Nine years shorter in Purgatory. Thats what Catholics get for each step they climb on their knees in a Vatican staircase, claimed to have been transported to Rome from Jerusalem.
Catholics who have believed the lies, perform religious rituals at the «Sacred Steps» in Rome.
The so-called «Sacred Steps» in Rome is supposed to be the staircase from Pontius Pilate’s mansion, on which the Catholics are told Christ was made to walk on his knees, carrying the cross.
People still walk on their knees on those 30 odd steps as a mark of Jesus’ sacrifice for mankind. And there are 4 places on the stairs that are encased in gold-framed glass, supposed to be places where drops of Jesus’ blood fell.
How Pilate’s staircase came to Rome?
Helen, the mother of Emperor Constantine, brought it from wherever she might have found it.
In the Catholic Church, plenary indulgence can be granted for climbing the stairs on the knees. Pius VII on 2 September 1817 granted those who ascend the stairs in the prescribed manner an indulgence of nine years for every step. Finally Pius X, on 26 February 1908, granted a plenary indulgence to be gained as often as the stairs are devoutly ascended after confession and communion.
Not a few popes are recorded to have performed this pious exercise; Pius IX, who in 1853 entrusted the Passionist Fathers with the care of the sanctuary, ascended the Holy Stairs on 19 September 1870, the eve of the entrance of the Piedmontese into Rome.
There are replicas (holy copies) of these Holy Stairs at Lourdes, France; St. Anne de Beaupre, Canada; Tytuvenia, Lithuania; Abruzzi, Italy; Nasonville, Rhode Island and at St. Patrick’s.
My comment:
First:
There is no words in the Bible, about Jesus being dragged in a staircase in the Governor`s palace in Jerusalem. And if there ever was such a staircase, how did it end up as a pagan Roman Queens possession, more than 300 years after the life of Jesus?
Second:
And if there were blood in this staircase, how did anyone come to know if the blood was of Jesus? No one had His DNA-profile.
Since Pilate washed his hands of Jesus, would it not be reasonable, that someone would have cleaned up the mess in the staircase?
Third:
Frankly, it is more than unlikely that the Governor would make his presumed blood stained staircase into a «Museum» for a Jew the Jewish crowed wanted to get rid off, and the Roman soldiers crucified.
Forth:
In Mathew 28 you can read how the chief priests and the Jewish elders tried their best to blot out any traces and evidences of a risen Messiah, a cover-up that was supposed to have pleased Pilate.
Fifth:
How do you transport a staircase? I guess it must have been difficult to demolish? Was the building also demolished, and a proper copy of the castle built in Rome, to fit the staircase?
Six:
Jesus did not redeem mankind in the presence of Pilate, and any penance in such a staircase that will redeem the dead Catholics from «purgatory» is not-Biblical non sense.
The Vatican is cheating. The pagans claimed to be «Christians» has built a religion around a copy-cat Jesus, and religious rituals based on fabricated stories that perverts the truth.
Dear Ivar,
Shalom and Praise The LORD JESUS CHRIST.
One thing everyone should never forget in their life time is that “IT IS NOT BY WORKS, BY GRACE WE ARE SAVED”
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Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Rom 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Rom 6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Rom 6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Rom 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gal 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Rom 9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Rom 4:3 For what saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Rom 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Rom 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Tit 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared,
Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Tit 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;
Tit 3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
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Before you start trying to explain your opinion on something, you may want to do a little research first. If you did your research prior to writing, this would be far less embarrassing for you. First and foremost, Helen was not a Pagan Roman Queen, SHE IS A SAINT-SAINT HELENA!! Helen converted to Christianity and had a great deal of influence over her son, Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. Helen went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and is actually credited by many for finding the cross that Christ was crucified on-this however has not been substantiated. Most importantly, HELEN MADE CHRISTIANITY THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF ROME IN 325 AD. When I have more time to write, I’ll discredit your theory on Christ not having to walk up Stairs prior to Pontious Pilot washing his hands and sealing Christ’s fate to Crucifixion.
In the Catholic Church?
this ghastly monstrosity is a totally evil blasphemy by Rome, and they shall receive the greater judgement as a result. how did these MARBLE steps come to be in Pilate’s mansion in Jerusalem? and how were they discovered by Constantines wife (or mother?) in 325 ad? this was, presumably, the same woman who identified the BURNING BUSH in Sinai. and how were these stairs transported back to Rome? with the blood of Jesus still visible? and this blood is STILL visible after 1977 years (give or take?)? pull the other one-it’s got bells on.
love to all
tony
Dear Tony.
Shalom, and welcome to this site.
This staircase in Rome is religious fraud. I hope and pray that the Catholics will open their eyes, and find Jesus from Nazareth. Amen.
There’s no doubt in my mind the stairs are a fraud, as most religious relics are, but you act like the romaan’s couldn’t have moved these steps without resorting to black magic. I assure you, they brought much larger and more awesome things to rome than some stairs. Constantine’s mother was christian, and so she would have made pilgramage to rome and brought back the stairs she thought were sacred. Finally, just because something’s not described in the “good book” doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. I personally believe it doesn’t mean it DID happen. I support your statement that the stairs are fraud, but you really need to think about your supporting claims before you just throw them out there….
Dear Joe.
Shalom, and welcome to this site.
The real issue is Rome it self. Why, and when did God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob changed his mind, and moved from Jerusalem to the Vatican?
2 Kings 21:7
He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.
1 Chronicles 23:25
For David had said, “Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,
2 Chronicles 33:4
He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”
Psalm 125:2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.
Joel 3:20
Judah will be inhabited forever and Jerusalem through all generations.
The Pope and his children, has created their own religion with a “Jesus” copy in the center. Made their own temple in a pagan city, and claim that their leader is “The Holy father”.
I agree Ivarfejeld
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One thing fundamentalists don’t seem to grasp is that God “in the fullness of time” sent his son. In other words, the Christian religion is essentially a historical religion, as in the Old Testament: the God of your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The fact is Jesus Christ, our Saviour entered into time — not something that many evangelicals seem to pay much cognisance to. But you see St John relishing this is 1 John 1:1. It’s as if he wants us to ‘touch’ Jesus. Rome happened to be the most powerful center in the world at that “[fullness of] time”. Jerusalem will always be “true pole of all the earth, the great King’s city” Psalm 48:3, since salvation comes from the Jews and it would not be right for a prophet to die outside of Jerusalem. But then you should read the opening chapter of Acts: The Gospel would spread out from Jerusalem, Judah, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. Saul Paul made the smart decision to preach the Gospel in Rome and beyond. That his life ended there according to the early fathers and that ther is archeolgical evidence of the tomb of St Peter, it was logical for the first CHristians to build the church on that site: See Ephesians 2:20. That’s if you accept the premise that CHristianity is a historical religion.
HAVE YOU EVER CLIMBED THE HOLY STEPS??? The feeling you get while climbing them is almost breathtaking and it feels extremely holy. And prayer comes extremely easily. Even if Jesus hadn’t actually set foot on those particular steps, wouldnt the fact that thousands of Catholics have rediscovers or immensly strengthened their faith while on those very steps make it a very holy place?? The thousands of people who endured the pain, realizing that it is only a fraction of what Jesus endured for our Salvation? Think about it. Even if it is just a symbol, it is a replication of the most immense sacrifice ever made, so what arguments against it could really be legitament???????????
Dear Olivia
Shalom, and welcome to this site.
You wrote:
Even if it is just a symbol, it is a replication of the most immense sacrifice ever made, so what arguments against it could really be legitament???????????
My comment:
The truth is not a symbol. The truth is the truth. Since the story of the “Holy steps” in Rome is based on lies, it has no value for the Kingdom of God.
In regards to the first comments on why the steps can not be real, you can always pick out a Protestant. They absolutely hate anything that comes from the Catholic Church. Not sure why they go to Rome at all and don’t go to Germany where their heretic is from (Martin Luther)if they are going to bash everything traditionally Catholic or Rome for that matter.
They should remember always that the scriptures are Catholic and the true faith is Catholic and until they realize their faith is based on a man (Martin Luther)and not Christ they will return to the only true faith and quit bashing everything Catholic.
Us Catholics love our traditions including our sacred steps.
Dear Walt Viola.
Shalom., and welcome to this site.
You wrote:
They should remember always that the scriptures are Catholic and the true faith is Catholic.
My reply:
This is a very common misunderstanding. The Bible is a 3.000 year old book. The scriptures was written in Hebrew and Aramaic, not Latin. The Jewish Cannon was completed 1.500 years before there was a Roman Catholic Church, with its center in pagan Rome.
The Bible was there when Jesus walked the earth. He taught from the Torah in the synagogues. The New testament is basically a confirmation of the Old Testament, where Jesus confirms the scriptures.
When the New Testament cannon was put together and closed, the Roman Catholic Church did not control the Christian World. In 325 A.D there were multiple synods in the Middle East that did not accept the Bishop of Rome as anything but a puppet for the Emperor of Rome.
Please read history.
The Roman Catholic Church captured and lead Western Christianity astray from around 500 A.D. Slowly the idol worshipers lead the whole Europe into the dark ages. But there has always been a Church of true Messianic Baptists, that rejects the falsehood of Rome. People who serve Lord Jesus of the Bible, with all their heart, soul and strength.
If the Stair are not real, but a fraud?? Please explain this article on wikipedia!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scala_Sancta
The Scala Sancta (English: Holy Stairs, Italian: Scala Santa) are, according to the Christian tradition, the steps that led up to the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, which Jesus Christ stood on during his Passion on his way to trial.[1] The stairs were, reputedly, brought to Rome by St. Helena in the 4th Century. For centuries, the Scala Santa has attracted Christian pilgrims who wished to honor the Passion of Jesus.
It consists of twenty-eight white marble steps, now encased by wooden steps, located in a building which incorporates part of the old Lateran Palace, located opposite the Basilica of Saint John Lateran. They are located next to a church which was built on ground brought from Mount Calvary. The stairs lead to the Sancta Sanctorum (English: Holy of Holies), the personal chapel of the early Popes in the Lateran palace, known as the chapel of St. Lawrence.
Dear Alister.
Shalom.
I have spammed a couple of your messages. They were very long.
I do not permit papal teaching papers to be published on this site. The comment field is meant to used as a debate field.
Please makes short comments, and follow the debate at the concerned article.
In regards to the “Holy steps” in Rome, I do not have to explain an article in Wikipedia. My article is my case to counter the falsehood invented by Rome. You are free to ask questions linked to my article.
INVENTED!!!! Who the Hell do you think you are??? This Stair in Rome is not invent by the the Vatican or Papal falsehood you ignorant Protestant!!! Plus the fact the wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 18 million articles (over 3.6 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site. Wikipedia was launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger and has become the largest and most popular general reference work on the Internet, ranking around seventh among all websites on Alexa and having 365 million readers. Plus you should be judging the information by its reference…..WE I have check you see if it was sound and reasonable!
Plus another fact is that a praetorium in the Roman Empire before there was Christianity had stairs to see the riegning governor of the region they rule!!!! Do your RESEARCH!!!!!!!! This is the most ANTI-CATHOLIC and unchristain blog site! I am not Catholic, but I am Eastern Orthodox which 99.9% close to Catholicism, just we don’t have a Pope!! So, am I a False follower of Christianity!
Don’t blame them fully Richard! They just sola scriptura followers!!!
In the Bible:
2 Thess 2:15: “Stand firm and hold fast to the Traditions you were taught, whether by an ORAL STATEMENT or by a letter from us.”
Phil 4:9: “Keep on doing what you have learned and received and HEARD and SEEN IN ME. Then the God of peace will be with you.”
1 Corinth 11:2: “I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the Traditions, just as I handed them on to you.”
2 Thess 3:6: “We instruct you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who conducts himself in a disorderly way and not according to the TRADITION they received from us.”
1 Peter 1:25: “…but the Word of the Lord REMAINS FOREVER. This is the Word that has been PROCLAIMED TO YOU (i.e., orally).”
No where in the Bible does it say Scripture ALONE or Sole Authority!! Show me where it says that compared to these scripture passages prove it!
It is Christ Jesus who is the sole authority.
Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
And yet Jesus passes his sole authority and command to his disciples!! Jesus is sole authority and pass on to those on earth who are his disciples and led by Peter as head of the disciples! Plus your comment still does not explain how the Bible is a sole authority since the Bible was not a book until 5th century. Before that was just word of mouth or orally passed on…..which TRADITION!! Explain that……..
You are not as smart as you think. Personally I find you to be an ass but thank you for the wonderful picture.
Peter,
If you’d like to leave a decent comment, respectfully disagreeing that is fine.
If you do leave a filthy comment, you will be spammed from this site.
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
first of all your views are incredibly biased. The romans transported 13 giant obelisks from Egypt to Rome even before the staircase was transported, so the staircase would be a much easier task than those obelisks. Theres no way to prove that the blood stains are/are not Jesus, thus called FAITH. I’ve climbed these steps and have had an unexplainable experience. Even if Jesus wasn’t previously on these steps, every single pope since they were in place has climbed these so it would be considered a very Holy place nevertheless. In my opinion, they should DNA test the blood on the stairs with the Shroud of Turin (which was recently said to be only blood and sweat – dozens of scientists have researched and there is no paint).
In God we trust
Remains a hollow dictum
Unless we believe
God is just
Trusting fully in doing what is just
May we only claim in God we trust.
Well if the angels took it to Rome, it is as bad as the night flight of mohammed from Yahrushalayim.
What a load of hogwash!
Give me YHVH God’s Word/Torah any time.
Thanks for the insight, Ivar, someone who really knows where the Truth is.
More RCC mumbo jumbo. One catholic woman wanted to pay for my sister who has cancer to go on a pilgrimage to Rome & crawl up the stairs & Majigory so she could get healed. Praise Yah she saw the tricks of trying to get people into the bondage of this through promises of healing & if no healing then a passage out of purgatory.
What a very sad scenario these graphic pictures show.
I like my logo, Black & white that’s me, no grey area’s.