It is not very often that I get an opportunity to thank the Pope for something he said, some things he has said in the last several weeks have gotten me really excited.
With prominent evangelicals leaving Christianity and becoming Catholic, and Rick Warren still promoting “Purpose Driven”(R) Catholics and Mormons I was beginning to think this ecumenicalism thing was really running amuck. My special thanks to the Pope is for proclaiming the Catholic church the only true church. So to Pope Benedict I say a hearty thank you very much. Let’s face it Rick Warren says the Reformation was a bad idea, a lot in the emergent crowd are bending over backwards to embrace Catholics, Evangelical and Catholics Together is gaining momentum. All these people want to embrace the Roman Catholic church, but the Catholic Church doesn’t want to embrace them. I know this is a pipe dream, but now maybe some of this will swing this crazy ecumenical pendulum back a few notches. If nothing else it should help certain people see just how far apart evangelicals and Roman Catholics are theologically. The Pope understands we are not the same. He even understands we can’t be a part of the same church. He, unlike others, actually drew some lines in the sand and I for one appreciate it. While I think the Pope is 100% wrong and will face fiery judgment I at lease appreciate him taking a stand. Now maybe we can quit trying to get along with Catholics and start winning them to Christ.
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That picture was absolutely hilarious. It was too fitting.
These were exactly my thoughts when I found out.
“Hey, he is at least honest and stopped the beating about the bush”.
Now we have a clear situation, so let us rejoice in the Lord. No false hopes for the masses (sic!)
Amen and amen.
I like what the Westminster Confession has to say about “the church”:
25:1 The catholic or universal Church which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the Head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all…The visible Church, which is also catholic or universal under the Gospel (not confined to one nation as before under the law), consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion; and of their children: and is the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, the house and family of God, out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation (Act_2:47).
Brianstine, I agree with most of your Westminster quote.
This made front page news in my local paper today. We’ve got lots of liberals here. I hope they were all taken aback by this.
We’re regularly treated to editorials downing the SBC. I’m waiting on them to try it for the RCC now. If they do, you can bet I’ll write in reminding them that the Pope has just decided to take Roman Catholic dogma seriously. He’s proven what we Protestants have said about Rome for 500 years.
Another good picture of Papal power in action.
That picture is absolutely hysterical and truly a classic.