Cork Free Presbyterian Church, 10 Briarscourt
(Annex) Shanakiel, Cork, Ireland
Pastor: Colin Maxwell. Email: colin.maxwell@fpcmission.org
LETTER SENT TO: CHURCH OF IRELAND GAZETTE
SUBJECT: EVANGELIC CLAIMS THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY MEDIATOR
DATE SENT: 8-9-03
Dear Sir,
The court of law still requires that the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth be told before any viable judgement can be made.
Paddy Monaghan's report (Evangelical Catholic Initiative) that the Pope
recently declared, "Jesus the one and only Mediator: ‘Christian
communities...must constantly testify that Jesus Christ is the one and
only mediator of salvation... The Church’s preaching...must be
increasingly centred on the person of Jesus.’ (Gazette 5th
September 2003) ought to be subject to the same rigorous examination.
When Paddy tells us that the Pope believes there is one mediator
between God and men, he speaks the truth. What Paddy does not tell us,
is that the Pope and his followers believe that we need a mediator or
Mediatrix to bring us to Jesus who alone can bring us to God. It is a
bit like the government telling us that they have shortened the waiting
lists for hospitals. What they don't tell us is that there is a waiting
list to get on to the waiting list.
Of course we can bogged down in the niceties of the English language
and the mind boggling definitions of Roman Catholic theology, but when
push comes to shove, the Pope still informs us that the "Blessed Virgin
is to be invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper,
Benefactress and Mediatrix" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1995)
Yours faithfully,
Colin Maxwell
* ARTICLE ON THE SO CALLED EVANGELICAL CATHOLIC MOVEMENT
* Index of other letters on many subjects sent