All these weird traditions have nothing to do with Christianity or the Bible, they are like superstitions over centuries. More and more got added.
“Pope throws holy salt over left shoulder, this is symbolic of the salty sweat of Jesus on the cross”
The praying to anyone but Jesus is unchristian in the extreme. There are no holy people besides Jesus, none of the Saints (all appointed by humans to some imaginary heavenly post) are any higher than any other dead human, we are all equal in the eyes of God.
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Who was the first person to be called a “Pope”? Was it Emperor Constantine?
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How do Catholics explain the Holy Roman Empire and the role of the Pope and their church in it?
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Jesus did not come to create a bureaucratic church, any time people come together to worship in his name, that is church. This does not require a Pope or a Catholic Church.
—— Such ceremonies apparently weren’t fitting for Peter. Do you and fellow Catholics know something Jesus didn’t?-——
If Jesus returned today, would you treat Him royally, or scourge Him and crucify Him?
Is not Jesus The King? Is not Peter His earthly representative, in The King’s earthly absence? So why should Peter’s office not be honored?
Isaiah 22:22
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
Matthew 16:19
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be [d] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be [e] loosed in heaven.”
Revelation 3:7
These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
And while we are on the subject of biblical teaching, where is Luther’s doctrine of “the Bible alone” in Scripture?