"The priest is, indeed, another Christ, or in some way, he is himself a continuation of Christ." (Pope Pius XI, Encylical on the Priesthood)
Catholics began using the title 'Mary, Mother of God' at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD. They also capitalize any reference to Mary, just like the Bible does for Jesus and Yahweh. Additionally, in the Catholic Bible, they add all kinds of extra titles to Mary that are not in earlier translations.
"Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal mystery." Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity. (This came from the OFFICIAL Catholic Catechism)
Please check YOUR facts. I do thorough research, and have done so for the last 2-3 years, and have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church has false doctrines littering its' beliefs. Having said that, there are surely a load of Catholics that do not believe everything lain down by the pope and believe whole-heartedly in Christ's sacrifice and salvation.
[h=1]On the Catholic Priesthood[/h]AD CATHOLICI SACERDOTII
ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XI ON THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD DECEMBER 20, 1935
10. The priest, according to the magnificent definition given by St. Paul is indeed a man Ex hominibus assumptus, "taken from amongst men," yet pro hominibus constituitur in his quae sunt ad Deum, "ordained for men in the things that appertain to God": his office is not for human things, and things that pass away, however lofty and valuable these may seem; but for things divine and enduring. These eternal things may, perhaps, through ignorance, be scorned and contemned, or even attacked with diabolical fury and malice, as sad experience has often proved, and proves even today; but they always continue to hold the first place in the aspirations, individual and social, of humanity, because the human heart feels irresistibly it is made for God and is restless till it rests in Him.
11. The Old Law, inspired by God and promulgated by Moses, set up a priesthood, which was, in this manner, of divine institution; and determined for it every detail of its duty, residence and rite. It would seem that God, in His great care for them, wished to impress upon the still primitive mind of the Jewish people one great central idea. This idea throughout the history of the chosen people, was to shed its light over all events, laws, ranks and offices: the idea of sacrifice and priesthood. These were to become, through faith in the future Messias, a source of hope, glory, power and spiritual liberation. The temple of Solomon, astonishing in richness and splendor, was still more wonderful in its rites and ordinances. Erected to the one true God as a tabernacle of the divine Majesty upon earth, it was also a sublime poem sung to that sacrifice and that priesthood, which, though type and symbol, was still so august, that the sacred figure of its High Priest moved the conqueror Alexander the Great, to bow in reverence; and God Himself visited His wrath upon the impious king Balthasar because he made revel with the sacred vessels of the temple. Yet that ancient priesthood derived its greatest majesty and glory from being a foretype of the Christian priesthood; the priesthood of the New and eternal Covenant sealed with the Blood of the Redeemer of the world, Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
12. The Apostle of the Gentiles thus perfectly sums up what may be said of the greatness, the dignity and the duty of the Christian priesthood: Sic nos existimet homo Ut ministros Christi et dispensatores mysteriorum Dei -- "Let a man so account of us as of the ministers of Christ and the dispensers of the mysteries of God." The priest is the minister of Christ, an instrument, that is to say, in the hands of the Divine Redeemer. He continues the work of the redemption in all its world-embracing universality and divine efficacy, that work that wrought so marvelous a transformation in the world. Thus the priest, as is said with good reason, is indeed "another Christ"; for, in some way, he is himself a continuation of Christ. "As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you," is spoken to the priest, and hence the priest, like Christ, continues to give "glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men of good will."
PLEASE EVERYBODY, READ THE WHOLE THING ABOUT WHAT POPE PIUS SAID ABOUT THE PRIESTHOOD, AS iamthelordsforever QUOTED THAT ONE LITTLE LINE AND LEFT OUT SOME REAL SIFNIFICANT PARTS. NOTICE HOW WHEN POPE PIUS DESCRIBES THE PRIESTS AS "ANOTHER CHRIST", HE DOES SO IN INVERTED COMMAS. I COPIED AND PASTED THIS TEXT STRAIGHT FROM POPE PIUS XI's PAPAL ENCYCLICAL. IT IS VERY VERY EASY TO BE MISLED ABOUT WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES.
iamthelordsforever, is Mary not the mother of God? And when u say they add all kinds of extra titles to Mary in the bible that weren't there in the original versions, please show some examples. I'm not sure i understand how u mean.
