the catholic church has never contradicted itself

I agree to my opponents stipulation that in this debate, counting the issues of limbo, or "no salvation outside the catholic church" is invalid. I will show that the Roman Catholic Church has contradicted itself in the last two-thousand years. A. Denials of Biblical teachings or tradition (A1)- Pope denies the teachings of the Apostle Peter (Acts 15:11; 1 Peter. 2:5) The Catechism of the Catholic Church, #552, "Because of the faith he confessed, Peter will remain the unshakable rock of the Church."[1] Peter himself writes, "Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therefore which believe, he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient ... " (1 Peter 2:6-8) 1 Corinthians 10:4, "And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." Catholic historian and theologian, Peter DeRosa admits: "It may jolt them to hear that the great Fathers of the church saw no connection between it [Matt.16:18] and the pope. Not one of them applies ‘Thou art Peter’ to anyone but Peter. One after another they analyse it: Cyprian, Origen, Cyril, Hilary, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine. They are not exactly Protestants. Not one of them calls the Bishop of Rome a Rock or applies to him specifically the promise of the Keys. This is staggering to Catholics...The surprises do not stop there. For the Fathers, it is Peter’s faith — or the Lord in whom Peter has faith —which is called the Rock, not Peter" (Vicars of Christ, DeRosa, 24).[1] (A2)- Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles (Rom. 11:13), Peter was the apostle to the Jews (Galatians 2:8). If Catholics were to recognize one apostle as their founder, biblically, it should be Paul whose ministry was directed to Gentiles, who wrote the epistle to the ROMANS, and who was actually in Rome. B. Idolatry (B1)- Catholicism is pagan idolatry where the 2nd commandment has been removed from the list of 10 commandments. (EX 20:4)(B2)- Mary is not the 'Queen of Heaven' but rather a pagan deity. (Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-19, 25) 491- Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, "full of grace" through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854:[2] "The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin." Mary was a sinner who needed a Savior (Luke 1:47.) Mary was an unclean sinner who needed purification (Luke 2:22.) 500 Against this doctrine the objection is sometimes raised that the Bible mentions brothers and sisters of Jesus. The Church has always understood these passages as not referring to other children of the Virgin Mary. In fact James and Joseph, "brothers of Jesus", are the sons of another Mary, a disciple of Christ, whom St. Matthew significantly calls "the other Mary". They are close relations of Jesus, according to an Old Testament expression.[2] Mary gave birth to at least SIX children after the birth of Christ who are all listed by name in Mark 6:3. Jesus corrects and rebukes mariolotry in Luke 11:27-28. Jesus never refers to Mary as "mother" one time in the Scriptures. He either calls her "woman" (John 2:4; 19:26) or nothing at all. (B3)- Alexander Hislop (The Two Babylons) proved back in 1916 that the whole Catholic set up from Madonna's to "confessionals" and cardinals (and from popes and crosses to beads and candles) was of heathen origin, stemming from the worship of Nimrod, Tammuz, and Semiramis (Astarte, Ishtar, et al.). C. Modern Contradictions (C1) The Roman Catholic Church teaches that the Bible and tradition as interpreted by the Church are the final seat of authority in religion. Jesus condemned tradition as a rule for religious authority and exalted the Word of God:[4] "The Pharisees and Scribes asked him, ‘Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the ancients...?’ But answering he said to them, ‘...in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine the precepts of men. For letting go the commandment of God, you hold fast the tradition of men.... Well do you nullify the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition.... You make void the commandment of God by your tradition’" (Mk. 7:5-13). (C2) Pope Pius XII, directly addressed the issue of evolution in a 1950 encyclical, Humani Generis. The Pope declared: "The Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experiences in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the origin of the human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter—for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God." John Paul said: "Today, almost half a century after publication of the encyclical, new knowledge has led to the recognition of the theory of evolution as more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that this theory has been progressively accepted by researchers, following a series of discoveries in various fields of knowledge. The convergence, neither sought nor fabricated, of the results of work that was conducted independently is in itself a significant argument in favor of the theory." Evolution, a doctrine that Pius XII only acknowledged as an unfortunate possibility, John Paul accepts forty-six years later "as an effectively proven fact." [5] I await my opponents response. Sources: [1] http://www.cuttingedge.org... [2] http://www.scborromeo.org... [3] http://www.entrewave.com... [4] http://www.vatican.va... [5] http://law2.umkc.edu...