"Catholic Heresies and Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the Course of 1600 Years"
The List of Catholic Heresies And Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the Course of 1600 Years, originally known as The Boetner List, has appeared for years on the internet in a variety of formats. The same virtually identical list "Compiled by Rev. Stephen L. Testa" does not credit Boetner as his source. Among the heresies listed is the Latin language and wax candles.
The List is a form of anti-Catholic polemic, purporting to be an exposé of the unscriptural and demonic doctrines of the Catholic Church as an historical demonstration of the Great Apostasy of Catholicism, based on the word of Jesus in divine condemnation of "the traditions of men" Matthew 15:3; Mark 7:6-13; Isaiah 29:13; Colossians 2:8-23.
Wayne Arliss has prepared and made freely available a Catholic refutation of the same List ("compiled by Rev. Stephen L. Testa") in The Boetner List: Fact or Fiction? Wayne Arliss (beatimundocorde.wordpress.com) —A Catholic refutation of a List of Catholic Heresies And Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the Course of 1600 Years.
The same list offered by Rev. Stephen L. Testa on the internet (jesus-is-savior.com) is likewise made available in his List of Catholic Heresies And Human Traditions Adopted and Perpetuated by the Roman Catholic Church in the Course of 1600 Years, Compiled by Rev. Stephen L. Testa (jesus-is-savior.com) —The title is self-explanatory. The list is presented as a condemnation of Catholicism as a false and demonic religion of pagan superstitions and rituals.
The Boetner List: Fact or Fiction? by Wayne Arliss is reproduced here below, by permission.