Reformed Christianity V.S. True Christians

I have just heard a web cast about Frank Beckwith returning to the Roman Catholic Church. This two reformed Christian’s ranted about how this man is a non believer and is lost and now destined for hell. It’s amazing how fast they turn on those who once were their own. These two men show their own ignorance by saying the church fathers can not be trusted and contradicted each other, any self respecting Christian knows that this isn’t the case, we don’t look at individuals father but the consensus of the whole. They think that what they believe was held before the 1500’s which I’m proud to say wasn’t and in many cases would have been condemned as heresy. But I find it funny that these two doing the condemning would have been the ones condemned by the early church. These two men’s Calvinism defines their theology; everything comes back to this stand point what a narrow view of the church that is to say if it could even be call the church. They read Calvinism into the world around them and also read Calvinism into the Holy Writ and there by making a new Gospel, which is been forbidden by the Holy Apostle Paul ( Gal 1:6-9). Now these two men use the reformation battle cries like there’s no tomorrow (Sola gratia, Sola fide, Sola scriptura, Solus Christus, and Soli Deo Gloria). Now I will agree that first, forth and fifth that they are Christian ideas, by Gods grace we come to Him and in Christ alone we are saved and God dose get all the glory. Now the second and third I have a problems with them, saying faith alone means nothing. Is not faith, believing? And is not believing a action? And is not an action, work? So our faith is a work that a Christian dose. The first one the person will do on there walk with Christ. Now on to the scriptures alone this is great folly because if we use the bible in its self with no outside understanding we can run ourselves into all kinds of heresy. Now let’s think. God let the first council of Nicaea put together the holy writ for us. So why would we say those men who by Gods grace put it together should not be read to understand it?

Now by this time I should say I’m not Roman Catholic and would show the fallen parts of the church but they still hold to elements of the Catholic faith. They need work which I pray the Archbishop of Rome will now do because he has a true heart of God. Now to be fair we Anglicans need a new Archbishop of Canterbury because he is now liberal, so as for us all we can do right now is continue in the old faith to the one holy and apostolic Church.

Now back on subject these two men called the doctrine of infusion a doctrine of Satan. Now please forgive me for going off right now. These two men have shown their own foolishness and heretical beliefs. Their Calvinism is their god, they are saved by election, so they aren’t even saved by faith. We as Catholics repent and confess our sins because we need to be forgiven for today’s sins also for we offend God daily and need to seek His mercy of forgiveness because we want our relationship to be fixed and healed. Where as the elect person in the Calvinistic since has to because he is elect and has no choice. What a scary place to be you’re kind of like a robot, no matter if want to or not you will have to because God says so. Now these beliefs of the reformed camp can not be truly defend by history, when one looks back at the early church fathers we see no coinciding beliefs as these reformed Christians have. So I would say to look back to the early church and show where you are coming from and why we Catholics are so wrong and totally lost.

†May the prayers of Jesus and St. Peter and Paul along with Mary and the rest of the saints bring Christ’s church together again as one. †

Written by: Allen Bailey Acolyte and Aspirant of the Anglican providence of America