1. Exodus 20:4-5 (Images).
2. Ezekiel 18:20 (Original sin).
3. Matthew 20:20-28 (Hierarchy).
4. Matthew 23:5-6 (Clerical dress).
5. Matthew 23:9 ("Father").
6. Matthew 28:19 (Infant baptism).
7. John 17:11 (Addresses only God as "Holy Father").
8. Mark 7:8,13 (Tradition).
9. Luke 11:27-28 (Adoration of Mary).
10. Luke 16:26 (Purgatory)
11. Luke 22:24-27 (Primacy of Peter).
12. Romans 6:4 (Pouring).
13. 1 Corinthians 1:2 ("Saints").
14. Galatians 4:9-11 (Special days).
15. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (Pope has place of God).
16. 1 Timothy 2:5 (Many Mediators)
17. 1 Timothy 3:1-7 (Unmarried bishops).
18. 1 Timothy 4:3 (Forbid marriage).
19. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (Many authorities).
20. Hebrews 8:12 (Indulgences).
21. James 5:16 (Confess to priest).
22. 1 Pet. 2:5,9 ("Priesthood").
No religious institution on earth has as much to fear about its members reading the Bible as the
Catholic Church. When Catholics study the Bible they learn that in order to please God, they must
discard the many false doctrines which their church has accumulated over the centuries. Following
is an excerpt from an address given by the Cardinals to Pope Pius III, and is preserved in the
National Library in Paris, Folio No. 1068, Vol. 2, pp. 650-651:
"Of all the advice that we can offer your holiness we must open your eyes well and use all possible force in the matter, namely to permit the reading of the gospel as little as possible in all the countries under your jurisdiction. Let the very little part of the gospel suffice which is usually read in mass, and let no one be permitted to read more. So long as people will be content with the small amount, your interest will prosper; but as soon as the people want to read more, your interest will fail. The Bible is a book, which more than any other, has raised against us the tumults and tempests by which we have almost perished. In fact, if one compares the teaching of the Bible with what takes place in our churches, he will soon find discord, and will realize that our teachings are often different from the Bible, and oftener still, contrary to it."