Sacrilege – Improper or impious behavior.
God used this word once in Scripture, to the Body of Christ in the Gospel of Grace.
Romans 2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
The only sacrilege today is condemning idolatry while having religious articles like religious jewelry, saint-medals, saint-candles, religious artifacts, following superstitions and old wives’ fables, believing another gospel, holding Church Doctrine above Scripture, denying God’s dispensational shift, etc.
In the 3rd century A.D., Constantine began conquering the world in the name of Christianity, which later became known as the Catholic Church; raping, robbing and enslaving the people in the nations that he conquered. His victims resisted by desecrating the Churches and recovering their stolen gold, precious metals, and precious stones that had been melted down and used as religious items in his Catholic Churches. In an effort to thwart this activity, the Catholic Church redefined this word to be “Temple robbery, a stealing of sacred things; The misuse or desecration of anything regarded as sacred or as worthy of extreme respect.”
See also Abhor, Blaspheme, Christian, Dispensation, Doctrine, Gospel