Lonewolf, you have a very good perception of why Protestants refuse to be Catholics. 'To be Deep In History is to Cease Being a Protestant.'
Here is what I thought.
Most protestants have difficulty following Christ mandates from the Catholic church.
501 years ago, Luther, denied Christ by creating own gospel via Scriptures alone and easy to follow.
Whereas in Catholics, there are Christ's mandates to be included in the worship of His church. Sacred Traditions of the Apostles, the Holy Scriptures, and the Magisterium. Notice that protestant did not have the rests of the 7 Scriptures. Because their Scriptures were selectively copied 501 years ago, from the Catholic Church, leaving some against the will of God.
Protestants do not have covenant with Christ. The Holy Communion.
: 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 Topic: The Lord’s Supper
23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,
24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
There are two ordinances that the Lord Jesus commanded for his church to perform. One is baptism, the other the Lord's Supper
Protestants don't have the 7 Sacraments:
The Catholic Church recognizes seven sacraments:
Baptism.
Eucharist or Holy Communion
Confirmation.
Reconciliation.
Anointing of the sick.
Marriage.
Holy orders.
Protestants have difficulty following all these. They believe that as long as they have faith in Christ, they can have salvation.
Catholics believe that faith and works enhances salvation to heaven.
That is why the Catholic Church sends millions of dollars to the poor countries of the world to help them. They also send priests, nuns to provide medical care, to provide education, help build them water supplies, help build them home, teach them proper agriculture to harvest more from their seeds.
Often times, priests and nuns even when they have helped them, are killed by the natives specially in the Muslim countries.
BIBLE SAYS FAITH AND WORKS NEEDED FOR SALVATION
Sal Ciresi
During the Protestant Reformation in the early 1500s, a familiar term regarding salvation was "sola fide," Latin for "by faith alone." The reformers, at that time, accused the Catholic Church of departing from the "simple purity of the Gospel" of Jesus Christ. They stated it was faith alone, without works of any kind, that brought a believer to eternal life. They defined this faith as "the confidence of man, associated with the certainty of salvation, because the merciful Father will forgive sins because of Christ's sake."
This view of salvation is a crucial issue because it strikes at the very heart of the Gospel message eternal life. Roman Catholicism teaches that we are not saved by faith alone. The Church has taught this since 30 A.D. as part of the Divine Revelation. The truth of the Catholic Church's teaching can be demonstrated from Sacred Scripture alone.
All who claim the title "Christian" will be able to agree on the following two truths: salvation is by grace alone (Ephesians 2:8) and salvation is through Christ alone (Acts 4:12). These biblical facts will be our foundation as we explain the teaching of the Catholic Church.
If we take a concordance and look up every occurrence of the word "faith," we come up with an undeniable fact the only time the phrase "faith alone" is used in the entire Bible is when it is condemned (James 2:24). The epistle of James only mentions it in the negative sense.
The Bible tells us we must have faith in order to be saved (Hebrews 11:6). Yet is faith nothing more than believing and trusting? Searching the Scriptures, we see faith also involves assent to God's truth (1 Thessalonians 2:13), obedience to Him (Romans 1:5, 16:26), and it must be working in love (Galatians 5:6). These points appeared to be missed by the reformers, yet they are just as crucial as believing and trusting. (1 Corinthians 13:1-3) should be heeded by all it's certainly an attention grabber.
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