Catholic Myths: A Biblical Examination into the Myths, Rituals, Relics, Superstitions, and Inventions of the Roman Catholic Church
By Charles A. Zonca
Independently published, 2020, 227 pp.

With “Catholic Myths,” author Charles A. Zonca (Word of Victory Tract Ministries) has done a decent job examining many of the mythical elements of Roman Catholic theology (see chapter headings below). The RCC’s doctrines are based more upon the church’s spurious “sacred traditions” than upon the Bible. Many of the traditions have their roots in paganism.
However, there are a couple of problems with this book. 1) Zonca relies heavily upon Alexander Hislop’s “The Two Babylons” (1858) and Ralph Woodrow’s “Babylon Mystery Religion” (1966), which drew directly from the former. Historians have shown that Hislop overreached with some of his postulations regarding Babylonian paganism. Woodrow later reconsidered and disavowed his previous book with the publication of “The Babylon Connection?” in 1997. 2) Zonca is a purveyor of KJV 1611-Onlyism and presses that view.
“Catholic Myths” has a lot of very good, detailed information about popular, superstition-tinged Catholic beliefs and practices that the more academically-inclined evangelical writers like Gregg Allison and Leonardo De Chirico tend to avoid, but the problems mentioned above prevent me from recommending this book as a resource.
An excellent examination of Roman Catholicism as it compares to Biblical Christianity is “The Gospel According to Rome” by James G. McCarthy, available at Amazon here.
Contents
Myths
- Bible Versions
- The Rock
- Apostolic Succession
- Peter – Bishop of Rome
- Limbo
- Purgatory
- Transubstantiation
- Sacrifice of the Mass
- Forgiveness of Sins
- Mary – Mother of God
- Assumption
- Immaculate Conception
- Mary Worship
- Worship of Saints
- Celibacy
- Priests and Nuns
- Sainthood Canonization
- Fasting from Meat
- Gambling and Drinking
- Many Ways to Heaven
- Muslims
- Chrislam
- Papal Infallibility
- Charismatic Movement
- The Magi
Rituals
- All Saints Day
- Holy Stairs in Rome
- Indulgences
- Infant Baptism
- The Host
- Worship of the Monstrance
- Pope’s Tiara
- Mitre
- Kissing the Pope’s Ring
- Kissing Statues
- Priestly Clergy Garments
- Processions
- Praying the Rosary
- Pilgrimages to Shrines
- Votive Candles
- Catholic Santería Voodoo Rituals
- Epiphany Door Blessing Ritual
Relics
- Relics of Romanism
- Our Lady of Clearwater
- The Nun Bun
- Our Lady of Guadalupe
Superstitions
- Apparitions
- Amulets
Good News
- The Bible – Man’s Only Hope
Will ead this after lunch!
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I have that book by James G. McCarthy-I highly recommend it!!!!
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Yeah, I’ve read a lot of books that examined RC-ism, but I continue to recommend McCarthy’s “The Gospel According to Rome.” I’m glad that it’s still in print.
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I saw you gave it a three star; seems its right from your review. I love how it cover many aspects of Romanism and not just a few; also good move recommending a good book on RC. Still its amazing to see this published in 2020!
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Thanks, brother! Yup, I appreciated how this book covered so many aspects of RC myth and superstition, but the KJV 1611-Onlyism and discredited references push it close to a Jack Chick-type publication. Oops, I forgot, the author also referenced a Chick publication. He also references several old tracts. I felt that I needed to suggest an excellent resource after reviewing this problematic one.
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Wow he also reference Chick publications…and tracts. That is a bit too much for me. Still I’m glad you reviewed it; I do wonder about the books out there on Catholicism!
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Yeah, any book that uses a Chick publication as a reference goes into the undependable basket. Too bad because he presented a lot of good information.
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Sad that he had good info mix with chick tracts sources
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Late start but gong to read your round up now!
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I was already way behind on WordPress and then I woke up late this morning!
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I feel you!
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🙂👍✝️🙂
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