![]() The Catholic church fought paganism to become the prominent state ideology. The main rift between the church and astrology is the rift between free will and determinism. Christian thought would say we have the choice between good and evil. These days we mostly believe in free will. It’s not exactly ethical to tell someone when or how they’re going to die, or that they will experience something specific at a certain date or time. Modern astrology, however is a little more relaxed. The Bible recognizes the existence and even confirms the function of astrology.Įarly astrology was incredibly fatalistic: your fate is set in stone. By banning astrology they were speaking to not only its popularity, but its accuracy. Early Christians were actually afraid of astrology. Psalm 19 states “The heavens declare the glory of God the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” The star of Bethlehem is part of the prophecy and proof that Jesus is the son of God. What was so wrong about seeing the glory of God in the order of the stars? The Old Testament speaks to astrology as being proof of a higher power. Someone that important and central to the church was kicked out because he was doing star math. He converted and then was excommunicated from the Catholic church for being an astrologer in the year 120. Aguila Ponticus translated The Bible from Hebrew to Greek. The church has never approved of astrology. ![]()
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