Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter XIII Ritualism
Roman Catholic people have to struggle with ritualism and superstition, forms and ceremonies which impress the eye but deaden the soul to spiritual truth.
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A Description of the Antichrist – By Darryl Eberhart
the identity of the Antichrist] is proclaimed in II Thess. 2 as BOTH a system AND a person: the ‘man of sin’ and the one who would sit in the ‘temple [Ed.: Greek: “naos”] of God’ calling himself God. And the only one in the pages of history who has done this is the Pope.
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Section Three Chapter XI The Infallibility of the Pope
The doctrine of papal infallibility appeals to many people who are poorly informed. They know practically nothing about the Bible. Consequently, they have no sound theology on which to base their actions.
Continue reading →Good News for Those Who Fear Going to Purgatory!
The doctrine of purgatory says that while God forgives sin, His justice nevertheless demands that the sinner must suffer the full punishment due to him for his sin before he will be allowed to enter heaven.
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter X Purgatory
You don’t have to fear going to Purgatory after you die because there is no such place! Purgatory is an invention by the Church to keep you under its control.
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter IX The Confessional
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Continue reading →“What is the Roman Catholic Church-State?” – By Darryl Eberhart
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One of the top goals of the Roman Catholic Church-State is the elimination of its competition! That is why for many centuries it has waged relentless war.
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter VIII The Mass
Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary was complete in that one offering, and that it was never to be repeated. But the Catholic Church repeats in daily in the Mass.
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Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter VII Mary Part 2
As evangelical Protestants we honor Mary, the mother of our Lord, but we don’t worship her or say we must come to Jesus through her.
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter VII Mary Part 1
This is the continuation of the previous chapter Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Section Two Chapter VI The Papacy. This chapter is very long which is why I am dividing it into two parts. 1 Mary’s Place in Scripture The New Testament has surprisingly little to say about Mary. Her last recorded words were spoken at the marriage in Cana, at the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry: “Whatsoever he saith … Continue reading →
Fomenters of Wars and Revolutions – By Darryl Eberhart
The Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648, was a series of conflicts that became the last great struggle of religious wars in Europe. It was fought almost exclusively on German soil…but before the war ended, it involved most of the nations of Europe. The underlying cause of the war was the deep-seated hostility between the German Protestants and German Catholics
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Section Two Chapter VI The Papacy
The word “pope,” and the word “papacy,” the system of ecclesiastical government in which the pope is recognized as the supreme head, are not found in the Bible.
Continue reading →“Plans to Destroy the American Constitutional Republic” – By Darryl Eberhart
The popes of Rome hate liberty of conscience of democracies. Their goal is to bring the world back to a totalitarian society under the Catholic church as it was in the Middle Ages.
Continue reading →Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter V Peter
This is the continuation of the previous chapter of Roman Catholicism by Lorraine Boettner. 1 The Roman Catholic Position The controversial passage in regard to Peter’s place in the Church is Matthew 16:13-19, which reads as follows: “Now Jesus, having come into the district of Caesarea Philippi, began to ask his disciples, saying, ‘Who do men say the Son of Man is?’ But they said, ‘Some say, John the Baptist; … Continue reading →
Roman Catholicism By Lorraine Boettner Chapter IV Tradition
This is the continuation of the previous chapter of Roman Catholicism by Lorraine Boettner. 1 What Tradition Is Protestantism and Roman Catholicism agree that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. But they differ widely in regard to the place that it is to have in the life of the church. Protestantism holds that the Bible alone is the authoritative and sufficient rule of faith and practice. But Romanism … Continue reading →