John Bugay the author of this piece is a friend of mine and we have much in common we were both for most of our lives dedicated Roman Catholics and we both began reading the bible and we both are now Presbyterian, Reformed Protestant. I have mentioned on my page previously reasons why I became a Presbyterian. One of many reasons I am now a Reformed Protestant is a major distortion of the Gospel in Roman Catholicism which is the teaching of Purgatory and also that The Roman Catholic Church SELLS THE GOSPEL through Indulgences. The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead ... An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin. Indulgences may be applied to the living or the dead. (Catholic Catechism) The Roman Catholic Church teaches that after death, everyone who has sinned will go to purgatory, where they will face punishment for their sins. After this they are then allowed into the heavenly kingdom, once they have PAID for their sins. But with an indulgence, you can pay the church some money and you will receive an indulgence which will either reduce your time in purgatory or erase it all together. By the way, the Vatican was built on indulgences, and Martin Luther exposed the error of indulgences back in the 1500s with his 95 Thesis. Now anyone who knows the Bible will see that there is grave error in this teaching, because not only is the grace of God a FREE GIFT to anyone, but Christ Jesus PAID the FULL PRICE for our sins. And what did Simon Magus, the Pagan sorcerer try to do? He tried to BUY the gift of God WITH MONEY, and the apostle Peter sharply rebuked him in very strong words, telling him that his money will die with him! Ephesians 2:8 ...For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Have you ever heard of a free gift that you had to pay for? So why does the Catholic Church do this? So they can line their pockets with filthy money. And did you know that the Vatican was built from the selling of indulgences? Yes, it was not only built upon a Pagan burial site. It was built from SELLING the gospel! ~ Dudley Davis ~ Sunday February 23rd 2014 ~
Posted on: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 05:59:04 +0000