A Roman Take on the Romans Road

The letter to the Romans is commonly viewed as friendly to non-Catholic views on salvation and hostile territory for us Papists.  For instance, the epic story of Martin Luther’s crusade to reform the Church supposedly began with him finding a dusty, long-lost copy of Romans and subsequently rediscovering the true Gospel (tm).

In more recent history, there is a tract which used to be common in Evangelical circles called “The Romans Road”.  It uses selected verses from Paul’s letter to the Romans to spell out their doctrine of salvation and guide a person into become Christian.  But it does this while skipping over large swaths of perfectly good Scripture.

Today I wanted to offer a Catholic take on “The Romans Road”.  One which I believe reflects more accurately the intention of Paul’s letter.

My Bible Quick-Index

Have you ever walked into a exam thinking you were well-prepared... only to quickly realize you weren't ready at all?  That's how one of my high-schoolers felt when she recently went to a non-Catholic Bible Study.

They were challenging some of her on various topics using Bible citations they'd committed to memory.  She found herself only able to give the classic Catholic quotation:

 "But doesn't it say somewhere..."

So today I wanted to share my own crib sheet.  It covers essentially every topic I've ever written about.  The passages which feature an (*) before them denote those which are used against Catholic positions.

Enjoy.

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Why I Don't Say, "Protestant Reformation"

A while ago I did a post called "Why I Don't Say Non-Denominational".  Well, today I want to continue with that theme and also tie it into the 500th anniversary of the "Protestant Reformation."

I want to discuss three reasons why I - as a Catholic and a person who cares about accuracy - don't say the term "Protestant Reformation".