by Alexander Hislop
originally published in 1916
paperback; 352 pages
Written in the classical style, this volume is truly one of the great works of Christian apologetics. From a huge depository of ancient historical texts and myths, the author demonstrates that nearly all the dogmas and practices of the Romish church — the celebration of Christmas and Easter, the veneration of the Virgin Mary, the Mass, etc. — have been copied from the Babylonian worship of Nimrod and his wife Semiramis, and that the papacy is the direct descendent of that “mystery of iniquity” which was beginning to corrupt the Christian Church even in the First Century. As an account of the historical war between Christ and Antichrist, and of fallen mankind's revolt against the true knowledge of God, this book is without equal and Hislop’s research will also aid the reader in understanding many difficult portions of the Old Testament. Illustrated with 61 woodcuts from Ninevah, Babylon, Egypt, Pompeii, and other heathen cultures.
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