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Why Does Rome Always Go Against the Word of God?

He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:48)

Seeing that we shall be judged by the word of God, it would seem reasonable to expect those who say they are Christians to follow that word. But, as the scriptures warn us that there will be false teachers who "privily shall bring in damnable heresies". It seems that no matter what God says, Rome always goes the opposite direction. I've compiled a small list, but it almost seems endless, so this list is in no way complete. However, it shows that the heart of Rome is turned from the word of God to exalt her own words. When Israel's leaders caused the people to err by teaching them their own words above the words of God, Jeremiah rebuked them, but they refused to listen. Don't be surprised if Rome reacts the same way!

"As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil." (Jer 44:16-17)

THUS SAITH THE LORD! WHAT SAITH ROME?
1. Jesus is the Rock and Peter is "a stone". 1Cor.10:4 and Jn.1:42 1. Peter is the "unshakeable rock of the Church" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #552).
2. "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence." (Jn.18:36) 2. Pope Gregory VII drew up the Dictatus (a list of twenty-seven theses outlining his powers as “Peter’s vicar”. Concerning worldly kingdoms, they claim the pope has the power to:
"...dethrone emperors and kings and absolve their subjects from allegiance....” (Vicars of Christ: the Dark Side of the Papacy, DeRosa, 58).
3."But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;" (Matt.20:25-26) 3. Not only does the Roman hierarchy lord it over the laity by exercising total authority, but they claim that they alone have the Holy Ghost and can interpret scripture, turn a piece of bread into "God" and forgive sins, making men prisoners to them.
4. Flee riches. 1Tim.6:11 4.Wealthiest religion in the world. (Read Vatican Billions, by Avro Manhattan)
5. "Howbeit in vain do they worship me,teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mk.7:7)
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." (Col.2:8) Mk.7 Mt.15
5. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #82, "...Both Scripture and Tradition must be accepted and honored with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence."
The Question Box Column, Brooklyn Tablet, Nov. 8, 1958, teaches, “Tradition as a source of Faith would suffice without Scripture”.
6. "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."(Mt.6:7) 6. Rome teaches her people to pray the Rosary, (a string of beads to keep track of repetitious prayers). The story of how the "Virgin Mary" appeared and gave the Catholic's their Rosary is a known and admitted forgery!
7. A doctrine of a devil to forbid marriage. (1Tim.4:3-4) 7. Forbids marriage to her priests even though Peter led his wife around with him in his ministry. (1Cor.9:5)
8. A doctrine of a devil to forbid meat. (1Tim.4:3-4) 8. Forbid meats certain days, and on Friday (6th day of the week).
9. Can regard a day or not regard a day. (Rom.14:5 Col.2:16) 9. New law demands one regard Sunday as the sabbath and keep it, or suffer hell for all eternity.
10. Glory not in men. (1Cor.3:21) 10. They elevate men and women who they feel are "more holy" and pray to them.
11. Not to think of men above that which is written. 1Cor.4:6 11. Accept the titles, such as cardinals and popes, that cannot be found in the scriptures.
12. Fasting not to be seen by all. Mt.6:16-18 12. When Catholics fast the whole world knows it! How many "lenten specials" have you seen advertised?
13. "I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me." (Deut.26:14) 13. They use 2 Macc.12:44-46 to support prayers and alms for the dead.
"He took up a collection, man by man, to the amount of two thousand drachmas of silver, and sent it to Jeruslaem to provide for a sin offering... Therefore he made atonement for the dead, so that they might be delivered from their sin."
14. "Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female...." (Deut.4:16) 14. "Mary" appeared to visionary Catherine Laboure and commanded that an image of her with the serpent under her feet be made. Rome complied rather than obey God.
15. No steps up to the altar. Ex.20:26 15. Always steps up to a Catholic altar
16. Levitical priesthood ends. Heb.7 16. Levitical priesthood continues.
17. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Rom.3:23) 17. Mary is sinless (Immaculate Conception, Catechism of the Catholic Church, #491-492).
18. No more sacrifice for sin. Heb.10:18 18. Continual sacrifice for sin.
19. Purged our sins “by Himself”. Heb.1:3 19. Rome teaches that men purge their own sins in the fires of purgatory (an imaginary place that cannot be found in the scriptures!) Mary is also considered a co-redemptress (which means she shared in purging our sins).
20. "They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;" (Ps 49:6-7) 20. Rome's bible teaches that alms can redeem a man. Tobias 4:10 "For almsgiving delivers from death and keeps you from going into the Darkness."(also 2 Macc.12:44-46)
21. "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you." (Deut.4:2)
"Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." (Prov.30:5-6)
21. "We confess that whatsoever new thing the pope of Rome may have instituted,whether it be in Scripture, or out of Scripture, is true, divine, and salvific;and, therefore, ought to be regarded as of higher value by lay people than the precepts of the Living God...We confess that the Pope has the power of altering Scriptures, or increasing and diminishing it, according to his will...We confess that the Holy Scripture is imperfect and a dead letter, until it is explained by the Supreme Pontiff and permitted by him to be read by lay people." (Confessio Romano--Catholica, Articles IV, I, and XXI).
22. "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen....For the customs of the people are vain...." (Jer.10:2-3) 22. "It is interesting to note how often our Church has availed herself of practices which were in common use among pagans...Thus it is true, in a certain sense, that some Catholic rites and ceremonies are a reproduction of those of pagan creeds...." (Externals of the Catholic Church, 156)
23. “I believed, therefore have I spoken” (2Cor.4:13) 23. Vows of silence are made by different nuns and monks.
24. God forbids us to eat a live sacrifice "with the blood still in it".
"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." (Gen.9:4)
24. Rome eats a pre-crucified "Lamb" with the blood still in it, "...the body, and blood, together with the soul and divinity...therefore, the whole and entire Christ...." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1374)
25. "Feed My sheep" (Jn.21:16-17)
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matt.4:4)
25. "It is said that we deprive the Faithful of the word of God, which is the soul's daily bread. We may answer this falsehood by stating that while, indeed the Scripture is our soul's daily bread, Mother Church purportions it to our needs. Just as parents do not give the whole loaf to their children, or a knife with which to cut it lest they injure themselves, so it is the duty of the Church, of the priest or the preacher, to distribute this spiritual bread of the word of God to the people in portions suited to their requirements. It is said that the word of God is the light of the world. Well, indeed do we admit this truth. But we do not place a lighted candle in a child's hands, lest he burn himself" (The Priest, His Dignity and Obligations, "St." John Eubes, 99).
26. "And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God...." (Mk.4:11) 26. Wrapped in mystery and appropriately named "Mystery Religion".
27. One sacrifice..once for all. Heb.10:10 27. "Not once...but a thousand times." (The Faith of Millions, by John O'Brien).
28. Call no man your Father. (Matt.23:9) 28. They call the priests “Father’ and the pope “Holy Father”
29. Do good to enemies. (Lk.9:52) Rom.11: 29. Rome not only has killed her enemies, but has granted "indulgences" (time out of purgatory) for the murder of "heretics". "At the Council of Siena, in 1425, a plenary indulgence was offered to those who took arms agains the Hussites...Waldenes...Albigenses...." (Catholic Dictionary, 442)
30. Salvation is "not of works". (Eph.2:8-9 Tit.3:5) 30. They misuse James 2:26 to prove they must work for salvation.
31. "Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)" (Rom.10:6)
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Rev.3:20)
31. "The priest brings Christ down from heaven, and renders Him present on our altar as the eternal Victim for the sins of man - NOT ONCE BUT A THOUSAND TIMES! The priest speaks and lo! Christ, the eternal and omnipotent God, bows his head in humble obedience to the priest's command" (The Faith of Millions, by John O'Brien).
32. "It is finished." (John 19:30)
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." (Rom.6:9)
"So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." (Heb 9:28)
32. "As Christ now makes ready to mount the Cross, the priest states the full purpose of the Sacrifice which is offered for the salvation of the church militant on earth...this Lamb...now mystically sacrifices Himself" (This is the Mass, Bishop Sheen, 96, 104).
So important is the Roman "Sacrifice of the Mass" that if for some reason a priest be
"...unable to communicate, another priest must take his place as soon as possible, and must consume the Sacred Elements in his stead. What sort of sacrifice would that be which was left incomplete" (ibid., 132).
33."For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Heb.4:12) 33. "The Scripture indeed is a divine book but it is a dead letter, which has to be explained, and cannot exercise the action which the preacher can obtain" (Our Priesthood, 155).
34. Peter erred concerning church doctrine (Gal.2:11-14) 34. Pope is infallible concerning church doctrine.(Rome believes Peter is the first pope.)
35."And ALL THY CHILDREN SHALL BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children." (Isa 54:13)
"...But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." (Rom.8:9)
"Wherefore let no one glory in men. For ALL THINGS ARE YOURS; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." (1Cor.2:21-23)
"The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church alone" (Catholic Catechism of the Catholic Church, #85).
A letter from Pope Pius states:"...God has given to His Church a living Teaching Authority to elucidate and explain what is contained in the deposit of faith only obscurely and implicitly. This deposit of faith our Divine Redeemer has given for authentic interpretation NOT TO EACH OF THE FAITHFUL, NOT EVEN TO THEOLOGIANS, BUT ONLY TO THE TEACHING AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH." (Emphasis mine)
36. "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." (1Tim.2:5) Mary is a "co-mediatrix" and the saints also can mediate between God and men. Roman priests (even if they arer pedophiles) can mediate between God and men.
37. Jesus washed the feet of His saints.(Jn.13:5) 37. "All princes are obliged to kiss his [the pope's] feet.” (Vicars of Christ: the Dark Side of the Papacy, DeRosa, 58).
38. "For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." (Heb 13:14) 38. Vatican is known as "The Eternal City".
39. Jesus is the head of the church. (Eph.5:23, Col.1:18) 39. Peter is the head of the church and "his successors [the popes]".
40. Mary had other children. (Ps.69:8, Matt.13:55-56) 40. Mary remained "ever-virgin" and Jesus was her only son. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #499, #501)
41. Eat at home before you go to eat at the Lord's table. 41. Fast before you partake in the Eucharist.
42. "Come now, and let us reason together...." (Isa.1:18) 42“Once he does so (joins the Catholic church), he has no further use for his reason. He enters the Church, an edifice illumined by the superior light of revelation and faith. He can leave reason like a lantern at the door” (Explanation of Catholic Morals, Stapleton, 76).

THUS SAITH THE LORD!	WHAT SAITH ROME?
1. Jesus is the Rock and Peter is "a stone". 1Cor.10:4 and Jn.1:42	1. Peter is the "unshakeable rock of the Church" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #552).
2. "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence." (Jn.18:36)	2. Pope Gregory VII drew up the Dictatus (a list of twenty-seven theses outlining his powers as “Peter’s vicar”. Concerning worldly kingdoms, they claim the pope has the power to: "...dethrone emperors and kings and absolve their subjects from allegiance....” (Vicars of Christ: the Dark Side of the Papacy, DeRosa, 58).
3."But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;" (Matt.20:25-26)	3. Not only does the Roman hierarchy lord it over the laity by exercising total authority, but they claim that they alone have the Holy Ghost and can interpret scripture, turn a piece of bread into "God" and forgive sins, making men prisoners to them.
4. Flee riches. 1Tim.6:11	4.Wealthiest religion in the world. (Read Vatican Billions, by Avro Manhattan)
5. "Howbeit in vain do they worship me,teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. (Mk.7:7) "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." (Col.2:8) Mk.7 Mt.15	5. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, #82, "...Both Scripture and Tradition must be accepted and honored with equal sentiments of devotion and reverence." The Question Box Column, Brooklyn Tablet, Nov. 8, 1958, teaches, “Tradition as a source of Faith would suffice without Scripture”.
6. "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking."(Mt.6:7)	6. Rome teaches her people to pray the Rosary, (a string of beads to keep track of repetitious prayers). The story of how the "Virgin Mary" appeared and gave the Catholic's their Rosary is a known and admitted forgery!
7. A doctrine of a devil to forbid marriage. (1Tim.4:3-4)	7. Forbids marriage to her priests even though Peter led his wife around with him in his ministry. (1Cor.9:5)
8. A doctrine of a devil to forbid meat. (1Tim.4:3-4)	8. Forbid meats certain days, and on Friday (6th day of the week).
9. Can regard a day or not regard a day. (Rom.14:5 Col.2:16)	9. New law demands one regard Sunday as the sabbath and keep it, or suffer hell for all eternity.
10. Glory not in men. (1Cor.3:21)	10. They elevate men and women who they feel are "more holy" and pray to them.
11. Not to think of men above that which is written. 1Cor.4:6	11. Accept the titles, such as cardinals and popes, that cannot be found in the scriptures.
12. Fasting not to be seen by all. Mt.6:16-18	12. When Catholics fast the whole world knows it! How many "lenten specials" have you seen advertised?
13. "I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me." (Deut.26:14)	13. They use 2 Macc.12:44-46 to support prayers and alms for the dead. "He took up a collection, man by man, to the amount of two thousand drachmas of silver, and sent it to Jeruslaem to provide for a sin offering... Therefore he made atonement for the dead, so that they might be delivered from their sin."
14. "Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female...." (Deut.4:16)	14. "Mary" appeared to visionary Catherine Laboure and commanded that an image of her with the serpent under her feet be made. Rome complied rather than obey God.
15. No steps up to the altar. Ex.20:26	15. Always steps up to a Catholic altar
16. Levitical priesthood ends. Heb.7	16. Levitical priesthood continues.
17. "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Rom.3:23)	17. Mary is sinless (Immaculate Conception, Catechism of the Catholic Church, #491-492).
18. No more sacrifice for sin. Heb.10:18	18. Continual sacrifice for sin.
19. Purged our sins “by Himself”. Heb.1:3	19. Rome teaches that men purge their own sins in the fires of purgatory (an imaginary place that cannot be found in the scriptures!) Mary is also considered a co-redemptress (which means she shared in purging our sins).
20. "They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;" (Ps 49:6-7)	20. Rome's bible teaches that alms can redeem a man. Tobias 4:10 "For almsgiving delivers from death and keeps you from going into the Darkness."(also 2 Macc.12:44-46)
21. "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you." (Deut.4:2) "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." (Prov.30:5-6)	21. "We confess that whatsoever new thing the pope of Rome may have instituted,whether it be in Scripture, or out of Scripture, is true, divine, and salvific;and, therefore, ought to be regarded as of higher value by lay people than the precepts of the Living God...We confess that the Pope has the power of altering Scriptures, or increasing and diminishing it, according to his will...We confess that the Holy Scripture is imperfect and a dead letter, until it is explained by the Supreme Pontiff and permitted by him to be read by lay people." (Confessio Romano--Catholica, Articles IV, I, and XXI).
22. "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen....For the customs of the people are vain...." (Jer.10:2-3)	22. "It is interesting to note how often our Church has availed herself of practices which were in common use among pagans...Thus it is true, in a certain sense, that some Catholic rites and ceremonies are a reproduction of those of pagan creeds...." (Externals of the Catholic Church, 156)
23. “I believed, therefore have I spoken” (2Cor.4:13)	23. Vows of silence are made by different nuns and monks.
24. God forbids us to eat a live sacrifice "with the blood still in it". "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." (Gen.9:4)	24. Rome eats a pre-crucified "Lamb" with the blood still in it, "...the body, and blood, together with the soul and divinity...therefore, the whole and entire Christ...." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1374)
25. "Feed My sheep" (Jn.21:16-17) "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matt.4:4)	25. "It is said that we deprive the Faithful of the word of God, which is the soul's daily bread. We may answer this falsehood by stating that while, indeed the Scripture is our soul's daily bread, Mother Church purportions it to our needs. Just as parents do not give the whole loaf to their children, or a knife with which to cut it lest they injure themselves, so it is the duty of the Church, of the priest or the preacher, to distribute this spiritual bread of the word of God to the people in portions suited to their requirements. It is said that the word of God is the light of the world. Well, indeed do we admit this truth. But we do not place a lighted candle in a child's hands, lest he burn himself" (The Priest, His Dignity and Obligations, "St." John Eubes, 99).
26. "And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God...." (Mk.4:11)	26. Wrapped in mystery and appropriately named "Mystery Religion".
27. One sacrifice..once for all. Heb.10:10	27. "Not once...but a thousand times." (The Faith of Millions, by John O'Brien).
28. Call no man your Father. (Matt.23:9)	28. They call the priests “Father’ and the pope “Holy Father”
29. Do good to enemies. (Lk.9:52) Rom.11:	29. Rome not only has killed her enemies, but has granted "indulgences" (time out of purgatory) for the murder of "heretics". "At the Council of Siena, in 1425, a plenary indulgence was offered to those who took arms agains the Hussites...Waldenes...Albigenses...." (Catholic Dictionary, 442)
30. Salvation is "not of works". (Eph.2:8-9 Tit.3:5)	30. They misuse James 2:26 to prove they must work for salvation.
31. "Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)" (Rom.10:6) "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Rev.3:20)	31. "The priest brings Christ down from heaven, and renders Him present on our altar as the eternal Victim for the sins of man - NOT ONCE BUT A THOUSAND TIMES! The priest speaks and lo! Christ, the eternal and omnipotent God, bows his head in humble obedience to the priest's command" (The Faith of Millions, by John O'Brien).
32. "It is finished." (John 19:30) Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." (Rom.6:9) "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." (Heb 9:28)	32. "As Christ now makes ready to mount the Cross, the priest states the full purpose of the Sacrifice which is offered for the salvation of the church militant on earth...this Lamb...now mystically sacrifices Himself" (This is the Mass, Bishop Sheen, 96, 104). So important is the Roman "Sacrifice of the Mass" that if for some reason a priest be "...unable to communicate, another priest must take his place as soon as possible, and must consume the Sacred Elements in his stead. What sort of sacrifice would that be which was left incomplete" (ibid., 132).
33."For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Heb.4:12)	33. "The Scripture indeed is a divine book but it is a dead letter, which has to be explained, and cannot exercise the action which the preacher can obtain" (Our Priesthood, 155).
34. Peter erred concerning church doctrine (Gal.2:11-14)	34. Pope is infallible concerning church doctrine.(Rome believes Peter is the first pope.)
35."And ALL THY CHILDREN SHALL BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children." (Isa 54:13) "...But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." (Rom.8:9) "Wherefore let no one glory in men. For ALL THINGS ARE YOURS; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's." (1Cor.2:21-23)	"The task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church alone" (Catholic Catechism of the Catholic Church, #85). A letter from Pope Pius states:"...God has given to His Church a living Teaching Authority to elucidate and explain what is contained in the deposit of faith only obscurely and implicitly. This deposit of faith our Divine Redeemer has given for authentic interpretation NOT TO EACH OF THE FAITHFUL, NOT EVEN TO THEOLOGIANS, BUT ONLY TO THE TEACHING AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH." (Emphasis mine)
36. "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." (1Tim.2:5)	Mary is a "co-mediatrix" and the saints also can mediate between God and men. Roman priests (even if they arer pedophiles) can mediate between God and men.
37. Jesus washed the feet of His saints.(Jn.13:5)	37. "All princes are obliged to kiss his [the pope's] feet.” (Vicars of Christ: the Dark Side of the Papacy, DeRosa, 58).
38. "For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come." (Heb 13:14)	38. Vatican is known as "The Eternal City".
39. Jesus is the head of the church. (Eph.5:23, Col.1:18)	39. Peter is the head of the church and "his successors [the popes]".
40. Mary had other children. (Ps.69:8, Matt.13:55-56)	40. Mary remained "ever-virgin" and Jesus was her only son. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #499, #501)
41. Eat at home before you go to eat at the Lord's table.	41. Fast before you partake in the Eucharist.
42. "Come now, and let us reason together...." (Isa.1:18)	42“Once he does so (joins the Catholic church), he has no further use for his reason. He enters the Church, an edifice illumined by the superior light of revelation and faith. He can leave reason like a lantern at the door” (Explanation of Catholic Morals, Stapleton, 76).