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[The following material is from O Timothy magazine, Volume 12, Issue 7, 1995. David W. Cloud, Editor. This material cannot be stored on BBS or Internet sites without permission from the author. Any articles which are redistributed by e-mail or print must be left intact and nothing must be removed or changed, including these informational headers. All rights are reserved. O Timothy is a monthly magazine. Annual subscription is US$20 FOR THE UNITED STATES. Send to Way of Life Literature, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, fbns@wayoflife.org.]
By David W. Cloud
The Charismatic movement is one of the most effective glues holding the last-days ecumenical movement together. We have documented this in many books, including Volume 4 of our Flirting with Rome series of booklets (available from Way of Life Literature). The July 1995 issue of Charisma magazine features further proof of this. The cover exclaims: "Catholics and Protestants: Can We Walk Together? Some leaders today say it's time to focus on what unites us as Christians, not what divides us." A set of rosary beads are displayed prominently on the cover. Pentecostal historian Vinson Synan acknowledges that the Charismatic movement has been at the forefront of bringing together Catholics and non-Catholics: "By 1960, Pentecostalism entered the mainline churches in a movement first called `neo-pentecostalism' and later called `charismatic renewal.' Emphasizing the baptism in and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, it became a de facto ecumenical movement spilling into all the churches of Christendom and affecting hundreds of millions of Christians. For the first time, millions of Catholics prayed with Christians of other traditions."
One of the articles in this issue of Charisma is written by Roman Catholic lawyer Keith Fournier, who claims to be "a dedicated, charismatic, evangelical, loyal, Roman Catholic Christian." In fact, he is a clever deceiver, a wolf in sheep's clothing. He lists six things that Protestants should know about Catholics, four of which are these: "The Catholic Church is Christian. Catholicism does not embrace a false gospel. Catholics believe the Bible. Catholics do not worship Mary or the saints."
Four greater lies have never been uttered. The Catholic Church IS NOT Christian as it is defined in the New Testament Scriptures. Catholicism very certainly DOES embrace a false gospel, a gospel which mingles works and sacramentalism with grace. Catholics DO NOT believe the Bible. If they did, they would reject Catholicism. They believe that Catholic tradition is equal with the Bible. Many Catholics DO worship Mary and the saints.
Regardless of the official position of the Catholic Church, the fact is that multitudes of Catholics today worship Mary and the saints in the most obvious and gross manner possible. Visit a Catholic shrine in Mexico or Rome or Yugoslavia, or even in Quebec, and observe what goes on there. If many of the Catholics who pass through the shrines are not worshiping Mary and the saints, there is no such thing as worship!
Beware of the lies upon which the evil ecumenical movement is founded. Beware of any man who claims to be an evangelical Catholic, or a Bible-believing Catholic, and beware equally of any man who accepts that there is such a thing.
[From "Digging in the Walls," O Timothy magazine, Volume 12, Issue 7-8, 1995. O Timothy is a monthly magazine which is available by subscription from Way of Life Literature, 1219 N. Harns Road, Oak Harbor, Washington 98277. Subscription price is $20.]
