Where did Jesus present the value of his sacrifice sojourner? Where was the alter?
“It is necessary therefore that the patterns of heavenly things should be cleansed with these: but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Jesus is not entered into the holies made with hands, the patterns of the true: but into heaven itself, that he may appear now in the presence of God for us.” (Hebrews 9:23-24 Douay)
Again you betray a complete lack of knowledge of the scriptures.
The alter was not on earth. It was in heaven. The priesthood was also to be served in heaven, at a future time, not on earth back then either. There is no reference to an earthly priesthood in Christianity. (Revelation 20:6) Those chosen to rule with Christ in heaven were to be ‘kings and priests’ in the heavenly arrangement, not the earthly one. These had to die and be resurrected in order to serve in the heavenly kingdom, and only after Jesus returned.
John 14:2-3...
"In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also." (NRSVCE)
Has Jesus "come again"? What does the church have to say about that?
That is a complete twisting of scripture and any reader will know that nuns were never a part of first century Christianity and neither were monks or monasteries. The commission for all Christians was to preach.....to go out to the people and make more disciples. How does cloistering yourself away from everyone fit that model?
The "virginity" of the nuns as well as the priests is forced, not voluntary.
1 Timothy 4:1-3...
"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will renounce the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron. 3 They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth." (NRSVCE)
Who fits that description, I wonder? Did the Catholic church deliberately set out to fulfill these scriptures?
Is that the model Jesus set? How was Jesus "no part of the world"? Did he say that there should be monks who cloister themselves away from the world to take vows of silence? Seriously?
1 John 2:15-17 is the description of what he meant....you should try reading the Bible...you might just learn something....
"15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world; 16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live for ever."
Did you note the part that says "the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches"......I wonder who that could be talking about?
I have a friend whose husband was on the board of the Catholic Church's oversight of funds collected in our local area. He had to resign because he was absolutely disgusted that the biggest money makers for the church was a private Catholic school and a Catholic Nursing Home. There was so much that the excess funds could have accomplished, especially in the Nursing Home with more staff, better care, and better food, but all of the funds went to the church. If that is Catholic charity, then I can't imagine why funds collected locally cant be used for the benefit of Catholic people, not just lining the pockets of the fat cats who get paid to spend it elsewhere.
You support the practices that are clearly NOT biblical. You have to twist and ignore a lot of scripture to maintain your position....but that is your choice to make.
LOL....my goodness you say the strangest things sometimes.....as if Acts needs to mention "weeds" in order to teach what the Master taught. Methinks you have not the slightest clue about what the Bible teaches because you never use it.
"Babylon the great" is going to soon be destroyed by the very ones she treats as her lovers.....that harlot will be completely eliminated from existence because she sees her spiritually immoral relationships as some kind of insurance that she will never be under threat.....but God has news for her....(Revelation 17:3-5)
The symbolic woman bearing the name "Babylon the Great" is “the great city that has a kingdom over the kings of the earth,” a kingdom that allows her, in effect, to sit on “peoples and crowds and nations and tongues.” (Revelation 17:1,15, 18) A 'kingdom over other kingdoms and nations' is what is defined as an “empire.” Babylon the Great places herself above earthly kings, exercising power and influence over them. She rides the symbolic seven-headed beast, beasts being used elsewhere in the Bible as symbols of political world powers.
Some scholars assume that Babylon the Great is a political empire, either Babylon or Rome but, Babylon as a political empire had long since ceased to exist when John received his prophetic vision. As to Rome, the nature of its political rule does not harmonize with the description of Babylon the Great’s course and her methods of dominating. She is a harlot, committing 'fornication' with the kings of the earth, making them drunk with the wine of her fornication, misleading the nations by her “spiritistic practice.” (Revelation 18:3, 23)
Rome’s dominion, by contrast, was gained and maintained by its iron-like military might and its firm application of Roman law among its provinces and colonies. Rome was the dominator, but Babylon the great was said to have a Kingdom over the kings of the earth".
She is a spiritual adulteress and God will soon give her what is coming to her.
Revelation 18:2-5...
"At the top of his voice he shouted, 'Babylon has fallen, Babylon the Great has fallen, and has become the haunt of devils and a lodging for every foul spirit and dirty, loathsome bird.
All the nations have drunk deep of the wine of her prostitution; every king on the earth has prostituted himself with her, and every merchant grown rich through her debauchery.'
Another voice spoke from heaven; I heard it say, 'Come out, my people, away from her, so that you do not share in her crimes and have the same plagues to bear.
God has her crimes in mind: treat her as she has treated others." (JB)
It won't be pretty but it will be deserved.
Now I have to mention as a side comment that the Jerusalem Bible's online site has this plea....
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I'll leave that there for you to contemplate how the church supports its own when it is dripping in wealth and assets......there was also a pop-up ad for buying statues of Mary at a discount price.....
I think we know who is using theatrics...since you don't seem to use anything else.....all I see are unfounded criticisms of my faith, which I have defended and explained.....but not a single scripturally justified stance for your own......if your beliefs do not come from the Bible, then where do they come from?
According to the Apostle Paul, we only have two tables at which to feed (1 Corinthians 10:21).....one supplied by the servants of Jesus, and the other supplied by the servants of the devil.....there are no others. So we must all choose wisely because our adversary is a con artist....but you knew that...right?