> The roman catholic sun cult has from its inception been satans counterfeit church. God is Truth (John 14:6), and so unless 100% of what non-Christians do is false, it is to be expected that what few good elements there are within other religions would be baptized into the Christian faith. This goes for rational arguments as well as symbols and imagery - insofar as such things do not contradict the teachings of the faith. >Jesus said "few" will find eternal life. Not the largest so called Christian denomination. Few just indicates some amount less than half of the whole. There are almost 8 billion people alive today, and many more who have lived throughout time. Furthermore, not everyone who calls himself Catholic will necessarily be saved. The Truth of the faith is not determined by how many claim to believe in it. >Revelation 14:2 - Here is the patients of the saints. Here are they that keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. > That verse alone disqualifies the jews, catholics and her daughters. No it doesn't. I already explained how there *has to be* a difference between eternal / moral commands that last forever, and ceremonial commandments, like circumcision, that do not. Given that this is the case, we must look only at the eternal commandments to see who keeps what. Christ commanded that we love God above all, and love our neighbour as ourselves - commandments which contain the Ten Commandments themselves. >"The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth." - Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, "Cities Petrus Bertanous". That's a fake quote. The actual statement reads thus: >He that reigneth on high, to whom is given all power in heaven and earth, has committed one holy Catholic and apostolic Church, outside of which there is no salvation, to one alone upon earth, namely to Peter, the first of the apostles, and to Peter’s successor, the pope of Rome, to be by him governed in fullness of power. *God* reigneth on high, and committed the Church to Peter and Peter's successors, the Popes. >Pope Nicholas I declared that "the appellation of God had been confirmed by Constantine on the Pope, who, being God, cannot be judged by man." - Labb IX Dist.: 96 Can. 7, Satis evidentur, Decret Gratian Primer Para. Another fake quote. The statement is from *Decretum Gratiani*, Prima Pars, Distinctio 96, Canon 7. [Here](https://geschichte.digitale-sammlungen.de//decretum-gratiani/online/angebot) is the full source. Go to Distinctio 96 (XCVI), then in the sidebar to the left, click on Canon 7 (VII), and you will find the following text: >Satis euidenter ostenditur, a seculari potestate nec solui prorsus, nec ligari Pontificem, quem constat a pio principe Constantino (quem longe superius memorauimus) Deum appellatum, cum nec posse Deum ab hominibus iudicari manifestum sit. Sed et Theodosius minor sanctae sinodo scribens dixit Ephesinae primae. "Deputatus est igitur Candidianus, magnificentissimus comes strenuorum domesticorum, transire usque ad sanctissimam sinodum uestram, et in nullo quidem, quem faciendae sunt de piis dogmatibus questiones seu potius expositiones, communicare. Illicitum namque est eum, qui non sit in ordine sanctissimorum episcoporum, ecclesiasticis intermisceri tractatibus." Putting this through Translate, I get the following: >It is clearly shown, >should be set free from a secular power, either totally >be either bound the Pope >which has proved its love by the loving ruler, Constantine >(very mentioned above) >God called / appointed [Deum appellatum] >when it cannot be judged by men that God can manifest to sense. It is readily understood how a careless translation could seem to entirely change the meaning. By breaking the statements into one translation at a time, what I glean from this is that 1) God is not judged by man, and 2) the Pope is *appointed* or *called* by God. It is not saying that the Pope *is* God, that is to say, shares His essence; this runs completely contrary to the doctrine of the Catholic Church and the Church's entire tradition. *Even if* a Pope did say this, it would render him a heretic; it would not render the faith false. >"We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty" Yes, the Pope is the *Vicar* of Christ. The Pope is not God, but he *does* "stand in God's place" *temporally*, on Earth; that's what Vicar means. That's what Christ signified by giving the keys of heaven to Peter, the first Pope; a key is something that grants access to a place, and does not change its shape - if its shape is changed, is use is forfeited. Thus Peter (and Peter's successors, after him) were entrusted to hold this key, this true faith, and protect it from perversions such as your own. >"Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change (Saturday Sabbath to Sunday) was her act... And the act is a MARK of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things." The act was performed by the Apostles themselves (see my reference to Acts 20:7 in my comment above), and the Apostles were the Fathers of the Catholic Church. The justifiability of this change to *ceremonial* precepts I have already explained. Unless you want to argue, contrary to St. Paul, that circumcision is still necessary for salvation, than your radical fear of altering anything from the Old Law is as inconsistent as it is ridiculous. >"Sunday is our MARK of authority. . .the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact" Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1,1923. This must be approached in a Thomistic way. In how many ways can a thing be "above" another? In perfection, is one way; in nature, another; in priority, another still. In perfection, Scripture is above the Church (taking the Church to be its members as well as its doctrines), since the Church's members may be flawed or contradictory, whereas Scripture cannot be. In nature the same is true (if the Church is taken the same way), since Scripture is the very Word of God. But in priority, the Church is first, since it is by the Church (or more accurately, by God, *through* His Church) that Scripture is canonized and thus given its authority. In this way, the Church is above Scripture, which, reacting charitably to the statement quoted, is what must have been meant. Or in that statement, the Church was strictly being taken as her Magisterium and doctrines, in which case the authority given her would have been emphasized only, and the same conclusion can be drawn. >Revelation 18:4 - Come out of "her" my people The Church is a "her" because She is the Bride of Christ; the Harlot is a "her" because she was unfaithful to Christ, who should have been faithful. The Harlot is Apostate Israel, and it is *you* who must come out of your apostasy, enter into humility, and cease applying individual and insufficiently informed interpretations to the Word of God. Your entire faith is based on an incomplete understanding of the *necessary difference* between ceremonial and eternal precepts, as well as a reliance on websites that misquote Catholic Popes. @Chiro