Christian or Catholic?

  

Jesus Christ and the Bible teach that:	The Catholic religion teaches that:
We are saved by grace, not works (Ephesians 2: 8-9). Good works follow salvation (Ephesians 2:10).	We are saved by faith plus works (Council of Trent, session VI, canon 9).
Jesus cleanses from sin (1 John 1: 7-9, 2:12, Hebrews 9: 14-15).	The Purgatory cleanses from sin (Council of Trent, sess. VI, can. 30).
Salvation is received in the very moment in which one repents and accepts the Gospel (Ephesians 1:13).	Salvation is a process that begins with baptism and continues through purgatory.
Jesus' sacrifice was made once for all (John 19:30, Hebrews 7:27).	The sacrifice of Jesus is repeated in the Mass which is celebrated every day.
Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and men (1 Timothy 2: 5, Hebrews 7:25).	Our Lady and the deceased  saints are mediators between men and the Lord.
By believing in Christ, confessing our sins to Him and having faith only in His sacrifice we are forgiven and saved in eternal life (Revelation 1: 5, 1 Peter 1: 18-21). We can be assured of being forgiven (Acts 10:43, 1 John 1: 9) and saved (1 John 5:13).	"..to no one who flaunts trust and certainty of the remission of their sins and who abandons himself in it alone, sins are forgiven or have been forgiven, while among heretics .. this trust is preached, vain and far from any true piety "(Council of Trent, sess. VI, chap. IX).
No one can in any way redeem his brother or give God the price of his ransom (Psalm 49: 7).	Masses of suffrage, indulgences, etc. they free the dead from the sufferings of purgatory.
The saints are all true Christians.	Saints are only those deceased who the Catholic Church decides to declare saints after a particular trial.
Only in Jesus is there salvation (Acts 4:12). He is the sole head of the Christian Church (Ephesians 1: 22-23, 4:15, 5:23; Colossians 1: 17-18).	Only in the Roman Catholic Church is there salvation (popes Boniface VIII, Innocent III, Gregory XVI, Pius IX, Paul VI, Eugene IV and others ).
Only through Christ does one go to God (John 14: 6), obtain everything, are saved, preserved from the evil one, and He alone has dominion over all that exists in the heavens, on the earth and under the earth ( Ephesians 1:10, 1: 22-23, Philippians 2:10, Revelation 5:13, etc).	Only through Our Lady you go to the Lord, you get everything, you are saved, you are preserved from the evil one, and she has dominion over everything that exists in the heavens, on the earth and under the earth (popes Pius IX, Pius X , Pius XI, Leo XIII, Benedict XV, etc.).
Talking with the dead, whether they are holy believers or not, is an abomination that God severely condemns (Isaiah 8:19, Deuteronomy 18: 10-12).	The dead can help us, they intercede for us and can be prayed to and venerated.

In light of what Jesus Christ said in the Gospel, can you say that you are a Christian, that is, a disciple of Christ? Jesus said: Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord!" and don't you do what I say? (Luke 6:46). Not anyone who says to me: Lord, Lord! he will enter the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21).


If you have not yet received Jesus into your heart as your Savior and as Lord, turn to Him today. Jesus is alive, and he loves you; if you seek him with all your heart, he will be found by you.

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