Head of the Serpent?: Why I'm no longer Catholic

By Mary Spinale Williams

Does the Vatican follow God's Word or is it  merely an instrument of Satan? Read how the  Roman Catholic Church clearly doesn't teach  Biblical truth and is actually opposed to God's  Word. Read what God has to say in His Word  and compare it to what the Roman Catholic Church teaches.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tablo Publishing
• Release date: Jan 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781922381408

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Chapter One: The Pope 

     Is the pope infallible?  Was Peter our first pope?  Was he, the rock, as the Catholic church teaches?  I find it very interesting that within hours of when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on February 11, 2013, two separate bolts of lightning struck St. Peter’s.  What are the chances of two bolts of lightning striking hours after his resignation? Was God trying to tell us something?  Or when two white doves were released from a window as a peace gesture by children standing on both sides of Pope Frances and were attacked by a seagull and a large black crow sweeping down on them after they were released.  Not one but both birds were attacked while thousands of people watched in St Peter’s Square!  I think maybe God’s trying to get our attention.  He does it twice each time so we will have a harder time passing it off as coincidence and to get us thinking.

Pope Francis has been quoted as saying it is harmful and dangerous for anyone to have a relationship with Jesus outside of the church! Psalm 119:130 says The opening up of Thy words gives light: it supplies understanding to the simple.  "Understanding to the simple" means you and me.  We don’t need any one person or organization to tell us what God’s word says.  What’s harmful and dangerous is the following of man and his traditions instead of scripture.  God says in 1 Corinthians 8:3 But the one who loves God is known by God.  Reading His word is what brings us closer to Him and develops a relationship with Him.  As you study and become closer to Jesus you will see for yourself all the lies and deception within the Catholic church. 

Back in the Dark Ages you were burned you at the stake as a heretic if you were caught reading the Bible for yourself.  It's hard for us to believe that it was forbidden to possess a bible in your own home, but there it is in our history.  You can research it for yourself. The average person was prohibited and not allowed to own a Bible.  Let's not forget that the average person didn't know how to read.  In 1229 the Roman Catholic Church at the Council of Toulouse declared that laity (ordinary person) should be prohibited and strictly forbidden to own a Bible.  Why were they afraid to have you read it for yourself? They didn't want you questioning their teachings and gaining knowledge for yourself, that's why.  Thank God we can now read it for ourselves and not have to depend on any organization to tell us what’s in His word.

In John 15:5-6 Jesus says I am the vine; you are the branches.  If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me, you can do nothing.  If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.  You read those words and tell me what you think it means. Can we have life without remaining a part of the vine? Isn’t that a direct contradiction from what the pope is saying? It’s necessary to have a relationship with Jesus in order to remain in Him. Don’t be misled and be a branch that withers and thrown into the fire to burn.

Here is another quote from the pope that shouldn’t surprise me, but I’ll admit made me a bit dumbstruck.  You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives those who don’t believe and who don’t seek the faith.  I start by saying – and this is the fundamental thing – that God’s mercy has no limits if you go to him with a sincere and contrite heart. The issue for those who do not believe in God is to obey their conscience.  Really?  That’s all we need to do to be forgiven if we don’t believe is obey our conscience?  What if my conscience differs from your conscience?  For example, one person’s conscience says it’s okay to abort an unborn baby, and another’s says absolutely not, so whose do we follow?  Is there no absolute