The Two Babylons, a book written by Alexander Hislop, claims that the religion of ancient Babylon became what is known today as the Catholic Church.
The first Christians celebrated the death of Jesus with a Pascha meal (eucharist) on the lunar date of the Jewish Passover (note 1 Cor. 5:7-8). At first there was no annual celebration of the resurrection.Eventually, in the gentile world, the day of resurrection was added to the Pascha...