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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

The Caesars did this when they required Christians to swear to the Genius oath for the Caesar.

I never heard of this Genius Oath, so I found this in the Biblical Cyclopedia.

Genius Of The Emperor

In the early centuries of the Church, one of the tests by which Christians were detected was, to require them to make oath "by the genius or the fortune of the emperor;" an oath which the Christians, however willing to pray for kings, constantly refused, as savoring of idolatry. Thus Polycarp was required to swear by the fortune of Caesar; and Saturninus adjured Speratus, one of the martyrs of Scillita, "at least swear by the genius of our king;" to which he replied, " I do not know the genius of the emperor of the world." Minucius Felix reprobates the deification of the emperor, and the heathen practice of swearing by his "genius" or "demon;" and Tertullian says that, although Christians did not swear by the genius of the Caesars, they swore by a more august oath, "by their salvation." We do not, says Origen, swear by the emperor's fortune, any more than by other reputed deities; for (as some at least think) they who swear by his fortune swear by his demon, and Christians would die rather than take such an oath.

This oath of allegiance to Witness Lee is absolutely pathetic. The early church, with many of the church fathers, would consider this oath as idolatry to Witness Lee or his demon.

Unbelievable! And then LC leaders have the nerve to condemn Catholics and Lutherans for their idolatry.