No, the Jesus that Catholics worship is not the same Jesus in many regards.
I am open to the idea that it could be divine plan, that we do not know the same Jesus.
I don’t know how Catholics pray to Mary, or have saints or force people to tithe and have confirmation and Infant baptism. BUT Catholics to do not know the same Jesus that Christians know, and that is just a fact.
What Catholics do in their Religion goes against what most Christians believe that Jesus told us to do. How to rectify that?
Free salvation for all, for Good works? We can’t agree to that. The word says otherwise.
The ministry of the Holy Spirit, as talked about in the world, speaks against a Pope and a hierarchy that Catholics worship.
I honestly do not know why we have so many understandings. I believe the experiment is that we still have to love each other anyway. There is one faith, one God, one Baptism.
A Catholics understanding of the Trinity is not the same as what is in the Bible. It just isn’t. We are not speaking about the same faith, the same God or the same Baptism.
Jesus is the same for everyone.
We do not pray “to” Mary, we ask her to pray for us. The Book of Revelation includes an image of saints with bowls of incense (our prayers going up). We ask the saints to pray for us too.
In the Catholic Mass we have two parts — the Liturgy of the Word (readings from the Old Testament, a Psalm, a reading from the New Testament — usually St. Paul and a Gospel. What is wrong with that?
The second part is the Litrugy of the Eucharist — Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of me.” So we offer this part of Mass, unifed with Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross in memory of him.
What’s wrong with that?
Free salvation — don’t know where you got that one. Catholics partake of two Sacraments that forgive sins, the Sacrament of Penance (Reconciliation/Confession) and the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. We work at our salvation each and every day with the graces received at our baptism.
What’s wrong with that?
Christ gave the Keys of the Kingdom to Peter and told him to tend his sheep, feed his sheep, feed his lambs. The Popes also follow those instructions from Christ. The words of Christ — trump what you are saying.
The Bible speaks of the Trinity in Matthew when Jesus’ words once more instruct the apostles and the disciples “Go to all the nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
Jesus’ words — paraphasing is mine.
What religion/denomination do you belong to? These are strange assertions, at least in my mind, that you make.