We concur with Pastor Ralph Ovadal's opinion regarding the Roman Catholic
Pope, as follows:
Although it is not uncommon for media personalities to repeat the
Romanist mantra, that the Catholic Pope is the head of Christ's Church.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus Christ is the only
head of his Church. The Pope is the head of a church-state behemoth
which has little in common with Christ's true church.
Roman Catholic dogma concerning the Pope, Mary, the Mass, Purgatory,
Indulgences, Apparitions, Prayers to the Dead, and so much more; are
all grossly un-Biblical. The Roman Catholic gospel is a Christ-dishonoring
gospel of human works, not God's grace.
The Pope is not anyone's Holy Father, and he is not the Vicar of
Christ. The Scriptures are clear that the first title is reserved
to God alone, and the second belongs to the Holy Spirit. Historically,
the great Protestant preachers always considered the Papacy to be
the Anti-Christ warned of in the Scriptures. I believe that position
to be the correct one.
There are many wonderful Catholic people, and I fully support their
right to exercise their religious convictions. At the same time, it
grieves my heart to think of the billions of people worldwide who
have recently been seduced into believing that the Roman Catholic
Church is the church of Jesus Christ, when it most definitely is not.
