This is as good a place as any to ask this very important life and death question..... Is the Catholic Church a cult?
I say yes, everything points to it, from praying to so called Saints (A Saint is simply any follower of Christ)
So to Pray to Saint Anthony etc, taking a ad out in a paper etc is very cultish and not Scriptural at all.
There is only one mediator between man and God, Christ Jesus
I am the Way the Truth and The Life, no man cometh to the Father but though me/ Christ Jesus
Yes Mary was very special and chosen but nowhere in Scripture are we told to pray to her, or whatever.
The Bible does not speak about purgatory, personally I wish there was, but nowhere to be found in My Bible
The Pope... Nowhere to be found in the Bible, he is a politician, not Gods representative on earth anymore than any of us are.
Certainly anybody that is a Christian that has asked Jesus into their life, thanking Him for Dying on the cross for their sins, and repenting from them is I guess representing Christ on earth, but nobody like a pope that is infallible...Not to be found anywhere in my Bible
I challenge Catholics to forget about organized religion, ask Jesus to come into your life, Thank Jesus for Dying on the cross for your sins, ask Him to be Lord of your life, turn from your sins (me to yes)
Begin to Worship Jesus, sing to Him, share the Gospel with others, we are in the last days, forget about Catholicism etc and worship Jesus, ask for the infilling of the Holy Ghost
Look no further than the recent remarks from the Pope, he sounds a lot like Joel Osteen
Peace, the time is short, religion will not save us, only Jesus
, the Precious blood of Jesus
no...and your post indicates that you know nothing about the Catholic church....It is the oldest organization on Earth...it was started by Jesus Christ Himself, it is the epitome of Christianity...all other christians are members of a myriad of denominations all of which think that they have the answers....they don't. The worst error of all is falling away from the Catholic church and thinking that you can do it all on your own, interpret the bible as you see fit, and make up your own rules as to what constitutes the road to salvation......sad