What you need to understand about Catholicism is that it is not in the Bible. Many people do not even know their Bible well enough to understand this.
here are some basics to start with.....
here are some basics to start with.....
- What does Gods word say about allowing men to come between you and God?
The Bible condemns allowing ministers to come between us and God.
1st Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God, and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."
Romans 10:3,4 proclaims, "For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."
- What does the Bible say about praying to dead people/saints or Angels?
Colossians 2:18 "18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels..."
John 16:23-26 23"...my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name."
Acts 14:8-18 Clearly describes when the apostles Barnabas and Paul discover people are praying/worshipping them, they tear their clothes and rush out to stop them.
Isaiah 8:19 "...should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?"
Rev 22:8,9 8"...I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel...9Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God."
Jeremiah 1:16 "I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made." [such as statues of the saints that are adored.]
Hebrews 4:14-16, "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched ...."
Deuteronomy 18:9-12, "... thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. ..., or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.* For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee."
*a necromancer is one who communes with the dead. Praying to the dead is communing with the dead. Praying is also worship, worshipping the dead is also necromancy. Necromancy is not limited to using the dead to foretell the future, it includes using the dead to obtain any information you do not know, or using the dead to influence situations or future events [PRAYING TO/WORSHIPPING A DEAD PERSON/SAINT TO INFLUENCE OR BLESS PERSONS AND SITUATIONS].
God is a loving father who knows what we need before we do, he provided a divine Intercessor. The Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:26 ... but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
In plain clear words God tells us that the Holy Spirit is there as a partner in prayer and that we are to pray to Him, not an endless list of dead people/saints and angels.
Jer. 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen,..." [The Catholic Encyclopedia p. 361 mentions an Egyptian Abbot Paul used pebbles in his lap to count prayers as early as 341 A.D. The practice is clearly much older in pagan religions rather than a Christian practice.]
Matthew 6:5-15 7And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) ..."
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God..." -Exodus 20:4,5
Ps 97:7 "Confounded be all they that serve graven images..."
"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images." -Isaiah 42:8
There is no way an honest person who loves God can read these and still think it acceptable to bend a knee before a statue and pray.
The celibacy requirement for all priests is CLEARLY NOT a commandment in the Bible.
Did you know Peter was married:
Matthew 8:14 "And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever."
Jesus clearly states a "bishop" is to have a family and be married here in:
1 Tim 3:2-5 1 ... Whoever aspires to be an overseer ...is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, ... He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)."
I will go into other Catholic heresies such as innocent babies going to hell and the like as soon as I am able.
Acts 14:8-18 Clearly describes when the apostles Barnabas and Paul discover people are praying/worshipping them, they tear their clothes and rush out to stop them.
Isaiah 8:19 "...should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?"
Rev 22:8,9 8"...I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel...9Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God."
Jeremiah 1:16 "I will pronounce my judgments on my people because of their wickedness in forsaking me, in burning incense to other gods and in worshiping what their hands have made." [such as statues of the saints that are adored.]
Hebrews 4:14-16, "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched ...."
Deuteronomy 18:9-12, "... thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. ..., or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.* For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee."
*a necromancer is one who communes with the dead. Praying to the dead is communing with the dead. Praying is also worship, worshipping the dead is also necromancy. Necromancy is not limited to using the dead to foretell the future, it includes using the dead to obtain any information you do not know, or using the dead to influence situations or future events [PRAYING TO/WORSHIPPING A DEAD PERSON/SAINT TO INFLUENCE OR BLESS PERSONS AND SITUATIONS].
God is a loving father who knows what we need before we do, he provided a divine Intercessor. The Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:26 ... but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
In plain clear words God tells us that the Holy Spirit is there as a partner in prayer and that we are to pray to Him, not an endless list of dead people/saints and angels.
- What does the bible say about the rosary or recitations? The counting of prayers is a pagan practice [I know it a "wiki-pedia"? link but it gets the point across] and is expressly condemned by Christ.
Jer. 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen,..." [The Catholic Encyclopedia p. 361 mentions an Egyptian Abbot Paul used pebbles in his lap to count prayers as early as 341 A.D. The practice is clearly much older in pagan religions rather than a Christian practice.]
Matthew 6:5-15 7And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) ..."
- What does the bible say about idol worship?[many Catholics do not consider praying to a statue of a dead person/saint to be idolatry or idol worship. They are mistaken]
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God..." -Exodus 20:4,5
Ps 97:7 "Confounded be all they that serve graven images..."
"I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images." -Isaiah 42:8
There is no way an honest person who loves God can read these and still think it acceptable to bend a knee before a statue and pray.
- What does the bible say about abstaining from marriage or meats?
The celibacy requirement for all priests is CLEARLY NOT a commandment in the Bible.
Did you know Peter was married:
Matthew 8:14 "And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever."
Jesus clearly states a "bishop" is to have a family and be married here in:
1 Tim 3:2-5 1 ... Whoever aspires to be an overseer ...is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, ... He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect. 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)."
- What does Gods word say about calling a man father?
I will go into other Catholic heresies such as innocent babies going to hell and the like as soon as I am able.
