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Pope Benedict Urging Catholics To Evangelize


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http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?pag ... le&id=3215

Benedict drew a fourth line in the sand in his global crusade during his most recent trip to Brazil. In his address to the bishops of Latin America, Benedict challenged them to galvanize a continent-wide evangelical crusade to rout the competing non-Catholic religions??sects? as he called them?that have penetrated Latin America on the heels of the liberalizing wave that hit the church in the 1960s and ?70s.

Having declared, before gaining papal office, that no Protestant church could be regarded as a true church, it would seem that Benedict?s ecumenical thrusts will be primarily directed to the Orthodox religions. But it is the evangelical ?sects? largely emanating from North America that have most significantly penetrated Catholicism in Latin America. A purge of these competing religious groups may well be on the horizon as Latino bishops lobby national governments for legislation to ban their operation within Latin America.


As we have often pointed out, this is a pope worth watching: A real mover and shaker whose small, somewhat unimpressive physical appearance is belied by strength and force of his public pronouncements. Here, indeed, is a pope intent on evangelizing the world using religion, the world economy, social issues, global politics or whatever weapon he chooses that suits the time, place and public mood. And Benedict is making it increasingly clear that he is prepared to take on all comers in his quest to revive the global dominance of the Vatican?s religion.


http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?pag ... le&id=3249

As converting the world becomes a more urgent priority for Benedict, let us not forget what such missionary efforts of the Roman Catholic Church have led to in past centuries.
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I wonder if the Pope will unleash the Jesuit Priests and an army of Conquistadores again on the South American Continent? Historians know how the initial "conversion" of the native population began, and that is the only form of "Evangelizing" that Roman Catholics are known for. Once they get a base of "converts" then it is up to them to have large families and remain within the RCC religion through the cradle to grave sacrements. Very few people will ever willingly convert to Roman Catholism by their own volition - they are usually coerced through marriage partners etc into that man-made religion.

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Catholicism is a tough wall to tear down (it goes beyond just a religion and into a family's heritage), but it just doesn't spread as fast. People are usually born into Catholicism, not often converted. So they are starting to worry a bit.

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Catholicism is a tough wall to tear down (it goes beyond just a religion and into a family's heritage)' date=' but it just doesn't spread as fast. People are usually born into Catholicism, not often converted. So they are starting to worry a bit.[/quote']

They're starting to take a page out of our handbook though. Door to door soulwinning is starting to take off in some Catholic parishes. Another thing they do is they will invade Protestant message boards in droves in an attempt to convert even just one person.
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Exactly how would a Catholic evangelize? What would they say to people as they come to the door? Curious...


It depends on who they meet at the door I suppose. They'll make an appeal to the authority of the Bible, and of Church on their matters of doctrine.
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It depends on who they meet at the door I suppose. They'll make an appeal to the authority of the Bible, and of Church on their matters of doctrine.


Hmmm...I suppose so. Do you think they would present the pope as all authority, or would they simply try to get people to come to mass to experience it? I know of people who went to mass and were awed by the ritual so much they became Catholic.
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I think they will become the Super Colossal "all caring" "seeker sensitive" type of church, and then just infiltrate and control people's minds a little at a time - not all at once mind you, but ever so slowly - accepting all faiths, all religions, all doctrines, all sodomites, all female preachers, all speaking in tongues,all worshipping Allah, all pornographers who claim to be born again, and so forth, seeking to "unify" the whole body...
giving the appearance of love and peace and holiness, yet in truth they are deceiving the entire world...
we see this happening within congregations all around us, it is only a matter of time before they will all bond together like drops of water in a rain storm.

Then the few people who hold out and resist this vast ecumenical movement will suffer a great amount of persecution, much like the Inquisition, with the full backing all of the other members of the body.

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Hmmm...I suppose so. Do you think they would present the pope as all authority, or would they simply try to get people to come to mass to experience it? I know of people who went to mass and were awed by the ritual so much they became Catholic.


That's possible. I've heard of "conversion experiences" where a Protestant or Baptist was encouraged to go and spend some time in the chapel praying, or go to Mass every once in a while, and they did so and supposedly "felt the love of Mary" or whatnot and became a Catholic.
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Catholicism is a tough wall to tear down (it goes beyond just a religion and into a family's heritage), but it just doesn't spread as fast. People are usually born into Catholicism, not often converted. So they are starting to worry a bit.


I'm a convert to Catholicism. There are many famous converts to the faith as well, Francis Beckwith, Rich Mullins, G.K Chesterton, and others.

I think the biggest problem on this particular board of "False Religions," people make too many assumptions and listen to what others say about the Catholic faith. Isn't that ignorant? Would you go to a Muslim to ask him about Christianity? No. So why not go to a Catholic source to learn about Catholics? It's only logical.

In Pax Christi
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Andrew, we go to the Bible. I've also read Catholic beliefs from authoritative Catholic sources, which contradict the Bible.

The most significant difference is that of salvation.

The Council of Trent teaches:

SIXTH SESSION, CANONS CONCERNING JUSTIFICATION: "If anyone says that justifying faith is nothing else than confidence in divine mercy, which remits sins for Christ's sake, or that it is this confidence alone that justifies us, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA" (Canons Concerning Justification, Canon 12).

SIXTH SESSION, CANONS CONCERNING JUSTIFICATION: "If anyone says that the justice received is not preserved and also not increased before God through good works, but that those works are merely the fruits and signs of justification obtained, but not the cause of its increase, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA" (Canons Concerning Justification, Canon 24).

SIXTH SESSION, CANONS CONCERNING JUSTIFICATION: "If anyone says that the Catholic doctrine of justification as set forth by the holy council in the present decree, derogates in some respect from the glory of God or the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, and does not rather illustrate the truth of our faith and no less the glory of God and of Christ Jesus, LET HIM BE ANATHEMA" (Canons Concerning Justification, Canon 33).


The Bible teaches:
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Salvation is the free gift of Jesus Christ, and we can be 100% sure of eternal life:
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
(1 John 5:11-13)

If we try to add anything to the finished work of Jesus Christ for our salvation, we are bound for Hell:
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. (Romans 11:6)

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (Galatians 2:16-21)

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. (Romans 4:2-8)

Remember also that this is OnlineBaptist. We know what we believe, and we're not here to argue it, but rather to fellowship with likeminded believers.
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