Catholic Heresy Replacing Christ with Mary! 2011

Humans Souls are Purged by Jesus Christ in this world and not in Purgatory

II TIMOTHY 3:16 (THE AMERICAN STANDARD VERSION)

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.

All Scriptures inspired of God are profitable for:
•        Teaching
•        Reproof
•        Correction
•        Instruction

These are the main concerns of every Scripture inspired of God! Historical wise, Scriptures teach, reprove, correct and instruct in righteousness.
The long history of the Israelites as a people teaches every generation thereafter with correction, reproof and instruction.

I CORINTHIANS 10:6, 11

6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 

Prophetic wise, all Scriptures inspired of God, convey the same thoughts and intent.

DEUTERONOMY 28:47-48

47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 

JEREMIAH 25:11

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.  

All matters of faith must be learned from the inspired Scriptures, no more, no less! 

I CORINTHIANS 4:6 (REVISED STANDARD VERSION)

I have applied all this to myself and Apol’los for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 

“…that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written…”

Why not go beyond?
Because they were written by the commandment of the Lord.

I CORINTHIANS 14:37

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 

REVELATION 21:5

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 

Any article or matter of faith not written in the Scriptures should not be accepted by a prudent servant of God.

GALATIANS 1:8

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 

Beliefs not written in the Scriptures come from satan!

II CORINTHIANS 11:3-4, 13-15

3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 

Teachings coming from satan through his ministers are camouflaged to make it appear as though they were of God!

Alleging that the doctrine of purgatory is in the Latin Bible is a clear manifestation of doctrinal bankruptcy! It’s clear that it is not in the Hebrew and Greek Bible, the original languages used in the writing of the sacred Scriptures! And to claim that the Bible is a book owned by the Catholic Church, is another blatant stupid claim. The official name of the Catholic Church only formulated in the late 19^th century is, “The Holy Roman Catholic Apostolic Church”.



Why is the original Bible not written in the language of Rome but instead in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic which were never the official language of the Roman Catholic Church? The answer is inevitable: the Bible is not a book owned and written by Roman Catholics! It will be a pity to all Bible-believing people if Roman Catholics were the ones who wrote it!

Sins are purged not in the afterlife but here on earth!
The word used by Paul in his writing to the Hebrews, in the Greek Scriptures is καθαρισμός. 

HEBREWS 1:3

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

καθαρισμός
katharismos (kath-ar-is-mos’)
From G2511; a washing off, that is, (ceremonially) ablution, (morally) expiation: – cleansing, + purge, purification, (-fying).

The Hebrew synonym (because he was writing to the Hebrews) is כּפר
kâphar (kaw-far’)

A primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel: –appease, make (an) atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, to pitch, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile (-liation).

* (Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries, Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.) 

Whether in Hebrew or in Greek, the phrase, purge our sins, translated in Latin as “purgationem peccatorum” means an act of atonement, the cleansing or ablution of sins, not a place which the Catholics were made to believe as “purgatory”.

HEBREWS 1:3 

 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 

Before sitting on the right hand of the Majesty on High, “when He had by himself purged our sins,”means, that the purging was done while He was still on earth.
The earth is our home in this age, and the world to come will be our home in eternity.

Our home in this present age is:

THE ACTS 17:26

 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 

Our home in eternity will be:

JOHN 14:1-3 

1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 

2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 

REVELATION 21:1-2 

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 

Our earth or our home on this present age is the right place for the purging of our sins. This is the very reason why He came to this earth!

MATTHEW 1:21 

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 

How did He purge the sins of His people? By offering His body as a ransom for our sins.

HEBREWS 10:12 

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; 

HEBREWS 10:10 

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

Being baptized as the Lord Jesus commanded is the way for us to be covered by the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus.

THE ACTS 2:38 

 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

THE ROMANS 6:4, 6 

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 

6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 

The purging of our sins must be done in this life on earth for us to be prepared to enter the abode of God and the Lord Jesus.

ECCLESIASTES 9:10 

 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 

REVELATION 21:22, 27 

22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. 

Souls of God’s servants rest in God’s domain and are not being purged in purgatory!

REVELATION 6:9-11 

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 

11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 

Will there be a stopover in purgatory? NONE! Why? Because there is no purgatory!

Eating Dinuguan (Refuting that it is not a sin to eat it)

Dinuguan (in Visayan, also called dinardaraan in Ilocano, tid-tad in Pampanga, sinugaok in Batangas, rugodugo in Waray, and sampayna or champayna in Northern Mindanao) is a Filipino savory stew of meat and/or offal (typically lungs, kidneys, intestines, ears, heart and snout) simmered in a rich, spicy dark gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili (most often siling mahaba), and vinegar. The term dinuguan comes from the Filipino word dugo meaning "blood". Possible English translations include pork blood stew or blood pudding stew. It is also sometimes jokingly called chocolate meat.

Catholics disagree to their non Catholic brethen like members of INC of Manalo, ADD of Soriano and the SDA members saying that it is ungodly to eat dinuguan because it was prohibited in the Bible.

In fact, in the Christian era if you'll read the New Testament, eating of blood was prohibited by the law of Jesus Christ:

Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

It means that the Jewish religion's prohibition of not eating blood together with the meat is still a commandment to Christians:

Deuteronomy 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Deuteronomy 12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Now let's refute the Catholics' stand that it is not ungodly and unBiblical to eat dinuguan:

1) They use 1 Corinthians 10:25 "Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:"

THE ANSWER: That is right because Lord Jesus said this, in Mark 7:19 "Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? "

And also by Apostle Paul in Romans 14:20 "For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence."

The reason is:

Romans 14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.

It is clearly stated in the Christian doctrine in the Bible that eating the blood is prohibited:

Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

It means that the Jewish religion's prohibition of not eating blood together with the meat is still a commandment to Christians:

Deuteronomy 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

Deuteronomy 12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

2) They use Leviticus 10:18 "Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded."

THE ANSWER: Do they mean that God contradictiong himself? He was the one who said not to eat the blood together with the flesh in Deuteronomy 12:13-24.

God is not the God of confusion so he is not confused on what He is commanding during the time of Moses:

1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Now, according to Leviticus 10:18, What was the real one that that should have eaten? Is it the blood or the meat?

Leviticus 10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

What is that meat?

Leviticus 10:14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

God himself commanded to the children of Israel not to eat the fats or the blood:

Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.

Eating blood during the time of Moses will give you this punishment:

Leviticus 7:27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. 

Now let's answer, What was God's commandment of what to do about the blood if it was prohibited even to his priests during the time of Moses not to eat it?

Leviticus 3:12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.  

Leviticus 3:13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 

Leviticus 4:30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

Leviticus 9:12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.


Now what was God's reason why He forbids his servants to eat the blood?

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

See the blood was being used for the atonement for the soul. This is the reason why after the blood was poured out at the bottom of the altar, the priest shall make an atonement for the who sinned, and God will forgive him.

Leviticus 4:31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

In the Christian Era (today), the blood of Lord Jesus Christ will cleanse the Christians' sins:

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

3) Third alibi of the Catholics is it is because they drink the blood of Christ.

ANSWER: The blood of Christ when the Christians drank it literally is in the cup and it was from the fruit of the vine and not the blood of an animal that is in the cup.

In fact, since Lord Jesus is not today with us literally, Christians can drink that cup spiritually by means of accepting persecutions.

Matthew 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Lord Jesus asked his Father to let this cup pass from Him by means of escaping the impending arrest of the Jews and put him in death by crucifying Him on the cross.

He in fact drank it spiritually by means of accepting that he should be arrested and then persecuted by his enemies and soon to be killed.

John 18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

John 18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

Refuting Glories and Virtues of Mary article

[[  "At the command of Mary, everybody obeys, even God." Saint Bernardine of Siena is not afraid to utter this sentence, meaning thereby, of course, that God grants the prayers of Mary as if they were commands. And so Saint Anselm addresses her, saying: "Our Lord, O holy Mary, has exalted you to such an extent that by his favor all things that are possible to him should be possible to you!" "For your protection is omnipotent, O Mary," says Cosmas of Jerusalem. Yes, Mary is omnipotent, remarks Richard of Saint Lawrence, for by every law the queen enjoys the same privileges as the king. ]]

MY REPLY: There is no queen in heaven. A dead righteous Christian should be resurrected first by Lord Jesus Christ in order to reach heaven in the last day.

John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.


[[ And since the power of a son and that of a mother are the same, a mother is made omnipotent by an omnipotent son. "And thus," says Saint Antoninus, "God has placed the whole Church not only under the patronage, but also under the dominion of Mary." ]]

MY REPLY: Mary has no same power as of the Lord Jesus Christ. She is no a God. the Bible says that she is the servant of the Lord.

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord;




[[ Since the mother, then, should have the same power as the son, Jesus, who is omnipotent, has also made Mary omnipotent; though, of course, it is always true that, while Jesus is omnipotent by nature, Mary is omnipotent only by grace. But that she is so appears from the fact that, whatever the mother asks for, the son never denies her. ]]

MY REPLY: Really? if that is true, what Jesus Christ should do is according to what Mother Mary wishes and NOT WHAT LORD JESUS WANTS.

John 2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
John 2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
John 2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
John 2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
John 2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.


[[ This was revealed to Saint Bridget. One day she heard Jesus talking to Mary and saying: "Ask me for whatever you wish, for whatever you desire will not be denied you." As if he had said: "My Mother, you know how much I love you, so you may ask me for anything you wish. It is not possible for me to refuse you." And he gave this beautiful reason: "Because you never denied me anything on earth, I will not deny you anything in heaven." Mary, then, is called omnipotent in the sense in which such a term can be applied to a creature who is incapable of a divine attribute; that is, she is omnipotent because she obtains by her prayers whatever she wishes. ]]

MY REPLY: Mary is not yet with Jesus Christ in heaven.

A dead righteous Christian should be resurrected first by Lord Jesus Christ in order to reach heaven in the last day.

John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.Besides, no man yet received the promise.

Hebrews 11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

That promise is the eternal life:

1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. What Saint Bridget revealed is surely a mere lies. possibly a vision from the devil.

No wonder, the devil can disguise even to an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

A devil can even make wonders like this
2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

THE VATICAN'S OPEN HATRED AND DENIAL OF THE WORD OF GOD...

The Bible does not contain all the teaching of the Christian religion, nor does it formulate all the duties of its members." The Faith of Millions, pp. 153-154

"Now the Scriptures alone do not contain all the truths which a Christian is bound to believe, nor do they explicitly enjoin all the duties which he is obliged to practice." The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 72

"Can you learn to save your soul just by reading the Bible? No...because the Bible does not have everything God taught." A Catechism for Adults, Q. 1, p. 52

The Roman Church cunningly declares the Word of God is unable to educate the Christian regarding his or her lifestyle. The Vatican also claims the Scriptures are completely unable to direct the lost unto Salvation. However, the Word of God says quite clearly...

2 Timothy 3:15 - "For from thy infancy thou hast known the Sacred Writings, which are able to instruct thee unto salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus."

TSK TSK TSK !....

Lenten season has a pagan origin

". . . The forty days abstinence of Lent was directly borrowed from the worshippers of the Babylonian goddess. Such a Lent of forty days, 'in the spring of the year', is still observed by the Yezidis or PAGAN DEVIL-WORSHIPPERS OF KOORDISTAN, who have inherited it from their early masters, the Babylonians. . ."

(THE TWO BABYLONS or THE PAPAL WORSHIP. By the Rev. Alexander Hislop. Page 105)

MY REFUTATIONS:

1 Peter 4:2 As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.  

1 Peter 4:3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. (NIV)

Mother Mary is the wisdom being mentioned in Proverbs 8:22-31

From Page 162

"Mary is queen by singular election. From [[ALL ETERNITY]] she was present in the mind of God. To HER the Church(Catholic) applies those lovely words of the Book of Proverbs: 'THE LORD MADE OF HIS WHEN FIRST HE WENT ABOUT HIS WORK, AT THE BIRTH OF TIME, BEFORE HIS CREATION BEGAN. LONG.LONG AGO, BEFORE EARTH WAS FASHIONED, I HELD MY COURSE. ALREADY I LAY IN THE WOMB, WHEN THE DEPTHS WERE NOT YET IN BEING, WHEN NO SPRINGS OF WATER HAD YET BROKEN; WHEN I WAS BORN, THE MOUNTAINS HAD NOT YET SUNK ON THEIR FIRM FOUNDATIONS, AND THERE WERE NO HILLS; NOT YET HAD HE MADE EARTH, OR THE RIVERS, OR THE SOLID FRAMEWORK OF THE WORLD. [[[I WAS THERE WHEN HE BUILT THE HEAVENS]]], WHEN HE FENCEE IN THE WATERS WITH A WALL INVIOLABLE, WHEN HE FIXED THE SKY OVERHEAD, AND LEVELLED THE FOUNTAIN SPRINGS OF THE DEEP'. . . MARY WAS ALWAYS IN GOD'S MIND."

(Source: A PRIEST FOREVER By Francis J. Ripley.

Nihil Obstat: Adrianus Van Vliet

Imprimatur: E. Morrogh Bernard, Vicarius Generalis
Great Britain: The Newman Press)

MY REFUTATIONS:

This is not Mother Mary but our Lord Jesus who is the wisdom of God in the Bible.

1 Corinthians 1:24 Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

In fact, By means of wisdom of God, our world was created.

Psalms 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Hebrews 1:2 By his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

The Wisdom in the book of Proverbs was the witness of the creation of the world. so there is no man yet and really it's impossible that it is Mother Mary who is the Wisdom of God in the Book of Proverbs Chapter 8. it is our Lord Jesus who is the wisdom of God who created our world and also the witness of it.

Revelation 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

God obeys at a Catholic priest

 "The priest speaks and heaven obeys;the priest commands and God is obedient."

(A PRIEST FOREVER By Francis J. Ripley. Imprimatur: E. Morrogh Bernard, Vicarius Generalis.,page 20)

MY REFUTATIONS:

A blatant blasphemy.

Man should be the one to follow God.

If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.  (Deuteronomy 30:10)

IF MAN WILL NOT FOLLOW GOD, THIS WILL HAPPEN:

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:  (Deuteronomy 28:15)

Deuteronomy 28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

Deuteronomy 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

Deuteronomy 28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

Deuteronomy 28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

Deuteronomy 28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT:

Matthew 6:9  After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matthew 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

MY LAST REFUTATIONS IS THAT IT WAS GOD WHO COMMANDED WHAT THE PRIESTS SHOULD DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND NOT GOD WILL OBEY TO THE PRIESTS ACCORDING TO THEIR WILL:

Leviticus 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

then continue reading the whole Chapter 21 of Leviticus.

FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT:

1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

We must remember that Apostle Paul's writings are commandments of God (read 1 Corinthians 14:37)

Non Catholics are better people than Catholics

"WE READILY ADMIT THAT SOME PERSONS WHO DO NOT CONFESS THE CATHOLIC FAITH ARE BETTER PEOPLE THAT ARE SOME WHO DO; THAT THEY ARE MORE SINCERE AND UPRIGHT, PRESUMABLY MORE PLEASING TO GOD, AND APPARENTLY MORE LIKELY TO SAVE THEIR SOULS"

(THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND YOU by Henri De Lubac, S. J. Page 88)

My refutations:

This is the proof that The Catholic Church is not of God. why? the real Christian Church should be the church of the saints.

1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

THE EXTERNAL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

A Handbook of Catholic Usage by Rt. Rev. Msgr. John F Sullivan, D.D. Completely Revised by Rev. John C. O’Leary, Ph.D.

Nihil obstat: John M.A Fearns, S.T.D., Censor Librorum, Imprimatur: Francis Cardina Spellman Archbishop of New York, Copyright 1951 by P.J Kennedy and Sons, New York, USA.

p.226

It’s interesting to note how often our church has availed herself of practices which were I common use among pagans, and which owed their origin to their appropriateness expressing something spiritual by material means. The Church and her clergy are ‘all things to all men, that they may gain Christ,’ and she has often found that it was well to take what was praiseworthy in other forms of worship and adapt it to her own purpose, for the sanctification of her children.

“Thus it is true, in a certain sense, that some Catholic Rites and ceremonies are a reproduction of those pagan creeds; but they are taking of what was the best part from paganism, the keeping of symbolical practices which express the religious instinct that is common to all races and times.”

http://www.amazon.com/externals-Catholic-Church-handbook-usage/dp/B0006AWBRO

Dec. 25 is not the actual date of Jesus' birth (FILIPINO VERSION)

Catholic practices have pagan origins

"SHE DOES N0T HESITATE EVEN TO TAKE OVER PAGAN RITUAL AND PAGAN SYMBOLS, WHENEVER SUCH THINGS CAN BE CHRISTIANISED AND REFORMED"

(THE SPIRIT OF CATHOLICISM, page 166)

"EASTER- . .THE ENGLISH NAME FOR THE SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTI0N OF OUR LORD. . . MEAT,EGGS AND OTHER FOODS FORMERLY FORBIDDEN IN LENT ARE BLESSED, AND THERE ARE STILL NUMEROUS LOCAL CUSTOMS, SOME OF PAGAN ORIGIN"

(A CATHOLIC DICTI0NARY, pages 160-161)

"THEN L0OK AT EASTER. WHAT MEANS THE TERM EASTER ITSELF? IT IS N0T A CHRISTIAN NAME.."

(THE TWO BABYLONS, page 103)

THE TEACHINGS FROM THE HOLY BOOK OF GOD NAMED THE BIBLE IF IT'S OKAY TO ADOPT THE PAGAN WAYS:

1 Peter 4: 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.

1 Peter 4:4 They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you. (New International Version)

ANOTHER:

Ephesians 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Hidden priest-nun relationship

"TRUE, IN THE MIDDLE AGES,TUNNELS WERE BUILT BETWEEN CONVENTS AND MONASTERIES TO FACILITATE SECRET MEETING OF THE PARTIES CONCERNED,BUT THE M0DERN PRIEST'S TECHNIQUE IS N0 DIFFERENT FR0M ANY OTHER M0DERN R0MEO. IF NUNS AND PRIESTS,IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES,DO INDULGE IN R0MANCES,TUNNELS ARE N0 L0NGER NECESSARY. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS N0 TUNNEL BETWEEN THE C0NVENT AND THE REDEMPT0RIST M0NASTERY IN A SMALL MANIT0BA T0WN,BUT IT IS NO L0NGER SECRET THAT SH0CKING R0MANCES HAVE OCCURED BETWEEN THE GOOD FATHERS AND THE H0LY NUNS. SEXUAL CRIMES OF NUNS,PRIESTS,BISH0PS AND POPES ARE ACCEPTED FACTS THAT CANN0T BE DENIED. OUR OLD TEACHER, A RELIGIOUS BR0THER,USED TO TELL US THAT HELL IS 'PAVED' WITH HEADS OF POPES,BISH0PS AND PRIEST' "

(I WAS A PRIEST by Lucien Vinet,page 28)

PURGATORY AN INVENTION

"WE EX-PRIEST,KNOW VERY WELL THAT MASS AND PURGATORY ARE INVENTIONS THAT ARE EXCEEDINGLY PROFITABLE,BUT DO N0T ASK A PRIEST WHO IS STILL IN B0NDAGE TO ROME TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT MASS REALLY IS AND HOW IT HAS COME INTO BEING. HE CANN0T ANSWER YOU WITH SINCERITY"

(I WAS A PRIEST by Lucien Vinet, page 44)

A Catholic Defender said that Catholics can pray w/o statues to be use.

Read the statement I encircled in red.

If Catholics can worship w/o any statues to be use, I think the Catholic Church should implement on their worship service w/o the use of statues from now on.

In the Torah, it is forbidden to put any graven images near the Lord's altar:

Deuteronomy 16:21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

Deuteronomy 16:22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.

What God ordered to make graven images in his temple are what the Spirit of God told to King David: (WHICH CANNOT BE SEEN INSIDE THE CHURCHES OF CATHOLICISM OF COURSE!)

1 Chronicles 28:12  And the plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things;

1 Chronicles 28:19 “All this,” said David, “the Lord made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the works of these plans.”

These are:

1 Kings 7:25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 7:29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. 7:36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

1 Chronicles 28:18 and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

God really forbids his servants to make graven images especially to kneel down like can be seen on these pictures:

Leviticus 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.

In fact, putting a graven image even in a SECRET PLACE, God said to that man is BE CURSE!

Deuteronomy 27:15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Jesus taught the Christians to worship God in Spirit (read John 4:24)

We do not need a graven image to be use in worshipping God.

BTW, God really hates it when the early Israelites used a graven image for the purpose to glorify God in a festival.

Nehemiah 9:16 “But they and our fathers acted proudly, Hardened their necks, And did not heed Your commandments.

Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to obey, And they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.But they hardened their necks, And in their rebellion
They appointed a leader To return to their bondage. But You are God, Ready to pardon,
Gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, Abundant in kindness, And did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

What God can say about making graven images of male and female likeness like the Catholic statues?

Deuteronomy 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,

See, God said that they are CORRUPTED!

Catholic Church teachings are unbiblical as said by some Cathechism books

1) Buhay Katoliko ni Gerald Linsen (there is a part that you can read it says) "Purgatory nowhere in the Bible"

2) Question box by Bertrand Conway p. 287 "Confession is nowhere mentioned in the Bible"

3) Ang Pananampalataya ng ating mga ninuno by James Cardinal Gibbon p. 10 "Ang pagkukrus ay batay sa tradisyon at wala sa Kasulatan"

ENGLISH: The Faith of our fathers by James Cardinal Gibbon p. 10 "Sign of the Cross is based on tradition and nowhere in the Scripture"

4) Spirit of Catholicism by Karl Adam p. 50 "Catholic does not derive his faith from Scriptures"

5) Mga Doktrinang Cristiana para sa Bagong Kaanib ng Iglesia by Bill Wakefield p.20-21"walang nakatala sa Bibliya na bautismo sa bata"

ENGLISH: Christian Doctrines for the new members of the Church by Bill Wakefield p. 20-21 "No record in the Bible the infant baptism"

6) New Catholic Encyclopedia p. 304 Vol. 14 "The Holy Trinity is not taught in the Old Testament"

7) I was a priest by Lucien Vinet p. 44 "Purgatory is not mentioned in New Testament or by the Christians.... Mass and Purgatory is an invention and use to earn profits....  they cannot answer you if you ask them with sincerity"

REFUTATIONS:

A) Jesus Christ said to Search the Scriptures (read John 5:39)

B) Saint Paul said "ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written" (1 Corinthians 4:6)

C) God said these "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: " (Joshua 1:8)

What happened to Israel when they did not follow the Scriptures?

2 Kings 22:13 "For great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. "

Conclusion: All doctrines that you should believe must always in favor of what was written in the Scriptures if you are God's real believer.

Did The Catholic Church Give Us The Bible?

Catholics contend that the whole world is indebted to the Roman Catholic church for the existence of the Bible. This is another of their attempts to exalt the church as an authority in addition to the Bible.

Please notice the following from Catholic sources:

• "If she had not scrutinized carefully the writings of her children, rejecting some and approving others as worthy of inclusion in the canon of the New Testament, there would be no New Testament today.
• "If she had not declared the books composing the New Testament to be inspired word of God, we would not know it.
• "The only authority which non-Catholics have for the inspiration of the Scriptures is the authority of the Catholic Church." (The Faith of Millions, p. 145)
• "It is only by the divine authority of the Catholic Church that Christians know that the scripture is the word of God, and what books certainly belong to the Bible." (The Question Box, p. 46)
• "It was the Catholic Church and no other which selected and listed the inspired books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament...If you can accept the Bible or any part of it as inspired Word of God, you can do so only because the Catholic Church says it is." (The Bible is a Catholic Book, p. 4).

The Catholic writers quoted above state that one can accept the Bible as being inspired and as having authority only on the basis of the Catholic Church. In reality, the Bible is inspired and has authority, not because a church declared it so, but because God made it so. God delivered it by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and declared that it would abide forever. "All scripture is inspired of God..." (2 Tim. 3:16). "...Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." (2 Pet. 1:21). "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away." (Matt. 24:35). "The grass withered, and the flower has fallen--but the word of the Lord endures forever." (1 Pet. 1:24-25). The Catholics are wrong, therefore, in their assumption that the Bible is authoritative only because of the Catholic Church. The Bible does not owe its existence to the Catholic Church, but to the authority, power and providence of God.


It would seem unnecessary for the Catholic Church to make the boastful claim of giving the Bible to the world when both it and so-called Protestantism accept the Bible as a revelation from God. However, it is an attempt to weaken the Bible as the sole authority and to replace it with their man-made church. If it is true that we can accept the Bible only on the basis of the Catholic Church, doesn't that make the Catholic Church superior to the Bible? This is exactly what Catholic officials want men to believe. Their only problem is that their doctrine comes from their own human reasoning rather than from God. Their logic is a classic example of their "circle reasoning." They try to prove the Bible by the church (can accept the Bible only on the basis of the Catholic Church) and prove the church by the Bible ("has ever grounded her doctrines upon it"). Such is absurd reasoning which proves nothing. Either the New Testament is the sole authority or it is not. If it is the New Testament, it cannot be the church, and if it is the church, it cannot be the New Testament.

Notice, again, the following from Catholic sources:

• "Because it never was a Bible, till the infallible Church pronounced it to be so. The separate treatises, each of them inspired, were lying, as it were dispersedly; easy to confound with others, that were uninspired. The Church gathered them up, selected them, pronounced judgment on them; rejecting some, which she defined and declared not to be canonical, because not inspired; adopting others as being inspired, and therefore canonical." (What Is the Bible? p. 6).
• "And since the books of the Bible constituting both the Old and the New Testament were determined solely by the authority of the Catholic Church, without the Church there would have been no Bible, and hence no Protestantism." (The Faith of Millions, p. 10).

In addition to the above, Catholics often boast that the Bible was written by Catholics, e.g., "All the books of the New Testament were written by Catholics." (The Bible is a Catholic Book, p. 14). When we consider the word "catholic" as meaning "universal," we readily admit that the writers were "catholic" in that sense; they were members of the church universal--the church of Christ which is described in the New Testament Scriptures (Col. 1:18; Rom. 16:16). However, we firmly deny that the writers of the New Testament were members of the Roman Catholic Church as we know it today. The Roman Catholic Church was not fully developed until several hundred years after the New Testament was written. It is not the same institution as disclosed in the New Testament. The New Testament books were written by members of the Lord's church, but they are not its author. God Himself is the author of the New Testament.


The Catholic officials above claim that without the Catholic Church there would be no Bible; they argue that mankind can accept the Scriptures only on the basis of the Catholic Church which gathered the books and determined which were inspired. Surely the Catholic Church cannot claim that it gave us the Old Testament Scriptures. The Old Testament came through the Jews (God's chosen people of old) who had the holy oracles entrusted to them. Paul said, "What advantage then remains to the Jew, or what is the use of circumcision? Much in every respect. First, indeed, because the oracles of God were entrusted to them." (Rom. 3:1-2; see also Rom. 9:4-5; Acts 7:38).


The Old Testament books were gathered into one volume and were translated from Hebrew into Greek long before Christ came to earth. The Septuagint Version was translated by seventy scholars at Alexandria, Egypt around the year 227 B.C., and this was the version Christ and His apostles used. Christ did not tell the people, as Catholics do today, that they could accept the Scriptures only on the basis of the authority of those who gathered them and declared them to be inspired. He urged the people of His day to follow the Old Testament Scriptures as the infallible guide, not because man or any group of men has sanctioned them as such, but because they came from God. Furthermore, He understood that God-fearing men and women would be able to discern by evidence (external and internal) which books were of God and which were not; thus, He never raised questions and doubts concerning the gathering of the inspired books.


If the Bible is a Catholic book, why does it nowhere mention the Catholic Church? Why is there no mention of a pope, a cardinal, an archbishop, a parish priest, a nun, or a member of any other Catholic order? If the Bible is a Catholic book, why is auricular confession, indulgences, prayers to the saints, adoration of Mary, veneration of relics and images, and many other rites and ceremonies of the Catholic Church, left out of it?


If the Bible is a Catholic book, how can Catholics account for the passage, "A bishop then, must be blameless, married but once, reserved, prudent, of good conduct, hospitable, a teacher...He should rule well his own household, keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful. For if a man cannot rule his own household, how is he to take care of the church of God?" (1 Tim. 3:2, 4-5). The Catholic Church does not allow a bishop to marry, while the Bible says "he must be married." Furthermore, if the Bible is a Catholic book, why did they write the Bible as it is, and feel the necessity of putting footnotes at the bottom of the page in effort to keep their subject from believing what is in the text?


The following list give a summation of what we have been trying to emphasize. If the Bible is a Catholic book,

• 1. Why does it condemn clerical dress? (Matt. 23:5-6).
• 2. Why does it teach against the adoration of Mary? (Luke 11:27-28).
• 3. Why does it show that all Christians are priests? (1 Pet. 2:5,9).
• 4. Why does it condemn the observance of special days? (Gal. 4:9-11).
• 5. Why does it teach that all Christians are saints? (1 Cor. 1:2).
• 6. Why does it condemn the making and adoration of images? (Ex. 20:4-5).
• 7. Why does it teach that baptism is immersion instead of pouring? (Col. 2:12).
• 8. Why does it forbid us to address religious leaders as "father"? (Matt. 23:9).
• 9. Why does it teach that Christ is the only foundation and not the apostle Peter? (1 Cor. 3:11).
• 10. Why does it teach that there is one mediator instead of many? (1 Tim. 2:5).
• 11. Why does it teach that a bishop must be a married man? (1 Tim. 3:2, 4-5).
• 12. Why is it opposed to the primacy of Peter? (Luke 22:24-27).
• 13. Why does it oppose the idea of purgatory? (Luke 16:26).
• 14. Why is it completely silent about infant baptism, instrumental music in worship, indulgences, confession to priests, the rosary, the mass, and many other things in the Catholic Church?

Please notice further quotes from Catholic sources:

• "During those early times parts of the Bible were scattered among the various churches, no one of which had the complete Bible as we have it now. Then in A.D. 390, at the Council of Hippo, the Catholic Church gathered together the various books which claimed to be scripture, passed on the merits and claims of each and this council decided which were inspired and which were not. The Catholic Church put all the inspired books and epistles together in one volume and THAT is the Bible as we have it today. The Catholic Church therefore gave to the people and the World, the Bible as we have it today." (From a magazine advertisement published by the Knights of Columbus bearing the title, "Who Gave the Bible to the People?" 

• "It was not until the Council of Hippo in 390 that the Church gathered these gospels and epistles, scattered about in different churches, and placed them within the covers of a single book, giving the Bible to the world." (The Faith of Millions, p. 152). 

• "Indeed, when you accept the Bible as the Word of God, you are obliged to receive it on the authority of the Catholic Church, who was the sole Guardian of the Scriptures for fifteen hundred years." (The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 68). 
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• "When were all these writings put together? The Catholic Church put all of them in one book between the years 350 and 405." (A Catechism for Adults, p. 10).

Thus, Catholics argue that since the Council of Hippo in 390 A.D. proclaimed which books were actually inspired and placed them in one volume, all are indebted to the Catholic Church for the New Testament and can accept it only on the authority of the Catholic Church. There are several things wrong with this. First, it cannot be proven that the church which held the Council of Hippo in 390 A.D. was the same church which is now known as the Roman Catholic Church. For example, the church of 390 had no crucifixes and images because, "The first mention of Crucifixes are in the sixth century" and "The whole tradition of veneration holy images gradually and naturally developed" (Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. VII, p. 667). The church of 390 took communion under both kinds because that was the prevailing practice until it was formally abolished in 1416 A.D. (See Lives and Times of the Roman Pontiffs, Vol. I, p. 111). The church of 390 was a church altogether different from the Roman Catholic Church today.


Furthermore, in the proceedings of the Council of Hippo, the bishops did not mention nor give the slightest hint that they were for the first time "officially" cataloging the books of he Bible for the world. It was not until the fourth session of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) that the bishops and high ranking officials of the Catholic Church "officially" cataloged the books they thought should be included in the Bible and bound them upon the consciences of all Catholics. (See Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, pp. 17-18).


Secondly, God did not give councils the authority to select His sacred books, nor does He expect men to receive His sacred books only because of councils or on the basis of councils. It takes no vote or sanction of a council to make the books of the Bible authoritative. Men were able to rightly discern which books were inspired before the existence of ecclesiastical councils and men can do so today. A council of men in 390 with no divine authority whatever, supposedly took upon itself the right to state which books were inspired, and Catholics argue, "We can accept the Bible only on the authority of the Catholic Church." Can we follow such reasoning?


Thirdly, it cannot be proven that the Catholic Church is solely responsible for the gathering and selection of the New Testament books. In fact, it can be shown that the New Testament books were gathered into one volume and were in circulation long before the Catholic Church claims to have taken its action in 390 at the council of Hippo. In the following we list some of the catalogues of the books of the Bible which are given by early Christian writers.

• 326. Athanasius, bishop at Alexandria, mentions all of the New Testament books.
• 315-386. Cyril, bishop at Jerusalem, gives a list of all New Testament books except Revelation.
• 270. Eusebius, bishop at Caesarea, called the Father of ecclesiastical history, gives an account of the persecution of Emperor Diocletian whose edict required that all churches be destroyed and the Scriptures burned. He lists all the books of the New Testament. He was commissioned by Constantine to have transcribed fifty copies of the Bible for use of the churches of Constantinople.
• 185-254. Origen, born at Alexandria, names all the books of both the Old and New Testaments.
• 165-220. Clement, of Alexandria, names all the books of the New Testament except Philemon, James, 2 Peter and 3 John. In addition we are told by Eusebius, who had the works of Clement, that he gave explanations and quotations from all the canonical books.
• 160-240. Turtullian, contemporary of Origen and Clement, mentions all the New Testament books except 2 Peter, James and 2 John.
• 135-200. Irenaeus, quoted from all New Testament books except Philemon, Jude, James and 3 John.
• 100-147. Justin Martyr, mentions the Gospels as being four in number and quotes from them and some of the epistles of Paul and Revelation.
• Besides the above, the early church fathers have handed down in their writings quotations from all the New Testament books so much so that it is said that the entire New Testament can be reproduced from their writings alone.

Thus, the New Testament books were in existence in their present form at the close of the apostolic age. As a matter of fact, the apostles themselves put their writings into circulation. "And when this letter has been read among you, see that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also; and that you yourselves read the letter from Laodicea." (Col. 4:16). "I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren." (1 Thess. 5:27). The holy Scriptures were written for all (1 Cor. 1:2; Eph. 1:1) and all will be judged by them in the last day (Rev. 20:12; John 12:48). Jesus said that His Word will abide forever (Matt. 24:35; 1 Pet. 1:23-25).


Fourthly, the Catholic claim of giving the Bible to the world cannot be true because they have not been the sole possessor of the Bible at any time. Some of the most valuable Greek Bibles and Versions have been handed down to us from non-Roman Catholic sources. A notable example of this is the Codex Sinaiticus which was found in the monastery of St. Catherine (of the Greek Orthodox Church) at Mount Sinai in 1844 and is now in the British Museum. It contains all of the books of the New Testament and all but small portions of the Old Testament. Scholars are certain that this manuscript was made early in the fourth century, not later than 350 A.D. This manuscript found by a German scholar named, Tishendorf, who was a Protestant, and this manuscript which is the most complete of all has never been in the hands of the Roman Catholic Church.


Another valuable manuscript that has never been possessed by the Roman Catholic Church is the Codex Alexandrianus. It, too, is now on exhibit in the manuscript room of the British Museum in London. It was a gift from the Patriarch of Constantinople (of the Greek Orthodox Church) to Charles I in 1628. It had been in possession of the Patriarchs for centuries and originally came from Alexandria, Egypt from which it gets its name. Scholars are certain that this manuscript was also made in the fourth century and, along with the Codex Sinaiticus, is thought to be one of the fifty Greek Bibles commissioned to be copied by Constantine.


In the light of the foregoing, the boastful claim of the Roman Catholic Church that it has been the sole guardian and preserver of the sacred Scriptures down to the present, is nothing but pure falsehood. The Bible is not a Catholic book. Catholics did not write it, nor does their doctrines and church meet the description of the doctrine and church of which it speaks. The New Testament was completed before the end of the first century, A.D. The things in it do not correspond to the Catholic Church which hundreds of years after the death of the apostles slowly evolved into what it now is. The Catholic Church is not the original and true church, but a "church" born of many departures and corruptions from the New Testament church. Even if the Catholic Church could prove that it alone is the sole deliverer of the Scriptures to man today, it still remains that the Catholic Church is not following the Bible and is contrary to the Bible. Furthermore, even if the Catholic Church could show conclusively that it alone is responsible for gathering the books, it does not prove that the Catholic Church is infallible, nor does it prove that it is the author of the Bible. God has at times used evil agencies to accomplish His purpose (Jer. 27:6-8; 43:10; Hab. 1:5-11; John 11:49-52).


We have studied, therefore, that the Catholic Church argues that since one of its councils in 390 selected the sacred books, one can accept them only on the basis of its authority. We have answered by showing: (1) The Bible is inspired and has authority, not because a church declared it so but because God made it so. (2) Jesus did not teach the people in His day that they could accept the Old Testament Scriptures only on the basis of those who placed the books into one volume. (3) It is a mere assumption that the Council of Hippo in 390 was a Council of the church which is now the Roman Catholic Church. (4) God did not give councils the authority to select His sacred books, nor does He expect men to receive His books only on the basis of councils. (5) The Catholic Church is not solely responsible for the gathering and selection of the New Testament books. (6) The Catholic Church has not been the sole possessor of the Bible at any time. (7) Even if it could be proven that the Catholic Church gathered the books into one volume, it still remains that it is not following the Bible today.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

A Catechism For Adults, William J. Conan, ACTA Publications, Chicago, Illinois, 1959.
Catholic Encyclopedia, Knights of Columbus, (Fifteen Volumes), The Encyclopedia Press, Inc., New York, 1913.
Canons and Decrees of he Council of Trent, H.J. Schroeder, B. Herder Book company, St. Louis, London, 1950.
Lives and Times of the Roman Pontiffs, Chevalier Artand De Montor, D & J Stadler & Co., New York, 1869.
Question Box, Bertrand L. Conway, The Columbus Press, New York, N.Y., 1913.
Question Box, New Revised Edition, Bertrand L. Conway, The Paulist Press, New York, N.Y., 1929.
The Bible is a Catholic Book, Knights of Columbus Religious Information Bureau, St. Louis, 1948.
The Faith of Millions, John A. O'Brien, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Ind., 1938.
The Faith of Our Fathers, James Cardinal Gibbons, John Murphy Co., Baltimore, Md., 1917.
What is the Bible? W.H. Anderson, International Truth Society, Brooklyn, New York, 1962.
Who Gave the Bible to the People? Knights of Columbus Religious Information Bureau, St. Louis, 1948.

CATHOLIC TRANSLATIONS

 

Confraternity-Douay Version, Timothy Press, Chicago, 1959
Douay-Rheims Version, Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, 1945.
Catholic Edition-Revised Standard Version, Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd for the Incorporated Catholic Truth Society, London, 1966.
By David J. Riggs
Catholics Assembled Canon?

1. the Syriac and Coptic versions were translated from the Greek in the second century
2. Latin Version was translated from Greek in the 2nd century in 375 the Gothic Version was translated by Ufilas
3. Jerome stated that in his work of revising the Old Latin he used a Greek Bible which belonged to Origen who lived in the early part of the third century
4. Constantine, the emperor of Rome, at the end of the third century, ordered fifty copies of the Bible transcribed
5. Origen, born A.D. 185 and died A.D. 254, named all the books of the Bible in his writings
6. Eusebius, 270 A.D., lists all of the books of the NT
7. Cyril, 315 A.D. to 386 A.D., lists all NT books, except Revelation
8. Both the Vatican Manuscript and the Sinaitic Manuscript date back earlier than 390 A.D.

Ash Wednesday topic

Catholic Defenders justify of putting a cross by priests using ash by this verse:

Ezekiel 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

The problem, they never explain it using Biblical verses. they just interpret it. if that is true, the Jews of Judaism should be the first to do it even today.

Anyway, What is the mark of God that Ezekiel commanded to put? 

What is the spiritual form of putting a mark if a man has it is he will depart from iniquity?

John 3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. (King James Version)

Jesus' words came from God and ordered by God to say it (read John 12:49)



If you received God's testimony, you are marked. It can be done by preaching to you God's words and you receive it and not rejecting it.

Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

The verses that putting mark is preaching God's words to receive God's testimony:

Isaiah 8:16 Bind this warning, seal the Torah in My disciples.' (Jewish version of Tanakh)

Isaiah 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. (King James Version)

John 3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. (King James Version)

Refuting Immaculate Conception

Now we will discuss the Catholic Church's dogma about Mary being an Immaculate Conception. Is this Biblical that Mary was born w/o original sin?

What is the doctrine of the Catholic Church about Mary as Immaculate Conception?

"Through the Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus Pope Pius IX officially promulgated the the dogma  of Immaculade Conception in 1854 That Mary in the first instance of her Conception was preserved free from all stain of original sin."

This dogma of Immaculate Conception was invented by Pope Piux IX in 1854. this is not an apostolic teaching. where in this dogma, Mary was protected free of shred of original sin.

First, We dont believe that each infant was born by God's will with shred of original sin for the reason that It can be inherited by a parents the sins to their child or the sins of Adam and Eve, Instead all men were created by God upright and pure according to the plan (read Ecclesiastes 7:29, Ephesians 1:4) so no infant was born bearing the original sin (read John 9:1-3)

The proof is that in the womb the servant of God prophet Jeremiah was sanctified by God

"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. " (Jeremiah 1:5)

So prophet Jeremiah in the womb of his mother was sanctified by the Lord. so Prophet Jeremiah is considered also Immaculate.

Now a child or an infant according to the teaching of the Scriptures that his personality is not yet complete.

"When I was a CHILD I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I BECAME A MAN, I put away childish things" (1 Cor. 13:11)

It only happen when the personality of a child if a child became mature in his thinking (read 1 Cor. 14:20) or if a child reached the right age (1 Cor. 7:36) there it is considered his personality complete it is because an infant or a child has no experience in the words of righteousness (Hebrews 4:13) and an infant does not know the right and wrong (Isaiah 7:16) So an infant or a child is considered SAVED (Matthew 19:14)

Now, Mary the mother of Lord Jesus do not remain as a child or an infant. her personality became complete. so she called Jesus as SON OF MAN (Or Son of Man who is Mary - Matthew 16:13)

Mary's personality became complete as a woman. Mary as a human should possibly be tainted with sin because the Holy Scriptures say that NO MAN who do not sin (1 Chronicles 6:36)

When then sin entered the world and death by sin and by this men will experience it because all have sinned (Romans 5:12) Because all have sinned and never reach the glory of God (Romans 3:23)

So Mary also is not free on sin because according to the word of God "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not." (Ecclesiastes 7:20)

And Mary as a human and became complete as a maiden became filthy in her own monthly period (Leviticus 18:19) but still we believe that God sanctified the holy woman who is Mary (1 Cor. 6:11) because she will be used to bear the body of the infant Jesus so God protected her. to become an honorable vessel to be used rightfully by the owner (2 Timothy 2:21)

The proof that Mary do sin is Mary needed a Saviour (Luke 1:46-47) and the Saviour will save from her sins (Matthew 1:21, 1 Peter 2:24)