❞ كتاب الأصول الوثنية للكنيسة الكاثوليكية The Two Babylons or the Papal Worship Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife ❝ ⏤ Rev. Alexander Hislop

Chapter I 4
Distinctive Character of the Two Systems 4
Chapter II
Objects of Worship 13
Section I. Trinity in Unity 13
Section II. The Mother and Child, and the Original of the Child 19
Sub-Section I. The Child in Assyria 22
Sub-Section II. The Child in Egypt 40
Sub-Section III. The Child in Greece 47
Sub-Section IV. The Death of the Child 55
Sub-Section V. The Deification of the Child 57
Section III. The Mother of the Child 73
Chapter III
Festivals 91
Section I. Christmas and Lady-day 91
Section II. Easter 101
Section III. The Nativity of St. John 111
Section IV. The Feast of the Assumption 121
See Chapter V, Section IV regarding Cupid (St. Valentine's Day)
Chapter IV
Doctrine and Discipline 124
Section I. Baptismal Regeneration 124
Section II. Justification by Works 136
Section III. The Sacrifice of the Mass 146
Section IV. Extreme Unction 152
Section V. Purgatory and Prayers for the Dead 154
Chapter V
Rites and Ceremonies 156
Section I. Idol Procession 156
Section II. Relic Worship 160
Section III. The Clothing and Crowning of Images 164
Section IV. The Rosary and the Worship of the Sacred Heart 169
Section V. Lamps and Wax-Candles 172
Section VI. The Sign of the Cross 177
Chapter VI
Religious Orders 183
Section I. The Sovereign Pontiff 183
Section II. Priests, Monks, and Nuns 194
Chapter VII
The Two Developments Historically and Prophetically Considered 199
Section I. The Great Red Dragon 199
Section II. The Beast from the Sea 218
Section III. The Beast from the Earth 229
Section IV. The Image of the Beast 235
Section V. The Name of the Beast, the Number of His Name --the Invisible Head of the Papacy 242
Conclusion

"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."–Revelation 17:5
There is this great difference between the works of men and the works of God, that the same
minute and searching investigation, which displays the defects and imperfections of the one,
brings out also the beauties of the other. If the most finely polished needle on which the art of
man has been expended be subjected to a microscope, many inequalities, much roughness and
clumsiness, will be seen. But if the microscope be brought to bear on the flowers of the field, no
such result appears. Instead of their beauty diminishing, new beauties and still more delicate, that
have escaped the naked eye, are forthwith discovered; beauties that make us appreciate, in a way
which otherwise we could have had little conception of, the full force of the Lord's saying,
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say
unto you, That even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these." The same law
appears also in comparing the Word of God and the most finished productions of men. There are
spots and blemishes in the most admired productions of human genius. But the more the
Scriptures are searched, the more minutely they are studied, the more their perfection appears;
new beauties are brought into light every day; and the discoveries of science, the researches of
the learned, and the labours of infidels, all alike conspire to illustrate the wonderful harmony of
all the parts, and the Divine beauty that clothes the whole.