Unbelievable! It is a shame that you do not see or accept the words in the Bible inspired by God as worthy of prayers.
So are all of your prayers contained in the Bible?
So why do protestants claim that all that Jesus taught is contained in the Bible? Protestant doctrines of “Sola Scriptura” and “Sola Fide” are not taught in the Bible. Which protestant doctrine should be considered God’s Word?
There other questions that were not answered:
So where does it say that Sola Scripture is the only authority of the teachings of Jesus? Not 2 TIM 3:16-17 when St Paul tells us to follow tradition (2 Tes 2:15
Do you then reject the authority of Jesus to give His authority to Peter and his successors?
Jesus says “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church (Catholic Church). I will build my Church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom oh heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:18-19) So please explain your understanding of Jesus giving authority to His Church?
Jesus us told us to pray for others “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those that persecute you. (Matt 5:44) So those in Heaven and closer to God free of other distractions, their prayers have greater confidence and devotion than anyone on earth. We should be thankful for the prayers of Mary and the saints. The saints prayers are offered up in Revelations 5:8 “and with golden bowls of incense, which are the prayers of the saints” The Body of Christ (including those in Heaven) pray for each other to God.
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in Heaven.” (Matt 5:16) Jesus wants us to do good works with faith and love so that we may join Him in Heaven.
Your comment: “There is no compromise on these issues” I agree. Can you substantiate your beliefs in your doctrines?
You always misquote scripture obviously to convince other Catholics that you and your Church have some sort of authority...
But Jesus didn't...Peter and the rest of the apostles were given the charge of taking Jesus' teaching to the Jewish world only...Where's the Catholic Church in that context???
The charge to build the 'church', the worldwide church open to everyone which became far, far, far larger than the church Peter was responsible for was given to the Apostle Paul...Jesus gave it to Paul, not Peter...The Catholic Church claims to be that Gentile church, doesn't it???
So was Jesus lying, or are you again misquoting and misunderstanding scripture???
2Th 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
That would be the spoken tradition OR the epistle tradition (scripture)...
So if your understanding is correct, we can follow Catholic tradition and completely ignore the bible, or can can follow the bible and completely ignore Catholic tradition...It does say 'spoken' tradition OR 'epistle'...Only problem is, none of this spoken tradition was passed down from anyone to anyone...There is no history of it...
You and your Church of course distort this verse to mean that you guys can create tradition out of thin air and claim some authority for it...