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Why don't you and tzone fill us in on the crucial things that supercede having a communist antichrist at the helm of the Catholic church?

We’ve been saying it for hundreds of years:

Westminster Confession of Faith 25:6

vi. There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ; nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense, be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalts himself, in the Church, against Christ and all that is called God.

The biblical doctrine of the church revolves around Jesus Christ. He is the head of the church, which is His body, and He must have the preeminence (Col. 1:18). He has supreme authority (Col. 2:10). The church submits to Him as its Lord (Eph. 5:22-24). He is the source of our life (Eph. 4:15-16). When men claim to follow Christ but really follow their own personal notions or traditions and manmade rules and forms of worship, they are not holding the Head (Col. 2:18-23). Christ must always be first, or we have ceased to be the church of Christ.

One of the great heresies of the Roman Catholic Church is their exaltation of a man to the place of Christ. The Pope or Bishop of Rome takes the title "Vicar of Jesus Christ," meaning that he acts as Christ's representative, ruling as the supreme head of the church on earth. He is also called "Pontifex Maximus," meaning supreme or great high priest (Lev. 21:10, Vulgate), but the Bible says our great high priest is Jesus, the Son of God (Heb. 4:14). Invoking the authority of Peter, the Pope claims to speak infallibly on matters of faith or life, placing his own words on the level of the words of Christ.

One of the great heresies of the Roman Catholic Church is their exaltation of a man to the place of Christ. The Pope or Bishop of Rome takes the title "Vicar of Jesus Christ," meaning that he acts as Christ's representative, ruling as the supreme head of the church on earth. He is also called "Pontifex Maximus," meaning supreme or great high priest (Lev. 21:10, Vulgate), but the Bible says our great high priest is Jesus, the Son of God (Heb. 4:14). Invoking the authority of Peter, the Pope claims to speak infallibly on matters of faith or life, placing his own words on the level of the words of Christ.

It may surprise modern readers that the Westminster Confession calls the Pope the Antichrist. Today the Antichrist is popularly conceived to be a great military leader who will rule the world with supernatural powers. But in the Scriptures, the word antichrist is used of false teachers who deny fundamental teachings of the faith. John wrote, "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists" (1 John 2:18; cf. 2:22; 4:3; 2 John 7).

The Lord Jesus warned that "false Christs, and false prophets" will come (Matt. 24:24). Paul foretold that the coming of the "man of sin, the son of perdition" who would exalt himself to the place of God in the temple (2 Thess. 2:3-4). The Westminster divines believed (and make a good case for their beliefs in their frequent writings on this subject!) that the office of the Papacy (not any one individual Pope) fulfilled these prophecies, asserting its claim to rule the universal church, which is the New Testament temple of God (1 Cor. 3:16).

Thus the Westminster Confession closes its chapter on the church with a solemn warning. Christ alone is the head of His church. He who dares to usurp Christ's place becomes an enemy of Christ. The confession of the true church has ever been, "Jesus is Lord!" It was this conviction that led early Christians to choose death rather than to worship the emperor of Rome, and the same conviction strengthens the church in every age. The blessed hope of the church is the return of her King, and her prayer is ever, "Come, Lord Jesus!"

Dr. Joel Beeke is the President and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and pastor of Heritage Netherlands Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

http://www.reformation21.org/confession/2013/07/chapter-256.php

BTW, you really arent being seriius, are you?

not trying to disrespect anyone's views......but it is hard for me...to see why one would chose to be catholic ……..bob

The Church does own a lot of property in Europe. I suppose they could sell it all off and give the proceeds to the poor, a one shot deal. Or continue to manage the property and annually give to the poor in perpetuity.

I learned when Notre Dame Catheral burned, that the great catherals in France have been the property of the state since the French Revolution.

DF

Like calling mortal men Father.

Where do you get this stuff? The creed we pray at every mass begins, "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth...." Is it really so hard to distinguish between Father capital F and father small f?

While we believe the Pope is infallible, this one is acting in concert with the devil.

We can still practice our faith while he promotes socialism and world chaos.

.....that many do not choose to be a Catholic as in making a conscious decision as a child. Many are born to it and either choose to remain faithful, drift away or totally reject it.

Sure, the pope has no special insight into political natters. I'm sure there are some loony leftist Catholics that think he does, but they were loony leftists to begin with. I don't know any. Everybody I know says "Can you believe what the pope did this time?" (like shoe kissing). Then shake their heads and go about their business.

The pope doesn't know the Bible? Funny, he's been studying it most of his life. Can't be a Jesuit if you don't.

The Catholic church is more than what the commie Pope is espousing. The precepts and sacraments of the Church are still valid and necessary. While we believe the Pope is infallible, this one is acting in concert with the devil.
We can still practice our faith while he promotes socialism and world chaos. Another analogy comes to mind which involves a baby and bath water.

I should add that many do not choose to be a Catholic as in making a conscious decision as a child. Many are born to it and either choose to remain faithful, drift away or totally reject it.

So acting in concert with satan is infallible in the eyes of God, who is the only One who matters?

Romans 3:10-12 New King James Version (NKJV)

10 As it is written:
“There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”

But the catholic masses say this mere man, just another sinner, is infallible?



But if catholics believe him to be the infallible leader, then he IS your faith; speaking only that and leading only in the way God has him do. But he is not that. You cannot worship two masters. It's either God the infallible or the pope infallible. And as scripture tells us, there are none on earth infallible (righteous).

John 14:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

The pope has nothing at all to do with your faith or salvation.



If you are catholic, you choose to be catholic, as in making a conscious decision; just as could be your conscious choice to leave a cult led by a false prophet and come to the Father thru Jesus. No one else is coming, no one else is here. It's just Jesus, him alone. And accepting the reality of Jesus Christ, who he is, and who is the Father, is the only way to a relationship with the Holy Trinity and eternity in Heaven.

I say none of this from hatred or self righteousness. Though ridicule may come, I say these things as I am led. The longer I live and the shorter time I have left here, the more I value the admonition to voice the Gospel, the Good News, that Jesus Christ is "the way, the truth and the life". It's not complicated. God loves us and He sent his Son as a showing of that love. He's telling us to just accept Him as our Creator and to accept the plan He has for our life here on earth and for our eternal life through Jesus Christ. As Jesus said:

John 14 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Way, the Truth, and the Life

14 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many [a]mansions; if it were not so, [b]I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

Nothing about the pope, his underlings, HIS mansions and private kingdom, or his supposed infallibility. And nothing about preachers or deacons. On the contrary it's all about the personal relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The decision is ours. The choice is whether or not we accept the reality and infallibility of God, not the pope or any other mortal. Again, it's just Jesus. No one else is coming, no one else is here. It is Him and Him alone that can take us to the Promised Land.

Never found him to be particularly arrogant.