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Here you see a stone laver from Assyria which is now in the Pergamum
Museum in Berlin. Carved on its sides are depictions of pagan priests
that appear to be half sun-fish and half man, that are sprinkling holy
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Again, here is a similar depiction of a pagan priest wearing a
sun-fish, the head with open mouth worn as a mitre and the rest of
the fish forming a cloak. These are both illustrations of Dagon,
which was the God of Babylon and Philistia and is mentioned several
times in scripture in Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel
5:2-7, and 1 Chronicles 1:10. In Strong's Hebrew
Dictionary, this is the definition for Dagon:
1712. Dagown, daw-gohn'; from H1709; the fish-god; Dagon, a
Philistine deity: --Dagon.
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Note the mitre on the head of this drawing of the goddess Cybele and
the striking similarity to the fish head of Dagon. Cybele was
worshipped in Rome and was also called the "Magna Mater", or
the great queen mother goddess, which evolved into Catholic Mariology.
The priesthood of Cybele was composed of castrated males, which
parallels the celibate priesthood of Catholicism. The basilica of
Saint Peter's, according to some, stands upon the former site of
Cybele's main temple in Rome. The ruins of another temple to Cybele /
Magna Mater can still be seen today in Rome on Palatine hill. |
See these pages for more information.
 JBL Statues
The Cult of
Magna Mater
The Sibyl and
Cybele Oracles.
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So, now, here is the fish-head mitre worn by the ranking clergy of the
Catholic Church, in this case Pope John Paul II. As can be seen, it is
derived directly from the mitres of the ancient pagan fish-god Dagon,
and the goddess Cybele. The papal mitre represents the head of Dagon
with an open mouth, which is the reason for the pointed shape and split
top. |
From the "Be Not
Afraid" series of videos, Copyright ©1992,
Apostolate
for Family Consecration |
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| Note the similarity in theme of the symbol on the front of John Paul's
mitre, here a sun wheel, and that of Cybele's mitre above, symbolic of
the pagan sun god. (See
LA VERITA - THE TRUTH) |
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Except as otherwise noted
the illustrations in this article are from the book
"The New Illustrated Great Controversy"
Copyright © LLT Productions
Used by Permission
| Dagon, the fish god.
Learn more about the
Fish God. |
Point of Interest:
1. Notice the mouth-shaped hate how it
resembles the two-horned mitre worn by the Pope and Catholic Church officials today.
2. Notice the wristband
and how they compare the one one worn by the pope below.
Learn more about this by
clicking here.
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