So right! Jesus is the only way to Heaven. Not confessing to priests and praying to Mary. The Catholic religion has put so much stuff in between the people and Jesus. Religion always seeks to control God.
I'm always amazed at how often "confessing to priests" and "praying to Mary" are used as proofs. It's like every Protestant (root word: 'Protest') read the same pamphlet.
[21] He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. [22] When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. [23] Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. John 20:21-23
and
[16] Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much."
The priest as confessor is doing the will of God, through the Holy Spirit.
As for Mary - we pray for her INTERCESSION. Just like we ask people here to pray for us, we ask Mary to pray FOR us.
Catholicism is not Christianity
So right! Jesus is the only way to Heaven. Not confessing to priests and praying to Mary. The Catholic religion has put so much stuff in between the people and Jesus. Religion always seeks to control God.
I'm always amazed at how often "confessing to priests" and "praying to Mary" are used as proofs. It's like every Protestant (root word: 'Protest') read the same pamphlet.
[21] He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. [22] When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. [23] Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. John 20:21-23
and
[16] Confess therefore your sins one to another: and pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much."
The priest as confessor is doing the will of God, through the Holy Spirit.
As for Mary - we pray for her INTERCESSION. Just like we ask people here to pray for us, we ask Mary to pray FOR us.
https://carm.org/roman-catholicism/a-list-of-false-teachings-in-the-roman-catholic-church/
Thank you. Here you can see the biblical references for the "false" teachings, as well as other fallacies of the Protestants, such as "Sola scriptura"
https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/apologetics/the-catholic-apologist-s-scriptural-cheat-sheet.html