Author: W. J. Wilkins

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781333982560

Excerpt from Paganism in the Papal Church The striking resemblance between the religious practices of Hinduism and those of the Roman Catholic Church cannot fail to be noticed by those familiar with the two systems. Intelligent Hindus affirm that there is little to distinguish them. On one occasion, after addressing a Hindu audience, one of my hearers said that only a little time before, he entered a church and saw a vessel of' holy water which was used for washing away sin, an image of a goddess before which the people were bowing in worship, and people confessing to a priest, hoping to obtain pardon for their sins. He asked me wherein all this differed from bathing in the Ganges, worshipping the goddess Durga, and seek ing salvation from a guru or confessor. I had to admit that in principle there was little difference between the heathen andiv Preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.