The priest who is the Pontifex Maximus

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The papal title Pontifex Maximus can be traced back to Babylon. The Babylon Kings, who were descended from Nimrod, served as both king and priest of the pagan Babylonian Mystery religion, As priests, they bore the title "Pontifex Maximus" or "Supreme Pontiff," meaning "supreme pathfinder" or "bridge maker," representing "the path or connection between this life and the next" When Medo-Persia conquered Babylon, the Babylonian pagan religion was maintained, but after a revolt of the priesthood, the priests of Babylon were driven out of Medo-Persia, and established themselves at Pergamum, taking with them their titles and vestures. They continued their reign there as priest-kings of Babylonian paganism.

The pontiff king of Pergamum Attalus III, bequeathed his title to the emperor of Rome in 133 BC and the kingdom of Pergamum merged with the Roman Empire along with what the Bible calls Satan throne and idol worship and its title "Pontifex Maximus".

Revelation 2:12-14King James Version (KJV)
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

In the fourth century AD, Christian emperor Gratian refused the title, and in the year 431 AD, the title was taken over by Damascus, bishop of Rome. By this time, the Roman bishops had advanced in political power, and so Bishop Damasus was elected Pontifex Maximus, becoming the official pagan Babylonian priest seated on Satan's throne in Rome. As such, the bishop converted the pagan temples of Rome into Christian churches and introduced the worship of pagan Babylon with its rites and rituals and pagan sacraments. History has what is considered the "overnight" conversion of pagan Romans to Christianity, which in actuality, the Roman pagans did not convert to Christianity, but rather the bishop Damasus exercised his authority as head of' Babylonian paganism in Rome, and replaced all the Christian elders with pagan priests and continued the practice of the pagan Babylonian Mystery religion and began its spread to all areas of the old Roman Empire.

The present-day college of cardinals with the Pope at the head is identical to the college of pontiffs from Babylon and Ancient pagan Rome with the Pontifex Maximus at the head.

The keys that the Pope wears around his neck are not the keys of Peter. Rather, they date back from Babylonian times, when it was supposed that this representative of God had the power to unlock heaven or hell. All the pomp and ceremony that existed in ancient Babylon was now practiced as Roman Catholic Christianity.

We find much of what happened in statement about the Popes position as the pagan priest who is the Pontifex Maximus:

"The Emperor is no more...but the Pontifex Maximus abides; he is now the Vicar of Christ, offering the old civilisation to the tribes of the North. He converts them to his creed, and they serve him as Father and Judge supreme" William Barry's 'The Papal Monarchy'.

Seems like the priests of Babylon continue in this new guise..

 

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History documents that it was the Babylonians who first became involved in the worship of the heavens as we see in the Chaldean mythology who formed the system followed in religion which is shown by archaeological evidence uncovered in the region written in cuneiform on clay tablets and which describe both mythology and cultic practices. They developed a system of numerology, the horoscope, astrology, and the zodiac, claiming the highest wisdom and ability to 'divine' the future. The pagan 'Sun' worship had also rose up in Babylon and infused itself in their worship. Anciently, it had come to Rome and as the Imperial Roman Empire collapsed and Papal Rome took its place, Babylonian sun worship manifested itself in an almost unbridled and powerful form.

It was characterized by the word "mystery" because their practices were hidden from non-members. Once admitted into the Babylonian mystery religion, they became members of a mystical brotherhood over which ruled the Pontifex Maximus, or high priest, whose word was final in all matters within the lives of the brotherhood. From Babylon it spread and we can see how so many different nations of the world all worshiped the Sun in some manner, and are found to have common systems of worship. Babylon continued to be the seat of worldwide 'mystery religion' activity until it was conquered by the Medes and Persians and the Babylonian priesthood (or Chaldeans) were forced to move to Pergamos, which then became their headquarters. The Roman Empire absorbed the principles and structure of the Babylonian religion into their own pagan religion. Julius Caesar was made Pontifex Maximus of the Etruscan Order in 74 B.C. and Rome's religion became that of Babylon.

The religion of the Romans was a state religion, and every Roman god had something to do, some useful office to perform with distinct rituals and sacrifices related to national life. About one day in four was set apart for the worship of particular gods, celebrated by their feasts, games, sacrifices, for every event in life, from birth, to infancy, puberty, marriage, to death, and a place in every vocation and in every public work.

Another area of the Roman religion that was most important for the constant surveillance of the well-being of the land and its people, was a group of men called Augurs and Haruspices, whose technical expertise was to 'divine' the future. Argurs were a religious college of diviners or seers, and their function was to determine, reveal, and interpret the will of the gods toward men, and was practiced in accordance with superstitious occurrences and observations of certain signs or omens. Nothing in regards to state action was ever undertaken without the advice of these diviners. In Rome what was called Ager Vaticanus is the site from which sits the Vatican of today.

Jupiter was the supreme deity of the Romans, with the god of Mars and Saturn following. But Rome took in deities of conquered nations to her pantheon. For example, there was Mithra, the Persian Sun god, Isis and Osiris, divinities of Egyptian Sun worship, Venus, the Semitic goddess of love and beauty, and Janus, the Asia Minor god of doors and hinges, called the opener and shutter, who along with the goddess Cybele, each having a spiritual 'key', became pagan gods and goddess devoutly and rigidly worshipped in Rome. Rituals and festivals, which harmonized with the Sun worship calendar dates, were also applied to the death and resurrection of Tammuz. Forty days of 'sacred' Lenten
abstinence were given to weeping for his death, now claimed to be the Sun god incarnated. The forty days also seemed to be an indispensable preliminary to sharpen their zeal for the unbridled lust in the Easter or Bacchus festivities that were to follow.

In Pagan Rome, sun or fire-worship occupied a pre-eminent place in Roman esteem. The 'fire of Vesta', the virgin goddess of the blazing hearth, was regarded as one of the grand safeguards of the empire by whose duty it
was kept with the most jealous care by the Vestal virgins, small girls chosen and having to serve chastely for thirty years. The worship of the Sun, the Great Fire-god, was actually the central object of worship from which every other god and ritual revolved.

But the Sun had also a human representative. Over this massive and complex system, where every minute detail of worship was controlled and regulated, there presided the Sovereign Pontiff or Pontifex Maximus, who was worshipped
as the Great King of the Sun, or the Sun-god incarnate. Under him, was the hierarchy of his college of Pontiffs or Cardinals. Like a fine tuned and well oiled machine, these priests kept this religious system running smoothly.

Julius Caesar, who had been previously elected Pontifex Maximus, and then became as Emperor, the supreme civil ruler of the Romans, as he combined in himself, both as head of the Roman state and head of the Roman religion, that all powers and functions of the 'true legitimate Babylonian Pontiff' were supremely vested in him. lt was from this god-king mentality, who had demanded worship from his subjects, and to whom Christians had refused to bow, that caused them to be brutally put to death.

The Church of Rome claiming to be Christian, we can see has taken the title 'Pontifex Maximus' for the Pope who sits at the Vatican, and has as its preoccupation the revival of Roman ascendancy and absorbing or destroying, basically just a continuation of Roman Paganism.