Page 49 - Christians Must Heed Jesus

Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

poused monotheism were condemned for holding heretical beliefs.
The punishment for heresy was burning at the stake.

● Excommunication is a sanction first applied against the oppo-
nents of the Trinity. The Papacy and Roman and Byzantine politicians
inflicted various punishments, including burning at the stake, on op-
ponents of the Trinity and supporters of monotheism. The courts
known as the Inquisition were also set up for that purpose.
● The monotheistic Arian movement, started by the Alexandrian
priest Arius on the basis of early and trustworthy writings, was high-
ly influential in that period. However, this development alarmed the
Romans, who burned the Library of Alexandria and the documents
and books it contained in 411.

The "religious dogma" established by the

Church and how Christians were
compelled to adhere to it

● It was Trinitarian Christians who imposed a new meaning on
the word "dogma."
● In brief, religious dogma means that the "Christian religion can
only be formulated by the Papacy or Church authorities, and it is obligatory
to believe in it in just that form."
● To put it another way, it is impossible for a Christian to decide
what or what not to believe on the basis of the Holy Book. The Church
decides what he may or may not believe.
● For example, if someone says, "I reject the Trinity and believe
that God is the One and Only Creator, and that Jesus is the servant of
God, not His son," then he is no longer a Christian, strictly speaking.
No matter how much he has reached this conclusion from the holy

books he has read and his own investigations and in the light of his
own reason, conscience, conceptual abilities and mental capacities, the
Church will still not regard him as a Christian.

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