I gave you one example in that the pope is not mentioned nor authorized.
Another would be praying through priests rather than directly through Jesus. Also Priests aren’t even mentioned in the 1st century church except in reference to the jewish leaders.
And I gave you a response on how it evolved from Jesus and the Apostles onward. Ignoring it, won’t change a thing. The leader of the Church didn’t spring out of nothing. It grew out of actions and words by Christ and the Apostles.
Would be as arrogant as you here saying that a group that has collectively been studying scripture for almost 2000 years is all wrong and you are correct?
If the ficticous church you described here and call catholic actually existed, I’m certain Meri would not be a member. Nor would any other Catholic. What I’m saying is what you’ve said here is entirely untrue. Catholics can and do pray directly to Jesus and to God.
And if you were to actually look up true facts about Catholicism, you would find you have more in common with them than you would ever care to admit.
From your statement am I to understand your church does not pray together as a group at your meetings and worship services?
Fine. Just for the record i suspect that the falling away(apostasy) prophesied by the Apostle Paul in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 was a reference to the catholic church.
I have no problem sleeping at night regardless of what you believe. After 50 plus years of studying the scriptures I have a pretty strong grip on the truth.
Your guys are mostly going on church tradition and church talking points.