Instead of half truth incomplete truth because there isn't enough space on the tread to write it all down. If I were to ask what does the Catholic Church teach I would not know who to ask because every Catholic will tell a different story; so I go with historical accounts. The universal Church starts with Constantine; the mixing of Christian and Pagan and this universal Church was the State Church of Rome (also known as the Beast), and in around 590 AD the State Church claimed to inherit the Roman Empire and according to Luther, on the basis of a forged Constantine will. For 1260 years the Church claimed to be Rome, whether it was the beast, illegitimately the beast or never was the beast is debateable but by way defending itself the Church produces Futurism which in turn begets Dispensationalism.
The Beasts are part of a system that God has devised so an institution cannot simply elect to be or not be the beast so the individual Catholic person needs to be aware of who they follow; is it the beast with its mark, is it the State Church of Rome whom may not be sufficiently distinct from the beast or do they follow God.
The 613 Mosaic Laws are an example of men dividing God's word differently than how God does; remember the Pharisees fell flat on their face regarding God's Law. Any sacrifice involving Blood was a surrogate for the Lamb of God from the foundation; the shedding of Christ's blood was as much for the old covenant as it was for the new covenant. The ceremonial washings were to wash away sin and were only ever
useful following repentance; the Priests had to void themselves of sin before entering the Sanctuary, and that ceremonial washing is the type for full emersion baptism which also requires the voiding of sin before it is useful. Dietary restrictions are for good health.
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You say Catholic believe such and such but the matter isn't clear to me. forgiveness is an arbitrary decision God makes, symbolised by the washing away sin with Christ's blood but repentance, the voiding of sin by the individual is always required. My view of the covenant is God's covenant is God's covenant, neither new or old, never changing. The Ten Commandments are called the covenant and also called the Law; the covenant that Christ confirmed by His earthly presence and sacrifice is God's covenant. The new covenant differs from the old only in that there is a new mediator, a new priesthood and a new sacrifice, but not one dit or dot removed from the Law also called the covenant. What most people call the New Covenant I call fiction.
There are always exceptions to the rules, the thief on the cross for example, but salvation comes to them that grow into harvestable fruit. The Catholic Church has changed the Ten Commandments; especially the fourth commandment where the Church claims to have the authority to change the Sabbath to Sunday; the have changed other Laws also; their Laws still number ten.
Here is how Exodus 20 renders the list of the Commandments.
1 And God spoke all these words, saying,
2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 You shall have no other gods before me.
4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved 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.
5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates.
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.” (
American King James Version×
English Standard Version )
- You shall have no other gods before Me. verses 1 to 3
- You shall make no idols. verses 4 to 6
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. verse 7
- Keep the Sabbath day holy. verse 8 to 11
- Honor your father and your mother. verse 12
- You shall not murder. verse 13
- You shall not commit adultery. verse 14
- You shall not steal. verse 15
- You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. verse 16
- You shall not covet. verse 17
According to it's own Statements the Catholic Church abrogates the Law; whatever that means, except that the Catholic Ten Commandments are not the Law, are not the covenant of God but are merely a moral code. How does this moral code differ to the abrogated covenant:
First the second Commandment is completely omitted; the Catholics have different arrays of wordage for their third commandment but in any case they say remember the first day and not the seventh day; this instead of the fourth Commandment which contains the seal of God; because they omitted the second Commandment they split the 9th Commandment into two to make ten; Why would the need ten, nine would be good enough for a moral code. The Commandments mentioned in Matthew 19:17 are the covenant not a moral code.
Catholic Ten Commandments
1.
I am the Lord your God; you shall not have strange gods before me.
2.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
3.
Remember to keep holy the Lord's day
4.
Honor your father and your mother.
5.
You shall not kill.
6.
You shall not commit adultery.
7.
You shall not steal.
8.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10.
You shall not covet you neighbor's goods.
The main thing about Doctrine and correction is: the OT is suitable for correction and only Jesus (the OT Word of God) is teacher, not any man, not me. not the Pope. and not the apostles.