Okayyyy...listen I agree that the current Vatican is corrupt and everything, and the current Pope is not a true Pope, but the Pope still exists. Please refrain from your obvious hatred of the Catholic faith.
Does everything about the faith have to come directly from the Bible? It's called Divine Revelation. Also, the 1st Pope was St. Peter, Jesus' apostle. You can't get more direct to Jesus than that. Tell me how you think Mr. Luther-I'm-A-Fallen-Away-Priest-And-Seduced-A-Nun-To-Run-Away-And-Marry-Me is a more direct Christian than St. Peter was? I'll wait.
Also, your intense hatred of Catholicism is showing splendidly. I can see the Prots have taught you well.
What idols in gold? Literally where? I've never seen nor heard of them. If you're talking about statues, we don't worship the statues as if they WERE Jesus or Joseph or Mary, they are symbols and that's it. The Golden Calf statue WAS an idol for the people of Israel, because they believed that the god WAS the statue or inside of it, so they worshiped it. We Christians do not believe that statues or pictures are idols because we don't worship them. They are symbols and reminders, that's it.
Okayyyy...listen I agree that the current Vatican is corrupt and everything, and the current Pope is not a true Pope, but the Pope still exists. Please refrain from your obvious hatred of the Catholic faith.
Does everything about the faith have to come directly from the Bible? It's called Divine Revelation. Also, the 1st Pope was St. Peter, Jesus' apostle. You can't get more direct to Jesus than that. Tell me how you think Mr. Luther-I'm-A-Fallen-Away-Priest-And-Seduced-A-Nun-To-Run-Away-And-Marry-Me is a more direct Christian than St. Peter was? I'll wait.
Also, your intense hatred of Catholicism is showing splendidly. I can see the Prots have taught you well.
What idols in gold? Literally where? I've never seen nor heard of them. If you're talking about statues, we don't worship the statues as if they WERE Jesus or Joseph or Mary, they are symbols and that's it. The Golden Calf statue WAS an idol for the people of Israel, because they believed that the god WAS the statue or inside of it, so they worshiped it. We Christians do not believe that statues or pictures are idols because we don't worship them. They are symbols and reminders, that's it.
Read this if you need more proof: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/statues-arent-necessarily-idols
Once again, your intense hatred is showing through and I can see why you are not Christian.