August 12, 2019 Show with Bruce Bennett on “Why Does it Matter if Professing Christians Claim to be Under the Authority of an Infallible Vicar of Christ (& Should Protestant Christians Share Spiritual Fellowship With Them)?”

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The Papacy, Infallibility, and the Roman Catholic Church

I'm thrilled to have back on the program dear friend of mine for many years pastor Bruce Bennett Who ministers at the Word of Truth Church in Farmingville, Long Island, New York. And Today we are going to be discussing the theme why does it matter if professing Christians claim to be under the authority of an infallible Victor a vicar of Christ and should Protestant Christians share spiritual fellowship with them.

And we're also going to be Discussing an upcoming debate that pastor Bruce is having with a Roman Catholic apologist in September at the Word of Truth Church in Farmingville, Long Island, New York. But it's my honor and privilege to welcome you back to iron sharpens iron radio pastor Bruce Bennett I'm doing well.

Thanks be to God and Looking forward to our discussion today before we go into the heart of the matter. Tell our listeners something about Word of Truth Church in Farmingville, Long Island, New York.

Okay, yeah, and I've noticed over the years growing up on Long Island that the further you go out east.

The more frequently you will see very liberal mainline mainline apostate churches like the Unitarian Universalist churches and other of the real extreme leftist churches, they seem to increase the further out east you go and.

Well, tell us now about this debate that you're having with Matthew Luke Roderick, who is a Roman Catholic apologist. And that debate is Saturday September 7th 630 p .m. At the Word of Truth Church in Farmingville, Long Island, New York, and we'll be announcing this information later.

But just in case you would like to jot it down now. The website to find out more details is WOT church .com. WOT church .com. WOT stands for word of truth WOT church .com. And also you could call six three one eight zero six zero six fourteen six three one eight zero six zero six fourteen.

Well before we even go into the actual question of our Program today, why does it matter if Professing Christians claim to be under the authority of an infallible vicar of Christ and should Protestant Christians share spiritual fellowship with them give us a summary of what the Catholic Church means By having a Pope by having an infallible vicar of Christ.

There is confusion not only amongst Protestants about this, but even amongst Roman Catholics. I'm fairly certain that the majority of Catholics are very confused and are very Misinformed about what they are supposed to view or think or believe or teach about their own Pope.

One misconception that some people may have Whether Catholic or Protestant is that he is always he is considered Always infallible that he can never do anything wrong. Which would really border on if not crossing the border of claiming sinlessness.

Now, that is not what the dogmatic description of the Pope is so if you could fill us in on a summary of what the Actual Pope is according obviously to the Roman Catholic Church Council Trent, etc.

Of.

If he declares something ex cathedra or ex cathedra initial judgment has said many things that so that and so on. So yes that and it's only happened and it may surprise many of our listeners both Catholic and Protestants.

That the dogma of papal infallibility was not declared officially until 1870 it was that recent in history that this became dogma of the Church of Rome now. Of course Roman Catholics will say well just because it was made dogma in 1870 doesn't mean it wasn't always believed before then.

Every single debate I have seen that involved the papacy where there was a knowledgeable Historian who is a Protestant Christian involved like dr. James R. White or others? Clearly demonstrated that this was not anywhere to be Seen in the early centuries of the church and to claim it was.

The belief of the church going all the way back to Peter himself is is really absurd. It's there's there's nothing in the annals of church history that would say that the the church fathers.

Actually believed in the infallibility of the Bishop of Rome that had the effect of seeing type of Offices that would be recognized as having authority but not infallible party by already that the Pope and you mentioned.

Alexandria a few moments ago. It's interesting that the fourth century hero of the Christian faith embraced by not only Roman Catholics, but Eastern Orthodox and Evangelical Christians perhaps especially reformed Christians that fourth century hero Athanasius of Alexandria when he was battling with the majority of the church over the deity of Christ when the majority of the church had succumbed to the the heresy of Arianism denying the deity of Jesus Christ Athanasius appealed to the scriptures for his proof.

He never caved in under any weight of so-called authority of bishops over him or a bishop of Rome or a Pope. He went to the scriptures and He he battled with them using the scriptures as his weapon. Well, I'm gonna leave most of your argumentation to disprove the existence of a Pope for your debate in September today.

We are mainly discussing. Why does this even matter? You will have today Southern Baptists like Rick Warren who actually calls Pope Francis his Pope. You'll have other Evangelicals who are involved in modern ecumenism.

Linking arms with Rome and they will view their differences with Roman Catholics over the papacy as being on a tertiary or lower level of importance they will really Give it no more importance than the debate that the in-house debate.

That evangelicals have with one another over. Let's say infant baptism versus believer only baptism or The the sign gifts are they perpetual today?

Or.

Eschatological differences Millennial versus post-millennial versus pre-millennial Etc. Etc. So this is a very rampant view today. You have many Evangelicals not wanting to openly declare That our friends in the Roman Catholic Church are guilty of heresy and that the Church of Rome itself is a false church.

There's a lot of hesitation to do that even amongst people that I look up to As theologians and scholars and historians. I am very amazed how often on my own show a Guest that I am interviewing will surprise me out of left field by making statements like Well our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters and I'll have to stop them and say well Let me just clarify something here I do believe that there are Roman Catholics who are indeed my brothers and sisters in Christ, but that is because they actually In spite of the dogma of the Church of Rome They actually believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ as it is that as as it is accurately taught in the scriptures whether they do that because they're ignorant of what their own church teaches about the gospel or Whether they are clinging to the gospel in defiance to their own church and remaining They are some kind of an example or just because they're afraid of causing a split in their marriage or family.

Whatever the case is I do believe that there there is a remnant of True regenerate people in the Roman Catholic Church, but I will never use a flippant Statement like that just in a casual fashion saying our Catholic brothers and sisters our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters because if you believe in the dogmas of Rome, I Do not believe when I say the dogmas of Rome.

Let me step back a couple of steps I mean the uniquely Roman Catholic dogmas of Rome that I oppose the gospel of the Reformation if you if you believe in those and Embrace those and teach those that you cannot be a regenerate person.

Having said that what is your reaction to what I said?

You mean you mean you mean the Council of Trent anathematized the Protestant gospel? Oh, I thought I thought you said the Council of Trent.

I'm sorry. Right when he was anathematizing the Judaizers the Roman Catholic Church would be guilty of the same error. And even though it would be a different way. It'll be a different flavor of.

That.

Heresy, but it is still adding works to faith for justification. Amen, and one thing that I'd like I'd like to say a caveat here because there may be many people misunderstanding what I'm saying, especially Roman Catholics.

Number one. I am NOT saying that I or Protestant people and of course Protestant is a broad term even if I Primarily or exclusively am I referring to regenerate born-again people. They are not.

Better.

Than Roman Catholics in many spheres of life. I know Roman Catholics whose company I Prefer over my own born-again brothers and sisters in Christ. I know Roman Catholics Who are in many? areas of life superior to me.

They've demonstrated Just a better perhaps patience and tenderness and compassion on occasion to family friends and loved ones they might be better than us. If you take a case-by-case Comparison you you may have Roman Catholics who are better spouses to their.

Their own spouses than many Protestants are better parents to their children than many Protestants are. So this has nothing to do with we think we're better than they are. We are just saying something very important.

That.

They have a false hope they are believing in if they are indeed faithful to the uniquely Roman Catholic dogmas of Rome. They are trusting in something that is damning and false and we who profess to love them Must do all that we can to warn them about this in love and To be used of God to rescue them out of this false belief system.

When you disagree with somebody It doesn't mean you hate them automatically, of course. There are hateful people who hate Roman Catholics and there are hateful Roman Catholics who hate Protestants. But this has nothing to do with a superiority contest as far as who we are innately as human beings as Husbands wives parents as Siblings as friends as citizens as employees and employers.

This has to do with the heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

And would you basically concur with what I just said now?

Um, I would have to sit down and speak with somebody to be totally clear why they're doing that. I personally Do not believe.

That.

That a person should be a member of the Roman Catholic Church if they are truly born again. They certainly cannot partake in the the so-called sacrament of the mass without being guilty of participating in an idolatrous, right.

There's I think it's one thing to be visiting a Roman Catholic Church. So you have an opportunity in an appropriate fashion to Evangelize people through friendships that you develop but I don't think that there is any reason that is biblically sound.

Where a person would be a member of the Roman Catholic Church. Well, I was raised Roman Catholic and was an altar boy and I knew as much That my church was teaching me it became the physical body and blood of Christ according to them, of course.

But I didn't really Grasp the full concept of body soul and divinity as you were saying, but I did know that This was supposed to be the real body and blood of Christ by the way, wasn't my. Weren't I should say my debates with that?

I organized with dr James R. White on Long Island used of God to draw you into the doctrines of grace. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I thought that you were an Arminian Pentecostal when I first met you.

Yes.

Yeah, yeah, we. Yep, it was definitely a catalyst for sure and I first definitely. Yeah, one thing I just want to mention before we go to our first break.

One very pivotal important Moment in dr. James R. White's History of Long Island, New York debates with Roman Catholics that I arranged Was during the Q &A During one of his debates with Mitch Pacwa who is a Jesuit priest.

Many may recognize that name from EWTN the eternal word television network. Mitch Pacwa Although I believe that much of what he believes and teaches is false he is a wonderful man, and I'll look very extremely likable man and He is one debater That I am very certain Does not purposefully lie During his debates.

What I mean by that is I think that when he is defending something that is biblically Proven to be untrue I Don't think that he is conscious of that and using debate tricks in order to mask That fact he seems to be a palpably Honest man, even though he is himself deceived on many things.

And I enjoy his company. He's a wonderful guy but during the Q &A Mitch Pacwa asked James White Do you consider me your brother? and James very calmly said Do you believe in the dogmas of the Council of Trent?

Especially and I'm paraphrasing here. But he was especially referring as I said earlier to those things that are uniquely Roman Catholic because there are things that were declared at Trent that But there are things believed by those at Trent That we would even believe but um.

And.

Mitch Pacwa said yes, I do. And James White just calmly and politely said there is no hope in that gospel. And I think that that was a great way to answer that question. But we have to go now to Our first station break if anybody would like to join us on the air with a question of your own.

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Why Spiritual Fellowship With Roman Catholics Is Not Appropriate

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This is Chris Arnzen. If you just tuned us in our guest today is pastor Bruce Bennett of Word of Truth Church in Farmingville, Long Island, New York. We are addressing the theme why does it matter if professing Christians claim to be under the authority of an infallible vicar of Christ and Should Protestant Christians share spiritual fellowship with them?

We're also discussing the upcoming debate at Word of Truth Church that pastor Bruce Bennett is having with a Roman Catholic apologist Matthew Luke Broderick on. The theme is the office of Pope Biblical.

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That they are the true successor of Peter. Well, that's an odd question to ask to Protestants. Because we would reject even the notion that a current-day papacy is in the succession of the Apostle Peter, but if you could Answer that question, I guess it probably be better if we had Matthew Luke Broderick To answer that question but pastor Bruce.

Question it's valid or not and.

One thing that's interesting is that DA Carson who is an evangelical Protestant a Calvinistic Baptist Who I consider to be one of the my modern-day heroes of the faith. I truly love and enjoy hearing Dr. Carson preach and teach a Yet great benefit from him.

But he has a very unusual position as a Protestant he actually believes that the rock That Christ was speaking about in Matthew 16.

Is.

Is Peter.

But.

He said there's nothing in the text that would by virtue of that give to Peter.

The.

The powers that the papacy is alleged to have and He said there's nothing in there about any kind of succession either. Where for centuries and centuries and millennia You will have people getting that office or and of course, dr. Carson wasn't saying it was an office, but Even that title of the rock that that would be.

Something that would be perpetually passed on as the Church of Rome Raises to authority new popes when one dies or steps down as we had happened with Bishop Bratz singer who became Pope and stepped down.

So The the whole concept of succession Cannot even in anybody's wild imagination be accurately.

Exegeted from that text in any way shape or form. Can it like. It's certainly not a majority view by any stretch of the imagination. Oh, ah, it's not but there are quite a few. One's masculine one's both.

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