First off let me just state that ALL religions are man made. And thus they are full of sin. Only God is pure.
What is important is your relationship with God. How you practice is up to you. I look upon my Catholic Church as a community of people who were raised in similar beliefs. I go for the communal spirit and the opportunity to administer to others.
Boy do people get this wrong.! We do NOT worship saints nor any statutes. We ask saints to intercede for us.
God works through them. As he does through a priest when one goes to confession.
We also pray directly to God/Jesus. And we believe in the Holy Trinity which some religions do not.
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church (to my knowledge) is the only church that believes the host and wine become the body and blood of Christ. (Transubstantiation) when the priest calls for the Holy Spirit to come down (epiklesis) . The body and blood are transformed into the body and blood of Christ to transform us when we eat the bread and drink the wine.
Oh and Just so ya know many of us also do not LIKE Pope Francis.
If you are the Temple of God and Jesus Christ is in you, why do you need intercession?
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church (to my knowledge) is the only church that believes the host and wine become the body and blood of Christ.
Christ's Work of redemption is finished, His Blood was only required once to pay all of the debts of sin. The Bible is quite clear on this. And it's just common sense. If a priest is required to cause this "transubwhatever" and you are required to do it every week, what outcome is obvious? Church business, filthy lucre.
Another little Biblical truth, believers in Jesus Christ are kings and priests already. What do we need priests for?
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church (to my knowledge) is the only church that believes the host and wine become the body and blood of Christ. (Transubstantiation) when the priest calls for the Holy Spirit to come down (epiklesis) . The body and blood are transformed into the body and blood of Christ to transform us when we eat the bread and drink the wine.
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church slit the throats of those who chose not to believe that once they obtained a copy of the Bible in their native tongues and heard the Word of God for themselves.
The Bible says there was one sacrifice for sins that ended all sacrifices.
Hebrews 10:11-13
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Meanwhile the Catholic theologians attack the Reformers for daring to believe the Word of God and assuming they had to toss out Roman Catholic tradition whenever they found a conflict.
By making these assumptions, Luther, Calvin and Zwingli totally rejected the sacrificial character of Mass, the Roman Canon, the so-called "Private Mass" and the application of Masses for the living and the dead.
First off let me just state that ALL religions are man made. And thus they are full of sin. Only God is pure.
What is important is your relationship with God. How you practice is up to you. I look upon my Catholic Church as a community of people who were raised in similar beliefs. I go for the communal spirit and the opportunity to administer to others.
Boy do people get this wrong.! We do NOT worship saints nor any statutes. We ask saints to intercede for us.
God works through them. As he does through a priest when one goes to confession.
We also pray directly to God/Jesus. And we believe in the Holy Trinity which some religions do not.
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church (to my knowledge) is the only church that believes the host and wine become the body and blood of Christ. (Transubstantiation) when the priest calls for the Holy Spirit to come down (epiklesis) . The body and blood are transformed into the body and blood of Christ to transform us when we eat the bread and drink the wine.
Oh and Just so ya know many of us also do not LIKE Pope Francis.
We ask saints to intercede for us.
If you are the Temple of God and Jesus Christ is in you, why do you need intercession?
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church (to my knowledge) is the only church that believes the host and wine become the body and blood of Christ.
Christ's Work of redemption is finished, His Blood was only required once to pay all of the debts of sin. The Bible is quite clear on this. And it's just common sense. If a priest is required to cause this "transubwhatever" and you are required to do it every week, what outcome is obvious? Church business, filthy lucre.
Another little Biblical truth, believers in Jesus Christ are kings and priests already. What do we need priests for?
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church (to my knowledge) is the only church that believes the host and wine become the body and blood of Christ. (Transubstantiation) when the priest calls for the Holy Spirit to come down (epiklesis) . The body and blood are transformed into the body and blood of Christ to transform us when we eat the bread and drink the wine.
The most important thing to remember is the Roman Catholic Church slit the throats of those who chose not to believe that once they obtained a copy of the Bible in their native tongues and heard the Word of God for themselves.
The Bible says there was one sacrifice for sins that ended all sacrifices.
Hebrews 10:11-13
11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Meanwhile the Catholic theologians attack the Reformers for daring to believe the Word of God and assuming they had to toss out Roman Catholic tradition whenever they found a conflict.
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/eucharistic-theology-in-the-reformation-and-the-council-of-trent-9988