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→External links: Note to reader re self-contradictions in Koenig's article, expecially inconsistency in simultaneously condemning need for good works and yet insisting that good works producing fruit are necessary in the life of saved Christians
*[http://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/catholic_heresies-a_list.htm '''False Religions: List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the course of 1600 years.''' Rev. Stephen L. Testa (jesus-is-savior.com)] ''The first heresy that Pastor Testa lists is ''"Wax candles introduced into the church"'' in the year 320. The selective use of [[Cafeteria Christians#Proof texts|Proof texts]] in the article is a classic example of [[Confirmation bias]] for the purpose of [[Polemic]].'' <small>
*[http://jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/catholic_heresies-a_list.htm '''False Religions: List of Catholic Heresies and Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the course of 1600 years.''' Rev. Stephen L. Testa (jesus-is-savior.com)] ''The first heresy that Pastor Testa lists is ''"Wax candles introduced into the church"'' in the year 320. The selective use of [[Cafeteria Christians#Proof texts|Proof texts]] in the article is a classic example of [[Confirmation bias]] for the purpose of [[Polemic]].'' <small>
:Note to the reader: In regard to the number [[Number of the Beast|666]] as applied to VICARIUS FILII DEI "''Vicar of the Son of God''" in this article, the name of the woman who started [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventism]], Ellen Gould White, in Latin characters, calculated by the value of Latin characters as Roman numerals, also adds up to 666: <br> E = 0 — L = 50 — L = 50 — E = 0 — N = 0: = 100 <br> G = 0 — O = 0 — U = 5 — L = 50 — D = 500: = 555 (Latin V is U as in JVLIVS Julius)<br> W = 10 — H = 0 — I = 1 — T = 0 — E = 0: = 11 <br> 100 + 555 + 11 = 666 — Ellen=100, Gould=555, White=11. <br> Many names total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Nero Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not ([http://www.conservapedia.com/Number_of_the_Beast#cite_note-8 ''it totals'' 1723]). This raises the question of which of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. “This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss "The Secret of the Number 666"] <br>See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/2-18.htm commentaries on 1 John 2:18], [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm 2 Thessalonians 2:3] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/13-18.htm Revelation 13:18].
:Note to the reader: In regard to the number [[Number of the Beast|666]] as applied to VICARIUS FILII DEI "''Vicar of the Son of God''" in this article, the name of the woman who started [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventism]], Ellen Gould White, in Latin characters, calculated by the value of Latin characters as Roman numerals, also adds up to 666: <br> E = 0 — L = 50 — L = 50 — E = 0 — N = 0: = 100 <br> G = 0 — O = 0 — U = 5 — L = 50 — D = 500: = 555 (Latin V is U as in JVLIVS Julius)<br> W = 10 — H = 0 — I = 1 — T = 0 — E = 0: = 11 (Latin W double-U is VV 5+5 = 10)<br> 100 + 555 + 11 = 666 — Ellen=100, Gould=555, White=11. <br> Many names total 666. The identity of the Beast of Revelation cannot be established or proven with any certainty by [[gematria]] alone. Revelation 13:18 was written in Greek, not Latin, and the numerical value of the Greek letters of the transliterated Latin ''NRWN QSR (NiRoN QaiSaR)'', or Nero Caesar, also totals 666, but the Greek letter equivalent transliteration of VICARIUS FILII DEI does not ([http://www.conservapedia.com/Number_of_the_Beast#cite_note-8 ''it totals'' 1723]). This raises the question of which of the more than 200 popes was or is in fact '''''<big>the</big>''''' "man of sin", '''''<big>the</big>''''' "[[antichrist]]" and '''''<big>the</big>''''' "beast of Revelation" whose number is the number of '''''<big>a</big>''''' man (one man)—666. “This famous number [666] has been made to yield almost all the historical names of the past eighteen centuries: Titus, Vespasian, and Simon Giroas; Julian the Apostate and Genseric; Mohamet and Luther; Benedict IX and Louis XV; Napoleon I and the Duke of Reichstadt; and it would not be difficult, on the same principles to read in it one another’s names” (Vincent, Word Studies, vol.11, p.531)—[http://www.askelm.com/secrets/sec108.htm Reuss "The Secret of the Number 666"] <br>See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_john/2-18.htm commentaries on 1 John 2:18], [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm 2 Thessalonians 2:3] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/revelation/13-18.htm Revelation 13:18].
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*[http://www.thepoorinspirit.com/post/51109756949/fundamentalist-heretics '''Fundamentalist Heretics''' (thepoorinspirit.com)] ''The author asserts that fundamentalist Christians can go too far, can become extremists, and in doing so become heretics themselves without realizing it.''
*[http://www.thepoorinspirit.com/post/51109756949/fundamentalist-heretics '''Fundamentalist Heretics''' (thepoorinspirit.com)] ''The author asserts that fundamentalist Christians can go too far, can become extremists, and in doing so become heretics themselves without realizing it.''
*[http://www.thepropheticyears.com/comments/Apostasy%20in%20the%20Church.HTM '''Apostasy in the church and false doctrines of men''', By Don Koenig (thepropheticyears.com)] ''"Most of the major Christian denominations have deviated from biblical Christianity in one way or another" — Pastor Koenig lists and analyzes the heretical deviations of the following Christian denominations: The Roman Catholic Church, The Orthodox Catholic Churches, The Protestants, The non-Pentecostal Evangelicals, and The Pentecostals.''
*[http://www.thepropheticyears.com/comments/Apostasy%20in%20the%20Church.HTM '''Apostasy in the church and false doctrines of men''', By Don Koenig (thepropheticyears.com)] ''"Most of the major Christian denominations have deviated from biblical Christianity in one way or another" — Pastor Koenig lists and analyzes the heretical deviations of the following Christian denominations: The Roman Catholic Church, The Orthodox Catholic Churches, The Protestants, The non-Pentecostal Evangelicals, and The Pentecostals.'' <small>
:Note to the reader: There are self-contradictions in Don Koenig's article, especially the obvious inconsistency in his simultaneously condemning the need for good works, and yet insisting that good works producing fruit are the necessary mark of a true Christian. Of Catholicism he says, "Some in religious training were taught that Jesus died for their sins and that they are saved or justified, but in their lives there is no evidence by works of the Spirit...Those that trust in their own good works to save themselves are self-deceived and still in their sins...Some in this church have found the path to salvation and have been born of the Holy Spirit, but many of these are not producing the fruit that they should." Of Orthodoxy he says, "This institutional church is mostly apostate and the church in general has done few good works on earth." Of Protestants he says, "The biggest cults of Christianity are the Mormons and the Latter Day Saints. The overwhelming majority of the people in the liberal Protestant denominations have never had a born again experience nor do their lives reflect that God is indwelling them." He quotes Revelation 3:2 "I have found no works of thine perfected before my God." But he does not quote Revelation 20:12-13 regarding the fact that Christ will judge each of us according to our works; and his position against the absolute need for doing good works for salvation contradicts the teaching of Paul in Romans 2:6-10. (See article [[Corporal and spiritual works of mercy]].) He is also ignorant of the fact that the "cults" (note the plural) of ''the Mormons'' and ''the Latter Day Saints'' are not two cults but the same thing, [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]]; moreover he falsely misrepresents the doctrines of several of the churches he faults as being apostate and from Satan without explaining their actual, official meaning, and condemns repetitive prayer, a practice which is found approved in the Bible (see for example the repetitive prayer of Psalm 136 "for his mercy endureth for ever" 26 times; also Ephesians 5:19-20, Colossians 3:16, Hebrews 13:15, Matthew 22:31-32, 1 Timothy 2:1-2, Hebrews 12:22-23, Revelation 8:3-4); and he also demonstrates that he is ignorant of good English usage, spelling and syntax. All of these facts damage his credibility as an educated man and also any claim he might present to be a reliable and informed writer.
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*[http://www.scborromeo.org/docs/GAUDIUM%20ET%20SPES.pdf '''Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ''Gaudium et Spes''''' Promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965 (scborromeo.org)] pdf ''Includes analysis of the phenomenon of atheism and disbelief, why and how people turn away from the truth of the Gospel''.
*[http://www.scborromeo.org/docs/GAUDIUM%20ET%20SPES.pdf '''Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World ''Gaudium et Spes''''' Promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on December 7, 1965 (scborromeo.org)] pdf ''Includes analysis of the phenomenon of atheism and disbelief, why and how people turn away from the truth of the Gospel''.