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| The Crystal Cathedral. Garden Grove, CA (Wikimedia Commons) |
As a singularly prominent Protestant pastor, Schuller was regarded by the media as the heir apparent to an ailing Billy Graham (the closest thing Protestants ever had to a pope), but he never had the charisma and sincerity that came easily (and I think genuinely) to Graham
Schuller and his family fell into some legal battles, both amongst themselves and with creditors, and the Crystal Cathedral went on the market.
Guess who bought it?
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange.
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| An 1800s Russian engraving depicting the Whore of Babylon riding the seven-headed Beast (Wikimedia Commons) |
I understand the Pope himself will be present at the grand re-opening (consecration) in 2016.
Your initial response might be to view this as a little Reformation revenge, but that wouldn't be correct. As much as we (Protestants) view Catholicism as the big bad Babylonian whore, they don't view us that way at all.
We are rather brothers and sisters in Christ who've fallen out of communion. They just want us to come home, and I think that's nice.
Fear and ignorance are sufficient all by themselves (ie, with no foundation in reality) to create neuroses for generations.
We distrust authority, especially when it has profoundly different customs than our own.
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| Robert Schuller |
I understand enough Reformed theology (I graduated from Calvin College) to know what Schuller professed when he was ordained, but I can't tell you what he taught on TV or in his books, I just never watched or read him. But I recall he was roundly criticized by Reformed Christians for preaching a shallow and feel-good gospel.
[2014-09-19]
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