To The Catholic Church Christ Is Never Enough
To the Catholic Church, the Lord Jesus Christ is never quite enough, so they add things that they think are still needed in addition to Jesus and His roles and accomplishments:
● a Pope to His headship
● a Eucharist to His sacrifice
● Mary to His role as sinless intercessor
● priests to His High Priestly office
● a purgatory to His purifying blood
The problem with the Catholic Church is that they are not really drawing people to Christ. They are drawing people to Christ AND to Mary, teaching salvation is by faith AND by works, are submitted to the Word of God AND traditions, claim “laymen” cannot understand the Bible except through the way the magisterium explains it to us. The latter is very dangerous mind control, and the former leads to idolatry and legalism.
Unfortunately the Catholic Church is not shining the true light of Christ, but the Catholic light is dimmed down by these compromises and falsehoods. — by Rudy Oberhauser