Roman Catholic Catechism Exposed!

The Bible Versus The Roman Catholic Church

"And they worshipped the dragon..." Revelation 13:4 KJB

To speak out today about the Roman Catholic faith (and the Roman Catholic Church, Vatican, and Papacy) is not a popular thing to do. It has cost many millions of people their lives throughout the centuries, through the means of holocausts, inquisitions, crusades, massacres, etc. Nonetheless, people need to be warned, because Roman Catholicism is leading many to damnation. Jesus told us that the majority of people would enter in through the wide gate to destruction (Matthew 7:13 KJV), and this perfectly describes the Roman Catholic Church, whose followers number in the millions around the world. Many Roman Catholics are very sincere in their belief that their church is "the one true church Christ founded", but beloved, they are sincerely WRONG. Please continue reading to see why.

This tract will simply quote official Roman Catholic catechisms and other Catholic official documents, and then refute those Catholic doctrinal heresies with the Word of God, the King James Bible. Since the Bible is of no private interpretation (2 Peter 1:20 KJV), and is self interpreting (scripture compared with other scripture on a subject - 1 Cor. 2:10-15 KJV), it is perfectly capable of teaching its own sound doctrine when read and searched (John 5:39 KJV), studied and rightly divided (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV), and BELIEVED to be what Jesus taught it was: Truth ("Thy word is truth." - John 17:17 KJV). The truth is that the Bible and the Roman Catholic Church's teachings are almost entirely opposed to each other on most of the important fundamentals of the faith. And Jesus knows this, for God cannot be mocked (Galatians 6:7 KJV). He also warned that there would be a stiff penalty for those who added or subtracted to His Book:

"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."
Revelation 22:18-19, King James Bible

The Catholic Church Teaches a Perverted Salvation

From The Questions and Answers Catholic Catechism, by Father John A. Hardon, who holds a Doctorate degree from the Gregorian University near the Vatican in Rome, and is professor in the Institute for Advanced Studies in Catholic Doctrine at Sr. John's University in New York, copyright 1981. (Well endorsed by Mother Teresa, "Healthy Food For Hungry Souls.")
"The church is the universal sacrament of salvation..." (Q. 402, p. 96).

"Non Christians can be saved through the church..." (Q. 418, p. 99).

In Dictionary of the Liturgy, by Rev. Jovian P. Lang, OFM (Catholic Book Publishing Co., NY, copyright 1989).

"Also, the church could be considered the universal Sacrament of salvation for all the faithful." (page 563).

"Although Christ died to save all human beings, every individual must apply the fruits of the Redemption...This is done principally through the Church and her Liturgy. The liturgical action is itself an event of salvation..." (573).

"Thus, the Liturgy is completely concerned with salvation. It speaks of the "bread of life" and the "cup of eternal salvation" (Eucharistic prayer 1*)."(573)

Liturgy = "1 a: a rite or series of rites, observances, or procedures prescribed for public worship....c: ceremonial or ritualistic worship....2: a system or series of ceremonial or ritualistic actions done according to a prescribed arrangement" (Websters Third New International Dictionary).

In Dictionary of the Liturgy (p. 183) speaking of Eternal Life it says: "The Liturgy is one of the most powerful means for Christians to obtain this life of grace."

What The Word of God Says On Salvation

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:9-13 KJV

"Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:30-31 KJV

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8,9 KJV

The Catholic Church on "Sacraments"

The Catholic Church teaches that the "sacraments" (not a biblical word or doctrine) are necessary for salvation (Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist or Mass (Communion), Penance (confession), Matrimony, Anointing the Sick, Holy Orders (ordination of a priest)).

"Sacraments. Outward signs or sacred actions...through which grace is channeled...When the Sacraments are administered validly and the recipient is properly disposed, the Sacraments attain their ends infallibly, that is, grace is automatically communicated to the recipient. Thus, the Sacraments perpetuate Christ's Redemptive Action." (Dictionary of the Liturgy, p. 561)