| The CROWN of CHRIST - Understanding the Times in the Light of Scripture |
| TOXIC THEOLOGY |
185 deadly errors exposed - John Brown of Haddington's List of Errors in modern English:
1. Nature doesn't show men that God exists and should be worshipped. Romans 1:19&20,32, 2:14&15,
Acts 14:15-17, Psalm 19:1, Job 12:7-24 & chapters 38-41.
2. Common human wisdom is able to lead men to real happiness. John 17:3, Acts 4:12, 1 Corinthians
3:11, Ephesians 2:12, Proverb 29:18, 1 John 2:23, 2 John 9.
3. Human reason is useless for understanding the mysteries of the Christian Faith. We cannot use
logic to judge religious contradictions. 1 Corinthians 10:15, Matthew 22:23-33, Galatians chapters 3 & 4,
Hebrews chapters 1-10, 1 John 4:1, Matthew 7:15, 16:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Hebrews 5:14, Acts 17:11, 2
Timothy 3:16&17.
4. The five senses cannot be trusted in matters of religion. Luke 24:39, Matthew 28:6, 1 John 1:1&2, 2
Peter 1:17.
5. Only the words of the Bible can prove religious points - logical inferences from the Bible are
invalid.
2 Timothy 3:16, Romans 15:14, John 5:39, Matthew 22:23-33, Galatians chapters 3&4, Hebrews chapters 1-10.
6. As long as people love and obey God, their precise theology doesn't matter. Doctrinal orthodoxy
doesn't really matter. John 17:3, 22:31, Galatians 1:8, 2 John 9, Hebrews 11:6, 6:2,
1 Corinthians 2:2, 3:11.
7. The men who wrote the Bible were not commanded or directed by God. Deuteronomy 31:19, Isaiah
8:1, Jeremiah 36:27&28, Habbakuk 2:2, 2 Peter 1:21.
8. The Bible does not speak with God's authority. The entire Bible claims otherwise.
9. The Bible-writers wrote only what they knew, so their mistakes became part of the book. 2 Timothy
3:16, Psalm 19:8&9, Matthew 5:18, John 17:17, 2 Peter 1:21.
10. The Bible contradicts itself. Psalm 19:8&9, 12:6.
11. The reason we must obey the Bible is because the Church tells us to. Ephesians 2:20, Psalm
19:7-10, 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
12. Some Books of the Bible have been lost. Matthew 5:18, Luke 16:17, 24:27, Romans 15:4.
13. The Old Testament doesn't apply today. Luke 16:29, Ephesians 2:20, Romans 15:4, 2 Timothy 3:15-17,
John 5:39, Acts 17:11
14. The Apocrypha (Tobit, Judith, Maccabees, etc.) is part of the Bible. Psalm 12:6, Romans 3:2, Luke
24:44, 16:29
15. The original Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament have been corrupted down
through the years. 1 Peter 1:25, Psalm 12:6&7, 138:2, Matthew 5:18, John 5:39
16. The Septuigint (Greek Old Testament) and Latin Vulgate are superior to the original Hebrew Old
Testament & Greek New Testament. 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21, Psalm 12:6, Proverb 30:5
17. The Bible shouldn't be translated into modern languages so that ordinary people can read it.
John 5:39, Acts 17:11, 2 Tim 3:15&16, 1 Corinthians 14:2,19, Colossians 3:16, Revelation 1:3, Psalm 1:12,
Deuteronomy 6:6-8
18. The Bible is not a perfect and complete guide to morality and religion. 2 Timothy 3:15-17, John 5:39,
20:31, Revelation 22:18, Proverb 30:6
19. The traditions of the ancient Fathers and decrees of the Popes are part of our guide to True
Christianity. 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Romans 15:14, Galatians 3:8, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 15:9, Isaiah 8:20
20. The human spirit has an "inner light" that is the true guide to religion. 1 John 4:1, Isaiah 8:20
21. We know that the Bible is from God, not because of its heavenly teachings, or because the Holy
Spirit leads us to understand it, but because the Church tells us to believe in it.
John 6:63, Hebrews 4:11-14, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 2:13
22. The main points of the Bible are not understandable. Psalm 19:9, 119: 99, 105, 2 Peter 1:19
23. Every Bible text has four different meanings. Psalm 19:7, 119:99, 105, 2 Peter 1:19, Acts 17:11
24. No Bible teaching must be believed if human reason rejects it.
1 Corinthians 1:21-24, 2:14, 1 Timothy 3:16, Ephesians 5:32, Matthew 13:11
25. You can understand the Bible and be saved without Holy Spirit's work.
1 Corinthians 2:14, Psalm 119:18, Ephesians 1:17&18, 3:14-19
26. The right interpretation of the Bible is found in the unanymous opinion of the ancient Church
Fathers and in the decrees of Popes & councils. James 3:2, 2 Peter 1:19,21, Isaiah 8:20, John 5:39,
Matthew 5:9
27. The Roman Church, her Pope or a General Council is the final religious authority, not the Holy
Spirit speaking in the Bible. Isaiah 8:20, Luke 16:29, Acts 26:22, Matthew 22:29, 2 Peter 1:19
28. God's characteristics are different from his essence, so that He is made up of substance and
properties.
Exodus 3:14
29. God's essence is not infinite. Psalm 145:3, Job 11:7, Isaiah 40:12-17
30. God's power is everywhere, but not God Himself. Psalm 139:7&8, Isaiah 66:1, Jeremiah 23:24, 1 Kings
8:27
31. Since God keeps on existing, he must experience the change of time.
Isaiah 57:15, Psalm 90:1&2, 102:25-27, James 1:17, 2 Peter 3:8
32. God's nature and will can change.
Malachi 1:6, James 1:17, Isaiah 46:10, Psalm 102:25-27
33. God doesn't know everything - especially future, random events.
Matthew 10:29&30, Hebrews 4:13, Psalm 146:5, Acts 15:18, Isaiah 44:7, 46:10
34. In addition to his knowledge of everything, God has an uncertain knowledge - he guesses from
circumstances what free will choices we will make.
Hebrews 4:13, Isaiah 46:10&11 with 44:26-28 and 45:13, Acts 15:18
35. Besides his absolute and almighty will, God has a conditional will that may or may not come to
pass. Isaiah 46:10, Psalm 135:6, Romans 9:19, Daniel 4:35
36. Just vengeance is not part of God's nature; he can forgive sin without demanding any payment.
Genesis 18:25, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, Romans 3:24-26, Exodus 34:7, Habbakuk 1:13, Psalm 5:5, 11:5&6,
Hebrews 2:10
37. God is so powerful that he can make contradictory things happen.
Psalm 102:25-27, 119:68, Deuteronomy 32:4, James 1:17, Titus 1:2, 2 Timothy 2:13
38. The doctrine of the Trinity is not vital; adult believers can be saved without believing in the Trinity.
John 17:3, 14:1, 5:23, 1 John 2:23, 2 John 9
39. There are not three different Persons in the essence of God.
Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Matthew 3:16 & 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 John 5:7, John 14:16, 15:26
40. The Old Testament believers & Israelites knew nothing of the Trinity.
Gen 1:1,26, 3:22, 11:7, 19:24, Numbers 6:24-26, Psalm 33:6, Isaiah 61:1, 63:9&10, Hosea 1:7, Zechariah 10:12
41. The Son, our Savior, is not True God; he is just the first and best creature that God made.
Psalm 45:7, Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6, Jeremiah 23:6, John 1:1, 8:58, Philipians 2:6, Romans 9:5, Titus 2:13
42. Christ was born a mere man; his goodness earned divinity and worship.
Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, John 1:1,14, Philippians 2:6&7, 1 Timothy 3:16, Romans 1:3&4, 1 Peter 3:18
43. Christ has not always been the Son of God; he bacame God's Son by his birth, ressurection, or
etc. John 1:14, 3:16, 10:30, Galatians 4:4, Romans 1:3, 8:3,32, Luke 1:16, 17, 32
44. The Holy Ghost is not a Divine Person; he (it) is an angel or a force.
John 15:26, 14:26, Acts 5:3, Isaiah 6:9 with Acts 28:25, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Matthew 28:19, 9:38 with Acts 20:28
45. God's decrees (eternal plans) are unnecessary; they are merely accidental.
Psalm 147:5, Hebrews 4:13, Acts 15:18
46. God's decrees are not eternal, but temporary. Matthew 25:34, 2 Timothy 1:9, Acts 15:18
47. God's decrees are not absolute, but conditional. Matthew 11:25, Ephesians 1:5, Romans 9:11, Isaiah
46:10
48. God has not set the limit and circumstances of each man's life.
Job 14:5, Psalm 39:5&6, Acts 17:26, Isaiah 44:26-28, 45:1,13
49. Christ as Mediator is the cause of election to eternal life.
Matthew 11:25, Romas 9:11,16, Ephesians 1:4 with Isaiah 42:1, 1 Peter 1:20
50. God's election is based on his foresight of the man's good works.
Romans 9:11,16, 11:5&6, Ephesians 1:4-6, 2 Timothy 1:9
51. God hasn't chosen any particular individuals for salvation; he only set up the terms of salvation or
damnation for men to choose. Romans 9:11,16, 8:28-30, 11:7, John 10:27-29, Matthew 24:24, Acts 13:48
52. Since nobody's election is certain until he perseveres & dies in Christ, it is impossible to know if
you are saved. Romans 8:28-39, John 10:27-29, 2 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Corinthians 2:12,
1 Thessalonians 1:4, 2 Peter 1:10, Psalm 73:24-26, 2 Timothy 4:7
53. No particular persons are "reprobated" - damned to eternal ruin by God's wise & soveriegn will.
Such a God would be cruel. Romans 9:22, Jude 4, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, John 10:26, Isaiah 46:10 with
2 Thessalonians 1:8&9, Psalm 9:17
54. God planned to have Christ die for all people, and to call everyone to become Christians. We are
being tested to see if we will accept God's offer.
Romans 9:11-22, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 1 Peter 2:8, John 10:10&11,26
55. God can give a created being power to create things. So Christ could make the universe but be
less than God. Or priests can transform bread and wine into flesh and blood.
Isaiah 44:7,24, 45:12, Jeremiah 10:11&12, Psalm 96:5
56. The angels and the unseen world existed for a long time before the creation described in
Genesis chapter 1. Exodus 20:8-11
57. God controls events, but only in a general and indeterminate way.
Proverb 16:1, Acts 17:28, Colossians 1:17, Philippians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 12:6
58. God could not effectively permit sin without being the author of it.
Habbakuk 1:13, Romans 1:24-28, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, Psalm 81:12&13, 1 Peter 2:8, Jude 4
59. Man was not created holy and righteous, but neutral and natural. If Adam was righteous, it was
not his nature but an external gift from God. Genesis 1:26&27, Ecclesiastes 7:29
60. Adam was mortal before the fall. Death is not caused by sin. Genesis 2:17, Romans 6:23, 5:12
61. God didn't make a life-and-death covenant with Adam as the representative of his human
descendants. Genesis 2:17, Hosea 6:7, Romans 5:12-19
62. Man sinned because he was created with a tendency to evil as well as good.
Genesis 1:26&27, Ecclesiastes 7:29
63. Adam's first sin is not imputed (judicially blamed on) his descendants.
Romans 5:12-19, 1 Corinthians 15:22
64. The souls of babies are not corrupted with original sin.
Genesis 6:5&6, 8:21, 5:3, Job 14:4, Psalm 51:5, John 3:5&6, Ehpesians 2:3, Romans 5:12
65. Original sin is only the lack of the extra gift of righteousness Adam had.
John 3:6, Romans 8:7&8, 7:14,18,23&24, Galatians 5:17, Matthew 15:19, Jeremiah 17:9
66. Nothing involuntary can be sinful, for example the first movement of the soul to desire sin.
Romans 7:14-25, Jeremiah 17:9, Psalm 19:12
67. Human free will means indifference, or equal ability to do good or evil.
Romans 8:7&8, Ezekiel 33:11
68. Some sins are so small that they don't deserve hell, but only earthly punishment or purgatory.
Romans 6:23, Ezekiel 18:4, Galatians 3:10, Psalm 5:5
69. Men still have enough moral strength to choose to do good by themselves.
John 8:34, 15:4, Romans 6:12&14, 8:7&8, Ephesians 2:1, 5:8, Genesis 6:5, 1 Corinthians 2:14, Matthew 7:18
70. The punishment of sin in hell is not eternal and horrible; it is total annihilation or merely the loss
of heaven. Mark 9:44, Revelation 19:20, 14:10&11, Matthew 3:12, 25:46
71. Christ's righteousness is not the condition of God's mercy - it is our faith, repentence and
obedience that merit God's mercy. Romans 5:17-19, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:10-12, Psalm 40:6-8
72. The covenant of grace is made with all men and offered to every single man.
Pslam 147:19&20, Ephesians 2:12, Proverb 29:18
73. The Old Testament believers were not saved in the same way (by grace) as New Testament
believers. They were not promised forgiveness, the Holy Spirit or eternal life.
Luke 1:68-73, Acts 3:25, Galatians 3:17, Genesis 17:7, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Hebrews 2:14, 13:8, Romans 16:26
74. The Old Testament believers were under the curse of the law and guilty of sin until Christ's death.
Exodus 34:6&7, Psalm 32:1, 85:3, 103:3&4, Micah 7:18
75. Believers who died before the crucifixion did not go to heaven. They went down to "limbo" until
Jesus "descended into hell" to free them. Luke 20:28, 16:19&20, 23:43, Hebrews 11:5, 2 kings 3:11
76. The promised Messiah (savior/christ) hasn't come yet.
Genesis 49:10, Daniel 9:24-26, Haggai 2:6&7, Malachi 3:1, Isaiah 2:18&20, Zechariah 13:2
77. Jesus of Nazareth was an imposter, not the true Messiah.
Daniel 9:24, Malachi 3:1&3, 4:2, Micah 5:2, Isaiah 7:14, chapter 53, the entire Books of Luke and Matthew
78. Christ whould have come to earth as a man, even if mankind had not sinned.
Matthew 1:21, 9:13, Daniel 9:24, Isaiaj 61:1&2, chapter 53, 1 Timothy 2:6, John 3:16, 1 John 3:8, Romans 8:3&4
79. Jesus had his human nature when he left heaven; it didn't come from Mary.
Genesis 3:15, Acts 3:25, Luke 1:31&32, Hebrews 2:14-16
80. Christ's human soul was always so full of knowledge that he never learned anything new.
Luke 2:52, Mark 13:32, Hebrews 2:17
81. Christ's human nature was able to sin. Hebrews 7:26, Luke 1:35, John 3:34, 2 Cor 5:21
82. Christ's two natures (God & man) were either blended together or so separate that he was two
people. Galatians 4:4, Romans 1:3, 9:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, Philippians 2:6&7, John 3:13, 1 Corinthians 2:8, Acts
20:28, Isaiah 9:6
83. Because Christ's humanity is united to his divinity, his human nature is present everywhere,
all-knowing, all-powerful and so his humanity should be worshipped.
John 4:14, 11:15, Matthew 28:5&6, chapter 26, Acts 3:21, Luke 2:40,52, Mark 13:32, John chapter 17.
84. Before Christ began his public ministry, he was caught up to heaven for special instruction.
Luke 2:47, Colossians 2:3, Isaiah 11:2, Ephesians 4:9
85. Christ was never a true priest - and not a priest of any sort before he went back to heaven.
Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6&10, 1:3, Ephesians 5:2
86. Christ's divinity was changed into humanity so that it (divinity) suffered.
1 Peter 3:18, 2 Corinthians 13:4
87. Christ only suffered physical and emotional pain; he did not feel spiritual punishments and the
wrath of God. John 12:27, Matthew 26:38, 27:46, Luke 22:44, Galatians 3:13
88. Christian ministers, like Christ, are priests in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7, Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:5-9
89. The sacrifices of the Jews actually took away sin (at least small sins); they were not simply
prophetic pictures of Christ. Hebrews chapters 7 - 10, Colossians 2:17
90. Christ did not have to satisfy God's justice in order to save sinners.
Exodus 34:7, Genesis 2:17, Galatians 3:10-13, Romans 3:24-26, Psalm 11:5&6
91. Christ did not die for men to fulfill a covenant; he only died as an example of a martyr or to earn
his own advancement to heaven. 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Peter 1:19, 2:24, 3:18, Titus 2:14, Ephesians 1:7, 5:2
Matthew 20:28, Romans 4:25, 5:6&7, 8:32, 1 Timothy 2:6, Isaiah chapter 53, Galatians 3:13, 2 Corinthians 5:21,
John 1:29, Hebrews 2:9, 7:22
92. Christ did not perfectly satisfy divine justice; good works and purgatory are also needed.
Hebrews chapters 7 & 9 (9:14), 10:9-14, Romans 5:16-19, Colossians 1:20, 2 Corinthians 5:21
93. Christ satisfied divine justice only by his death on the cross - or other sufferings - but not by his
active obedience to God's law. Isaiah 53:4&5, 1 Peter 2:21-24, 3:18, Philippians 2:6&7, Daniel 9:24,
Romans 5:19, 8:3&4
94. Christ's death satisfied God's justice for all men, putting them all into a state in which they can be
saved. Matthew 1:21, Ephesians 5:23, John 15:13, 10:10-15, 11:52, Acts 20:28, Isaiah 53
95. When Christ died, his soul went into hell, not heaven. Luke 23:43-46
96. Christ didn't rise from the dead. Matthew chapter 28, Mark chapter 16, Luke chapter 24, John chapter 20,
Acts chapter 1, 1 Corinthians chapter 15
97. Christ rose from the dead, but not by his own power. John 2:19, 5:21, 11:25, Romans 1:3&4, 1 Peter
3:18, 1 Timothy 3:16, Colossians 1:18, Revelation 1:18, 1 Corinthians 15:4,45
98. Christ didn't actually ascend into heaven; since his human nature is everywhere, he merely
disappeared on earth. Mark 16:19, Luke 24:52, Acts 1:9&10, John 16:28, Colossians 3:1,
Ephesians 4:10, Acts 3:21
99. Christ's kingdom is worldly, not spiritual in nature.
Isaiah chapter 61, Jeremiah 33:5&6, Zechariah 9:9, John 18:36
100. Christ's kingdom (either the kingdom of God nor the kingdom of the Savior) will not last forever.
Luke 1:33, Daniel 7:14, 2:44
101. Christ as Mediator - especially as He is now glorified in heaven - is an object of worship.
Matthew 4:10, Psalm 83:18, Galatians 4:8 with Isaiah 49:3, John 14:28
102. God would be dishonest with men, and add insult to injury, if He called anyone to salvation whom
He has unchangeably set down for damnation. John 9:39 with 1:11 and 15:22, 2 Corinthians 4:3, Isaiah
55:11, Acts 14:48, Revelation 22:17 with Romans 9:11-23
103. God's works of creation, providence and tradition are enough to call all men to salvation.
Acts 4:12, Ephesians 2:12, Proverb 29:18, 2 John 9, Acts 14:16
104. God gives everyone enough grace to save them if they take advantage of it.
John 10:26 and 12:37-40, Romans 9:22, 2 Corinthians 4:3&4
105. God's saving grace is not invincible; men can refuse it. God's grace is called "effectual" only
because it suits the human personality, but not because it is irresistable and almighty in itself.
1 Corinthians 2:14 and 4:7 and 3:6&7, Romans 5:6, 8:7&8, John 6:44, Ephesians 2:1,3,10, 1:18-20, Ezekiel
11:19&20, 36:26&27
106. Men are not passive the first moment of becoming Christians - they cooperate with God's mercy
right from the start. Ephesians 2:1&3, 5:8, Romans 5:6, 8:7&8, John 3:5,6, 1 Corinthians 2:14,
2 Corinthians 5:17, Ezekiel 36:26&27
107. Saving faith is an agreement with doctrines that we don't know; we believe what we don't
understand. John 6:45, 17:3, Isaiah 27:11, 53:11, Psalm 9:10, Romans 10:10,17, Hosea 4:6
108. Saving faith does not require certainty or full persuasion of the things believed.
Romans 4:20-25, Hebrews 3:6,14, 11:13, Matthew 14:31, 21:21, John 4:42, 6:69
109. Saving faith doesn't include taking Christ as one's Savior, and receiving God in Christ as one's
own God. John 3:16, Galatians 2:20, Romans 1:16&17, 8:16,32-39, 1 John 3:2,
Psalm 18:1-3, Pslam 103
110. Saving faith is similar to (or even the same as) temporary faith - saving faith is not a different
kind of faith altogether. Titus 1:1, Romans 8:28, John 3:5, Ephesians 3:18, Luke 8:13&15,
James 2:14-25, Galatians 5:6, 1 Timothy 1:5, Acts 15:9, James 2:14-25
111. Justification (God's merciful act of counting us as righteous) means a real injection of righteous
into our nature. Exodus 23:7, Proverb 17:15, Luke 18:14 with Romans 3:28, Acts 13:39,
2 Corinthians 5:19-21, Isaiah 53:11, Romans 4:5, 8:33
112. When God forgives our sins He destroys them in our souls; but our punishment is not taken
away - only our guilt is removed. Psalm 32:1, 103:3, Acts 3:19, 13:39, Micah 7:19, Romans 8:1,31,
2 Corinthians 5:21, Jeremiah 50:20, Song of Songs 4:7
113. Faith alone does not make us right with God - we need works either to earn our salvation or to
make us worthy of Christ's righteousness. Ephesians 2:8, Galatians 2:16, Romans 3:24,28, Philippians 3:9
114. Faith is an act of obedience that saves us, not merely the way to receive Christ's righteousness.
Romans 1:17, 3:22, 4:5, Philippans 3:9 with Jeremiah 3:6, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21
115. The righteousness that makes us right with God is not Christ's obedience credited to us, but
either our own goodness or else faith including good works. Titus 3:5-7, James 3:2, Romans 20:28,
4:5,16-19, 8:3,4,33, Philippians 3:8&9, 2 Corinthians 5:21
116. The teaching of justification-by-Christ's-righteousness-alone encourages people to sin.
2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Romans 5:16-21, chapter 6(vs.14), 7:4, 8:1-4, Hebrews 9:14 with 1 Timothy 1:5, Luke
1:74&75
117. People can reach absolute perfection in holiness during this earthly life.
1 John 1:8, James 3:2, 1 kings 8:46, Proverb 20:9, Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:14-25, Matthew 6:12
118. Because Christ has done everything to save us, and completely kept God's laws, saved people
don't need to do good works. Psalm 116:16, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Luke 1:74&75, Titus 2:10-14,
2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Romans chapter 6, 7:4, 5:16-21, Galatians 5:6, 6:7&8, James 2:14-26, John 15:4, 2
Timothy 2:19
119. The good works and virtues of non-Christians, when they fit with God's laws, are truly acceptable
to Him; motives and goals don't matter.
Ephesians 2:12, 1 Timothy 1:5, Titus 1:15, Proverbs 15:8, 21:4, Romans 15:23, Hebrews 11:6
120. Any action done with a good intention is a good wook, even if God's law doesn't require it.
Colossians 2:23, Deuteronomy 12:32, Numbers 15:28, Isaiah 1:12, 29:13, Matthew 15:9
121. Good works earn God's favor; wicked men can earn His mercy; Christians can earn eternal life.
Matthew 7:15-23, 12:33, Proverbs 15:8&9, 21:4, Luke 17:10, 2 Corinthians 3:5,
Romans 6:23, 11:5-7, Titus 3:5, 1 Corinthians 4:7, 15:10
122. In this life, believers cannot know for certain if they are in really saved. 1 John 2:3&4, 3:2, 2
Timothy 1:2, 2 Samuel 23:5, Job 19:25-27, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 11:28, Romans 8:16-39, 2 Corinthians 8:5, 2
Peter 1:10, Psalms 18, 103, 91
123. A real Christian can completely and finally lose his faith and become unsaved.
Hebrews 6:17, Romans 9:11, 8:28-39, 11:29, Deuteronomy 31:8, Hebrews 13:5, Jeremiah 32:39&40, 1 Peter 1:5,
John 10:26-29
124. The spirits of dead men either sleep with their bodies until the resurrection or go to purgatory to
have their sins burned away. Proverb 14:32, Luke 23:43, Acts 7:59, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 1:23
125. The dead will not rise again. Or maybe only the righteous will rise. Exodus chapter 3 with Matthew
22:29-32, 25:32-46, Job 19:25-27, Psalm 16:9, Isaiah 25:8, Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 5:28&29, Revelation 20:11-14
126. The bodies that we bury will not rise again; newly created spirit-bodies will arise to be judged by
God. 2 Corinthians 5:10, Philippians 3:20, Daniel 12:2, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:15, 15:43&44
127. Men are not required to obey the Ten Commandments. Matthew 5:17&18
128. The Ten Commandments don't apply in the New Testament.
Matthew 5:17&18, 22:36-38, 2 Peter 1:19, Romans 3:31, 13:8&9, James 2:11&12
129. The ceremonial law (Old Testament worship & symbols) still apply. Jeremiah 31:32, 3:16&17, Daniel
9:27, Hebrews 7:12&13, Colossians 2:14, Acts chapter 15, Galatians 4:1-3, chapter 5
130. The teachings of Jesus changed and added to the Ten Commandments. Jesus fulfilled the Law
by correcting it, not by obeying it. Psalm 14:8, Matthew 5:17, 22:37-39, Galatians 4:4&5, 3:10-13, Romans
8:3&4, Daniel 9:24
131. Created things like Jesus' mere humanity, saints, angels, and even dead bodies, the cross, and
the communion bread may be religiously worshipped.
Matthew 4:10, Isaiah 42:8, Galatians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, Jeremiah 17:5
132. Images of God, or of Jesus as a man, and even of Mary and the saints should be worshipped.
Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 4:16, 1 John 5:21, 1 Thessalonians 1:9
133. Images of God or the "saints" can be kept in churches to teach those unable to read.
Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 4:16, Isaiah 40:18, Acts 17:29, Jeremiah 10:8
134. It is always wrong to swear and oath (now that we are in New Testament times).
Hebrews 6:16, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 11:31, 1:23
135. Oaths and promises made to unbelievers are not binding.
Joshua 6:22, 9:15, 1 Corinthians 7:13&14
136. When making an oath, one can use double meanings to confuse others, or secretly mean things
in your mind that the others won't know. Hebrews 6:16, 2 Corinthians 4:2
137. Christians should observe other "holidays" (holy days) besides the weekly Sabbath (sunday).
Romans 14:5&6, Galatians 4:10, Colossians 2:16-23
138. Children can get married or enter monasteries without parental permission.
Matthew 15:3-6, Numbers 30:4, Ephesians 5:1
139. Christians can never be civil rulers. All war and capital punishment is wrong, especially the
execution of false teachers. Romans 13:4, 1 Timothy 2:1, Luke 3:14, 1 Peter 2:14, Leviticus 24:16
140. It is ok to lie if you help someone without hurting anyone.
Psalm 5:6, Proverb 16:17-19, Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9
141. God's moral law (the Ten Commandments) can't require our obedience if we must be punished
for breaking it at the same time. Galatians 3:10 with Romans 8:1 and 3:19, 2:14&15
142. The Gospel is a new law, requiring only faith in and obedience to itself.
Luke 2:10&11, 2 Corinthians 5:18-21, Hebrews 8:9-12 with Matthew 5:17&18, Romans 3:19-31
143. The connection between the sacramental signs (water, bread, wine) and the things they signify
(Spirit, flesh, blood) is physical and spacial. 1 Peter 3:21, 1 Corinthians 10:6
144. The sacraments are useless; or mere badges or symbols of our faith.
Romans 4:11, 1 Corinthians 10:16, Matthew 26:26-28
145. The sacraments won't "work" if the pastor who performs them has wrong intentions.
Philippians 1:16&17, Romans 3:3, 1 Corinthians 10:16
146. The sacraments of the old Testament were only shadows of grace; but New Testament
sacraments give out grace automatically even if they are not received in faith.
Genesis 17:10, Romans 4:11, Acts 2:38, 8:37&38, 10:34-37, 1 Peter 3:21, 1 Corinthians 11:28
147. Confirmation, ordination, marriage, penance and last rites are sacraments given by Christ;
baptism, ordination and confirmation imprint a permanent character on their receivers.
(No scriptures teach such things.)
148. Water baptism is absolutely needed to be saved. Mark 16:16, Acts 16:31
149. Because water baptism is so necessary, it can be done by laymen, even women, and even in
secret. Matthew 28:19, 1 Timothy 2:12
150. Water Baptism washes away the guilt of former sins; or actually causes faith in infants when they
are water baptized. Acts 2:38, 8:13,22, 13:38&39, Romans 7:14
151. Infants, since they can't express faith, show good works or join the Church, should not be
baptized. There is no command or example supporting infant baptism in the New Testament.
Matthew 28:19, Acts 16:15,33, 18:8, 1 Corinthians 1:16, Genesis 17:7 with Acts 2:38 and 10:47, Colossians 2:11,
Matthew 19:13, 1 Corinthians 7:14
152. Baptism was only a temporary ceremony to set believers apart from the Heathen; it is not
necessary in the Church today. Matthew 28:19, Romans 6:4, Galatians 3:27
153. It's no big deal how baptism is performed. Matthew 28:19, chapter 3
154. Baptism is not a simple rite of sprinkling or dipping in the name of the Trinity. It should also
include curning candles, white clothes, the sign of the cross, exorcism and anointing the chest and
forehead with oil. Matthew 28:19, Acts chapters 8, 9, 10 & 16
155. Wafers should be used in the Lord's Supper, not baked bread.
Matthew 26:26, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:23-29
156. The cup of wine should be given only to the clergy. Mark 14:23, 1 Corinthians 11:26
157. When the priest mutters "This is my body" over the bread and wine, it literally turns them into
Jesus' body and blood. 1 Corinthians 10:3&4, 10:16, 11:23,27,28, Mark 26:26 with Genesis 41:26,
Ezekiel 37:11, Daniel 7:17, 8:20&21
158. Christ's body is in the bread and wine so that it is actually eaten by the mouths of the receivers.
Luke 22:19, Matthew 26:11, Acts 3:21, John 6:26-64
159. In the "mass", or service of the eucharist, the priest crucifies Christ as an external, real and
saving sacrifice for the sins of the living and the dead. 1 Corinthians 11: 23-27, Hebrews 7:27, 9:14,2-28,
10:1-14
160. People should worship and kneel down before the wafer and wine when they receive it; and also
to the "consecrated host" when it is paraded through the streets.
1 Corinthians 11:23-29, Matthew 4:10, Deuteronomy 5:13, Galatians 4:8
161. Prayers should be said to the dead saints - and for them.
Philippians 4:6, Isaiah 8:19, 2 Samuel 12:16-23
162. Public prayers should be said in Latin, even if neither the priest nor the people understand it.
1 Corinthians 14:1-25
163. Only people who show their faith by an almost perfect life, or who at least show real evidence
that they are saved, are members of the visible church.
Matthew chapter 3, Luke chapter 3, Acts 2:39, 1 Corinthians 12:14, Mark 10:14
164. Wicked unbelievers can be members of the church.
Ephesians 5:23, 2:20, Romans 8:9, Hebrews 3:1, Matthew 7:23, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 John 2:19
165. Anyone who is free of major scandel, not a persecutor, and who believes the Bible is God's Word
should be allowed to join the church, no matter what they take the Bible to mean.
Proverb 23:23, Jude 3, Galatians 1:8, 2 John 9-11
166. Nobody should ever leave a church as long as they can be saved in it and there are some saved
people in it. Romans 16:17&18, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Revelation 18:4
167. It is possible for the true church to cease to exist on earth.
Ephesians 1:21, Isaiah 59:21 and 61:8, Matthew 16:18
168. The true Christian church is always prominent and splendid.
Genesis chapter 4, 2 Chronicles 15:3, Revelation 12:6, 11:7-10
169. The distinguishing signs of the true church are not Biblical preaching and sacraments. Instead,
the true church must be marked by either the perfect holiness of her members (Anabaptism); or the
Church is marked by the name "Catholic", her antiquity, on-going beauty, large membership, unity
under one Chief Bishop, continuous succession of bishops, miracles and such.
John 10:27, Acts 2:42, Ephesians 2:19&20, 4:11-13
170. There are no distinguishing signs of a true church, so anybody who in any way calls himself
"christian" should unite with the church. 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, see error #165 above.
171. The Church - either in the form of her Pope or of a General Council - cannot err in matters of
faith. Psalm 19:12, 1 Corinthians 13:9, Romans 11:22, Matthew 7:15, 15:1&2, 2Timothy 3:1-5, 1 Timothy 4:1-3
172. The unity of the Christian Church doesn't consist in one shared Lord Jesus, one faith, one
baptism and one hope; instead, thetrue unity comes from having one Pope as king of the Church.
Luke 22:25&26, 1 Peter 5:2&3, Matthew 23:8&9, 28:20, Ephesians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 1:24
173. Christ left the Apostle Peter as his representative to rule the whole Christian Church; the Pope
of Rome is his successor. John 20:21&22, Matthew 28:19 and 19:28, Acts chapter 15, 3 John 9,
1 Corinthians 1:12, 3:4, 2 Corinthians 11:5, 12:11, Galatians 2:6-11
174. Christ set up "bishops" who rule over preachers; or such bishops are needed in the Church
anyway. 1 Peter 5:3, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11, Acts 20:17,28, Titus 1:5,7, Philippians 1:1
175. Any gifted Christian can preach and, if needed, give out the sacraments; no special calling is
needed. Matthew 28:19&20, Ephesians 4:11, Romans 10:14&15, 1 Corinthians 4:1, Jeremiah 23:32, Hebrews
5:4, Acts 14:23, 1 Timothy 4:14
176. Pastors should be chosen by bishops and patrons (wealthy laymen), not elected by the members
of the church. Acts 1:23, chapter 6, 14:23, 1 John 4:1, 1 Corinthians 4:22, 2 Corinthians 4:5
177. It is terribly evil for priests to have wives.
Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Timothy 3:2, 4:1-3, 2 Corinthians 9:5
178. Ministers should not be paid. 1 Corinthians chapter 9, Matthew 10:10, Luke 8:3, Galatians 6:6&7,
Malachi 3:8-12, Nehemiah 13:10&11, 2 Corinthians 8:13&14
179. Only the Pope of Rome can call a General Council to govern the Church.
2 Chronicles chapter 29, 2 Kings chapter 23, Acts chapter 15
180. Church leaders can make up laws that bind the consciences of members.
James 4:12, Luke 12:5, Matthew 15:9, 28:19&20, 16:19, Galatians 5:1
181. Creeds and confessions should not be required in churches because they stop the discovery of
new truths. 2 Timothy 1:13, 1 Corinthians 1:10
182. Politicians should not interfere in any way with the affairs of the church - or the civil government
must carry out the decisions of the clergy. Isaiah 49:23, 2 Chronicles chapters 29 - 32, 34.
183. Clergymen are not subject to the laws of the civil government.
Romans 13:1, 1 Peter 2:13, Titus 3:1, Matthew 17:25, Acts 15:10
184. All authority in the church depends on the civil government.
John 18:36, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 14:33, Ephesians 4:11&12
185. Church leaders have no power to rebuke or excommunicate (cast out) scandalous members.
1 Corinthians chapter 5, 1 Timothy 1:20, Revelation chapter 2
1. Nature doesn't show men that God exists and should be worshipped. Romans 1:19&20,32, 2:14&15,
Acts 14:15-17, Psalm 19:1, Job 12:7-24 & chapters 38-41.
2. Common human wisdom is able to lead men to real happiness. John 17:3, Acts 4:12, 1 Corinthians
3:11, Ephesians 2:12, Proverb 29:18, 1 John 2:23, 2 John 9.
3. Human reason is useless for understanding the mysteries of the Christian Faith. We cannot use
logic to judge religious contradictions. 1 Corinthians 10:15, Matthew 22:23-33, Galatians chapters 3 & 4,
Hebrews chapters 1-10, 1 John 4:1, Matthew 7:15, 16:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Hebrews 5:14, Acts 17:11, 2
Timothy 3:16&17.
4. The five senses cannot be trusted in matters of religion. Luke 24:39, Matthew 28:6, 1 John 1:1&2, 2
Peter 1:17.
5. Only the words of the Bible can prove religious points - logical inferences from the Bible are
invalid.
2 Timothy 3:16, Romans 15:14, John 5:39, Matthew 22:23-33, Galatians chapters 3&4, Hebrews chapters 1-10.
6. As long as people love and obey God, their precise theology doesn't matter. Doctrinal orthodoxy
doesn't really matter. John 17:3, 22:31, Galatians 1:8, 2 John 9, Hebrews 11:6, 6:2,
1 Corinthians 2:2, 3:11.
7. The men who wrote the Bible were not commanded or directed by God. Deuteronomy 31:19, Isaiah
8:1, Jeremiah 36:27&28, Habbakuk 2:2, 2 Peter 1:21.
8. The Bible does not speak with God's authority. The entire Bible claims otherwise.
9. The Bible-writers wrote only what they knew, so their mistakes became part of the book. 2 Timothy
3:16, Psalm 19:8&9, Matthew 5:18, John 17:17, 2 Peter 1:21.
10. The Bible contradicts itself. Psalm 19:8&9, 12:6.
11. The reason we must obey the Bible is because the Church tells us to. Ephesians 2:20, Psalm
19:7-10, 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
12. Some Books of the Bible have been lost. Matthew 5:18, Luke 16:17, 24:27, Romans 15:4.
13. The Old Testament doesn't apply today. Luke 16:29, Ephesians 2:20, Romans 15:4, 2 Timothy 3:15-17,
John 5:39, Acts 17:11
14. The Apocrypha (Tobit, Judith, Maccabees, etc.) is part of the Bible. Psalm 12:6, Romans 3:2, Luke
24:44, 16:29
15. The original Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament have been corrupted down
through the years. 1 Peter 1:25, Psalm 12:6&7, 138:2, Matthew 5:18, John 5:39
16. The Septuigint (Greek Old Testament) and Latin Vulgate are superior to the original Hebrew Old
Testament & Greek New Testament. 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21, Psalm 12:6, Proverb 30:5
17. The Bible shouldn't be translated into modern languages so that ordinary people can read it.
John 5:39, Acts 17:11, 2 Tim 3:15&16, 1 Corinthians 14:2,19, Colossians 3:16, Revelation 1:3, Psalm 1:12,
Deuteronomy 6:6-8
18. The Bible is not a perfect and complete guide to morality and religion. 2 Timothy 3:15-17, John 5:39,
20:31, Revelation 22:18, Proverb 30:6
19. The traditions of the ancient Fathers and decrees of the Popes are part of our guide to True
Christianity. 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Romans 15:14, Galatians 3:8, Isaiah 29:13, Matthew 15:9, Isaiah 8:20
20. The human spirit has an "inner light" that is the true guide to religion. 1 John 4:1, Isaiah 8:20
21. We know that the Bible is from God, not because of its heavenly teachings, or because the Holy
Spirit leads us to understand it, but because the Church tells us to believe in it.
John 6:63, Hebrews 4:11-14, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 2:13
22. The main points of the Bible are not understandable. Psalm 19:9, 119: 99, 105, 2 Peter 1:19
23. Every Bible text has four different meanings. Psalm 19:7, 119:99, 105, 2 Peter 1:19, Acts 17:11
24. No Bible teaching must be believed if human reason rejects it.
1 Corinthians 1:21-24, 2:14, 1 Timothy 3:16, Ephesians 5:32, Matthew 13:11
25. You can understand the Bible and be saved without Holy Spirit's work.
1 Corinthians 2:14, Psalm 119:18, Ephesians 1:17&18, 3:14-19
26. The right interpretation of the Bible is found in the unanymous opinion of the ancient Church
Fathers and in the decrees of Popes & councils. James 3:2, 2 Peter 1:19,21, Isaiah 8:20, John 5:39,
Matthew 5:9
27. The Roman Church, her Pope or a General Council is the final religious authority, not the Holy
Spirit speaking in the Bible. Isaiah 8:20, Luke 16:29, Acts 26:22, Matthew 22:29, 2 Peter 1:19
28. God's characteristics are different from his essence, so that He is made up of substance and
properties.
Exodus 3:14
29. God's essence is not infinite. Psalm 145:3, Job 11:7, Isaiah 40:12-17
30. God's power is everywhere, but not God Himself. Psalm 139:7&8, Isaiah 66:1, Jeremiah 23:24, 1 Kings
8:27
31. Since God keeps on existing, he must experience the change of time.
Isaiah 57:15, Psalm 90:1&2, 102:25-27, James 1:17, 2 Peter 3:8
32. God's nature and will can change.
Malachi 1:6, James 1:17, Isaiah 46:10, Psalm 102:25-27
33. God doesn't know everything - especially future, random events.
Matthew 10:29&30, Hebrews 4:13, Psalm 146:5, Acts 15:18, Isaiah 44:7, 46:10
34. In addition to his knowledge of everything, God has an uncertain knowledge - he guesses from
circumstances what free will choices we will make.
Hebrews 4:13, Isaiah 46:10&11 with 44:26-28 and 45:13, Acts 15:18
35. Besides his absolute and almighty will, God has a conditional will that may or may not come to
pass. Isaiah 46:10, Psalm 135:6, Romans 9:19, Daniel 4:35
36. Just vengeance is not part of God's nature; he can forgive sin without demanding any payment.
Genesis 18:25, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, Romans 3:24-26, Exodus 34:7, Habbakuk 1:13, Psalm 5:5, 11:5&6,
Hebrews 2:10
37. God is so powerful that he can make contradictory things happen.
Psalm 102:25-27, 119:68, Deuteronomy 32:4, James 1:17, Titus 1:2, 2 Timothy 2:13
38. The doctrine of the Trinity is not vital; adult believers can be saved without believing in the Trinity.
John 17:3, 14:1, 5:23, 1 John 2:23, 2 John 9
39. There are not three different Persons in the essence of God.
Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Matthew 3:16 & 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 John 5:7, John 14:16, 15:26
40. The Old Testament believers & Israelites knew nothing of the Trinity.
Gen 1:1,26, 3:22, 11:7, 19:24, Numbers 6:24-26, Psalm 33:6, Isaiah 61:1, 63:9&10, Hosea 1:7, Zechariah 10:12
41. The Son, our Savior, is not True God; he is just the first and best creature that God made.
Psalm 45:7, Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6, Jeremiah 23:6, John 1:1, 8:58, Philipians 2:6, Romans 9:5, Titus 2:13
42. Christ was born a mere man; his goodness earned divinity and worship.
Isaiah 7:14, 9:6, John 1:1,14, Philippians 2:6&7, 1 Timothy 3:16, Romans 1:3&4, 1 Peter 3:18
43. Christ has not always been the Son of God; he bacame God's Son by his birth, ressurection, or
etc. John 1:14, 3:16, 10:30, Galatians 4:4, Romans 1:3, 8:3,32, Luke 1:16, 17, 32
44. The Holy Ghost is not a Divine Person; he (it) is an angel or a force.
John 15:26, 14:26, Acts 5:3, Isaiah 6:9 with Acts 28:25, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Matthew 28:19, 9:38 with Acts 20:28
45. God's decrees (eternal plans) are unnecessary; they are merely accidental.
Psalm 147:5, Hebrews 4:13, Acts 15:18
46. God's decrees are not eternal, but temporary. Matthew 25:34, 2 Timothy 1:9, Acts 15:18
47. God's decrees are not absolute, but conditional. Matthew 11:25, Ephesians 1:5, Romans 9:11, Isaiah
46:10
48. God has not set the limit and circumstances of each man's life.
Job 14:5, Psalm 39:5&6, Acts 17:26, Isaiah 44:26-28, 45:1,13
49. Christ as Mediator is the cause of election to eternal life.
Matthew 11:25, Romas 9:11,16, Ephesians 1:4 with Isaiah 42:1, 1 Peter 1:20
50. God's election is based on his foresight of the man's good works.
Romans 9:11,16, 11:5&6, Ephesians 1:4-6, 2 Timothy 1:9
51. God hasn't chosen any particular individuals for salvation; he only set up the terms of salvation or
damnation for men to choose. Romans 9:11,16, 8:28-30, 11:7, John 10:27-29, Matthew 24:24, Acts 13:48
52. Since nobody's election is certain until he perseveres & dies in Christ, it is impossible to know if
you are saved. Romans 8:28-39, John 10:27-29, 2 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Corinthians 2:12,
1 Thessalonians 1:4, 2 Peter 1:10, Psalm 73:24-26, 2 Timothy 4:7
53. No particular persons are "reprobated" - damned to eternal ruin by God's wise & soveriegn will.
Such a God would be cruel. Romans 9:22, Jude 4, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, John 10:26, Isaiah 46:10 with
2 Thessalonians 1:8&9, Psalm 9:17
54. God planned to have Christ die for all people, and to call everyone to become Christians. We are
being tested to see if we will accept God's offer.
Romans 9:11-22, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 1 Peter 2:8, John 10:10&11,26
55. God can give a created being power to create things. So Christ could make the universe but be
less than God. Or priests can transform bread and wine into flesh and blood.
Isaiah 44:7,24, 45:12, Jeremiah 10:11&12, Psalm 96:5
56. The angels and the unseen world existed for a long time before the creation described in
Genesis chapter 1. Exodus 20:8-11
57. God controls events, but only in a general and indeterminate way.
Proverb 16:1, Acts 17:28, Colossians 1:17, Philippians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 12:6
58. God could not effectively permit sin without being the author of it.
Habbakuk 1:13, Romans 1:24-28, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, Psalm 81:12&13, 1 Peter 2:8, Jude 4
59. Man was not created holy and righteous, but neutral and natural. If Adam was righteous, it was
not his nature but an external gift from God. Genesis 1:26&27, Ecclesiastes 7:29
60. Adam was mortal before the fall. Death is not caused by sin. Genesis 2:17, Romans 6:23, 5:12
61. God didn't make a life-and-death covenant with Adam as the representative of his human
descendants. Genesis 2:17, Hosea 6:7, Romans 5:12-19
62. Man sinned because he was created with a tendency to evil as well as good.
Genesis 1:26&27, Ecclesiastes 7:29
63. Adam's first sin is not imputed (judicially blamed on) his descendants.
Romans 5:12-19, 1 Corinthians 15:22
64. The souls of babies are not corrupted with original sin.
Genesis 6:5&6, 8:21, 5:3, Job 14:4, Psalm 51:5, John 3:5&6, Ehpesians 2:3, Romans 5:12
65. Original sin is only the lack of the extra gift of righteousness Adam had.
John 3:6, Romans 8:7&8, 7:14,18,23&24, Galatians 5:17, Matthew 15:19, Jeremiah 17:9
66. Nothing involuntary can be sinful, for example the first movement of the soul to desire sin.
Romans 7:14-25, Jeremiah 17:9, Psalm 19:12
67. Human free will means indifference, or equal ability to do good or evil.
Romans 8:7&8, Ezekiel 33:11
68. Some sins are so small that they don't deserve hell, but only earthly punishment or purgatory.
Romans 6:23, Ezekiel 18:4, Galatians 3:10, Psalm 5:5
69. Men still have enough moral strength to choose to do good by themselves.
John 8:34, 15:4, Romans 6:12&14, 8:7&8, Ephesians 2:1, 5:8, Genesis 6:5, 1 Corinthians 2:14, Matthew 7:18
70. The punishment of sin in hell is not eternal and horrible; it is total annihilation or merely the loss
of heaven. Mark 9:44, Revelation 19:20, 14:10&11, Matthew 3:12, 25:46
71. Christ's righteousness is not the condition of God's mercy - it is our faith, repentence and
obedience that merit God's mercy. Romans 5:17-19, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Isaiah 53:10-12, Psalm 40:6-8
72. The covenant of grace is made with all men and offered to every single man.
Pslam 147:19&20, Ephesians 2:12, Proverb 29:18
73. The Old Testament believers were not saved in the same way (by grace) as New Testament
believers. They were not promised forgiveness, the Holy Spirit or eternal life.
Luke 1:68-73, Acts 3:25, Galatians 3:17, Genesis 17:7, Ezekiel 36:25-27, Hebrews 2:14, 13:8, Romans 16:26
74. The Old Testament believers were under the curse of the law and guilty of sin until Christ's death.
Exodus 34:6&7, Psalm 32:1, 85:3, 103:3&4, Micah 7:18
75. Believers who died before the crucifixion did not go to heaven. They went down to "limbo" until
Jesus "descended into hell" to free them. Luke 20:28, 16:19&20, 23:43, Hebrews 11:5, 2 kings 3:11
76. The promised Messiah (savior/christ) hasn't come yet.
Genesis 49:10, Daniel 9:24-26, Haggai 2:6&7, Malachi 3:1, Isaiah 2:18&20, Zechariah 13:2
77. Jesus of Nazareth was an imposter, not the true Messiah.
Daniel 9:24, Malachi 3:1&3, 4:2, Micah 5:2, Isaiah 7:14, chapter 53, the entire Books of Luke and Matthew
78. Christ whould have come to earth as a man, even if mankind had not sinned.
Matthew 1:21, 9:13, Daniel 9:24, Isaiaj 61:1&2, chapter 53, 1 Timothy 2:6, John 3:16, 1 John 3:8, Romans 8:3&4
79. Jesus had his human nature when he left heaven; it didn't come from Mary.
Genesis 3:15, Acts 3:25, Luke 1:31&32, Hebrews 2:14-16
80. Christ's human soul was always so full of knowledge that he never learned anything new.
Luke 2:52, Mark 13:32, Hebrews 2:17
81. Christ's human nature was able to sin. Hebrews 7:26, Luke 1:35, John 3:34, 2 Cor 5:21
82. Christ's two natures (God & man) were either blended together or so separate that he was two
people. Galatians 4:4, Romans 1:3, 9:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, Philippians 2:6&7, John 3:13, 1 Corinthians 2:8, Acts
20:28, Isaiah 9:6
83. Because Christ's humanity is united to his divinity, his human nature is present everywhere,
all-knowing, all-powerful and so his humanity should be worshipped.
John 4:14, 11:15, Matthew 28:5&6, chapter 26, Acts 3:21, Luke 2:40,52, Mark 13:32, John chapter 17.
84. Before Christ began his public ministry, he was caught up to heaven for special instruction.
Luke 2:47, Colossians 2:3, Isaiah 11:2, Ephesians 4:9
85. Christ was never a true priest - and not a priest of any sort before he went back to heaven.
Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 5:6&10, 1:3, Ephesians 5:2
86. Christ's divinity was changed into humanity so that it (divinity) suffered.
1 Peter 3:18, 2 Corinthians 13:4
87. Christ only suffered physical and emotional pain; he did not feel spiritual punishments and the
wrath of God. John 12:27, Matthew 26:38, 27:46, Luke 22:44, Galatians 3:13
88. Christian ministers, like Christ, are priests in the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7, Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:5-9
89. The sacrifices of the Jews actually took away sin (at least small sins); they were not simply
prophetic pictures of Christ. Hebrews chapters 7 - 10, Colossians 2:17
90. Christ did not have to satisfy God's justice in order to save sinners.
Exodus 34:7, Genesis 2:17, Galatians 3:10-13, Romans 3:24-26, Psalm 11:5&6
91. Christ did not die for men to fulfill a covenant; he only died as an example of a martyr or to earn
his own advancement to heaven. 1 Corinthians 6:20, 1 Peter 1:19, 2:24, 3:18, Titus 2:14, Ephesians 1:7, 5:2
Matthew 20:28, Romans 4:25, 5:6&7, 8:32, 1 Timothy 2:6, Isaiah chapter 53, Galatians 3:13, 2 Corinthians 5:21,
John 1:29, Hebrews 2:9, 7:22
92. Christ did not perfectly satisfy divine justice; good works and purgatory are also needed.
Hebrews chapters 7 & 9 (9:14), 10:9-14, Romans 5:16-19, Colossians 1:20, 2 Corinthians 5:21
93. Christ satisfied divine justice only by his death on the cross - or other sufferings - but not by his
active obedience to God's law. Isaiah 53:4&5, 1 Peter 2:21-24, 3:18, Philippians 2:6&7, Daniel 9:24,
Romans 5:19, 8:3&4
94. Christ's death satisfied God's justice for all men, putting them all into a state in which they can be
saved. Matthew 1:21, Ephesians 5:23, John 15:13, 10:10-15, 11:52, Acts 20:28, Isaiah 53
95. When Christ died, his soul went into hell, not heaven. Luke 23:43-46
96. Christ didn't rise from the dead. Matthew chapter 28, Mark chapter 16, Luke chapter 24, John chapter 20,
Acts chapter 1, 1 Corinthians chapter 15
97. Christ rose from the dead, but not by his own power. John 2:19, 5:21, 11:25, Romans 1:3&4, 1 Peter
3:18, 1 Timothy 3:16, Colossians 1:18, Revelation 1:18, 1 Corinthians 15:4,45
98. Christ didn't actually ascend into heaven; since his human nature is everywhere, he merely
disappeared on earth. Mark 16:19, Luke 24:52, Acts 1:9&10, John 16:28, Colossians 3:1,
Ephesians 4:10, Acts 3:21
99. Christ's kingdom is worldly, not spiritual in nature.
Isaiah chapter 61, Jeremiah 33:5&6, Zechariah 9:9, John 18:36
100. Christ's kingdom (either the kingdom of God nor the kingdom of the Savior) will not last forever.
Luke 1:33, Daniel 7:14, 2:44
101. Christ as Mediator - especially as He is now glorified in heaven - is an object of worship.
Matthew 4:10, Psalm 83:18, Galatians 4:8 with Isaiah 49:3, John 14:28
102. God would be dishonest with men, and add insult to injury, if He called anyone to salvation whom
He has unchangeably set down for damnation. John 9:39 with 1:11 and 15:22, 2 Corinthians 4:3, Isaiah
55:11, Acts 14:48, Revelation 22:17 with Romans 9:11-23
103. God's works of creation, providence and tradition are enough to call all men to salvation.
Acts 4:12, Ephesians 2:12, Proverb 29:18, 2 John 9, Acts 14:16
104. God gives everyone enough grace to save them if they take advantage of it.
John 10:26 and 12:37-40, Romans 9:22, 2 Corinthians 4:3&4
105. God's saving grace is not invincible; men can refuse it. God's grace is called "effectual" only
because it suits the human personality, but not because it is irresistable and almighty in itself.
1 Corinthians 2:14 and 4:7 and 3:6&7, Romans 5:6, 8:7&8, John 6:44, Ephesians 2:1,3,10, 1:18-20, Ezekiel
11:19&20, 36:26&27
106. Men are not passive the first moment of becoming Christians - they cooperate with God's mercy
right from the start. Ephesians 2:1&3, 5:8, Romans 5:6, 8:7&8, John 3:5,6, 1 Corinthians 2:14,
2 Corinthians 5:17, Ezekiel 36:26&27
107. Saving faith is an agreement with doctrines that we don't know; we believe what we don't
understand. John 6:45, 17:3, Isaiah 27:11, 53:11, Psalm 9:10, Romans 10:10,17, Hosea 4:6
108. Saving faith does not require certainty or full persuasion of the things believed.
Romans 4:20-25, Hebrews 3:6,14, 11:13, Matthew 14:31, 21:21, John 4:42, 6:69
109. Saving faith doesn't include taking Christ as one's Savior, and receiving God in Christ as one's
own God. John 3:16, Galatians 2:20, Romans 1:16&17, 8:16,32-39, 1 John 3:2,
Psalm 18:1-3, Pslam 103
110. Saving faith is similar to (or even the same as) temporary faith - saving faith is not a different
kind of faith altogether. Titus 1:1, Romans 8:28, John 3:5, Ephesians 3:18, Luke 8:13&15,
James 2:14-25, Galatians 5:6, 1 Timothy 1:5, Acts 15:9, James 2:14-25
111. Justification (God's merciful act of counting us as righteous) means a real injection of righteous
into our nature. Exodus 23:7, Proverb 17:15, Luke 18:14 with Romans 3:28, Acts 13:39,
2 Corinthians 5:19-21, Isaiah 53:11, Romans 4:5, 8:33
112. When God forgives our sins He destroys them in our souls; but our punishment is not taken
away - only our guilt is removed. Psalm 32:1, 103:3, Acts 3:19, 13:39, Micah 7:19, Romans 8:1,31,
2 Corinthians 5:21, Jeremiah 50:20, Song of Songs 4:7
113. Faith alone does not make us right with God - we need works either to earn our salvation or to
make us worthy of Christ's righteousness. Ephesians 2:8, Galatians 2:16, Romans 3:24,28, Philippians 3:9
114. Faith is an act of obedience that saves us, not merely the way to receive Christ's righteousness.
Romans 1:17, 3:22, 4:5, Philippans 3:9 with Jeremiah 3:6, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 2 Corinthians 5:21
115. The righteousness that makes us right with God is not Christ's obedience credited to us, but
either our own goodness or else faith including good works. Titus 3:5-7, James 3:2, Romans 20:28,
4:5,16-19, 8:3,4,33, Philippians 3:8&9, 2 Corinthians 5:21
116. The teaching of justification-by-Christ's-righteousness-alone encourages people to sin.
2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Romans 5:16-21, chapter 6(vs.14), 7:4, 8:1-4, Hebrews 9:14 with 1 Timothy 1:5, Luke
1:74&75
117. People can reach absolute perfection in holiness during this earthly life.
1 John 1:8, James 3:2, 1 kings 8:46, Proverb 20:9, Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:14-25, Matthew 6:12
118. Because Christ has done everything to save us, and completely kept God's laws, saved people
don't need to do good works. Psalm 116:16, 1 Corinthians 9:21, Luke 1:74&75, Titus 2:10-14,
2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Romans chapter 6, 7:4, 5:16-21, Galatians 5:6, 6:7&8, James 2:14-26, John 15:4, 2
Timothy 2:19
119. The good works and virtues of non-Christians, when they fit with God's laws, are truly acceptable
to Him; motives and goals don't matter.
Ephesians 2:12, 1 Timothy 1:5, Titus 1:15, Proverbs 15:8, 21:4, Romans 15:23, Hebrews 11:6
120. Any action done with a good intention is a good wook, even if God's law doesn't require it.
Colossians 2:23, Deuteronomy 12:32, Numbers 15:28, Isaiah 1:12, 29:13, Matthew 15:9
121. Good works earn God's favor; wicked men can earn His mercy; Christians can earn eternal life.
Matthew 7:15-23, 12:33, Proverbs 15:8&9, 21:4, Luke 17:10, 2 Corinthians 3:5,
Romans 6:23, 11:5-7, Titus 3:5, 1 Corinthians 4:7, 15:10
122. In this life, believers cannot know for certain if they are in really saved. 1 John 2:3&4, 3:2, 2
Timothy 1:2, 2 Samuel 23:5, Job 19:25-27, 1 Corinthians 2:12, 11:28, Romans 8:16-39, 2 Corinthians 8:5, 2
Peter 1:10, Psalms 18, 103, 91
123. A real Christian can completely and finally lose his faith and become unsaved.
Hebrews 6:17, Romans 9:11, 8:28-39, 11:29, Deuteronomy 31:8, Hebrews 13:5, Jeremiah 32:39&40, 1 Peter 1:5,
John 10:26-29
124. The spirits of dead men either sleep with their bodies until the resurrection or go to purgatory to
have their sins burned away. Proverb 14:32, Luke 23:43, Acts 7:59, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 1:23
125. The dead will not rise again. Or maybe only the righteous will rise. Exodus chapter 3 with Matthew
22:29-32, 25:32-46, Job 19:25-27, Psalm 16:9, Isaiah 25:8, Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 5:28&29, Revelation 20:11-14
126. The bodies that we bury will not rise again; newly created spirit-bodies will arise to be judged by
God. 2 Corinthians 5:10, Philippians 3:20, Daniel 12:2, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:15, 15:43&44
127. Men are not required to obey the Ten Commandments. Matthew 5:17&18
128. The Ten Commandments don't apply in the New Testament.
Matthew 5:17&18, 22:36-38, 2 Peter 1:19, Romans 3:31, 13:8&9, James 2:11&12
129. The ceremonial law (Old Testament worship & symbols) still apply. Jeremiah 31:32, 3:16&17, Daniel
9:27, Hebrews 7:12&13, Colossians 2:14, Acts chapter 15, Galatians 4:1-3, chapter 5
130. The teachings of Jesus changed and added to the Ten Commandments. Jesus fulfilled the Law
by correcting it, not by obeying it. Psalm 14:8, Matthew 5:17, 22:37-39, Galatians 4:4&5, 3:10-13, Romans
8:3&4, Daniel 9:24
131. Created things like Jesus' mere humanity, saints, angels, and even dead bodies, the cross, and
the communion bread may be religiously worshipped.
Matthew 4:10, Isaiah 42:8, Galatians 4:8, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, Jeremiah 17:5
132. Images of God, or of Jesus as a man, and even of Mary and the saints should be worshipped.
Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 4:16, 1 John 5:21, 1 Thessalonians 1:9
133. Images of God or the "saints" can be kept in churches to teach those unable to read.
Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 4:16, Isaiah 40:18, Acts 17:29, Jeremiah 10:8
134. It is always wrong to swear and oath (now that we are in New Testament times).
Hebrews 6:16, Romans 9:1, 2 Corinthians 11:31, 1:23
135. Oaths and promises made to unbelievers are not binding.
Joshua 6:22, 9:15, 1 Corinthians 7:13&14
136. When making an oath, one can use double meanings to confuse others, or secretly mean things
in your mind that the others won't know. Hebrews 6:16, 2 Corinthians 4:2
137. Christians should observe other "holidays" (holy days) besides the weekly Sabbath (sunday).
Romans 14:5&6, Galatians 4:10, Colossians 2:16-23
138. Children can get married or enter monasteries without parental permission.
Matthew 15:3-6, Numbers 30:4, Ephesians 5:1
139. Christians can never be civil rulers. All war and capital punishment is wrong, especially the
execution of false teachers. Romans 13:4, 1 Timothy 2:1, Luke 3:14, 1 Peter 2:14, Leviticus 24:16
140. It is ok to lie if you help someone without hurting anyone.
Psalm 5:6, Proverb 16:17-19, Ephesians 4:25, Colossians 3:9
141. God's moral law (the Ten Commandments) can't require our obedience if we must be punished
for breaking it at the same time. Galatians 3:10 with Romans 8:1 and 3:19, 2:14&15
142. The Gospel is a new law, requiring only faith in and obedience to itself.
Luke 2:10&11, 2 Corinthians 5:18-21, Hebrews 8:9-12 with Matthew 5:17&18, Romans 3:19-31
143. The connection between the sacramental signs (water, bread, wine) and the things they signify
(Spirit, flesh, blood) is physical and spacial. 1 Peter 3:21, 1 Corinthians 10:6
144. The sacraments are useless; or mere badges or symbols of our faith.
Romans 4:11, 1 Corinthians 10:16, Matthew 26:26-28
145. The sacraments won't "work" if the pastor who performs them has wrong intentions.
Philippians 1:16&17, Romans 3:3, 1 Corinthians 10:16
146. The sacraments of the old Testament were only shadows of grace; but New Testament
sacraments give out grace automatically even if they are not received in faith.
Genesis 17:10, Romans 4:11, Acts 2:38, 8:37&38, 10:34-37, 1 Peter 3:21, 1 Corinthians 11:28
147. Confirmation, ordination, marriage, penance and last rites are sacraments given by Christ;
baptism, ordination and confirmation imprint a permanent character on their receivers.
(No scriptures teach such things.)
148. Water baptism is absolutely needed to be saved. Mark 16:16, Acts 16:31
149. Because water baptism is so necessary, it can be done by laymen, even women, and even in
secret. Matthew 28:19, 1 Timothy 2:12
150. Water Baptism washes away the guilt of former sins; or actually causes faith in infants when they
are water baptized. Acts 2:38, 8:13,22, 13:38&39, Romans 7:14
151. Infants, since they can't express faith, show good works or join the Church, should not be
baptized. There is no command or example supporting infant baptism in the New Testament.
Matthew 28:19, Acts 16:15,33, 18:8, 1 Corinthians 1:16, Genesis 17:7 with Acts 2:38 and 10:47, Colossians 2:11,
Matthew 19:13, 1 Corinthians 7:14
152. Baptism was only a temporary ceremony to set believers apart from the Heathen; it is not
necessary in the Church today. Matthew 28:19, Romans 6:4, Galatians 3:27
153. It's no big deal how baptism is performed. Matthew 28:19, chapter 3
154. Baptism is not a simple rite of sprinkling or dipping in the name of the Trinity. It should also
include curning candles, white clothes, the sign of the cross, exorcism and anointing the chest and
forehead with oil. Matthew 28:19, Acts chapters 8, 9, 10 & 16
155. Wafers should be used in the Lord's Supper, not baked bread.
Matthew 26:26, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:23-29
156. The cup of wine should be given only to the clergy. Mark 14:23, 1 Corinthians 11:26
157. When the priest mutters "This is my body" over the bread and wine, it literally turns them into
Jesus' body and blood. 1 Corinthians 10:3&4, 10:16, 11:23,27,28, Mark 26:26 with Genesis 41:26,
Ezekiel 37:11, Daniel 7:17, 8:20&21
158. Christ's body is in the bread and wine so that it is actually eaten by the mouths of the receivers.
Luke 22:19, Matthew 26:11, Acts 3:21, John 6:26-64
159. In the "mass", or service of the eucharist, the priest crucifies Christ as an external, real and
saving sacrifice for the sins of the living and the dead. 1 Corinthians 11: 23-27, Hebrews 7:27, 9:14,2-28,
10:1-14
160. People should worship and kneel down before the wafer and wine when they receive it; and also
to the "consecrated host" when it is paraded through the streets.
1 Corinthians 11:23-29, Matthew 4:10, Deuteronomy 5:13, Galatians 4:8
161. Prayers should be said to the dead saints - and for them.
Philippians 4:6, Isaiah 8:19, 2 Samuel 12:16-23
162. Public prayers should be said in Latin, even if neither the priest nor the people understand it.
1 Corinthians 14:1-25
163. Only people who show their faith by an almost perfect life, or who at least show real evidence
that they are saved, are members of the visible church.
Matthew chapter 3, Luke chapter 3, Acts 2:39, 1 Corinthians 12:14, Mark 10:14
164. Wicked unbelievers can be members of the church.
Ephesians 5:23, 2:20, Romans 8:9, Hebrews 3:1, Matthew 7:23, 1 Peter 2:9, 1 John 2:19
165. Anyone who is free of major scandel, not a persecutor, and who believes the Bible is God's Word
should be allowed to join the church, no matter what they take the Bible to mean.
Proverb 23:23, Jude 3, Galatians 1:8, 2 John 9-11
166. Nobody should ever leave a church as long as they can be saved in it and there are some saved
people in it. Romans 16:17&18, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Revelation 18:4
167. It is possible for the true church to cease to exist on earth.
Ephesians 1:21, Isaiah 59:21 and 61:8, Matthew 16:18
168. The true Christian church is always prominent and splendid.
Genesis chapter 4, 2 Chronicles 15:3, Revelation 12:6, 11:7-10
169. The distinguishing signs of the true church are not Biblical preaching and sacraments. Instead,
the true church must be marked by either the perfect holiness of her members (Anabaptism); or the
Church is marked by the name "Catholic", her antiquity, on-going beauty, large membership, unity
under one Chief Bishop, continuous succession of bishops, miracles and such.
John 10:27, Acts 2:42, Ephesians 2:19&20, 4:11-13
170. There are no distinguishing signs of a true church, so anybody who in any way calls himself
"christian" should unite with the church. 2 Timothy 3:1-5, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, see error #165 above.
171. The Church - either in the form of her Pope or of a General Council - cannot err in matters of
faith. Psalm 19:12, 1 Corinthians 13:9, Romans 11:22, Matthew 7:15, 15:1&2, 2Timothy 3:1-5, 1 Timothy 4:1-3
172. The unity of the Christian Church doesn't consist in one shared Lord Jesus, one faith, one
baptism and one hope; instead, thetrue unity comes from having one Pope as king of the Church.
Luke 22:25&26, 1 Peter 5:2&3, Matthew 23:8&9, 28:20, Ephesians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 1:24
173. Christ left the Apostle Peter as his representative to rule the whole Christian Church; the Pope
of Rome is his successor. John 20:21&22, Matthew 28:19 and 19:28, Acts chapter 15, 3 John 9,
1 Corinthians 1:12, 3:4, 2 Corinthians 11:5, 12:11, Galatians 2:6-11
174. Christ set up "bishops" who rule over preachers; or such bishops are needed in the Church
anyway. 1 Peter 5:3, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11, Acts 20:17,28, Titus 1:5,7, Philippians 1:1
175. Any gifted Christian can preach and, if needed, give out the sacraments; no special calling is
needed. Matthew 28:19&20, Ephesians 4:11, Romans 10:14&15, 1 Corinthians 4:1, Jeremiah 23:32, Hebrews
5:4, Acts 14:23, 1 Timothy 4:14
176. Pastors should be chosen by bishops and patrons (wealthy laymen), not elected by the members
of the church. Acts 1:23, chapter 6, 14:23, 1 John 4:1, 1 Corinthians 4:22, 2 Corinthians 4:5
177. It is terribly evil for priests to have wives.
Hebrews 13:4, 1 Corinthians 7:2, 1 Timothy 3:2, 4:1-3, 2 Corinthians 9:5
178. Ministers should not be paid. 1 Corinthians chapter 9, Matthew 10:10, Luke 8:3, Galatians 6:6&7,
Malachi 3:8-12, Nehemiah 13:10&11, 2 Corinthians 8:13&14
179. Only the Pope of Rome can call a General Council to govern the Church.
2 Chronicles chapter 29, 2 Kings chapter 23, Acts chapter 15
180. Church leaders can make up laws that bind the consciences of members.
James 4:12, Luke 12:5, Matthew 15:9, 28:19&20, 16:19, Galatians 5:1
181. Creeds and confessions should not be required in churches because they stop the discovery of
new truths. 2 Timothy 1:13, 1 Corinthians 1:10
182. Politicians should not interfere in any way with the affairs of the church - or the civil government
must carry out the decisions of the clergy. Isaiah 49:23, 2 Chronicles chapters 29 - 32, 34.
183. Clergymen are not subject to the laws of the civil government.
Romans 13:1, 1 Peter 2:13, Titus 3:1, Matthew 17:25, Acts 15:10
184. All authority in the church depends on the civil government.
John 18:36, 2 Corinthians 10:8, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 14:33, Ephesians 4:11&12
185. Church leaders have no power to rebuke or excommunicate (cast out) scandalous members.
1 Corinthians chapter 5, 1 Timothy 1:20, Revelation chapter 2