Calvinists: An Evil Augustinian Legacy and Proud of It
Originally published January 16, 2013
Calvinist John Piper, and many other Calvinists as well, often quote St. Augustine and openly call him the father of Reformation doctrine. Augustine was a Catholic til the end, Luther’s doctrinal mentor, and was quoted by Calvin more than 400 times in his Institutes of the Christian Religion. It is not only common knowledge that Augustine was a neo-Platonist, we find the following in many church history books:
“Augustine, the Roman Catholic philosopher & apologist, declared prostitution as a necessary evil and soon thereafter the church had 100,000 prostitutes employed.”
Augustine was the Catholic “Doctor of Grace” and the undisputed father of the Reformation gospel. One of the many evils propagated with Church authority was safe-haven from civil prosecution when indulgences were paid to the church. In many cases, the indulgences could be paid in advance of committing a crime. The following describes the fees/pardon for each crime:
“The Catholic church under Pope John the 22nd,(1244-1334) established [the] practice of selling indulgences. Pope Leo X (1475-1521) published the list of indulgences.
Robbing a church —– $2.25
Burning a house ——- $2.75
Killing a layman ——- $1.75
Forgery and lying…….$2.00
Eating meat in Lent….$2.75
Ravishing a virgin…….$2.00
Striking a priest ……….$2.75
Robbery ………………….$3.00
Priest keeping a mistress…$2.25
Murder of parents or wife….$2.50
Absolution of all crimes…..$12.00″
Really, we should have a very easy ministry. We should only need, “By their fruits you will know them,” and “A little leaven leavens the whole lump,” and Wikipedia.
1. Judge them by what they say and do.
2. It doesn’t take much of what they teach to destroy a whole church.
3. Read Wikipedia, and then see number one and two.
As easy as one, two, three.
But oh well, it is what it is, so we carry on.
paul
The James MacDonald White Paper
Post 1 The James MacDonald White Paper: “2 or 3 Elders in Christ’s Name”; Post 1 of 20
Post 2 The James MacDonald White Paper: “Why Not Name the 13 Accusations?” Post 2 of 20
Post 3 The James MacDonald White Paper: Repost from the Elephants Debt .com; Post 3 of 20
Post 4 The James MacDonald White Paper: “Why This White Paper?” Post 4 of 20
Post 5 The James MacDonald White Paper: AUTHORITY, and the New Testament Church Model; Post 5 of 20
Post 6 The James MacDonald White Paper: “MacDonald’s State of Mind”; Post 6 of 20
Post 7 The James MacDonald White Paper: “How Would Jesus Preach?” Post 7 of 20
Post 8 The James MacDonald White Paper: Cult 101; Post 8 of 20
Post 9 Church Historian John Immel Weighs In on MacDonald’s “Vertical Church”; Post 9 of 20
Post 10 HBC Attempts to Expunge Infamous Church Discipline Video, Files Complaint Against PPT, Post 10 of 20
Post 11 HBC Attempts to Expunge Infamous Church Discipline Video, Files Complaint Against PPT, Post 11 of 20
Post 12 The James MacDonald White Paper: Hypocrisy on Steroids; Post 12 of 20
Post 13 Finally! The Full Dope on Counter Notification: Followup on Posts 10 and 11; Post 13 of 20
Post 14 The James MacDonald White Paper: To HBC Parishioners, “Does This Sound Familiar?”; Post 14 of 20
Post 15 The James MacDonald White Paper: The “Vertical Church ‘Experience'”; Post 15 of 20
Post 16 The James MacDonald White Paper: The New Calvinist Big Fat Lie; Post 16 of 20
Post 17 The James MacDonald White Paper: James MacDonald is Just a Symptom; Post 17 of 20
Post 18 The James MacDonald White Paper: Why JMac, Like All Authentic Calvinists, is a Liar; Post 18 of 20
Post 19 The James MacDonald White Paper: Question and Answer; Post 19 of 20
Post 20 The Elephant’s Debt .com: MacDonald the Gambling Man; Post 20 of 20
What’s Up with Third Day?
Look, I’m not into conspiracy theories or the stuff Bob Larson has made millions on, and I usually write posts to answer questions and not create them, so this post is totally out of character for me. Also, it’s probably the shortest post I have ever written. But I can’t help it, I must ask: what’s up with the contemporary Christian music group Third Day utilizing occultic symbolism? Their primary logo of late which appears to the left is an expression of the Ing Rune (moon god). True, the symbol usually doesn’t appear in a circle, but Third Day has displayed the same symbol elsewhere as a winged globe which is a fairly common occult symbol. What’s up with that? I have contacted them for an answer, but I am not holding my breath until I get one.
Apparently, the use of occultic symbolism among Christian music groups is not uncommon. Clearly, Michael W. Smith made it a point to use two letters from the Runic alphabet on one of his albums, a Christmas album no less.
Scratching head,
paul
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