I think this the result of them teaching an exclusivity that is not found in Scripture. The praying to statues, seeing apparitions that are believed to be Mary, the adoration for Mary that sure looks like worship from the outside, and the ever increasing supernatural powers attributed to Mary are all permissible because of the teaching of exclusivity.
I think the missionaries encounter problems from the RC's because by introducing the preeminence of Scripture the argument for exclusivity falls apart and a great deal of what they do comes into question.
***The praying to statues, seeing apparitions that are believed to be Mary, the adoration for Mary that sure looks like worship from the outside, and the ever increasing supernatural powers attributed to Mary are all permissible because of the teaching of exclusivity.***
Well, in the end, it doesn’t matter what Catholics think about it and it doesn’t matter what the Pope declares about it. If it is worship in the eyes of the Lord, then the Catholic Church is caught up in a dreadful idolatry and one of which only the Lord himself will purge. We are persuaded that it is with good reason and I think you will find that a great many people will be found that bought into the lie and thought that they were a member of the Church and the body of Christ by the declaration of men only to hear the awful words “I NEVER knew you.”
No amount of prayers to the dead will help.
No amount of prayers to idols and icons will help.
No amount of acts of pennance will help.
It is not faith and works: it is Sola Fide. In faith alone your hope is found.
The Catholic Church itself will be found to have created a strong delusion that held them from the light of truth. Nevertheless,....
Post tenebras lux.
There is the light of truth. Let those brothers of ours who are caught up in the falsehood come out of her and join us in the light.
Yes, I couldn't agree more. I see a big part of it being a matter of W(w)ho is in control and W(w)ho has the power. Men by nature will always seek power, control, and exclusivity. Men who actually have the (human) power will naturally feel threatened by anyone who comes in and says that it is truly God Who holds all the power. That would be unacceptable.