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Roman Catholicism

The testimony of history and Scripture

No compromise

ROMAN CATHOLICISM
The testimony of history and Scripture
By Peter Slomski
Evangelical Protestant Society. 46 pages. £3 inc. p&p
ISBN 0 902111 02 7
Available from EPS, PO Box 306, Belfast BT5 7WA (028 9048 1920, mail@ulsterbulwark.org)

The author asks, ‘Was the Reformation a mistake? Were Christians wrong in dying for their faith at the hands of Rome?’ In these confused and compromising times this booklet comes as a clarion call to examine again the teachings of Roman Catholicism.

It is to the author’s great credit that he has managed to put so much into so few pages. This is an excellent ‘beginner’ for those needing a pocket history of Romanism. Being a former Roman Catholic, Peter Slomski writes from personal experience. With great clarity and conciseness he shows that Rome has not changed, but has simply ‘put on a new set of clothes’. ‘Rome is seeking to legitimise itself and minimise opposition.’

The booklet is in two parts — a superbly concise account of how Roman Catholicism began — and an excellent section on Roman Catholic doctrines and how they are refuted by Scripture. Slomski suggests that, as in Constantine’s day, when in AD 313 he began fusing paganism with Christianity, today’s attempts at ‘unity without truth’ will surely end in the same confusion. Page 9 is a revelation in itself. Well-known evangelical individuals and societies, who are said to be compromising with Rome, are listed. Some eyebrows will be raised. A timely read for all evangelicals.

Margaret McNabb,
Great Bridgeford, Staffordshire