Indulgences? Scapulars? Praying to Mary and the Saints?
All at total odds with Christian teachings.
'Catholic' translates as 'Universal'
The Universal Roman [Roman Catholic] Church was founded under Constantine as a means of unifying all the pagan faiths under a neo-christian umbrella as a means of controlling the masses and securing his rule and authority.
'Christmas'? Saturnalia. Jesus was not born in winter.
'Easter'? Eostre/Astarte. Another false god.
Did not Jesus warn of the false churches and false doctrines to come, of the broad and winding path to damnation?
Did not Jesus say we know them by their fruits? Is it not the grace of God and
accepting and confessing that grace which saves us? Are not our acts the fruits by which a the tree is known?
Yet the Universal Roman Church declares Christ's teachings to be anathema.
If anyone says that justifying faith is nothing else than confidence in divine mercy, which remits sins for Christ's sake, or that it is this confidence alone that justifies us, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA
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Interestingly, "the gospel" could accurately be defined as, "confidence in divine mercy, which remits sins for Christ's sake, and it is this confidence alone that justifies us." Yet Rome emphatically anathematizes anyone who holds to that definition. We shall shortly see that the Bible holds the exact position Rome anathematizes.
"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified"
The Gospel of Rome: Roman Catholic Plan of Salvation
