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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 tttoo make Mary Co-Redemptrix with Jesus ( False - not in the Bible )
- The Church is taught to be infallible iiinn theology ( False - all men are
imperfect )
- The Pope has title of "holy father&" ( False & is massive
blasphemy - only God has that title – in the Bible ).
- Purgatory is said to exist ( False - not
in the Bible ).
- That praying for the "invocation off 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 baptize babies ( False
- you need a solid knowledge of the scripttures 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 - <a system of
repetitive prayers ( False - God says in the Bible not to pray like the heathen do with
repetitious prayer )
- The Eucharist is "the unbloody sacrrifice of the cross" and to be
done each day ( False - Jesus said his sacrifice was done ONCE and
was enough – in the Bible. )
- The Catholic Church teaches that its traaditions
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.
And what of the other biblically unsupported Catholic
man-made dogma that Mary takes Jesus’ role as a mediator (
the female version of mediator is mediatrix )
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2C.HTM
969 "This motherhood of Mary in the order of
grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the
Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until
the eternal fulfilment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay
aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us
the gifts of eternal salvation .... Therefore the
Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper,
Benefactress, and Mediatrix."510 ( our emphasis added
)
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
31. HAIL
32. HAIL
33. HAIL
34. HAIL
35. GLORY BE…
36. O MY JESUS…
THE THIRD DECADE
37. ANNOUNCE…
38. OUR FATHER…
39. HAIL
40. HAIL
41. HAIL
42. HAIL
43. HAIL
44. HAIL
45. HAIL
46. HAIL
47. HAIL
48. HAIL
49. GLORY BE…
50. O MY JESUS…
THE FOURTH DECADE
51. ANNOUNCE…
52. OUR FATHER…
53. HAIL
54. HAIL
55. HAIL
56. HAIL
57. HAIL
58. HAIL
59. HAIL
60. HAIL
61. HAIL
62. HAIL
63. GLORY BE…
64. O MY JESUS…
THE FIFTH DECADE
65. ANNOUNCE…
66. OUR FATHER…
67. HAIL
68. HAIL
69. HAIL
70. HAIL
71. HAIL
72. HAIL
73. HAIL
74. HAIL
75. HAIL
76. HAIL
77. GLORY BE…
78. O MY JESUS…
CONCLUSION
79. HAIL HOLY QUEEN…
80. O GOD, WHOSE…
81. IN THE NAME…”
These are a series
of repeated prayers.
Certainly these repeated prayers have other prayers amongst them, however the main focus is repetition. The
Bible says plainly NOT to say repetitious prayers:
"But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for
their much speaking." ( Matt 6:1 )
So its very clear –
repetition of prayer is useless in talking to God. In many cultures rosary
beads are used for prayer. Pagans have no trouble using and recognizing rosary
beads as a pagan method of worship. Its clear that
rosaries are derived from practices. Many web sites which are devoted to pagan
gods and goddesses use rosaries.
With pagan practices, God is VERY clear----- About this:
“Wherefore come out from among them,
and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and
I will receive you.”( 2 Cor
God is very clear in being separate from unclean pagan practices. We
must come to God with clean hands, our hands being clean through not
participating in unclean practices. All through the Bible God told those who
are His people to be separate from the world and to be clean and holy. Nothing
has changed for us as Christians. While this makes us unpopular with the world,
God will sustain us in our trials.
For many people
breaking old habits of using a rosary may be hard, but which is more important
– a set of beads or Gods love and approval?
(6) The
Eucharist – a daily resacrificing of Jesus – this is
unbiblical
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he
said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave
up the ghost. ( John
Jesus died ONCE at
For then must he often have suffered since the
foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared
to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall
he appear the second time without sin unto salvation (
Hebrews
From the Catholic encyclopaedia :
http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_jp02ee.htm
The Mass makes present the sacrifice of the Cross; it does not
add to that sacrifice nor does it multiply it.16 What is repeated is
its memorial celebration, its "commemorative representation" (memorialis demonstratio),17 which
makes Christ's one, definitive redemptive sacrifice always present in time. The
sacrificial nature of the Eucharistic mystery cannot therefore be understood as
something separate, independent of the Cross or only indirectly referring to
the sacrifice of Calvary.
13. By virtue of its close relationship to the
sacrifice of
In giving his sacrifice to the Church, Christ has also made his own the
spiritual sacrifice of the Church, which is called to offer herself in union
with the sacrifice of Christ. This is the teaching of the Second
So we have a situation here – on one hand the Catholic Church says the
mass does not add to the sacrifice by Jesus, but then say it is a sacrifice in
the “strict sense”. This is just playing with words – the Eucharist is a
re-sacrificing of Jesus every Mass - the bold text directly above makes this
clear."....they offer the divine victim to God....." - this is an offering of a sacrifice.
Additionally, further down the same page as the quote is from above , it defines
TRANSUBSTANTIATION.
Transubstantiation is a practice that occultists use and know well, and
occult Alchemists use :
http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_jp02ee.htm
15. The sacramental re-presentation of Christ's sacrifice, crowned by
the resurrection, in the Mass involves a most
special presence which -- in the words of Paul VI -- "is called 'real' not
as a way of excluding all other types of presence as if they were 'not real',
but because it is a presence in the fullest sense: a substantial presence
whereby Christ, the God-Man, is wholly and entirely present".22
This sets forth once more the
perennially valid teaching of the Council of Trent:
"the consecration of the bread and wine effects the change of the whole
substance of the bead into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord, and of
the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. And the holy
Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called this change transubstantiation".23
Truly the Eucharist
is a mysterium fidei, a mystery which surpasses our understanding and
can only be received in faith, as is often brought out in the catechesis of the
Church Fathers regarding
this divine sacrament: "Do not see -- Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
exhorts -- in the bread and wine merely natural elements, because the Lord has
expressly said that they are his body and his blood: faith assures you of this,
though your senses suggest otherwise".24
Now there are two issues here –
(1) The re-sacrificing of Jesus which is impossible since Jesus said “It is finished”.
(2) The use of occult practices to make people think the blood and wine
is literally Jesus body and blood.
And there is another issue here – since the church says it re-sacrifices
Jesus every mass in the Eucharist, this would mean the church has power over
Jesus - which is pure blasphemy. Think about it -The idea you could drag
the second most powerful being in the universe to earth through chanting words
over an altar ( as witches do with an altar, candles, incense and chanting ) is
the very essence of the practice of WITCHCRAFT.
Witches try to control the physical and spiritual world through casting
spells, use of smoke, incense and chanting, etc. There is little difference
between the Mass and witchcraft. Below is a direct quote from an
Alchemist website ( I have omitted the
web site address but can provide the web site address).
Note the Alchemist recognises the Mass as occult magic and says the
Trinity & Transubstantiation are occult beliefs :
“The Roman Catholic Mass is a magic
ritual par excellence. It can not be improved. Outside the esotericism
of the Catholic Church there is nothing greater………………… The ritual of the
Catholic Mass captures the magical experience like no other tradition.
"The Unspoken Word" is expressed in its highest purest essence in the
Catholic Church, The alchemical ideal is expressed in
the sacrament of transubstantiation. The mystery of the Trinity is expressed
most wonderfully in Catholic Theology. I laugh when I see people involved with
ceremonial magic because they can never compare to the greatness of the
Catholic Mass. What more could you want? What more is there?”
What more proof does someone need.
Transubstantiation is an occult practice.
The
Mass is recognized by occultists as occult.
So by the church in effect saying in every Eucharist they can :
(a) pull Jesus down from
heaven,
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(b)
put him in the wine and bread and re-sacrifice him to God every time
……..happens to be a practice of pure witchcraft and blasphemy of the
highest order. Where in the Bible does it say this happens? It doesn’t.
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should also mention I have talked to several Christians who by the blessing of
God have left their past lives as practicing witches, repented of their deeds
and been baptized in the blood of the lamb of God and become clean Christians. One of these people had grown up in
a family where multiple generations of their family practiced witchcraft. God
in His love for them had allowed them to repent of their sins and be accepted
to Him as loving heavenly Father and left their old ways and became Christians.
Consequently talking to these people gave me an insight to the occult from a
safe distance.
The Bible is very clear about God despising occult practices like
witchcraft & sorcery.
“He…..practiced sorcery,
divination and witchcraft, and
consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking
him to anger.” ( 2 Chronicles 33:6 )
"So do not listen to your prophets, your
diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers... Do not
let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the
dreams you encourage them to have." (Jeremiah 27:9-10)
But outside [heaven] are dogs and
sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and
idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. (
Revelation 22:15)
Some people think that we should literally eat Jesus blood and body, but
it is a metaphor ONLY:
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the
Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh,
and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last
day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink
indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me,
and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so
he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. ( John
6:53-57)
Jesus was not saying that we must literally eat his body or drink his
blood to have eternal life. He was speaking spiritually of believing upon Him
and thus partaking of His very life and that life becoming our very own
spiritual life. (Colossians 3:4). Interestingly, if Jesus dwells in everyone
who partakes in Jesus way of life being a Christian, then if Jesus dwells in
that person ( say the many millions
of Christians in the world ) then what does that make the so called “trinity”? A Million-inity"?
Logically then if we follow Trinitarian logic, if God dwells in
Jesus and Jesus in God as part of the trinity, then does that mean the trinity
includes millions of Christians? Of
course not. The trinity is a lie.
(7) Catholic church sees Traditions equal to Bible – this is unBiblical :
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-43679/Roman-Catholicism
"The Council
of Trent affirmed that the deposit of faith was preserved in the Scriptures
and in unwritten (not in the Bible) traditions and that the Catholic
Church accepts these two with equal reverence. The council studiously
avoided the statement that they meant these as two sources of the deposit, but
most Catholic theologians after the council understood the statement as
meaning two sources. Protestants thought it meant the Roman Catholic
Church had written a second Bible.
Only in contemporary Catholic theology has the question been raised
again, and a number of theologians believe that Scripture and tradition must be
viewed as one source."
Catholic church says their traditions come from God directly:( this is from Catholic
Catechism at the
http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p1s1c2a2.htm
80 "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely
together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out
from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one
thing, and move towards the same goal."40 Each of them makes
present and fruitful in the Church the mystery of Christ, who promised to
remain with his own "always, to the close of the age".41
So here we see in the catholic churches eyes directly equating its
traditions of the church fathers with the Bible. This is blasphemy!
What is not said, but has to be logically part of this statement above,
is the following:
- Since the church equates its tradition with the Bible, tradition and
Gods word are equal in importance in the catholic church.
- Since the church is custodian of the church traditions and views these
as equal to the Bible, the church in effect has added to Gods word.
For I testify unto every man that heareth
the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these
things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God
shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and
[from] the things which are written in this book. ( Rev
22:18-19)
Continuing this line of thought where the church equates the Bible and
its traditions as having equal importance - since the church appears to equate
tradition to the Bible, the head of the church and the head of the Bible must therefore , using the same logic - be
equal i.e. the Pope and God are in effect seen as equal – this is a MASSIVE
BLASPHEMY!!.
See below the scripture that identifies God as Holy Father ( a title the Pope has wrongly taken )
“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
However, the Pope is just a man who has sinned like all of us:
Yet all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of
God." (Romans 3:23)
So Biblically speaking, the Pope cannot be the same as God or have Gods moral authority. Gods word tells us this.
But the true implication in the church equating its tradition to the
word of God – If the church is equal to God, in the churches eyes, then believes
it has the ultimate and final moral authority on earth.We recall the
slaughter of the Inquisition, and realize the church does not have in
place Gods righteous standards.....
"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
Traditions put men in bondage; the commandments of God
make men free. Paul directs us not to follow the traditions of men lest we be
taken captive (Colossians 2:8). It is the things of the world that hold us in
bondage (Galatians 4:3).
The word of God is truth, and this truth will set us
free (John
Is the Bible enough?
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/oraltrad.htm
The Catholic
religion says, "No, the Bible
is not enough. You have to keep it in perspective." But the Bible says something entirely different.
Revelation says the BIBLE IS
COMPLETE. That means the Bible ain't
missin' nothin! There is nothing to be
added and nothing to be taken away.
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of
the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away
from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which
are written in this book. ( Revelation 22:18-19)
If you are a Catholic
person teaching people to believe in Tradition, you need to re-evaluate what
you are doing. Not only do you follow a false gospel, you add to and subtract
from God's word. You might want to read the above again and consider what you
are doing.
I've compiled a list of every New Testament reference
to the word "scripture". NO WHERE will you find it say that the
scriptures are not sufficient for everything that we need. One Catholic told me,
"The Bible
itself never claims to be the sole rule of faith. The Bible claims itself useful to settle
disputes, etc..but never, anywhere does it say that
faith and Christianity is taught ONLY through the Bible."
Of course this is not true, but the larger question is
this:
Where
does the Bible say that it is NOT
the sole rule of faith?
If what you believe is supposed to be based on the Bible, then logically speaking, there
must be a place that specifically sanctions the Catholic religion and its traditions.
You won't find it. The burden of proof rests on the Catholic, not the Bible believer.
“Keeping things in
perspective” is the creeping cancer of “relativity”. Relativity is where any
old standard is set as being "the standard". The problem is that the
Bible has ABSOLUTE standards. They DO NOT change because God does not change.
Gods standards are fixed.
But relative
“standards” are not fixed.
With relative
reasoning and relative morals, moral values slide. Then once these become
“normal”, they slide some more down hill because the world doesn’t use Gods
standards.
People go from bad
to worse as they have no ABSOLUTE REFERENCE, which is Gods word.
But you might say
"I am a good person"
Ok - but by whose standard?
Yours?
Or by non-Christian worldly
people around you?
While we are IN the world we are NO PART of the world. While this may be
a hard concept for some people to take in, it is an essential part of being
Christian. Jesus clearly says this
:
I have given your word to them, but the world has
hated them, because they are no part of the world, just as I am no part of the
world. “I request you, not to take them out of the world, but to watch over
them because of the wicked one. They are no part of the world, just as I
am no part of the world. (John 17:14-16)
Jesus explained why his attendants would not fight to Pilate after being
arrested on false charges of sedition:
Jesus answered: “My kingdom is no part of this
world. If my kingdom were part of this world, my attendants would have
fought that I should not be delivered up to the Jews. But, as it is, my kingdom
is not from this source.” (John 18:36)
Why should we be no
part of the world? One of the reasons is this – Satan rules the world ( remember Satan was kicked out of
heaven and came down to the earth having great anger ):
"The whole world is lying in
the power of the wicked one." The Bible identifies this wicked one , saying: "The one called Devil and Satan . . . is
misleading the entire inhabited earth."—1 John 5:19; Revelation 12:9.
And since worldly standards are Satan-driven, and Gods kingdom is not of
this world, Gods view of us is the ONLY view that matters.
Gods standards
The great news is that if we feel that God wouldn't want us because we
have been very bad, be comforted that God forgives our sins readily and we can
come to Him in prayer DIRECTLY ( no Priest required ), and repent and ask
forgiveness and try to sin no more.
If we make an effort to turn our life around, God does bless your effort
and helps you to do things His way. He wants you to come to Him so He can be
YOUR heavenly Holy Father. God is loving and kind. God invented the love we
feel for our spouses and children. Think of how you feel when you see a loved
one coming to you, asking forgiveness when they have done something bad and the
joy afterwards.
Imagine how much more God must enjoy when anyone prays something such as
this :
“Holy Father,
Yahweh, God of the Bible, forgive me, I have sinned appallingly, I have done
what is wrong, but I am very sorry. I totally repent of my sins. Holy Father
you give freely the gift of love and forgiveness to all those asking for it. I
want to turn my life around and want to do things your way.
Please help me do this. Please give
me the strength and guidance to do things your way.
Amen.
Wow….imagine how
happy God feels when someone does this?….J
Gods word says all the angels in heaven rejoice
when a sinner turns back to God.
" I say unto you,
that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than
over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance..". (Luke
15:7.)
How fantastic is
that? A sinner turning back to God makes God very happy. If we do things Gods
way, He will bless us. Certainly Satan will put obstacles in our path, as he
wants to prove God a liar, but we are told to “persevere in prayer” and God
will help us. God will never let us be tempted more than we can handle.
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is
common to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted
above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear [it]. ( 1 Cor
What a loving , caring, thoughtful and
wonderful God!! He want us to come to Him.
We need Him for protection from Satan.
When we persevere in prayer, Be persevering in prayer,
remaining awake in it with thanksgiving ( Colossians
4:2)
If your prayer is in line with Gods will, He will answer it, but in His
own time. We must be patient and wait upon God, as God knows what is best for
us.
Patience is a Virtue.
A Final Thought
Thank you for
reading this web page. This information was put together after prayer to God
asking Him to guide this information’s preparation. I am merely a humble servant
of God proclaiming His word and providing Bible information. All readers of
this page to examine their Bibles and to test all they hear and read and to
prove to themselves it is good and
correct, as we are told to do.
"All Scripture is inspired of God and
beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for
disciplining in righteousness” ( 2 Timothy 3:16 )
For the word of God is alive and exerts power and is
sharper than any two-edged sword and pierces even to the dividing of soul and
spirit, and of joints and [their] marrow, and [is] able to discern thoughts and
intentions of [the] heart. ( Hebrews
If you ask Yahweh,
the God of the Bible for the light of truth from His word, He will give to all
who ask and earnestly seek His truth - the Bible says this.
“Keep on asking, and it will be
given YOU; keep on seeking, and YOU will find; keep on knocking, and it will be
opened to YOU. For everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to
everyone knocking it will be opened. ( Matt 7:8 )
By now you have
seen much proof of the un-Biblical nature of the catholic church on this web page. God instructs us to worship Him “in
spirit and in truth”
Jesus says in John 4:24, "God is a Spirit and
they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
So if we don’t
worship Him in truth, what is the point of worshipping Him as He asks? Plainly
we can see that just on the topics raised on this page ( there are many others ) the
evidence indicates the catholic church is incompatible with Bible truth.
Consequently, while it may be hard to think about this, if you are a catholic,
you must leave the church to be compatible with Gods ways.
Sorry to be so
blunt but time is short.
May God give you
the strength and wisdom to see and act in His righteous ways. Serving
God as He wants us to bring so much joy and happiness. I hope you may
experience that joy!!
Please feel free to
contact us regarding questions about Gods word and this article.
All glory be to God forever and ever. Amen.