Nope, Catechism class, Catholic teachings, answers from the clergy.......all had to do with scripture.....if you mean did I try to interpret the biblical scriptures on my own, ...the answer is NO. The Catholic church is the only source of Biblical interpretation which is protected by Christ's promise of infallibility.....I see how others interpret things to suit their needs and opinions and the error of their ways is quite apparent......
One of the greatest mistakes that protestants made during the revolution was to give up Christ in the Eucharist.......how very sad for them.
You'd think they'd see how well it has worked for Catholics; and FLOCK back to Rome's loving arms.
Strange birds; these Prots...
In the religion of catholiciism, that religion asserts that the priest of the religion brings Jesus The Christ down from Heaven --at every Mass, everywhere on Earth, simultaneously-- to continuously sacrifice Him for the adherents to that religion, so they may EAT Jesus The Christ present in a wafer, 'really present' in that wafer in BODY, BLOOD, SOUL, AND divinity.
That A CATHOLIC refuses to SEE THE BLASPHEMY IN THIS CATHOLICIISM ASSERTION IS EVIDENCE OF A DEAD SOUL WITH NO HOLY SPIRIT IN THEM. And the Bible makes it quite clear why this is blasphemy when The Word states that Jesus died ONCE for ALL, forever and sat down at the Right Hand of God The Father in Heaven, and is not being continuously sacrificed on catholic altars world-wide continuously by a priesthood of earthy men. Jesus remains in Heaven and has told us He will return again, but is not returning to catholic pagan altars to be continuously sacrificed by earthy men performing a pagan ritual.
To hold this pagan ritual to be the means to get God in you, a catholic must ignore the clear Laws from Leviticus and ignore the TRUTH, that Jesus would not have His disciples eating His blood on the very night before He was going to give Himself the Ransom for the World, ONCE for ALL, forever. Jesus did not violate His own Laws for God is not double-minded, and Jesus even told the disciples to do this breaking of bread and drinking of the Passover Wine IN REMEMBRANCE of what He was about to accomplish ONCE for ALL, Forever. He even referred tot he cup contents at the Passover Seder as WINE and would not drink this fruit of the vine again until He drank it again with His disciples in the Kingdom. Jesus will not be drinking His blood in The Kingdom, but that reality must also be ignored in order to follow the blasphemous catholic trail of striving in that pagan religion. (See Luke's account of the Passover Seder, if you dare seek the Truth)
By continuing this blasphemous ritual of catholic Mass, believing the catholic priest sacrifices Jesus The Christ over and over and over again, catholics are lending their soul to the lie that God could not do ONCE for ALL and it be sufficient for the salvation of any who believe on Jesus The Christ. And yet Jesus even gave these poor catholics a huge clue in teaching Nicodemus that the brass snake, one snake image on a pole, was sufficient for ANY WHO even looked at the brass snake, to heal their poisonous snake bites.
Elsie, this current brood of vipers refuse to learn from Jesus Himself as recorded in John's Gospel for their edification regarding salvation by faith, and only by faithing in Jesus. So they continue to pridefully follow the sacrament trail laid out by the earthy men of the magicsteeringthem, asserting with every attendance at the catholic Mass that they can eat Jesus The Christ to get God's Life in them. And they wonder why we oppose their pretend Christianity, their 'other gospel' religion known as catholiciism!
For us Christians, the ONLY source of Biblical interpretation is The Holy Spirit.
One of the greatest mistakes that protestants made during the revolution was to give up Christ in the Eucharist
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