Popery

The vast counterfeit of the true church of God, spoken of as the harlot in Rev., in contradistinction to “the Bride.” Commencing by an unholy alliance with kings and princes (the union of the church and the world), this system has ever been characterized by the most bitter persecution of the saints of God. It is characterized by most dangerous heresies, such as transubstantiation, power of absolution, purgatory, prayers to the virgin and saints, and more recently Papal infallibility. Fortunately, the simple Christian is not called upon to investigate these errors, but knowing the truth to hold it fast and refuse anything else (1 John 2:24²⁴Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. (1 John 2:24)).