What are you even arguing then? I don't care that early Christians prayed to saints. How does that in any way mean they were correct? NO WHERE in Scripture does it say to pray to dead saints. NO WHERE in Scripture does it say that people in Heaven will pray for people on earth. THERE IS ONLY ONE MEDIATOR, and it's not your Catholic priest, Mary, or any of your saints.

Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus

You said "The Roman Emperors were literally hunting down and killing Christians. To say that RCC was working for the Roman government is as dumb as those people who say that the USA and USSR were working together during the Cold War to oppress third world nations." except the Roman Catholic Church was LITERALLY founded by a Roman Emperor who 'converted' for political reasons. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church PERSECUTED other Christians.

ACCORDING TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH:

1. The Catholic church is the one true church CCC 2105 "The duty of offering God genuine worship concerns man both individually and socially. This is 'the traditional Catholic teaching on the moral duty of individuals and societies toward the true religion and the one Church of Christ.' By constantly evangelizing men, the Church works toward enabling them 'to infuse the Christian spirit into the mentality and mores, laws and structures of the communities in which [they] live.' The social duty of Christians is to respect and awaken in each man the love of the true and the good. It requires them to make known the worship of the one true religion which subsists in the Catholic and apostolic Church. Christians are called to be the light of the world. Thus, the Church shows forth the kingship of Christ over all creation and in particular over human societies."

2. The Catholic Church is Infallible CCC 2035, "The supreme degree of participation in the authority of Christ is ensured by the charism of infallibility. This infallibility extends as far as does the deposit of divine Revelation; it also extends to all those elements of doctrine, including morals, without which the saving truths of the faith cannot be preserved, explained, or observed."

3. Only the Roman Catholic Church has authority to interpret Scripture CCC 100, "The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church, that is, to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him."

4. The Pope is the head of the church and has the authority of Christ CCC 2034, "The Roman Pontiff and the bishops are 'authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted to them, the faith to be believed and put into practice.' The ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him teach the faithful the truth to believe, the charity to practice, the beatitude to hope for."

5. The Roman Catholic Church is necessary for salvation CCC 846, "How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body: Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it."

Based on the church's own laws, Pope Francis is right and cannot be wrong with his interpretations of Scripture. Pope Francis says that you do not have to believe in God or Jesus to go to Heaven. Pope Francis says you should not try to convert non-believers. He even says Trump is not a Christian. The CCP gives the Vatican church of $2 billion a year to pay off the Vatican for its silence. Absolutely disgusting. You've been misled by EVIL.

Why do you people even call your priests "Father"? That's absolutely disgusting alone and REEKS of blasphemy. Christians in the first century NEVER called their leaders "father". Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

YET you probably got your Rosary beads and pray your 15 sets of 10 consecutive hail marys? Or sorry- I guess it's 20 sets now after Pope John Paul added them. IT'S ALL PAGAN EVIL THAT INFILTRATED.

DO some more RESEARCH. You are MISLED if you support this adulterated pagan garbage.

https://biblereasons.com/praying-to-saints/ https://carm.org/catholic/list-of-roman-catholic-false-teachings

What are you even arguing then? I don't care that early Christians prayed to saints. How does that in any way mean they were correct? NO WHERE in Scripture does it say to pray to dead saints. NO WHERE in Scripture does it say that people in Heaven will pray for people on earth. THERE IS ONLY ONE MEDIATOR, and it's not your Catholic priest, Mary, or any of your saints.

Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus

You said "The Roman Emperors were literally hunting down and killing Christians. To say that RCC was working for the Roman government is as dumb as those people who say that the USA and USSR were working together during the Cold War to oppress third world nations." except the Roman Catholic Church was LITERALLY founded by a Roman Emperor who 'converted' for political reasons. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church PERSECUTED other Christians.

ACCORDING TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH:

1. The Catholic church is the one true church CCC 2105 "The duty of offering God genuine worship concerns man both individually and socially. This is 'the traditional Catholic teaching on the moral duty of individuals and societies toward the true religion and the one Church of Christ.' By constantly evangelizing men, the Church works toward enabling them 'to infuse the Christian spirit into the mentality and mores, laws and structures of the communities in which [they] live.' The social duty of Christians is to respect and awaken in each man the love of the true and the good. It requires them to make known the worship of the one true religion which subsists in the Catholic and apostolic Church. Christians are called to be the light of the world. Thus, the Church shows forth the kingship of Christ over all creation and in particular over human societies."

2. The Catholic Church is Infallible CCC 2035, "The supreme degree of participation in the authority of Christ is ensured by the charism of infallibility. This infallibility extends as far as does the deposit of divine Revelation; it also extends to all those elements of doctrine, including morals, without which the saving truths of the faith cannot be preserved, explained, or observed."

3. Only the Roman Catholic Church has authority to interpret Scripture CCC 100, "The task of interpreting the Word of God authentically has been entrusted solely to the Magisterium of the Church, that is, to the Pope and to the bishops in communion with him."

4. The Pope is the head of the church and has the authority of Christ CCC 2034, "The Roman Pontiff and the bishops are 'authentic teachers, that is, teachers endowed with the authority of Christ, who preach the faith to the people entrusted to them, the faith to be believed and put into practice.' The ordinary and universal Magisterium of the Pope and the bishops in communion with him teach the faithful the truth to believe, the charity to practice, the beatitude to hope for."

5. The Roman Catholic Church is necessary for salvation CCC 846, "How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body: Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it."

Based on the church's own laws, Pope Francis is right and cannot be wrong with his interpretations of Scripture. Pope Francis says that you do not have to believe in God or Jesus to go to Heaven. Pope Francis says you should not try to convert non-believers. He even says Trump is not a Christian. The CCP gives the Vatican church of $2 billion a year to pay off the Vatican for its silence. Absolutely disgusting. You've been misled by EVIL.

Why do you people even call your priests "Father"? That's absolutely disgusting alone and REEKS of blasphemy. Christians in the first century NEVER called their leaders "father". Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

Matthew 6:7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

YET you probably got your Rosary beads and pray your 15 sets of 10 consecutive hail marys? Or sorry- I guess it's 20 sets now after Pope John Paul added them. IT'S ALL PAGAN EVIL THAT INFILTRATED.

DO some more RESEARCH. You are not a CHRISTIAN if you believe this pagan garbage.

https://biblereasons.com/praying-to-saints/ https://carm.org/catholic/list-of-roman-catholic-false-teachings