I say you are right!
Catholics place "sacred traditions" above "sacred scriptures.
It is not biblical, it is a satanic religion that will take its followers to hell.
Purgatory debunked:
Hebrews 9:27 "And as it is appointed unto men ONCE to die, but after this the judgment"
One of many verses that destroy the Catholic definition of saints:
Acts 9:32 "And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda."
There are two Bible passages where Jesus taught the reality of purgatory: Matthew 5:25-26 and Matthew 12:32.
Let’s consider Matthew 12:32 first:
And whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Putting aside the question of what the unforgivable sin is, notice Jesus’ implication: there are some sins that
can be forgiven in the age to come, whatever that age may be. Pope St. Gregory the Great says: “From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come” (
Dial. 4, 39).
I would argue that the “age” (or “world,” as the Douay Rheims translates it) that Jesus refers to in this passage is the afterlife. First, the Greek word for “age,”
aion, is used in reference to life after death in Mark 10:30, when Jesus speaks of eternal life as a reward in the “age to come” for those who give up temporal things for his sake. This doesn’t mean Jesus is teaching purgatory is eternal, since he teaches souls who are there can get out by having their sins forgiven, but he is asserting this state of being exists in the afterlife.
Aion can be used to refer to a distinct period of time in this life, as in Matthew 28:20 when Jesus says he’ll be with his apostles until the end of the “age.” But I think the context suggests it’s being used for the afterlife. Just a few verses later (v. 36) Jesus speaks of the “day of judgment,” which, according to Hebrews 9:27, comes
after death.
So what do we have? We have a state of existence after death wherein the soul is being forgiven of sins, which in light of the Old Testament tradition (Psalms 66:10-12; Isaiah 6:6-7; 4:4) and Paul’s writings (1 Corinthians 3:11-15) means the soul is being purged or purified.
This state can’t be heaven, since there are no sins in heaven. It can’t be hell, since no souls in hell can have their sins forgiven and be saved. What is it? It’s purgatory.
The second Bible passage where Jesus teaches the reality of purgatory is Matthew 5:25-26:
Make friends quickly with your accuser, while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison; truly, I say to you, you will never get out till you have paid the last penny.
Jesus makes it clear that the offender has to pay for his sins. But the question is, “Is Jesus referring to a place of repayment in this life or the next?” I argue the next.
The first clue is the Greek word for “prison,” which is
phulake. St. Peter uses this Greek word in 1 Peter 3:19 when he describes the prison in which the Old Testament righteous souls were kept before Jesus’ ascension and that which Jesus visited during the separation of his soul and body in death. Since
phulake was used for a holding place in the afterlife in the Christian tradition, it’s not unreasonable to conclude that’s how Matthew is using it in Matthew 5:25, especially when one considers the context, which constitutes our second clue.
That "satanic religion" gave you Sacred Scripture through the power of the Holy Spirit. That is a historical fact. Falsely accusing your neighbor is a sin. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations . . . teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:19-20). Notice Christ’s command restricts the Christian evangelist to teaching
only what Christ revealed and not his own opinions. Whether it is on the issue of purgatory or the requirement of baptism or some other issue, there are a lot of churches violating this commandment. The Church is very careful to ensure that its teachings as explained in the catechism do not violate the command given by Christ.
Really??
You mean the Alexandrian corrupt manuscripts? The ones that are used to write corrupt bibles from Alexandria Egypt?
Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever."
Futhermore; if God promised to preserve His words, why do they keep changing from bible edition to bible edition??
What the Catholic Church brought us is a corrupt bible that has to keep changing because they are not God's true words, but the devil's words.
God promised to preserve His words and has done that in the King James Bible. The Catholic church hates the King James bible and would never promote it or use it because it hates God's true words.
So you are saying God did not preserve His Word 1600 years until He dropped the KJV out of the sky in 1611?