Let’s just start with one example-
1. They should confess their sins to God alone
2. Only God can forgive sins.
This is just not biblical.
“Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” (John 20: 21-23)
Note a few things.
1. This is only the second time in the Bible that God breathed on man. The first was when God breathed life into Adam. Something special was going on here. He was establishing the priesthood of His Church with special powers.
2. In order to choose between forgiving or not forgiving, they must hear the sin! This is the Catholic sacrament of Penance, or Confession.
3. Jesus did not say “When God forgives anyone their sins they are forgiven”, but he gave this power to the leaders of His Church.
The Reformation was wrong then, and remains wrong now.
See above. Matchett posts really ugly, hatefilled anti-0Catholic screeds. You post a positive proof direct from the Bible of his error. Bets on how he responds?