[Arkansas Toothpick]

While I admire the deep reverence and desire to worship God in all His glory, I, too, feel the Roman system is one that has little basis in biblical truth. It bears too strong a resemblance to the religion practiced by the Pharisees. In reality, the New Testament model is one of simplicity. It’s strips away all pretense of religion.

I do believe that Christians have considerable freedom in there warship and in what happens when they gather together. But, it is extremely difficult to step back and honestly look at the way the Romans warship when compared to what an honest observer sees in Scripture.

[Arkansas Toothpick]

Sorry, my phone dictated it as warship not worship

[aMorePerfectUnion]

While I admire the deep reverence and desire to worship God in all His glory, I, too, feel the Roman system is one that has little basis in biblical truth.

You are correct.

It bears too strong a resemblance to the religion practiced by the Pharisees. In reality, the New Testament model is one of simplicity. It’s strips away all pretense of religion.

You are correct. Combine the NT with paganism, blend, and you have Romanism.

[Tao Yin]

The liturgy is steeped in the Bible, tradition, and history. The liturgy is not required for proper worship, but an honest observer should be able to see the Biblical roots and significance of the liturgical structure.

Parts of the LCMS liturgy

The development of the liturgy over time in no way invalidates the form of worship. We admit the liturgy is a man-made invention, but it is made for good order in the church.

[ealgeone]

While I admire the deep reverence and desire to worship God in all His glory, I, too, feel the Roman system is one that has little basis in biblical truth. It bears too strong a resemblance to the religion practiced by the Pharisees.

You're right....Roman Catholicism is modeled more on the OT system of sacrifices than the NT. The Msgr is looking the wrong way.

[elpadre]

“...religion practiced by the Pharisees...”

I don’t believe the church at worship is Pharisaical, but I strongly believe church governance of all mainline churches, Protestant and Roman Catholic, are just as bad as were the church of the Pharisees as Jesus knew them.