Expert: Sal - 4/14/2007

Question
Dear Sal,

            Hi again its your favorite questionaire lol :-D
I have a question for ya I know you said in your last post do not dwell on what ignorant non catholics have to say! I know what you mean I dont dwell on it well at least I think I dont? A website I found called www.Pretribulation.com/signs said this about the catholic church that God found :The end-time apostate church will be clothed in scarlet and situated on seven hills.
Rev. 17:3-6 and 9

The Roman Catholic church uses scarlet, sits on the seven hills of Rome, has the nickname-"Babylon," has a pope that says the church has fallen into irreversible apostasy, most of it"s leaders don"t acknowledge Christ as Messiah. The pope has expressed fears his successor may be the false prophet. The "Revived Roman Empire" will be a seven-headed beast that is scarlet in color with ten horns. The apostate church will be symbolized as a woman riding the beast. The E-U will use the same image on it"s single currency known as the "Euro." The image they minted on the first E-U coin was of Charles V. (The first emperor of the Roman Empire).

What is going on here they are attacking our faith and of course Jesus's church? Is this happening now . A FALLING AWAY FROM THE FAITH

God has given to us in His Word (i.e. Holy Bible) which is accurate and reliable. "Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:21). People long have questioned, doubted and impugned the authority of the Bible. But the sacred Book has stood the test of time. In the last days the apostasy ("falling away") will spread rapidly. (And that is happening today!)

4.1 The Testimony of Paul

"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith." (1 Timothy 4:1-5) Note the "seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils" (1 Timothy 4:1) which will lead people astray. "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine" (2 Timothy 4:3). Unbelievers will have "itching ears" and will seek after false teachers and false religions which will not provide the true way of Salvation. They will be turned unto fables (2 Timothy 4:4).
Why are they acting like this to us they think we are false teachers and preachers and they call us babelyon

your sister in christ
Jacqueline  

Answer
Dear Jacqueline:

The Catholic Church using the color red is nothing evil as it represents the Holy Spirit, the Passion of our Lord and the great Christians that died for Christ and his Church.

The Vatican is not built on 7 hills. Rome is built on 7 hills. The Vatican is built on only one hill, Vatican Hill, which is not part of the 7 hills of Rome. Vatican Hill is on the opposite side of the Tiber from the 7 hills of Rome. Anti-Catholics ignore this fact because it destroys their fantasy about the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church doesn't use the nickname "Babylon". Just because some nuts call the Church Babylon doesn't mean it is the Church's nickname.

When has the Pope said the Catholic Church is in irreversible apostasy? The leaders of the Church, the Bishops, do believe in Jesus. So again that website is way wrong.

Yes, there is a falling away from the faith. It is called "Protestantism".

The people that promote the nonsense that you read on that website do so because they are looking for teachers that will feed their false beliefs. They have, indeed, turned from the truth to fables.

May God Have Mercy on Them,
Sal