The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop, 1903

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TO THE
slaying
of
the
Witnesses,
and
his
identification
of
the
Roman
pontiff
PREFACE TO
first
that
of universal
rudimentary
form,
he
took
the
deepest
interest
in
it.
of God
to the
EDITIONS OF
lords,
"
praised
the
gods
of
gold,
CHAPTER I.
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER
in the
Now
compare
this
with
the
early
history
of
the
Papacy,
and
with
its
spirit
and
modus
operandi
throughout,
and
how
exact
was
the
coincidence
system
of
Rome,
and
then
it
will
these
separate
facts
all
TRINITY IN
*
how
little
weight
is
in
this,
may
be
seen
from
the
fact
that
it
TRINITY IN
representing
the
Godhead
is
appearing
nearer
home
Chaldees,
the
grand
original
cultivators
at
once
of
arithmetic,
geometry,
and
idolatry
THE MOTHER
20 OBJECTS
OF WORSHIP.
Babylonian goddess.
As Baal
than."
Egyptians
THE CHILD
IN ASSYRIA.
vigorous
like
himself,
trained
them
up
a
long
bear
the
fatigues
of
war,
and
to
face
dangers
with
be
inherent
in
the
verb,
as
may
be
concluded
from
the
noun
te-ashur,
at this
for
covertly
identifying
will be found
asunder,
but
28 OBJECTS
her
husband.
32 OBJECTS
34 OBJECTS
OF WORSHIP.
THE CHILD
the double
went
forth
in
all
VIRGIL,
jEneid,
lib.
viii.
See
also
OVID,
Fasti,
THE CHILD
Greeks.
See
leopard),
but
person
;
THE CHILD
IN GREECE.
walked,
was
divinely
assured
of
an
interest
THE DEATH
The
circumstances
of
that
end,
however,
as
antiquity
represents
them,
are
56 OBJECTS
in
pieces.*
The
identity
of
Nimrod,
however,
and
the
Egyptian
Osiris,
^having
been
established,
(Georg.,
lib.
iv.
to
this,
the
is the
parents,
was
actually
made,
early
days
of
Semiramis,
when
they
were
so
much
nearer
the
of
the
meaning
which
THE DEIFICATION
patriarchal
custom,
according
to
which
who
had
to
do
with
the
applying equally
myth.
For
Japanese
boar,
see
Illustrated
News,
15th
Dec.,
1860.
J
Ezek.
xxvii.
15
High
God,
his
character
and
peculiar
circumstances
as
Khon
"
magical
art
here
employed
was
none
other
than
THE DEIFICATION
day,
who
never
THE DEIFICATION
given
above
in
the
Hebrew
form,
as
being
more
familiar
74
OBJECTS
OF
WORSHIP.
and
directly
most
powerful
impression.
Now
the
Son,
THE
MOTHER
OF
THE
CHILD.
75
coincident
with
the
Aphrodite
of
Greece
and
the
Venus
of
Rome,
but
was,
in
point
of
fact,
images
of
the
great
divinities
of
that
of
goddess
Mother,
the
primeval
ages
of
the
world.
If,
therefore,
the
76
boldly
declared
to
be
miraculous
"
(in
Zend,
Virgo,
as
admitted
by
the
THE
78
OBJECTS
of
Venus,
and
frequently
applied
to
Venus
herself,
is
evidently
the
same
name
as
80
OBJECTS
OF
WORSHIP.
statement
of
Proclus,
that
"
Juno
imports
the
generation
THE
MOTHER
thee
been
thought
to
Britain,
Ceres
and
Proserpine
82
THE
MOTHER
OF
THE
CHILD.
85
thus
translated
enlightenment.
The
86
THE
MOTHER
88
THE
MOTHER
OF
THE
CHILD.
89
destined
to
be
90
CHAPTER
III.
FESTIVALS.
SECTION
I.
CHRISTMAS
AND
LADY-DAY.
IF
Rome
be
indeed
the
Babylon
year
when
He
was
94
FESTIVALS.
December.
CHRISTMAS
AND
LADY-DAY.
95
the
changes
of
old
96
FESTIVALS.
worthy
of
remark,
that
Jerome,
commenting
occasion,
CHRISTMAS
AND
LADY-DAY.
97
and
revelry,
slaves
had
a
temporary
emancipation,*
and
98
FESTIVALS.
ground,
f
But
the
great
serpent,
the
symbol
CHKISTMAS
communicated to
100
FESTIVALS.
CHRISTMAS
AND
Lares
and
Penates
of
Cilicia,
chap.
iv.
p.
220.
102
FESTIVALS.
sacred
"
Brahmany
grand
deliverer.
(See
note,
p.
96.)
Hence
;
104
FESTIVALS.
versed
not
known
by
any
such
This
EASTER.
105
106
FESTIVALS.
for
the
statement
in
the
text,
G.
A.
HAMBERGER,
De
Epochce
of
the
sixth
century,
of
Christ.
Such
is
the
history
of
Easter.
The
popular
observances
that
still
attend
the
period
of
forth in its own
108
FESTIVALS.
very
word
EASTER.
109
sacred
festivals,
even
110
FESTIVALS.
seen
shut
up
in
an
egg,
and
floating
on
the
waters,
it
may
not
be
difficult
to
believe,
however
the
EASTER.
Ill
Fig.
33.
J
is
full
germs
of
the
new
creation
were
preserved,
mankind.f
When,
therefore,
the
mother
of
the
gods,
and
the
mother
of
knowledge,
was
represented
112
FESTIVALS.
gift.
Popery
inspires
the
same
feeling
in
regard
to
the
Romish
queen
of
heaven,
and
leads
its
devotees
to
view
done
with
it
1
Were
they
to
wage
war
with
it ?
THE
NATIVITY
OF
ST.
JOHN.
115
marked
by
distinct
features
peculiar
116
FESTIVALS.
embers
THE
of the
118
FESTIVALS.
festival
THE
NATIVITY
OF
ST.
JOHN.
119
Music
so
pathetic
and
so
sweet
East. The
120
FESTIVALS.
men
outside
joined
in
the
cry
whilst
the
women
made
THE
NATIVITY
OF
ST.
122
FESTIVALS.
Pagan
adversary
of
the
Son
of
God,
THE
NATIVITY
OF
ST.
JOHN.
123
the
history
of
the
Popish
saint
124
FESTIVALS.
replied."
:
128
FESTIVALS.
CHAPTER
IV.
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
WHEN
Linacer,
a
distinguished
physician,
but
bigoted
Romanist,
in
the
reign
of
Henry
VIII.
130
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
where,
and
in
what
melancholy
plight,
^Eneas,
when
he
visited
the
infernal
regions,
found
the
souls
of
unhappy
infants
who
had
died
before
receiving,
so
to
speak,
"
132
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
still
in
precisely
BAPTISMAL
REGENERATION.
133
evidence is there
to
134
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
great
deluge,
in
which
the
BAPTISMAL
REGENERATION.
135
headed
BAPTISMAL
REGENERATION.
137
the
origin
138
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
arities
attending
the
Romish
baptism,
forth
in
writing.
For
we
ordinance
1
And
further,
what
Scripture
hath
taught
BAPTISMAL
REGENERATION.
139
Be
thou
opened
into
an
odour
of
sweetness
same
word
which
signifies
or whither
BAPTISMAL
REGENERATION.
141
ing
at
all
"
Ephpheta,
seen
how
the
tion also
142
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
to
her
husband.
The
bards
of
Greece
represented
Bacchus,
when
overcome
by
his
enemies,
as
taking
refuge
in
the
depths
*
H4
JUSTIFICATION
BY
WORKS.
145
as
addressing
the
of
Egypt,
is
symbolised
in
precisely
the
same
way,
except
that
H6
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
the
balance
struck,
judgment
was
pronounced
accordingly.
Wilkin
son
states
that
the
resurrection
JUSTIFICATION
BY
WORKS.
H7
represents
a
sinner
morals,
called
Merits
a
stock
of
this
deed
of
merit
will
prolong
a
person
JUSTIFICATION
BY
WORKS.
149
to
anticipate
the
operation
penitents
appoint
their
souls.
Into
the
scales
of
Anubis,
the
ancient
Pagans,
by
way
of
securing
their
justification,
were
required
to
put
not
merely
good
deeds,
properly
so
called,
but
deeds
of
austerity
and
self-mortification
inflicted
on
their
own
persons,
for
averting
anything
to
satisfy
the
justice
of
God,
JUSTIFICATION
BY
WORKS.
151
his
dark
and
forbidding
myth,
was
said,
like
Osiris,
to
have
been
152
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
with
similar
penances
by
be
identified
with
JUSTIFICATION
154
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
many
sins.
Let
the
reader
the
sharp
rocks,
and
leaving
the
bloody
JUSTIFICATION
BY
WORKS.
155
not
worship
The whole
church was
clear
and
unequivocal
chapel,
where
it
was
deposited
in
the
sepulchre
prepared
156
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
god,
who,
though
an
infernal
god,
was
yet
Phoroneus,
the
great
If
THE
SACRIFICE
OF
THE
MASS.
157
was
allowed
to
THE
SACRIFICE
OF
THE
MASS.
159
"
160
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
Church
of
Rome
lays
THE
SACRIFICE
OF
THE
MASS.
161
initiated
162
EXTREME
UNCTION.
165
Intimately
connected
practice
could
never
have
arisen
from
the
apostolic
can
fully
explain.
There
an
166
imaginations
and
add
PURGATORY
AND
PRAYERS
FOR
168
PURGATORY
AND
presented
170
DOCTRINE
AND
DISCIPLINE.
purifying
CHAPTER
V.
KITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
SECTION
I.
IDOL
PROCESSIONS.
THOSE
who
have
read
the
account
of
the
last
idol
procession
in
the
capital
of
Scotland,
in
majesty
of
heaven
IDOL
PROCESSIONS.
173
God
who
is
a
Spirit
174
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
IDOL
PROCESSIONS.
175
Wilkinson
refers,
is
not
very
decisive
entirely
similar
kind,
which,
176
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
in
Egypt
178
equal
request
among
his
worshippers.
"
King
of
to
Parinibanan
RELIC
WORSHIP.
179
duty
of
his
of
180
KITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
at
some
distance
from
it
sought,
and
perhaps
with
difficulty
obtained,
permission
to
possess
a
sepulchre
pilgrimage
to
Philae:
"Besides
procession
merely
of
the
priests
in
the
immediate
neighbourhood
THE
CLOTHING
AND
CROWNING
OF
184
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
looked
upon
as
"sacred
upon
all
his
cope,
And
present
thee
to
the
Trinity,
and
pray
for
thy
sins.
"
superstitious
belief,
King
John
of
England
was
buried
THE
referring
to
it,
in
describing
the
rites
of
the
Persian
Magi
"
If
any
(Persian)
intends
186
RITES
in
high
esteem
as
an
emblem
of
their
Triune
God,|
representative
of
the
Eternal
"The
crown
of
all
the
THE
ROSARY.
187
blasted
the
fertility
and
beauty
of
the
earth
itself.*
That
loss,
however,
the
altars
along
with
it,
in
token
of
gratitude
a
thing.
188
direction
of
the
old
Babylonian
Paganism
the
Papacy
every
day
is
steadily
making.
I
refer
THE
189
HUMAN
190
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
Fig.
41.
was
hollow,
and
heart-shaped.*
Barker,
192
what
unanimity
nations
the
most
remote
have
agreed
to
use
wax-candles
in
194
LAMPS
darkness
of
196
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
tapers,
then
must
the Bible ? No.
THE
SIGN
OF
THE
CROSS.
197
equivoque
from
which
198
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES
mystic
Tau
was
marked
in
baptism
200
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
and
is
placed
in
the
terrestrial
202
RITES
AND
CEREMONIES.
the
decisive
victory
at
the
Milvian
bridge,
that
it,
will
be
found
to
be
based
on
a
delusion
a
from heaven
to the
204
THE
SIGN
OF
THE
CROSS.
205
putable
sign
of
Tammuz,
CHAPTER
VI.
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
SECTION
I.
THE
SOVEREIGN
PONTIFF.
THE
gift
of
the
ministry
is
one
of
the
greatest
gifts
which
Christ
has
bestowed
upon
the
world.
It
is
in
reference
to
this
that
the
Psalmist,
predicting
THE
SOVERETGX
PONTIFF.
207
the
keys
bestowed
on
Peter.
Very
early,
indeed,
208
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
difficult
to
see
how
the
Pagans
would
rally
round
the
Pope
all
the
more
readily
when
they
heard
him
THE
SOVEREIGN
PONTIFF.
209
Trismegistus,
the
great
"
Interpreter
of
too
valuable
to
be
overlooked
by
the
Papacy
very
signify
"
to
210
THE
SOVEREIGN
PONTIFF.
211
or
shutting
the
gates
of
peace
212
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
"
unchanged
and
unchangeable
"
(sanctitatem
tuam)
is
to
be
called
out
by
the
Sovereign
January,
the
festival
of
the
said
chair.
But
while
it
was
cleaning,
in
214
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
along
THE
SOVEREIGN
PONTIFF.
215
216
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
mitre
on
his
head
(Fig.
49)
THE
SOVEREIGN
PONTIFF.
217
Pope
stole
it
from
the
Roman
augur.
The
classical
reader
may
remember,
that
218
the
augur
Christ,
whereby
"
He
hath
perfected
of
the
living
and
the
dead,
is
just
the
"
unbloody
sacrifice
"
of
the
mass,
220
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
as
in
Egypt,
human
PRIESTS,
MONKS,
AND
NUNS.
221
first
part
royal
pro
clamation,
222
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
priesthood
was
the
shaven
head.
Thus
Gautama
Buddha,
who
lived
at
least
540
years
before
Christ,
when
setting
up
PRTESTS,
MONKS,
224
RELIGIOUS
ORDERS.
from
CHAPTER
VII.
view
them
as
organised
systems.
dragons
of
the
Dark
Ages,
equipped
with
wings.
very
case
here
THE
to
228
THE
TWO
THE
GREAT
wife
of
Vulcan
was
noted
for
230
THE
TWO
DEVELOPMENTS
CONSIDERED.
Chaldeans.*
When
it
is
THE
GREAT
BED
DEAGON.
231
result
would
have
of
their
children,
and
publicly
sacrificed
232
THE
TWO
DEVELOPMENTS
CONSIDERED.
reason
to
believe
that
the
same
practice
obtained
in
principle
of
234
THE
GREAT
RED
DRAGON.
235
represented
by
a
"Fiery
glorious
"birth
"from
the
tomb,
and
the
lightning
that
consumed
her,
as
Bacchus
THE
GREAT
RED
DRAGON.
239
Spirit,
which
240
THE
TWO
DEVELOPMENTS
CONSIDERED.
pretended,
that
the
augurs
or
soothsayers
monopolised,
made
the
Romans
look
up
to
them
with
respect.
to
"
The
Son
"
of
the
great
goddess,
even
as
the
242
THE
TWO
DEVELOPMENTS
CONSIDERED.
matters
continue,
as
already
stated,
even
which FOLLOWED
it."f
244
bruise
the
serpent
For
several
consecutive
years
the
vintage
has
been
almost
entirely
destroyed
in
Tuscany,
in
consequence
of
the
prevalent
disease.
The
Archbishop
246
THE
have
committed),
have
compassion
on
THE
250
252
THE
THE
BEAST
FROM
to what is
s
authority
as this
254
THE
so
than
genuine
Pagans)
were
THE
BEAST
FROM
THE
SEA.
255
was
from heaven
258
THE
BEAST
FKOM
260
THE
BEAST
262
beast
THE
IMAGE
unpretending
but
valuable
work,
264:
THE
TWO
DEVELOPMENTS
CONSIDERED.
nounced
to
THE
IMAGE
OF
THE
BEAST.
265
with
266
268
THE
mercy
and
love,
it
is
that
the
Image
of
Conception
270
turns
out,
as
shown
above,
Roman
Saturn
formerly
reigned ;
and,
from
step
to
step,
till
we
find
the
mystic
number
666
unmistakably
and
"
indelibly
marked
"
on
272
THE
TWO
DEVELOPMENTS
CONSIDERED.
"the
274
THE
276
THE
TWO
DEVELOPMENTS
CONSIDERED.
opinion,
him
for
278
THE
THE
NAME
OF
THE
BEAST,
ETC.
279
280
THE
CONCLUSION.
I
HAVE
now
finished
CONCLUSION.
283
fairly
faced.
Can
there
284
CONCLUSION.
that
has
so
recently
the
Eoman
Church,
believing
it
to
be
the
only
Church
where
salvation
CONCLUSION.
285
is
a
dangerous
thing
for
professing
Christians
to
uphold
the
Pagan
idolatry
of
India,
they
286
CONCLUSION.
rest
on
288
CONCLUSION.
CONCLUSION.
289
gracious
design
of
this
I
Is
it
merely
that
they
themselves
may
be
delivered
from
the
truly
to
perform
their
part
as
good
soldiers
of
Jesus
Christ,
there
is
the
strongest
and
richest
encouragement.
With
every
day
resounding
thou
faithful
unto
death,
and
290
CONCLUSION.
distinct
in
reality
stamped
on
every
page
of
the
inspired
Word
blind
guide
APPENDIX.
NOTE
A,
p.
6.
Woman
Mysteries,
in
the
most
alluring
manner,
was
also
unrelenting
in
taking
292
APPENDIX.
NOTE
B,
p.
6.
Hebrew
Chronology.
Dr.
Hales
has
attempted
APPENDIX.
293
)t,
was
belong
to
Mizraim,
or
Egypt
proper,
which,
says
the
author
of
the
APPENDIX.
295
A
fragment
of
Saiichuniathon
(pp.
16-19),
in
regard
to
the
Phenician
mythology,
furnishes
Pagan
gods,
and
who
(to
make
the
title
of
Kronos,
"the
Horned
2
96
APPENDIX.
supposed
to
have
become
incarnate
gods,
it
is
to
Satan,
the
Hidden
Lord
of
hell,
ultimately
APPENDIX.
297
Proverbs
we
find
a
slight
variety
of
the
by
298
APPENDIX.
which,
in
Anglo-Saxon,
was
Sunna
(MALLET,
Glossary,
distinct
traces
in
Egypt
in
the
the
fire-worship
of
APPENDIX.
299
as
denoting
the
"
300
APPENDIX.
of
APPENDIX.
301
Fig.
60.
302
APPENDIX.
of
that
very
God
whom
the
swaddled
stone
represented
from
the
very
beginning
that each
APPENDIX.
303
from
the
development
of
which,
in
various
personifications,
that
mytho
logical
system
sprung
up
which
we
have
been
already
304
APPENDIX.
of
gods
and
APPENDIX.
305
NOTE
H,
p.
77.
The
Virgin
Mother
306
APPENDIX.
Rhea,
"
the
APPENDIX.
307
Benali,
the
verb,
from
308
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
309
)t
justice,
than
Asn-trai-a,
Tne
mater
01
investigations,
ana
te
could
move
appropriately
shadow
forth
310
APPENDIX.
exact
accordance
Astarte,
as
Eve,
brought
sin
APPENDIX.
311
parent,
Adam.
Now,
312
APPENDIX.
NOTE
L,
p.
133.
The
Identity
of
the
Scandinavian
Odin
and
Adon
of
Babylon.
1.
Nimrod,
or
Adon,
or
Adonis,
of
Babylon,
was
the
great
war-god.
Odin,
as
is
well
also
in
Egypt
son
of
Odin,
the
mighty
and
warlike
Thor,
strengthens
all
the
foregoing
conclusions.
Ninyas,
the
son
of
Ninus
or
Nimrod,
on
APPENDIX.
313
light
armed
soldier,
but
when
an
adjective,
to
signify
naked.
Now,
the
context
314
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX.
315
ante,
p.
62).
2.
Now,
316
APPENDIX.
be
for
doing
the
very
thing
for
which
Nimrod
actually
was
"Record"
APPENDIX.
317
production
of
light
by
mice,
318
APPENDIX.
of
that
term,
but
in
its
mystical
sense
(p.
176),
where
it
is
also
given
as
"
APPENDIX.
319
sequently
as
many
"
320
APPENDIX.
as
bright
scarlet
colour
is
a
Haddington,
Thomas
Scott,
and
others,
be
well
founded
viz.,
that
the
putting
of
the
Babylonian
king
a
type
any
typical
relation
to
think
it
APPENDIX.
321
theory
of
Dr.
Wylie
himself,
the
witnesses
of
Christ
could
not
possibly
have
finished
their
testimony
before
the
Decree
of
the
Immaculate
Conception
APPENDIX.
323
The
Pagans
primeval
covenant.
INDEX.
Abel
s
Sacri6ce,
70.
Abraham,
contemporary
of
Ninus,
5,
6.
Abydos,
temple
of,
179
INDEX.
325
Athor,
cow
of,
spotted,
45,
77,
86.
Athyr,
month,
Osiris
disappears,
136.
Atlas,
54,
55.
Attalus
III.,
241.
Atys,
Attis,
Attes,
"the
326
INDEX.
Crishna,
60-1
INDEX.
He-Roe
whence
Hero
and
Pharaoh,
217-8.
328
INDEX.
Mamacona,
mother
priestess
in
Peru,
223.
Man
INDEX.
329
Pessinuntica
330
INDEX.
Thalatth,
the
primeval
goddess
of
Baby
lon,
OPINIONS
OF
THE
PRESS.
"The
volume
OPINIONS
Campbell,

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