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1. I believe the sole rule of faith for Christians has to be Scripture. The Holy Bible is the only unchanging and definitive word of God that a Christian can build his or her life upon. Everything else, including the Catholic claims to authority, in the end, amount to ever-changing and ultimately sinking sand.

Well Said!

2. I believe works or any sense of salvific cooperation with God’s grace as constitutive to a Christian’s eternal life is unbiblical. “… not of works” (cf. Eph. 2:8-9) means not of works.

Right as far as salvation is concerned, but not completely correct, "...faith without works is dead" (James 2:14-26)

3. The idea of Mary and the saints being involved in the salvation of a Christian is tantamount to a denial of the sufficiency of Christ’s redeeming work on Calvary’s cross.

Well Said!

4. #3 can also be said of Purgatory, the “sacrifice” of the Mass, the Catholic view of salvation/justification, and more. These and more of the elements of Catholic teaching result in a denial of the sufficiency of the sacrifice of Christ. More to follow in a more detailed post.

Well Said!

5. What Catholics call the “veneration” of Mary and the saints is actually idolatry.

Well Said! Praying to Mary is not the same as venerating her. All true Christians venerate Mary for her faith!

You left out the apostate Pope Francis, priestly celibacy, and the homosexual conquest of the RCC. For these and many other reasons did my family leave the Catholic Church...