Its not a coincidence, Catholicism is a false religion based on false theology. You would have to be a devout village idiot to believe that Mary, the woman who gave birth to Jesus Christ would even remotely be ok with folks praying to her instead of Jesus CHrist. Peter was one of the first called by Christ as an apostle. He was hanged on a cross upside down. Do you even remotely think that he would acquiesce to him being the firtst" BS Pope of Catholiscism" yall are delusional at best. he walked with Jesus for 3.5 years. That is the most asinine thing one could ever conjure up.

Mormons, Jehovahs witnesses, scientology, christian science, islam, budhism and hindu BS are all religions Satan has twisted the scripture and some of our population has drank the coolaid. I know for a fact that the catholic church does not want you to read the bible on your own because they want you to listen to the dude or homosexual woman telling you what to believe. The very same for the current methodist bunch. Plenty of other protestant non churches. Yall can cry all you want but when the great white throne of Judgement comes to you and you get herded to the left with the goats. You have have no excuse. I am saying all of this to get you to read YOUR BIBLE and see for yourself. The true Gospel is what was taught by those with Christ on his time on this earth. Paul, He saw Jesus on the road to Damascus and everything he taught came from that encounter because up to that he was killing Christians.

What other sect of supposed Christianity is being killed at alarming rates at this writing, It isnt any of those mentioned above. If you are Catholic, read your bible and figure it out. your eternity depends on this. I dont dislike you. I am warning you about your eternal life

or homosexual woman telling you what to believe.

Additionally, trying to “teach” a Catholic to not be Catholic using a Catholic book (The Bible) will not succeed. The truth points to the Catholic Church at all times

If you are staking your salvation only on the fact that you are a Catholic, that isn't what the bible teaches, even the Catholic version. I know where you are coming from, as I was a Catholic for many years and felt the way you do. Then I really started reading the Catholic bible. I realized my salvation was
based on my faith of our risen Lord Jesus, not because I was a Catholic.

I consider myself a Christian who is a follower of Christ. I have friends who still remain Catholics that believe as I do. Though, we may disagree on some issues, there is no doubt in my mind that they are as saved as I am because they believe what the bible teaches.

Please believe me when I say I mean well for you.

5 By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God,
6 who will repay everyone according to his works:
7 eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works,
8 but wrath and fury to those who selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness.

So many people are convinced thier denomination alone holds the truth. Someone needs to point out the place in the Bible where it says to follow a certain religion. I see Jesus says to follow him, but not a certain sect.

He instituted a Church.

The Latin Rite and the Greek Rite belong to the same Universal Catholic Church, so technically speaking yes the Orthodox can claim they are the original church founded by Christ, just as Roman Catholics can. That argument does not discredit the Catholic Church being the religion founded by Christ himself.

Aaron, yes, we have a difference of opinion about what Jesus was talking about there and why people left. It wasn't even about Eucurist. But Protestants do take communion.

But don’t believe in it as being essential even , though, Jesus himself states that it is . Again , nobody in the early Church ever denied this. Even Martin Luther ( who this thread is about) never disputed it .