• an almost almighty demigoddess to whom "Jesus owes His Precious Blood" to,
• whose [Mary] merits we are saved by,
• who "had to suffer, as He did, all the consequences of sin,"
• and was bodily assumed into Heaven, which is a fact (unsubstantiated in Scripture or even early Tradition) because the Roman church says it is, and "was elevated to a certain affinity with the Heavenly Father,"
• and whose power now "is all but unlimited,"
• for indeed she "seems to have the same power as God,"
• "surpassing in power all the angels and saints in Heaven,"
• so that "the Holy Spirit acts only by the Most Blessed Virgin, his Spouse."
• and that “sometimes salvation is quicker if we remember Mary's name then if we invoked the name of the Lord Jesus,"
• for indeed saints have "but one advocate," and that is Mary, who "alone art truly loving and solicitous for our salvation,"
• Moreover, "there is no grace which Mary cannot dispose of as her own, which is not given to her for this purpose,"
• and who has "authority over the angels and the blessed in heaven,"
• including "assigning to saints the thrones made vacant by the apostate angels,"
• whom the good angels "unceasingly call out to," greeting her "countless times each day with 'Hail, Mary,' while prostrating themselves before her, begging her as a favour to honour them with one of her requests,"
• and who (obviously) cannot "be honored to excess,"
• and who is (obviously) the glory of Catholic people, whose "honor and dignity surpass the whole of creation." Sources and more.
They reject Him by rejecting the food and drink He gives us for our salvation(in the Eucharist). Read John Chapter 6.
Which is isolationist eisegesis while NOWHERE in Scripture is spiritual life obtained by literally physically eating anything, much less by NT priests feeding them, but rather than souls obtaining life in them by taking part in the Lord supper ("except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you," and note, you have some verse numbers wrong)) that is never taught as a means of obtaining spiritual life. Instead, (once again) it is be believing the gospels that souls are saved, (Acts 15:7-9; Eph. 1:13) and nourished (1Tim. 4:6) and built up (Acts 20:32) by the hearing of it. Thus the preaching of the word, which is called "milk" (1Cor. 3:2; 1Pt. 1:22) and "meat" (Heb. 5:12,14) to feed the flock (Acts 20:28) is the primary active function of pastors. (2Tim. 4:2)
Again, in John and rest of the Scripture spiritual life is never obtained by literally physically eating anything, nor spiritual nourished by the same, but by believing the gospel and being strengthen in faith by the word of God, and thus living it out. Consistent with this, it is the word of God that is referred to as "milk" (1Cor. 3:2; 1Pt. 1:22) and "meat," (Heb. 5:12,14) and is said to nourish souls, (1Tim. 4:6) and build them up, (Acts 20:32) and thus the primary active function of pastors is to preach the word, (2Tim. 4:2) which is how they "feed the flock." (Acts 20:28; 1Pt. 5:2)
They reject Him by following false prophets and false teachers.
Which is what Catholics are shown to be following, since distinctive Catholic teachings are not manifest in the only wholly inspired substantive authoritative record of what the NT church believed (which is Scripture, in particular Acts through Revelation, which best shows how the NT church understood the gospels).
They reject His Catholic Church and follow heretics.
Rather, besides the EO's which also lay claim to being The one true Catholic Church but with whom you have irreconcilable (o(1,000 years) conflicts with, your church is that which is heretical, in contrast to the NT church of Scripture, which you cannot lay claim to being. And thus must rely upon the novel and unScriptural premise of ensured perpetual magisterial infallibility as per Rome (and basically in primary cults).
For Rome has presumed to infallibly declare she is and will be perpetually infallible whenever she speaks in accordance with her infallibly defined (scope and subject-based) formula, which renders her declaration that she is infallible, to be infallible, as well as all else she accordingly declares.
They reject Him by rejecting Baptism.
Rather, evangelicals such as Baptists believe in baptism, but not as effecting regeneration by the act itself (ex opere operato), but as expressing the heart-purifying regenerating faith which is imputed for righteousness, and thus enabled one to increasingly become in heart and practice what he is positionally, thus that is the order of the exhortation. (Col. 3)
They reject His Sacraments.
Wrong again, for "His Sacraments" are not all those which Catholic espouses, which instead means of conveying grace (which obedience results in) include Biblical conversion and Baptism, the laying on of hands in healing (Mark 16:18) and ministering the Holy Spirit (Galatians 3:5) and ordination, (1 Timothy 4:14) and anointing of the sick, (James 5:14.15) and the Lord's supper. (1 Co. 11,12) And most Catholics manifestly do not experience Biblical conversion, never having come to God as sinners convicted of their damned condition and morally destitute of any means by which they can be saved from Hell and obtain Heaven, and thus believe on the risen Lord Jesus whose saves them by His sinless sherd blood, but instead, while professing belief in the facts of Christ death and resurrection, they trust that the Catholic church and her rituals and merits (their own) will save them.
They reject Him with sexual sins and prideful behavior.
Actually, those whom Rome manifestly considers members in life and in death include:
40% Roman Catholics vs. 41% Non-R.C. see abortion as "morally acceptable"; Sex between unmarried couples: 67% vs. 57%; Baby out of wedlock: 61% vs. 52%; Homosexual relations: 54% vs. 45%; Gambling: 72% vs. 59% http://www.gallup.com/poll/117154/Catholics-Similar-Mainstream-Abortion-Stem-Cells.aspx
