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On her forehead was a name written: “Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth” (Revelation 17:5).
Rome itself applies the term “Mystery” to its own institution and teachings. Pope John Paul II referred to the “mystery of the Church.”i "Mystery" is also the term used by the Roman Catholic Church to refer to the mass, or the transubstantiation of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. In the liturgy of the mass, the priest refers to the “Mystery of the Faith.”
The Catholic rosary is also associated with the mysteries of the faith. There are 15 decades of prayer (150 recitations) and during each of these decades, one of the “mysteries" is recalled. The 15 Mysteries of the Rosary are divided into four groups: the Joyful, the Sorrowful, the Luminous, and the Glorious.
Read about end-time Babylon's Religion
i. Vatican Information Service (September 17, 1997).
This article is adapted from Truth Matters by Professor Walter J. Veith, an international speaker who has studied Biblical issues in-depth in his quest for truth. His popular series Genesis Conflict brings the debate between Creation and evolution to a new climax as he dissects the arguments with a scientific eye. His highly-acclaimed series Total Onslaught sheds light on the state of the world today as we move to a one-world government and an anticipated apocalypse.
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