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Paul Crouch and Rome

The following is from the editor's newly published book Flirting With Rome: Volume 4--The Charismatics. Volume 1 traces Billy Graham's relationship with Rome from 1950 to present. Volume 2 covers other key Evangelical men and organizations. Volume 3 deals with the Southern Baptist Convention's Rome connection. Volume 4 deals with the Charismatics. These volumes can be ordered from Way of Life Literature in the States (P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, fbns@wayoflife.org). All four volumes US$10.00. Single volumes are US$2.50. Add $3.00 S/H.

Few Charismatic leaders have more influence than Paul Crouch, head of the popular Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) which has a worldwide audience through its satellite system. Crouch is a staunch supporter of Charismatic-Roman Catholic relationships.

In 1984 Arthur Blessit was interviewed by Paul Crouch on TBN. "Blessitt described how he had received the eucharist (mass) while participating in a rally of 600,000 Roman Catholics in Poland. He said he first registered an objection when the priest came toward him for he knew that Catholic doctrine forbids giving the wafer to a Protestant. The priest said, `You're one of us,' and Blessit accepted it. At that point the studio audience cheered and Crouch said, `The walls are coming down. His body is one. There's no difference.' He went on to say that he was erasing the word `Protestant' from his vocabulary. `I'm not protesting anything,' he said(Plains Baptist Challenger, June 1984).

On his "Praise the Lord" show, Friday, May 31, Paul Crouch announced that Benny Hinn was arranging a private meeting for him with Pope John Paul II. Crouch said that he would be asking "his holiness" when the walls between Protestants and Catholics would come down and the church would be one as Jesus asked the Father (CIB Bulletin, July 1991).

On his October 17, 1989 "Praise the Lord" show Crouch stated that "more than ten years ago" he had already declared that he was "eradicating the word Protestant from [his] vocabulary," that he was "not protesting anything anymore" (Ibid.).

Paul and Jan Crouch met with Mother Teresa in 1992, and Jan testified: "It was a dream come true. I had my questions all prepared, but when this precious tiny lady came by, all I could do was fall to my knees. What will it be like when we see Jesus Himself, face to face? I felt I had a little foretaste that day!" (Plains Baptist Challenger, June 1992).

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