Ranting to /dev/null

The SBC gets it right

In a somewhat unusual occurrence, I completely agree with a statement released by a Southern Baptist leader in response to another statement issued by the Vatican. The latter essentially says that Protestant churches, because they reject the doctrine of apostolic succession and sacramental priesthood, are not true churches. The former essentially says that the Roman church, because it does not preach the gospel and insists upon the primacy of the pope, is not a true church.

Yeah, that's about right. Turnabout is, indeed, fair play. I'm willing to recognize Rome as an "ecclesial community", but until the Roman church rejects certain aspects of Lateran IV, Lateran V, the entirety of Trent, most of Vatican I, and all claims of supremacy, and rehabilitates men such as Hus, Wycliff, Tyndale, Luther, and Calvin, it will remain in irreconcilable conflict with true churches everywhere.