Roman Catholics and Evangelicals

by Norman Geisler; Ralph E. MacKenzie

Publisher:

Baker

, 2001

Overview

Protestants and Roman Catholics find they are not as separated theologically as they may have thought in this comparative study of beliefs. Roman Catholics and Evangelicals shows what joins and what divides the two faiths, laying out the essential issues.

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Key Features

• Foreword by Harold O. J. Brown
• Examination of common spiritual roots
• Bibliographical references

Praise for the Print Edition

Those who think that these evangelical authors are too accepting of Roman Catholic traditions—as well as those who think they are too critical—will both grasp essential issues better.

—Mark A. Noll, University of Notre Dame

Product Details

• Title: Roman Catholics and Evangelicals
• Authors: Norman L. Geisler and Ralph E. MacKenzie
• Publisher: Baker
• Publication Date: 1995
• Pages: 517

About Norman L. Geisler

Norman L. Geisler has taught at university and graduate levels for nearly 50 years and has spoken, traveled, or debated in all 50 states and in 26 countries. He holds a BA and MA from Wheaton College, a ThB from William Tyndale College, and a PhD in philosophy from Loyola University.

After his studies at Wheaton, he became the graduate assistant in the Bible-philosophy department at the college. He has since taught Bible, apologetics and philosophy at Detroit Bible College, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Dallas Theological Seminary, and was the dean of Liberty Center for research and scholarship in Lynchburg, VA. In 1992, he cofounded and served as the president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, until 2006. Currently, he is a professor of theology and apologetics at SES.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Catholics affirm and evangelicals reject the immaculate conception of Mary, her bodily assumption, her role as corredemptrix, the veneration of Mary and other saints, prayers to Mary and the saints, the infallibility of the pope, the existence of purgatory, the inspiration and canonicity of the Apocrypha, the doctrine of transubstantiation, the worship of the transformed Host, the special sacerdotal powers of the Roman Catholic priesthood, and the necessity of works to obtain eternal life.” (Page 155)

“Canonically, the grounds on which the Apocrypha was accepted undermine the true test for canonicity—propheticity. In short, if the Apocrypha can be accepted in the canon, lacking, as it does, the characteristics that meet the true test of canonicity, then other noncanonical books could be accepted on the same grounds.” (Page 158)

“It is vitally important for those who love and worship the same sovereign Lord, Catholic and Protestant, to stand together against the forces of unbelief and moral evil that beset us on every side. In order to be able to do this, however, it is important for us to understand the foundational things that we have in common, as well as to identify the irreducible differences that remain, and to be able to assign these differences a proper place on a scale that ranges from matters of taste and style in worship to basic doctrines on which the gospel and salvation may depend.” (Pages 12–13)

“Of course, Roman Catholics deny the formal sufficiency of Scripture, insisting on the need for the infallible teaching magisterium of the Church (see chap. 11).” (Page 33)

Product Details

• Title: Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences
• Authors: Norman Geisler, Ralph E. MacKenzie
• Publisher: Baker
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2002
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Evangelicalism › Relations--Catholic Church; Catholic Church › Relations--Evangelicalism; Catholic Church › Doctrines; Evangelicalism
• ISBNs: 0801038758, 9780801038754
• Resource ID: LLS:42.20.24
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:20:23Z