Habemus Papam, or, A New Antichrist
Nathan Langerak provides a critical Reformed Protestant assessment of Pope Francis's election in 2013, examining the Roman Catholic Church's pomp and claims through a skeptical theological lens. The article contrasts the Vatican's portrayal of the new pope as humble and reform-minded with a Reformed critique of papal authority and Roman Catholicism's fundamental theological errors. This resource represents Protestant Reformed apologetical engagement with contemporary Roman Catholic developments and ecumenical claims.
Beneath the ornate ceiling of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel a gathering of Roman Catholic cardinals met to elect a new pope. It is fitting that the election of a man who represents all the earthly glory of Rome should take place in the monument that worldly Pope Julius II, papa terribile, built to outstrip all his predecessors in aggrandizing the Vatican, and that the profane Michelangelo decorated. The pomp and circumstance of the event -- election and installation -- are unmatched. The world...
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