Unmasking Catholicism by Mary Ann Collins, a former Catholic nun.

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Quotes from " Unmasking Catholicism " by Mary Ann Collins

 

" Honorius was condemned as a heretic by the Sixth Ecumenical

Council. He was condemned as a heretic by Pope Leo II, and by every

other pope until the 11th century.

 

Stephen IV came to power with the help of an army that conquered the

previous Pope. Stephen gave orders for his papal rival to be

flogged, have his eyes cut out, have his kneecaps broken, and be

imprisoned until he died. Then Pope Stephen sentenced a second man

to die a slow, agonizing death, by having pieces of his body cut off

every day until he finally died.

 

Cardinal Christopher put Leo V in prison and became Pope. Then

Christopher was put in prison by Cardinal Sergius. Sergius killed

Leo and Christopher while they were in prison. He also killed every

cardinal who had opposed him.

 

John XII was a violent man. He was so lustful that people of his day

said he turned the Lateran Palace into a house of prostitution. He

drank toasts to the devil. When gambling, he invoked pagan gods and

goddesses. He was killed by a jealous husband while in the act of

committing adultery with the man's wife.

 

Silvester II was murdered by his successor, John XVII. Seven months

later, John was poisoned.

 

Benedict VIII bought the papacy with bribery. He was known for

torture, maiming, and murder. When Benedict VIII died, his brother

seized power and became John XIX. He had himself ordained a priest,

consecrated as a bishop, and crowned as pope, all in the same day.

 

Urban II called for a Crusade to take Jerusalem back from the

Muslims. This was a " holy war. " The Pope said that Crusaders would

have full remission of their sins, and if they died in battle they

would be martyrs. As the Crusaders went through Europe on their way

to Jerusalem, they slaughtered European Jews. When they reached

Jerusalem, many Muslims were beheaded, but some were tortured and

then burned to death. This began a conflict between Islam and the

West that is still going on today.

 

Benedict IX became Pope through bribery. He squandered the wealth of

the Papacy on prostitutes and lavish banquets, and he had people

murdered. The citizens of Rome hated Benedict so much that, on two

occasions, he had to flee from Rome. Benedict sold the papacy to

Gregory VI. As part of the deal, he continued to live in the Lateran

Palace, with a generous income. Benedict filled the Lateran Palace

with prostitutes.

 

Boniface VIII ordered that every man, woman, child, and animal in

the Italian town of Palestrina be slaughtered. He was known for

torture, massacre, and ferocity.

 

Clement VI ordered the slaughter of an entire Italian town. He lived

a life of luxury and extravagance. He openly admitted that he sold

church offices and he used threats and bribery to gain power.

Clement purchased a French palace, which became famous for its

prostitutes.

 

Julius II became Pope through bribery. He was ruthless and violent.

He had a reputation for lust, drunkenness, rages, deception, and

nepotism.

 

Leo X mixed paganism with Christianity. He had performances of

Christ's crucifixion and ancient mythology. He filled Rome with

splendid Church processions and statues of Greek gods and goddesses.

He put a statue of himself in Rome's Capitol, to be saluted by the

public.

 

Gregory VII required kings and emperors to kiss his foot. Gregory

and his successors used forged documents in order to expand the

power of the papacy. Some Roman Catholics tried to expose these

forgeries, but they were excommunicated for it. However, the

Orthodox Church kept records and wrote detailed information about

the forgeries. Gregory said that he knew of more than 40 men who

became Pope by means of bribery.

 

Innocent III said that the Pope is the ruler of the world and the

father of princes and kings. He claimed that every priest and bishop

must obey the Pope, even if the Pope commands something evil. He

forced the King of France to kill hundreds of thousands of French

citizens. He commanded that every person in the region, including

the Catholics, be killed. He gave the Albigensian Crusaders the

guarantee that, if they died in battle, their sins would be

remitted.

 

None of these men met the biblical requirements for being an

ordinary bishop, let alone Pope. Therefore, they were not valid

popes. There are so many breaks in the chain of apostolic succession

that it is not a chain at all. "

 

" Unmasking Catholicism " by Mary Ann Collins, a former Catholic

nun.