 They hold that it brought in pagan festivals and rites, as well as the worship of Mary, as well as doctrines such as Purgatory and Hell which were not of the Early Church.They teach that the Papacy slowly became corrupted as it strove to attain great dominion and authority, both civil and ecclesiastical.For example, they say, it reinstated the pagan ceremonies and obligations of the "Collegium Pontificum" and the position of "Pontifex Maximus" and created Christian religious orders to replace the ancient Roman ones such as the Vestal Virgins and the "flamines".