[pgyanke]

I’m used to that around here. I get challenged to show that certain Catholic doctrines are Biblical... I do that... conversation just kind of fades away until we do it again on another thread. We never actually get to any sort of real, deep discussion on what irks Protestants, just gorilla warfare.

Oh well. May God bless you.

[Tramonto]

Well, certainly the way Catholics refer to priests as "father" irks me. And the way they refer to the Pope as The Holy Father is contrary to scripture. In Acts 10:25 Peter doesn't let Cornelius to bow to him.

25 When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and [t]worshiped him. 26 But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am just a man.”

t. Acts 10:25 Or prostrated himself in reverence

It isn't even so much that Priests and Popes give themselves the religious title of "Father" its the context in which they do it. They claim to stand between God and man. They claim to be "Alter Christus" and "persona Christi" which to my understanding is in place of Christ and in the person of Christ. Why didn't Peter accept worship as "persona Christi"?

Sorry if you don't like this answer. I will try to put together a more in depth response but it may take a while.