Most people think that Catholic is a mainline Church denomination and many believe it to be Christian but it is actually a Cult that goes back to the days of the Romans when the Christian Church went through a stage of Apostacy believing Fables and practicing atrocities contrary to the Bible and the hierarchy even kept the Bible out of the reach of people etc.<\/p>\n
Some of us are familiar with their beliefs about Mary and praying to Mary, did you know this religion actually teaches that Mary had the same type of birth that Jesus did and that she was taken bodily into Heaven like He was? According to Catholics, Mary was also sinless like Jesus – that’s unthinkable.\u00a0 She is also looked to as a Co-Redeemer like Christ (many appeals are made to her, even at the hour of one’s death). That’s actually putting Mary on equal footing with Christ.<\/p>\n
These things were just a progression of deceptive Creeds\/Beliefs of fallible Popes<\/strong><\/em> throughout the generations in the Papacy<\/strong><\/em> in Roman Catholicism that originated as the first breakaway from True Christian Bible Based Beliefs\/Structure of Early Christians. When you read this article, you will see the Catholic Church for the Cult it actually is.<\/p>\n Sorry if that term offends. Having a Catholic Nan, Auntie and Cousins, I spent two years in this religion, however it hindered any sense of<\/strong><\/em> the Presence of God for me. I left that, bewildered and disillusioned, and now I understand why<\/strong><\/em>. Maybe you will too.<\/p>\n We need to be careful that we don’t place our Faith in Fables and Deceptive Doctrines, hey? They cannot Save you and they cannot answer your prayers. And they can’t bring pleasure or Praise to God Almighty who Paid the most Extravagant PRICE for the Work of Redemption<\/strong><\/em> to Save whosoever would Come to HIM and Believe in Him Alone.<\/p>\n The Christian Bible says that JESUS was “Full of Grace and Truth” Him alone<\/strong><\/em> (being God clothed in human form). I think some of you need to know the true facts<\/strong><\/em> on Catholicism before you accept it as a branch of Christianity or get mixed up in it, hey?<\/p>\n Sorry to disappoint you but it\u2019s better if you know.<\/p>\n The following gives you examples of how their teachings developed.<\/p>\n The Immaculate Conception<\/strong><\/p>\n The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that\u00a0Mary, the mother of Christ<\/strong><\/a>, was conceived without\u00a0sin<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and her conception was thus\u00a0immaculate<\/em>.<\/p>\n Mary’s sinless conception is the reason why\u00a0Catholics<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0refer to Mary as “full of grace”.<\/p>\n The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated by Catholics on\u00a0December 8th<\/strong>\u00a0each year.<\/p>\n Misconceptions<\/strong><\/p>\n Mistakes<\/strong><\/p>\n There are two mistakes that people often make about the Immaculate Conception:<\/p>\n Catholic doctrine<\/strong><\/p>\n In detail<\/strong><\/p>\n Mary received God’s grace from the first moment of her existence, and was totally and completely redeemed by this grace. Because she was redeemed, Mary spent her whole existence in a perfect relationship with God.<\/p>\n God did this so that Mary would be worthy to be the mother of God.<\/p>\n Mary received this redeeming grace not because of any merits of her own, but because God freely gave her the gift of his love.<\/p>\n Christians believe that God’s redeeming Grace is available to all believers: those who accept the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception regard Mary as the perfect example of the redeeming action of God’s Grace, and believe that Mary was only able to receive this Grace because Christ would later redeem humanity through his death on the cross<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Catholic and Protestant views<\/strong><\/p>\n Divergent approaches<\/strong><\/p>\n This is an ancient teaching, but it remains controversial to some Protestants because it is not explicitly referred to in the\u00a0Bible<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Early Protestant thinkers were more devoted to Mary than some of their successors.\u00a0Martin Luther<\/strong><\/a>, for example, was a firm believer in the Immaculate Conception:<\/p>\n Doctrine’s “infallibility”<\/strong><\/p>\n The doctrine proclaimed as infallible<\/strong><\/p>\n The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was proclaimed as\u00a0infallible<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Pope<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Pius IX in the bull (formal proclamation)\u00a0Ineffabilis Deus<\/em>\u00a0in 1854, and thus is an important article of faith for Roman Catholics.<\/p>\n We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a singular privilege and Grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, was preserved immaculate from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful.<\/p>\n Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, 1854<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Before proclaiming the doctrine the Pope took steps to see whether the Church as a whole agreed by asking 603 bishops whether he should proclaim the Immaculate Conception; 546 (90%) said that he should.<\/p>\n Bernadette’s vision at\u00a0Lourdes<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 1858, where Mary revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, put the stamp of God’s approval on the doctrine.<\/p>\n Before proclaiming the doctrine the Pope took steps to see whether the Church as a whole agreed by asking 603 bishops whether he should proclaim the Immaculate Conception; 546 (90%) said that he should.<\/p>\n Bernadette’s vision at\u00a0Lourdes<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 1858, where Mary revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception, put the stamp of God’s approval on the doctrine.<\/p>\n Source HERE<\/a><\/p>\n The Assumption of Mary<\/strong><\/p>\n Roman Catholics believe the doctrine of the Assumption, which teaches that at the end of her life,\u00a0Mary, the mother of Christ<\/strong><\/a>, was taken body and soul (i.e. both physically and spiritually) into heaven to live with her son (Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/a>) for ever.<\/p>\n Human beings have to wait until\u00a0the end of time<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for their bodily resurrection, but Mary’s body was able to go straight to heaven because her soul hadn’t been tainted by\u00a0original sin<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on\u00a0August 15th<\/strong>\u00a0each year. Eastern Orthodox Christians, following the Julian calendar, mark the event as the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, or the Dormition of the the Most Holy Mother of God on\u00a028th August<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Catholic and Protestant views<\/strong><\/p>\n Divergent approaches<\/strong><\/p>\n This is an ancient teaching, first found in the 5th century, but it remains controversial to Protestants because it is not explicitly referred to in the\u00a0Bible<\/strong><\/a>. The\u00a0Roman Catholic Church<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0bases the doctrine on other valid authority.<\/p>\n Catholic doctrine<\/strong><\/p>\n Doctrine first proclaimed<\/strong><\/p>\n The doctrine of the Assumption was proclaimed as\u00a0infallible<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by<\/p>\n\n