{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Safe Pasture","title":"Safe pasture: Roman Catholicism and reformed Protestants","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3517,"description":"This episode addresses conversions to Roman Catholicism, particularly among pastors and elders within the various reformed churches. The argument made is that such conversions aren’t to Rome’s doctrine, but Rome’s culture—and particularly sacramentalism.\nSources:Eugene Quay, “Justifiable Abortion — Medical and Legal Foundations” (pts. 1 and 2),” The Georgetown Law Journal; Winter 1960 - Spring 1961, Vol. 40, Nos. 2 and 3.\nQuay-Justifiable Abortion-I\nQuay-Justifiable Abortion-II James Buchanan, The Doctrine of Justification\nBuchanan-Justification Decrees of Council of Trent.\nExcerpts from Calvin’s Institutes concerning infant communion:\nCALVIN: Furthermore, they object that there is no more reason to administer baptism to infants than the Lord’s Supper, which is not permitted to them. As if Scripture did not mark a wide difference in every respect! This permission was indeed commonly given in the ancient church, as is clear from Cyprian and Augustine, but the custom has deservedly fallen into disuse. For if we consider the peculiar character of baptism, surely it is an entrance and a sort of initiation into the church, through which we are numbered among God’s people: a sign of our spiritual regeneration, through which we are reborn as children of God. On the other hand, the Supper is given to older persons who, having passed tender infancy, can now take solid food.\nThis distinction is very clearly shown in Scripture. For with respect to baptism, the Lord there sets no definite age. But he does not similarly hold forth the Supper for all to partake of, but only for those who are capable of discerning the body and blood of the Lord, of examining their own conscience, of proclaiming the Lord’s death, and of considering its power.\nDo we wish anything plainer than the apostle’s teaching when he exhorts each man to prove and search himself, then to eat of this bread and drink of this cup? A self-examination ought, therefore, to come first, and it is vain to expect this...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uTbXCB5B1IP_JYHNIGaMJd7S0aPLRskX9mSgcco1Riw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83YWE1/YWViYmU3NWMwOGJl/OTVkNzAwNThjMTM2/MmViMS53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}