CATHOLICS often talk of the antiquity of their religion, but we think that the following dates of the original of their peculiar doctrines and practices, will show them to be too modern for a scriptural Christian to receive them:— A. D.
Holy Water ........................................ 120
Penance ............................................ 158
Monkery ............................................ 328
Latin Mass ......................................... 394
Extreme unction ................................... 558
Purgatory ........................................... 558
Invocation of Virgin Mary and of Saints ........... 594
Papal usurpation ................................... 607
Kissing the Pope's toe ............................. 708
Image worship ....................................... 715
Canonization of Saints ............................. 993
Baptism of Bells .................................. 1000
Transubstantiation ............................... 1000
Celibacy ........................................... 1015
Indulgences ........................................ 1190
Dispensations ...................................... 1200
The Inquisition .................................... 1204
Confession ......................................... 1215
Elevation of the Host ............................. 1222
The Immaculate Conception .......................... 1854