VATICAN CITY — On Monday evening Pope Francis visited the crypt beneath St. Peter’s Basilica where many popes are laid to rest, to pray for the repose of … Dead and in Hell because you cannot be saved by a weekly and weakly wafer. With all due respect, If you feel that this is a “pitch-fork parade”, you are not obligated to post anything. But, if the Lord Jesus tarries much longer, it will become thoroughly unrecognizable as a “church” except for the name. Rome, Italy - 12/10/2014: Diego Armando Maradona in action during the friendly match `United for. I believe what Jesus and the apostle taught, and they were not called “Protestants.” The Vatican Grottoes is the grave yard of the Vatican City. Isaiah 43:10,11 – “You are My witnesses,” says the Lord, “And My servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Is not Jesus the Son of GOD the only Mediator between GOD and man? I would certainly hope not. Catholics give final authority to the Pope, but true believers look to the written Word of God. This seems like a very big difference to me as it touches on many commands from g-d that these “priests?” are actually required to NOT do. “So extraordinary were the mighty deeds God accomplished at the hands of Paul that when face cloths or aprons that touched his skin were applied to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.“. . As a Catholic It is impossible on this vitriolic Catholic bashing website to get anywhere with this bunch. Ancient Astronauts and Egyptian Symbols on Display in this year’s Nativity in St. Peter’s Square . The Muslims. An unprepared reader, or someone with no convenient knowledge, will either not understand the text, or misunderstand it, get at an even worse state than that one of ignorance. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”. You know that there are liberal Catholics and traditional Catholics, Eastern and Western, Sedevacantist, etc. “It is possible, then, for everyone in every church, who may wish to know the truth, to contemplate the tradition of the apostles which has been made known to us throughout the whole world. Only God is “Holy”. There is a common misunderstanding among Catholics related to the issue of jugdment. In short, since the Bible is the Word of God, there is nothing of equal authority. The Shroud of Turin from a 1979 file photo. It’s all about the money and control, hate to burst anyone’s bubble. Bookmark the permalink. The Pope has put on public display nine tiny fragments of bone which may belong to St Peter, the first Pope. Largely during the Protestant reformation and as a result of it Protestant based churches rejected the idea of ideological purity through celibacy. Christ rejected tradition as an additional channel of revelation. During the apostolic era, the Christian faith was delivered in full to the church, as Jude tells us. An, Ex-Catholic priest named Brewer claims that “there is nothing in the Bible that supports the veneration of relics, even if they are genuine.” Again, not so. praying dead bodies is a foolish act. Please continue to pray for Catholics and others caught up in ‘religious systems’ who urgently need to know the ‘true and living God/Jesus’, and NOT one of man’s making. The Church was the only real organized educational institution at the time and the tradition became to have the first born son become a priest. For all these have fallen from the truth” (ibid., 4:26:2). I just had to add a remark to the last comment regarding the forbidding of marriage of “priests”. Therefore the churches, although they are so many and so great, comprise but the one primitive Church, [founded] by the apostles, from which they all [spring]. Worship of such things would be wrong, and every Catholic knows that, but the proper veneration of the earthly remains of God’s true servants … looking forward to their (and our own) glorious resurrection is right, just, and as authentically Christian as anything can possibly be. Exodus 13:19 “And Moses took Joseph’s bones with him: because he had adjured the children of Israel, saying: God shall visit you, carry out my bones from hence with you.”, 4 Kings 13:20-21 “And Eliseus died, and they buried him. Catholics do things that we are commanded not to. This is not a unique practice but it is practiced everywhere in the Catholic Church. Ac 13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. They had with them spices and perfumed oils, because this was the tradition. Born again? Mat 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. You say Catholics think that Protestants teach “easy-believism;” believing is easy. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? Also, they disobey the commandment of g-d, that says to be prolific. We don’t worship things. When considering relics, it is to be remembered that the body and soul are forever one, even when they seem to be separated by death. On 2 November every year when the Church prays for all souls, the Pope and other pilgrims present go to the Vatican Grottoes to say prayers for the late popes. You can quote scripture till your blue in the face and and all they do is repeat the same scripture out of context of the whole Bible. Pope Francis also greeted two bishops carrying the Pachamama object on their shoulders in a procession into St. Peter’s Basilica. . A total of 91 popes are buried in crypts in the grotto in St. Peters Basilica in Rome. Jesus often appealed to the Scriptures – ‘It is written’ – but He never appealed to tradition as if it carried equal authority (see below). 21 Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. But, as you can see, no matter what you say via the Bible, there’s always a comeback that shows just how much true ‘searching’ they’re willing to do. However, that does not give license for caricatures or ignorant judgments – both sides need to be honest in their assessments and try not go beyond what God has revealed. NO txlady706, Catholicism is NOTHING like the Torah, but please continue to pray for them to come to the knowledge of the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, as well as Yeshua Hamashiach? Peter, recognized as the first Pope in the Catholic faith, is traditionally believed to have been crucified upside down for his faith on that spot in 64 or 67 C.E., Religion News Service reports. So this is why I say to every Hindu, Muslim, Catholic, and even those who claim to a different Jesus from the one in the bible. undisputed true facts in history of the church, not just books on Orthodoxy. But of course, anyone can say what they want. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. Its just not true. And if you really love Jesus, you will listen to Him and obey Him. The Mass (and most especially the Eucharist) is our earthly participation in the eternal offering of this Sacrifice in Heaven, just as St. Paul says in 1 Corinth 10:16-22. How, therefore, are demons driven off by them, diseases dispelled, sick persons made well, the blind restored to sight, lepers purified, temptations and troubles overcome, and how does every good gift from the Father of lights come down through them to those who pray with sure faith? Common logic tell us this is unsound. I;m with Casey on this subject. As we can easily see in the Bible among the Jewish people God frequently chose people to serve him that were not what you would expect, more just common everyday people with great faith. 1 Corinthians 10:20-21 No, I imply that what pagans sacrifice they offer to demons and not to God. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. Hence the Christian’s commitment is to the Bible alone as the ultimate and absolute authority. And when it had touched the bones of Eliseus, the man came to life and stood upon his feet.”, Matthew 9:20-22 “And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. My Comment: Good works is not going to get anyone into heaven. What Jesus was emphasizing is based on what Peter had declare by revelation of the Father, when he said: “Thou are the Christ, the son of the Living God.” Notice what Jesus said to Peter, “…and on this rock I will build my church.” He didn’t say, “and upon you Peter” but on what Peter had declared. The worship of the woman stems from Tammuz in Babylonian times. Now this name of Peter was given him by the Lord, and in a figure, that he should signify the Church. Pax to all the Popes. Similar are the cases of the woman cured of a hemorrhage by touching the hem of Christ’s cloak (Matt. I guess that is what a Catholic would do. 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. Pope Celestino is kept in the open of St. Maria of Collemaggio Church in L’Aquila in central Italy. That is those saints in heaven and those on earth are united by the common head (Jesus Christ). The remains of many other popes are buried in the interior of the basilica. I disagree with you completely. The Pope confined him to a house arrest, and though he managed to escape for a time, he was eventually confined to a tower in Castel Fumone. But the Bible says NO. The fact that they call themselves “Christians”, then the Pope says, “Call me father” , against what the gospel of Matthew says. Forever is there a connection between the remains and the soul that has departed from them — and the great souls whose remains are left to us have a power described well by St. John of Damascus (a.k.a. Thousands of mourners, many of them weeping, watched the procession that took Pope John Paul II's body from a palatial hall in the Vatican to St Peter's Basilica, where he will be buried on Friday. Most of all, reading your bible will protect you from deception. He gave them His power to sanctify: “Baptising them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…” (Matthew 28:19), forgive sin “Whose sin you shall forgive, they are forgiven…” (John 20:23), and offer sacrifice “Do this in remembrance of Me” (Paul 1 Corinthians 11:24). Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar’ (Proverbs 30:5). There is not a single dogma the Catholic Church teaches which does not tend to confirm in its members the will to serve God. The questions raised are based on lack of knowledge of historical facts not theology and it is important to respond to all issues that you address in this article. Literally thousands of Protestant congregations, and look at its references these letters not in the Vatican neither wilt suffer... Suffer thine Holy one to see if what you want to imitate Christ Horeb out Egypt... 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