The Gospel of Rome:
Investigating the Claims of the Roman Catholic Church

Mark Edward Sohmer

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Table of Contents:

• Introduction:
• What Roman Catholics Are Supposed To Believe:
• Not "Bashing," But "Testing":
• Papal Proclamations, as well as Church Councils, are Infallible, and Equal to Scripture:
• Roman Catholic Plan of Salvation:
  • Anathema:
  • The Biblical Plan of Salvation:
  • Eternal Life:
  • Implications of the Roman Catholic Plan of Salvation:
  • Biblical Justification Versus Roman Catholic Justification
  • Luther's Dunghill:
  • James Chapter 2:
  • Good Works:
  • Philippians 2:12:
• Baptismal Regeneration:
  • Consistent Teaching of Scripture:
  • 1 Corinthians 1:17:
  • Cornelius:
  • Verses About Salvation:
• Penance:
• Auricular Confession:
  • James 5:16:
• Mortal vs. Venial Sins:
  • 1 John 5:16:
• Purgatory:
• Indulgences:
  • Luther's 95 Thesis:
• The Pope:
  • Matthew 16:18:
  • Who Is the Rock?:
  • Matthew 16:19:
  • John 21:15-17:
  • Was Peter Head of the Roman Church?:
  • Christian Response to the Papacy over the Years:
• Cardinals:
• Elevation of Clergy:
• Transubstantiation:
  • Matthew 26:26-28:
  • John 6:48-57:
  • 3 Conclusions of Transubstantiation:
  • The Mass is an Actual Sacrifice:
  • What the Bible Says About Jesus' Sacrifice:
  • Worshipping the Eucharist:
  • The Ten Commandments:
  • Essential Priesthood:
  • History of Transubstantiation:
  • Questions about Transubstantiation:
• Mary:
  • Immaculate Conception:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary's Immaculate Conception:
  • Mary Was Sinless:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary Being Sinless:
  • Mary's Perpetual Virginity:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary's Perpetual Virginity:
  • Mary the Mother of God:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary Being the Mother of God:
  • Mary the Mother of the Church:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary Being the Mother of the Church:
  • Mary's Assumption:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary's Assumption:
  • Mary Is a Co-Mediator:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary Being a Co-Mediator:
  • Mary the Queen of Heaven:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary Being Queen of Heaven:
  • Mary Is the Co-Redeemer:
  • What the Bible Says about Mary Being the Co-Redeemer:
• Dead Saints:
• Dulia vs. Latria:
• Holy Relics:
  • What the Bible Says about Relics:
• The Bible:
  • Sola Scriptura:
  • Sola Scriptura vs. Tradition:
  • Scripture Is Not the Ultimate Authority For the Roman Catholic Church:
  • What the Bible Says about Itself:
• The Apocrypha:
  • Facts about the Books of the Apocrypha:
  • Arguments Against the Inclusion of the Apocrypha:
  • Argument For the Apocrypha Rebutted:
  • Concluding Thoughts on the Apocrypha:
• The One True Church:
• Church History Overview:
  • Pagan Persecution of the Church:
  • The Conversion of Constantine:
  • Was Constantine's Conversion Sincere?:
  • Marks of the New Testament Church:
  • True Bible-Believing Churches Existed Before the Roman Catholic Church:
  • True Christians Throughout the Years:
  • True Bible-Believing Churches Existed Before the Reformation:
  • True Christians Persecuted by Rome:
  • Evolution of Catholic Doctrine:
• Anti-Semitism Within Roman Catholicism:
• "Saved" Roman Catholic:
• Evangelical Compromise:
  • Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT):
  • InterVarsity Press:
  • Evangelical Response to the Death of the Pope:
• The Foundation of Christian Unity:
• Divisiveness:
• Concluding Thoughts:
  • Social Roadblocks to the Gospel:
  • Sad Conclusion of Being a Catholic:
  • Contending with Roman Catholicism; Not Attacking Roman Catholics:
  • How We are to Treat Roman Catholics:
  • Conclusion:
• Appendix A: Doctrinal Overview:
• Appendix B: Resources for Further Study:
• About the Author:
• Endnotes:

Next: Introduction

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