Protestansts and Catholics: Do They Now Agree?

by John Ankerberg and John Weldon

On March 29, 1994, wire services around the world broadcast the conclusion of an unofficial declaration of 40 leading Evangelicals and Roman Catholics titled, "Evangelicals and Catholics Together: A... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565073142
• ISBN13: 9781565073142
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Picked up this book at a used book store

...aned being a few years old now, this book is still very "up-to-date" with all the truths that separate Roman Catholics from Christians. I'd recommend this book for every book shelf (that is of course after you read the book).

Not as bad as previous reviewers may think

I read this book knowing that the authors would find something wrong with Catholicism and I was not surprised that Weldon and Ankenberg came to the conclusions that they did. I'm also not surprised that this book would garner negative reviews. The book has a tone that isn't necessarily the softest, however, in light of the postmodern mindset that is beginning to appear among those who refer to themselves as evangelicals, I think the tone is meant to try to shake the sleepiness out of the minds of those who aren't thinking clearly when they approach this topic. The authors are doing their best to defend the gospel against a worldview that does not adhere to the principles of truth. People who may very well be Christians are being deceived in to believing in an approach to Scripture that does not adhere to a consistently sound interpretation. Basically, for the sake of avoiding any kind of conflict at all cost, we are told that we must just allow people to interpret the word of God in any means as they see fit regardless of the consequences. I suppose we must allow for freewill, but are we going to let the one thing that truly saves those who would otherwise go to hell be abandoned? Don't you think that the devil has any plans at all to take people to hell with him? How do you think he plans on doing that? Do you think he'd always make it blatantly obvious with his methods? The point is that it takes only one little thing to distort the gospel. Oftentimes, it involves messing with the divinity of Jesus, but other times another thing the devil will do is to mess with Jesus' role as Saviour. To deny the complete effectiveness of what Jesus did on the cross is a slap to the face of Jesus that just isn't acceptable considering the suffering He faced. Did He die in vain? Is Jesus Saviour or not? Weldon and Ankerberg quote alot from the book of Galatians - I suggest those who declare themselves to be Christians read this letter in its entirety and notice that the apostle Paul was not fooling around when he wrote this letter. Why did Paul feel necessary to write as he did? What were the issues involved? How was the gospel being denied? What did Paul think about those who were teaching the things that they were? Is there really any difference between what the Judaizers were teachiong and what the Catholic heirarchy teaches? I know that people want Christian unity, but if evangelicals cannot even agree on what makes people Christians then really there will never be any unity. Christians are meant to be unified in mind and purpose - the gospel is the crucial point. The gospel is centered on Jesus - you need to make Him Lord and Saviour - in the complete sense - the Bible does not leave any room for half-heartedness in respect to this. The Catholic Church teaches that salvation does not just come through trusting in Jesus, it also comes through good works. Faith plus works. I think the authors do a good job in showing this and I don't think anyone in

It offered insight

This book was not a real easy read. It was very repetitive. I did get a lot of understanding as to what Catholics believe and how much of their beliefs are based on church tradition instead of Biblical truths. The Catholic church has been perpectuating these half truths and misteaching too long to change now and not admit major error. Salvation by works and not by grace alone, is a major issue and Catholics can never admit they are wrong. Even though the Bible is very clear on this subject. We are saved by the Grace of God alone it is a free gift!

A very good, fair analysis

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is wrestling with the issue of just what separates Catholics and Protestants. The authors, in my opinion, do a very good job of accurately presenting the Catholic viewpoint, showing its internal consistency, but then going on to show its Biblical inaccuracy. The biggest benefit Protestants and Catholics can get from reading this book is understanding how they both often use the same words to mean very different things -- one of the biggest causes of confusion between the two groups.

an excellent concise book

This book gives valuable insight to both Protestants and Catholics about the issues that have divided these two groups for four centuries. It demonstrates how reconciliation can only occur if one side or the other changes their doctrines on the word of God and salvation. One of the crucial issues is the Catholics having to reconcile the anathemas given at the council of Trent. Until these issues are reconciled what should the relationship between Catholics and Protestants be? This book will give both groups the tools necessary as to what types of relationships they should have that do not do damage to the truth of the Biblical text.