Catholic church ordains woman as priest - AZCentral.com a Catholic priest who resigned from the diocese this month. DeFrancesco said independent churches "are not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church and should not identify themselves as Catholic" because of ... Publ.Date : 2010-08-31T06:16:08Z
Frankford vs. Roman Thanksgiving game being discussed - Philadelphia Daily News Though the granddaddy of the city's Public-Catholic Thanksgiving football rivalries is now deceased, a beautiful baby might soon take its place. It's possible - repeat, possible - that Frankford, which ... Publ.Date : 2010-09-03T06:55:31Z
Catholic theologian Panikkar promoted religious dialogue - Bend Bulletin Raimon Panikkar, a Roman Catholic theologian whose embrace of Hindu scriptures and Buddhism made him an influential voice for promoting dialogue among the world’s religions, died Aug. 26 at his home in ... Publ.Date : 2010-09-05T10:56:32Z
New bishop to be appointed to Spokane Catholic Diocese - KXLY SPOKANE -- Five thousand people are expected to attend bishop Blase Cupich's installment as the sixth bishop of the roman catholic diocese of Spokane on Friday. Cupich takes over the financially battered diocese from ... Publ.Date : 2010-09-03T08:21:25Z
Female Catholic priests, again - GetReligion Is there something about non-Roman Catholic churches ordaining women that makes all journalism skills fly out the window? I’m pretty sure there is some ridiculously high correlation between ordinations of women who ... Publ.Date : 2010-09-05T17:01:36Z
Roman Catholic Diocese bans deacon after probe - Register-Star ALBANY — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany has banned a deacon from active ministry after an investigation into allegations he sexually abused a minor in the early 1990s prior to his ordination. The deacon at Albany ... Publ.Date : 2010-08-30T06:10:09Z
Synopsis
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest denomination with 1.1 billion adherents. Recently the pope Benedict XVI reasserted that the Catholic Church is the only true church founded by Christ. Today there is a pervasive indifference as to the question what is the true Christianity. This is a serious situation because there are numerous false or only partly true versions of Christianity. The author of this book attempts a critical appraisal of the Roman Catholic Church by the criteria of the Bible and history.
The conclusion he reached is that the Catholic Church is a perversion of the Christianity of the New Testament. The author believes that he has substantiated the proposition that there are many unbiblical pagan elements in the Church. To give one example the monarchical papacy and the authoritarian church structure developed after the model of the authoritarian government of the ancient Roman Empire. No wonder that its official name is the Roman Catholic Church.
A theologian and a minister. Received a doctorate in systematic theology from the University of Toronto. He did the ministerial work for 17 years in the United Church of Canada. Took early retirement in 1990 to study and write books, which is, he feels, the talent and his main vocation he has received from God. He respects the Bible as containing the revealed word of God.
