Hilarious. Of course all reformers agree on the same errors. All Darwinists agree with evolution too....that doesn't make it "sound" for their vote of confidence. Can you say...group think? What does God have to say about this?
Indeed, can what God say about anything the Catholic catechism says? But that would be backwards, right? So is it not a mystery that it is the Catholic Church that puts the emphasis on things God dod not put such an emphasis on? Like being a member of the Catholic Church and doing the seven sacraments and if you do not persevere in charity, you are not saved? As in yet?
And yet if a Catholic believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and that God raised Him from the dead, they are saved. That foundation which was laid by Jesus Christ for coming to and believing in Him cannot be removed but what is built on that foundation which denies Him as the Saviour will be judged. A believer can very well run the risk of being denied by Him and thus disqualified from being of the firstfruits of the resurrection; and thus a castaway as in left behind when the Bridegroom comes. Those left behind are still saved, because of that foundation & seal, but their works which deny Him will follow them into the dust as their spirits will be present with the Lord in Heaven, awaiting their resurrection after the great tribulation as vessels unto dishonor in His House.
Since Peter was still alive when Paul had written that Christ Jesus is the head of every believer and every church with nary a mention or regard to Peter, it stands to reason that someone in Rome because all roads leads to Rome, capitalized on that to make all churches subordinate to Rome. Indeed, Pope Clement 1 in his first epistle to the Corinthians was rebuking them for not allowing his agents to collect a portion from the bounty for the church at Rome, accusing them of jealousy. It was a long winded read and hard to discern what argument he was making, but it is there and it is still in practice today for Catholic churches to pay tribute to the overheads. Hardly abstaining from the appearance of covetousness, now are they?
And what better way to enslave the churches to the church at Rome by creating doctrines to keep them in that church that is subordinate to Rome?
Just as they took verses out of context to force the Corinthians to pay tribute to Rome when the Corinthians understood what the portion from the bounty was for, to support missionaries in the field; not another church in another city; and certainly not paying tribute to that church as if they are the higher authority when the Word of God aka Christ Jesus is the head of each local assembly.
Revelations never point erring churches to the church at Rome. Revelations declared that God hates the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes which the name as defined means "conquest of the laity". The deeds of the Nicolaitanes are sexual immorality, but the doctrine does declare God hates the doctrine of having a higher authority outside the local assembly other than the Word of God, Jesus Christ as her head.
Antichrist as it is used in scripture means "instead of Christ". So the Pope taking the place of Christ as the head of the Church qualifies him to be one of the antichrists; and I do point out, that it is not confined to the lineage of the Catholic popes.
Remember the doctrine that the pope is infallible? Any Catholic ought to know not every pope was smelling like a rose and quite fallible indeed.
What we have here is a domineering church at Rome that developed doctrines to make believers in bondage to a church to obtain salvation by, and yet all invitations to eternal life is by coming to and believing in Jesus Christ; not to any church. Christ would call the RCC a thief.
John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber....7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
We are called to be a disciple of Jesus Christ in serving Him by testifying of Him to be the Good News to man in seeking His glory as Savior by that.
You are not called to be a disciple of a church by defending it while it enslaves the believers to a system of works that denies Him as our Savior.
John 8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Granted, the reformers had a lot to discern from the errors of Catholicism and they did not prune everything off. Even some Protestant churches today sounds Catholic when performing communion by believing Christ's Presence is in the bread and wine or even announce that they are coming into His presence that day in holding communion when in truth, there is no coming into His Presence when He has been and still in us always since we had been saved at the calling of the gospel when we believed in Jesus Christ as Our Savior.
So how does anyone be a disciple of Jesus Christ? By defending the faith in Him and abiding in His words rather than their church and her words. If John the Baptist had to decrease so that He may increase ( John 3:28-30 ) , then so should the church in being a witness of Him ( 1 Corinthians 2:2 & John 15:26-27 ).