Pagan Symbols in Catholic Church

1. Paganism within the Catholic
Church
• The Catholic Church makes tradition above or equal to Scripture,
but in actuality many of its traditions stem from pagan sun
worship. Its teachings, beliefs and practices come from Mithraism
—a form of paganism that existed in Babylonian times.
• In my last stream, we discussed how the four beasts of Daniel 7,
representing the four successive world powers, took the religious
rites and ceremonies from each preceding kingdom as it fell, so
that Babylonian traditions continued through the ages. Rome, the
final kingdom, still clings to these pagan traditions today.
• The Papacy claims that its system of worship has been handed
down through tradition. They are absolutely correct. But these are
not the teachings of Jesus, but rather the traditions of Babylon.

2. Lineage of Roman Catholic
Doctrines
• Roman Catholic doctrines derived directly from ancient Babylon, not the Bible.
Examples include infant baptism, sprinkling during baptism, teachings on
death and immortality, tonsured and celibate priests with power over the dead,
prayers to the dead and to relics, repetitive prayers with the use of beads,
doctrines on forgiveness of sins, teachings on hell, the mass, and Sunday
worship.
• When Constantine married paganism and Christianity, the door was opened
for false doctrines to creep into the early Christian Church and they were
gradually introduced into the system.
• The Church became divided into the Catholic Church, who accepted the
pagan doctrines, and the true Christian Church who resisted Constantine’s
indoctrination.
• The church historian Philip Schaff says, "No church or sect in Christendom
ever sank so low as the Latin church in the tenth century."ii

3. Falsified Documents
• Many of Rome's documents used to
validate its authority and origin have been
established as fakes. These unusable
sources include The Donation of
Constantine, which claim to establish the
papal domain and jurisdiction, and The
Decretals of Isidore, which were touted as
establishing pontifical supremacy.
• According to J. A. Wylie's book ‘The
History of Protestantism’, the Greeks
reproachfully named the fledgling Roman
Church as "the native home of inventions
and falsifications of documents."iii These
forgeries, nevertheless, succeeded in
establishing Catholic doctrines.

4. Sun Worship
Babylonian King worshiping the sun god Shamash. The sun disc and other
symbols represent the moon god, the sun god, and the goddess Ishtar.

5. Sun Worship Today
• The Babylonian system of worship has essentially been
maintained to this day. The ancient Chaldeans worshiped a
pantheon of male and female gods representing the sun god.
• Sun worship is often seen as primitive, but is in fact a
sophisticated awe-‐inspiring system of worship that appeals to
the senses and captivates the mind with its grandiose
ceremonies.
• This system of worship has been perpetuated throughout
generations, and in our time forms the basis of Earth religions,
Buddhism, Hinduism, and Catholicism. In the mysteries of
Catholicism, sun worship reaches its highest form. The names of
the gods have changed, but the system of worship is the same.

6. Doctrines of Sun Worship
• As the sun god (Nimrod) plunged into the waters of the Euphrates River, so the
reincarnated son plunged into the waters of the womb to be worshipped as the saviour.
• The cycle of the sun represents the sun rising (Brahma), the sun at the meridian (Siva)
and the sun setting (Vishnu). At night, the sun rests in the womb of the ocean in the
darkness of the underworld, representing the death and suffering of the sun god.
• As god of the ocean (Poseidon, Neptune), he was also worshiped as the fish god
Dagon, who had plunged into the waters of the womb to be reborn. The most prominent
form of worship in Babylon was dedicated to Dagon, later known as Ichthys, or the fish.
• There are many links between ancient sun worship and Catholicism. In Chaldean (or
Babylonian) times, the head of the church was the representative of the god Dagon. He
was considered to be infallible, and was addressed as "Your Holiness." Nations subdued
by Babylon had to kiss the ring and slipper of the Babylonian god-‐king.
• Both the Dalai Lama and the Pope claim these same powers and the same titles to this
day. Moreover, the vestments of paganism—the fish mitre and robes of the priests of
Dagon—are worn by the Catholic bishops and cardinals, and by the Pope.

7. Sun Worship Symbols
Virtually all symbols of sun worship exist in
present-‐day Roman Catholic cathedrals.

8. St. Peter’s, Bernini’s Canopy, Rome
St. Peter’s in Rome
has one of the
greatest collection
of pagan symbols
in the world. The
main altar at St.
Peter’s, Bernini’s
Canopy, has the
symbols of the
serpent, sun and
moon worship, and
male and female
forms of sun rays.

9. St. Peter’s, Bernini’s Canopy, Rome cont.
The altar has Pope Joane (the only female pope in
history) depicted in pains of childbirth representing
the birth of the sun god.

10. The Square of St. Peter’s
Basilica in Rome
Notice the sunwheel pattern on the floor and obelisk (phallic symbol of Osiris)
in the middle. Also notice the cross with the circle around it under the obelisk.
Symbols of sun worship found in Catholicism include the solar wheel (dating
back to the time of the Chaldeans). It is found on virtually all cathedrals today.
The square of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome consists of the largest solar wheel in
the world. The square is circular and the wheel has eight spokes.

11. The Square of St. Peter’s Basilica
in Rome cont.
In St. Peter’s Square, there is a wheel within a
wheel, which is a counterfeit of the mobile throne
of God, as described by the prophet Ezekiel. As a
counterfeit, it represents the throne of the Dragon
who gives the Beast his seat and great authority.
In the center of the square is an obelisk, a phallic
symbol dedicated to the worship of the sun.

12. Coptic Shells
Coptic shells, which in paganism served as a
symbol of the cosmos, were also used, along with
astrological signs.
John the Baptist using a
shell to baptize Jesus.

13. The Keys of Peter
The Papacy claims to have the
keys of Peter— the keys to
heaven and hell. St. Alphonsus
Liguori, in his The Dignities and
Duties of the Priest (1927) tell
us, "The priest has the power of
the keys, or the power of
delivering sinners from Hell, of
making them worthy of
Paradise, and of changing
them from the slaves of Satan
into the children of God. And
God Himself is obliged to abide
by the judgment of His priests,
and either not to pardon or to
pardon." If this is true, then a
system determines your eternal
future, rather than God.
"Keys of Peter" depicted on a Catholic
building

14. The Keys of Peter & Coptic Shell
• The keys that the Pope wears
around his neck are not the keys of
Peter. Rather, they date back from
Babylonian times, when it was
supposed that this representative of
God had the power to unlock heaven
or hell.
• A statement about the Pope’s
position is found in William Barry's
The Papal Monarchy:
The Pax Romana (Roman peace) has
ceased, it is universal confusion, but
wherever a bishop holds court, religion
protects all that is left of the ancient
order. The emperor is no more, but the
pontifex maximus abides. He is the
vicar of Christ, offering the old
civilization to the tribes of the north. He
converts them to his creed, and they
serve him as father and judge
supreme.
The keys of Peter and the shell, a pagan
symbol for the cosmos, on a Roman
Catholic crest in St. Peter's Basilica.

15. The Keys of Peter in Babylon
Babylonian lion god holding the keys.
The keys were closely connected with the
symbol of the lion

16. Triangles with the Eye of
Horus
The eye of Osiris in a sexigesimal
triangle on a Roman Catholic
confessional in Milano, Italy.

17. Pine Cones
Pagan deities wore the pine cone on their crosier
just as the popes do today. Pine cones symbolized
fertility in pagan religions throughout history.

18. Pine Cones
The goddess Isis was always depicted with two
peacocks, similar to the two peacocks next to
the pine cone.

19. Globes
Globes serve as symbols of rulership of the universe,
and pagan gods carried the globe. The largest globe
in the world is on top of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

20. Phoenix Rising
This phoenix rising as seen in the Westminster Cathedral in
London shows the black and white diamonds represent the light
and dark side of Lucifer, the light bearer. The black and white is
also used in freemasonry. The phoenix rising from the ashes
symbolizes the light bearer being resurrected.

21. Fish Mitre
Pope John Paul II wearing a fish mitre,
and carrying a staff with both a bent
cross and a pine cone fertility symbol.
Notice the four-spoked solar symbol on
his mitre and the Maltese cross on his
robe.
Page 37 of Catholic historian Theodore
Maynard's The Story of American
Catholicism says, "“It has often been
charged..that Catholicism is overlaid with
many pagan incrustations. Catholicism, it
must be added, is ready to accept the
accusation—and even to make it her
boast."
Note also the arms of Jesus shaped
down into a "V" on the Pope's staff. This is
a sign used in occultism to show victory
over the Son of God.

22. Fish Mitre
This relief from an ancient Babylonian site
shows priests of Dagon with pails of "holy
water" and hyssop bushes to sprinkle faithful
worshipers. This ritual is still seen today in the
Catholic and Orthodox religions. Notice the
symbol of the sun above the the priests with
wavy rays emanating from it. These wavy
lines represent the female.
Priests of Dagon the fish god
wore mitres and capes.

23. The Eucharist
Serapis, the god of the dead. Serapis and Osiris, the
sun god, were worshiped by being "eaten" in the
form of round wafers that symbolized the sun.

24. The Eucharist
In the Roman Catholic mass, the Eucharist or “host” (the round
wafer) is a symbol of the sun. It is normally placed during
ceremonial masses on a monstrance with a crescent moon,
symbolizing the plunging of the sun into the womb of the
goddess.

25. The Eucharist
Some monstrances bear the letters “SFS,” which
represents 666, as S was the sixth letter in the ancient
Greek alphabet and F is the sixth letter in our alphabet.

26. The Eucharist
The rebirth of the sun god was celebrated by
the eating of round bread in Babylonian times,
and was common in Mithraism and Osiris
worship. Historian Alexander Hislop says this:
And here, in a so-called Christian Church, a
brilliant plate of silver, “in the form of the SUN,”
is so placed on the altar, that everyone who
adores at the altar must bow in lowly
reverence before that image of the “SUN.”
Whence, I ask, could that have come, than
from the ancient SUN-worship, or the worship
of Baal?
And when the wafer is placed so that the
silver “SUN” is fronting the “round” wafer,
whose "roundness" is so important an element
in the Romish Mystery, is only another symbol
of Baal, or the sun, what can be the meaning
of it, but to show to those who have eyes to
see that the “Wafer” itself is only another
symbol of Baal.

27. Hand Signals from Sun Worship
Cults
A statue of St. Peter, making the pagan trinity hand sign.
This statue was actually the pagan statue of Jupiter,
removed from the Pantheon in Rome (a pagan temple),
moved to the Vatican and renamed St. Peter.

28. Hand Signals from Sun Worship
Cults
A hand sign statue
from a Nordic tribe
Buddha statue making
pagan hand sign.
This is a statue of Tammuz, said to be
a statue of Jesus. Notice the hand
signals, the prayer beads, and
the globe.

29. Hand Signals from Sun Worship
Cults
Pope John Paul II
Jesus, portrayed with a globe in one hand
and making a symbol of the pagan trinity
with the other, is adorned with Fleur-de-lis.
Cathedral in Nurnberg, Germany.

30. Symbols of the Zodiac
Symbols of the Zodiac are found
on the floor of the Vatican. This
originates from the culture of the
Chaldeans.

31. Maltese Cross
This Assyrian king is wearing a Maltese cross, just
like the one seen on the Pope's robe. Notice also the
sun worship symbols above his hand. The symbol
above his hand is the 8-spoked pagan solar wheel.

32. Fertility Worship
This statue represents the mother goddess figure,
known under many names such as Artemis, Diana,
and Cybele. This figure becomes Mary in Catholic
circles

33. Fertility Worship
The Magharet Sitti Mariam, or “Milk Grotto” as it is commonly
known, where Catholic tradition has it that Mary spilt milk from
her breast while feeding Jesus. This milk supposedly squirted
onto the walls of the cave and formed white markings. The grotto
has become a shrine, revered today as a place of pilgrimage for
healing and fertility.

34. Sacred Heart Symbols
The "sacred heart" symbol shown here on Mary is
another pagan symbol. It is shown here in a pamphlet
from St. Mary's Cathedral, Capetown, South Africa.

35. Sacred Heart Symbols

36. Sacred Heart Symbols
Quetzalcoatl's sacred heart. Quetzalcoatl was lord of life
and death in the Aztec and Toltec culture. The sacred heart
was also used in pagan mysteries of Osiris, Vishnu, and Bel.

37. Dragon Symbols
The winged dragon was the symbol of pagan Rome and
Catholicism has made it its own. The serpent and winged
dragon symbols are seen throughout Catholicism, and are
found originating in ancient pagan cultures.

38. Serpent Symbols
Serpent crosiers were commonly
carried by bishops and high Catholic
officials during the Middle Ages

39. Pagan Catholic Architecture
Many Catholic churches are
built on ancient pagan sites.
Catholic architecture also tends
to mimic pagan architecture.
Sun domes, obelisks, and even
crosses have pagan origins. In
pagan cultures, deities were
worshiped in grottoes, groves
and high places. In Catholicism,
Mary veneration is associated
with caves, groves, and high
places. The Bible tells us that
Jesus is the Door and that no
one comes to the Father but
through Him (John 10:7; 14:6).
The devil twisted that truth
through ancient paganism,
which taught that you had to go
through door to be saved.
Golden door in the chapel of St.
Ignatius in San Francisco showing the
peacock, phoenix, dragon-fish,
unicorn, pagan mitre and staff, and a P
with crossed feathers (a 666 symbol
also used in freemasonry).

40. Pagan Catholic Architecture
An ancient pagan place of
worship built into the hillside
in Syria where the
monastery of Saydanaya is
located. The pagan worship
cave is sealed with the
black iron door. Triple
arches were common in
pagan worship and are also
used in Mary veneration. On
the top of this hill is a
monastery containing a
painting that drips oil.
Catholic structures are often
built over ancient pagan
sites.

41. Pagan Catholic Architecture
This altar in the basement of the Basilica of San Clemente shows Christianized wording
in Latin on one side, with petroglyphs of pagan sun worship on the other side. Both
religions worshiped in the same capacity, used the same venues and altars, and
eventually fused into one.
As James Wharey wrote on page 24 of Sketches of Church History (Presbyterian Board
of Publication, 1840), "when Christianity became the established religion of the Roman
Empire, and took the place of paganism, it assumed, in a great degree, the forms and
rites of paganism...Christianity as it existed in the dark ages, might be termed, without
much impropriety of language, baptized paganism.".

42. Prayer Beads
Catholics also use prayer beads for repetitive prayers,
even though the Bible admonishes, “But when ye pray,
use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think
that they shall be heard for their much
speaking” (Matthew 6:7).

43. Fleur-de-lis
The fleur-de-lis, which represents the union of male
and female. (Fleur-de-lis railing detail at the Vatican)

44. Fleur-de-lis
Typical example of the use of
the Fleur-de-lis in Roman
Fleur-de-lis on the Tiara of a Neo-
Assyrian winged-god from the Palace
of Kingt Sargon II (721-705 B.C.) in
the Louvre, Paris
Fleur-de-lis on the head of
Isis, fertility goddess of Egypt

45. Catholic Cardinals in purple and
red. (add bible verse)

46. Vatican
• The Vatican is built on the hill where the temple of
Janus the sun god stood. Alongside St. John’s
Lateran, which is the church where the Pope is
crowned and where he speaks infallibly, is the
obelisk of Tutmoses III, which was dedicated to
Reharakti, the sun god.
• Many other symbols of sun worship are used in
Catholicism, such as halos, pagan crosses,
lightning bolts, hand-‐signals from sun worship
cults, tridents, the fleur-‐de-‐lis

47. http://www.mindserpent.com/
religion/pope/rc_images.html