The Word "Religion" In the Bible.

The word "Religion" is in the Bible. Some says that we should not be a member of Religion because it is not in the Bible. But, sorry to those who says this. The word "Religion" is in the Holy Scriptures. The Bible clearly says that Religion is in the Bible. The Bible says...

"but they had some argument or other with him about their own religion and about a dead man called Jesus whom Paul alleged to be alive." - Acts 25:19 (The Jerusalem Bible)

"They have known me for a long time and could testify, if they would, that I followed the strictest party in our religion and lives as a Pharisee." - Acts 26:5 (The Jerusalem Bible)

"Nobody must imagine that he is religious while he still goes on deceiving himself and not keeping control over his tongue; anyone who does this has the wrong idea in religion. Pure, unspoilt religion, in the eyes of God our Father is this: coming to help of orphans and widows when they need it, and keeping oneself uncontaminated by the world." - James 1:26-27 (The Jerusalem Bible)

See. The word Religion is in the Bible. We should not take this as an issue or a problem. This is not a problem, this is just a result of not understanding and reading the Bible and by only taking verses that is supportive on their doctrines.

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Purgatory in The Bible.

The Purgatory is in the Bible. In fact it is very Biblical. But, according to several Protestants, the word "Purgatory" itself is not in the Bible. Can I ask the Protestants, where in the Bible can you find the word "Bible" itself? There's none. Like the word Purgatory. The word Purgatory cannot be found in the Holy Scriptures, but the Bible tells about it. The Bible says about the Purgatory doctrine...

"Come to terms with your opponent in good time while you are still on the way to the court with him, or he may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I tell you most solemnly, you will not get out till you have paid the last penny" - Matthew 5:25-26 (The Jerusalem Bible)

That is according to the Bible itself. Here's another verse telling about the Purgatory doctrine...

"For example: when you go to the court with your opponent, try to settle with him on the way, or he may drag you before the judge and the judge hand you over to the bailiff and the bailiff have you thrown into prison. I tell you, you will not get out till you have paid the very last penny.'" - Luke 12:58-59 (The Jerusalem Bible)

Actually, in these verses I quote straight from the Holy Scriptures, the opponent is Satan and God is the judge. The prison is purgatory and you will not get out there until you paid the very last penny (which means you have to pay for your sins and you need to repent there).

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Why Luther Removed the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books?

The Roman Catholic Apocrypha/Deuterocanon are the books in the Holy Scriptures mostly seen in the Old Testament. According to Wikipedia, the Deuterocanonical books is a term used since the sixteenth century in the Catholic Church and Eastern Christianity to describe certain books and passages of the Christian Old Testament that are not part of the Hebrew Bible. Marin Luther, the founder and leader of Protestantism, removed the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books because the Apocryphal books doesn't support Luther's Protestant Teachings. Example the salvation because of good works. The Protestants really deny it, they believe that only the Word of God (The Bible) will only save them. But the Apocrypha says...

"...Better to practise almsgiving than to hoard up gold. Almsgiving saves from death and purges every kind of sin..." - Tobit 12:8-9 (The Jerusalem Bible)

But even the New Testament agrees with this statement that salvation should be with works...

"There you see it: faith and deeds were working together; his faith became perfect by what he did." - James 2:22 (The Jerusalem Bible)

"A body dies when it is separated from the spirit, and in the same way faith is dead if it is separated from good deeds." - James 2:26 (The Jerusalem Bible)

See. The New Testament even agrees with the Apocryphal passage. The Apocrypha supports the Purgatory doctrine which is against Martin Luther's Doctrine...

"after this he took a collection from them individually, amounting to nearly two thousand drachmae, and sent it to Jerusalem to have a sacrifice for sin offered... so that they might be released from their sin." - 2nd Maccabees 12:43, 45 (The Jerusalem Bible)

That's why the Protestants are not including the Apocryphal Books as part of the Holy Scriptures. The Protestants can't accept that their doctrines are wrong. The Protestants are only picking Bible verses that supports their doctrine and anti-Catholic doctrines. That is why Martin Luther removed the Apocryphal books in his Bible (Luther Bible) and some other Protestant Bibles (New International Version, King James Version, English Standard Version etch.) removed it too. It's really scary.

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Did Mary Ever Did a Sin?

Did Mary ever did a sin? That's a question in the mind of the people who have weak faith in the Blessed Mother of God. Now that is a question we are going to answer. Here is a verse the Protestants use to claim that the Blessed Mother did a sin...

"all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23 (New American Bible)

That verse says that all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God. That verse, as I said is the verse the Protestants & other religions (such as the Born Again Christians, the Baptists, the Jehovah's Witnesses, etch.) are using to proof that Mary did a sin. But it's not a verse to proof that Mary ever did a sin. The Bible says that Mary is a favored one...

"And coming to her, he said, "Hail, favored one! The LORD is with you" - Luke 1:28 (New American Bible)

Mary is God's favored one for the Lord Jesus Christ. God trusted Mary to become the Mother of the Lord Jesus Christ. But in the Jewish time (before the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ), all are sinners and God would not trust sinners. Then, why God picked Mary to be the Mother of a man/God who doesn't do any sin? Because Mary is perfect. Mary is Conception. Before Jesus was crucified to the cross, God wouldn't trust any sinner to become the Mother of God. But Mary is picked by God to be the Mother of the Son of God. That is my answer to thew question, did Mary ever did a sin. Shalom and God bless us all.