Papal Infallibility Part II

      So we covered the most blasphemous of the decrees by these power hungry men, the idolatry of Mary, by not only praying to and having feast days in honor of, but by decreeing using papal infallibility that she was born without original sin, and never sinned in her life. We know this to be untrue by several places where in the scriptures it says, "All have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God." Only the unblemished Lamb of God Jesus Christ lived a sinless life. His sacrifice would have been in vain if all of humanity wasn't groaning from the pains of separation of God and His people. Now that we including Mary in the Gospel of Luke, rejoice in Christ OUR Savior, we can take comfort the the Father cared so much for us He gave His only Son over as the only worthy sacrifice to pay for the sins of all who accept Him into their hearts on a daily level. Personal relationship with Jesus is the only way to reach the Father. Christ Himself repeatedly says this. Now, lets get into the fallacy that is Purgatory, and what the popes have taught on it.

During the Early Middle Ages, the doctrine of final purification developed distinctive features in the Latin-speaking West differing from its development in the Greek-speaking East.

Gregory the Great

Pope Gregory the Great's Dialogues, written in the late 6th century, evidence a development in the understanding of the afterlife distinctive of the direction that Latin Christendom would take:

As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come.^[29]

High Middle Ages

Twelfth century

By the 12th century, the process of purification had acquired the Latin name, "purgatorium", from the verb purgare: to purge.^[35] In that same century, around 1128, Diego Gelmírez, then Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, berated his enemy, Arias Pérez, saying to him, "I fear, therefore, that if such that you are you leave this world, you will lose eternal life and incur the perpetual condemnation of your soul." These words make no mention of an intermediate state,^[36] but deny its existence no more than does the Catechism of the Catholic Church, when it says: "Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, 'eternal fire'. The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was created and for which he longs."^{[37] -wikipedia}

^{Well, this is no surprise but alarming nonetheless. Let's take a look at what goes along with this doctrine of purgatory in the form of indulgences.}

The temporal punishment that follows sin is thus undergone either during life on earth or in purgatory. In this life, as well as by patient acceptance of sufferings and trials, the necessary cleansing from attachment to creatures may, at least in part, be achieved by turning to God in prayer and penance and by works of mercy and charity.^[7]

Indulgences are a help towards achieving this purification. The Catholic doctrine of the communion of saints teaches that the work of cleansing or sanctification does not have to be done entirely by the person directly concerned, since by this communion "the life of each individual son of God in Christ and through Christ is joined by a wonderful link to the life of all his other Christian brothers in the supernatural unity of the Mystical Body of Christ till, as it were, a single mystical person is formed".^{[clarification needed][8]} The communication of the spiritual goods, which include the infinite merits of Christ himself, is referred to as the "treasury of the Church",^[8] and in view of the Church's interpretation of the power of binding or loosing granted by Christ, the Church considers that it may administer to those under its jurisdiction the benefits of these merits in consideration of prayer or other pious works undertaken by the faithful.^[2] In opening for individual Christians its treasury, "the Church does not want simply to come to the aid of these Christians, but also to spur them to works of devotion, penance, and charity".^[9]

An indulgence thus does not forgive the guilt of sin, nor does it release from the eternal punishment which Church doctrine associates with unforgiven mortal sins. The Catholic Church teaches instead that indulgences only relieve the temporal punishment resulting from the effect of sin (the effect of rejecting God the source of good), and that a person is still required to have his grave sins absolved, ordinarily through the sacrament of Confession, to receive salvation. Similarly, an indulgence is not a permit to commit sin, a pardon of future sin, nor a guarantee of salvation for oneself or for another.^[10][11] Ordinarily, forgiveness of mortal sins is obtained through Confession (i.e., penance or reconciliation). -wikipedia

Where do I begin with all of the blasphemies! There is so much wrong with this, and that is not even getting into the fact that indulgences were sold to people, with promises of loved ones' souls being released from purgatory into heaven. Christ paid the price for us in FULL!  John 3:16-17 We have no need to confess to a priest in a little room and say prayers to Mary on beads to be forgiven! We ask forgiveness as we from time to time slip up, but our salvation is secure in the sacrifice we accept given freely by Christ through grace! Do not be fooled by false doctrines that lead people astray from claiming what Christ FREELY gives to any who will accept. Proclaim His FINISHED work to all whom you meet. In charity and in kindness share the good news that Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament Law ! What an awesome God we have!! He knows that by our works no one can boast, let alone fulfill what was needed to bridge the gap between God's infinite love and mercy, and a fallen mankind.

      Stay ever vigilant in these end times, and help out a neighbor this week! You would be surprised what doing something randomly even when you don't want to does for your soul. It feels good to serve God, and feels good to serve others! Keep in mind that one day you will need served, and in joy and passion help our brothers and sisters to Christ, and help them however the Spirit leads and calls you!! In Jesus name I pray this article touch someone's heart, AMEN.

       3/31/2015 Patrick Hilyard (TruthintheWord2)

Catholicism. Idolatry, false doctrines, blasphemers.

    As a former catholic, I can most assuredly attest to the fact that the catholic religion is about just that. Their "Religion" is their idol most times. I will get into the worship of Mary, and the communion with the dead rituals they practice on a daily basis. The whole of this religion, and false "branch" of Christianity, is not only from and for the dead man, it is inherently blasphemous.

    My first point I will make on this is their blind worship and idolatry of Mary. Mary was Jesus the man's earthly mother. The Catholic church has their own idea about this woman in scripture, despite what the Bible tells us. In fact, not only do they use obscure reference points to defend their adoration of this woman, they also have made proclamations COMPLETELY outside of scripture!!

   I will show you in this article the key differences to their man-made doctrines, and our Biblical doctrines. We know by the promise of Jesus and His sending the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, His Words are TRUE. A man claiming to speak for him is just that, a man. And that is the first Major difference with the Catholic church, and Christ's Church (His saved people). If after you have read and checked references and prayed that the Holy Spirit open your eyes to His truth, it should be evident as it was to me, it's time to leave the comfort of evil, and enter into the scary righteousness of Grace.

"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me," (Exo 20:4-5)

1. Papal infallibility is a dogma of the Catholic Church that states that, in virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error^[1] "When, in the exercise of his office as shepherd and teacher of all Christians, in virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine concerning faith or morals to be held by the whole Church."^[2]

This doctrine was defined dogmatically in the First Vatican Council of 1869–1870, but had been defended before that, existing already in medieval theology and being the majority opinion at the time of the Counter-Reformation.
The doctrine of infallibility relies on one of the cornerstones of Catholic dogma: that of petrine supremacy of the pope, and his authority as the ruling agent who decides what is accepted as formal beliefs in the Roman Catholic Church.^[4] The use of this power is referred to as speaking ex cathedra.^[5] Catholics consider this authority apostolic, and of divine origin.

The solemn declaration of papal infallibility by Vatican I took place on 18 July 1870. Since that time, the clearest example of an ex cathedra decree (not the only such decree)^[6] took place in 1950, when Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary as an article of faith.^[7] Prior to the solemn definition of 1870, there were other ex cathedra decrees, for example, Pope Boniface VIII in the bull Unam Sanctam of 1302,^[8][9][10] and Pope Pius IX in the Papal constitution Ineffabilis Deus of 1854^{[11][12] -wikipedia}

After I show you in scripture why this is abominable and wrong, I will show you some decrees made under this false proclamation to have the Authority to Proclaim infallible doctrines. But first let us look at why this is not the way God wants His people to live......

The early church should have made producing copies of the Scriptures a high priority. While it was unrealistic for every Christian to possess a complete copy of the Bible, it was possible that every church could have some, most, or all of the Scriptures available to it. Early church leaders should have made studying the Scriptures their highest priority so they could accurately teach it. Even if the Scriptures could not be made available to the masses, at least church leaders could be well-trained in the Word of God. Instead of building traditions upon traditions and passing them on from generation to generation, the church should have copied the Scriptures and taught the Scriptures (2 Timothy 4:2)

Is this really the way God wants us to be informed? By the mouths of  Elders blindly trusted, as it was in the days Christ walked the earth with the Pharisees and church leaders? I don't think so. Christ said multiple times to not listen to your earthly fathers, but to listen to His Father in Heaven. The only assurance of those words we have come in Scripture, not in any given moment a man on earth in robes wants to make up a new doctrine. Let's explore some of these doctrines made by Pope's using their "Ex cathedra" powers.......

1. Mary never sinned. Neither before, nor after the birth of Christ.

Let all the children of the Catholic Church, who are so very dear to us, hear these words of ours. With a still more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers, difficulties, needs, doubts and fears. Under her guidance, under her patronage, under her kindness and protection, nothing is to be feared; nothing is hopeless. Because, while bearing toward us a truly motherly affection and having in her care the work of our salvation, she is solicitous about the whole human race. And since she has been appointed by God to be the Queen of heaven and earth, and is exalted above all the choirs of angels and saints, and even stands at the right hand of her only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, she presents our petitions in a most efficacious manner. What she asks, she obtains. Her pleas can never be unheard.

Given at St. Peter's in Rome, the eighth day of December, 1854, in the eighth year of our pontificate.

Pius IX

How dare they proclaim, let qlone proclaim this to be DOCTRINE. Are they reading the book of The Revelation while making these man made doctrines up?! We know from a few simple verses this not only is NOT true, it is blasphomy in the HIGHEST! We know through several scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments, that ALL have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. ALL.   

 Romans 3:23

for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Luke 1:46-50 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

46 And Mary said,

My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:
for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
and holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him
from generation to generation.

Ask yourself a couple of questions reading this verse. In it, why would Mary say her Spirit rejoices in God HER savior if she was sinless from conception? Where are the scriptures showing ANY of what was proclaimed to be directly from God by these men in this church? I can show you one of them telling why this church may proclaim these anti-scriptural claims of Mary.....

Revelation 17 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

17 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
I will get into how and why this chapter is important to understand in the end days fulfillment in a more in depth way in a future article. However, I just want to show the similarities of the Harlot called Babylon, and the Roman Catholic Church and her false god Mary.

In closing, I hope in the Christ, not in a man's doctrine. I worship nor give any special attention to ANY who are NOT my Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ. Yes, Mary was VERY BLESSED to be carrying our savior. Yes, her womb was blessed to be carrying salvation for mankind. The key difference is, God BLESSED her with a gift of being the vessel to bring His Son into the world. 
      God gives blessings to all who hear and receive His word. His redemption by the blood of Christ is sufficient. He does not need people to pray to His mother to ask Him for blessings or answered prayers. This is a dangerously inefficient, if not an all out abominable blasphemy. 
      Prayers sent up to a woman who when even blessed with being able to carry Christ in her womb claimed unworthiness, or prayers to our Almighty Father in Jesus' name. There are two distinct teachings on faith and prayer in conflict that are VERY important to our relationship with God.
     Which do you think will be received with open arms, or cast down into the fires? Pray the Holy Spirit answer this prayer for any catholics or family members of catholics that think this abomination in Rome is a Christian church. 
    I will answer any questions and will have scriptural teachings prayed on with the Holy Spirit to rely on for my answers.    A  conclave of eerily clothed men in colored robes and crowns and jewels in a secret room is NOT what Christ set up for his Church when He ascended until Judgement day. Reading the book of acts will answer all who have questions about how to conduct worship. I see nothing in there about kissing trinkets to gain healings, or even help finding car keys. Yes that is right, they have specific idols they pray to for specific tasks, one of which is Jesus' earth father Joseph. "Patron saint of lost items".
     Until the second ultimate satanic proclamation of doctrine used by the pope is revealed by me on here, I will leave you to pray. Starting this article has brought me to realize that this is SO important, I will take this piece by piece. So papal infallibility is my first article, and I would pray, would be enough to save souls through God's grace opening eyes to His Son's completed work of redemption. In case it's not, there is a lot more to follow. 

In Christ's Mantle of Truth.

-Patrick Hilyard Truth in the Word   03/03/15