Hi SBT,
When I was young I could sense that
following Gods law from the Bible was the only way to be Christian. And as I
got older I really studied the Bible and realized that obeying Gods Word, the
Bible, was the only way to truly be Christian. Since the Bible is Gods word
it’s just logical to obey it.
Naturally, when I heard about some of the
things the Catholic Church either:
(a) Taught directly or
(b)
let develop within the church but did not stop such things, I was astounded.
Even more so when I realized a lot of
Catholics held fast to such things. This motivated me to produce this
information page, to reach out to Catholics in a loving way.
I should point out I know many Catholics
who themselves are good and honest people, and have been badly misled by the
church when it comes to Gods word. People dedicate themselves in service to
help the poor etc via missions etc which is fantastic, but why build a house
with a construction opposite to what the Architect, God, wants? That would be
silly.
So I sat down and started researching what
the church teaches and what Gods' word says.
Doing this basic research, I found that
Catholicism is a false religion.
Why? Well here are some good reasons why
- Within the Church there is a petition ttoo make Mary Co-Redemptrix with Jesus (
False - not in the Bible )
- The Church is taught to be infallible iinn theology ( False - all men are imperfect )
- The Pope has title of "holy fatherr&" ( False & is massive blasphemy - only
God has that title – in the Bible ).
- Purgatory is said to exist
- That praying for the "invocation ooff the Saints" works ( False - only one intercedes on our behalf with
God which is Jesus Christ – in the Bible ).
- The church teaches that people should <baaptize
babies ( False - you
need a solid knowledge of the scriptures to know what you’re getting yourself
into BEFORE BAPTISM - babies don’t have this because they are too young – this
is in the Bible )
- It teaches people to pray the Rosary - aa system of
repetitive prayers (
False - God says in the Bible not topray like the heathenn do with repetitious prayer )
- The Eucharist is "the
- The Catholic Church teaches that its trraditions
Its so great knowing these things. I wonder how many people DONT know these
things because they don’t know their Bible? I'm not an
expert though....just humbly learning Gods' word as my life’s' work....
The list above is made up from :
(1) studying
the catholic church’s official documentation ( the Catholic Catechism )
including books written by ordained priests , and;
(2) Information obtained about Catholicism
by talking to practicing Catholics.
You have to wade through piles of official and unofficial documentation but
even if it doesn’t say it directly, the practices are real. I have citations
from books written by catholic priests that underpin unspoken or implied teachings. The catholic Catechism reads like it was written by
lawyers (
those in bondage to the law? ) and difficult to
wade through. Its like a swamp......
(1) Mary is Co Repemptrix with Jesus Christ – Not in the Bible & this is blasphemy !
http://www.catholicsource.net/articles/coredemptrix.html
Note that this Marian dogma ( a dogma is just an idea or set of ideas adopted as policy
but not found in the Bible ). This is not yet formally agreed by the Pope, but
being pushed hard by ordained Bishops etc from within
the church population - this ground swell within the catholic church alone
is worrying, and appears to be proof of man-made doctrine threatening
sound scripturally based worship.
While “Mary is Co-Redemptrix” is not formal church policy (..... yet..... ), the fact that it is not being stopped in affect implies an
apparent silent acceptance of the policy by church leadership. Really from a
Bible point of view, it should be stopped and exposed immediately.
Also open:
http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/marian/5thdogma/titlemag.htm
( a pro-catholic website )
Among Mary's "personal" titles we might list her divine motherhood, her
Immaculate Conception, her virginity and her Assumption. Other titles might be
considered more social or ministerial, such as those attributed to her by the
Second Vatican Council: "Advocate, Auxiliatrix [Helper], Adjutrix [Aide], and Mediatrix."[2]
My comment here – even saying Mary is a
"Mediatrix" is Biblically unsupported and missing the point entirely - that only
Jesus is mediator between men and God.
This is good, and pleases God
our Saviour,
[4] who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge
of the truth. [5] For there is one God and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus, [6] who gave himself as a ransom for all
men...( 1
Timothy 2:3-6 )
And another confirmation of this :
[The apostle Peter said]
Then know this, you and all the people of
This is another fine warning from
Gods word, the scriptures where we are always told to test all things :
"….To
test all things to see they are good"
( 1 Thess
Here is an interesting article:
http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=772
by Dr. Mark Miravalle
In a recent interview with Mel Gibson, Christianity
Today (http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/commentaries/passion-passionofmel.html)
referred to Gibson as a traditionalist Catholic
who likes the Tridentine Latin
Mass and calls Mary Co-redemptrix.
There’s another well-known Catholic who also calls the Mother of Jesus
the Co-redemptrix:
His name is Pope John Paul II. He has done so on six occasions during his post
Vatican II pontificate.
What does the Co-redemptrix
title mean? From the Catholic
perspective, it refers to Marys
unique human participation with Jesus (and entirely subordinate to her divine
son) in the historic work of saving humanity from sin. Jesus is the only
Redeemer, in the sense that he alone as the one divine mediator between God and
man could redeem or buy back the human family from the bonds of Satan and sin.
But God willed that the Mother of Jesus participate in this redemptive process
like no other creature.
Now most people may not see this play on
words of calling Mary Co-Redemptrix
but then saying “but Mary is not the same level/position as Jesus”. This
misleads people badly, as the title implies one thing ( and
most people will accept this title, thereby effectively making it official )
but then the church denies this position. This is just messing with peoples
heads and is plain wrong.
Other examples of Marian worship :
* Mary wrongly hailed as "Mother
of God" - implying the Trinity is Biblically correct (its not!)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm
* Mary wrongly viewed seen as without sin ( sinless ) :
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15464b.htm
"When there is question of sin, Mary must always be excepted."
Yet all have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
Pretty clear isn’t it?
* Pope crowning Mary (photo) ....crowning someone implies a high office within
the church....
http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/crown.htm
Just in case there was ever any doubt.....
www.biblelight.net/worship_of_the_virgin_mary.htm
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin
Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin! O my Mother! Thou who art the Mother of my
Lord, the Queen of the world, the advocate, hope, and refuge of sinners! I, the
most wretched among them, now come to thee. I worship thee, great Queen, and
give thee thanks for the many favors thou hast
bestowed on my in the past; most of all do I thank thee for having saved me
from hell, which I had so often deserved. I love thee, Lady most worthy of all
love, and, by the love which I bear thee, I promise ever in the future to serve
thee, and to do what in me lies to win others to thy love. In thee I put all my
trust, all my hope of salvation. Receive me as thy servant, and cover me with
the mantle of thy protection, thou who art the Mother of mercy! And since thou
hast so much power with God, deliver me from all temptations, or at least
obtain for me the grace ever to overcome them. From thee I ask a true love of
Jesus Christ, and the grace of a happy death. O my Mother! By thy love for God
I beseech thee to be at all times my helper, but above all at the last moment
of my life. Leave me not until thou seest
me safe in heaven, there for endless ages to bless thee and sing thy praises.
Such is my hope. Amen. (Prayer of St. Alphonse Liguori,
3 yrs indulgence, Raccolta, 342)
Source:
With Mary to Jesus: a collection of Marian
prayers, by Fr. Theodore Anthony Zaremba.
O.F.M., Franciscan Printery,
Source www.biblelight.net/worship_of_the_virgin_mary.htm
My emphasis added in bold directly above to show what appears to be the “tick
of approval” from the Holy See.
This appears to be Marian worship.
More information from the
http://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html
197. How does the Virgin Mary help the
Church?
After the Ascension of her Son, the Virgin
Mary aided the beginnings of the Church with her prayers. Even after her
Assumption into heaven, she continues to intercede for her children, to be a
model of faith and charity for all, and to exercise over them a salutary
influence deriving from the superabundant merits of Christ. The faithful see in
Mary an image and an anticipation of the resurrection that awaits them and they
invoke her as advocate, helper, benefactress and mediatrix.
198. What kind of devotion is directed to
the holy Virgin?
It is a singular kind of devotion which
differs essentially from the cult of adoration given only to the Most Holy
Trinity. This special veneration directed to Mary finds particular expression
in the liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and in Marian prayers
such as the holy Rosary which is a compendium of the whole Gospel.
199. In what way is the Blessed Virgin
Mary the eschatological icon of the Church?
Looking upon Mary, who is completely holy
and already glorified in body and soul, the Church contemplates in her what she
herself is called to be on earth and what she will be in the homeland of
heaven.
(2) The catholic church is infallible ( ....supposedly…. ) :
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07790a.htm
II. PROOF OF THE CHURCH'S INFALLIBILITY
That the Church is infallible in her
definitions on faith and morals is itself a Catholic dogma, which, although it
was formulated ecumenically for the first time in the Vatican Council, had
been explicitly taught long before and had been assumed from the very beginning
without question down to the time of the Protestant Reformation. The
teaching of the Vatican Council is to be found in Session
The church itself admits its made this one
up (
i.e. dogma ) as you can see above. In affect
the Bibles rules are being bent to suit the church.
Nowhere in the Bible does it mention the catholic church is infallible. This is a dangerous
"neglecting
the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men."
(Mark 7:8)
"and
why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your
tradition?" (Matthew 15:3)
"thus
invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and
you do many things such as that." (Mark
They were so caught up in tradition, they
could not see the coming of the Messiah they had been waiting for; they did not
know the time of their visitation (Luke
(3) The Pope being
called "Holy Father" - this is pure blasphemy.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11777a.htm
“The petition should be addressed to the pope himself, and should therefore
begin with the words "Beatissime
Pater" (Most Holy Father).”
And from the
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/index.htm
THE HOLY FATHER
The Roman Pontiff, as the successor of
Peter, is the perpetual and visible principle and foundation of unity of both
the bishops and of the faithful.
LUMEN GENTIUM, 23
However, from the Bible :
“And now I am no more in the world,
but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine
own name those whom thou hast given me, that
they may be one, as we are.” ( John
(4) Purgatory – not found
anywhere in the Bible.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12575a.htm
"Whereas the Catholic Church,
instructed by the Holy Ghost, has from the Sacred Scriptures and the ancient
tradition of the Fathers taught in Councils and very recently in this
Ecumenical synod (Sess. VI, cap. XXX; Sess.
XXII cap.ii, iii) that there is a purgatory,
and that the souls therein are helped by the suffrages of the faithful, but
principally by the acceptable Sacrifice of the Altar; the Holy Synod enjoins on
the Bishops that they diligently endeavor to have the
sound doctrine of the Fathers in Councils regarding purgatory everywhere taught
and preached, held and believed by the faithful" (Denzinger,
"Enchiridon", 983).
This goes against the Bible where it says
of the dead:
For the living know that they shall
die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for
the memory of them is forgotten. ( Ecclesiastes
9:5 )
Again we see dogma ( from quote above )
“…..and the ancient
tradition of the Fathers…. “
“Tradition of the Fathers….” - Again we
see traditions overriding Bible truths.
Note too that the church says that saying
Mass for peoples souls that are supposedly in a location which doesn't actually
exist, is useful. Again, nowhere does it say this in the Bible. This is purely
a catholic invention.
(5) Invocation of the Saints – the saints overriding Jesus place …..
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08070a.htm
The Catholic doctrine of intercession and
invocation is set forth by the Council of Trent, which teaches that the
saints who reign together with Christ offer up their own prayers to God for men. It is good and useful suppliantly to invoke
them, and to have recourse to their prayers, aid, and help for obtaining
benefits from God, through His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, Who alone is our Redeemer and Saviour.
Those persons think impiously who deny that the Saints, who enjoy eternal
happiness in heaven, are to be invoked; or who assert either that they do not
pray for men, or that the invocation of them to pray for each of us is
idolatry, or that it is repugnant to the word of God, and is opposed to the honour of the
one Mediator of God and men, Jesus Christ (Sess. XXV).
This is not in the Bible, it is only a catholic dogma.
Nowhere in the Bible do we see the ability
to pray through the saints to God. We do see in the Bible that other
people/disciples prayed FOR saints while they were disciples on earth ( so they
might have got Gods help at the time ), but NEVER is there ANY Biblical basis
for thinking the saints can INTERCEDE on our behalf – this job alone
is for Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour :
For there is one God and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a
ransom for all men..( 1 Timothy
2:3-6 ).
(5) Baby Baptism – not in the Bible….
Baptism of infants or children is never
found in the Bible. In fact, to be baptized, you need an ADULT understanding so
you can be VERY SURE you UNDERSTAND the high standards required of you by God
BEFORE this step is taken.
Every person INDIVIDUALLY is accountable
to God for his or her actions. Consequently it is a decision that only the
INDIVIDUAL can make.
Can a baby make this decision?
Of
course not.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02258b.htm#IX
The absolute necessity of this sacrament is often insisted on by the Fathers of the Church, especially when they speak of infant
baptism. Thus St. Irenæus (II,
xxii): "Christ came to save all who are reborn through Him to God,
infants, children, and youths" (infantes
et parvulos
et pueros). St. Augustine (
Note we see here “the fathers of the
church”. Do we see any reference to scripture at all? - no.
We do realise it is absolutely
necessary to be baptized to enter Gods kingdom, however we must remember that
we are saved by Gods grace ALONE – baptism is a serious commitment to God, but
not an automatic saving by God – only God can decide if we are worthy of His
grace.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for
his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)And hath
raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in
Christ Jesus:That in the ages to come he might shew
the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ
Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should
boast. ( Eph 2:4-9 )
So by grace alone we are saved by God.
But first we need to understand God – this is through accurate knowledge
of Him (
and of course a baby cannot do this as they
are too young )
I therefore exhort, first
of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, offerings of thanks, be
made concerning all sorts of men, concerning
kings and all those who are in high station; in order that we may go on leading
a calm and quiet life with full godly devotion and seriousness. This is fine and acceptable in the sight of our Savior, God, whose
will is that all sorts of men should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge
of truth. (1 Timothy 2:1-15 )
But we also need to follow Gods word –
this requires accurate knowledge of Gods word through studying scripture ( again something a baby cannot do )
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his stake, and follow me. (
Matt
And that we must approach God with a clean
heart and have repented of our sins in committing ourselves to Him ( which a baby cannot do )
True, God has
overlooked the times of such ignorance, yet now he is telling mankind that they
should all everywhere repent. Because
he has set a day in which he purposes to judge the inhabited earth in
righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and he has furnished a guarantee
to all men in that he has resurrected him from the dead.” ( Acts 17:30-31)
You need consciously put faith in God
Moreover,
without faith it is impossible to please [him] well, for he that approaches God
must believe that he is and that he becomes the rewarder of those earnestly seeking him. (Hebrews 11:6 )
And turn your life around to please God:
“Repent,
therefore, and turn around so as to get YOUR sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may
come from God (Acts
Once you have made the
decision to serve God, you need to be baptized:
Go therefore and
make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching
them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of
things.”
And another example :
Philip opened his
mouth and, starting with this Scripture, he declared to him the good news about
Jesus. Now as they were
going over the road, they came to a certain body of water, and the eunuch said:
“Look! A body of water; what prevents me from getting baptized?” With that he commanded the chariot to halt, and they
both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
( Acts
Again and again we see that a baby cannot make these decisions, and to
be baptized requires an adult level conscious analysis of your life and again a
conscious and independent decision to serve God and do things His way – no baby
or infant has this ability.
In fact many people ask someone “what faith are you” , they may say “Oh well, I was baptized xyz when I was a baby so that
must be it”.
Quite a few times I have heard this but there is no real desire to know
more yet the church claims another adherent to its faith yet the person has
little idea of God and His requirements of them. Is this fair?
Whereas, had the person
followed common sense in the Bible example, they would have a solid foundation
of knowledge upon which to follow Jesus.
Certainly Jesus said “let the little children come to me” so they could be
taught by him, but this was NOT a direct command to baptise children. This idea of baptising
babies or children is based on traditions of men, not on solid
scriptural study and understanding.
(6) Praying Repetetive
prays are banned in the Bible
“How to recite the Holy Rosary
IN THIS ORDER…
INTRODUCTION
1. IN
THE NAME…
2. I BELIEVE IN GOD…
3. OUR FATHER…
4. HAIL
5. HAIL
6. HAIL
7. GLORY BE…
8. O MY JESUS…
THE
FIRST DECADE
9. ANNOUNCE…
10. OUR FATHER…
11. HAIL
12. HAIL
13. HAIL
14. HAIL
15. HAIL
16. HAIL
17. HAIL
18. HAIL
19. HAIL
20. HAIL
21. GLORY BE…
22. O MY JESUS…
THE
SECOND DECADE
23. ANNOUNCE…
24. OUR FATHER…
25. HAIL
26. HAIL
27. HAIL
28. HAIL
29. HAIL
30. HAIL