I
saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names
of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and
decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having
a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness
of her fornication:
And upon her forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH "
(Revelation 17:3-5).
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Circe
and her menagerie of wild animals!!
According
to the Odyssey, Odysseus (Ulysses) and his men stopped at Circe's island
and he sent his soldiers to visit her house. The island was filled with
wild animals—wolves and lions—which she tamed by her enchantments:
"When
they reached Circe's house they found it built of cut stones, on a
site that could be seen from far, in the middle of the forest. There
were wild mountain wolves and lions prowling all round it—poor
bewitched creatures whom she had tamed by her enchantments and drugged
into subjection. They did not attack my men, but wagged their great
tails, fawned upon them, and rubbed their noses lovingly against them.
As hounds crowd round their master when they see him coming from dinner—for
they know he will bring them something—even so did these wolves
and lions with their great claws fawn upon my men, but the men were
terribly frightened at seeing such strange creatures"(The
Odyssey,
Book 10, 210)
Circe turned Ulysses's
men into swine with her witches brew:
"They called
her (Circe) and she came down, unfastened the door, and bade them
enter. They, thinking no evil, followed her, all except Eurylochus,
who suspected mischief and stayed outside. When she had got them into
her house, she set them upon benches and seats and mixed them a mess
with cheese, honey, meal, and Pramnian wine but she
drugged it with wicked poisons to make them forget their homes, and
when they had drunk she turned them into pigs by a stroke of her wand,
and shut them up in her pigsties. They were like pigs—head,
hair, and all, and they grunted just as pigs do; but their senses
were the same as before, and they remembered everything"(The
Odyssey,
Book 10, 210)
CIRCE
tried to make a PIG of Odysseus (Ulysses) when he came to rescue his
companions, but the spell failed to work:
"Then
Mercury went back to high Olympus passing over the wooded island;
but I fared onward to the house of Circe, and my heart was clouded
with care as I walked along. When I got to the gates I stood there
and called the goddess, and as soon as she heard me she came down,
opened the door, and asked me to come in; so I followed her—much
troubled in my mind. She set me on
a richly decorated seat inlaid with silver, there was a footstool
also under my feet, and she mixed a mess in a golden goblet for me
to drink; but she drugged it, for she meant me mischief. When
she had given it me, and I had drunk it without its charming me, she
struck me with her wand. 'There now,' she cried, 'be off to the pigsty,
and make your lair with the rest of them'" (The
Odyssey,
Book 10, 210).
Diana
of the Ephesians was another name for CIRCE!!
Ephesus
was the idol making capital of the world, and the Vatican and Mecca
of the ancient world. It was home to the MOTHER of god demon who ruled
the world under Satan:
"So
that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but
also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised,
and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world
worshippeth"(Acts 19:27).
Temple
of Diana (Artemis) at Ephesus was one of the 7 wonders of the
ancient world.
Diana
of the Ephesians was another name for Circe. This MOTHER OF
GOD demon was also called Isthar, Astarte, Isis, Artemis, Aphrodite,
Medusa, Demeter, Venus, Kali, Coatlicue etc., etc.
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Statue
of Diana of the Ephesians with her crescent moon necklace.
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Detail
of the image showing Diana and her menagerie. |
The
First Nazi!!
Diana
or Artemis was the original Nazi. Diana was called Isis in Egypt:
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Artemis as
goddess of the Mysteries presides over the three realms: fish,
animals and birds. Notice the prevalence of the swastika.
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Artemis
as a bell-shaped goddess with a double swastika flanked by long-necked
birds.
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The
World Wide Worship of the "mother" of god!!
At
the Tower of Babel, Satan created a universal false religion based on
the worship of the MOTHER of god as a SUBSTITUTE for the worship of
the SON of God or JEHOVAH.
Satan
used NIMROD, and his queen Semiramis, to introduce this false religion
to the world.
According to the
Jewish historian Josephus, Nimrod was punished for his rebellion by
Shem, one of the sons of Noah. He cut Nimrod's body into many pieces
and sent it to the surrounding people as a warning against idolatry.
After his death,
his wife had a baby, and she claimed that he had been miraculously conceived
and that Nimrod was reborn in the person of her son. She called this
son, Tammuz.
Semiramis
became the mother goddess or queen of heaven and statues of her holding
her "divine" son began to appear everywhere. Semiramis was
called Isis in Egypt:
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Demonic Babylonian
mother goddess Lilith with her spurs and claws standing on two
lions. The owls symbolize her role as night huntress of the
souls of men.
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Egyptian
goddess Isis with a scorpion on her head.
In the
Egyptian trinity Isis was first,
followed by Horus and Seb.
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Kali,
the cruel mother goddess of India, with a necklace of human skulls. |
Medusa,
the goddess of the hissing serpents, was another name for Diana
or Circe. This goddess changed all who looked at her into STONE!!
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Statue
of Coatlicue, Mexican Aztec mother goddess, with her skirt of
serpents and clawed feet.
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The
moon goddess Allah with
her hands on the backs of 2 leopards. This statue was found
in Catal
Huyuk, Turkey, near the city of Ephesus.
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Japanese
SON goddess Amaterasu.
Japan
is unique because the goddess was always associated with the
MOON. The Japanese Imperial family claimed descent from this
goddess.
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The
mother goddess was a FILTHY fertility cult!!
Satan—the
father of paganism—saw
similarities between a BULL'S HORNS and the female reproductive organs.
All the symbols of paganism had a hidden meaning known only to the initiated.
Diana was served by thousands of emasculated priests.
The bull's
head as UTERUS is placed below the abdomen on this anthropomorphic
marble vase from the Clyclades in Greece. (Circa 2000 B.C.). |
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The pregnant goddess's sacred animal
was the SOW, whose rapidly growing round body was perceived
as fertility incarnate. This clay pig mask was used in the rituals
of the fertility goddess. (Macedonia circa 2000 B.C.).
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St.
Paul preached the Risen Christ to the pagans at Ephesus
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Paul
preaching the Risen Christ to the pagan ekklesia at Ephesus
located in present day Turkey. |
Jesus
the Son of God sent St. Paul to destroy this deadly worldwide
Satanic counterfeit at its headquarters in Ephesus.
It was the
image making capital of the world and Paul was hurting the business
of the idol makers by preaching "there be no gods that are
made with hands" (Acts 19:26).
"Some
therefore cried one thing, and some another for the ASSEMBLY (ekklesia)
was confused; and the more part knew not why they were come together"
(Acts 19:32).
"But
if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be
determined in a lawful ASSEMBLY (ekklesia)" (Acts 19:39).
"And
when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the ASSEMBLY (ekklesia)"(Acts
19:41). |
St.
Paul remained 3 whole years preaching and teaching at Ephesus, because
he know that the GREAT APOSTASY would be centered in that city, and
that the MOTHER goddess Circe, Cybele or Diana would be substituted
for CHRIST. St. Paul told the Ephesian congregation:
"Take
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which
the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the congregation of
God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter
in among you, not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things,
to draw away disciples after them.
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I
ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears"
(Acts 20:28-31).
CIRCE
or CYBELE was substituted for CHRIST!!
Now we will see
how Satan substituted the filthy pigsty goddess Circe or Cybele for
the King of Kings. Around 325 A.D. a new "jesus' began to appear
with long hair and effeminate features.
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This is the
Roman Catholic effeminate "jesus" with LONG hair seen
in art and movies.
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At
the time of Pope Constantine,
a new effeminate "jesus" began to appear with long hair.
This was not
the Jesus of the Bible who defeated Satan and ALL the hosts of
hell.
The REAL Jesus
of the Bible did not have long hair. St. Paul said that it was
a SHAME for a man to have long hair:
"Doth
not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair,
it is a shame unto him?" (I Cor. 11:14).
St. John,
in the book of Revelation, describes a destroying army of the
demons of hell and they ALL have LONG hair:
"And
they (demons) had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were
as the teeth of lions" (Rev. 9:8).
Satan, through
his Circe of Rome, seeks to turn all men into PIGS!! |
Changing
a man into a woman goes back to ancient Egypt. Egyptian gods and goddesses
were BISEXUAL perverts:
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Egyptian god
"Hapi" (male) with the breasts of a woman.
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Another
image of Hapi with a female breast.
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Serapis
was the Greek version of Hapi. To show a man with female breasts
was anathema to the Greeks so they gave him long hair instead.
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The
Reformers refused to call Christ's "holy people" after a pagan
pigsty goddess!!
Erasmus
of Rotterdam was the foremost Greek scholar of the Renaissance.
He published a Latin translation of the Greek New Testament,and everywhere
the word ekklesia was found he translated it as CONGREGATION.
His Greek New Testament was the basis for Saint Martin Luther's and
Saint William Tyndale's translation:
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Saint
Martin Luther was the prince of Bible translators. He was
an expert in Hebrew and Greek and made Moses speak German.
He
used the German Gemeinde or congregation of Israel in
the Old Testament and he used the SAME WORD in the New Testament.
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Saint
William Tyndale refused to call Christ's holy people after
a pagan goddess. He used the Latin word CONGREGATION everywhere
the Greek word ekklesia appeared in the Greek New Testament.
It cost him his life to make the plowboy know more
of Scripture than the "Doctor of Divinity."
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Editor's Note
Even
when Paul and Barnabas were preaching the gospel to the pagans; the
pagans were comparing them to their false gods:
"And
when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices,
saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in
the likeness of men.And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,
because he was the chief speaker.
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen
and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the
people" (Acts 14:11-13).
References
Gimbutas,
Marija. The Language of the Goddess. Thames & Hudson,
London, 2001.
Johnson,
Buffie. Lady of the Beasts. Harper & Row Publishers,
New York, 1981.
Oxford
English Dictionary (Unabridged). 2nd Edition, Clarendon Press,
Oxford, England, 1989.
Yarnall,
Judith. The Transformation of Circe: The History of an Enchantress.
University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Copyright
© 2007 by Niall Kilkenny
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