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13. The Roman Catholic Mass
“SUMMARY: From the beginning of time sacrifice has been offered to Almighty God
to acknowledge His sovereign dominion over man and all creatures. Cain
offered fruits, Abel offered sheep and Melchisedech offered bread and wine,
foreshadowing the sacrifice of the New Law. All
(including Cain's offering???…italics ours)
these were but preparations for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Calvary, of
which He is both priest and victim.”19
The
following verses show the errors in the so called “infallible” teaching of the
above statement:
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice more excellent than did
Cain, through which he obtained a testimony that he was just, God giving
testimony to his gifts; and through his faith, though he is dead he yet speaks.
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John 3:12 Not like Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And
wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his
brother's just.
Hebrews 8:4 If then he
[the Lord Jesus Christ] were on earth, he would not even be a priest,
since there are already others to offer gifts according to the Law.
#357. What is the Mass? The Mass is the sacrifice of the New Law in which
Christ, through the ministry of the priest (Roman priest),
offers
Himself to God in an unbloody manner under the appearance of bread
and wine.20
#359....The Mass is the same sacrifice as the sacrifice of the cross.21
#360. Why is the Mass the same sacrifice as the sacrifice of the
cross?...because in the Mass the Victim is the same...Jesus Christ.22
#361. What are the purposes for which the Mass is offered?
The
purposes for which the Mass is offered are:...to satisfy the justice of God for
the sins committed against Him.23
Again, the word of God speaks and annihilates this false doctrine:
Isaiah 53:10-11[But the Lord was pleased to crush him in infirmity.] If he gives
his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life,
and the will of the Lord shall be accomplished through him. Because of his
affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days,; through his suffering,
my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear.
Hebrews 9:24-28 For Jesus has not entered into a Holies made by hands, a mere
copy of the truth, but into heaven itself, to appear now before the face of God
on our behalf; nor yet has he entered to offer himself often, as the high priest
enters into the Holies year after year with blood not his own; for in that case
he must have suffered often since the beginning of the world. But as it is, once
for all at the end of ages, he has appeared for the destruction of sin by the
sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed unto men to die once and after
this comes the judgement, so also was Christ offered once to take away the sons
of many; the second time with no part in sin he will appear unto the salvation
of those who await him.
Hebrews 10:10-14 It is in this “will” that we have been sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all and every priest indeed stands
daily ministering, and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take
away sins; but Jesus, having offered one sacrifice for sins, has taken his seat
forever at the right hand of god, waiting thenceforth until his enemies be made
the foot stool under his feet. For by one offering he has perfected forever
those who are sanctified.
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Peter 3:18 Because Christ also died once for sins, the Just for the unjust, that
he might bring us to God. Put to death indeed in the flesh, he was brought to
life in the spirit…
Hebrews 9:22 And with blood almost everything is cleansed according to the Law,
and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
19Rev.
John A O'Brien, Ph.D., Ll.D, Understanding the Catholic Faith, An Official
Edition of the revised Baltimore Catechism No. 3, (Ava Maria
Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1963), p.215
20Rev.
John A O'Brien, Ph.D., Ll.D, p. 210
21Rev.
John A O'Brien, Ph.D., Ll.D, p.211
22Rev.
John A O'Brien, Ph.D., Ll.D, p. 212
23Rev.
William J. Cogan, A Catechism for Adults, (Chicago, Ill, ACTA
Publications), p. 81#1290
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