“As noted last issue, subversion from within became Masonry’s chosen approach to the Catholic Church. In France they were particularly successful. Between 1778 and 1790 some 27 French lodges boasted priests as their Worshipful Grand Masters; no less than 13 clerics appeared on the rolls of the Nine Sister lodge, and one lodge was composed entirely of Benedictine monks.The Roman Catholic Church has periodically been infiltrated and controlled by its archenemy, International Freemasonry. In our own century, these powerful secret societies now control the Vatican. A Catholic publication, The Church in Eclipse, reveals the high intrigue behind the election of Pope John XXIII, the Pope of the Council, referring to Vatican II which radically altered the course of Roman Catholicism:
“A century ago the secret societies were able to boast of 'more than eight hundred priests, among whom are many professors and prelates as well as some Bishops and Cardinals' in Rome. Martinez notes that 'according to reliable Masonic sources, Fr. Mastal-Ferreti who would become Pope Pius IX was reportedly admitted to the Eterna Catena Lodge of Palermo in 1837 at the age of 46 [Hertz disputes this contention]. Ten years later as Pope he was granting a general amnesty to the most revolutionary of all the Brotherhood, the Carbonari, even as he was intervening to halt the work of the French Jesuit, Jacques Cretineau-Joly, whom Gregory XVI had put to work investigating Masonic activity in the Papal States' (The Undermining of the Catholic Church, p. 30). After two years in exile, Pius IX was a changed man; on his return, he reinstated Fr. Cretineau-Joly and dedicated himself to defending the Church against her enemies.
“In the United States, founded as it was upon Masonic principles, ‘infiltration’ is hardly the appropriate word. Charles Carroll, a high ranking Mason and relative of the USA’s first Bishop, had been the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. By 1895, Archbishop Ireland could tell the French: 'I believe that a divine mission has been assigned to the Republic of the United States. That mission is to prepare the world, by example and moral influence, for the universal reign of human liberty and the rights of man’ (cited in Utopia, p. 113).” 22.
“In 1977, Franco Bellegrandi, ex-Chamberlain of the Cape and the Sword of His Holiness and contributor to L’Osservatore Romano, wrote a book titled, NikitaRoncalli, which was published in 1994, accompanied by quite a commotion in the national press at its release because, among the persons present was Cardinal Silvio Oddi.The present pope, John Paul II, is believed by many informed Catholics to be a member of Opus Dei, a modern form of Catharism. A Catholic publication associates John Paull II with the Polish Messianist, Adam Mickiewicz, describing Mickiewicz as “an Anabaptist of the French school,” “of the “spiritual posterity of Joachim of Fiore,” and of Jacob Böhme, a Martinist signifying “fullblown Masonry, and even full blown Jewish Cabalism,” and “among the most dangerous thinkers of ‘Masonic-Christian’ esotericism.” Adam Mickiewicz prophesied that the Church of St. Peter would be replaced by the Church of St. John -- John the Baptist and John the Divine being the patron saints of Freemasonry:
“In this book, he told what he had seen and heard at the Vatican. It was in September 1958, just before the Conclave, the author was privy to some confidential information:
“I was in a car with a person whom I knew to be a highly placed Mason who was in contact with the Vatican. He said to me: ‘The next Pope will not be Siri, as the gossip has it in certain Roman circles, because he is too authoritarian a cardinal. A conciliating Pope will be elected. He has already been chosen, and is the Patriarch of Venice, Roncalli,’ To this I replied: ‘Are there Masons in the Conclave?’ ‘Certainly,’ he said. ‘The Church is in our hands.’ After a brief silence, my interlocutor said, ‘No one can say where the leader can be found. The leader is hidden.’” ["The Pope of the Council: John XXIII & Masonry", Sodalitium, Oct./Nov. 1996]
“On the evening he was elected, October 16, 1978, from the Balcony of St. Peter’s in Rome, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, now John Paul II, saluted Mickiewicz, as a witness of the Catholic faith and of freedom. And in far-off Krakow, which the exiled poet was never able to see, there were ‘processions celebrating the Pontifical electio by honoring the heroes of Polish history signifying to us that from Adam Mickiewicz to Karol Wojtyla there is the continuity of the same hope which history has finally seemed to smile upon.’” (La Croix, 27/10/1978) (1) ... But who was Mickiewicz?The ultimate objective of the universal brotherhood of secret societies is the destruction of, not only the Roman Church, but of orthodox religion in general and the reestablishment of the ancient mystery religions. Having vanquished all forms of orthodoxy, and hijacked the Roman Catholic Church as a front for its ecumenical designs, International Freemasonry will use the papacy to achieve its takeover of the world religions and establishment of the final one world religion -- a return to the ancient mystery religions of Babylon. When the Beast has exploited the Harlot Church, it “shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.” (Rev. 17:16)
“...for Mickiewicz, (Towianski) became like ‘a messenger from God.’ ‘For the next three years, the last two being spent at the College of France, Mickiewicz made himself the herald of Towianism.’ (pp. 253-25) [sic] Towianski was an adept of ‘messianism,’ a current begun by Hoëné-Wronski (1778-1853) ‘who wound up believing that he was charged with announcing ‘the end of Christianity.’’ [p. 251]. Also messianists were two famous men of Polish letters, Zygmunt Karsinski (1812-1859) and Auguste Cieszkovski (1814-1894): the first ‘announced that the Church of Peter was approaching its end, like all of the old order,’ the second ‘announced the opening of the third and last age of history: after antiquity, which was the age of the Father and [then] Christianity, which was the age of the Son, there would be the age of the Holy Spirit, who by bringing about the unity of human and Divine will, would install the Kingdom of God on earth; then the ‘fullness of nations’ that had been announced by St. Paul, would be fulfilled’ (pp. 250-51).
“As for Towianski, in his humility, he believed he was, after Napoleon, (10) the third epiphany of Christ, the predestined leader who to be born of a nation, Poland, martyr and redemptor like Christ. He was the ‘griséand occultist of mystical literature; perhaps he was initiated into many secret societies’ (p. 252).
“The following well summarized Mickiewicz’ ideas on the Church: ‘It was January 16, 1844. Never since its founding had any of those attending the College de France ever heard anything like it from one of its Chairs….That day, the historian of Slavic literature [Mickiewicz], proclaimed his Catholic vision.’ Mickiewicz recounted to the students the legend written by Krasinski four years before: (18)
“Christmas. At St. Peter’s in Rome, the Pope says Mass surrounded by tired old men. Suddenly in their midst a young man dressed in purple: it is the Church of the future, in the person of John. (19) He tells the crowd of pilgrims that the times are fulfilled, then, going to the tomb of the head of the Apostles, he calls him by his name and orders him to leave the tomb. The corpse rises and cries out: ‘Bad luck!’ Then, the cupola of the Basilica cracks open and splits. The young Cardinal asks, ‘Peter, do you recognize me?’ The corpse replies, ‘Your head rested on the breast of the Savior, and have never died. I know you.’ Peter goes back into the tomb, after having given his place to John.
“The Polish pilgrims, out of fidelity, die under the ruins of St. Peter’s Basicila. ‘Peter has died forever. The Roman Church is finished, its last faithful are dead. The break is complete." Mickiewicz recaptures Krasinski’s allegory but he changes it at the end. The Polish peasants who ‘are looking for the Church of the future’ do not perish under the ruins, but save the Church. ‘They,’ ----and these are Mickiewicz’s words----‘shall open this cupola to the light of heaven, so that it looks like that pantheon of which it is a copy;’ (20) so that it may be the basilica of the universe, the pantheon, the pan-cosmos and pandemic, the temple of all spirits; so that it gives us the key of all of the traditions and all of the philosphies…’(p. 271). ”
According to Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the Prieuré de Sion proposes that, in place of the Roman Catholic pope, a priest-king of divine descent will be the “patriarch of an international church.” The Prieuré envisions: “…a theocratic United States of Europe - a trans- or pan-European confederation assembled into a modern empire and ruled by a dynasty descended from Jesus. This dynasty would not only occupy a throne of political or secular power, but quite conceivably the throne of Saint Peter as well...” 23. For a more extensive treatment of this most important subject, the reader is referred to The Rosicrucian Connection: The Vatican vs the Prieuré de Sion.
In July of 1995, religious leaders from 26 countries and the Vatican met in Baghdad, in ancient Babylon, to promote “brotherly relations between Muslims and Christians.” Pope John Paul II, whose papacy is dedicated to Mary, i.e., the Black Virgin, is currently working to negotiate an agreement with the Muslim world. The October 1996 Catholic World Report recounted Yasser Arafat's “long closed-door session at the Vatican with Secretary of State Cardinal Sodano,” 24. The Palestinian post office issued stamps featuring the Palestinian flag, Bethlehem at Christmas time and “a beaming Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat posing with Pope John Paul II.” 25.
More recently, in February of 2000, the Pope paid a visit to Egypt. See: Back to Egypt. The Papal News Service then stated, "Christianity and the world’s culture owe much to the Church of Egypt.”
"For the first time, a Roman Catholic pope is going to the land of the pharaohs. John Paul II will visit Egypt Feb. 24-26 as part of a series of trips to biblical sites in 2000, Reuters said. He will meet with government and religious leaders, including President Hosni Mubarak, Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda, and the country's top Islamic leader. The pope will celebrate Mass in the Catholic Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, then visit the monastery of St. Catherine in the Sinai desert, thought to be near the site where Moses received the Ten Commandments." 26.The monastery of St. Catherine is the Catholic convent where Constantin Tischendorf, the German textual critic and 'first Bible critic in Europe', discovered the Alexandrian manuscript, Sinaiticus Aleph, which was used along with the Vaticanus as the basis for the Westcott-Hort New Greek Text. which underlies modern translations of the Bible. The impression given by modern textual critics and the Vatican press is that Mt. Sinai is in Egypt; however, Scripture, referring to the giving of the Mosaic Law, states that Mt. Sinai is in Arabia: "For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia..." (Gal. 4:25)
The Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith [Fides News Service] stated, "The Pope will visit Sinai and encourage Egypt’s hope." What is Egypt's hope? The Illuminati ceremony in Egypt during the Solar Eclipse of August 11, 1999 is purported to have invoked the Dark Mother, known as Isis in Egypt and various goddesses also called the Black Madonna or Black Virgin.
The Templar Revelation identifies Isis as the Black Madonna, on no less authority than a former head of the Priory of Sion: "The Black Madonna cult is central to the Priory [of Sion]... To them at least, there is no doubt about the significance of the Black Madonna. Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair writes explicitly, 'The Black Virgin is Isis and her name is Notre Dame de Lumiere [Our Lady of the Lights]." 27.
Vatican insider, Dr. Malachi Martin has said that, based on a message of Mary in a personal visitation, John Paul believes, “There will come a day, when the heart of Islam – already attuned to the figures of Christ and of Christ’s mother, Mary -- will receive the illumination it needs … a second Fatima … in which they will recognize him as God's vicar on earth … Then with fellow travelers like the Church of England, the Episcopal Church, and others of like mind, the pope could be worshipped as the infallible holy father by over one-half of the world's population.” 28.
In her book, New Age Bible Versions, Gail Riplinger offers the following possible explanation for the Vatican's hope of unification with Islam:
“New Ager Madeline L’Engle’s book, A Cry Like a Bell, suggests that ‘the Virgin may be the focal point of worldwide ecumenical unity.’ Almost 100 years ago, religious historian Alexander Hislop concluded that ‘the Virgin’ would be the ‘image of the beast’ worshipped during the great tribulation…the image of ‘the Virgin’ is the universal icon of pantheism. Consequently, this goddess could be the yoke pulling pantheists (i.e., Hindus, animists, Buddhists, Native Americans) and non-pantheists (Muslims, Catholics) to the altar of the false prophet. Visions of virgins are occurring worldwide and are not the exclusive ‘channel’ of one religious sect. Recently, just a few miles from Cairo, Egypt, hundreds of thousands of Muslims have traveled to see a ‘luminous something’ hovering in the sky above the Church of the Virgin. The vision, appearing frequently over a three year period, was front page material in the Arab press. The Muslims, joined by the Coptic ‘Christian’ Church hierarchy, view this as a ‘messenger from God.’” 29.The Council of Trent was held from 1545-1563 in an attempt to arrest the progress of the Protestant Reformation. This Council denied every Reformation doctrine, including that of “Scripture alone” and “grace alone” and also upheld the worship of Mary and the images of saints in blatant violation of the second commandment, “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD they God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me…”
At the opening of the Second Vatican council in 1969, Pope John XXIII stated, “I do accept entirely all that has been decided and declared at the Council of Trent.” During Holy Week ceremonies in 1984, Pope John Paul II dedicated the whole world to Mary, having credited her with saving his life from the serious wound he received in the 1982 assassination attempt.
In later Catholic tradition, apparitions of Mary have been accorded the honor that should be given to Scripture, even when they contradict Scripture and each other. “Mary of Fatima denied the sufficiency of the Cross by stating that we should 'make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell because they have no one to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them'…yet, Mary of Medjugorje stated, 'God does not punish anyone. He does not have to! …When a man dies, God gives him special graces and blessings to decide where he should go himself.’” 30.
The Medjugorje and other Marian apparitions have revealed to Catholic visionaries that there will soon be a sign of a luminous red cross in the sky followed by Three Days of Darkness when all demons are released from hell. The demons will destroy all who do not remain in their homes, praying the rosary and kneeling before a crucifix, after they sprinkle holy water around doors and windows and light blessed candles. Faithful Catholics may not even open the door for their own children! 31. These cosmic events do seem to correspond to the Tribulation judgments described in Revelation 9. However, verses 20-21 state:
"...the rest of men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries..."These practices are the very sins which “Our Lady” encourages -- proving that the source of these spirits is not God, but Satan. Thus, the Marian prophecies are establishing a false doctrine which will prevent Catholics from repenting near the very end of the Great Tribulation and preparing them for judgment at Lord’s coming. Roman Catholic emphasis upon Mariolatry with apparitions and unbiblical messages is in fact the channeling of demon spirits, akin to the contacting of spirit guides such as Djwhal Khul by New Agers like Alice Bailey. One New Ager has stated:
“The mystical traditions in the mainline denominations easily interact with those of the heathen religions of the world. Meditation practices, ‘visualization’ techniques, and breathing exercises are now being used to ‘tap into’ the spiritual realm. In this, such religious leaders as the Pope and the Dalai Lama (Buddhist high priest) are very much on the same plane.” 32.Joining the mystical procession into delusion, mainstream Protestant denominations assembled for “Re-imagining 1993.” This conference, held in November of 1993, was devoted to feminist theologians “destroying traditional Christian faith, adopting ancient pagan beliefs, rejecting Jesus’ divinity and His atonement on the cross, creating a goddess in their own image (Sophia -- a pagan counterpart of Mary), and affirming lesbianism”…and the worship of nature. 33.
Deuteronomy 18:10-14 forbids the practice of heathen customs or fellowship with those who do them. In Revelation 18:4, God speaks expressly to his own people, “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” Ephesians 5:11 and II Corinthians 6:14-18 also clearly state that Christians may have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. However, our pluralistic culture views religious separation as 'intolerant' and rewards the ecumenical mindset as politically correct. Conforming to the world rather than the Word, evangelical leaders such as Pat Robertson and Francis Frangipane have called visions of Mary and animated statues “manifestations from God.” Frangipane believes that, had the message of Medjugorje to forgive Muslims been obeyed, the war in Bosnia would have been averted. 34. Does it not occur to Mr. Frangipane that this slaughter could be God’s judgment on a nation that has consulted with familiar spirits? (Deut. 18:11, 12)
Contrary to roseate predictions of revival and global peace, Matthew 24 and other prophetic passages foretell that, as the end draws near, wars and deception will be raging as the world thoroughly degenerates into paganism, rather converting to Christianity. With this record and numerous signs of the rapid fulfillment of end-time Bible prophecy, evangelical leaders who are preaching ecumenical unity should rather be alerting Christians to the apostate church that is presently forming, which precisely corresponds to the description of MYSTERY BABYLON given in Revelation.
EVANGELICALS & CATHOLICS TOGETHER
One formal declaration boldly documents the Evangelical and Catholic commitment to work together to evangelize and bring about social reform in the world. The Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium 35. has, in effect, laid the groundwork for Evangelicals to set aside their distinctive doctrines and unite with the Catholic Church and other religions which are coming together by 2000 A.D.
The ECT Document was authored and presented in May of 1994 by Charles Colson of Prison Fellowship and Roman Catholic priest, Richard John Neuhaus. In 1993, Chuck Colson was the recipient of the $1,000,000 “Prize for Progress in Religion,” presented annually by New Age financier, John Templeton. Prison Fellowship International boasts of its Special Consultative Status as a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations. Father Richard Neuhaus is the director of the Institute on Religion and Public Life -- a Roman Catholic priest who, as former Lutheran and a seminary student, rejected the doctrine of justification by faith in Jesus Christ. 36.
The ECT Document was signed by 20 Catholic leaders and 20 Evangelical leaders including Dr. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ, (Bright is also a member of the secretive Council for National Policy), Pat Robertson, President of CBN and member of the CNP, J. I. Packer of Christianity Today, Richard Land and Larry Lewis of the Southern Baptist Convention (a denomination controlled by Freemasons), Jesse Miranda of Assemblies of God (which attends ecumenical meetings with the World Council of Churches and Roman Catholic Church), Dr. John White, President of Geneva College and President of the Board of Administration of the National Association of Evangelicals (which evolved from the Evangelical Alliance formed in 1851 in United Grand Lodge of England), Os Guiness of Trinity Forum and Dr. Mark Noll of Wheaton College.
Supporters of The Evangelicals and Catholics Together Document maintain that it is not a statement of theological agreement, but of unity for the cause of moral and social reform. However, ECT states, “Evangelicals and Catholics are brothers and sisters in Christ.” And “existing divisions that obscure the one Christ and hinder the one mission of the Church” are confessed as “sins against the unity that Christ intends for all his disciples.”
The Scriptural support presented for cooperation and unity between Evangelicals and Catholics is Jesus’ prayer for his disciples in John 17:21: “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may also be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.” ECT conveniently removes this verse from its context and misinterprets it by failing to mention verses that identify Jesus’ disciples as those who “received His words.”
"For I have given unto them the words which thou hast given me; and they have received them. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine… Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word. That they all may be one…that the world may believe that thou hast sent me." (John 17:8,9,20,21)Reception of the Word of God is an essential condition of Christian discipleship and reveals the true nature of a church or individual. Those who would collaborate with the Roman Catholic Church should first examine its doctrines and practices and compare them with the doctrines presented in Scripture. Although The ECT Document declares, “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved,’ it also rejects Jesus Christ as Savior exclusively by recognizing the multitude of mediators and means of grace that are encouraged in Catholic doctrine:
The Roman Catholic Church elevates the Pope above Jesus Christ, who is the Word of God, by conferring on the so-called Vicar of Christ the arbitrary right to nullify Scripture through papal decrees. After receiving infant baptism, the Catholic faithful are carefully indoctrinated in unscriptural works such as:
ECT acknowledges the incompatibility between Catholic and Evangelical creeds on the “new birth” and broadmindedly proposes that those who evangelize present both the Catholic doctrine of “new birth through baptism” and the Evangelical doctrine of “new birth followed by baptism.” According to the framers of this accord: “Those converted…must be given full freedom and respect as they decide the community in which they will live their new life in Christ…and we dare not interfere with the exercise of that responsibility.”
- Devotion to Mary as Co-Redemptrix with Jesus – a bloodless propitiation
- Worship and partaking of the literal body and blood of Christ (not a remembrance but the real presence; See: Eucharistic Miracles)
- Mandatory attendance at weekly Mass – a continual sacrifice of Jesus Christ, not a finished work
- Confession of sins to a priest who is a mediator with God
- Prayers to dead saints – not to God, in Jesus' name
- Veneration of statues and images – idolatry
- Offering of masses, prayers and rosaries for those who suffer in purgatory – a denial of final judgment after death
- Obedience to unscriptural messages given by Marian apparitions – consulting with familiar spirits
This is nothing less than sabotage of the Great Commission, which requires Christ's ambassadors to be "...teach all nations...to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” (Matt. 28:20) This subtle neutralization of the demands of the Gospel is unilaterally disarming the Evangelical Church, and is a calculated attempt to exploit Evangelicals to conduct Catholic evangelism:
“If this rule of presenting both views applies to baptism, why should it not apply to all doctrines? This is the only logical conclusion to such a proposal… What this amounts to is the Roman Catholic Church using evangelical Christians to indirectly proselytize for Roman Catholicism… Are we to be agents of the Catholic Church at the expense of truth?…” 37.Signatories of the Evangelicals and Catholics Together Document wash their hands of this violence to the doctrine of Christ and, like Pontius Pilate, sacrifice the Word of God on the altar of political expedience. In January 1995, a formal debate was held in which D. James Kennedy, John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul and other Evangelical leaders challenged the Evangelical position on ECT as unbiblical. However, these so-called critics of ETC According to Biblical Discernment Ministries:
"The ECT Accord generated so much heat in Protestant ranks, that Colson found it necessary to call a meeting in January, 1995 to try 'to achieve a measure of understanding, clarification, and harmony around the truth recognized by historic orthodoxy' (1/25/95, Prison Fellowship News Release -- 'Evangelical Leaders Resolve Differences On Evangelical-Catholic Paper'). Attending the 1/19/95 peace meeting (held at Catholic-sympathizer D. James Kennedy's Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) were ECT signers Colson, Packer, Bright, and Kent Hill, along with a group of so-called evangelicals critical of the ECT (i.e., the 'anti-ECT group') -- John Ankerberg, John MacArthur, R.C. Sproul, D. James Kennedy, Joseph Stowell, Michael Horton, and John Woodbridge.Commenting on the 1995 debate, Pat Robertson said that the dispute over “minor points of doctrinal differences” shouldn't obscure the document’s goals. 39. Robertson’s political action organization, Christian Coalition, defends his endorsement of ECT because its objective is to fulfill the Church’s “responsibility for the right ordering of civil society.” 40. Judas Iscariot also had a political agenda and, like the Pharisees, expected Jesus to establish a temporal kingdom. “Should Christians sacrifice the purity of the faith for the sake of political action?…Christians who think they can join with anti-christ philosophies to save the world from God's judgment are fighting against the very work of God.” 41."After the meeting, Colson, Bright, Packer, and Hill issued a joint doctrinal statement supposedly clarifying their position on the ECT. However, no changes to the ECT were recommended, nor would any of the original signators remove their names from it. In fact, in June of 1995, J.I. Packer co-authored a document with Michael Horton titled, 'Resolutions for Roman Catholic and Evangelical Dialogue.' The document encourages Catholics and Evangelicals to join together when 'Christian values and behavioral patterns are at stake,' but this union is not to be regarded as agreement in doctrine! It also accepts as fact that the Roman Catholic Church contains many believers.
"Then in late-1995, Evangelicals and Catholics Together: Toward a Common Mission, edited by Colson and Neuhaus, was published. The book is a collection of essays defending the ECT, including one by J.I. Packer. The overall thesis of the book is that evangelicals and Catholics need each other to reform decaying culture obsessed with destructive individualism and materialism, and that the Christian gospels compel a unity between sincere Christians regardless of different, even irreconcilable theologies. (Reported in the 12/23/95, Houston Chronicle.)" [Signers of ECT I also signed the second ECT manifesto on 11/12/97, titled "The Gift of Salvation."]
"Dr. Bill Jackson, president of the Association of Fundamentalists Evangelizing Catholics (AFEC), prepared a 6/18/99 statement on 'The Gospel of Jesus Christ—An Evangelical Celebration' (EC) (see the 6/14/99 Christianity Today for the full text of the EC). This document has been endorsed by Charles Colson, Bill Bright, and J.I. Packer, all of whom also signed the controversial ECT documents of 1994 and 1997; as well as endorsed by R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur, and D. James Kennedy, all of whom publicly [albeit weakly] challenged and criticized them for signing the ECT documents. There are a number of helpful statements in this latest document which deal with areas which were not fully dealt with in the ECT documents (e.g., imputation is now dealt with favorably, but has been consistently opposed by Roman Catholic Councils and Catechisms). EC says, 'We cannot embrace any form of doctrinal indifferentism by which God's truth is sacrificed for a false peace.' But there is certainly no better example of 'doctrinal indifferentism' than the ECT documents themselves (James 1:8)! Because ECT I stated that 'Evangelicals and Catholics are brothers and sisters in Christ,' in order to be relevant the new EC document should be submitted to the Roman Catholics who signed ECT I and II. It is difficult to see how a person could subscribe to both ECT and EC. The only logical conclusion is for all who signed EC to remove their names from ECT. It also appears that the so-called 'evangelical' ECT endorsers have been 'let off the hook' by former critics. We believe EC will be used to rehabilitate those who erred in 1994 and 1997, without their having to admit or ask forgiveness for their error. (Source: 7/15/99, Calvary Contender.) 38.
Scripture is clear that moral and social reform of the world will only be realized when Jesus Christ returns to earth and establishes His Millennial Kingdom. Historian Edward Gibbon's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire records: “The ancient and popular doctrine of the Millennium was intimately connected with the second coming of Christ... [However,] [a]fter Constantine, the Roman Catholic Church perverted the biblical teachings on the premillennial return of Jesus Christ to post-millennial eschatology, meaning that the pope would bring in the Kingdom through the efforts of the Catholic Church.” 42.
Columnist George Will once called the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision “an intellectual trainwreck.” Comparable to this legal landmark in its diabolical character, The Evangelicals and Catholics Together Document is void of intellectual and Biblical integrity. Those who are carried about by its “every wind of doctrine” will eventually abandon the narrow course of faith and experience “spiritual shipwreck” (I Tim. 1:18,19) The spiritual compass of the Christian is unwavering on the subject of ecumenical unity:
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God… Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate…” II Cor.6:14-17EVANGELICALS & THEOSOPHISTS TOGETHER?
If the Roman Catholic Church is controlled by International Freemasonry, it follows that Evangelicals who consort with the Catholic Church are ultimately collaborating with Universal Freemasonry. “A main purpose of Roman Catholic ecumenism is to lull non-Catholic Christians asleep in order to thwart evangelization of Roman Catholics,” wrote Al Dager of Media Spotlight. To this end, the ECT Document censures the Evangelical practice of “proselytizing or sheep stealing” from the Catholic Church: “We call upon Christians to refrain from such activity.”
Doing obeisance unworthy of ambassadors for Jesus Christ, some ministries which seem ashamed of the Gospel, are now humbly repenting for leading other “people of faith” to Christ. In 1993, responding to objections of Catholic and Jewish leaders in Colorado Springs because “Jewish and Catholic youth were being evangelized at school,” Christian leaders signed a “Covenant of Mutual Respect.” In this covenant, Focus on the Family, Young Life, International Students, Inc., and the Navigators agreed to cease such activities out of respect for other religious beliefs.
A former employee of Focus on the Family, Randy Shafer, presents a rare inside look at the agenda of this pseudo-Christian organization in his expose, Let's Focus in on Focus on the Family:
“Next, let us take a look at James Dobson the ecumenist. I was present at this board meeting and document this statement. The source was Steve Alesaquez (sic), manager of the shipping department for the distribution centre of Focus on the Family. The date was Thursday, November 2nd, 1995.Christians should inquire as to the purpose of Focus on the Family if it is not to fulfill the Great Commission: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost?” Mt. 28:19 Would Christ's apostles have signed such a covenant or ECT? Randy Shafer’s expose gives further clues as to the true agenda of Focus on the Family, a key piece of information being Dobson’s interest in a Theosophical cult called the Liberal Catholic Church.
“Quote: ‘At a recent - that is, last week, Focus board of directors’ meeting, the 10 member board voted 5 to 5 on Dobson's meeting with the Pope. It was decided will not take place at this time since it was a divided vote.’
“James Dobson wishing to meet the Pope? I also have a copy here, a xerox copy of simply the outside of a letter which was sent to the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Vatican City State in August of 1995. There is correspondence and there has been other correspondence going on between Focus and the Vatican and various Catholic organizations around the country.
“Item No. 2 on James Dobson - Focus on the Family and ecumenism. On May 2nd, 1995, this little brochure called 'The Interfaith Alliance' was sent to all of the Family research institutes - Family Institutes, Family Councils of the various States around the United States. These are supposedly people who are working on behalf of the families, more or less - an activist group. There were a number of people mentioned on the board of directors of the Interfaith Alliance in this brochure who are National Council of Churches members, or they are Rabbis or they are involved in the Roman Catholic Church.
“One in particular, a Dr. Albert M. Penneybacker (sic), President of the Ecumenical and Development Initiative which served both the National and World Council of Churches - and he is a professor of Ecumenical Studies at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Kentucky. Focus inserted these in their mailings to those that I mentioned earlier.
“Locally, we have a Rabbi named Howard J. Hirsch (sic). Let me give you a quote.‘The 20th Century has witnessed the tragic descent of Jewish - Christian relations to their lowest level in 2,000 years. I believe that the closing years of the 20th century and the initial years of the 21st century are a special time of grace, a time of grace when Jews and Christians can take a fresh look at our common heritage and our mutual need to work - to work together - that is, to enrich our lives with love, gentleness and understanding.’
“If I remember Romans 1:16 rightly - the gospel is to the Jew first and also to the Greek and we are to love the Jewish people, we certainly do not have that much in common. They have still rejected Jesus Christ, their Messiah. And guess who signed on as one of the board of directors of what they are calling 'The Centre for Christian/Jewish dialogue in Colorado Springs?' None other than Dr. James Clayton Dobson, President of Focus on the Family!
“The next one - although I do not have the exact date, I believe it might have been 1994 - a group of local religious leaders took out a 4 page advertisement in the Gazette Telegraph, the local newspaper. It says simply - 'A message to the people of Colorado Springs - it continues:
“‘We the undersigned have entered into a covenant with each other, and it is called ‘The Covenant of Mutual Respect’, Catholics, Protestants and Jewish Leaders signed this agreement.’
“I am not going to read it all, it is a little bit lengthy, a couple of lengthy paragraphs and we have an hour and a half tape. But the second signer was James Dobson, President of Focus on the Family - still another ecumenical move on Dobson's part.”
“I have in my tape files a copy of James Dobson addressing his key management persons...the board of directors meeting at which time it had been decided likely that he and Chuck Colson would as early as 1997, perhaps even hold meetings calling the nation back to righteousness. Actually, it is an ecumenist move.A brief history of the Liberal Catholic Church from The Occult Undergrounddocuments the source of this gnostic religion as the Theosophical Society, whose failed candidate for World Savior in the early 20th century was Jiddu Krishnamurti. The proposed messiah had been discovered and mentored by the notorious homosexual Theosophist, Charles Leadbeater, co-president with Annie Besant of the Theosophical Society following Madame Blavatsky. Leadbeater was also ordained a Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church:
“He detailed that Focus on the Family, while the staff did not necessarily understand the larger picture, needed to know, had a plan. Then he paused, and then he said - 'A global plan'. He went on to explain that this would begin with a meeting of America's larger church pastors and then at a later time, they would meet with smaller church pastors, this perhaps in groups. He didn't go into much detail of that.
“One of the groups that they had hoped to meet with was the Liberal Catholic Church. Now he did not state this, when he was talking to his key personnel, this came out a little later in the letters that were sent. These letters were letters of invitation to pastors in the United States. At least two letters were sent, they were sent, as I earlier mentioned to America's largest church pastors and specifically to representatives of the Liberal Catholic Church.
“These letters were sent out by H.B. London, vice president of New Ministry Outreach and Pastoral Ministries for Focus on the Family. London is the cousin of James Dobson. All who attended this one-day meeting, they would come in, they would be put up overnight at Focus' expense in a hotel or motel and their meals would be furnished. The meetings were to have taken place on Monday August 26th through Tuesday August 27th. It never happened, possibly because the 'word' got out.
“Focus on the Family went so far as to plead with the representatives of the Liberal Catholic Church to join them for what would be a 'memorable event', and if they couldn't, please send representatives in their place - two designated representatives - this is the exact quote.
“Now I want you to take a look at what the Liberal Catholic Church is, and then I have a question - why was James Dobson trying to involve with leading American pastors, people from the Liberal Catholic Church. Ecumenism, I would say to the 'nth' degree.
“Let us take a look at the Liberal Catholic Church and what they really are and what they stand for:
“Here are some of the publications I think, to begin with. The Goddess Religions, Gnostic Christianity, Eastern Mysticism, Mystical States of Consciousness, Reincarnation in Christianity?, The Feminine Aspect of Divinity. They also have a booklet of course, on meditation.
“They say its mystical approach to Christianity represents the position of the Liberal Catholic Church. They also emphasize the commonality of all religions.
“Those who wrote received this letter -
‘Thank you for your interest in the Liberal Catholic Institute for Studies. As an institute, we are dedicated to the teaching of esoteric, mystical traditions of Christianity.’
“I have a number of documents on this organization, among other things, of course, they teach reincarnation and recognize the validity and unity of all religions - there is your ecumenical approach again - they teach Christianity of the Cosmic Christ and they administer the 7 sacraments in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom - of course. As nearly as I can ascertain from literature, there are approximately 1500 members world-wide in about 130 congregations. Here are some more:
‘The winds of change are reaching an ever-increasing velocity and those unwilling to recognize these changes will surely be swept away. If we are going to have faith and be guided by the Holy Spirit in this New Age, we have to be prepared for radical changes alarming relegations.’
“I wonder if they mean ‘extra-Biblical’? And even demands to reinterpret our own faith, the prime task of those in Christian ministry today is to help people evolve. The cultural Christians have to evolve along with the universe or perish.
“If the Cosmic Christ is saying anything to us today, it is ‘evolve or perish’. They go on to say that every man is a potential ‘christ’.
“One more thing I want to mention. This is their statement ‘it is neither the Roman Catholic or Protestant, but Catholic’ And when they use the phrase ‘but Catholic’ - it is spelt with a capital 'C'. Basically, they are saying they are not Protestant, they are not Roman Catholic, but C-a-t-h-o-l-i-c. They are THE representatives of God on earth. This is clearly an occultic, new age group and James Dobson went out of his way, or at least his organisation did, and I am sure with his knowledge, because he was going to be one of the speakers, went out of his way to invite representatives from this group to meet with leading ministers of the United States at Focus on the Family campus.”
“Particularly in its later phases as a millenarian movement, [Theosophy] attracted the same sort of recruit which such movements have always attracted. Norman Cohn tells us that in the Middle Ages the prophet of the Millennium came mainly from 'the lower strata of the intelligentsia. They included many members of the lower clergy, priests who had lost their parishes, monks who had fled from their monasteries, clerks in minor orders...' Of those immediately surrounding Krishnamurti, Leadbeater, and his fellow-Bishop and superior in the Liberal Catholic Church, James Wedgwood, were frustrated clergymen...There is other evidence of Focus on the Family's ties with Theosophy which are not within the scope of this report but are treated elsewhere on this website. Please see: Focus on the Family & the Theosophical Society for details of interaction between FOTF and this overtly occult organization which has blazed the path for the New Age Movement in the U.S. The reader is also encouraged to read Dr. Cathy Burns' book, Little Known Facts About Focus on the Family, a portion of which is available on our website that deals with FOTF and Quest International, a New Age curriculum for schools.
“From the Masters to the Messiah was a considerable journey. Madame Blavatsky's Theosophy was after all to prove the more lasting. Her intimations of occult secrets might have had even more effect if she had not become concerned with Masters and 'phenomena.' Mrs. Besant, on the other hand, abandoned the most original part of the Theosophic credo in favor of the Millennium proclaimed by her World-Teacher. In this she merely followed an example which by the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries was well-established...
“[I]n the Roman Church it is held that a bishop cannot be deprived of his episcopal powers even if he is excommunicated for some major offense. It follows that he can still consecrate other bishops whose orders will be technically valid; hence that he can indeed start up his private branches of the Church at will. The result has been the emergence of a sort of 'Catholic Protestantism' in which schismatics can make nonsense of canon law.
“In this way, when in 1813 the majority of the Dutch clergy refused to acknowledge a papal bull condemning Jansenism and consequently left the Catholic Church, their orders remained valid. They formed the 'Old Catholic Church' and it was Gerart Gul, the Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrect, who in 1908 consecrated Arnold Mathew. Mathew was an entertaining character who had once been a Dominican; but he renounced Rome in favor of the more attractive standing of 'Count Provoleri di Vicenza, De Jur Earl of Llandaff,' which title he coupled to the Old Catholic Bishopric of England. Among his exploits was an attempt to set up a zoo at Brighton. It was through Mathew that Leadbeater of the Theosophical Society obtained his Bishopric. For Mathew's tiny church soon seceded from the Dutch Old Catholics, and by the beginning of the First World War had become seriously infected with Theosophy.” 43.
The Great Falling Away
Bible prophecy foretells that, in the last days, there will be a great falling away or apostasy from the orthodox faith of Jesus Christ: "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." (II Thess. 2:3)
Revelation 17 describes a gnostic religious system called Mystery Babylon that is led by Rome, the “city on seven hills”:
“So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: “And upon her forehead was written, MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH... The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.”The prophet Daniel was told in a vision that the great harlot church will ally with a system of government figuratively called "the beast", a world empire which will devour the earth in its demonic quest to establish a literal kingdom of God upon the earth.
“Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet... Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon the earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.” (Dan. 7:19, 23)Evangelical leaders who promote unity with Roman Catholicism, and by extension its Masonic overlords, are either ignorantly or intentionally leading Christians into the apostate religious system of The Masonic New World Order. Tragically, many believers have chosen to reject the prophetic warnings of Scripture, preferring rather to believe the false prophets who call unity with the world's religions a Christian revival. Such is the deluded mindset of the present “word of faith” generation aptly described in the Kingdom Gospel Messenger:
“Gone now are all the shackles of that old traditional Pre-Millennial view with its ‘negative’ references to a bloodbath of martyrdom, the greatest upheavals history has ever seen (Mt. 24:21), the wrath of God poured out on the followers of the Antichrist, and the necessity for Christ to return and save the day lest 'there should no flesh be saved' (Mt. 24:22), Christian or otherwise. Such is considered too unbelieving to a generation raised on the mantras of ‘positive confession’ that, literally nothing is impossible to them that believe; a generation that thinks -- if you thought you'd ever live to see the day -- that rejection of the prophecies and warnings of the Scriptures is somehow 'faith'; and a generation that, nonetheless, predicts that they will be more consecrated and holy than any other in history.’” 44.Many believers will be led to worship the Antichrist because their spiritual leaders, whom Jesus warned would be like wolves in sheep's clothing, encouraged unity with pagan religions. That the elect may be deceived is a hard saying (Mt. 24:24) -- until it is understood that the deception will come from the highest ranks of Evangelicalism.
CONTEND FOR THE FAITH
While a great multitude of Christians are intensely focused on the spiritual war that is raging in our government and society, most are failing to discern that a more insidious and costly battle for souls is being waged against the Church from within. In their driving zeal for social transformation, these ecumenical reformers seem unaware that a great departure from the Word of God has occurred within Evangelicalism. Christian doctrines that have been preserved throughout Church history at great cost are now being carelessly surrendered in search of a modern and more utilitarian redefinition of Christianity. Yet, it is the divinely instituted Church of Jesus Christ, rather than the political or apostate world systems, which is “the pillar and ground of the truth.” (I Tim. 3:15)
The Lord of the New Covenant has proclaimed that it is the supreme duty of the Church to preserve the fundamentals of the faith for, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Social action may be the calling of individual Christians, but only in its proper context of the objective truth established in Scripture:
“It is important that in all we do – whether in the secular realm or the religious – we maintain purity in doctrine. Purity of doctrine does not mean dogmatism apart from good works, but insistence upon a biblical framework for those good works. Faith without works is dead, says James; and works without faith are wood, hay and stubble – likewise dead. The disciple of Jesus Christ is called to both true, biblical Faith (which demands a defense [Jude 3]) and sacrificial acts of love toward all, whether brethren in Christ or enemies.” 45.Pro-life activists spare few efforts on behalf of unborn children. For these who would be doers of the Word, the unending toil of letters, marches, meetings, political campaigns, protests, counseling and ministry through homes for unwed mothers are a small sacrifice of time and often reputation to secure the right to life. Proverbs 24:11 does require Christians to "deliver them that are drawn unto death." However, when the Church gets involved with the political system, the system always controls the Church rather than the reverse. This should be obvious to those who have labored for years on the pro-life treadmill with no tangible results in the way of legislation to stem the abortion holocaust. The reason for this refusal to face facts is that pro-life Christians have been largely processed to believe that progress is being made and victory is just around the corner.
Few would even suspect that the Pro-Life Movement is really a controlled opposition movement, financed by Rockefeller money. What better way for the abortion industry to control opposition to its agenda than to organize a movement that is structured and programmed to fail? This should have been apparent with a pro-abortion policy announced by President George Bush in August of 2001 to federally fund human embryo stem cell research. A disinformation campaign was immediately launched by Chuck Colson, D. James Kennedy, James Dobson and other neo-evangelical change agents who proclaimed the president's policy a “pro-life victory” and George Bush a “courageous Christian.” Nevermind that President Bush had just succeeded in reviving President Clinton's 1993 program to federally fund fetal research, a program which was banned one year later by the NIH. Never mind that President Bush equivocated in his address to the nation on the fundamental issue of when human life begins and presented a policy that furthers the pro-abortion aims of the biomedical establishment.
Of course, controlling the pro-life opposition requires that the New World Order create fronts such as those directed by Colson, Kennedy and Dobson which give the impression that progress is being made when, in fact, abortion, fetal research and experimentation, genetics research and other forms of eugenics / population control continue with no effective opposition. Our report, Brave New Babies, presents critical information on this subject to help Christians wake up to the reality that they are being exploited to achieve a secular agenda that is diametrically opposed to what they believe.
Although Christians are called to be light and salt in their culture, the highest calling of the Church is to preserve the pure gospel of salvation unto eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. In his classic work, Christ in Isaiah, F.B. Meyer describes another "pro-life march"…
“Through this world, unseen by mortal eye, a procession is passing, threading its way across continents of time. It bears holy vessels. The forms of expression in which Divine truth is enshrined may be compared to the vessels of the old dispensation, God's truth, the affirmation of things unseen and eternal, the announcement of the facts of redemption -- such are our sacred charge. We must contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. Take heed to thyself and to the doctrine. The greatest service the Church can give to the world is its perpetual witness to the truth of God's being, the facts of redemption, of judgment, and of the world to come. Concerning all these, the olden charge is given us, 'Watch ye and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and of the Levites, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.'” 46.WATCH UNTO PRAYER
Concerning Jerusalem, Ezekiel 22:25 tells of a "conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof; like a roaring lion ravening the prey, they have devoured souls." Those who have realized with growing alarm that a similar conspiracy is overtaking the Church must protest as Paul did, "Who is sufficient for these things?" However, like Paul we can acknowledge, "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God." (II Corinthians 2:17;3:5) Although each of us may sense a certain inadequacy for interceding effectively for the Church in these perilous times, let us pray that God will supply all of our sufficiency for this ministry of prayer.
- For spiritual discernment within the Church and a disposition to try the spirits and to prove all things.
- That Christians will look only to the Word of God as the foundation for sound doctrine and prophecy.
- That pastors, teachers and other shepherds will not be deceived, but will warn and protect the flock.
- That false prophets and teachers will be exposed and their teachings rejected by the Church.
- That God will raise up men and women who will earnestly contend for the faith.
- That God will enlist men and women of prayer to intercede for the Church in these perilous times.
ENDNOTES:
1. L’Eglise
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Friends of Christ the King), Editions Delacroix, 1997 Paris, from Chapter
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2. W.B.
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3. "United
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4. "Invitation
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6. "The
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7. "World
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8. "ENI
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9.
The Prophetic Observer, July, 1995, p. 1.
10. Alan
Morrison, The Serpent & the Cross, K. & M. Books, 1994,
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11. Ibid.
12. Jay
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13. Jay
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15. "The
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16. Discernment
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17. Spiritual
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18. Ibid.,
p. 15.
19. James
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20. Ibid.,
p. 221.
21. Ibid.,
p. 196.
22. "The
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23. Michael
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27. Lynn
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28. The
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30. "Another
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31. "Three
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32. Discernment
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33. The
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34. "Signs,
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35 "Evangelicals
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36. "Protestants
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37. "Evangelicals
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38. J.I. Packer:
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39. "Catholics and
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40. Letter from William
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41. "Evangelicals
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42. The
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43. The
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44. "Last
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