Albert Mohler tells us why he is not offended by the recent statements made by the Catholic church.
I appreciate the Roman Catholic Church’s candor on this issue, and I believe that Evangelical Christians, with equal respect and clarity, should respond in kind. This is a time to be respectfully candid – not a time to be offended.
The document, issued by a Vatican watchdog, has been criticised as offensive by some Protestants. The text was written by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed by Pope Benedict before his election as Pope. It states that Christ established only one Church here on earth. Other Christian denominations, it argues, cannot be called Churches in the proper sense because they cannot trace their bishops back to Christ’s original apostles.
