...et blasphemaris ab his qui se dicunt Iudaeos esse, et non sunt, sed sunt synagoga Satanae. (Apocalypsis Ioannis 2:9)
Introduction
Throughout the time when the Roman Catholic Latin church ruled Europe, there appeared groups which claimed that the Roman Catholic Church was not, nor had ever been, the True Church. As the Roman Catholic Church saw these groups as its enemies, it did everything in its power to destroy them, first and foremost through the Inquisition. If information about these groups has come down to us, our sources are almost always those given to us by the Roman Catholic Church, and always in Latin. Thus, the information we have about these groups is often hostile and contradictory. This information must be viewed very critically, as there is no way to insure that it has not somehow been distorted by the Roman Catholic Church itself.
This site then, is devoted to that other Church, the Church which was persecuted to complete destruction by the Roman Catholic Church. In the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, its opponents were all working together, and their Church had one name: Synagoga Satanae
I.
The Roman Catholic Latin Mass
The central rite and belief of the Roman Catholic Church.
II.
Roman Catholic rituals to control demons
Latin grimoires and rites of exorcism for priests to use to call to Satan and use the power of demons.
III.
Roman Catholic portrayals of their opponents
Latin descriptions of Satanic rites and practices.
IV.
Opposing Versions of the Roman Catholic Latin Mass
Parodies of the Latin Mass, and the Black Mass.
V.
The other Church
Latin writings of groups claiming to be the True Church, and claiming that the Roman Catholic Church was a mistaken imposter.
VI.
Other groups
Groups that were less unified and organized, but still singled out by the Roman Catholic church as being adherents of that other Church.