>>1. The veneration of angels and dead saints<<

Venerate:
To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference.

Like, that’s wrong with exhibiting a deep regard for Gd’s heavenly, and sinless, messengers? And, per “dead” saints... Umm, isn’t that a bit relative and dependant upon how one has been Biblically taught?

Perhaps, one meant to take issue with the ‘adoration’ of Saint Mary; but, is that wrong? Nah, adoration is simply loving admiration.

>>2. The Mass<<

That’s, basically, the Catholic version of ‘communion’, yes? I think all .orgs show some “error” re that sacrament.

>>3. The veneration of Mary and praying to her<<

Isn’t she the mother of Gd? So, for that reason, we should show no deep regard, admiration, nor respect for/to her?

What was the character of Zacharias, and Elizabeth?

"And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." Luke 1:6.

What was obligatory under the old covenant besides the ten commandments?
"Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary." Heb. 9:1.

In what did these ordinances consist?
"Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation." Heb. 9:10.

What did these prefigure?
"For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect." Heb. 10:1.

Why was it necessary for them to offer these sacrifices?
"And if anyone of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned." Lev. 4:27, 28.

Could these offerings take away their sins?
"For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." Heb. 10:4.

To what did they look forward?
"Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared Me." Heb. 10:5.

Where were the ten commandments written under the old covenant?
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to Me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them." Ex. 24:12.

What was to be done with these commandments when the new covenant came in force?
"But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts." Jer. 31:33 (Heb. 8:8-10).

Having God's commandments in the heart, should we also keep Christ and His sufferings in mind?
"By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures." 1 Cor. 15:2, 3.

Is it enough simply to believe in the death of Christ?
"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him." 1 Thess. 4:14.

By what act do we commemorate the resurrection of Christ?
"Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised Him from the dead." Col. 2:12.

But what should always precede baptism?
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins." Acts 2:38.

Toward whom must repentance be exercised?
"And have taught you publicly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." Acts 20:20, 21.

Then by being baptized, what does one signify to the world?
"For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ." Gal. 3:27.

How is the death of Christ to be commemorated?
"For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till He come." 1 Cor. 11:26.

When and by whom was this ordinance instituted?
"The Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread; and when He had given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is My body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me." 1 Cor. 11:23, 24.

What is signified by the cup?
"After the same manner also He took the cup, when He had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me." 1 Cor. 11:25.

What was done by Christ and the disciples after partaking of the communion?
"And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives." Matt. 26:30.

If one refuses to obey God, can he be profited by partaking of the communion?
"Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord." 1 Cor. 11:27.

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Perhaps, one meant to take issue with the ‘adoration’ of Saint Mary; but, is that wrong? Nah, adoration is simply loving admiration.

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>>2. The Mass<<

That’s, basically, the Catholic version of ‘communion’, yes? I think all .orgs show some “error” re that sacrament.

Scripture does mention certain humans who are now "in Heaven" but nowhere does it say that there may not be others who are not mentioned. We should not catagorically state that there can not be others who are presently there. mel

The Roman Catholic Church teaches as Dogma , that the Virgin Mary, "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory." This means that Mary was transported into Heaven with her body and soul united. The feast day recognizing Mary's passage into Heaven is celebrated as The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Roman Catholics. This doctrine was dogmatically and infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950 in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus. The Assumption of Mary into heaven is also taught by the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental and Coptic Orthodox Churches, where it is known as the Dormition of the Theotokos. In those denominations that observe it, the Assumption is commonly celebrated on August 15, a Holy Day of Obligation in Roman Catholicism.

In his August 15, 2004 homily given at Lourdes, Pope John Paul II quoted John 14:3 from the Bible as a scriptural basis for understanding the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, where Christ, in his Last Supper discourses, explained that "When I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am, there you may be also". According to Catholic theology, Mary is the pledge of the fulfillment of Christ's promise. However, many theologians disagree with this interpretation of Scripture, and believe that Christ was speaking about his preparation of Calvary and the crucifixion for the remission of sins.

If one refuses to obey God, can he be profited by partaking of the communion?
"Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord." 1 Cor. 11:27.

>>The Catholic Church teaches that at the mass, the priest is able to offer Christ in an unbloody sacrifice.<<

Not sure where you’re coming from re “unbloody sacrifice”. I hope that you are not one of those who assert a simile between the efficacy of the Catholic Mass to Cain’s sacrifice of the fields?

Good grief.

Did not Jesus Christ, in the communion of the Lord’s Supper, leave us the example. No bloodiness there. Is there bloodiness in your .Org’s communion services?

The Unbloody Sacrifice of the Mass

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the Church's greatest prayer. In it, Jesus Christ becomes present and offers Himself in love to the Father as He did on the Cross almost 2,000 years ago.

Although the Sacrifice of the Mass and Jesus' Sacrifice on Calvary are the SAME, there are important DIFFERENCES in these two actions of Christ. On the Cross, Our Lord offered Himself in a BLOODY MANNER; whereas, in the Holy Mass, He offers Himself in an UNBLOODY MANNER. This in no way implies that Jesus' Blood is no longer present in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It simply means that Jesus chooses to act in a different way at Mass than He did on the Cross.

Source: Catholic Truth for Youth, by Father Robert J. Fox, Published by Ave Maria Institute, Copyright 1978, Washington, N.J. 07882, ISBN: 09265429, Lesson 12, The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, page 121.

From section #9 of John Paul II's letter Dominicae Cenae:

All who participate with faith in the Eucharist become aware that it is a "sacrifice," that is to say, a "consecrated Offering." For the bread and wine presented at the altar and accompanied by the devotion and the spiritual sacrifices of the participants are finally consecrated, so as to become truly, really and substantially Christ's own body that is given up and His blood that is shed. Thus, by virtue of the consecration, the species of bread and wine re-present (50) in a sacramental, unbloody manner the bloody propitiatory sacrifice offered by Him on the cross to His Father for the salvation of the world.

Source: Pope John Paul II, letter Dominicae Cenae - On the Mystery and Worship of the Eucharist, February 24, 1980.

The book of Hebrews, chapters 7, 9 and 10, cited above, make it quite clear that Christ only offered Himself as a sacrifice once, and that sacrifice was finished at the cross. He need not offer Himself in sacrifice on a daily basis, yet in absolute contradiction to scripture, this is exactly what Catholic Truth for Youth and John Paul II, cited above, are claiming happens at the Catholic Mass.

From the new Vatican's Catechism of the Catholic Church:

1365 Because it is a memorial of Christ's Passover, the Eucharist is also a sacrifice. The Sacrificial character of the Eucharist is manifested in the very words of institution: "This is my body which is given for you" and "This cup which is poured out for you is the New Covenant in my blood." [185] In the Eucharist Christ gives us the very body which he gave up for us on the cross, the very blood which he "poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." [186]

1366 The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it re-presents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross, because it is its memorial and because it applies the fruit:

[Christ], our Lord and God, was once and for all to offer himself to God the Father by his death on the altar of the cross, to accomplish there an everlasting redemption. But because his priesthood was not to end with his death, at the Last Supper "on the night when he was betrayed," [he wanted] to leave his beloved spouse the Church a visible sacrifice (as the nature of man demands) by which the bloody sacrifice which he was to accomplish one for all on the cross would be re-presented, its memory perpetuated until the end of the world, and its salutary power be applied to the forgiveness of the sins we daily commit. [187]

1367 The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the Eucharist are one single sacrifice. "The victim is one and the same: the same now offers through the ministry of priests, who then offered himself on the cross; only the manner of offering is different." "In this divine sacrifice which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and is offered in an unbloody manner." [188]

185 Lk 22:19-20.
186 Mt 26:28
187 Council of Trent (1562): DS 1740; cf. 1 Cor 11:23; Heb 7:24,27.
188 Council of Trent (1562): DS 1743; cf. Heb 9:14,27.