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1. Catholic Encyclopedia, Infallibility, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07790a.htm
2. Vatican I, Session 4, 1869 - 1870 AD
3. Catholic Encyclopedia, General Councils, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04423f.htm
4. ibid, Infallibility, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07790a.htm
5. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 6, Canons Concerning Justification, Canon 24
6. ibid, Canon 9
7. ibid, Canon 32
8. ibid, Canon 12
9. Catholic Encyclopedia, Anathema, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01455e.htm
10. MacArthur, John, The Pope and the Papacy, http://www.gty.org/
11. White, James R., The Roman Catholic Controversy, Bethany House Publishers, 1996, p. 133
12. ibid, pp. 130-131
13. Ankerberg, John & Weldon, John, The Facts on Roman Catholicism, Harvest House Publishers, 1993, p. 20
14. Kennedy, D. James, Irreconcilable Differences - Catholics Evangelicals and the New Quest for Unity, http://www.gty.org/
15. White, pp. 141-142
16. Sproul, R. C., Irreconcilable Differences
17. White, p. 145
18. White, p. 157
19. Ankerberg & Weldon, p. 30
20. McCarthy, James G., Conversations with Catholics, Harvest House Publishers, 1997, p. 47
21. ibid, p. 42
22. Cole, C. D., Roman Catholicism, pp. 257-258
23. Ott, Ludwig, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, TAN, 1974, p. 262
24. White, p. 160, emphasis mine
25. ibid, p. 146
26. Sproul, R. C., New Geneva Study Bible
27. MacArthur, John, The MacArthur Study Bible
28. Sproul, New Geneva Study Bible
29. White, p. 151
30. Green, Keith, The Catholic Chronicles, http://www.sohmer.net/media/KG-TCC.pdf
31. Lee, John and Bompas, Frank, Justification By Grace: Not By Faith Alone, http://www.catholic-jhb.org.za/tracts/tract_2.htm
32. Mizzi, Joe, Work Out Your Salvation, http://www.justforcatholics.org/a113.htm
33. Bull "Exultate Deo," Pope Eugene IV, 1439 AD
34. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 7, Canons on Baptism, Canon 13
35. ibid, Canon 5
36. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 14, Canons Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of Penance, Canon 1
37. Green
38. Enhanced Strong's Lexicon, 1996
39. Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, 1997
40. Zodhiates, Spiros, The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament, AMG Publishers
41. Green
42. Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 AD, Canon 21
43. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 14, Canon 7, emphasis mine
44. Green
45. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 14, Canon 8
46. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1495, http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm
47. Green
48. James 5:16, The New Jerusalem Bible
49. Gipp, Samuel, An Understandable History of the Bible, p. 215
50. Green
51. GotQuestions.org, Does the Bible teach mortal and venial sin?, http://www.gotquestions.org/mortal-sin-venial.html, emphasis mine
52. Carson, H. M, Roman Catholicism Today, IVF, 1964, p. 93
53. MacArthur, The MacArthur Study Bible
54. Vatican II, p. 64
55. ibid
56. Catechism, 1030
57. ibid, 1031
58. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 6, Canons Concerning Justification, Canon 30
59. Purgatory or Christ?, http://www.justforcatholics.org/a93.htm
60. Biblical Discernment Ministries, Roman Catholicism: Is It a Cult?, http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/Catholicism/isitcult.htm
61. Vatican II, p. 71
62. ibid, p. 70
63. Pope Paul VI, Apostolic Constitution On Indulgences - Indulgentiarum Doctrina - Solemnly Promulgated By His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, January 1, 1967
64. White, pp. 187-188
65. ibid, p. 195
66. Luther, Martin, 95 Thesis (excerpts)
67. Collins, Mary Ann, (former nun), Mary Worship? A Study of Catholic Practice and Doctrine, http://www.bereanbeacon.org/articles/mary_worship.htm
68. Catechism, 892
69. ibid, 2050
70. ibid, 2051
71. Vatican I, Session 4, 1869 - 1870 AD
72. 1983 Code of Canon Law, Canon 331
73. ibid, Canon 333
74. Pope Bonafice VIII, Unam Sanctam, November 18, 1302
75. ibid
76. ibid
77. Vatican I, Session 4, 1:6, 1869 - 1870 AD
78. MacArthur, The MacArthur Study Bible
79. ibid
80. MacArthur, The Pope and the Papacy
81. Rudd, Steve, The False Doctrine of Roman Catholic Papal Infallibility, http://www.bible.ca/catholic-infallibility.htm
82. White, p. 107
83. Rudd
84. White, p. 113
85. Collins, Mary Ann, (former nun), What Is Our Source of Authority?, http://www.sounddoctrine.com/collins_sola.htm
86. MacArthur, The Pope and the Papacy
87. Spurgeon, Charles, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 60, p. 592
88. MacArthur, The Pope and the Papacy
89. Collins, What Is Our Source of Authority?
90. Luther, Martin, Luther's Table-Talk of the Antichrist DXXXIII
91. Luther, Martin, Smalcald Articles, 1537
92. Spurgeon, Charles, All Roads Lead To Rome, p. 183
93. Wesley, John, Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms, p. 110
94. Mather, Cotton, The Fall of Babylon
95. Luther, Martin, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Volume 2, p.121
96. Calvin, John, Institutes of the Christian Religion, volume 1, pp. 219-220
97. Biblical Discernment Ministries, Roman Catholicism: Is It a Cult?
98. MacArthur, The Pope and the Papacy
99. Wikipedia, "College of Cardinals," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_Cardinals
100. St. Joseph Messenger, The Sacred College of Cardinals, http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/church.html
101. The Catholic Encyclopedia, "Cardinal", http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03333b.htm
102. Spurgeon, Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Volume 21, p. 177
103. Green
104. Pope Pius IV, The Trentine Creed or The Creed of Pius IV, 1564 A.D.
105. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 13, Canons on the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, Canon 1
106. ibid, Canon 2
107. Green
108. ibid
109. MacArthur, The MacArthur Study Bible
110. Sproul, New Geneva Study Bible
111. Geisler, N. L., & Rhodes, R., When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretations
112. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, 22nd Session, Canons on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Canon 1
113. Vatican II, p. 1
114. ibid, p. 102
115. Catechism, 1367
116. Whealon, Reverend John F., Archbishop of Hartford, This Is The Catholic Church, pp. 20-24
117. Green
118. McCarthy, p. 104
119. Green
120. ibid
121. McCarthy, p. 109
122. Vatican II, p. 104
123. Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae (On The Mystery And Worship Of The Eucharist), February 24,1980
124. ibid
125. The Spirit of Jesus: Catholic Home Study Instruction Course, Book 3, p. 92
126. Catechism, 1378
127. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 13, Canons on the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist, Canon 6
128. Green
129. Vatican II, Second Instruction on the Proper Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, no. 12
130. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 22, Canons on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Canon 2
131. Green
132. The Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 29, Of the Lord's Supper, verse 6
133. Catechism, 404
134. ibid, 490
135. ibid, 491
136. Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilus Deus (The Immaculate Conception), December 8, 1854
137. Collins, Mary Worship?
138. ibid
139. Catechism, 411
140. ibid, 493
141. Collins, Mary Worship?
142. Catechism, 499
143. ibid, 500
144. Collins, Mary Worship?
145. Catechism, 963
146. ibid, 971
147. ibid, 2677
148. Collins, Mary Worship?
149. Catechism, 963
150. ibid, 975
151. Collins, Mary Worship?
152. Catechism, 966
153. ibid, 974
154. Collins, Mary Worship?
155. Catechism, 968
156. ibid, 969
157. Pope Leo XIII, Octobri Mense Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, On the Rosary, September 22, 1891
158. Saint Alphonsus Liguori, The Immaculate Heart of Mary is the Refuge of Sinners, pp. 195-196
159. Collins, Mary Worship?
160. Catechism, 966
161. ibid, 971
162. Collins, Mary Worship?
163. Pope Benedict XV, Epistle, Admodum Probatur, June 20, 1917
164. Pope Leo XIII, Magnae Dei Matris - On the Rosary, September 8, 1892
165. Council of Trent, 1545-1563, Session 22, Canons on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Canon 1, emphasis mine
166. ibid, Canon 5, emphasis mine
167. Catechism, 956
168. Mizzi. Joe, Praying to Dead Saints, http://www.justforcatholics.org/prayer.htm
169. Catholics Commit Idolatry by Praying to Dead Saints, http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Roman%20Catholicism/rcc5-saints.htm
170. Boettner, Loraine, Roman Catholicism, pp. 142-143
171. Catholic Encyclopedia: Dulia, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05188b.htm
172. White, p. 211
173. Catholic Encyclopedia: Relics, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12734a.htm
174. Aquinas, St. Thomas, Summa Theologica, Part 3, Question 25, Article 6
175. ibid
176. Augustine, City of God, 5th Century, AD
177. Wikipedia: Nail (relic), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Nails
178. Biblical Discernment Ministries, Roman Catholicism: Is It a Cult?
179. Vatican II, pp. 755-756
180. Collins, Mary Worship?
181. Catechism, 85
182. ibid, 100
183. ibid, 862
184. ibid, 891
185. Collins, Mary Worship?
186. White, pp. 59-60
187. ibid, p. 62
188. ibid, p. 59
189. ibid, p. 59
190. ibid, pp. 66-67
191. ibid, p. 74
192. Geisler, N. L., & MacKenzie, R. E., Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences
193. http://www.webster.com
194. McDowell, Josh, and Stewart, Don, Answers to Tough Questions
195. Geisler, N. L., & Brooks, R. M., When Skeptics Ask
196. MacArthur, The MacArthur Study Bible
197. Vatican II, p. 456
198. Pope Innocent III, December 18, 1208
199. Pope Bonafice VIII, Unam Sanctam, 1302
200. Pope Leo X, Fifth Lateran Council, 1512-1517
201. Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical, Sapientiae Christianae, January 10, 1890
202. Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, 14
203. CWRC Ministries, The Real Church, http://www.cwrc-rz.org/apologetics/az-001b.php
204. Wikipedia, Persecution of Christians, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_persecution
205. Rome and Christianity, http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/rome_and_christianity.htm
206. Tacitus, The Annals, 109 AD
207. Wikipedia, Battle of Milvian Bridge, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milvian_Bridge
208. WebChron: The Web Chronology Project, Constantine Converts to Christianity, http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/EastEurope/ConstantineConverts.html
209. For an excellent treatment of this topic, please listen to Ray Comfort's sermon "True and False Conversions" at http://www.livingwaters.com/listenwatch2.shtml
210. Wikipedia, Constantine I (emperor), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Constantine
211. Shelley, Bruce, Church History in Plain Language, Word Books, Inc., 1982, p. 103
212. Walker, Clarence, "Introduction" to J. H. Carroll's The Trail of Blood: Following the Christians Down Through the Centuries, http://www.baptistpage.org/Distinctives/Trail_of_Blood.html
213. Cornelison, Bill, Why I Am Not A Protestant, http://www.churchofgodcarmichael.org/Tracts/NotAProtestant.html
214. List taken from Steve Rudd, Roman Catholic Doctrinal Evolution, http://www.bible.ca/cath-new-doctrines.htm, and Loraine Boettner, preface to the fifth edition of his book, Roman Catholicism.
215. White, p. 85
216. ibid, p. 83
217. Chancey, Mark A., An Unacknowledged Passion, http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/Chancey_Unacknowledged_Passion.htm
218. Darring, Jerry, A Catholic Timeline of Events Relating to Jews, Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust From the 3rd Century to the Beginning of the Third Millennium, http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/mine/timeline.htm
219. Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 AD, Canon 68
220. ibid, Canon 69
221. 18 Questions For "Saved" Roman Catholics, http://www.biblebelievers.net/Romanism/kjc18qst.htm
222. ibid
223. McCarthy, p. 64
224. ibid, p. 128
225. Green
226. Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium (ECT)
227. ibid
228. ibid
229. http://www.ivpress.com/about_us/
230. Kreeft, Peter, One Catholic to Another, IVP, p. 8
231. MacArthur, The Pope and the Papacy
232. Bush, George W., President, Massachusetts Family Institute E-Alert, April 6, 2005, http://www.mafamily.org/
233. Graham, Franklin, Friday Church News Notes, "Pope John Paul II Dies," Fundamental Baptist Information Service, April 8, 2005
234. MacArthur, The Pope and the Papacy
235. White, p. 24
236. Boettner, Roman Catholicism, Preface to the 5th Edition
237. Green
238. MacArthur, John, Irreconcilable Differences - Catholics Evangelicals and the New Quest for Unity, http://www.gty.org/
239. McCarthy, p. 176
240. White, pp. 220-221
241. Green
242. McCarthy, p. 145
243. ibid, p. 63
244. Green

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