In the day of judgment, we will stand before our Heavenly Father and Messiah, so we want to be sure that our life lines up with His holy Word, “For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.“ Romans 14:10
The Popes proclaim to represent Jesus, so their words should align with the teaching of Messiah, as Messiah is the Word of God who became flesh, to come to atone for our sins as the Spotless Lamb.
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God proclaims that every man and woman has sinned; that includes me, you, the twelve Apostles, Jesus’ mother Mary, and the Pope.
Pope John Paul II said, “The truth of the Assumption, defined by Pius XII, is reaffirmed by the Second Vatican Council, which thus expresses the Church’s faith: “Preserved free from all guilt of original sin, the Immaculate Virgin was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory upon the completion of her earthly sojourn. She was exalted by the Lord as Queen of the Universe…For the Mother of Christ is glorified as ‘Queen of the Universe‘.” 1
The Bible says, “For all men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
God proclaims that there is only One who had no sin, His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus.
“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15
God offered His Beloved Son as a sacrifice for our sins, that we might have His righteousness.
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” 2 Corinthians 5:21
God proclaims that salvation is only through His beloved Son; not through Mary or the Pope.
Pope Pius XI said, “What will it cost you, oh Mary, to hear our prayer? What will it cost you to save us? Has not Jesus placed in your hands all the treasures of His grace and mercy? You sit crowned Queen at the right hand of your son: your dominion reaches as far as the heavens and to you are subject the earth and all creatures dwelling thereon. Your dominion reaches even down into the abyss of hell, and you alone, oh Mary, save us from the hands of Satan.” 2
The Bible says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6
Should we pray to Mary?
God proclaims that salvation cannot be found any other way.
Pius IX said, “God has committed to the Blessed Virgin Mary the treasury of all good things in order that everyone may know that through her are obtained every hope, every grace and all salvation.” 3
Pope Pius XII said, “…recognize the Holy, Catholic, Roman Church to be the only true Church of Jesus Christ, outside of which neither sanctity nor salvation can be found. Call them to the unity of the one fold, granting them the grace to believe every truth of our holy faith and to submit themselves to the Supreme Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth.” 4
The Bible says, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
God proclaims that salvation is by faith in Christ, not by works.
The Roman Catholic Church declared at the Council of Trent (Canon 9), “If anyone says that the sinner is justified by faith alone, meaning that nothing else is required to cooperate in order to obtain the grace of justification, and that it is not in any way necessary that he be prepared and disposed by the action of his own will, let him be anathema (damned to hell).”
The Bible says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
God proclaims that there is only one Mediator between man and Him, the Lord Christ Jesus; not Mary or the Pope.
Pope Leo XIII said, “O Holy Mother of God; to thee we lift our prayers for thou, powerful and merciful, art the Mediatrix of our salvation.” 5
“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all.” 1 Timothy 2:5-6
The Bible says that Jesus is our Advocate and never says that Mary fills this role.
Pope Leo XIII said, “With equal truth it may be said that of the great treasury of all graces given to us by Our Lord—for grace and truth came by Jesus Christ—nothing comes to us except through Mary’s mediation, for such is God’s Will. Thus, as no man goes to the Father but by the Son, so no one goes to Christ except through his mother.” 6
“My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” 1 John 2:1
The Bible says the Jesus is our Redeemer and never says that Mary fills this role.
Pope Benedict XV declared, “To such extent did Mary suffer and almost die with her suffering and dying Son; to such extent did she surrender her maternal rights over her Son for: man’s salvation . . that we may rightly say she redeemed the human race together with Christ.” 7
The Bible says, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)” Galatians 3:13
Jesus never elevated Mary for worship; He praised those who hear and obey the Word of God.
“And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:27-28
“Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and could not approach Him because of the crowd. And it was told Him by some, who said, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see You.” But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.” Luke 8:19-21
God proclaims that Messiah’s one-time sacrifice was sufficient to cover all sins.
The Popes of Rome teach that Messiah must be symbolically sacrificed during the Mass.
‘What is the Mass? The Mass is the sacrifice of the New Law in which Christ, through the ministry of the priest, offers Himself to God in an unbloody manner under the appearances of bread and wine.’
‘The Mass is the sacrifice of Christ offered in a sacramental manner. It means that it is offered, not under its natural appearances, as was on calvary, but under other appearances, the appearances the sacramental signs. The reality is the same but the appearance differ.’
So they are symbolically causing Messiah to be sacrificed over and over, around the world in hundred’s of thousands of Catholic churches, every day.
The scriptures declare, “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” Hebrews 10:10
“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;” Hebrews 10:12
The Bible forbids us to bow down to or worship any image, including Mary, Peter and the Pope.
The Catechism removed God’s second commandment which forbids idol worship, and split the tenth commandment in two, to fill the gap.
“You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 26:1
“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God.” Exodus 20:4,5
The Bible declares that the Queen of Heaven incites God’s anger. Worshiping Mary and praying to Mary represents idol worship.
Pope John Paul II said, “Preserved free from all guilt of original sin, the Immaculate Virgin was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory upon the completion of her earthly sojourn. She was exalted by the Lord as Queen of the Universe…For the Mother of Christ is glorified as ‘Queen of the Universe‘.” 8
“The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.” Jeremiah 7:18
God tells us that salvation is by faith in Jesus’ blood sacrifice as the spotless Lamb of God; and that it is not earned by good works.
Pope Leo XIII said, “O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, obtains salvation except through thee, none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee.” 9
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
In Matthew 26:26, when Jesus blessed the bread and broke it and said “Take, eat; this is My body,” He was not saying that the Communion bread (Eucharist wafer) becomes His literal body.
He is symbolically saying that we need to eat the Word of God, we need to read the words of Jesus in the Bible to be fed, for Jesus is the Word that became flesh, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
He is symbolically saying that we need to come to Him and believe in Him alone for our salvation, “And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.“‘ John 6:35
He is telling us to humbly, thankfully remember His dying love for us; that He came in the flesh to suffer on our behalf on the cross of Calvary, so that we could have forgiveness of our sins, and all of His righteousness and blessings would be bestowed upon us.
The Bible never says that Jesus needs to be continually sacrificed in a Mass ceremony. Rather it says that Jesus one-time sacrifice on the cross was sufficient for all sin.
“By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” Hebrews 10:10
The Bible says that we should go to Jesus our High Priest to confess our sins for forgiveness, not a priest.
Pope John Paul II said, “Don’t go to God for forgiveness of sins: come to me.” 10
“Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” Hebrews 2:17
“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.” Hebrews 4:14
The Bible says that Jesus is our High Priest, not a Catholic Priest or the Pope.
“The priest has the power of the keys, or the power of delivering sinners from Hell, of making them worthy of Paradise, and of changing them from the slaves of Satan into the children of God. And God Himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of His priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon…” 11
“But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.” Hebrews 7:24-27
The Bible never says that Jesus gave His authority to Peter, to any priest, or the Pope. Jesus has reigned over His church from beginning to end.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8
Here’s some other things that the Roman Catholic Church promotes that are not in the Word of God.
No exalted positions of the Pope or Cardinals. No prayers to Mary or the saints. No monks or nuns. No required celibacy for Priests. No statues.
The Catholic version of the Ten Commandments is missing the 2nd commandment about not making graven images; and they split the 10th commandment into two.
They ignored Exodus 20:4-5, and left off Deuteronomy 5:8 “Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 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”
To validate this, here’s links to some Catholic websites:
- https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/scripture-and-tradition/catholic-basics/catholic-beliefs-and-practices/the-ten-commandments/
- http://www.beginningcatholic.com/catholic-ten-commandments
- https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-true-ten-commandments
- https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55029/the-ten-commandments
We pray that you have eyes to see that the words of the Papacy do not line up with the Word of God.
On the day of judgment, you will stand before the Holy God, and you will account for your obedience to His Holy Word.
You may be thinking that Pope Francis I isn’t saying these things, so it doesn’t matter.
But Papal statements, known as Papal Bulls and ex cathedra statements, remain the stance of the Roman Catholic Church, until a Pope retracts it. They are like a law in the U.S. If a President enacts a law, it’s the rule of the land until another President gets the law overturned.
So if a previous Pope proclaimed it and the Roman Catholic Church hasn’t issued a retraction, then it is still their official stance. They have not apologized for any of these statements, nor have they retracted them.
Are you going to trust and obey His words? Or the words of a man?
Former Catholic Priest Richard Bennett separates truth form fiction, regarding the Scriptural Gospel.
If you’re in the Catholic Church, Jesus has lovingly called you to, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.“ Revelation 18:4
Come out of her and know true salvation, which is by faith in the atoning work of the Lamb of God, Christ Jesus.
Secure your salvation by a direct relationship with Christ Jesus, instead of through men.
- Repent of your former beliefs.
- Repent of your sins against the Lord, who alone is perfect.
- Profess your belief in His sacrifice on the cross of Calvary, and his shed blood which confirmed His covenant with you.
- Declare that you desire to have a real relationship with Him.
- Ask Jesus to come into your heart to be your Lord and Savior. Amen!
Start reading the words of God in the book of John, to understand what Jesus really said to you and what He did for you, so that you could have eternal life with Him.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.“
Read the book of John in your Bible or online @ Studylight.com
Click here for a PDF of the “What Does The Word Of God Say To Catholics?” study.
Here’s a one-page PDF of How The Popes Of Rome Fulfill Bible Prophecy
Here’s a one-page PDF of how the Roman Catholic Church Fulfills Bible Prophecy
Here’s some testimony tracts from former Roman Catholics.
Source List:
1 (Pope John Paul II: Redemptoris Mater (On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church)
2 (Pope Pius XI: Quas Primas (On the Feast of Christ the King), Encyclical promulgated on 12-11-1925, #18.)
3 (Pius IX: Encycl., Ubi primum, February 2, 1894) — [p. 18, no. 38]
4 (Pope Pius XII : The Raccolta, Benzinger Brothers, Boston, 1957 A.D., No. 626.)
5 (Pope Leo XIII: Encycl., Jucunda semper, September 8, 1894.) — [p. 19, no. 43]
6 (Pope Leo XIII: Encycl., Octobri mense, September 22, 1891.) — [pp. 13,14, no. 19]
7 (Pope Benedict XV : Inter Sodalicia, 1918)
8 (Pope John Paul II: Redemptoris Mater (On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church), Encyclical promulgated on March 25, 1987, #41.)
9 (Pope Leo XIII: Encycl., Adiutricem populi, September 5, 1895.) — [p. 12, no. 13]
10 (Pope John Paul II: Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1984.)
11 (St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Dignities and Duties of the Priest (1927))
Hi David, it’s been very nice to talk to you and to share with you what we believe. Look like none of us can convince each other to change our hearts. So let the Holy Spirit works in us.
Hopefully, one day one day you will be so thirst for Jesus’ Blood and hungry for Jesus’ Flesh, The Truth Living Food and come back to eat His Flesh and drink His Blood.
Truly, I’m praying for you.
You have a Blessed day, okay.
God bless!
Hi James, thank you for the discussion, for iron sharpens iron. No, it doesn’t appear that we will convince each other.
My End Times Bible prophecy website points to the Popes and Jesuits Generals as the Antichrist and False Prophet. My Falling Away of 2 Thessalonians 2 study series points to Rome as the origin of the false Catholic Christian religion, which misleads 1.2 billion people. My Islam in Bible Prophecy study series points to Rome as the creator of the Qur’an, which misleads over a billion people.
Trust me when I say that I have a direct, personal relationship with the Messiah of Scripture. Thank you for your prayers, I have prayed for you as well. Grace, peace and love to you! David
All of those studies are available from this home page. http://christianitybeliefs.org
While my other comment is awaiting moderation, i’d love to add some more thought.
Look around, how BIG A MESS it IS!!! Because over thousands of men and women out there think they have a little bit talent of talking, talent of brain wash and talent of deceive people EVEN the chosen people of God, so they just built a building, made a name and call it a church and go to work every Sunday by claiming to speak for Me “Jesus” (remember in my comments earlier to read St. Mathew chapter 24) and make good money, these people live a wealthy lives, they have wives, husbands, they can have sex any time they want, they have BIG houses, expensive cars, boats, airplanes. They know how to make a good living. Jesus wants everyone live poorly, live for the poor, the sick, the naked, the hungry, the thirsty, the imprisoned, NOT for themselves. St. Paul said, “if you want to sever God and His sheep, you should stay single, and if you get married be good to your wife, or husband”. You have to dedicate your 100% of your life if you want to be His disciples like Jesus’disciples, they gave up everything even families to be Jesus’ disciples. Remember what Jesus said, “whoever loves your mother, your father, your son or daughter more than Me, is ‘NOT’ worthy to Me”. Can all the people who made up so called churches out there, RIGHT NOW i mean RIGHT NOW leave everything, don’t own any material things and work for God?????? The answer is “NO”, they cannot do that. They don’t want to leave a great lives they are living now, because they love to please their bodies by enjoying all these things on earth. Jesus said, “it’s harder for the rich, the wealthy to enter the Kingdom of God than the poor”. See, I’m not surprised that all these things happened (sinners making up churches), these thing have to be happened to FULLFIL what Jesus already “I told you this ahead of time”. It’s to be happened, but I’m so sad that many people fall for these FAULT prophets. There are so many so called churches are just few years old or 50, 70, 100 years old. I didn’t hear people said Jesus was here to tell these people to make up churches for Him. I would like to say it again, Jesus already BUILT the Most Holy and Perfect Church and all He wants is everyone comes to His Flock. Please don’t take people away from God, please DON’T DIVIDE God’s people in thousands of pieces. Remember “Even power of Hell CANNOT DESTROY MY CHURCH” Jesus said. I didn’t make this up!!! And He also said, “I will be with you until I come back and I will send the Holy Spirit to come to take care of My Church”. If Jesus could not keep His Promises and didn’t do what He said, how can you believe in such a god??????? The god that lies. I as a Catholic believe my God, my Jesus who keeps His Promises and doing what He said He would do. Please I’m asking you all, please pray harder and let the Catholic Holy Spirit to open your hearts and understand the truth Church that Jesus Himself Built on Peter. Remember what i said earlier, Jesus and The Holy Spirit don’t have time to fly around and tell these people to make up churches for them. Remember what Jesus said, “if the members of a family fight that family will be destroyed, if a country men fight with each other that country will be destroyed”. So my question to you is, “why Jesus and Holy Spirit want to destroy their own Church by allowing God’s people to make up thousands of so called churches, will this destroy Jesus’ Church?????? Please, I’m begging you as a christian who believe in the Church that Jesus Himself built on Peter, the Rock, the Foundation of His Church, Even the power of hell cannot destroy IT, please come back to Jesus’ Church and for everyone out there, also please, please, go to any Catholic Church and ask the priest to give you the truth materials so you can learn more. I’m just a regular person, i don’t know much, all i know is Jesus Built ONE MOST HOLY AND PERFECT CHURCH and I’m in His Church. Not thousands of so called churches out there. Any so called churches that were NOT built by Jesus are NOT TRUTH CHURCH! Jesus built One Church, One Faith, One Baptism, in One Union with One God! Please David, come back to the Truth Church, we need you and you need us so we are in union with our God.
There are so many more things about Catholic Church, such as The Body and The Blood of Jesus is our Living Food. “Whoever EATS MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD will have Eternal Life and whoever DIDN’T EAT MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD ‘WILL NOT’ have Eternal life in them”, Jesus said. Pleassssse come to Him so you can have the Living Food, Jesus’ Flesh and Blood, your eternal life.
May God bless you all in union with His Mother, all the Saints and the Angels. Together with them and we on earth Praise God and Glorify Him.
May the Holy Spirit be with you.
James, you said “all i know is Jesus Built ONE MOST HOLY AND PERFECT CHURCH and I’m in His Church.”
Try researching the history of your Popes, and you will see that many of them were vile men, who were perverted in sexual behavior, who killed or had people killed, who stole the wealth of others, who blasphemed by proclaiming to be God and to forgive sins.
Your church is the FALSE CHURCH which was created by the Roman Bishops and Emperor Constantine in the 4th century, when they combined their paganism with a Christian facade. Messiah said to come out of her, lest you partake in her plagues. May the Spirit guide you to show you the truth and lead you out of her.
The Church is Holy, because it was founded by Jesus Christ. The Church is the Body of Christ. There will always be tares amongst the wheat. The validity and holiness of the Church is not dependent on the holiness of her individual members.
Judas was directly appointed to the ministry by Jesus Himself, and he sinned gravely and betrayed Jesus. Judas’ sins didn’t invalidate the Church. Peter denied our Lord three times, and Jesus still put him in charge of “feeding His flock,” and “strengthening the brethren.” Thomas doubted, etc.
SDA no doubt has had sinful (and sometimes criminal) pastors. Sinners exist in every denomination.
Much of our history is told through an anti-catholic Protestant lens, so there is a lot of embellishment and twisting of facts, misconceptions, and not to mention straight up lies and myths. It seems like anti-Catholics are hell-bent and overly obsessed with perpetuating anti-catholic myths, attempting to invalidate the Catholic Church in effort to validate their own man-made sects and heretical beliefs.
The saints were testifying against the Popes of Rome long before the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.
Arnulf (991), the Bishop of Orleans, proclaimed the Pope as the Antichrist, sitting in the temple of God, and showing himself as God.
“deplored the roman popes as “monsters of guilt” and declared in a council called by the King of France in 991 A.D. that the pontiff, clad in purple and gold, was, “Antichrist, sitting in the temple of God, and showing himself as God.” (Phillip Schaff, History of the Christian church, 8 vols., reprint of the 3d (1910)ed. (Grand Rapids Mich.: Wm. B Eerdmans Publishing Co., n.d.)
Eberhard II (1240), archbishop of Salzburg, affirmed that the Pope was the antichrist.
“Stated at a synod of bishops held at Regensburg in 1240 that the people of his day were “accustomed” to calling the pope antichrist.” (LeRoy Edwin Froom, The Prophetic Faith of our Fathers)
The Albigenses called the Church of Rome the whore of Babylon.
In the sunny south of France, in Provence and Catalonia, lived the Albigenses, who were bible-believing followers of Christ.
The Albigensian Christians preached against the immoralities of the Roman Catholic priesthood, pilgrimages, worship of saints and idols, opposed the (pompous and pretentious) claims of the Church of Rome; and made great use of the Scriptures. By 1167 they (the Albigensian Christians) were a majority of the population of South France.
The Albigenses “All agreed in regarding the Church of Rome as having absolutely perverted Christianity, and in maintaining that it was she who was designated in the Apocalypse by the name of the whore of Babylon.”
The Waldenses called the Roman Church the harlot of Babylon, and the Papacy, the “man of sin” and “antichrist”.
Peter Waldo (1140-1218) was a rich merchant of Lyons, France, who gave up everything to preach the Gospel. Waldo’s followers called themselves “the Poor in Spirit“.
Waldensian Reinerius Saccho asserted “that the Romish church is not the church of Jesus Christ, but a church of malignants and that it apostatized under Sylvester—and that the Church of Rome is the harlot in the apocalypse.” (The Testimony of The Reformers, E. Bickersteth, 1836, p. 46 from the Testimony of Reinerius Saccho, in 1254)
Michal of Cesena declared the Church of Rome to be the Whore of Babylon.
Michal (1270-1342) who came out of the Franciscan Order of the Catholic Church declared the Pope “to be Antichrist, and the church of Rome to be the whore of Babylon, drunk with the blood of the saints.” Foxes Book of Martyrs, op cit., p. 445
John Wycliffe said Antichrist, the head of all these evil men, is the pope of Rome.
John, (1330-1384), called the Morning Star of the Reformation, spent most of his life teaching at Oxford University and was recognized by John of Guant (The Duke of Lancaster) as extraordinarily gifted in theology. He translated the Latin Vulgate Bible into English and placed it in the hands of the people.
Wycliffe said of the Pope:
“When the western church was divided for about 40 years between two rival popes, one in Rome and the other in Avigon, France, each pope called the other pope antichrist – and John Wycliffe is reputed to have regarded them as both being right: “two halves of Antichrist, making up the perfect Man of Sin between them.”
“We suppose that Antichrist, the head of all these evil men, is the pope of Rome.” (Ibid, p. 90)
Matthias of Janow said the Pope is the most wicked Christian, falsely styling himself by that name.
Matthias was a fourteenth-century Bohemian ecclesiastical writer. Matthias came to be known as the Bohemian Wycliffe. He received his doctorate from the University of Paris and in 1381 became the canon in the Cathedral of Prague. His writings paved the way for the Hussite movement.
Janow based his conclusions about the Antichrist on II Thessalonians 2, Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 and 17. Here is one of his statements:
“The Antichrist has already come. He is neither Jew, pagan Saracean nor worldly tyrant, but the ‘man who opposes Christian truth and the Christian life by way of deception;—he is, and will be, the most wicked Christian, falsely styling himself by that name, assuming the highest station in the church, and possessing the highest consideration, arrogating dominion over all ecclesiastics and laymen;’ one who, by the working of Satan, assumes to himself power and wealth and honor, and makes the church, with its goods and sacraments, subservient to his own carnal ends.” Froom, PFF, volume 2, p. 40.
John Purvey said the Papacy was the kingdom of the Antichrist.
John (1354 – 1414) was one of the leading followers of the English theologian and reformer John Wycliffe during the late fourteenth and early.
Luther said “We are not the first who interpret the Papacy as the kingdom of Antichrist…He (John Purvey in 1390 AD) rightly and truly pronounces the Pope “Antichrist” as he is…a witness indeed, foreordained by God to confirm our doctrine.” (Martin Luther, Commentarius in Apocalypsin reprint).
Sir John Oldcastle, a follower of Wycliffe, proclaimed the Pope as the great Antichrist, the Son of Perdition, the open Adversary of God, and the Abomination standing in the holy place.
John (died in 1417) was an English Lollard leader, who was also known as Lord Cobham, was knight of Herefordshire, and a prominent follower of Wycliffe. He unequivocally stated:
“But as touching the Pope and his Spirituality, I owe them neither suit nor service, for so much as I know him by the Scriptures to be the great Antichrist, the Son of Perdition, the open Adversary of God, and the Abomination standing in the holy place.” (Froom, PFF, volume 2, p. 88.)
John Huss proclaimed the Antichrist has been revealed in the Pope for which he was burned to death.
John Huss (a.k.a. Jan Huss, 1372-1415) was a well-educated man from Bohemia, who came under the influence of Wycliffe’s writings, which caused him to break with the church of Rome.
“Surely even at this day is the malice, the abomination, and filthiness of ANTICHRIST revealed in the pope…”
“The Pope is … the true Antichrist, of whom it is written, that he sitteth in the temple of God, among the people where Christ is worshiped…”
John Purvey rightly and truly pronounced the Pope as Antichrist.
John (1354-1428), who was a close associate of John Wycliffe, published a commentary on the Apocalypse in 1390 based on Wycliffe’s sermons.
“This preface, noble reader, you may understand was written by us for this reason—that we might make known to the world that we are not the first who interpret the Papacy as the kingdom of Antichrist. For many years prior to us, so many and so great men (whose number is large, and their memory eternal) have attempted this so clearly and openly, and that with great spirit and force, that [those] who were driven by the fury of the papal tyranny into the farthest boundaries of the earth, and suffering the most atrocious tortures, nevertheless bravely and faithfully persisted in the confession of the truth. Although we in this age are far more learned and free than they, yet we ought to be ashamed that they, held in great barbarity and captivity, were so much braver and bolder than we in spirit and fortitude.”
http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/historic-witnesses-against-the-antichrist-roman-beast-the-popes-of-rome/
You must not realize that the Church exists in 3 forms; we on earth are the church militant, the holy souls in purgatory are the church suffering, and Heaven is the church triumphant
I hope everyone need to read Mathew chapter 24. Verse 4, watch out and not let anyone FOOL you. Many men claiming to speak for me, will come and said, ‘I am the Messiah!’ and they will FOOL many people.
Verse 23, Then, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or ‘There He is!’ DO NOT BELIEVE IT. For fasle Messiah and false prophets will appear; they will perform great miracles and wonders in order to DECEIVE even God’s chosen people, if possible. LISTEN! I HAVE TOLD YOU THIS AHEAD OF TIME. (And please read more to verse 28)
So now you all can see that Jesus Himself build ONLY ONE CHURCH, on Peter, He gave Peter the Key of His Kingdom and gave Peter the power to forgive or to hold bound, even in Heaven will do the same and EVEN THE POWER OF HELL CANNOT DESTROY HIS CHURCH. Jesus already BUILD A PERFECT AND HOLY AND UNITED in His Church. He DID NOT need any sinners to make up churches for Him. So if any sinner dare to make up a so called church is to INSULT TO JESUS. The Church that Jesus built on earth needs someone to take care of His Church. Do you people remember what did Jesus TOLD Peter to do with His people? Jesus said, Peter take care of my sheep, baby sheep and mother sheep, teach them lead them to me.
We human being needs a structure, a organization, a leader to oversee Jesus’ Church.
So i hope this will help you out there to understand and come to the Church that Jesus Himself built. Nowadays, we see thousands of so called churches, these men and women who made up these churches are insulting Jesus and His Church. Remember, Jesus BUILT ONLY ONE CHURCH and He makes it PERFECT and HOLY. EVEN HELL CANNOT DISTROY HIS CHURCH no matter what. And the Holy Spirit ALREADY busy taking care of the Church that Jesus built, he doesn’t have time to fly around and tell every sinners to make up churches.
So if anyone out there said, the Church that Jesus built is wrong is evil and doing the work of devil to destroy Jesus’ Church. Because only the Devil is trying to destroy and to divide His sheep into thousands of group. If you love God, you should come to His Church because He is the only Shepherd and He is the One who built His Church on Peter. Remember what He said to Peter, “Peter, you are a rock and on this rock I build My Church”
Why don’t you people understand that. It’s black and white, clear as crystal. Please and repeat PLEASE pray and come to His Church. May God bless you all, in communion with His Mother and all the Saints and Angeles.
James, the Falling Away described in 2 Thessalonians 2 occurred in the 4th century, before the Popes of Rome rose to power in 538 A.D.
Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the Church of Christ, killing 10 million saints, but the Church just grew faster. So Satan changed his strategy and created a Church of his own, to seek to destroy the Church of Christ from within.
The Roman Bishops and Emperor Constantine created the Roman religion of Christianity, with Greek Jesus as the Messiah (His true name is Yahusha); with Easter and Christmas, replacing God’s seven Holy Feast Days with Messiah is fulfilling to redeem His bride; with SUNday Lord’s day, replaced the Biblical Sabbath day.
http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/the-falling-away/
Roman Christianity was created by Emperor Constantine and it is contrary to the Scriptures, which is why Martin Luther, a Catholic Monk, was awakened to compare what the Popes of Rome taught against the Scriptures; and he found that it is an apostate church, and delegated it to the outer court of Gentiles, unbelievers.
The reason for the Protestant Reformation is that the Roman Church had banned and burned Scriptures, and only taught in Latin, so there was a famine for the Word of God. And when God put the Scriptures back in their hands, they woke up to the truth, were saved by faith alone, came out of the Catholic Church, and formed the Protestant Churches.
Sadly, since then they have compromised with the Roman Church, and are just daughters of the Harlot Church.
http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/the-two-witnesses-of-revelation-11-deception/
It is black and white, the Roman Catholic Church is the Harlot Church in Revelation 17. Why are you not understanding the clear truth of prophecy?
Here is a verse by verse explanation which proves it http://christianitybeliefs.org/end-times-deceptions/
God has put so many tests to His children, i agreed that there were bad popes but that doesn’t mean that the Church which Jesus Built was bad, those popes will be judged by God NOT by human being. Jesus clearly said, EVEN WITH THE POWER OF ‘HELL CANNOT DESTROY MY CHURCH’, so you said, Hell did DESTROY Jesus’ Church. He even said, “I will be with you to the end of time, and I will sent Holy Spirit to take care of my Church. So you meant Jesus is a LIAR???? He doesn’t have the power to take care of His Church? What kind of God is that? To you directly said, hey Jesus you are a Liar, you have no power to take care of your own Church, let me David build another the church for you, because you are NOT GOD! How dare SINNERS build churches for God. He didn’t need more churches, all He needs is everyone comes to His Flock. Let God judges the bad people, it’s NOT your job, that job was taken and the ONE who has that job is God. Again, i want to say, if anyone who makes up church is DIRECTLY insults God, he doesn’t needs over thousands of so called churches, that is DIVISION not UNION in one GOD, one FAITH. Again i say, whoever make up churches is doing the work of HELL to destroy Jesus’ Church. “Even the power of hell CANNOT DESTROY MY CHURCH” so you said, Jesus is a big fat LIAR? He cannot keep His Church? How can you believe in some liar god? Did you read the Bible? How Jesus BUILT His Church? Come back to His Church. Please pray harder. I will pray for you.
God bless!
You admit that there have been bad Popes, but you proclaim that it is the ONE MOST HOLY AND PERFECT CHURCH. You can’t have it both ways James. Look at your current Pope. He proclaims that Muslims are saved. Do the Scriptures validate that? Of course not. They proclaim that there is only one way to the Father, by faith in the atoning work of the Son. Not through Mary. Not through the Pope. Not through Allah or Mohamed.
The Scriptures proclaim “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all.” 1 Timothy 2:5-6
David, if you’re speaking of saints who are in heaven, then they CAN’T be killed hahahahahahahahaha
Nope, the saints are dead. So is Mary. And they will remain dead until Messiah returns, and those are dead will rise first, and then those who are alive will be gathered to Messiah. So you are praying to dead people!