#254 No, Catholics Aren’t Pharisees

Joe responds to the common claim that the Catholic Church are the modern day Pharisees. Transcript: Joe: Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and a common CLIP: Accusation against Catholics is that we’re modern day Pharisees. I think Pharisees and Roman Catholic leaders have a lot in common nowadays. Yeah. The reformers chose to follow the Bible while the Jesuits chose to fight against it on behalf of the traditions and power of the Catholic church. The view of the Jesuits toward the Bible could be likened to that of the ancient Pharisees 2000 years ago who opposed...