My only hope is the covering blood of Christs grace. Not man. Or an organization. Or my works.
Only the Lamb slain before the foundations of the world.
You keep your ceremonies and traditions. Your good works and high standing and membership with other men as signs of your salvation. I cannot be an outward christian "the world" points at and claims "christian".
I personally have nothing to offer to the Son of God. Other then my faith in Him. And Him alone.
Please now, leave me in peace. Let me be anathema from the magisterium and prelates of rome.
Christ is my only intercessor between the Father. Not mary, a saint, a brother nor an organized body.
Kick the dust and go in peace.
Q. What means the communion of saints?
A. It means first that the faithful do all communicate in the same faith and sacraments, in the same sacrifice, and also in the merits of one another.
Q. How prove you that?
A. Out of 1 Cor. xii. 26. And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it; or if one member do glory, all the members rejoice with it, you are the body of Christ, and members of a member.
Secondly, It means that the faithful on earth communicate with the angels and the saints in heaven; we by praising and praying to them, they by praying for us.
Q. How do you prove this communion?
A. Out of Luke xv. 10. There is joy before the angels of God upon one sinner that doth penance. And out of 1 John i. 3, That you also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Q. How prove you that the saints have any power to do us good?
A. Out of Apoc. ii. 26, 27, where Christ hath promised them power over us: to him, said he, that shall overcome, and keep my works to the end, to him will I give power over nations, and he shall rule them with an iron rod.
Q. How prove you that it is lawful to pray to angels?
A. Out of Apoc. i. 4, where St. John did it: Grace (saith he) to you, and peace from him that is, that was, and that shall come, and from the seven spirits that are in the sight of his throne.
Q. What other proof have you?
A. Out of Apoc. viii. 4, where we read, that they present the church's prayers to God. The smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascend from the hand of the angel before God.
Q. How prove you that we may pray to saints?
A. Out of Gen. xlvii, 16, where Jacob taught his children to do it, saying, And let my name be invocated upon them, the names also of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac.
Q. How prove you that they pray for us?
A. Out of Apoc. v. 8. The twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one harps, and vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints.
Q. Is it no dishonour to God, for us to pray to saints to pray for us?
A. No, it is not, nor yet to beg it of men; for St. Paul did it: We hope (saith he) that God will deliver us, you also helping in prayer for us. 2 Cor. i. 11.
http://www.catholicapologetics.info/thechurch/catechism/douay.htm
The fact you ignore scriptures clear command...
Titus 3:10 - A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Shows who you are actually speaking for.
I reject your council and instruction and all things of babylon. "Per the bible" I am a heritick in your eyes and you need to stop.
For what now, the 4th time maybe, leave. me. alone.
I reject your message. Before God and all the host of heaven.
No, you ignore scripture. The bible proves the Catholic faith. It proves praying to Saints in heaven as shown. You can't refute it so you use your ad hominem attacks and jabber on. You're blinded by hatred and pride. Protestantism is so illogical. Protesting Christ's Church. God didn't come down from heaven and instruct people to hand out bibles. No, he created an Apostolic Church. The Catholic Church compiled the bible. For you to reject the Catholic Church mean you also reject the bible. Since you reject his Church you also reject Christ.
“He who hears you (Peter) hears me, and he who rejects you, rejects me, and he who rejects me, rejects him who sent me (Lk 10:16).”
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