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Originally posted by CamB
The Catholic Church doesn't worship saints, doesn't pretend their is a biblical precedent for celibacy of those in religious orders, and most - if not all - Church's elevate their senior pastors (if not explicitly).
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No man is capable of absolving sin except Christ Jesus, as advocate to his Father...We are to call NO MAN "father" except God himself, there is no Biblical foundation for a Papacy, idol worship of what you call saints is no secret in Catholic orthodoxy.
It is by Grace and the unmerited favor of God that we are absolved of sin, not the works of penance or the recitation of "Hail Mary's" or "Our Father's"...We need merely ask for forgiveness, of Him directly, and we are forgiven (if, of course, you regard the Bible as inerrant and infallible -- which you do not).