Relic Worship.
Calling the Pope "Holy Father", same title as God in John 17
In Matthew, Jesus says to not call anyone on earth "Father".
5 ...They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
8 But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
--Matt 23:5-12
6...you have revoked God’s word because of your tradition.
--Matt 15:6
By calling himself "Holy Father", the Pope steals glory from God.
Jesus clearly teaches against taking on exalted titles:
17 ..."Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?"
18 Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.
--Mark 10:17
Col 1:18 says Christ gets first place in everything.
(this material snarfed from "Are Catholics Saved? - John MacArthur")
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
--1 Tim 2:5
(Not Mary)
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
--2 Cor 11:3
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
--2 Cor 11:14-15
10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
11 or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
--Deut 18:11
1 Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.
--Jude 1:3
(nothing further needed)
7 “Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?
--Mark 2:7
21 Jesus told her, “... an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
--John 4:21
23 But an hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Yes, the Father wants such people to worship Him.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
--John 4:23
It is not about a place, but about you.
12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
--Hebrews 10:12
Christ is not re-sacrificed over and over again.
30..."It is finished!"
--John 19:30
26 You both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods!
27 So not only do we run a risk that our business may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be despised and her magnificence come to the verge of ruin — the very one all of Asia and the world adore.”
--Acts 19:26-27
Statues of saints are a continuation of this pagan practice.
The old pantheon of gods became the pantheon of saints.
2 I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
-- 1 Cor 2:2
Paul's gospel was essentially about Jesus.
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