Did the Roman Catholic Religion gave false doctrines?

Question

Calling the Priests "Father" is forbidden.

Praying repetitive words using Rosary beads is forbidden.

Virgin Mary

Latin Mass forbidden.

Worshipping idols, icons and images violates the 2nd commandment.

Human tradition and man made doctrine is apostasy.

etc.

spiritro,

Tell me, since when did it happen that telling the truth became known as "bashing"? Grow Up.

I'm amazed how you telling me that I don't understand the Catholic religion.
On the contrary, that you don't understand the Word of God and don't want to.

Answer 1

I grew up and was raised as a Roman Catholic, I went to catechism, was an alter-boy, and was considering going into the priesthood. It wasn't until I began to study the Bible, later in life, that I understood the errors that were within the church.

The errors below are NOT held by every Roman Catholic (I even know a priest that rejects the office of the pope), however they are the offical position of the church.

Some of their doctrial problems have been:

1) Faith plus works
2) Indulgences
3) Holding tradition over the Word of God
4) The Infallibility of the Pope
5) Purgatory
6) The Confessional
7) Peter as the first Pope
8) The office of the Papacy
9) The Mass
10) Pictures of God
11) Praying to Saints
12) Praying for the Dead
13) Worshipping the host
14) Added books the Bible
15) Mary being the mother of God, Mary being sinless
16) Forbidding Priest to marry
17) That they are the one true church
18) Sacradotalism
19) Baptismal Regeneration
20) Five man-made Sacraments

Answer 2

Brian
Get a new source, perhaps something Catholic? Try some Scott Hahn or Steve Ray, it may be eye-opening. If you believe in the Bible, do you know where it came from? There was no Bible for the first 300 years of the church...it was handed down through TRADITION (there's that word again!). Do you believe in Jesus? Do you honestly believe Jesus would start a church and not leave someone (the Pope?) in charge to help us understand it? That makes no sense. There is a reason that there was ONE Christian religion for 1500 years...check out James 2:14-17 to start with your claims. If you grew up Catholic, you obviously didn't have very good catechists! We will pray for your reversion!

Answer 3

<> Because the Catholic Church is the One, True, Universal, and Apostolic Church. <> Well, is it Revelations 13 or Revelations 17? If you don't know which then you are confused. <> No, of course it isn't! <> Okay. Let's open your mind by using a little logic. Start by answering this question: Does it make any sense - at all - that the Bible would spend the first 72 books building up the Catholic Church only to break it down in the last book? WHY wouls this be the case?

Answer 4

The Catholic Church has high points and low points ... but throughout its ride we firmly believe that the Holy Spirit protects the SACRAMENTS.

The Pope is only *Infallible* while sitting on St. Peter's set or when in agreement with the Cardinal of Bishops. Some doctrines have been changed to meet technological advancements, knowledge, and wisdom... but for the most part, the Church is slow to change as to give itself time to follow the Holy Sprit & ensure it meshes with Christ's teaching.

So, God (Trinity) knew we'd have the internet ... but how would God have addressed this in the Bible without even knowledge of electricity??? Part of the gift of the Church is to take Bible scholars and to apply modern life to the Bible. In a sense, bridging primitive ppl to advance ppl. Yes, this does involve textbooks outside of the Bible like the Catechism of the Catholic Church (written by the Cardinal of Bishops).

Underneath it all, the SACRAMENTS are the fundamentals of the Church.

Answer 5

So, do you cherry pick the doctrines you like? You seem to like the canon of Scripture. That's Catholic doctrine. Of course, you also seem to have a penchant for irrational and fundie interpretations of that same canon. It's rather inconsistent of you to consider an anthology of books from a source you claim teaches "false doctrines" inspired and try to criticize the group that collected and edited it.

It's amazing how inconsistent this sort of fundamentalism is.

Answer 6

Is it heaven and hell?
Is it new heavens and new earth?
Is it rapture or the heavenly for the new heavens are raised up John 6:39.40.44; or caught up 1Thes.4:15-17; to be with Jesus at his second coming?
Is the left behind and to be those [ for the new earth ], or resurrected by the heavenly Rev.3:12; as the earthly for the new earth or for hell? 1Cor.15:22-28,51-53;
Is it trinity or was Jesus the first creation created by God in the image of God?

Answer 7

Show me a religion with no human tradition or man-made law and I will show you a physical Klein's bottle. Neither one can exist. Even the most fundamental of Christian denominations have man-made laws and traditions that are not in the bible.

Answer 8

If you'd like to know what the Church teaches, here is a great website that addresses all of your questions: www.catholic.com

You brought up several different issues at one time, so the website above will do a better job of helping you out than I could.

God bless.

Answer 9

Obviously yes.

Look at those un-biblical teachings from Catholic!

Baby Baptism
Limbo
Mortal and Venial Sin
Marriage is forbid to those priests and nuns
Pope
Pray to any Saints for help (Mary is included too.)
Purgatory
Religious war (not doctrine but Catholic is part of this war still)
Rosary
Seven Sacraments
Tradition
Tranbutation (sp)
Trinity
Virgin Mary remains virgin after Christ's birth

Many doctrine to list...

Answer 10

The Roman Catholic Church is not for everyone some don't believe in church at all--Some don't believe in Jesus. We are at a point where God will decide. It is not for us to judge unless you have perfect judgment and have never sinned and never changed your mind.