// Religious Empire & Spiritual Substitution
Catholicism claims succession from Peter, but instead of stewarding Kingdom alignment, it built a political empire with hierarchical control structures.
Prayers to Mary and saints function as spiritual intercessors—yet scripture says there is one mediator between God and man: Jesus Christ (1 Timothy 2:5). This is not harmless tradition; it is spiritual redirection.
The Catholic system trains followers to repeat rituals and attend mass for grace, rather than walking in scroll alignment and daily surrender. This produces performance instead of intimacy.
Confessing to a priest places your field under man-made absolution. The blood of Jesus is sufficient without a human filter. When priesthood replaces sonship, legal substitution occurs.
There is a principality behind the Vatican—a spirit that mimics Kingdom holiness through grandeur, gold, incense, and global power. It masks its corruption through sacred optics while trafficking in false light.
There are those within Catholic churches who genuinely love Jesus. But the Vatican system itself is not scroll-sanctioned. It is a throne built on substitution: of Jesus’ simplicity, Jesus’ authority, and Jesus’ priesthood.