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Same old meaningless protest argument, Jesus also said to call no one teacher.

Context, context, context.

Jesus was talking about addressing men by those titles.

He did not forbid the use of them in generic usage, or as a child would in calling his father *Dad, or *Father*.

So I have to agree with you on one thing, the Catholics use the same old meaningless protest against following the clear concise command of Jesus and continue to weasel out of obeying Jesus by calling their priests *Father*.

Matthew 23:1-12 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.

They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.

But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

One thing we can be sure of. When the Catholic church takes a verse out of context and misapplies it, it's CERTAIN that it does not mean what they claim it means.