Roman Catholicism

Loraine Boettner
©1962

1. Introduction

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2. The Church

3. The Priesthood

1. The Office of the Priest.
2. No New Testament Authority for a Human Priesthood.
3. Claims of the Roman Priesthood.
4. The Christian Ministry not a Sacrificing Ministry.
5. Training for the Priesthood.
6. Groups Within the Priesthood and Within the Laity.
7. Leaving the Priesthood.
8. Renouncing Priestly Vows.

7. Mary

1. Mary’s Place in Scripture.
2. ‘Mother of God.’
3. Historical Development.
4. Contrast between Roman and Protestant Teaching.
5. Mary as an Object of Worship.
6. Mary Usurps the Place of Christ.
7. Mary Represented as more Sympathetic than Jesus.
8. One Mediator.
9. Adoration or Idolatry?
10. Latria—Dulia—Hyperdulia.
11. Jesus’ Attitude towards Mary.
12. The Protestant Attitude towards Mary.
13. Were There Other Children in the Family of Joseph and Mary?
14. The Immaculate Conception.
15. The Assumption of Mary.
16. Rome’s Real Purpose in the Exaltation of Mary.

10. Purgatory

1. Rome’s Teaching concerning Purgatory.
2. The Terrifying Aspect of Purgatory.
3. The Money Motive in the Doctrine of Purgatory.
4. Scripture Teaching.
5. History of the Doctrine.
6. Conclusion.