“Since we got the teachings directly from Christ Himself...”
Please feel free to post the Scriptures of where Christ is teaching the following doctrines:
* Praying to the dead
* Asking the dead to pray for the living (Praying to Saints/Mary)
* Praying to angels
* Praying to the dead for magical favors (Patron Saints)
* Purgatory
* The Pope
* Papal Succession
* Salvation through good works (required to add to the work of Christ)
* Priests
* Confession to a Priest
* Calling a Priest “Father”
* Priests cannot marry
* Calling any human “Holy Father”
* It is OK to make statues of things in Heaven
* It is OK to light candles to, kneel to statues
* It is OK to light candles to, kneel to wafers
* A magical ceremony will take Christ out of heaven, give him back his human body, and put him in a wafer and wine to be consumed
* Being prevented from consuming this wafer and wine is a punishment
* Consuming this wafer and wine bestows Christ’s grace on you
* Humans have the power and authority to state that you are excommunicated from the Body of Christ and thereby eternal life
* Humans can excommunicate you if they don’t like you for political reasons
* The inquisitions were OK
* Baptism removes original sin and should be done at infancy
* To keep the sin off, Rome rituals must be faithfully completed over and over again until you die
* The Pope can speak infallibly
* The Mass
* Altars
* Rosaries
* It is OK to vainly repeat stock prayers as long as they are to Mary.
* Praying the Rosary (vain repetitions praying to Mary) causes miracles to happen
* It is OK to give the title Vicar of Christ to a man
* Mary was sinless
* Mary was assumed into Heaven
* Mary is now the Queen of Heaven
* Mary can hear prayers and she is to be prayed to
* Mary is to intercede in prayers to Christ instead of Christ interceding in prayers to the Father
* Penance
* Indulgences
This entire post is based upon the heresy of Sola Scriptura. Every item on the laundry list you posted is fully supported by Apostolic Tradition.