"Catholicism is a false religion. If a person believes what the Catholic Church officially teaches, he/she will not be saved…
…The Roman Catholic Church teaches many doctrines that are in disagreement with what the Bible declares. These include apostolic succession, worship of saints or Mary, prayer to saints or Mary, the pope / papacy, infant baptism, transubstantiation, plenary indulgences, the sacramental system, and purgatory…
First of all, I would ask: What makes Catholicism a false religion? What distinctive belief? Is it all of those combined? Is there a certain demarcation? What is that line to be drawn? For nearly all historic Christian denominations (including Protestantism) adheres to some number of items on that list.
Apostolic Succesion? Catholics… but also Eastern Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox (These four traditions happen to be the OLDEST, most ANCIENT forms of Christianity. Proximity to the time of the Apostles does not guarantee truth, but it’s a pretty darn good sign, don’t ya think?) Apostolic Succession definitely has biblical roots. Many others will address that for you. Go ahead and search Catholic Answers. But remember that the Bible was not completely compiled in the first century. But do you know what was? THE CONCEPT OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION. Ignatius of Antioch, who was a bishop in succession to Peter at the church of Antioch, wrote letters on his way to be martyred. In them, he says that bishops settled EVERYWHERE – all parts of the Christian world. These are single, leading bishops of individual churches. These were already established by the AD 100s, when Ignatius was writing.
Apostolic Succession guaranteed the truth to a Christian audience who had to know what the authentic Christian message was. The Bible was not compiled. Even if it was, not everyone could own a Bible before the printing press! It seems odd that God would have the Scriptures as the sole source of Christian information – if for over a thousand the average (and most) Christians were not able to have a Bible.
Prayer to the Saints? First off, Catholics do not worship Mary and the saints. We are smart enough to know who is God and who is human. But we do follow their example, for saints are those who have lived holy lives. Again, the communion of saints is not Catholic-only belief. Many Christians recite the Apostles Creed, which mentions the communion of saints. The eastern Christians venerate Mary and the saints and pray to them. Once again, the oldest Christian traditions continue the practice that has been there from the beginning. When early Christians were martyred, their remains would be collected and the martyrs would be remembered. Their prayers would be asked for in liturgy.
Transubstantiation? That is the Catholic way of explaining
how Christ is present in the bread and wine in the Eucharist. But the Real Presence of Christ is as old as Christianity itself. Paul says that the Eucharist is participation in the body and blood of Christ. Jesus tells us that his flesh is real food (John 6), and if he was speaking metaphorically, he would have clarified this to those who walked away from him. Ignatius of Antioch, already mentioned, says that the HERETICS are those who do not profess that the Eucharist is actually Christ’s body and blood.
Can you guess who else holds this view of the Real Presence? Yep, the Orthodox Christians. Again, the oldest Christian traditions… Do you see a pattern? The people at Got Questions do not represent Christianity for the first 1500 years. Even many Protestants accept the mentioned teachings in some form, besides the papacy.
One of these easiest Catholic doctrines to defend is the
papacy. It’s a matter of history. Even the Eastern Christians believe that the Pope of Rome has some sort of primacy in the Church. The early Christians were universal in maintaining that the bishop of Rome, the Pope, succeeding St. Peter – and that the Pope’s unique authority came from Peter.
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