Slippery Labels

Father Richard J. Neuhaus, a graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, often used the term Evangelical Catholic when he was writing for the Lutheran Forum Letter. The Evangelical label slipped right off and he became Catholic.

Robert Wilken, (pictured above) another graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, a dear friend of Neuhaus, is now a Roman Catholic as well. Wilken was head of the graduate program in theology at Notre Dame when I was there. I never had him as a teacher. He left a distinct, negative impression on me.

The term Evangelical Catholic is still in vogue among Lutherans. Pastor John Berg uses it on his church website. There seems to be an entire ecosystem feeding people into the Church of Rome. Wait, I am not saying Berg is ever going to join Rome. However, with so many Lutheran and Protestant ministers embracing the whole smells, bells, and fancy clothing fad, some are bound to tip over and join Rome, listening to the enchantments emanating from His Holiness, the Antichrist, and all the little antichrists who partake in his murder of souls.