Scripture Supports the Church

Sola Scriputra (Bible Alone), Tradition,
John 21:25 Not all that Jesus did is written down.
2 Timothy 1:13, 14 Hold the words heard from me, keep the deposit
2 thessalonians 2:14 Hold the Traditions you have learned by word or epistle

Faith Alone
James 2:14 – 2:26 faith without works is dead, show thee thy faith by works

Priestly Celebacy
1 Corinthians 7:7,8 St. Pauls says to continue unmarried as he is unmarried
1 Corinthians 7:32 – 7:34 The unmarried think of serving the Lord and not of earthly responsibilities
Matthew 19:12 eunuchs for the kingdom of God. He who can receive, let him receive it
Jeremias 16:1 Thou shalt not take a wife

Statues/Praying to Saints
1 Timothy 2:1 Prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving for all men
Josue 5:13-15 Josue worshiping before the angel
Daniel 8:17 Daniel prostrates before the Archangel Gabriel
Exodus 25:18 make two cherubims of beaten gold

Purgatory
2 Machabees 12:43 – 12:46, sacrifice offered for the sins of the dead. A holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead.
1 Corinthians 3:15 saved, yet so as by fire
Matthew 5:25, 26 cast into prison and will not be released until last farthing is paid
1 Peter 3:19, 4:6 Jesus preached to the dead, to the spirits in prison

Fornication/Homosexuality
Romans 1:26 women changing the natural use, men with men working that which is filthy…
1 Corinthians 6:9,10 fornicators, sodomites…shall not possess the kingdom of God
1 Timothy 1:10 contrary to sound doctrine for which the law is made
Leviticus 18:22 abomination to lie with man as with woman
Genesis 1:27,28 God created man and woman, told them to multiply and fill the earth

Mary
Luke 1:28 angel called her full of grace and blessed among women
Luke 1:42, 43 blessed among women, mother of my Lord
Matthew 1:23 gives birth to Emmanuel who is God

Sacrament of Reconciliation
Matthew 18:18 authority to bind and loose given to apostles
John 20:22, 23 Jesus breathed on apostles and gave them authority to forgive and retain sins
2 Corinthians 5:18 God has given us the ministry of reconciliation

Primacy of Peter/Vicar of Christ
Matthew 16:17 called blessed by Jesus
Matthew 16:18, 19 Peter is the rock the Church will be built on and Peter given the keys of the kingdom of heaven and the power to bind and loose
John 21:17 Peter told by Jesus to feed his sheep
Acts 2:14 Peter leads preaching after Holy Spirit descended
Acts 2:19 Peter makes judgment to accept gentiles

Acts 2:38 – 2:41 Peter converts three thousand at Pentecost

Verses taken from the Douay-Rheims Bible