Intolerable Beliefs of the Roman Catholics

The major sect of the Christians, the Roman Catholics, still gives credence to some dogmas that are obnoxious and at total variance with human reason. The number of Roman Catholics, as reported by some priests, is two hundred million.24[24] Many shameful and abominable beliefs are still a part of their faith. For example:

1. According to a recently expressed opinion of the Christians, Mary’s mother also conceived her without any sexual union with her husband.

2. Mary is the mother of God in the real sense of the word.

3. If all the priests in the world were to perform the sacrament of Eucharist at the same time, according to the Catholics, the millions of pieces of bread would be transubstantiated into an equal number of Christs, all fully human and fully divine at the same time and born of Mary.

4. This single piece of bread, when cut into any number of pieces, is instantly transformed into an equal number of Christs.25[25]The physically observed process of the wheat’s progress from its growth to being baked into the form of bread does not preclude its divinity, as physical senses have no say in these matters according to the Catholic faith.

5. Making idols, and worshipping them is an essential part of their faith.26[26]

6. No salvation of a Christian is possible without having true faith in the Pope with no consideration as to his impiety, dishonesty and immoral conduct. 27[27]

7. The Pope is considered to be infallible and pure of all errors.

8. There is always a great treasure of wealth in the Temple of Rome owned and managed by the Pope. Among many other sources of money is the money paid to him by the people for absolution of their sins for which the Pope is supposed to have special powers. That is to say, the Pope has all the powers of forgiveness and absolution of sins, and he gives this forgiveness for a considerable amount of money.28[28]

9. The Pope has absolute power to change the laws of the faith. He can permit any act that was previously prohibited. The Protestant teacher, Michael Meshaka, said in his Arabic book, Ajwabatu’l Injileen ’ala abatil Attaqlidin:

Now it should be noted that they permit matrimonial relations with blood relations prohibited by the Holy Scriptures. They receive large amounts of money for permitting this, at their own discretion, an act that was prohibited by the sacred books and by the blessed compilers of the gospels. For example, permission for an uncle’s marriage (paternal or maternal) with his niece, for marriage with one’s brother’s wife who is the mother of one’s brother’s children. There are many additional prohibitions that they have imposed, and many dispensations that they have disallowed people without any religious arguments.

He further says:

There are many eatables that were prohibited by them, and later on were permitted again. Eating of meat has been allowed by them during fasting, that was strictly considered prohibited for centuries.

He also said in his book entitled Thirteen Epistles on page 88 of the second epistle:

The French Cardinal Zabadella said that the Pope enjoys absolute power to permit any prohibition. He is greater than God.

We seek refuge with Allah from such blasphemies and proclaim that Allah is pure of all their imputations.

10. According to the Catholic creed, good souls remain in Purgatory 29[29] suffering the torments of the fires of Hell, until the Pope grants acquittal to them. Similarly priests are authorised to grant such deliverance of the dead from Purgatory, against payment of a certain amount of money, through their suffrages. 30[30]

11. Catholics can obtain certificates of salvation from the Pope and his deputies for payment. It is strange that the people do not demand acknowledgement of the dead, confirming their salvation, from the Pope who is believed to be “greater than God”. He should be able, through his divine powers, to get attestations from the dead that they have attained eternal salvation.

Since the Papal powers are increased day by day through the blessings of the Holy Ghost, indulgences were invented by Leo X 31[31] and were sold to the people by him and his clergymen. These documents contained the following words:

May our Lord Jesus Christ take pity upon and pardon thee, by the virtue of his sanctified love. By the power accorded to me by the Saints Peter and Paul, chief of the apostles, I absolve thee of thy sins whenever they are committed, and thy faults and transgressions and even the unremitted sins forgiven by the Pope. As far as the power in the hands of the Church of Rome can contend, I remit the miseries reserved for thee in the purgatories. And I will lead you towards the mysteries of the Holy Church, and its unity and purity and innocence possessed by thee at thine baptism.

The gates of Hell shall be closed to thee on thine death and those of Paradise shall be opened. If thou will not die at present, the indulgence will remain operative till your death. In the names of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. Written by Firtilium, agent.

12 They claim that the Hell is a space in cubic form situated in the centre of the earth having sides of 200 miles in length.

13 The Pope makes the sign of the cross on his shoes while other people do it on their faces. Perhaps his shoes are more sanctified than the cross and the faces of the people. .

24[24] According to later records, the number of the Roman Catholics in the world exceeds 400 million, to be exact it is 550357000 as reported by Britannica 1957 page 424.


25[25]The Eucharist has been the most debated question among Christian theologians. It was institutionalised by St Thomas Aquinas (1227 - 1274). He stated in his book Summa Theologica that every single piece of the bread turns into a perfect Christ. (Britannica-Eucharist vo1.8, p.797.)


26[26]Izalatu-Shakuk page 26 vol.l. quoted by Sale’s translation of the Holy Qur’an. Even today it is common in all churches that large paintings of Jesus and Mary are hung and worshipped by the Christians.


27[27] The Catholics believe that the Pope is Vicar of Peter the Apostle. He enjoys all the powers once possessed by Peter and all the holy attributes ascribed to him in the gospels are owned by him. For instance, in John 21:16. “Feed my sheep”, and in Matthew 16:18, “I will give unto thee (Peter) keys of the kingdom of heaven”. Misuse of these powers by the popes is the most sinister and obnoxious part of the history of Christian Church.


28[28] . The priest Khurshid Alam has written in The History of the Roman Church, “The trade in certificates of forgiveness was a common practice in the Church. The people were delivered of their sins by paying money to the Bishop.” (pagc 142. 1961. Lahore)


29[29] Purgatory literally means a cleanser or purifier, used by the Christians for the Hell, as they believe that the fire of Hell purifies the human souls.


30[30] Suffrages is the word used for prayers that are meant to purify the man from his sins.


31[31]. Pope Leo X was elected in 1513 and died in 1521. (Britannica), C.P.S. Clarke has written in his history of the Church, quoting Kidd, that the instant the Bishop heard the sound of the coins dropped in the box by the people for indulgence, the dead person was considered delivered from Hell.