Italian Evangelicals Unite Against Catholicism
[Italian
Evangelicals Unite Against
Catholicism Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries] "What happened on July
19 is a landmark in 150 years of
Italian evangelicalism. For the
first time ever, nearly 100 percent
of Italian evangelical churches
signed a common statement
reinforcing our evangelical
commitment to the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. One part of the statement
reads: "it is incompatible with the
teaching of Scripture to have a
church
that operates as mediator of
salvation and that presents other
figures as mediators of grace since
God's grace comes to us by faith
alone in Jesus Christ alone."
Because of the theological
differences,
"they cannot initiate nor advocate
for ecumenical initiatives with the
Roman Catholic Church.
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[Mike Gendron Comment] We praise God
for the discernment of Italian
Evangelicals in their united stand
against the apostate Church of Rome.
We can only wonder if any American
Evangelicals who have signed
unity accords
with this
false religion will ever repent."
Pro-Gospel.org
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "[1 Timothy 2:6]
"1 Ti 2:6 a
ransom. This describes the result of
Christ’s substitutionary death for
believers, which He did voluntarily
(John 10:17, 18) and reminds one of
Christ’s own statement in Matt.
20:28, “a ransom for many.” The
“all” is qualified by the “many.”
Not all will be ransomed (though His
death would be sufficient), but only
the many who believe by the work of
the Holy Spirit and for whom the
actual atonement was made. See note
on 2 Pet. 3:9. Christ did not pay a
ransom only; He became the object of
God’s just wrath in the believer’s
place—He died his death and bore his
sin (cf. 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24).
for all. This should be taken in two
senses: 1) there are temporal
benefits of the atonement that
accrue to all men universally (see
note on 4:10), and 2) Christ’s death
was sufficient to cover the sins of
all people. Yet the substitutionary
aspect of His death is applied to
the elect alone (see above and notes
on 2 Cor. 5:14–21). Christ’s death
is therefore unlimited in its
sufficiency, but limited in its
application. Because Christ’s
expiation of sin is indivisible,
inexhaustible, and sufficient to
cover the guilt of all the sins that
will ever be committed, God can
clearly offer it to all. Yet only
the elect will respond and be saved,
according to His eternal purpose
(cf. John 17:12). in due time. At
the proper time in God’s redemptive
plan (see note on Gal. 4:4)."
MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997).
The MacArthur Study Bible
(electronic ed., p. 1863).
Nashville, TN: Word Pub.
See:
A Scriptural Response to: Biblical
Evidence or Catholics St. Joseph
Communication
Response to comment [from other]: [Regarding Spitfire's post] "You have cut and paste a section and used it with no context. That is a despicable thing to do and shows a great deal of ignorance."
That's why the link button is always
helpful.
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: ""We come together as a church (1st Corinthians 11:18) to celebrate. We celebrate what Jesus did and what he does and what he'll do. We throw a party. Before AD 1054, there really was no "brand name" beyond the one that remains: CHURCH. That's trademarked."
Are we
a CathOlic?
If we are, then why don't we
identify as such?
"What is Christianity? You are not
invited to sign a series of
beliefs....You are not invited to
obey a set of rules.
You are invited to a feast."
~ Timothy Keller
See:
The Lord of the Wine
by Timothy Keller
For first of all, when ye come
together in the church, I hear that
there be divisions among you; and I
partly believe it [1 Cor. 11:18].
"He is not talking about an edifice,
a building. He is talking about when
the believers come together—that is
the true church.
Today when we speak of a church, we
always identify a building as the
church. We think of the Baptist
church, the Methodist church, the
Presbyterian church, or the
independent church down on the
corner. The chances are that those
buildings are closed and nobody is
there. The building is not the
church—it is just a building. The
church is the people. It is
difficult for us to think in a
context like that.
When the Corinthian believers came
together, the diverse or party
spirit that we saw in chapter 1 was
carried over into the Lord’s Supper.
That division was there." McGee, J.
V. (1991). Thru the Bible
commentary: The Epistles (1
Corinthians) (electronic ed., Vol.
44, pp. 128–129). Nashville: Thomas
Nelson.
