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AllenW

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Hi Bladerunner

I hear that human DNA was injected into a pig so as to grow human organs.
Put that alongside cloning and I truly feel we're nearing the end. It's time.

As far as the changing..
The RCC softened up a lot with VCII
All good in my opinion. Opened a lot of doors for change.

Pope Francis has quietly made a Very Big change in his letter Amores Letizia.
Remarried couples can now receive Communion under certain circumstances.
This was unheard of just two years ago.

Why is this important?
It breaks a Catholic doctrine.
If you could break one, you could break them all !

They are becoming more Protestant.
And since you seem like a serious guy, I'll also tell
You that there's talk of changing the words for the consecration of the bread.
Don't know too much about it yet...

Fran
Hold it!
I got something coming to me right now.
I see... a women, dressed in scarlet....
leading some sort of synod....Fran, it's you, no doubt about it, and a pack of about 10 little indians camping out with you.
Oh, what a vision!!!
 

Bladerunner

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1. Agree the pope will be the false prophet
2. Disagree the biggest one in the world is in the district of Columbia and stands 555 feet tall<--yes hiding in plain sight
3. Sure there is ...the 12th IMAM/MADHI and the Catholics-->last three popes have BOWED to and KISSED the KORAN placing the Catholic church under the authority of ISLAM..if but symbolically for the moment
4. The Greek word is MOUNTAINS....not hills and is in reference to the 7 world powers that would rule over the middle east as in Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and what Rome devolves into 10 toes/10 horns

Right now I am not so sure the Pope is the false Prophet. He most certainly is the head of the woman who rides the beast. The more I look into it, the less I think he is the False Prophet. These are preliminary suggestions and are subject to change. Is there anyone else out there with further information on this subject.
 

Timeline

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Timeline, please do not think I am attacking you or FranC. I just do not know where you are coming from. Are you a Catholic Priest, etc.

You last statement is a little more revealing, yet in a previous post (Page 8)
you said: "I have been to a lot more church buildings than I have services at those buildings. None of them, except the RCC, have the tabernacle structure, candle lighting area, statues. They don't have "confessionals", "holy water", priests (for we are a holy priesthood - not just a few select men).

But, for example, the preacher in a lot of churches is not an elder, but holds some kind of unscriptural authority. "


What makes the priest in the Catholic Church more Holy than those non-elder, unscriptural authority type of Preachers, Ministers, etc.? The fact that the Pope THE 'Vicar of Christ' tells them so????????????

In my opinion, a preacher, minister, priest, etc. are all the same IF they are teaching the people (either in a congregation or without) the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am pretty sure Jesus just might agree. Because His Church is the PEOPLE not four walls and all the forced doctrines people must follow before they have any hope of being in heaven.

Again, I am not attacking you just presenting my opinion and thank you for you time and opinion as well.

May your day have an extra measure of Blessings.




I am not saying that the priest is more holy...perhaps you should read my posts more carefully.

I am saying that there is no such thing as the "Catholic priest" - he is a fictional character made up by the Catholic Church.

That is pretty much the opposite of saying that he is "more Holy".

We (All Christians) are a holy priesthood.

What I am expressing, regarding preachers, is that there are problems that result from having one man that is paid to preach to a congregation.

A man is likely to be pressured by a congregation not to preach what he should be preaching because he can be dismissed, whether or not those pressures are subtle or aggressive.

The Bible says that a qualification for an elder is that he be able to speak, but, in my experience, elders rarely speak - and when they do it is about budget reports, etc.
 

Bladerunner

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My Brother,

You believe this and yet you do not take your logic to it's practical end ?

CAESAR and the BISHOP of ROME are the ROMAN ANTICHRIST !

The Bishop of Rome is the 8th head !

He lasts until the stone strikes ! Dan 2

Currently more than 1500 years ! !

Where is that shown the the statue ?

He is revealed !

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The Revelation centers on Israel, the wild and natural branches,

Not "planet" Earth,

The world of ISRAEL !

Jerusalem is the center of the world.

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Look at the iron legs of the statue !

The iron is one solid continual nation until the stone strikes, divided, but solid.

WHO IS THE IRON LEGS FOR THE PAST 2000 YEARS ?!?!?
abcdef... the Bible tells us that the Antichrist will be Assyrian.Micah 5:5,6

Daniel 9:26 tells us that the antichrist will be the "people of the prince that shall destroy the city and sanctuary"

The people of the Prince (antichrist), Rome generals, local people (Assyrians) for the regular soldiers.

Yes, you are right about Israel. During this time, God's complete attention is on them. The Church has already been removed.

Rev 17:8.."The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."

 

Bladerunner

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Hi Bladerunner

I hear that human DNA was injected into a pig so as to grow human organs.
Put that alongside cloning and I truly feel we're nearing the end. It's time.

As far as the changing..
The RCC softened up a lot with VCII
All good in my opinion. Opened a lot of doors for change.

Pope Francis has quietly made a Very Big change in his letter Amores Letizia.
Remarried couples can now receive Communion under certain circumstances.
This was unheard of just two years ago.

Why is this important?
It breaks a Catholic doctrine.
If you could break one, you could break them all !

They are becoming more Protestant.
And since you seem like a serious guy, I'll also tell
You that there's talk of changing the words for the consecration of the bread.
Don't know too much about it yet...

Fran

thank you Fran for you kind words and confidence. Like you, I agree the time is short. Is there enough time for the Purple and Gold to change? The Bible says NO! I hope so, for the people. As far as the "consecration of the bread." it would help, to what degree I do not know. It would take a lot of change.

The change goes further than the 1964 VCII. I am talking about the 'Evangelicals and Catholics Together of April 1994' Promising??????Maybe

Thank you again.
 

Bladerunner

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I am not saying that the priest is more holy...perhaps you should read my posts more carefully.

I am saying that there is no such thing as the "Catholic priest" - he is a fictional character made up by the Catholic Church.

That is pretty much the opposite of saying that he is "more Holy".

We (All Christians) are a holy priesthood.

What I am expressing, regarding preachers, is that there are problems that result from having one man that is paid to preach to a congregation.

A man is likely to be pressured by a congregation not to preach what he should be preaching because he can be dismissed, whether or not those pressures are subtle or aggressive.

The Bible says that a qualification for an elder is that he be able to speak, but, in my experience, elders rarely speak - and when they do it is about budget reports, etc.
Timeline.... thank you for clearing that up... I read it as you were coming from another angle?????/

I agree with you there are problems when a preacher is paid for his services., I agree.

In the olden days and I can now say that lol), Preachers of old, would have another job on the side to support their families while they preached from the heart usually a HELL and damnation sermon. Now days, preachers, all kinds shy away from Revelation and Prophecy like the plaque. people do not want to hear about the end times or what God tells us there is to come..They do not want anything to interfere with their perfect lives. This is very very unfortunate for them.

I had better stop now before I get on my soap box...However, it looks like we are in agreement on this post.

Thanks again

 

Adstar

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That's a lot of bold talk.
Saying such things over the internet using a false identity does nothing to support the validity of what you say.
Try saying that to the face of someone who is a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Then we'll see if the Spirit of God is there to help you out.
What i am saying is either true of false.. I am not here to get diverted by personal accusations and waste my time defending my person.. Others need to play the ball instead of the person.. I say what i truly believe on this subject.. Being an Ex-catholic froim a catholic family i know what catholicism is.. and the violence of the ""Knights of Columbus"" does not change the truth.. It will only show that their physical violence is a physical manifestation of your verbal violence..

True Christians Love even their enemies... They believe Jesus..
 

abcdef

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Trivia question;
What do end time popes have to do with popeless catholics?
Answer that question and you are still on topic.
Answer differently and you have derailed the thread.

There are several groups that use the name Catholic and that have "fathers".

But I will assume that you are referring to the ROMAN Catholics and the Vatican..

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Several times the RCC, Methodists, and other have tried to settle questions that have divided them.

But in in every case that I know of, the last obstacle to unification is always the authority of the Vatican over everyone else.

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So I would say that you can't have a ROMAN Catholic "Church",

Without the Vatican and a "holy father", (Caesar woship, man is god, worship the creation, Babylon, Babel,confusion, mystery).

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The 4th beast of Dan 7, and the iron legs of Dan 2, Rome, are still with us today.

But not the original Roman Empire, only the "image", the spiritual image of Caesar worship.

Caesar worship is one facet of a greater lie which is Satan's words,

Worship Satan, the creation, rather than God the Creator.

This is shown to begin at the sin of Adam and Eve,

And continued until the earth was "cleansed" in the flood of Noah's time.

After the first cleansing, the lie reappeared at the tower of Babel in various forms of creation worship,

Sun, Moon, numbers, Zodiac, Creatures, elements, and other imaginings,

And people, ancestor worship, the conjuring of spirits of the dead, idolizing the living, etc.

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This "mystery" religion of Babel/Babylon is here with us still,

Sometimes disguised, RCC, Spiritualist Churches (speak to familiar spirits), witchcraft.

Sometimes not disguised, Zodiac believers, Satan worshipers.

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I pray that all Catholics find salvation.

All Jews, Islam, all people, turn to Jesus as the Messiah, obey the gospel and make it to heaven.

But it is not our part to separate the wheat from the chaff.

We must preach and teach,

Provide food and water to others, show that God is love.

I am for the people.

But against the system which is the spirit of Satan.

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The beast of Rome is only the image of the Roman Empire now.

But his goal is still the same,

Kill Israel and God's people, destroy God's love.

The only thing left that he can do now to destroy Israel, is to deceive the Kings of the East (Iran) into conquering Jerusalem.
 
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Both are doctrines- human rules (false doctrine) and the doctrine of Christ (New Testament). We see this in 1 Timothy 4. They abandoned THE Faith (God's doctrine/New Testament) to follow deceiving spirits. These false doctrines included forbidding people to marry, and to abstain from certain foods.

Now they followed these things as a way to serve God- so they stilled believed in God- they did not abandon faith in God, but more specifically THEE Faith (the doctrine of God/belief/practice in the truth).

If false doctrine wasn't a doctrine at all, God would not have said "Their doctrine is merely human rules." Not all human rules are doctrines, but if you tell somebody you must obey them in order to go to heaven- then it becomes a doctrine.
Could you just give the verse for the above highlighted.
I can't remember this.


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Right now I am not so sure the Pope is the false Prophet. He most certainly is the head of the woman who rides the beast. The more I look into it, the less I think he is the False Prophet. These are preliminary suggestions and are subject to change. Is there anyone else out there with further information on this subject.
The two horns one higher than the other is representative of Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox and a reunification which is taking place under the current POPE

as in EAST and WEST like what 2 plus billion who name Christ and the last three popes have bowed to and kissed the Koran placing Catholics symbolically under Islam......all of the religions tied to Catholics added with the Eastern and Western branches plus Muslims = what almost 2/3 of the world population plus
 
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AllenW

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The two horns one higher than the other is representative of Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox and a reunification which is taking place under the current POPE

as in EAST and WEST like what 2 plus billion who name Christ and the last three popes have bowed to and kissed the Koran placing Catholics symbolically under Islam......all of the religions tied to Catholics added with the Eastern and Western branches plus Muslims = what almost 2/3 of the world population plus
Oh my, this is scary... but please, go on....
 
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Oh my, this is scary... but please, go on....
You have the first beast A.K.A. Anti-Christ so called.....the little Horn of Daniel and the Second Beast which has two horns one higher than the other who points the world to the First beast and demands that they worship the 1st beast as God.....He has power in the sight of the 1st beast to works miracles, signs and wonders and even call down fire from heaven.....MANY erroneously believe that the POPE is the Anti-Christ (Little Horn of Daniel, 1st Beast of Revelation) I do not believe this....I personally believe the False Prophet (2nd Beast with two horns, One higher than the other) is the last Pope of a re-unified Roman Catholic (WESTERN BRANCH) and Greek Orthodox (Eastern Branch) religion.....

Daniel accurately predicted the rise and fall of Persia, Greece, Rome and what Rome devolved into....the two legs of Iron representing the Western and Eastern Branches and division of Catholicism which is further broken down into 10 toes of blended Iron and Clay which we see attempting to MIX right now...Europe and Western Russia and the surrounding areas are predominantly Catholic and or Islamic (Iron and Clay) the culmination of this is the LITTLE HORN (Islamic Madhi) will subdue 3 of the 10 horns that arise OUT of this end time configuration. This will be the 8th and final Kingdom (Anti-Christ's) kingdom that will rule over the Middle East and the world before Jesus returns and destroys it and takes his Seat as the King of the whole Earth......

What I mentioned above (2nd Beast) and the two Horns one higher than the other in my view represents a reunification of East and West (Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox) under one banner.....and as the false prophet will point said religion to the beast and demand that they recognize him as God.......He will also make an IMAGE of the beast and demand the worship of the image and demand they take the number of the beast....I will say the following......

1. The last three popes have bowed to and kissed the Koran and in essence have placed Catholicism under Islam
2. Catholics traditionally believe in miracles and signs (no stretch for this to be taken to next level)
3. Catholics traditionally worship images (no stretch to be taken to the next level)
4. God will send strong delusion and ALL who have not received the LOVE of the truth will worship the beast and his image
5. The Roman Pope and Greek Pope have met in Jerusalem and are speaking of uniting under one banner

This is a very, very short summation.....it would take 6 to 8 weeks 10 hours a day to lay out all of the scripture in context and the history and historicity of the last 2600 years that points to this....My studies have revealed the following....

Satan has been attempting to be worshipped in a man as god non stop and God continually hindered it because it was not yet time....

Egypt--Assyria--Babylon--Persia--Greece---Rome--What Rome devolves into

Horus is Bel Is Marduke is Merodach is Jupiter is Zeus is Allah is Satan

The false gods correlate to the kingdoms above......

Zeus was real...Jesus said to church at Pergamos..they dwelt where Satan's seat was located....the throne of Zeus was in Pergamos......

History is repeating........short end of the stick!
 
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I grew up a Roman Catholic.
It was many years later before I ever entered churches other than Baptist.
Besides, the eastern Orthodox, who claim they are catholics, we have what was called mainstream protestants from Europe.
Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, and Presbyterians.
I've been in each of these churches and they seem so much like a Roman Catholic church.
The old churches, the bells, the candles, and other rituals, I wonder, are they still catholics?
Are they simply popeless catholics?
I've heard people say, "no, they've changed".
Have those people ever been in a Roman catholic church to be qualified to say they've changed?
Are they all ecumenical churches?
How does all this play out in the end times?
Who has the answers?
Who are the experts here?
I'd like to know.
I don't know who the experts are, but I'm sure there are no perfect churches. You find one you like and serve it to the best of your ability.
 

Bladerunner

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The two horns one higher than the other is representative of Roman Catholics and Greek Orthodox and a reunification which is taking place under the current POPE

as in EAST and WEST like what 2 plus billion who name Christ and the last three popes have bowed to and kissed the Koran placing Catholics symbolically under Islam......all of the religions tied to Catholics added with the Eastern and Western branches plus Muslims = what almost 2/3 of the world population plus
am not sure about the horns, but the population sounds about right.
 

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abcdef... the Bible tells us that the Antichrist will be Assyrian.Micah 5:5,6



These verses are about Antiochus Epiphanes.

The 7 shepherds are the 7 Maccabees in v 5.

See how they are mentioned in association with the birth of Jesus in v 2.




Daniel 9:26 tells us that the antichrist will be the "people of the prince that shall destroy the city and sanctuary"

The people of the Prince (antichrist), Rome generals, local people (Assyrians) for the regular soldiers.

Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 ad by the Romans, the 4th beast.

Read the whole chapter for context and the time line.

See how these verses revolve around the coming of Jesus and His ministry in 30 ad.

These events take place at that time, not our future.


Yes, you are right about Israel. During this time, God's complete attention is on them. The Church has already been removed.

There are only 2 resurrections 1 Cor 15:23-28, 23-24.

When Jesus comes, it is the end v 24.


Rev 17:8.."The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."

The beast is a nation, Rome, the iron legs.

The iron legs go from the invasion of Rome and it's dominance over Jerusalem,

Until Israel is restored to Jerusalem and the stone strikes.

So the beast nation must be continual,

But also, the beast nation must be thrown into the abyss and come out to be a nation again before the stone strikes.

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So when did Rome, the beast nation, get thrown into the abyss?

And when does the beast nation, Rome, come out again?
 
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How far do you suppose they will allow this to go - all of their "authority" is tied up in this separation? :)

I mean, if we are all priests (and all Christians are), we would confess our sins one to another instead of "being required to go into a confessional", etc., etc., etc.
I think it will go on as far as they need it to for their own purposes.
Right now, here by me, it's because there aren't enough priests.
They're very over-burdened. So the talk is that they want the laity to take
over more. Maybe be like mini-Deacons.
To some liturgies, have bible studyies, maybe.
We don't know yet exacly how,
but we here know that it has to happen.

I live in Catholiclandia BTW.
No Protestant churches I could attend.

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Right now I am not so sure the Pope is the false Prophet. He most certainly is the head of the woman who rides the beast. The more I look into it, the less I think he is the False Prophet. These are preliminary suggestions and are subject to change. Is there anyone else out there with further information on this subject.
Bladerunner,

I don't know too much about the end times.

But I've heard that the Anti-Christ might possibly be coming out
of Mecca.

Have you considered this?
Sorry, I don't know any of the beliefs as to why.

Just thought I'd mention it to those interested in escatology.

Fran
 
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Bladerunner,

I don't know too much about the end times.

But I've heard that the Anti-Christ might possibly be coming out
of Mecca.

Have you considered this?
Sorry, I don't know any of the beliefs as to why.

Just thought I'd mention it to those interested in escatology.

Fran
IMO He is definitely Islamic as in the 12th Imam/Mahdi and called the Assyrian........Daniel 10-11 plays out the wars between the Kings of the North and Kings of the South and seems to indicate he comes out of South Eastern Turkey, North Eastern Syria, North Western Iraq Areas............
 
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IMO He is definitely Islamic as in the 12th Imam/Mahdi and called the Assyrian........Daniel 10-11 plays out the wars between the Kings of the North and Kings of the South and seems to indicate he comes out of South Eastern Turkey, North Eastern Syria, North Western Iraq Areas............
Interesting donctroversal.

Sorry I can't add to the discussion.

The person who was saying all this used to post a lot
of links to Youtube and it sounded really good.
I wish I could remember the titles.

I kind of hope it's not true because it would mean that Islam
took over, right??


Fran
 
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Interesting donctroversal.

Sorry I can't add to the discussion.

The person who was saying all this used to post a lot
of links to Youtube and it sounded really good.
I wish I could remember the titles.

I kind of hope it's not true because it would mean that Islam
took over, right??


Fran
I believe so....The Anti-Christ and False prophet will behead all who will not receive the mark...Islam is known for beheading....Not that it matters and cannot be used as proof, but I have studied this for 27 years....and it seems to me that Islam is the religion of the beast and the above post to Allen is the short end of the stick concerning Satan's continued attempt to be worshipped in a man as God.....My view...ALLAH is the god of the Anti-Christ/False Prophet (obviously Satan) and YES....Islam will sweep the planet and or defeat the West....it seems they have a super hold on Europe and it is beyond the ability to control and or stop there......and it seems it is taking a hold all over the world in various forms.....