Mary did not die on the cross for my sins, and neither did any other "saint," so praying to them is placing them equal to or greater than Jesus. Furthermore there is no divine blessing or power granted to humans that allows one human to be a mouthpiece and line to God, but not another. Priests do not have any more authority than what the catholic church tells you to give them. I can speak with God just as well and equal as a priest, because I have the Holy Spirit in me. Do not seek out the catholic church, they are corrupt and evil substitutes for Truth.
You're believing anti-Catholic lies. Catholicism does not put Jesus on the same level with saints or Mary. Catholics ask the saints and Mary for their prayers, just as they might ask another person because we see the Church as a unified whole of the living, those in purgatory, and those in Heaven: The Church Militant, The Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. The Catechism is online and open to anyone.
The Catechism is the faith as understood by the Catholic Church. Here is my thinking at the time that I converted. The Catholic Church predated and compiled the Bible. Without the Catholic Church, there would be no Bible. Jesus didn't leave us a Bible, he left us a Church, according to the Bible itself. There were many writings which were claimed to be divinely-inspired before the Bible was compiled. The Church determined which ones were and which were not. If the Church was valid then, why not now?
Mary did not die on the cross for my sins, and neither did any other "saint," so praying to them is placing them equal to or greater than Jesus. Furthermore there is no divine blessing or power granted to humans that allows one human to be a mouthpiece and line to God, but not another. Priests do not have any more authority than what the catholic church tells you to give them. I can speak with God just as well and equal as a priest, because I have the Holy Spirit in me. Do not seek out the catholic church, they are corrupt and evil substitutes for Truth.
You're believing anti-Catholic lies. Catholicism does not put Jesus on the same level with saints or Mary. Catholics ask the saints and Mary for their prayers, just as they might ask another person because we see the Church as a unified whole of the living, those in purgatory, and those in Heaven: The Church Militant, The Church Suffering, and the Church Triumphant. The Catechism is online and open to anyone.
The catechism is not the word of God, therefore moot and religious practice, not Christian or Biblical practice.
The Catechism is the faith as understood by the Catholic Church. Here is my thinking at the time that I converted. The Catholic Church predated and compiled the Bible. Without the Catholic Church, there would be no Bible. Jesus didn't leave us a Bible, he left us a Church, according to the Bible itself. There were many writings which were claimed to be divinely-inspired before the Bible was compiled. The Church determined which ones were and which were not. If the Church was valid then, why not now?