False Teachings of Today

’The False Teachings of Today’

I. The Catholic Church/Romanism
A. It’s False Salvation is in the Seven Sacraments
Definition: A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by
Christ; wherein by sensible signs, Christ and the benefits of the
new covenant are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.
(Answer 92) Shorter Catechism
Explanation: Rome holds that in the ordinary course of life five of these seven are necessary for salvation! And their only proof is tradition for the additional five added besides the Biblical ordinances of Water Baptism and the Lord’s Supper (un-necessary for Bible salvation) which they call Mass or the Eucharist. These seven were not formally decreed until the Council of Florence in 1439 even though the Catholic Church had already existed for a 1000 years plus!
1. Water Baptism (Is now taught to be the ’born again’
experience which is the false doctrine of baptismal
regeneration)
*Not possible for newborns to be saved without Baptism
*Limbus Infantum was invented as the place for dead
un-Baptized newborns
2. Confirmation (Laying on of hands by Bishop to convey the
Holy Spirit to the baptized)
3. Eucharist (Mass-The wafer and wine are said to actually
become the very body and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ)
4. Penance (The works substitute for Gospel repentance
consisting of repeating prayers, the Hail Mary or rosary
self-inflicted
punishment, fastings, pilgrimages etc. giving a false
hope through outward works.)
5. Extreme Unction (Anointing by the priest of those in
danger of death with holy oil and special prayer.)
6. Orders (The ordination of church officials
priests,bishops,archbishops,cardinals, and popes)
7. Matrimony (Began by a mis-translation of Ephesians 5:31,
32-Vulgate, Jerome’s Latin Version ’This a great sacrament...’
not ‘This is a great mystery…)
B. It’s False Ongoing Works Salvation/Sanctification is in the Mass
1. They falsley teach the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus is ongoing not finished once for all (John 19:30; Hebrews 10:10)
2. They falsley pervert the Biblical Lord’s Supper
(Matthew 26:26-28; I Corinthians 11:23-26)
3. They falsely teach the wafer/bread and wine/drink are actually changed by the power of the priest at the point of consumption
4. They falsely teach that the mass is the same as the
Lord’s sacrifice on Calvary through trans-substantiation
5. They falsely utilize the mass to collect money for
the support of the church:
a. Low mass: For benefit of a soul in purgatory read
by priest in a low tone with no music=
$1.00 Minimum
b. High mass:For benefit of a soul in purgatory sung
by priest in a loud voice with choir and
music=$10 Minimum