Non-Permitted Catholic-like Practices for r/christians

What We Do Not Allow

The following are outside the boundaries of this server because they contradict one or more of the five solas, the sole mediation of Christ, the priesthood of all believers, or the prohibition of creature-worship:

• Promotion, teaching, or devotional practice of the traditional Marian rosary, including the full Hail Mary ("Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners"), the Salve Regina, the Fatima prayer, or meditation on the Assumption or Coronation of Mary as Mysteries.
• Invocation of Mary or any saint as intercessor, patron, or mediator; prayers addressed to them in any form.
• Marian devotion framed as theotokos-veneration beyond the simple Christological affirmation that Mary is the mother of the incarnate Son; no shrines, pilgrimages, Marian titles ("Our Lady of ___"), or Marian images used devotionally.
• Veneration of icons, statues, or relics — no bowing, kissing, lighting candles to, or praying before any image as a devotional act; Exodus 20:4–5 and the priesthood of believers settle this.
• Eucharistic adoration, reservation of the host for worship, or elevation as an object of devotion, consistent with Article XXVIII.
• Transubstantiation and any teaching that the Supper is a propitiatory re-offering of Christ.
• Prayers for the dead, purgatory, or indulgences in any form.
• Sacerdotalism — teaching that an ordained clergyman is an essential priestly mediator between the believer and God apart from the priesthood of all believers in Christ.
• Teaching that any rite, practice, object, or person is necessary for salvation apart from Christ received by faith, or that adds to the sufficiency of Scripture.