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Did the Reformers accuse the Catholic Church of being "a pagan mixture"?
Actually, the charge leveled by the Reformers was not so much that the Roman Catholic Church was too pagan but rather that it was too Jewish!
Things like incense or icons of heavenly things (Exodus 25:...
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Did the Reformers accuse the Catholic Church of being "a pagan mixture"?
There are many accusations about Catholics and paganism.
Here is one from John Calvin who lived 1509-1564 about the Catholic Church and idols, relics, images, and other superstitions adopted from ...
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Did the Reformers accuse the Catholic Church of being "a pagan mixture"?
In a search for the answer, I found no direct evidence for the Reformers making claims against the Catholic church relating to its paganism. The first quote I found was the following, published in ...
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