Abstract
One of the most heartening aspects of the ecumenical movement today is the growing relationship between Catholics and Evangelicals. Their history had long been marked by disparagement and rejection. In 1873 the Evangelical Alliance in the United States said its greatest foe was not atheism, but the "nominally Christian Church of Rome." In more recent times, perhaps the low point was Loraine Boettner's 1962 work, Roman Catholicism, a popular critique of Catholicism, notable for its many errors of both historical fact and theology. Such attitudes were still evident two years ago when R. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lexington, Ky., said on "Larry King Live" that the Catholic Church was "a false church" teaching a "false gospel." But Catholics have had their own prejudices about Evangelicals and have frequently been guilty of stereotyping them without really knowing them.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 7-9 |
| Journal | America |
| Volume | 187 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Jul 15 2002 |
Keywords
- Catholic Church
- Evangelicalism
Disciplines
- Catholic Studies