19/01/2017
For your info. WHY CATHOLIC 🙌
*CATHOLIC DOCTRINES ARE IN THE BIBLE*
_Catholics are always intimidated into believing that we do things contrary to the Bible just because we are ignorant of what we do, the following will help you locate *WHERE* what we do in the Bible._
*1) PRAYING FOR THE DEAD*
2 Mac. 12:38-45
Wisdom 3:1
Tobit 4:17
*2) USE OF IMAGES AND SACRAMENTS _(these reminds us of what they stand for)_*
2 kings 3:20-21
Num. 21:8-9
Ex 25:17-22
Col 1:20, 2:14
John 12:32
Acts 19:11-12
*3) AUTHENTICITY OF CATHOLIC TRADITION AS A SOURCE OF REVEALED TRUTH*
2 Thes 2:15
2 cor 10:10-11
John 21:25
2 John 1:12
3 John 1:13
*4) THE SHIFT OF SUNDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY (SABBATH)*
Rev 1:10
Acts 20:7
1 cor 16:1-2
John 20:1-22
*5) THE POPE'S AUTHORITY AS THE SUCCESSOR OF ST. PETER*
John 21:15-17
Matt 16: 18-19
Acts 2:1-14
*6) THE REFERENCE OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS AS _'FATHER'_ WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE FATHER IN HEAVEN*
Gen 17:4
Jer 7:7
Num 12:14
Jn. 6:49
Mtt. 23:30
Lk. 1:73
*7) IS THE BIBLE IN SUPPORT OF THE HIERARCHY IN THE CHURCH? YES*
Eph 4:11-13
1 Tim 5:17-25
1 Tim 3:1-7, 8-13
*8) IS PURGATORY REAL? YES! WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT IT?*
Is 35:8, 52:1
Zech 13:1-2
1 cor 3:15
Lk. 12:47-48, 58-59
Rev. 21:27
Heb 12:22-23
Job 14:13-17
*9) ABOUT INCENSE*
Ex 30:33-37
Num 16:6-7
Lev. 16:12-13
Lk.1:10
Rev. 8:32
*10) THE ROSARY IS A PRAYER IN HONOR OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY*
Lk. 1:28,
Lk. 1:42
*11) IS HOLY WATER THE WILL OF GOD TO BE USED?*
2 kings 2:19-22
John 5:1-18
John 7:37
*12) WHY DO WE ASK THE SAINTS TO PRAY FOR US?*
Prov. 15:8, 15:29
Job 42:8
James 5:16
Mtt 16:19
*13) WHY DO WE USE MEDALS, CRUCIFIXES AND SCAPULARS AND BONE OF SAINTS?*
(these help to remind us of what they stand for)
2 kings 13:20-21
*14) WHY MUST WE CONFESS OUR SINS TO ANYBODY OTHER THAN GOD.*
Mtt 16:19, 1-20
*15) IS INFANT BAPTISM IN THE BIBLE?*
Acts 16:15 33
Acts 18:8
Mtt 28:19
Acts 10:47-48
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*I AM PROUD TO BE A CATHOLIC.*
