See our playlist "Dealing with Roman Catholicism, Idolatry & the Virgin Mary" at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFFA8D69D1B914715 with 102 videos & counting. Larry Wessels, director of Christian Answers of Austin, Texas/ Christian Debater (YouTube channel: CANSWERSTV at http://www.youtube.com/user/CAnswersTV; websites: http://www.BibleQuery.org, http://www.HistoryCart.com & http://www.MuslimHope.com) is joined in studio by former Roman Catholic Rob Zins, Th.M, Dallas Theological Seminary (website: http://www.CWRC-RZ.ORG). Rob Zins has authored the books, "On the Edge of Apostasy," "Romanism: The Relentless Roman Catholic Assault on the Gospel of Jesus Christ" & others. The Root Cause of Catholic Scandals By Richard Bennett (former RC priest for 22 years) While the USA is entangled in a Catholic sex abuse scandal, similar events are being revealed in other nations. "Of all the countries where sexual-abuse revelations have scandalized the Roman Catholic Church, Ireland has been among the hardest hit. In the past decade, this predominantly Roman Catholic nation of 3.8 million people—which has exported priests worldwide from its now largely closed network of seminaries—has seen more than 100 priests convicted for molesting children and church-state relations torn apart. Bishops have admitted they frequently knew of abuse claims but transferred pedophile priests to new parishes rather than notify police, as they now concede should have happened. One of the earliest public cases triggered a government collapse in 1994." While the case in the USA has engendered the most attention, this has actually been a global scandal, with incidents documented in many countries around the world. The highest number of occurrences takes place in the strongest Catholic countries where the Church is held in the highest veneration, such as in Latin American countries. Many Catholics are quite irate concerning child abuse by their priests and call for the removal of corrupt bishops, reform, redress, and compensation. There are many such groups; one of these demands "that Corrupt Bishops must go!" While Catholics call for the exposure of the facts, the Vatican has for many years ordered strictest secrecy in child-abuse, cover-up cases. "The order, written in Latin, was sent from the Vatican in 1962 and is marked with the seal of Pope John XXIII.... The document states: 'Matters should be pursued in a most secretive way ... they are to be restrained by a perpetual silence ... and everyone pertaining to the tribunal in any way ... is to observe the strictest secret, which is commonly regarded as a www.whdh.com/news/articles/world/C16454 8/22/03 Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests www.survivorsnetwork.org; Advocate Web www.advocateweb.org; Survivors of Clergy Abuse www.thelinkup.com; Support victims of clergy sexual abuse www.survivorsfirst.org STTOP www.sttop.org/ secret of the Holy Office . . . under the penalty of excommunication.'" While the grave concerns of ordinary Catholics are quite commendable, they are merely a genuine humanistic response to depraved behavior. The Hand of God in Providence It is necessary to see the whole crisis in the light of the sovereignty of God, and to discern the root cause of what has become a persistent, agonizing, and revealing wound. The doctrine of God's sovereignty in the Scriptures gives us an exalted view of His purposes. By understanding the nature of God, we gain wisdom and understanding because, "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding." God is the Father and fountain of all good. He is not, and cannot be, the author or advocate of anything that is evil. He is acknowledged as the cause and spring of everything that is good; in the words of Scripture, "Every good and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights." However, since God controls all things, this means that evil is also under the control of God. He has, in His good judgment, decreed that the evil of apostasy would have full dominion throughout human history for His own purposes and glory! Apostasy, and its evil fruits, is included among God's eternal decrees, made known to us in His Word of Truth—the Scriptures. In our own day, however, it appears that Christ Jesus is beginning His end time judgment upon the apostate, Vatican Church. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/18/wvat18.xml&sSheet;=/news/2003/08/18/ixnewstop.html Proverbs 9:10 James 1:17 John 14:30, John 5:43, I John 2:18, II Thessalonians 2:3-12, Revelation 17,18, Matthew 7:15, Matthew 7:15, Matthew 24:5,11,24, 1 John 4:1 Timothy 4:1-2 Acts 20:29 Isaiah 47:11 NASU Psalm 99:1

• published: 01 Jul 2014
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