WHAT IS MYSTERY BABYLON?
28/02/13 22:32
When the Medes and Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC, though having their own religious practices, they were sympathetic towards the Babylonian god marduk while removing the priests from the other gods. They accommodated the priest of this god for a time but eventually removed the priest and used their own.
Most of these Babylonian priest left and went to Pergamum while others went to Egypt. The Egyptians widely accepted the teachings of the Babylonian priest and added to the religious ideas; finishing the forming of what we know as astrology today.
The religious practices of the Babylonian priest continued in Pergamum until about 133 BC when the last king of the Attalid Empire (Emenes’ son, Attalus III) died without an heir and bequeathed his kingdom to Rome.
Rome accepted the kingdom and by 129 BC set up the province of Asia, which included Ionia and the territory of Pergamum.
Much of the astrology of the Babylonian priest were passed to the Greeks when Alexander the Great came through the region.
The Babylonian religious practices moved onto Rome who often adopted the religious practices of other cultures. The teachings became so popular that people often would call Rome the “New Babylon”. Early Christians also used the name Babylon for Rome as a code word to avoid persecution from that Pagan power (1 Peter 5.13).
When the “christian” church came along, the Babylonian religion followed right into the church. They renamed the three supreme gods as god the father, god the son, god the holy spirit (thus the start of this term to describe the trinity).
Lesser gods became saints of the church, Mary was the god of ester or the fertility goddess (moon), Peter was the god of jupiter, and so forth.
The Babylonian priest had chief priest who were called pontifex maximus. Originally the king of the Attalid Empire held the title of pontiff; a title passed to the Babylonian priest before he died; which was before their move to Rome.
The title of pontiff was then given to Julius Caesar in 63 BC; which made him the supreme priest of the Babylonian religion and their gods.
This title passed from emperor to emperor until 367 AD when Emperor Gratian refused the title; but not before bestowing the title to pope Damasus I who became the first pope in history to hold the title making him the head of the pagan Babylonian religion. This is when the collection of the pagan gods were moved into the church. That title has been held by the pope ever since.
Most of these Babylonian priest left and went to Pergamum while others went to Egypt. The Egyptians widely accepted the teachings of the Babylonian priest and added to the religious ideas; finishing the forming of what we know as astrology today.
The religious practices of the Babylonian priest continued in Pergamum until about 133 BC when the last king of the Attalid Empire (Emenes’ son, Attalus III) died without an heir and bequeathed his kingdom to Rome.
Rome accepted the kingdom and by 129 BC set up the province of Asia, which included Ionia and the territory of Pergamum.
Much of the astrology of the Babylonian priest were passed to the Greeks when Alexander the Great came through the region.
The Babylonian religious practices moved onto Rome who often adopted the religious practices of other cultures. The teachings became so popular that people often would call Rome the “New Babylon”. Early Christians also used the name Babylon for Rome as a code word to avoid persecution from that Pagan power (1 Peter 5.13).
When the “christian” church came along, the Babylonian religion followed right into the church. They renamed the three supreme gods as god the father, god the son, god the holy spirit (thus the start of this term to describe the trinity).
Lesser gods became saints of the church, Mary was the god of ester or the fertility goddess (moon), Peter was the god of jupiter, and so forth.
The Babylonian priest had chief priest who were called pontifex maximus. Originally the king of the Attalid Empire held the title of pontiff; a title passed to the Babylonian priest before he died; which was before their move to Rome.
The title of pontiff was then given to Julius Caesar in 63 BC; which made him the supreme priest of the Babylonian religion and their gods.
This title passed from emperor to emperor until 367 AD when Emperor Gratian refused the title; but not before bestowing the title to pope Damasus I who became the first pope in history to hold the title making him the head of the pagan Babylonian religion. This is when the collection of the pagan gods were moved into the church. That title has been held by the pope ever since.
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