ugh the centuries.Who is behind this great deception? According to the Bible...the lie can be traced to Satan himself, the deceiver of old, 'the father of lies' [John 8:44; 1 Tim 4:1]. This is not to say that the Pope, bishops, and priests of the Roman Catholic Church are consciously aware that they are serving Satan's purposes. Many are undoubtedly sincere...Nevertheless, they are responsible before God, for they have failed to take heed to God's Word. Having believed a false gospel, they remain in their sins. Consequently, but for a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit in these last days, the vast majority of Roman Catholics alive on earth today, clergy and laity alike, will die in their sins." (The Gospel According to Rome, pages 312, 314-315)Leading anti-Catholic literature, such as this, is carefully written with a deceptive plan in mind by the authors who write them. They are carefully combined with sections of the Catechism, church fathers, and papal documents with Fundamentalist dogma and scripture. Even though McCarthy uses Catechism references, he uses them without the slightest understanding of them, and uses that understanding to promote a false, inaccurate message of the Catholic Church. The clips of the Catechism that seem to refute Biblical Christianity convert Catholics who read The Gospel According To Rome. They would be correct, only if Biblical Christianity was what McCarthy said it was in his book. McCarthy bases his teaching on 20th century Fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible, which is an interpretation that didn't exist for 1,500 years. That is an historical fact that is shown clearly in Church history, from the early Christians and Bishops, to the early Fathers and Doctors of the first 1,500 years of Christianity, and even by most main-line Protestant theologians. Most Fundamentalists will argue that such documents and teaching are irrelevant since they come from the heart of the problem itself. But if the c...
