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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]18.29 - but please explain to me (I'm asking nicely, no snark) why 1) the necessity of the body of Christ on the cross and on necklaces; 2) the statues that do indeed adorn Catholic churches- I do see these as graven images; 3) the Saints - no mention in the bible; 4) the adoration or worship or whatever you want to call it of Mary - also not in the ible so I just don't get it - people says she's "revered not worshipped" - I don't undersand the difference; 5) and how do the saints and Mary intercede?  That's not in the bible either.  I guess I don't buy Transsubstantiation either so I'm probably a hopeless protestant but am curious.

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Not sure what bible you've been reading but everything you say isn't in the bible absolutely is. [/quote]
Please provide citations then. I know the Bible very well. Catholic theology is filled with things that cannot be substantiated Biblically.[/quote]

There is an entire post about this a page back.[/quote]
Only one misused scriptural passage in that.[/quote]

Misused because it isn't interpreted the way you do right? [/quote]
No. It's misused to build an entire belief system that you should appeal to saints who will appeal to you before God. References to "saints" in the New Testament merely means "believers in Christ." Catholic doctrine has built up an entire extra-biblical belief that there are some sort of super-saints who were extra holy and have a better standing before God than most men. Here is the fuller passage in Ephesians 4 that was quoted more briefly: "And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to tthe unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes."

The mere concept of dead men appealing to us before God is unbiblical. 1 Timothy 2:5 says, "For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ." To appeal to the saints for help is to demean the power and sufficiency of Christ, and it cannot be supported Biblically. This passage of Ephesians 4 does not do it.[/quote]

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