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Concordia Theological Monthly

Publication Date

11-1-1948

Document Type

Article

Keywords

catholic church, rome, st. peter, pope, dogma, lasater

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

Rome ever the same! So says Rome, and her opponents agree; but there is agreement only in the choice of words, not in the sense or connotation. Rome predicates her assertion on the claim that she is the Church founded by Christ and by Him built on Peter, so that even the gates of hell cannot prevail against her. Her opponents, on the other hand, regard her merely as an organization against which the gates of hell have already prevailed in a large measure. Rome presumes to trace her organization and dogma - of course more fully developed in the course of time - back to Christ and the Apostles; her opponents accuse her of a persistently arrogant and intolerant spirit and of obdurate departure from the truth. We shall let Rome speak for herself.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Matthew 16:16-18;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

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