I was a former Catholic and went to Parochial school from 1st-8th grade, then High School. Roman Catholicism is surely a contradiction to the Bible and I was mislead for many, many years. Until I came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and I have a personal relationship not religion any longer. I don't need to pray to saints or Mary which is idolatry or light candles, do rosaries, act of contrition, holy water, genuflect etc ... Also, nowhere does it state in the Bible about "Purgatory" either. The Lord has surely set me free.
THE END...
John 8:36New King James Version
36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.
Two of the 10 Commandments say:
You shall have no other gods before me and You shall make no idols
The Catholic Bible has their own scriptures which is called the Maccabees. This is where Purgatory comes in to play.
John 14:6New King James Version
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Exodus 20:23 You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Jesus transforms, not deforms