The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-07-14

n. co. UtCduS6 III 10 Ouly IN lne hOman
Catholic Church that they can learn the will of
God that is the full doctrine of Jesus Christ,
which alone can save them"
Page SS. 90. What do the Fathers of the
Church say about the salvation of those who die
out of the Roman Catholic Church?
A. They all, without exception, pronounce
them infallibly lost forever"
show that heretics, or Protestants who die out
the Roman Catholic Church, are not saved?
A. There are several. They cannot be saved,
because
l. They have no divine faith.
2. They make liar of Jesus Christ, of the
Holy Ghost and Of the Apostles.
3. They have no faith in Christ
4, They fell away from the true Church of
Christ
5. They are too proud to summit to the Pope,
the vicar of Christ.
6. They cannot perform any good works
whereby they can obtain heaven.
Z: They do not receive the Body and Blood
of Christ.
s. They die in their sins.
8; They, ridicule and blaspheme the Mother
of God and His saints
10. They SANDER the spouse of Jesus Christ
the Catholic Church"
The ROMAN CATHOLICS STRIKE FROM THE DEC
ALoGUE THE SECOND CoMMANDMENT.
Page no. 90. Say the ten commandments
a. l. | am the Lord thy God; thou shall
have no God but me.
2. Thou shall not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain.
3. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath
day.
4. Honor thy Father and thy Mother.
.. Thou shalt not kill.
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
T. Thou shalt not steal
s. Thou shalt not bear false witness against
thy neighbor.
8. Thy shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.
10: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.
The reader will observe that the 2nd COM
mandment as given in the Goth chapter of Exc
dus and which forbids the making and worship
ping of images is omitted; while to make up
the number 10, the last commandment, forbid.
ding coveting is divided into two. Roman
Catholics admit that the I'd commandment is
part of the Bible, for their versions of the Bible
contain it, and yet they strike it out.
ROMAN CATHOLICS BELIEVE THAT PRIESTS HAVE
THE POWER TRULY TO FORGIVE SINS
Page 375. 20. Does the priest truly forgive
the sins, or does he only declare that they are
forgiven?
A. Keys are not given to person that he
may declare the gate to be open, but that he may
have the power either to open or shut it. Thus
also the power of forgiving sins is not given to
priests in order that they may declare sins to be
forgiven but that they may really and truly
forgive or retain them"
Also page 377 20. Butwould not God for
give our sins, if we were to confess them to him
alone?
A. BY no means, as otherwise the full power
which Christ gave to the priests of forgiving and
retaining sins, would be vain and useless -"
The book from which these extracts are made
was written by one Roman Catholic priest, edited
by, another, copyrighted by another, and pub
lished by Catholics Printers to the Holy Apos-
tolic See." 1t was also published with the
Appreciation of the Sacred Congregation for the
propagation of the Faith, " and is used in Catholic
schools and colleges. What this book says may
therefore be implicitly relied upon as the real
doctrine of Roman Catholics. The book has
also the inprimatetr of Archbishop J. R. Bayley.
We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that
we have compared the above quotations with
the book from which they are taken, and that
they are entirely accurate and fair
T. It. EATON,
Pastor 1st Baptist Church.
T. D. W1THERsPooN,
Pastor Ta66 50. Presb Church.
CHURCHILL ]. GIBSON,
Rector Of Grace Church.
j. D BLACKWELL,
Pastor Wash. 81. M E. Church.