Roman Catholic Apologetics Is Surging Online. Intended Audience? Protestants.
“In recent years, several notable Protestant converts to Roman Catholicism have made waves online…. What drives these Christian thinkers to make this jump? Several theories could be explored, but one factor might concern the surprising savvy of online Roman Catholic apologetics, particularly on platforms like YouTube.” - TGC
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As I have said before a number of my protestant friends some with multiple seminary degrees have converted. This is why I see them gravitate:
- Many have jumped around between Baptist, Reformed, Presbyterian.... so they are a bit restless. In addition, many if not most have roots in IFB churches, and the challenges they had with that in their younger years propels them forward
- They are frustrated with the fact that if there is one true church, how come there are thousands and thousands of protestant churches that are not in agreement with each other. Some with IFB roots, seeing the contstant separation from everyone
- If the Protestant reformation yielded the "true church", where was it the first 1,500 years
- They become attracted to the teaches of all of the early church fathers highlighting that they received their teaching from the Apostles, as a result they put a lot more ephasis on the writings of the early church fathers than they do Scripture.
This is what I have seen them go down the road to the RC
...they are not grounded in Scripture. Those who know and truly believe the Biblical gospel will not be attracted to Rome, even when it is cleverly marketed.
G. N. Barkman
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