T H E MYSTERY OF INIQUITY ; ROMANISM NT CHRISTIANITY O . B X b M ILB R A . REV S S . T . JE S E G E , , C en e on er . Of the Newa rk M E. f c N ARK N. EW J . , WA RD TIC HENO R P RINTERS AND PUBLISHERS . , 1 8 7 2 E r d a c c rdi A c t o f C r ss in th e a r 18 1 nte e o ng to ong e ye 7 . B WA R D T C H E N O R y I , In th e ffi c o f th e Lib ra ria o f C r s s a t Wa sh i o e n ong e , ngton , C E O N T NTS . PREFACE , C A TER I H P . THE IS S E S U TATED , C A T R II H P E . A GLANCE AT THE PAST C A T R III H P E . SHALL THE BIBLE BE OUR GUIDE ? C A T R I H P E V. Ho w HAS ROM E TREATED THE BIBLE ? CHAPTER V. HE T S A T E T PPLIED . CHAPTER VI. THE S P GREAT U UR ER , S 4 C O N T E N T . CHAPTER VII. T M SS HE A , CHAPTER VIII . C SS ONFE ION . CHAPTER IX . PURGATORY, CHAPTER X . To WHOM SHALL WE PRAY E CHAPT R XI . C ELIBACY, C A T R X I H P E I . T C N SYS M HE ONVE T TE , CHAPTER XIII M S INOR FOLLIE , CHAPTER XIV. N W B DRU K ITH LOOD . CHAPTER XV. ROME I N PROPHECY A ER X CH PT VI. T HE PERIL OF THE HOUR , P R E F A C E. THE auth o r o f the present treatise is w ell a w a re that mu c h h a s already been written and printed o n E s the s ubjec t o f R o manism . ver in c e the mo mo r ableday when Luther nailed his c elebrated theses to o o o f t he W s s the d r ittenberg Cathedral , bu y pen have been a t w o rk expo sing the fo lly o f Papal do c trine and Papal prac tic e . Mu c h that h a s been h a s o w o o u t o f n c o m written , h ever , g ne pri t and be e s o c s no o s o n x s o b lete , be au e it l nger bear the e i ting S iT state o f the c o ntro versy . The p it o f R o me h a s c o o f o o never been hanged , but her m de perati n , in a t s h a s o this c o untry lea t , been greatly m dified s within t h e past ten year . Waning in the O l d o - h a s c o c w rld , the idea been n eived that the Papal 6 P R E F A C E . thro ne m a y so me da y be ere c ted o n th e ruins o f the To a o u t s o Americ an Republic . c rry thi b ld plan no x s w to o no o to o e pen e ill be deemed great , and t il s C u r l c s s s m s s o . c o o evere pub i h l y tem u t be de tr yed , o u r t s o f s o o r s o u r s righ per n and pr pe ty inve ted , hall o f legislatio n a nd c o urts o f justic e bro ught under c o o o f R o m s fl u nc o ne c o f o u r the ntr l i h in e e , itadel t s a ft a o t k n est o t liber ie er n her ta e and d r yed , un il we o u c o o o o f o are br ght under the mplete d mini n R me, and are c h a nged fro m a n a tio n o f intelligent free t a f ss Pa s men o a n tio n o blind and helple pal laves . This ne w aspec t o f things renders it nec essary that w e h a ve the adva ntage o f fresh and additio na l It st s o w s i o f o is light . mu be h n that the p rit R me s S t sh e is o f c till the ame , tha ever the enemy ivil and o us t s x o religi liber y , and that , under a miling e teri r a nd fa o s s sh e c o c s a a nd ir pr mi e , n eal d rk deep de s c h w e o n s c igns . Mu h that a s been ritt n the ubje t o f R o manism within th e past twenty - five years is either to o learned and elab o ra te fo r general c irc ula o o r s to o s s s o to ti n , el e abu ive and en ati nal gain P R E F A C E . 7 Th e a o u o s ge ne ra l c reden c e . uth r h mbly h pe that s he h a s met a real w a nt o f the times . The pre ent wo rk is no t designed t o be a n exh a ustive treatment o f s c t s t o f s ef the ubje , but imply urni h a bri manual o f th e past histo ry and pres ent statu s o f the Ro man i i s a s k to st c c o ntro ver y . Great p in have been ta en s c so c c c o f s to do e ure ab lute a ura y tatement , and ju stic e in every c a se to th o se wh o m a inta in o pp o site w s Ho w w o o s o c h a s a vie . ell the pr p ed bje t been o c o sh s ft to to mpli ed mu t be le the reader determine . Trusting th a t so me go o d may be wro ught b y the w o no w o ff to c fo r rk ered the publi , praying the divine blessing o n th o se still kept in the d a rknes s o f o s o o k s fo t R mani m , and l ing earne tly rward o the time when the man o f sin shall be de stro ye d and s s s o io s ‘ o f Je u reign upreme ver the nat n the earth , o c o ts s s o f c t o the auth r mmi thi , the re ult mu h il and s to w o o f tudy , the thinking men and men the land . V . J . S . ERONA , N J G CHAPTER I . THE I S E S T A TE S U D . We do not l ook on the Po ish sect a s a reli ion ba t ra ther a s a p g , hiera rchica l t ra nn under a cloa k o reli ion cl othe with the s oils y y f g , d p o the cwil ower which it ha s a sa r ed to itse contra r to OW f p , p lf, y ’ ” a/eiowr s own o trine —M S d c . ILTON . HERE are elements o f devotion in the char o f - acter man , so deep seated and universal , that some form o f religion is rendered impera o f f in tive . A sort intuitive belie the existence o f f a Supreme Being and a uture state , impels all men to acts of adoration . Travelers have f f met with tribes and races , existing in a ear ul state o f phy sical and moral degradation : but none have been found without some form o f f m f f religious belie and so e orm o worship . The f is f f of belie o ten vague and absurd , the orm worship low and revolting : but still the fact 2 IO THE S O F MY TERY INIQUITY. remains , that men are everywhere instinctively f impelled to acts o f devotion . The sta rs o the o f the nd f s o f heaven , beasts earth , a the ruit of the field , have all been the objects human a s : adoration . In Judah w God known his m b ut s na e was great in Israel the Per ian , o f the f ignorant true God , bowed be ore the sun the setting , while Egyptians gravely adored of cats and cows , and the streets Athens were ” s filled with carved divinitie .