On June 23rd, Kenneth Copeland, James Robison, John Arnott [Toronto Blessing] and their wives met with the Pope. On June 30th, Copeland declared to his followers at the Southwest Believers Convention, “The protest is over,” meaning Protestants no longer have differences with Catholics in understanding how people gain eternal salvation.

In a video message played at

the convention the Pope said, “And this is a miracle; the miracle of unity has begun.”

Yet, June 25th, two days after the Pope met with Copeland and the others, the Pope declared a very Catholic understanding of salvation.

According to Catholic News Service, “Pope Francis described as ‘dangerous’ the temptation to believe that one can have ‘a personal, direct, immediate relationship with Jesus Christ without communion with and the mediation of the church.’” [1]

Communion? Mediation of the church? It appears the charismatic leaders are being played like a well tuned fiddle.

The Bible is clear: For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus… (1 Timothy 2:5)

As noted by gotquestions.org, “The official position of the Roman Catholic Church is that a person must believe in Jesus Christ AND be baptized AND receive the Eucharist along with the other sacraments AND obey the decrees of the Roman Catholic Church AND perform meritorious works AND not die with any mortal sins AND etc., etc., etc.” [2]

Bottom line: The Council of Trent’s ruling of hundreds of years ago has never been overturned by the Catholic Church. That historic ruling makes clear the division in belief. [3]

Here is the link to Copeland’s website, where you can watch “The Story Behind Brother Copeland’s Papal Visit.” Here (Copeland states “The Protest is over” at approximately 21:26
in the video).

1. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1402635.htm
2. http://www.gotquestions.org/catholicism.html
3. http://carm.org/council-trent-canons-justification

Bonus:
Protestants who don’t unite with Catholics are spiritual racists