Why is it necessary to teach about Roman Catholicism?

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So, why is it necessary to do a video on Roman Catholicism? The answer is quite simple.

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There are some significant differences between Protestant and Roman Catholic theologies. Protestants accuse the

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Catholics of being unscriptural, and the Catholics state that the Protestants don't have the true faith carried through the centuries by the

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Roman Catholic Church. On whichever side you fall, the real issue is whether or not the

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Roman Catholic Church is representing true Christianity. If you are a Roman Catholic, please understand that neither the

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Karm website or these videos are meant to offend you in any way. We are trying to examine the truth, all the truth, and compare it to the

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Bible. No matter who it is or what group is proclaiming truth, we know that the

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Bible is the Word of God and that no truth from God will contradict it. I urge you to examine what is here on the

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Karm website and also in the video to see if what is being taught here is true.

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If you do, you will be doing exactly what the Bible commands to examine all things, 1

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Thessalonians 5 .21 and 1 Peter 3 .15 and 2 Timothy 2 .15.

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Since the Catholic Church holds that the Bible is the true Word of God, I am putting Catholic doctrine to the biblical test.

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If you are a Protestant, you will probably feel more comfortable browsing the Karm website and listening to these videos, since they will essentially confront

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Roman Catholic teaching. It is apparent that the Roman Catholic Church has added much to the scope of Christian doctrine that is to simply not reveal in the scriptures.

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This is an issue that needs to be addressed. It is a vital and very important issue. Now, the

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Protestant Church cites the Bible alone as the final source of doctrinal knowledge. The Catholic Church, on the other hand, cites the

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Bible and what it calls sacred tradition. Please consider the following from the

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Roman Catholic Church, a catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 82. It says, "...the

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church to whom the transmission and interpretation of revelation is entrusted does not derive her certainty about all revealed truths from the holy scriptures alone.

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Both scripture and tradition must be accepted and honored with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence."

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Apparently, it is tradition that is the source of doctrines which are clearly not taught in the

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Bible, but which the Roman Catholic Church still says are implicit within its text and elucidated through apostolic tradition.

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Some of these teachings that the Roman Catholic Church has that we just don't find in the scriptures but they say is found in sacred tradition is the

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Roman Catholic doctrine of the Mass, Penance, Veneration of Mary, Purgatory, Indulgences, the

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Priesthood, the Confessional, the Rosary, Venial and Mortal Sins, and Statues in the

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Church. The issue is whether or not these teachings of the Roman Catholic Church are credible. Do they accurately represent

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Christianity? Can they be substantiated with the Bible? Do they contradict the

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Bible? CARM attempts to examine the doctrines of Rome and compare them with the

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Bible to see if they are supported or contradicted by God's Word. We know that all truth in God's Christian Church comes from Him, and through the

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Holy Spirit we can understand what He is telling us. It will not, therefore, be contradictory.

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Whenever God tells us something, if it comes from Him, it can't contradict the Bible. No matter what church you belong to, it can't contradict the

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Bible. So let us see what God's written Word says and compare it to the unwritten

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Word, which is the Roman Catholic Church's term for tradition. I hope you will enjoy these videos.