Why I am NOT a
Roman Catholic
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James M. Frye
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Here are just some of the reasons why I am not a Roman
Catholic.
- The Roman Catholic Church (R.C.C.) has priests and teaches their
followers to call them “Father”. But, the Bible says that every believer
is a priest under the New Covenant (1 Peter 2:5, 9) and Jesus said we are
to call NO MAN “father” religiously (Matt. 23:9).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers to pray the rosary, but Jesus
tells His follows to not pray vain repetitions (Matt. 6:7).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers to pray to Mary, but Jesus
told His follows to pray to God the father in His (Jesus’) name (John
15:16; 16:23).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers to go to Mass and Confession
to get their sins forgiven, but the Bible says that those who truly
believe on Jesus Christ for salvation have all of their sins forgiven
already, past, present, and future (Rom. 4:7-8; Heb. 10:10, 12, 14).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers that the Pope is Christ’s
representative on earth, but their
are no popes, cardinals, archbishops, monks, or nuns in the
Holy Bible. All of these things are the traditions of men. Jesus said that
those who incorporate man-made traditions into their worship are
worshiping Him in vain (Mark 7:6-8).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers that it is okay to use graven
images of Mary and Jesus in their worship, but the Bible says that we are
not to make any graven images in worship, nor are we to bow down to them
(Exod. 20:4-5). The R.C.C. has removed this commandment from their version
of The Ten Commandments.
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers that their church is above the
Bible, but the Bible teaches us that scripture alone is of divine
authority (Deut. 4:2; 12:32; Acts 17:11; 2 Tim. 3:16; 1 Cor. 4:6).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers that Mary was a perpetual
virgin and had no other children than Jesus, but the Bible says she had
other children and even names them (Matt. 1:24-25; 13:55-56; Psa. 69:8-9).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers that the Mary they venerate is
“The Queen of Heaven”. The Bible teaches us that “The Queen of Heaven” is
a false goddess which the true God of the Bible punished His people for
worshiping (Jer. 7:18, 20; 44:17, 22).
- The R.C.C. teaches their followers that salvation is NOT by grace
alone, through faith alone, because of Christ alone, but the Bible tells
us that it is (Rom. 11:16; Eph. 2:8-9; Heb. 1:3. The R.C.C. teaches a
false gospel (Gal. 1:6-9) which is contrary to the true gospel of
scripture. No one can be saved by believing in a false gospel.
These are just some of the reasons
why I am NOT a Roman Catholic. After reading the information above, how could
you possibly believe and follow an organization which tells so many lies which
are so clearly contradicted by the Bible?