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Note: Today’s post concludes our series on Roman Catholicism.
(By John MacArthur)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS
Let’s return to the Roman Catholic priest’s challenge (see Thursday’s post). Certainly if justification by faith alone is so crucial a doctrine, we would expect to find it clearly taught by our Lord. Indeed, that is precisely what we discover.
Although Christ made no […]

(By John MacArthur)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ROME
The Church finally set forth its views on justification in the mid-sixteenth century at the Council of Trent. Trent was Rome’s answer to the Reformation, and much of the Council’s work was specifically designed to set Catholic doctrine in stark contrast to Protestant ideas. Nowhere is the divergence between Rome and […]

(By John MacArthur)
Long Before Luther: Jesus and the Doctrine of Justification
No doctrine is more important to evangelical theology than the doctrine of justification by faith alone—the Reformation principle of sola fide. Martin Luther called it the article that determines whether the church is standing or falling.
History provides plenty of objective evidence to affirm Luther’s assessment. Churches and […]

(By John MacArthur)
How Do We Know the Doctrine of the Apostles?
Now let’s examine the key Scriptures Rome cites to try to justify the existence of extrabiblical tradition. Since many of these passages are similar, it will suffice to reply to the main ones. First we’ll examine the key verses that speak of how Apostolic doctrine was transmitted, […]

(By John MacArthur)
Modern Roman Catholic Apologetics and Sola Scriptura
As we established yesterday, the official Catholic position on Scripture is that Scripture does not and cannot speak for itself. It must be interpreted by the Church’s teaching authority, and in light of “living tradition.” De facto this says that Scripture has no inherent authority, but like all spiritual […]