False Doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church

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[montanaboobie]

You will know them by their fruit. Jesus

[sallyruss]

Thank you! I was raised Catholic and was taught all those things. I'm Christian now and feel free in knowing I can come to Jesus in privacy on my knees and confess my sins. I don't need to go to confession to a priest and I don't believe in perguatory anymore.

[coreyanderson]

If a person would just read the Bible, from beginning to end, and allow the Bible to show them what the truth is, this would show the person what they need to know. But many people go by the traditions of men, having studied the Bible very little or incompletely. So that's why it's so easy for them to believe whatever they are taught.

[MrAlanKendall]

1 Timothy 2:5, "There is one mediator between God and Man - the Man Christ Jesus." Purgatory, praying to Mary, Praying to Saints, calling priests, "Father", Baptizing children, not reading the Bible, selling alcohol in church, having worldly music played at Church gatherings are all bad practices that lead people to hell.

I was 14 and a Christian gave us a tract that you must be born again. My Mother took it home and I read it. It quoted verses from John 3:3-7. I said, "Look at these protestants, inventing false doctrines to try and get us to go to their Church. If being born again was in the Bible, the Catholic Priests would have taught us." At 16 I bought a bible and to my amazement, John 3:3-7 was in it, and then reading, I found out that being "Born Again" was the main thrust of the new Testament! But Catholics did not know about being Born Again. Orthodox Churches also do not know about being Born Again. The older the Church, the more they are steeped in Tradition and Man Made doctrines like praying to saints. 1 Timothy 2:5, "There is one mediator between God and Man - the Man Christ Jesus."

[lenpresley]

Ex catholic, born again believer in the death burial and resurrection of my lord and saviour Jesus the Christ. I have witnessed to my whole family, and watched them come to faith in Jesus one by one . Praise God. I love Jesus, I want to thank him on my knees before him. He loves me, He loves you, more than you can ever comprehend. Come Lord Jesus, come quickly, thy will be

[faithalone]

​ @Turin21 *You are wrong once again. Mat 16 never once said R Church inherited any authority of Peter. Not once. So where is your proof that it did happen? By empty claims?*

*This is merely R Church's self claim. Not true in history and Scriptures.*


you said
But regardless Christ said (it's in the bible if you read it) "thou art Peter and upon this rock I ill build MY CHURCH" not churches! Jesus NEVER could have intended multiple "churches many with vastly different beliefs. Just think about it for a second. No matter how many foolish theories you have you can't get away from that verse. The bible can't contradict itself so you have to reconcile the whole bible and that's the Catholic teaching. You must come in line with the One Truth and not the Big L.

[faithalone]

​ @Daniel Hunt *Again tales. Where in the Bible says Jesus instituted a new clergy priesthood in NT? WHere? Chap verse?*

you said
Now, Jesus instituted His New Covenant priesthood for this purpose on earth.

[faithalone]

​ @Connor Mickelson *WHy dont you compare what is in R Church's decor with what the Bible says? Is that really still decor?*

Carved image = statues!

Deu 4:16 lest you act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure: the likeness of male or female,
Exo 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
Exo 23:24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.
Lev 26:1 'You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
Deu 4:23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the LORD your God has forbidden you.
Deu 4:25 "When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger,
Deu 5:8 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;
Deu 27:15 'Cursed is the one who makes a carved or molded image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' "And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen!'

Hebrew word for worship:
shâchâh
shaw-khaw'
A primitive root; to depress, that is, prostrate (especially reflexively in homage to royalty or God): - bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

Greek word for worship:
προσκυνέω
proskuneō
pros-koo-neh'-o
From G4314 and probably a derivative of G2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand); to fawn or crouch to, that is, (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore): - worship.

you said
We do not worship the statues they are only used as a decoration in our churches

[faithalone]

​ @Michael *Where in the Bible teaches allthesensofRCt: "faith + good works + partake R sacraments + submit to R pontiff + be in R Church + devote to Mary = to be saved?" Pls answer. Stop dodging Mike Teixeira.*

[MW-eggu]

I was a Catholic but then I read my Bible, and I realized I had to leave the Catholic Church, and I had to join the Pentecostal Church ... the Baptist Church ... the Seventh-Day Adventists ... the Methodists ... the Church of Christ ... the ... Question - If I, a Catholic, leave the Catholic Church, which church should I join, and why?

[jonathangoodwin]

We only worship one gun The word Pope means holy father . We only have one father that's our father in heaven not the Pope.

[faithalone]

​ @Turin21 *Bible teaches repentance. Not Penance:*
1. Repentance - change of heart. Not Penance - work to atone for sins or pay for sins.
2. Confess to God. 1 John 1:9. Not confess to R ct priest for absolving of sins.


*Find me a verse that says penance in nt? You cant.*


Mat 3:2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"
Mat 3:8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,
Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Mat 9:13 But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
Mat 11:20 Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent:
Mat 11:21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Mat 12:41 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
Mar 1:4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mar 1:15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
Mar 2:17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
Mar 6:12 So they went out and preached that people should repent.
Luk 3:3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
Luk 3:8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
Luk 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
Luk 10:13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Luk 11:32 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.
Luk 13:3 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
Luk 13:5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
Luk 15:7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
Luk 15:10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
Luk 16:30 And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
Luk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Luk 17:4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent, ' you shall forgive him."
Luk 24:47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Act 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 3:19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Act 5:31 Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Act 8:22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Act 11:18 When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life."
Act 13:24 after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Act 17:30 Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent,
Act 19:4 Then Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus."
Act 20:21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Act 26:20 but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.
Rom 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
2Co 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.

[faithalone]

​ @Turin21 *95% of R Church doctrines were not from Scriptures yet you claimed its 100% R Catholic? Lolol. You dont read the Bible do you?*

*​95% of Rc doctrines are unheard of in 1st century and not from traditions of Jesus and Apostles or Scriptures or contradicts Scriptures! Nt Church of the Bible had not heard or practised any of these Rc doctrines.*

1. Purgatory 2. Confessing to priests 3. Office of pope or priests4. Pope being the vicar (representation of Christ, usurping the authority of God)5. Praying to Mary, saints6. Penance 7. Worshipping idols/images, placing idols images in church8. Church in the Bible is not building, but the body of believers9. Sacrament was never the real body and blood of Christ as RC church claimed (Real meaning real blood and body, bcos it didnt really turned "bloody" did it?)10. Salvation by (works (7sacraments) +faith) was never in the Bible. Real salvation is by grace through faith as seen in Bible. 11. Rosary, set repetitive prayers, hail Mary 10000 times12. Mass - putting Christ on the altar again and again13. Mary as queen of heaven 14. Mary as Ark of the new covenant. 15. Mary as the mother of heavenly Jesus thus Mary exist before Christ16. Immersion of infant for baptism17. Holy water18. Celibacy of priests (no office of priests in NT anyway, only priesthood of all believers)19. Kissing of statues20. Changing of 10 commandments. COmmandment of graven image removed by Catholic CHurch in Catholic Catechism. Splitting of another commandment into 2 commandments. 21. Catholic church changed Bible verse Gen 3:15 (And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."). 'He' and 'His' referring to Christ.
Catholics changed it to (Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; She shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise Her heel.") 'She' and 'Her' refers to Mary. 22. Catholic Church use Rev 12 to refer to Mary as 'queen of heaven', when Rev 12:6 clearly refers to Israel escaping the Great Tribulation. Mary cannot be alive to escape the Great Tribulation. 23. Catholic Church refers to Mary as 'Queen of heaven', but 'Queen of Mary' in the Bible is a demonic entity Astoreth or Ishtar, the female deity partner of Baal. 5 verses in Jeremiah as proof.24. Catholic church refers to Mary as the Mediatress, Co redemptress, helper of Christ, firstborn of all creation ..
Mary cannot be the mediatress. Jesus is the one and only Mediator between God and man. Only Jesus redeems. Only the Holy Spirit is the Helper sent by Jesus. Only Jesus is the firstborn of all creation. 25. Roman Catholicism has “saints” one can pray to in order to gain a particular blessing. For example, Saint Gianna Beretta Molla is the patron saint of fertility. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals. There are multiple patron saints of healing and comfort.
Nowhere is even a hint of this taught in Scripture. Just as the Roman pantheon of gods had a god of love, a god of peace, a god of war, a god of strength, a god of wisdom, etc., so the Catholic Church has a saint who is “in charge” over each of these and many other categories. Many Roman cities had a god specific to the city, and the Catholic Church provided “patron saints” for cities as well.26. Mary is called the gate of heaven? Mary has keys to paradise?
Here are roman pagan teachers saying their man made goddess is their savior. None of these quotes have been denounced, on the contrary they are cited.
"Open to us, O Mary, the gate of Paradise, since you have its keys! " St. Ambrose
"God has entrusted the keys and treasures of Heaven to Mary." St. Thomas Aquinas
"No one can enter into Heaven except through Mary, as entering through a gate. " St. Bonaventure
"Mary is called "The Gate of Heaven" because no one can enter Heaven but through her means." St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori



Papal infallibility
Immaculate Mary
Assumption of Mary
Perpetual Virgin
Mary as Mother of God,
co mediatrix,
co redemptrix,
new ark of covenant,
Pope as vicar,
Holy Water,
papacy,
peter as first pope,
papal succession,
apostolic succession,
indulgences,
7 sacraments,
rosary
veneration of saints and statues
celibacy of priesthood
canonization of saints
limbo

you said
Just read some of his writings. 100% Catholic

[faithalone]

​ @Michael *Too bad Bible does not teach sacrificing Jesus back to God. Where did you get that? Tales?*

*What's there to interpret when Bible says nothing about it? R church made it up?*

you said
...Thanks for YOUR interpretation of scripture; however I will stick with the RCC's

[jackydebosard]

Awesome!👌 thank you for sharing. " You will know the truth and the truth will set you free..." ( John 8:32).
In his Revelation the Apostle John wrote; " And I saw the woman dressed in purple and scarlet, she was sitting on the beast, holding a golden cup, drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. On her forehead were written blaspheme words..." ( Revelation 17:6). Also, the Apostle Paul wrote; " But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God's curse..." (Galatians 1:8); ( 2 Corinthians 1:8). Let's give All the Glory to God and praise our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen 🙏

[jediv]

​ @iggyantioch *Penance is a man made doctrine. Bible teaches "repentance". Not "penance".*

*Repentance = change of heart".*
*Penance = working to atone for sins.*

*ONe is works, the other is by the grace of God.*

[faithalone]

​ @Turin21 *Yes from day 1 you make claims until now. So where is your proof?*

*- I asked: where in the Bible or history says R Church = the Church Christ founded or the Universal Church?
- You answered: Jesus founded the Universal Church. Lol.
*Even kindergartenkids know you are not answering my question.*



you said
It was designed by Jesus Himself to be the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic church. So from day 1 to answer your question.

[chadwood]

The Fulfillment of the Law
17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

[MonstersOfTheUniverse]

Nobody said the popes were perfect…
but they cannot change the teaching of Christ

[faithalone]

@Robin L *1. Canon was finalised by all churches. Not R Church. So why would R Church have any authority? If you claim R Church had all authority, where did that authority come from? Self declared??*

*2. You ask S questions. They worshipped Jesus as per normal. Apostles were still passing down knowledge then.*

*3. 40k refers to all kinds of Christian groups, including JW, SDA, Christian science, Rcc, Orthos. Not referring to Christians only. You do not seem to know. 40k are just churches. Bible mentions churches. God loves churches. Why R Church does the opposite?*

*4. Bible does not even mention pope or papacy or Primacy of rome. So where did you self made doctrines come from?*