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Pagan Gods and Goddesses Worshipped as Christian Saints [ - St Brigid ]
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"Probably the clearest example of the survival of an early goddess into Christian times is Brigid, the great triple goddess of the Celtic Irish. Bridget took religious vows...and was canonized after her death by her adoptive church, which allowed the saint a curious list of attributes, coincidentally identical to those of the earlier goddess." - Excerpt from Goddess & Heroines by Patricia Monaghan

"Brigit is a goddess who survived the onslaught of Christianity. So great was the love of the Irish people for this deity, that they retained all Her characteristics as a Christian saint! They would have none of Christianity if they couldn't keep Brigit. So the Catholic church had no choice but to make her a saint. She is a triple Goddess.This triple aspect of the Goddess is where Christians got the idea of the Trinity." - Brigit, the Goddess Who Would Not Die by Joan Lansberry

"The three-leaf shamrock was originally of "The Three Mothers," as well as the three phases of the moon being her symbols. She shares some attributes with the ancient Greek triple Goddess Hecate. Into the 18th Century, her sacred flame was tended, at first, by priestesses, and later by nuns, when the shrine became a convent, at Kildare, Ireland."- Brigit, the Goddess Who Would Not Die by Joan Lansberry

"Although the Christian religion is monotheistic and all replies to prayers are said to come from the grace of Jehovah, in practice, prayers to Jesus and the Holy Spirit...and prayers to The Virgin Mary have a long history of popular usage dating back to pre-Christian European Goddess-centered paganism." - PATRON SAINTS for various OCCUPATIONS and CONDITIONS compiled by Catherine Yronwode from Catholic Church and Folk Sources

"As in most religions, the honoured dead of Christianity -- real or fictitious men and women known for their piety -- are referred to as "saints." In what some scholars believe was an attempt to appeal to pagans who worshipped various polytheistic pantheons." - PATRON SAINTS for various OCCUPATIONS and CONDITIONS compiled by Catherine Yronwode from Catholic Church and Folk Sources

"Many Catholics address the Virgin Mary with direct prayers and do not ask her to intercede on their behalf with Jehovah, but although this is a common practice, technically speaking, Mary is not a deity..." - PATRON SAINTS for various OCCUPATIONS and CONDITIONS compiled by Catherine Yronwode from Catholic Church and Folk Sources …

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this is bad, churches are falling away left and right

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#How the Pill Ruins Women — Forward Boldly

Silent abortions are taking place in your womb.

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"They say they're 'safe and effective'."

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Strong Hold Baptist Church in Norcross, GA.
Pastor David Berzins.

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#St. John of Damascus December 4th | Saint of the Day

Saint John Damascene has the double honor of being the last but one of the fathers of the Eastern Church, and the greatest of her poets. It is surprising, however, how little that is authentic is known of his life. The account of him by John of Jerusalem, written some two hundred years after his death, contains an admixture of legendary matter, and it is not easy to say where truth ends and fiction begins.

The ancestors of John, according to his biographer, when Damascus fell into the hands of the Arabs, had alone remained faithful to Christianity. They commanded the respect of the conqueror, and were employed in judicial offices of trust and dignity, to administer, no doubt, the Christian law to the Christian subjects of the Sultan. His father, besides this honorable rank, had amassed great wealth; all this he devoted to the redemption of Christian slaves on whom he bestowed their freedom. John was the reward of these pious actions. John was baptized immediately on his birth, probably by Peter II, bishop of Damascus, afterwards a sufferer for the Faith. The father was anxious to keep his son aloof from the savage habits of war and piracy, to which the youths of Damascus were addicted, and to devote him to the pursuit of knowledge.

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