The Protestant Magazine

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 17, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 7.

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The Protestant Magazine

Protesting against ecclesiastical error, and promoting gospel truth.

Teaching fundamental principles of true Christianity.

Revealing the difference between genuine and professed Protestantism.

Showing wherein Protestant principles are repudiated by Protestants.

Exposing the arrogant claims of the Papacy to unlimited power over both the church and the state.

Contrasting the truths of Christianity with the teachings practised by the Catholic Church.

The First Issue, 1910

The first issue of the PROTESTANT MAGAZINE deals with some of the dangerous errors of Catholicism, and sets forth many of the essential principles of true Protestantism without abuse or condemnation of those holding to wrong principles.

While it is unalterably opposed to the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, it opposes in a strong, dignified, and convincing manner the PRINCIPLES and DOCTRINES of the church, without attacking any member of that communion.

It reveals the rapid development of the Papacy, and the present “peace and safety” attitude of the Protestant churches — a situation remarkably favorable to the full establishment of the Image of the Beast, and the fulfilment of all the prophecies pertaining to its work. It gives full evidence of a thorough knowledge of the present critical situation. In it are the following —

Propositions Established

That true Protestantism means absolute separation from Romanism.

That the Papacy claims unlimited power over the church and the state.

That Christ did not abolish the Law — the Ten Commandments.

That tradition has supplanted the Scriptures in the Roman Catholic Church.

That the true principles of Rome are revealed in their Episcopal Oath of Allegiance to the Pope.

That by means of the churches of the Reformation, God broke the great power of the Roman universal church.

That the leading articles of the Roman Catholic faith have only tradition for their authority.

That the Roman Catholic hierarchy is making a systematic effort to entangle the United States government in the toils of the Papacy.

That falsity and vain deceit, when brought to the supposed help of Christian truth, belittle and degrade that truth and its Author.

That the decree of the Roman Catholic justification is self-contradictory, and completely out of harmony with the principles of true Christianity.

That the Papacy seeks not only to control man’s outward life, but also to have absolute control over his conscience in all the minutia of religious worship.

That the departure of the leaders of Protestantism from the fundamental truths of the gospel is preparing the way for the revival of Roman Catholicism.

That the essence of the Roman Catholic belief is, “One only Catholic and Apostolic Church,” standing as the representative of our absent Lord.

That the rapid growth of the Catholic Church in this country of late years is the result of evangelical Christianity dropping its distinctive and positive testimony against Roman Catholic doctrines and practises.

That the growth of Roman Catholicism in the United States from the year 1776 has been from 1 in 120 of the population, to 1 in 6, or from a membership of 25,000 to 15,600,000.

That the only safe and consistent course for Protestants is to accept and to obey the Word of God in its entirety, regardless of creeds, traditions, and customs.

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