[kaycee;2635735]Here is 3 real quick
- Biblical Saving Faith- John 3:16, Eph 2:8, Acts 16:30 “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved–you and your household.”
You’ve gone to far in the book of Acts. Read Acts 2:38 where Peter says repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of your sins and then you will receive the Holy Spirit.
Mark 16:16–“Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved”
Faith for the Catholic (works must be added, the person must remain in a state of grace)
You still don’t understand Catholic doctrine, we don’t “add” works; the good works we do after God gives us His grace are from His grace and are actually His works, Mt 25:34-40,. Eph 2:8-10, Phil 2:12. Augustine said when God crowns our good works He is crowning His own works in us.
• An individual must believe that the popes are infallible when teaching ex cathedra.
• One must believe that the Bishops of Rome have been given authority by Christ to rule the Church universal.
• One must be submitted to the Bishop of Rome in all areas of faith, morals, discipline and government of the Church.
• The Roman Catholic Church alone has the right to interpret Scripture and its interpretations are infallible.
Not all of them, only a few have actually been defined as de fide dogma.
• One must accept the Apocrypha as Scripture and as part of the Canon.
Actually it is called the dueterocanonicals–means secondarily included in the canon which the Catholic church gave us too.
• There is no salvation outside of the Roman Catholic Church.
There is salvation to non-Catholics yet if they are saved it is because of Jesus working through the Catholic church (extra eclessiam nulla salus)
• One must believe that the Roman Catholic sacraments are necessary for salvation and that there specific number is seven.
Although some Protestant groups hold to two sacraments.
• An individual must repudiate the teaching that the imputed righteousness of Christ is the basis for justification.
Well, of course imputed righteousness doesn’t truly make you a new creation, 2 Cor 5:17; it merely covers ones sin, ye the sin remains covered, not actually removed.
• One must embrace the teaching that justification is not by faith alone but by human works cooperating with grace and by participation in the sacraments.
Synergism is the biblical model.
• One must believe that human works cooperating with grace merit eternal life.
Yes, but not in the strict sense, only Jesus can merit any good in the strict sense.
• One must accept the teaching that water baptism is necessary for salvation as it is the instrumental means of regeneration even for infants.
Right, even many Protestant and Eastern Orthodox also accept baptismal regeration and water baptism, John 3;5, Titus 3:5.
• One must believe that the Mass is a propitiatory sacrifice for sin.
Amen.
• One must believe that in the eucharist the bread and wine is transformed into the literal body and blood of Christ at the words of consecration (Transubstantiation).
Yes, you are doing very well here.
• It is necessary to believe that confession of sins to a Roman Catholic priest and receiving his absolution and performing acts of penance is the only way to receive forgiveness of sins after baptism.
Well, not exactly…and you were doing so well. We can ask God to forgive us for our lesser (venial) sins and He is faithful to forgive us. And with perfect contrition we can also have forgiveness of mortal sins, however, yes we should confess them to a priest, James 5:14-16, John 20:21-23. We can also confess to Maronite rite, Byzantine rite, Chaldean rite or any other other non-Roman rite Catholic priests.
• One must embrace the teachings of the immaculate conception and Assumption of Mary.
• One must accept the Roman Catholic teaching on Purgatory.
It is our final step of sanctification, 1 Cor 3:12-15
- 1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
The Catholic Church teaches that there is a myriad of mediator’s, Mary, Saints, Priests.
Yes and all those other mediator Christians who are “mediating” Christ Jesus to others;l differing senses under the one mediator.
- Mary had relations with Joseph and had Children.
Matt 1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
1 Cor 15:25 “For he [Jesus] must reign until he [Jesus] has put all his enemies under his feet.”
Jesus won’t reign in heaven after the end of time?
