The Two Babylons, Or the Papal Worship by Alexander Hislop

The Two Babylons, Or the Papal Worship by Alexander Hislop

Originally a pamphlet published in 1853, The Two Babylons is Hislop's most famous work. In this book he argues that the Roman Catholic Church is nothing more than pagan cult, with roots in Babylonian mystery cults, which have a bank of secret knowledge only available to those who have been formally accepted into the cult. Roman Catholics, Hislop argues, are descendants from early Christians who adopted the Roman religion descended from the worship of Semiramis, the wife of the founder of Babylon. By discrediting the true Christianity of Catholics, Hislop hoped to bolster the legitimacy of the Protestant and Scottish Reformations. Students of theology and those interested in the complex history of Christianity will find Hislop's arguments provocative enough that they may be moved to further research of their own. Scottish minister ALEXANDER HISLOP (1807-1865) became an ordained clergymen in the Free Church of Scotland in 1844. As a Presbyterian minister, Hislop was famously critical of

Alexander Hislop (1807-1865), a Free Church of Scotland preacher, was well-known for his harsh criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. Stephen Hislop (died 1837), a mason by trade and a Relief Church elder, was his father. Stephen Hislop, Alexander's brother, was also a missionary to India and a naturalist throughout his lifetime (lived 1817-1863). Alexander was a parish schoolmaster in Wick, Caithness, for a period. He married Jane Pearson in 1831.

He was the editor of the Scottish Guardian newspaper at one point. At the Disruption of 1843, he joined the Free Church of Scotland as a probationer. In 1844, he was ordained at Arbroath's East Free Church, where he later became senior minister in 1864. After being ill for almost two years, he died of a paralytic stroke the following year.

He wrote several works, the most well-known of which is The Two Babylons: Papal Worship Exposed to be Nimrod and His Wife's Worship.

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ISBN 10	1479615803
Title	The Two Babylons, Or the Papal Worship
Author	Alexander Hislop
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Publisher	Teach Services, Inc.
Year published	2014-11-24
Number of pages	354
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