Relics

Catholicism

By YBible

Catholics collect parts of dead “saints” bodies like their bones, hair, clothing or even supposed artifacts from the crucifixion, these are called relics. They then ascribe supernatural powers to them.

Official Catholic doctrine is that the relic has no power of it's own but that God gives it powers. However the Bible doesn’t teach that God gave or would give powers to these objects. The Bible calls this idolatry and the objects idols. You have no authority to direct God’s power to an object. If God does use an object as a medium of His power like the ark of the covenant or Paul’s handkerchief it’s a specific occurrence. Nowhere in the Old Testament or New Testament were they collecting relics and attributing God’s power to them. Icon/relic powers are demonic.

This is yet another Catholic practice that has its origins in paganism.

God destroyed Old Testament relics like the brazen serpent to prevent idolatry.

He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it… - 2 Kings 18:4

Relics Summary: Catholics ascribe supernatural powers to objects that God didn’t give. It’s exactly idolatry.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. - 1 John 5:21

Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device. - Acts 17:29

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. - 1 Corinthians 10:14

- KJV