-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.whidbey.net/~dcloud/fbns/patrobertson.htm Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.whidbey.net/~dcloud/fbns/patrobertson.htm"> PAT ROBERTSON AND ROME</A> ----- Interesting aside, A Robert Robertson from Norfolk, VA was a member the first year of Skull & Bones at Yale. Om K ----- PAT ROBERTSON AND ROME [Distributed by Way of Life Literature�s Fundamental Baptist Information Service. Copyright 2000. These articles cannot be stored on BBS or Internet sites and cannot be sold or placed by themselves or with other material in any electronic format for sale, but may be distributed for free by e-mail or by print. They must be left intact and nothing removed or changed, including these informational headers. This is a listing for Fundamental Baptists and other fundamentalist, Bible-believing Christians. Our goal is not devotional but is TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO ASSIST PREACHERS IN THE PROTECTION OF THE CHURCHES IN THIS APOSTATE HOUR. 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Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Pat Robertson, founder of the 700 Club and Regent University, is an ardent ecumenicist who has long worked and fellowshipped with Romanists. He exemplifies what is happening widely in Evangelical-Charismatic circles today. In fact, the Evangelical-Roman Catholic alliance which is led by men such as Robertson is drawing in pastors who profess to be fundamental Baptists. An example of this is Jerry Falwell�s close and uncritical relationship with Robertson. Falwell is pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, a church which is aligned both with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist Bible Fellowship. Earlier this year, Falwell helped sponsor a birthday party for Robertson in Washington D.C. It is not surprising, therefore, to learn that the president of Falwell�s Liberty University is a Roman Catholic, as is the coach for the school�s football team (Frontline, May-June 2000, p. 6). Robertson is a very talented and personable man. He grew up in the well-to-do home of a U.S. senator and obtained a doctorate in law from Yale University. In the late 1950s he became involved in the Pentecostal movement and began "speaking in tongues." He established the Christian Broadcasting Network in 1960, and that same year was ordained by the Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia, a Southern Baptist congregation. A few years later he formed the "700 Club," which spread ecumenical and charismatic doctrine far and wide. Later Robertson formed the Christian Coalition to promote political and social activism, and ran an unsuccessful political campaign in 1988 to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Robertson gives no warning about Rome�s false gospel and blasphemous errors. In 1985, Robertson "revealed that during 25 years of broadcasting, he has �worked for harmony and reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics� and �refrained from airing major theological differences.� He told Roman Catholic Bishop Sullivan, �I have been your friend and booster. ... It has been my pleasure to assist on repeated occasions the church you serve�"(Christian News , July 22, 1985). In February 27, 1986, the Catholic publication Wanderer published an interview with Robertson. When asked about the supposed miracles that have occurred at the Mary shrine at Lourdes, Robertson gave this amazing reply: "I understand there have been some tremendous healings. ... Again, the nice thing is that so many Roman Catholics believe in miracles. They believe in a God who answers prayer. Miracles are part of the warp and woof of the Church." Does Pat Robertson really believe that it is acceptable to pray to Mary for healing and to set up shrines in her honor? Robertson frequently appears at radically ecumenical forums such as Full Gospel Business Men�s meetings. For example, he was a speaker at the 1981 Full Gospel convention in Philadelphia, which had as its theme, "Bridges, Not Barriers." The Catholic presence at the meeting was extensive. The main speaker was Catholic priest Dean Braun, greetings were given from a representative of Cardinal John Krol, and "an impressive number of Catholic laymen from the Philadelphia area" attended. The September 1981 issue of the Full Gospel Voice noted that "The applause was deafening as Father Braun spoke on �mashed potatoes��the peeling away of Catholic-Protestant division and their merging together." For Robertson to appear in the midst of such an unscriptural and unholy union and fail to speak out against such unscriptural nonsense is inexcusable. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, and He will not lead people into error, nor will He ignore error. There is a strong Catholic presence at Pat Robertson�s Regent University. In 1991, Robertson invited Roman Catholic Keith Fournier to become executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice at Regent . In the foreword to Fournier�s 1994 book, House United? Evangelicals and Catholics Together, Pat Robertson said that Catholics and Protestants "have a moral imperative to join together" to oppose cultural evils such as abortion and the assault on the traditional family. He praised Fournier for his "deep dedication to helping to heal the divide that has not only separated the Body of Christ but all too often impeded our ability to be more effective as Christians." Several of the professors at Regent are also Roman Catholics; one of them teaches a course on Catholic doctrine in Regent�s Divinity School (Rod Bell, "Roman Catholicism: The Seduction Continues," Frontline, May-June 2000, p. 5). A Catholic mass is held on Regent�s campus every week. "A frequent leader of special masses is Bishop Walter Sullivan, head of the Richmond Diocese, whose motto is �To Unite All in Christ.� . . . To this end he serves as the Bishop-President of Pax Christi USA (the national Catholic peace movement) and is outspoken regarding his support for ordination of homosexuals" (Ibid.). Robertson endorsed Chuck Colson�s 1992 book, The Body, which urges Evangelicals to join forces with Catholics and Charismatics and which looks upon the Catholic Church as a part of the body of Christ. In his 1993 book, The Turning Tide, Robertson said (p. 279): "Pope John Paul II stands like a rock against all opposition in his clear enunciation of the foundational principles of the Christian faith." This is spiritual blindness. How can Robertson say the Pope enunciates the foundational principles of the Christian faith when he perverts the very gospel? Is the gospel not foundational! In 1994, Robertson signed the "Evangelicals and Catholics Together" statement urging ecumenical unity. Catholic bishop Walter Sullivan celebrated Mass at Regent University that same year. He caused an uproar when he said that homosexuals are genetically predisposed to their sexual orientation. Though some students complained to Regent President Terry Lindvall, he defended the school�s decision to invite Sullivan. Lindvall wrote a recommendation for Keith Fournier�s aforementioned book, A House United? Evangelicals and Catholics Together, A Winning Alliance for the 21st Century. Lindvall said: "Weaving together the personal and the cultural, Keith Fournier makes a most valuable contribution to evangelicals and Roman Catholics alike in celebrating our shared confession of faith in Jesus Christ and our shared mission to restore liberty, life, and family to society. This is an intelligent, timely, and truly blessed work." When Pope John Paul II visited the United States in 1995, Pat Robertson was one of the ecumenical leaders who welcomed and praised him. Robertson and other leaders met privately with the Pope, and Robertson attended a papal Mass. He said: "I think this meeting was historic. I am hopeful this meeting will result in a new openness and harmony between Evangelicals and Catholics in this country and around the world." Robertson also wrote a three-page letter to the Pope urging ecumenical unity and praising the Pope�s encyclical on Christian unity entitled "That All May Be One." Robertson wrote: "I call on Evangelical Christians to lift up their voices in prayer for unity and world evangelization as well." "After meeting with Pope John Paul II last year, religious broadcaster Pat Robertson called the Pope �a humble and caring servant of the Lord.� He said, �We all want to build bridges with the Catholic Church.� The August 12 Christianity Today said Robertson has helped to shape the Charismatic movement as a wide, ecumenical and comfortable phenomenon. It said: �Robertson has also opened himself to Roman Catholics�so much so that he signed a controversial statement of common cause between Evangelical and Catholic believers, hired a devout Roman Catholic to head his public-interest law organization (the ACLJ), and allows the Catholic Mass to be celebrated daily on the Regent [University] campus for its sizable group of Roman Catholic students�" (Calvary Contender, September 1, 1996). __________________________ EVANGELICALS AND ROME: THE ECUMENICAL ONE-WORLD "CHURCH" (David W. Cloud) [ISBN 1-58318-058-3] This diligently researched volume traces the journey to Rome by Evangelical Christianity. Nothing more plainly demonstrates the ongoing fulfillment of prophecies pertaining to end-time apostasy and the formation of a world-world harlot "church." The Introduction extensively documents the history and apostasy of Evangelicalism since the 1940s. Part 1 answers the question "Is the Roman Catholic Church Changing?" It includes a study from official Vatican II documents as well as from the New Catholic Catechism proving that the RCC has not changed its heretical position on such things as the mass, the papacy, Mary, purgatory, the priesthood, prayers to the dead, and the sacraments. The author also shows that Vatican II and the New Catechism affirm the blasphemous declarations of the Council of Trent. Part II covers "Billy Graham and Rome," documenting Billy Graham's relationship with the Roman Catholic Church from 1950 to present. Part III covers "Other Influential Evangelical Leaders and Organizations and Rome," documenting dozens of popular evangelical leaders and organizations, including Bill Bright and Campus Crusade, Tony Campolo, Christianity Today, Christian Research Institute, James Dobson, Chuck Colson, Elizabeth Elliot, Jerry Falwell, Fuller Seminary, Franklin Graham, Carl Henry, Bill Hybels, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, D. James Kennedy, J.I. Packer, Luis Palau, Robert Schuller, John R. Stott, Thomas Nelson, United Bible Societies, Jack Van Impe, Wheaton College, World Magazine, World Vision, Wycliffe Bible Translators, and Youth for Christ. Part IV deals with "The Southern Baptist Convention and Rome." Part V deals with "The Charismatics and Rome." Dozens of influential Charismatic leaders and organizations are documented, including 100 Huntley Street, 700 Club, AGLOW, Assemblies of God, Jamie Buckingham, Morris Cerullo, David Yonggi Cho, Paul Crouch, Full Gospel Business Men�s Fellowship, Kenneth Hagin, Michael Harper, Jack Hayford, Benny Hinn, Rodney Howard-Browne, Rex Humbard, Kathryn Kuhlman, David Mainse, Melodyland Christian Center, Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, James Robison, Vinson Synan, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Ralph Wilkerson, John Wimber, and Youth with a Mission. Part VI deals with "Promise Keepers and Rome." Part VII deals with "Contemporary Christian Music and Rome." Part VIII deals with the subject of "Evangelical Catholics." This section looks at the phenomenon of so-called evangelical Catholicism and charismatic Catholics. The book "Evangelical Catholics" by Keith Fournier (foreword by Chuck Colson) is reviewed and refuted from Scripture. 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