And now, that comment

This is a follow-up to the previous post, when I left the main news item without comment. Al Mohler, of the Southern Baptist Convention, has written a very good comment, so I'll let him do the work. The only other thing I would add is that, so far, I haven't seen any reference to this in the press here. Perhaps it has appeared in newspapers on the mainland, but I haven't seen anything locally.

When I posted the previous entry on the Portuguese blog, I re-worded the title to read: "Surprised? I'm not." Al Mohler entitled his, "No, I'm not offended".

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Aren't you offended? That is the question many evangelicals are being asked in the wake of a recent document released by the Vatican. The document declares that the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church -- or, in words the Vatican would prefer to use, the only institutional form in which the Church of Christ subsists.

No, I am not offended. In the first place, I am not offended because this is not an issue in which emotion should play a key role. This is a theological question, and our response should be theological, not emotional. Secondly, I am not offended because I am not surprised. (more)