Theological Branch: Eschatology



Topic: *Civil Control and Liberty of Conscious as a stepping stone to Worshipping other gods...*


Romanism is now regarded by Protestants with far greater favor than in former years. There is an increasing indifference concerning the doctrines that separate the reformed churches from the papal hierarchy; 

*the opinion is gaining ground that, after all, we do not differ so widely upon vital points as has been supposed*, 

and that *a little concession on our part will bring us into a better understanding with Rome.*

```The time was when Protestants placed a high value upon the liberty of conscience which has been so dearly purchased.```


*_They taught their children to abhor popery, and held that to remain at peace with Rome would be disloyalty to God_*

 But how widely different are the sentiments now expressed.
 The defenders of popery declare that she has been maligned; and the Protestant world is inclined to accept the statement.

*Many urge that it is unjust to judge the Romish Church* of today by the abominations and absurdities that marked her reign during the centuries of ignorance and darkness.

They excuse her horrible cruelty as the result of the barbarism of the times, and plead that civilization has changed her sentiments.

Have these persons forgotten the claim of infallibility,

 _for eight hundred years put forth by this haughty power? So far from relinquishing this claim, the church in the nineteenth century has affirmed it with greater positiveness than ever before._

```As Rome asserts that she has never erred, and never can err, how can she renounce the principles which governed her course in past ages?```

*BEcho February 1,  1887, par. 1 - BEcho February 1,  1887, par. 3*

In March this year the Papacy and other Christian institutions will celebrate 1700 years since the  installation of the first Sunday law in 321AD by the Emperor Constantine.

*Choose Ye this day who controls you, the God of Heaven or the Papacy.*

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