Roman Catholicism
There are many good Catholic people that need to be set free from the bondage of
Satan in Catholicism. I believe in theses last days Roman Catholicism will unite
other world religions under the banner of the Antichrist.
In the Book of
Revelations we read in chapter 17 and 18 of the great harlot and mystery Babylon
which speaks of all world religions including apostate Christianity and the
political and commercial powers that have corrupted the world and will be judged
by God. Gods cry to His people in these last days is to come out of her and be
not partakers of her sins
| 1. The Mass | 4. Purgatory |
| 2. Penance | 5. Mother Mary |
| 3. The Pope | 6. Doctrines of Devils
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1. Satan attacks the Blood of Christ and the finished work of the Cross. They say salvation is through the sacraments what is commonly termed Transubstantiation (also known as the Real Presence) is the Roman Catholic teaching that during the Mass the elements of the Bread and the Wine, are transformed into the actual Body and Blood of Christ.
THE MASS-Roman Catholicism teaches that the Mass is a sacrifice of Christ. The Roman Catholic Church intends the Mass to be regarded as a “true and proper sacrifice,” and will not tolerate the idea that the sacrifice is identical with Holy Communion. That is the sense of a clause from the Council of Trent (Sess. XXII, can. 1): “If any one saith that in the Mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God; or, that to be offered is nothing else but that Christ is given us to eat; let him be anathema.”
The Sacrifice of the Mass forms a pivot upon which all else turns. If it is what Catholics believe it is, then here is the greatest external manifestation of the love of God for man and the most magnificent testimonial to the validity of Catholicism; but if it be false, it is the worse farce and blasphemy every perpetrated upon God or man, and the Catholic faith collapses into nothingness.”
The What and Why of Catholicism
The Mass is a real sacrifice because in it a Victim is offered by a priest for the purpose of reconciling man with God.
St. Peter’s Catechism, (1972), page 48
The sacrifice on the altar is no mere commemoration of Calvary, but a true and proper act of sacrifice whereby Christ, the high priest, by an unbloody immolation offers himself a most acceptable victim to the eternal father, as he did on the cross.
John Hardon, The Catholic Catechism, 1975
A Protestant Perspective
Consider now, beloved brethren, what the fruits of the Mass have been, even in her greatest purity. The Mass is nothing but the invention of man, set up without all authority of God’s word, for honoring of God; and therefore it is idolatry. Unto it is added a vain, false, deceitful, and most wicked opinion: that is, that by it is obtained remission of sins; and therefore it is abomination before God. It is contrary unto the Supper of Jesus Christ, and has taken away both the right use and remembrance thereof, and therefore it is blasphemous to Christ’s death.
John Knox
A Biblical Perspective
The one time offering of Christ’s body sanctifies those who believe. The Greek word sanctify in verse 10 and 14 are in the present participle, emphasizing continuous action in the present. Catholicism insists upon crucifying Christ over and over, crucifying Him afresh not regarding the efficiency of Christ’s sacrifice and the finished work of the Cross. Back to the Top
2. Satan attacks the truth of salvation by grace through faith alone.
Penance-A
means by which all sins committed after baptism is removed, and such means are
assigned by a priest and usually consist of special prayers or deeds performed
by the sinner. No amount of works or good deeds can make up for your sins or
mine. Afflicting one’s self with pain, such as crawling on one’s hands and knees
till raw with blood is not Bible or God’s will. There is only one means the
Blood of Christ which is able to cleans us from all sin. The Bible says if we
sin we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous, that if we
confess our sins to Him they will be forgiven
3. The Pope-Christ’s representative on earth. The term was used from early times for the Bishop of Rome. The pope is the visible successor of Peter, who was the first pope. The word comes from the Greek word papa meaning “father.” Papal infallibility became an official Roman Catholic dogma in 1870.Vatican Council, Sess. IV, Const. de Ecclesiâ Christi, c. iv, holds: Both Scripture and Tradition must be accepted and honored with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence.”Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 82.
Hogwash
Jesus is the head of the
true Church no human, but the God man Himself, and He said call no man your
father but God who is in heaven
Paul's testimony
and admonishment to Timothy was
following Christ and that the Word of God is ultimate authority and is able to
save him and others who would hear his doctrine as he studied to shew himself
approved unto God (not man), a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word
of Truth
The Pope is not the
representative on earth all of the body of Christ is, His true church is
His representatives, and we under Christ’s ultimate
authority, and no representative is above the words of the one whom he
represents. They say only the Priest can understand the Bible and the Pope is
ultimate authority even over the Bible to add to it or take away from it as he
pleases see
We have One High Priest Jesus Christ the Righteous whom we go to in the time of trouble to receive grace in trials, weakness and failure Heb 4:14-16. To confess our faults to one another as the Bible says is good, but not meant for the forgiveness of sin through an earthly human Priest and certainly not for money Heb 8:4-6! God's True House or place of worship is a House of prayer, and all true Christians are Priest's unto God as we offer up spiritual sacrifices, and help unbelievers to know God and His way's see 1 Pet 2:5 and Rev 5:10.
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· faults—your falls and offenses. Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionary say-a side slip (lapse or deviation), that is, (unintentional) error or (willful) transgression:—fall, fault, offence, sin, trespass.
· one to another—not to the priest, as Rome insists. The Church of England recommends in certain cases. Rome compels confession in all cases. Confession is desirable in the case of (1) wrong done to a neighbor see Matt 5:23-24, Luke 17:4; (2) when under a troubled conscience we ask counsel of a godly minister or friend as to how we may obtain God’s forgiveness and strength to sin no more, or when we desire their intercessory prayers for us (“Pray for one another”): “Confession may be made to anyone who can pray” [Bengel].
4. Satan attacks the truth of Future Judgment
Purgatory
A place of temporary punishment where Christians are cleansed from sin before they can enter into heaven. All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation, but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, p. 1030
The truth has been divinely revealed that sins are followed by punishments. God’s holiness and justice inflict them. Sins must be expiated. This may be done on this earth through the sorrows, miseries and trials of this life and, above all, through death. Otherwise the expiation must be made in the next life through fire and torments or purifying punishments.
The Second Vatican Council, p. 63
In purgatory the souls of those “who died in the charity of God and truly repentant, but who had not made satisfaction with adequate penance for their sins and omissions,” are cleansed after death with punishments designed to purge away their debt.
Second Vatican Council, “Sacred Liturgy,”
“Apostolic Constitution on the Revision of Indulgences,” no. 3
A Biblical Perspective
(All the Bible
quotes in this section are from the
Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
The object of this is to illustrate the fact that Christ died but once for sin, and that is done by showing that the most important events pertaining to man occur but once. Thus, it is with “death.” That does not, and cannot occur many times. It is the great law of our being that people die only once, and hence, the same thing was to be expected to occur in regard to him who made the atonement. It could not be supposed that this great law pertaining to man would be departed from in the case of him who died to make the atonement, and that he would repeatedly undergo the pains of death. The same thing was true in regard to the “judgment.” Man is to he judged once, and but once. The decision is to be final, and is not to be repeated.
A MAN WHO IS TO CROSS THE OCEAN BUT “ONCE;” TO GO AWAY FROM HIS HOME NEVER TO RETURN, SHOULD MAKE THE RIGHT KIND OF PREPARATION. HE CANNOT COME BACK TO TAKE WHAT HE HAS FORGOTTEN; TO ARRANGE WHAT HE HAS NEGLECTED; TO GIVE COUNSEL WHICH HE HAS FAILED TO DO; TO ASK FORGIVENESS FOR OFFENCES FOR WHICH HE HAS NEGLECTED TO SEEK PARDON. AND SO OF DEATH. A MAN WHO DIES, DIES BUT ONCE. HE CANNOT COME BACK AGAIN TO MAKE PREPARATION IF HE HAS NEGLECTED IT; TO REPAIR THE EVILS WHICH HE HAS CAUSED BY A WICKED LIFE; OR TO IMPLORE PARDON FOR SINS FOR WHICH HE HAD FAILED TO ASK FORGIVENESS. Barnes Notes on The NT Back to the Top
5. Satan’s Attempt to Hold People in the Bondage of Idolatry and False Worship.
Idolizing Mother Mary and Other dead Saints praying to her and others and even going as far to say that she was born sinless. Using Crosses and other idols to worship and bless whatever the Pope says. Doctrine about Mary—Date doctrine became official Mary is called the Mother of God—431 Prayers offered to Mary—600 Immaculate Conception (her sinlessness)—1854 Assumption of Mary—1950 Mary Proclaimed Mother of the Church—1965
Mary’s Assumption to Heaven
The doctrine of the Assumption is an important aspect of Catholic belief, infallibly taught by the Church. It was defined in 1950 by Pope Pius XII, not on his own initiative but in answer to millions of petitions from all over the world. Like the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption of Mary was accepted by Catholics for centuries before it became dogma. This doctrine proclaims that at the end of Mary’s life on earth, Christ gave her victory over death, and her body shared fully in his Resurrection as ours will at the end of time. Because Mary never sinned, she was able to experience complete union with her Son, Jesus.
A Biblical Perspective
All are Guilty before God
This is you and me without Christ also Mary without the grace of God through Christ. Back to the Top
6.
Doctrines of Devils
I think it important to say something here quoting James.
Jas 3:1 Be not many teachers -That all who thrust themselves into the office. Shall receive greater condemnation - Do not affect the teacher’s office, for many wish to be teachers who have more need to learn and have never truly met God. There were many teachers or rabbi's among the Jews, each affecting to have The truth, and to draw disciples after themselves. We find a caution against such persons. It's the teachers who are held accountable to grater judgment before God as to freeing people from idolatry or into slavery of self and Satan! This caution is still necessary; there are multitudes, whom God has never called, and never can call, because he has never qualified them for the work, who earnestly wish to get into the priest’s office. God appoints His priests not man yet there are man appointed priests.
Lent
A forty-day period between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Usually it is accompanied by some form of prayer and fasting.
Ash Wednesday
It’s the first day of the season of Lent. At the liturgy on Ash Wednesday ashes are blessed and marked on the foreheads of the people in the form of a cross.
Rosary
The rosary is used as an aid in praying. It consists of string of beads containing five sets of ten small beads, each set of ten being separated by another bead. It also contains a crucifix. The beads on the rosary are used to count prayers as they are said to Mary.
Fasting on Friday’s and observance of Lent started 988 AD. Note what the Bible says one of the doctrines of devils is, abstaining from meats. Also Friday is a favorite day for Satanists, no wander Friday is the day Catholic doctrine abstains from meats, and sadly concerning celibacy of priests it’s another doctrine of devils starting in 1123 AD. This last doctrine has been one of their biggest downfalls and the destruction of many souls through pedophiles’. As the scripture says it’s not good for man to dwell alone and that meats are to be received with thanks giving of them which believe and know the truth. It angered me as I went through some of these doctrines, but here at the end it saddens me as I think of all the little boys’ sexual abuse and many that we don’t know because they were not reported. As I said there are many good people in Catholicism that need to be set free from its bondage and deception, but there are also many in the higher up ranks of leadership that will have a dark day of judgment coming and some who have already met there dome in hell. Yes the Pope and many people have and espouse good morals, but remember there are good moral people in hell today because they rejected the Christ of the Bible. Back to the Top