Is Catholicism Christian? Are Catholics Saved? Please post with scripture.
Catholics do claim Jesus as Lord and Savior,and believe in His death,burial,and resurrection.
But the Catholics do a lot of things that are not part of the Bible,but sin can be forgiven,but they appear to be grave errors.
God said He does not give His glory to another,and to not make a statue of anything,or any person,or any creature,and reverence it,and Jesus said not to exalt Mary by saying all who does the will of God the same is His mother,brethren,and sister,and the person that hears the word of God,and does it,is as blessed as Mary,and born of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist,so Jesus considered John greater than Mary,and they call her the Queen of heaven,and mother of God.
Is that a grave error if they exalt Mary,and bow down to a statue of her,and reverence her,or will God overlook it.
A man approached Jesus according to His humanity,and said good Master,and Jesus said why call Me good,for there is only one good and that is God,and said do not call any person on earth father in a spiritual sense,but only your heavenly father,and Christ is the head of the Church,but they call the Pope holy father,and he is the head of the Church.
Is that a grave error if they exalt the pope,and look at him in that viewpoint,or will God overlook it.
Jesus said the Pharisees by their traditions,make the word of God of none effect,and the Catholic Church does many things that are not in the Bible to do those things,and use physical objects like there is some benefit there,and love is the fulfilling of law.
Is this a grave error,or will God overlook it.
And other things they do that are not in the Bible,and Jesus said do not fight for the kingdom of God by physical force,like the Catholics did,but that is in the past,but still shows how they are wrong.
I view the Roman Catholic Church like this.When they embraced Christianity they did not get rid of their religious ways,but held unto them,and it became their foundation for the interpretation of scriptures.
The people love God,and think nothing is amiss,but will God overlook it the errors of it that they believe.
If they include Mary,and the Pope,as part of a benefit in the saints lives,and they make them out to be special,when God said all benefits come from Christ,and God does not give His glory to another,will God overlook it.