(SEE ALSO: LEGALISM, SALVATION BY WORKS OF MERIT)
The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) is an apostate (formerly orthodox, but no longer so) church. After Constantine and subsequent Roman emperors adopted Christianity, eventually making it the official religion of the Empire, many significant theological errors, and then heresies, began to creep in. By the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215, the RCC officially adopted a synergistic (faith plus works) doctrine of salvation. The Council of Trent in 1545-1548 anathematized anyone who contradicted this doctrine. The 1994 Catechism of the Catholic Church reaffirmed Trent’s doctrine and is still the official doctrine of the RCC.
1. Purgatory
Acts 9:27-31
Hebrews 9:23-10:4
2. Veneration of Mary
Luke 1:26-37, Part I
Luke 1:26-37, Part II
3. Veneration of Angels
Revelation 19:1-10
Revelation 22:6-21
4. Prayers to the Saints & their provision of merit
Acts 2:44-3:10
5. No need for earthly priest to absolve sins
Hebrews 7:1-3
Hebrews 7:4-25
Hebrews 7:26-8:11
6. No apostolic succession after the first century
Acts 1:12-17
Acts 1:18-26
Revelation 2:2
7. Peter was not the first Pope
Acts 11:4-18
8. Veneration of the Pope
Acts 10:1-26
Acts 10-27-35
Acts 14:7-18
9. Transubstantiation
Luke 22:1-13
Luke 22:14-30
Romans 6:8-13
Hebrews 7:4-25
Hebrews 7:26-8:11
Hebrews 9:10-28
Hebrews 9:23-10:4
Hebrews 10:5-22
1 Peter 3:18-22
Revelation 1:10-2:2
29 February 2024
Series: Hebrews, New Testament
28 February 2024
Series: Hebrews, New Testament
27 February 2024
Series: Hebrews, New Testament
22 February 2024
Series: Hebrews, New Testament
Speaker: Jim Andrews
Subject: Christ's Redemptive Work, Roman Catholicism
21 February 2024
Series: Hebrews, New Testament
Speaker: Jim Andrews
Subject: Christ's Redemptive Work, Roman Catholicism
24 July 2023
Series: New Testament, Revelation
Speaker: Jim Andrews
Subject: Roman Catholicism
14 July 2023
Series: New Testament, Revelation
Speaker: Jim Andrews
Subject: Roman Catholicism
23 May 2023
Series: New Testament, Revelation
Speaker: Jim Andrews
19 May 2023
Series: New Testament, Revelation
Speaker: Jim Andrews
Subject: Roman Catholicism