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So in your opinion Jesus is revealing only human beings can be born again? That's a position I've never heard and surprised anyone would come to that conclusion. Sounds like grasping at straws.
As to your other comment, people are considered believers at the point of belief in Jesus. However, they must meet God's conditions in order to experience the NT rebirth. See Acts 2:36, at that point the people became NT believers in Jesus. However, it was only after meeting the conditions that they were added to the body of Christ. (Acts 2:37-42)
I read somewhere that throwing the ashes of his bones into the river pictured something prophetic. In that, his life's work of translating God's word did not end with his death but actually flowed into all the nations to which his ashes were dispersed.
Catholic Mistake #12
The Catholic Church and Sacred Traditions
One of the key differences between Catholics and Protestants is over whether the bible alone is sufficient in the final authority or the bible plus extra biblical sacred traditions. This might be the most important point in this entire video, so let me say it again. Protestants believe in the bible only, or Solo Scripture, for teaching and guidance, but the catholics believe in the bible plus traditions. Here it is directly from the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Part one-the profession of Faith, section one "we believe" Part two-God comes to meet man, article 2, the transmission of Divine Revelation paragraph 82: As a result the Church, to whom the transmission and interpretation of Revelation is entrusted, "does not derive her certainty about all revealed truths from the Holy Scriptures alone. Both Scripture and tradition must be accepted and honored with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence. Now this would be just fine if the traditions that the catholics followed all came from the bible. For a tradition to be considered a biblical tradition, it has to come from the Bible. It has to be something that they practiced and preached in the times of the Bible. What you will see is that the RCC is just making traditions as they go along. They are just making things up to fit their agenda, whatever that is. You will see that the traditions that they follow are all man-made traditions.
The Catholic Church and Sacred Traditions
One of the key differences between Catholics and Protestants is over whether the bible alone is sufficient in the final authority or the bible plus extra biblical sacred traditions. This might be the most important point in this entire video, so let me say it again. Protestants believe in the bible only, or Solo Scripture, for teaching and guidance, but the catholics believe in the bible plus traditions. Here it is directly from the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Part one-the profession of Faith, section one "we believe" Part two-God comes to meet man, article 2, the transmission of Divine Revelation paragraph 82: As a result the Church, to whom the transmission and interpretation of Revelation is entrusted, "does not derive her certainty about all revealed truths from the Holy Scriptures alone. Both Scripture and tradition must be accepted and honored with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence. Now this would be just fine if the traditions that the catholics followed all came from the bible. For a tradition to be considered a biblical tradition, it has to come from the Bible. It has to be something that they practiced and preached in the times of the Bible. What you will see is that the RCC is just making traditions as they go along. They are just making things up to fit their agenda, whatever that is. You will see that the traditions that they follow are all man-made traditions.
Catholic Mistake #13
The RCC and Sola Scripture
The RCC does not rely on the bible only for their teaching and preaching. They also rely on the catechism. Catechism is the name given to this written work that contains a summary of all the beliefs of the faith and is used as a teaching tool. If the catholics are okay with the catechism, then it should be okay for Seventh-Day Adventists to read Ellen White's writings right? Or for the mormons to read the book of mormon right? Or for the Jehovah witnesses to read their source material right? We have to be fair to everyone right? Here is the problem. Once you open the door to one extra biblical book, then you have to open the door to all of them in the name of fairness. The Bible is very clear that if you read any other gospel, you are accursed or under a curse, or in other words, doomed. Gal 1: 6-9 (kJV) I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel, which is not another; but there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. The catechism in all these other books mentioned are other gospels and if you read them, you are doomed. The solution to this problem of different religions reading different books is so easy to keep it fair for everyone if everyone would just follow the bible only, then we wouldn't have all these differences between all these so-called christian religions.
The RCC and Sola Scripture
The RCC does not rely on the bible only for their teaching and preaching. They also rely on the catechism. Catechism is the name given to this written work that contains a summary of all the beliefs of the faith and is used as a teaching tool. If the catholics are okay with the catechism, then it should be okay for Seventh-Day Adventists to read Ellen White's writings right? Or for the mormons to read the book of mormon right? Or for the Jehovah witnesses to read their source material right? We have to be fair to everyone right? Here is the problem. Once you open the door to one extra biblical book, then you have to open the door to all of them in the name of fairness. The Bible is very clear that if you read any other gospel, you are accursed or under a curse, or in other words, doomed. Gal 1: 6-9 (kJV) I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel, which is not another; but there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. The catechism in all these other books mentioned are other gospels and if you read them, you are doomed. The solution to this problem of different religions reading different books is so easy to keep it fair for everyone if everyone would just follow the bible only, then we wouldn't have all these differences between all these so-called christian religions.
Catholic Mistake #14
The Pope is the Vicar of Christ
What does this mean? The word vicar comes from the Latin word vicarius, meaning substitution. The pocket dictionary written by John A. Harden defines the vicar of Christ as the Pope, the visible head of the church on earth acting for and in the place of Christ. When was the vicar of Christ's term first used? It was not until the 8th century that the particular title "vicar of the son of God" was found in the fraudulent document called the donation of Constantine. Although this notorious document was proven false in the early 16th century, the bishops of Rome have used the title "vicar of Christ" ever since the 8th century. Here is the term vicar of Christ used in the catechism of the RCC. Page 882 The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, " is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful." " For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered." That sounds like the pope is the monarch sitting atop a monarchy. So, is the pope the representative of Jesus Christ here on earth as the vicar of Christ? The Bible says No! First off, Jesus Christ has never left us. Matt 28: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age. Amen. And second, in the Bible we clearly see that the Lord sent His Holy Spirit to substitute on His behalf. The Lord Jesus Christ left the supreme full and universal care of our souls in the safe keeping of the divine person of the Holy Spirit. John 14: 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 15: 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even (that is) the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me. The Holy Spirit is the vicar of Christ, not the Pope. The pope being the vicar of Christ is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the Bible.
The Pope is the Vicar of Christ
What does this mean? The word vicar comes from the Latin word vicarius, meaning substitution. The pocket dictionary written by John A. Harden defines the vicar of Christ as the Pope, the visible head of the church on earth acting for and in the place of Christ. When was the vicar of Christ's term first used? It was not until the 8th century that the particular title "vicar of the son of God" was found in the fraudulent document called the donation of Constantine. Although this notorious document was proven false in the early 16th century, the bishops of Rome have used the title "vicar of Christ" ever since the 8th century. Here is the term vicar of Christ used in the catechism of the RCC. Page 882 The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, " is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful." " For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered." That sounds like the pope is the monarch sitting atop a monarchy. So, is the pope the representative of Jesus Christ here on earth as the vicar of Christ? The Bible says No! First off, Jesus Christ has never left us. Matt 28: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the age. Amen. And second, in the Bible we clearly see that the Lord sent His Holy Spirit to substitute on His behalf. The Lord Jesus Christ left the supreme full and universal care of our souls in the safe keeping of the divine person of the Holy Spirit. John 14: 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 15: 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even (that is) the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, He shall testify of me. The Holy Spirit is the vicar of Christ, not the Pope. The pope being the vicar of Christ is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the Bible.
Catholic Mistake #15
Idol Worship, Bowing to the Pope and to Mary
Catholics love to bow down to the Pope and statues or pictures of Mary or other saints. Exodus 20: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Rev 22: 8, 9 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: Worship God. Psalms 95: 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.Exodus 20: 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: This is the second commandment of the ten commmandments given to Moses in the Protestants Bible. The RCC has changed the ten commandments to fit their own needs. They took out the second commandment and split the 10th commandment into two separate ones to make up for the one they took out. Catholics will try to deny this, but here it is straight from the RCC catechism: Part three, life in Christ, Section two , the ten commandments. They completely left out the part which states that thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath. Lev 26: 1 Ye shall make no idols nor carved image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
The Acts 10: 25-26 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshiped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. Acts 4: 12 Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Salvation is only through Jesus Christ. The pope can't save you. Mary can't save you. So, stop bowing down to these idols. Bowing down to the pope, to Mary, and to other idols is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the Bible.
Idol Worship, Bowing to the Pope and to Mary
Catholics love to bow down to the Pope and statues or pictures of Mary or other saints. Exodus 20: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; Rev 22: 8, 9 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: Worship God. Psalms 95: 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.Exodus 20: 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: This is the second commandment of the ten commmandments given to Moses in the Protestants Bible. The RCC has changed the ten commandments to fit their own needs. They took out the second commandment and split the 10th commandment into two separate ones to make up for the one they took out. Catholics will try to deny this, but here it is straight from the RCC catechism: Part three, life in Christ, Section two , the ten commandments. They completely left out the part which states that thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath. Lev 26: 1 Ye shall make no idols nor carved image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
The Acts 10: 25-26 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshiped him. But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. Acts 4: 12 Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Salvation is only through Jesus Christ. The pope can't save you. Mary can't save you. So, stop bowing down to these idols. Bowing down to the pope, to Mary, and to other idols is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the Bible.
Catholic Mistake #16
The Rosary Prayer...praying "to" Mary
Catholics claim that they are not praying to Mary, but rather asking her to pray for us. Really! Then why is it called the rosary prayer and not the rosary ask? If this is not praying to Mary, then the person is not praying to God the Father either in the rosary. Jesus, in his earthly ministry, prayed only to the Father. We shouldn't pray to anyone else except Jesus who is our only access to the Father. Why does the catholic sacred catechism call it a prayer to Mary? 2675 Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the churches develop their prayer to the Holy Mother of God. 2676 This twofold movement of prayer to Mary has found a privileged expression in the Ave Maria.2679 Mary is the perfect Oran (prayer), a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple we welcome Jesus' mother into our homes, for she has become the mother of all living. We can pray with and to her . 1 Timothy 2: 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Praying to Mary is breaking the word of God. So when did this catholic tradition of the rosary begin? The traditional story of the rosary was that Mary herself appeared to Saint Dominic in the 12th century AD. The 12th century is a long time after 95 AD when all the books of the bible were already finished. The rosary prayer is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the bible.
The Rosary Prayer...praying "to" Mary
Catholics claim that they are not praying to Mary, but rather asking her to pray for us. Really! Then why is it called the rosary prayer and not the rosary ask? If this is not praying to Mary, then the person is not praying to God the Father either in the rosary. Jesus, in his earthly ministry, prayed only to the Father. We shouldn't pray to anyone else except Jesus who is our only access to the Father. Why does the catholic sacred catechism call it a prayer to Mary? 2675 Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the churches develop their prayer to the Holy Mother of God. 2676 This twofold movement of prayer to Mary has found a privileged expression in the Ave Maria.2679 Mary is the perfect Oran (prayer), a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends his Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple we welcome Jesus' mother into our homes, for she has become the mother of all living. We can pray with and to her . 1 Timothy 2: 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Praying to Mary is breaking the word of God. So when did this catholic tradition of the rosary begin? The traditional story of the rosary was that Mary herself appeared to Saint Dominic in the 12th century AD. The 12th century is a long time after 95 AD when all the books of the bible were already finished. The rosary prayer is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the bible.
Catholic Mistake #17
Repetitive Prayers
The rosary prayer also breaks the word of God by using vain repetitions. Matt 6: 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. But catholics will say that the rosary is not repetitive praying. Really? The repetition in the rosary is meant to lead one into restful and contemplative prayer. The gentle repetition? How many Hail Marys are there in a complete rosary prayer? It is repeated 53 times with only six Our Father prayers. It seems very strange that catholics are praying to Mary 9 times more than they are to God. Do catholics think that God is hard of hearing and can't hear the prayer the first time? The catholic prayers of vain repetition is not biblical and is another man-made tradition of the RCC.
Repetitive Prayers
The rosary prayer also breaks the word of God by using vain repetitions. Matt 6: 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. But catholics will say that the rosary is not repetitive praying. Really? The repetition in the rosary is meant to lead one into restful and contemplative prayer. The gentle repetition? How many Hail Marys are there in a complete rosary prayer? It is repeated 53 times with only six Our Father prayers. It seems very strange that catholics are praying to Mary 9 times more than they are to God. Do catholics think that God is hard of hearing and can't hear the prayer the first time? The catholic prayers of vain repetition is not biblical and is another man-made tradition of the RCC.
John 3: 5-6 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. What is obvious to most people from these two verses is that verse six explains verse 5. Verse 5 talks about the two types of birth: water and Spirit. Verse 6 explains the same two types of birth as flesh and Spirit. That is why born of water is taken to mean born of the flesh.
JESUS separates the two, in verse 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
So why is water taken to mean born of flesh?
Do you honesty think there is no relationship between the water and Spirit Jesus spoke of, and that all believers are commanded to submit to water baptism in the name of Jesus and promised the gift of the Holy Spirit?
"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" John 3:5
"...Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." Acts 2:38-39
@decipher, Another Catholic Mistake should be added to the list: Removal of the name above all names; Jesus
The forerunners of the Roman Catholic Church instituted a man-made tradition concerning water baptism. Per Jesus' instruction, the apostles administered water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ.
HASTINGS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION—Vol 2, pages 377, 378, 389. (Note: Justin Martyr was Catholic)
“The Christian baptism was administered using the name of Jesus. The use of the trinitarian formula of any sort was not suggested in the early Church history, Baptism was always in the Name of the Lord Jesus, until the time of Justin Martyr, when the trinity formula was used.
Volume 2, page 377, commenting on Acts 2:38, “Name was an ancient synonym for person. Payment was always made in the name of some person, referring to ownership, therefore, one being baptized in Jesus name became his personal property, (“Ye are Christ’s I Corinthians 3:23.)
HARPER’S BIBLE DICTIONARY—1952 Edition, page 60
“Though the trinitarian formula (Matthew 28:19) was a late addition by some reverent Christian mind, Christ did become the vital content of all Christian baptism after the resurrection (Acts 8:16, 10:48).”
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, VOLUME 8
“Justin Martyr was one of the early Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church who helped change the ancient baptism of “in the Name of Jesus Christ” to the titles of Father, Son and Holy Ghost”
“With regard to the form used for baptism in the early Church, there is the difficulty that although Matthew 28:19 seems to speaks of the Trinitarian formula which is now used, the Acts of the Apostles (2:38, 8:16, 10:48, 19:5) and Paul (I Corinthians 1:13, 6:11, Galatians 3:27, Romans 6:3) speak only of baptism “in the Name of Jesus.”
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1967 edition, volume 2, pages 56, 59.
“An explicit reference to the Trinitarian formula of baptism cannot be found in the first centuries.”
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, 1913 EDITION.
“There has been a theological controversy over the question as to whether baptism in the name of Christ only was ever held valid. Certain texts in the New Testament have given rise to this difficulty.
Thus St Paul (Acts 19 commands some disciples at Ephesus to be baptized in Christ’s Name: “they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.”
In Acts 10 we read that St Peter ordered others to be baptized “in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ”. Those who were converted by Philip (Acts 8 “were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ”, and above all we have the explicit command of the Prince of the Apostles: “Be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins.” (Acts 2:38)
THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA—Volume 1 pages 392, 393, 396.
“the formula of Christian baptism, in the mode which prevailed, is given in Matthew 28:19, ‘I baptize thee in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost’
But it is curious that the words are not given in any description of Christian baptism UNTIL THE TIME OF JUSTIN MARTYR; and there, they are not repeated exactly, but in a slightly extended and explanatory form.
In every account of the performance of the rite in Apostolic times a much shorter formula is in use.
The 3,000 believers were baptized on the Day of Pentecost “in the Name of Jesus” (Acts 2:38), and the same formula was used at the baptism of Cornelius and those that were with him (Acts 10:48).
Indeed it would appear to have been the usual one, from St Paul’s question to the Corinthians: “Were ye baptized into the name of Paul?” (I Corinthians 1:13).
The Samaritans were baptized “into the name of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 8:16); and the same formula was used in the case of the disciples at Ephesus. (Acts 19:1-5)
Others think that the full formula was always used and that narratives in the book of Acts and in the Pauline Epistles are merely brief summaries of what took place; an idea rather difficult to believe in the absence of any single reference to the longer formula.
The evidence to show that the formula given by St Matthew became the established usage is overwhelming; but it is more than likely that the use of the shorter formula did not altogether die out, or, if it did, that it was revived.
The historian Socrates informs us that some of the more extreme Arians “corrected” baptism by using the Name of Christ only in the formula. “The practice of using the shorter formula existed in the 5th. and 6th. Centuries, at all events in the East”
Page 396. “No record of such use can be discovered in the Acts of the Epistles of the Apostles. The baptisms recorded in the New Testament after the Day of Pentecost are administered “in the Name of Jesus Christ” (Acts 2:38), “into the name of the Lord Jesus”(8:16), “into Christ” (Romans 6:3, Galatians 3:27). This difficulty was considered by the Fathers.”
Catholic Mistake #18
Mary is the Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix
This is another one that catholics will deny and say that Mary's role as co-redeemer and mediatrix is not a formally defined dogma of the RCC. Really? It's right here in the catechism. 969 This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation...Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix. What's the definition of a mediatrix? A woman who is a mediator. And here is some more evidence that the catholics are of the opinion that Mary is the mediatrix of all graces is a title Roman catholics give to the blessed virgin Mary as the mother of God. It includes the understanding that she mediates the divine grace. This was given to us by pope Leo XIII in 1894. Catholic dictionary: mediatrix is a title of the blessed virgin as a mediator of grace. Fr. Dwight Longenecker in his article in the magazine Catholic Answers titled Mary, Mother of Salvation How to explain the Co-Redemptrix to Evangelicals 12/01/ 2007. How about don't explain it to us because it's a false teaching. The catholic magazine Catholic Planet describes Mary as co-redemptrix , mediatrix, and advocatrix. Catholicism.org May 31. 2000 titled Our Lady, Mediatrix of all graces says at he bottom of the page that God will not listen to any prayer that is not offered to him through the intercession of Mary. This leads us back to 1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Rom 8 : 34 Who is he that condemneth? Shall Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Jesus " maketh intercession for us" by praying to the Father on our behalf. Are catholics trying to disobey the Bible on purpose? They are trying to put Mary on a pedestal to make her equal to Jesus. Mary being the mediatrix is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the Bible.
Mary is the Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix
This is another one that catholics will deny and say that Mary's role as co-redeemer and mediatrix is not a formally defined dogma of the RCC. Really? It's right here in the catechism. 969 This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation...Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix. What's the definition of a mediatrix? A woman who is a mediator. And here is some more evidence that the catholics are of the opinion that Mary is the mediatrix of all graces is a title Roman catholics give to the blessed virgin Mary as the mother of God. It includes the understanding that she mediates the divine grace. This was given to us by pope Leo XIII in 1894. Catholic dictionary: mediatrix is a title of the blessed virgin as a mediator of grace. Fr. Dwight Longenecker in his article in the magazine Catholic Answers titled Mary, Mother of Salvation How to explain the Co-Redemptrix to Evangelicals 12/01/ 2007. How about don't explain it to us because it's a false teaching. The catholic magazine Catholic Planet describes Mary as co-redemptrix , mediatrix, and advocatrix. Catholicism.org May 31. 2000 titled Our Lady, Mediatrix of all graces says at he bottom of the page that God will not listen to any prayer that is not offered to him through the intercession of Mary. This leads us back to 1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Rom 8 : 34 Who is he that condemneth? Shall Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Jesus " maketh intercession for us" by praying to the Father on our behalf. Are catholics trying to disobey the Bible on purpose? They are trying to put Mary on a pedestal to make her equal to Jesus. Mary being the mediatrix is a man-made tradition of the RCC that is found nowhere in the Bible.
Thank you for shining light on the history and doctrinal issues with the RCC. There is no doubt that many Catholics love the Lord Jesus. And those who do, when confronted with the truth are likely to re-evaluate whether to continue in man-made tradition or rely on the word of God to lead and guide them into all truth.
One can only hope and pray that the enemy's deception will soon be shattered.
I'm reminded of the disciples words in Acts 4:19
"But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye."
How about quoting John 3:16, which is in the same chapter! Or is that against your religion?
Getting the rite right is problematic, and so is getting the right belief, but God knows the heart.
When the third chapter of the Book of John is taken in context it sheds much light. The account begins with Jesus explaining everyone must be born again. (side note, being born involves coming out of water) The account then continues to verse 16 where it says those who believe in Jesus SHOULD not perish, and concludes with Jesus traveling with His disciples as they administer water baptisms. I don't believe it is a coincidence that water baptism is brought up immediately after Jesus discussing the necessity of being reborn. Do you?