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When Jesus died on the cross, the curtain before the Holy of Holies was torn in two, from the top to bottom, by God. He removed the separation between the common people and Himself. He said it was no longer necessary to go through a priest to approach God. We have direct access. Sadly the Catholic church leadership has slowly been rebuilding that separation from God.

Like so many human organizations, the people who seek leadership tend to not be those who believe in the mission of the organization, but those who seek power. Slowly, over time, the Bishop of Rome took onto himself the authority of Pope,. and relatively recently (forget the dates because I'm terrible with dates) took on ultimate authority for himself. The corruption in Rome is massive and many (most?) of the leaders push unbiblical principles and even focus more on cultural/political subjects than on biblical ones.

I do know lots of wonderful Catholic Christians who believe the Bible and worship Jesus/God/Spirit faithfully, but based on their actions, I truly do not believe that many of the leaders of the Catholic Church are Christians at all. For their sake, I hope I am wrong.

†𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 8mo ago

The Catholic Church doesn’t teach that though. This is what Protestants tell each other about Catholics but that’s due to their own ignorance. Catholicism both Roman Catholicism and orthodox Catholicism (Protestants are, again, too ignorant to know the differences between Catholicisms) has always and continues to teach primacy of conscience over papal supremacy. Always. This has been reaffirmed by every pope in my lifetime too.

“Over the pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there still stands one's own conscience, which must be obeyed before all else, if necessary even against the requirement of ecclesiastical authority"

- Pope Benedict XVI

Protestants are either too stupid to comprehend this or they simply aren’t interested in being honest. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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The Beave 8mo ago

I am certainly too stupid to see how all the hoop-jumping to proclaim the "rightly proper catholic church" is MY church, when it certainly ISN'T.

Also, I am definitely NOT a protestant anymore, even if I was raised mostly baptist with a bunch of Lutheran thrown in. NONE of these denominations are at all correct, right, or proper, ESPECIALLY "The Catholic Church." Yes, I am picking on catholics for being so dang obstinate about one form of human authority which was NOT established by any explicit Word from God. It was a political move to CONTROL the faithful. This has all the hallmarks of the same divide and conquer tactics employed by "The Enemy" (in quotes as that is itself a complicated topic that nearly no one in Christendom these days is capable of bothering to understand, sadly) to subvert the natural power of God's people.

So, as a non-denominational, anti-Catholic Christian, I REJECT ALL HUMAN AUTHORITY OVER ME, unless they are themselves a humble brother or sister in Christ who bears the fruit of the spirit plainly visible in their life. This excludes nearly everyone these days, which is truly sad. I will not bend a knee to politicians, inside the church or without.

Your lame attempts to shame Protestants for not understanding the wisdom of The Catholics is, quite frankly, pathetic. I don't appreciate being lumped in that way, as I hold beliefs that are, these days, considered heretical, even if they are very rooted in The Bible, which I will hold as a higher authority on what is and what should be and what shall be than any other human.

†𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 7mo ago

I wasn’t reply to you. I know you’re not a Protestant Beave. Protestants go to church. You don’t.

The Beave 7mo ago

I don't "go to church" because the church isn't something you 'go to.' You either are part of it or not, by your faith and declaration of Jesus as your Lord and Savior.