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13. Pope Urban VIII (1623 t - 1644)
Most scandalous popes in history

He incurred massive debts during his reign

He expanded the papal territory by force of arms and advantageous politicking. He practiced nepotism on a grand scale as he enormously enriched various members of his family. He incurred massive debts which greatly weakened his successors. During his reign, he was involved in a controversy with famed scientist Galileo and his theory on heliocentrism.

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12. Paul IV (1555 - 1559)
Most scandalous popes in history

He created a Jewish ghetto in Rome

He was unusually rigid and intolerant. Some of Rome's synagogues were destroyed under his reign. He was best known for his horrific acts of anti-Semitism. He created a Jewish ghetto in Rome, inside which Jews were obligated to identify themselves with a yellow head-covering. He was so hated that Paul IV was so hated that people ran through Rome and destroyed statues of him upon his death in 1559.

11. Pope Julius III (1550–1555)
Most scandalous popes in history

He was accused of having a love affair with his nephew

He allegedly had a long love affair with Innocenzo Ciocchi del Monte, his adoptive nephew, which was a cause of public scandal. The Venetian ambassador at that time reported that Innocenzo shared the pope's bed.

10. Pope Leo X (1513 to 1521)
Most scandalous popes in history

Leo X allowed the faithful to buy their way into heaven

Leo X was very corrupt and allowed worshippers to buy their way into heaven. He had the habit of putting prices on others' sins and requiring them to give him money in return for absolving their wrongdoings. He threatened them that their souls would not be able to enter heaven if they didn't pay up. Upon his death, he left the papacy close to bankruptcy.

9. Pope Julius II (1503 to 1513)
Most scandalous popes in history

Julius II had a bad case of syphilis

He reportedly had several mistresses and at least one illegitimate daughter. Despite his sacred oath of celibacy, he contracted syphilis, apparently via prostitutes, and on Good Friday in 1508 his feet were so covered by sores that the faithful could not kiss them.

8. Pope Alexander VI (1492 to 1503)
Most scandalous popes in history

Alexander VI bought his way into the papacy

He is one of the most memorable of the corrupt and secular popes. He bought his way into the papacy. His two dominant passions were love of women and greed of gold. He had a rollicking sex life and hosted an orgy in 1501 called the "Joust of Whores." He had several mistresses and fathered at least nine illegitimate children.

7. Pope Innocent VIII (1484 - 1492)
Most scandalous popes in history

Innocent VIII had lots of illegitimate children

He acknowledged having eight illegitimate children, though he may have had more. He encouraged and blessed the act of witch hunting.

6. Pope Sixtus IV (1471 - 1484)
Most scandalous popes in history

He had an illegitimate child with his sister

This pope had six illegitimate children, including one with his sister. He created a church tax on prostitutes and charged priests for having mistresses. He made six of his nephews cardinals.

5. Pope Paul II (1464 - 1471)
Most scandalous popes in history

Accounts of his death vary

He was a nephew of Pope Eugenius IV (1431–1447). Accounts of his death vary. Some said he died of stroke while being sodomized by a page boy. Some others claimed he had collapsed from severe indigestion after eating melon in excess.

4. Pope Boniface VIII (1294 - 1303)
Most scandalous popes in history

Boniface VIII said pedophilia was no more problematic than "rubbing one hand against the other."

He said sleeping with boys was no more problematic than "rubbing one hand against the other." He erected statues of himself all over Rome and because of a personal political feud, the entire city of Palestrina was destroyed on his orders.

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Pope Stephen VI was later arrested, locked in a dungeon and strangled to death by supporters of Formosus.

2. Pope John XII (955 to 964)John XII was accused of"homicide, perjury, sacrilege"He attained the title of pope at age 18 and was said to have turned his residence into a brothel by committing adultery with numerous women, including two widows and his own niece, as well as his father's long-term girlfriend. He was also gambled with church offerings and was accused of even castrating a cardinal. Hewas reported to have died at the age of 20 when a jealous husbandcaught him in bed with his wife and beat him upmercilessly. The pope died three days later.

3. Pope Benedict IX (1032 and 1048)Benedict IX was"placed" into the papacy in 1032He was a three-time pope and the nephew of both Pope John XIX andPope Benedict VIII. He was not well liked and was described as "a demon from hell in the disguise of a priest." He reportedly stole, murdered and committed other, unspeakable deeds. He sold his holy title to his godfather for 1,500 pounds (680 kilograms) of gold.

The Catholic Church has seen 266 popes and some of them abused their power during their reign in the Roman Catholic Church, Popes, priests, nuns, bishops and cardinals take a vow of celibacy but some have been known to break this vow.For centuries, the Catholic Church has elected a pope to rule the billions of adherentsof the church across theglobe.Some of these Popes have been involved in several scandals, from mistresses and illegitimate children to shocking sex scandals, the Vatican sure has some dirty history.Below are some of the most scandalous popes in history.

1. Pope Stephen VI (896 to 897)Stephen VI dug up his predecessor's corpse and put it on trialThis Pope set out to get revenge on his predecessor, Pope Formosus, who he felt had wronged him. He exhumed the nine-month-old corpse of predecessor and put it on trial. Formosus corpse was found guilty of perjury and his body was tossed into the Tiber River. Later, it was recovered and given a proper burial.

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This is not a church! What would a fridge be doing in a church? besides nobody is with a Bible or any sort of book.

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God has never given permission to any man to work upon it. Reader, by what authority do you use - the seventh day for common labor?No Christian of the New Testament, either before or after the resurrection, ever did ordinary work upon the seventh day. Find one case of that kind, and we will yield the question. Why should modem Christians do differently from Bible Christians?There is no record that God has ever removed His blessing or sanctification from the seventh day.As the Sabbath was kept in Eden before the fall, so it will be observed eternally in the new earth after the restitution. (Isaiah 66:22, 23.)The seventh-day Sabbath was an important part of the law of God, as it came from His own mouth, and was written by His own finger upon stone at Sinai. (See Exodus 20.) When Jesus began His work, He expressly declared that He had not come to destroy the law. “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets.”Matthew 5:17Jesus severely condemned the Pharisees as hypocrites for pretending to love God, while at the same tune they made void one of the Ten Commandments by their tradition. The keeping of Sunday is only a tradition of men.

40 Bible Facts Concerning the First Day of the Week

The very first thing recorded In the Bible is work done on Sunday, the first day of the week. (Genesis l: l-5.) The Creator Himself did this. If God made the earth on Sunday, can it be wicked for us to work on Sunday?God commands men to work upon the first day of the week. (Exodus 20.8-11.) Is it wrong to obey God?None of the patriarchs ever kept it.None of the holy prophets ever kept it.By the express command of-God, His holy people used the first day of the week as a common working day for 4,000 years, at least.God Himself calls it a "working" day. (Ezekiel 46:1.)God did not rest upon it.He never blessed it.Christ did not rest upon it.Jesus was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), and worked at His trade until He was thirty years old. He kept the Sabbath and worked six days in the week, as all admit. Hence He did many a hard day’s work on Sunday.The apostles worked upon it during the same time.The apostles never rested upon it.Christ never blessed it.It has never been blessed by any divine authority.It has never been sanctified.No law was ever given to enforce the keeping of it, hence it is no transgression to work upon it. “Where no law is, there is no transgression.”Romans 4:15 (See also 1 John 3:4.)The New Testament nowhere forbids work to be done on it.No penalty is provided for its violation.No blessing is promised for its observance.No regulation is given as to how it ought to be observed. Would this be so if the Lord wished us to keep it?It is never called the Christian Sabbath.It is never called the Sabbath day at all.It is never called the Lord’s day.It is never called even a rest day.No sacred title whatever is applied to it. Then why should we call it holy?It is simply called “first day of the week.”Jesus never-mentioned it in any way, never took its name upon His lips, so far as the record shows.The word Sunday never occurs in the Bible at all.Neither God, Christ, nor inspired men ever said one word in favor of Sunday as a holy day.The first day of the week is mentioned only eight times in all the New Testament. (Matthew 28:1;Mark 16:2,9; Luke 24:1;John 20:1, 19; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2.)Six of these texts refer to the same first day of the week.Paul directed the saints to look over their secular affairs on that day. (1Corinthians 16:2.)In all the New Testament we have a record of only one religious meeting held upon that day, and even this was a night meeting. (Acts 20:5-12.)There is not intimation that they ever held a meeting upon it before or after that.It was not their custom to meet on that day.There was no requirement to break bread on that day.We have an account of only one instance in which it was done. (Acts 20:7.)That was done in the night-after midnight. (Verses 7-11.) Jesus celebrated it on Thursday evening (Luke 22), and the disciples sometimes did it every day (Acts 2:42-46.)The Bible nowhere says that the first day of the week commemorates the resurrection of Christ. This is a tradition of men, which contradicts the law of God. (Matthew 15:1-9.) Baptism commemorates the burial and resurrection of Jesus. (Romans 6:3-5.)

Toks2008:
It has been a subject of debate for many years that the weekly religious gathering of christians ought to be on saturday which is considered to be the original sabbath day the last day of the week and not sunday which happens to be the first day of the week.

Before we go on let's quickly read these very important biblical passages.

"Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord” (Romans 14:5–6a )."

“But now that you know God or rather are known by God — how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing special days and months and seasons and years” (Galatians 4:9–10 ).

From the passages above we can see clearly that whether you worship on Saturday or Sunday and whether you choose to worship God everyday, it's absolutely your choice and there is no need to be enslaved by the act of keeping a special day.

As for the reason many christians worship on sunday i believe an examination of New Testament passages shows us important points:

1.The Jewish Sabbath was abolished at the cross where Christ “canceled the written code, with its regulations” (Colossians 2:14 ).

2) Whenever Christ appears in His resurrected form and the day is mentioned, it is always the first day of the week (Matthew 28:1 , 9 , 10 ; Mark 16:9 ;Luke 24:1 , 13 , 15 ; John 20:19 , 26 ).

3).The new testament never mentioned any Sabbath (Saturday) gatherings by believers for fellowship or worship. However, there are clear passages that mention the first day of the week. For instance, Acts 20:7 states that “on the first day of the week we came together to break bread.” In 1 Corinthians 16:2
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Instead of abolishing the Sabbath, He carefully taught how it should be observed. (Matthew 12:1-13.)He taught His disciples that they should do nothing upon the Sabbath day but what was “lawful” (Matthew 12:12.)He instructed His apostles that the Sabbath should be prayerfully regarded forty years after His resurrection. (Matthew 24:20.)The pious women who had been with Jesus carefully kept the seventh day after His death. (Luke 23:56.)Thirty years after Christ's resurrection, the Holy Spirit' expressly calls it "the Sabbath day,"(Acts 13:14.)Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, called it the "Sabbath day" in A.D. 45. (Acts 13:27.) Did not Paul know? Or shall we believe modern teachers, who affirm that it ceased to be the Sabbath at the resurrection of Christ?Luke, the inspired Christian historian, writing as late as A.D. 62, calls it the "Sabbath day." (Acts 13:44.)The Gentile converts called it the Sabbath. (Acts 13:42.)In the great Christian council, A.D. 49, in the presence of the apostles and thousands of disciples, James calls it the "sabbath day." (Acts 15:21)It was customary to hold prayer meetings upon that day. (Acts 16:13.)Paul read the Scriptures in public meetings on that day. (Acts 17:2, 3.)It was his custom to preach upon that day. (Acts 17:2,3.)The Book of Acts alone gives a record of his holding eighty-four meetings upon that day. (See Acts 13:14, 44; 16:13;17:2; 18:4. 11.)There was never any dispute between the Christians and the Jews about the Sabbath day. This is proof that the Christians still observed the same day that the Jews did.In all their accusations against Paul, they never charged him with disregarding the Sabbath day. Why did they not, if he did not keep it?But Paul himself expressly declared that he had kept the law. “Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all." Acts 25:8. How could this be true if he had not kept the Sabbath?The Sabbath is mentioned in the New Testament fifty-nine times, and always with respect, bearing the same title it had in the Old Testament, “the Sabbath day.”Not a word is said anywhere in the New Testament about the Sabbath's being abolished, done away, changed, or anything of the kind.

the Sabbath is the fourth commandment in the ten commandments. How then was it singled out and abolished on the cross?

Very soon I'll just stop believing everything. seems everything I've known is a lie!

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