"The New Protestants"

JMJ. Hey, folks, there's a new denomination in town. They claim to be even more Catholic than the Episcopalians. In fact, they once WERE Catholics. With the emphasis on were. Like close siblings in New York, they feel that they are more enlightened than Our successor to the Apostles, Bishop Lennon. No, they do not have a female priest as the dissidents in New York do but that may only be a matter of time.

There are so many warnings in the Bible concerning the unwisdom of listening to false prophets but the most telling is Christ's admonition to "beware the traditions of men." Make no mistake about it--these are human ideas we're talking about in Cleveland. Matthew perhaps documents this most succinctly. Jesus says, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona...I say you are 'Peter' and upon this rock I will build MY (emphasis mine) church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it."

Martin Luther began the Protestant slide down the slippery slope of heresy 500 years ago when he took the words of Scripture, stirred in his anger, and dreamt up his own new religion. No sooner had he dons so than a bunch of others did so, too. After all, if one new religion is good, more must be better, eh? So now we have over 30,000 different denominations, each differing from the other and each sure that it is the only true path to heaven. Enter our former "Catholic" co-regionists. One more set of folks who decided that Jesus, the Son of God, needed their input into His scheme of salvation.

When will it ever end? Pray for them, for they lead others astray, too.