Religious Dogmas Being Used by Other Christian Denominations Against the Roman Catholic Church

Christianity, comprised of so many denominations, is the largest religion in the world. Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination followed by Protestantism and by the Orthodox Church. Each denomination has numerous sects under its umbrella and still, each sect is comprised of many more sub-sects and cults.

Historically speaking, the Christian religion originated from the church established by Jesus Christ more than two thousand years ago. The church grew and spread worldwide through the efforts of dedicated and hardworking apostles and missionaries. But in 1058, the church was divided into two, known in history as the “Great Schism”. The division of the church was due to the unsettled differences of church leaders in the east and on the west. The church on the western side of the Roman Empire was named the “Roman Catholic Church” situated in Rome while on the eastern side was called the” Eastern Orthodox Church” located in Constantinople (now Istanbul). Efforts to unite the church were futile because they never reunited since then.

In the 1500s, the Roman Catholic Church was once again divided through the so called Protestant Reformation. This event led to the so-called Western Schism. Since reformation within the church didn’t materialized, numerous Christian denominations came to existence and never cease till then. These denominations were able to attract followers and were able to spread particularly in the New World where they seek refuge from religious persecution in the Old World.

Early Christian denominations also gained followers by using the issues on church leaders’ malpractices, alleged false doctrines, selling of indulgences and simony. Later on, other dogmas were utilized by many Christian sects and subsects in order to gain followers from the largest Christian denomination in the world – the Roman Catholic Church. Here are some of these dogmas.

Whore of Babylon

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The Catholic Church denies other Christian denominations’ claim that the Whore of Babylon is the Roman Catholic Church. The Whore of Babylon is one of several Christian allegorical figures of supreme evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The Whore is associated with the Antichrist and the Beast of Revelation by connection with an equally allegorical kingdom. The Whore’s apocalyptic downfall is prophesied to take place in the hands of the beast with seven heads and ten horns.