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Paul Yonggi Cho and Rome

By David W. Cloud

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.

Paul Yonggi Cho is the charismatic pastor of the world's largest church in Seoul, Korea. He continually fellowships with Roman Catholic priests in his travels abroad.

An example was the National Church Growth Pastors and Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., May 1985. Cho appeared alongside of Catholic priest Ray Kempt, Director of Worship and Parish Life of the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. This type of unscriptural unity is Cho's working principle.

Cho was a featured speaker at the North American Congress on the Holy Spirit & World Evangelization in New Orleans, July 1986 (North American Congress meetings were also held in New Orleans in July 1987 and in Indianapolis, August 1990). (Our reports on these meetings are contained in the book Charismatic Confusion in Indianapolis.) In that forum he yoked together with thousands of Roman Catholics and joined Catholic priest Tom Forrest on the platform. Forrest was there with a message from his boss, the Pope of Rome.

Cho was also a key speaker at John Wimber's Sydney, Australia, meeting in 1991, joining hands in that forum with Catholic priests Tom Forrest and Raniero Cantalamessa, and Catholic layman Kevin Ranaghan. Forrest is the priest who at Indianapolis '90 said he praises God for purgatory. Cantalamessa is the Papal preacher at the Vatican. Ranaghan claims that the Roman Catholic Church alone contains the fullness of God and truth and that the Pope is the infallible head of all churches. Cho put his stamp of approval upon these men's heresies by appearing with them in this forum and treating them as of they were true men of God.

Many other illustrations of Cho's relationship with Romanism could be given, but these are indicative of his position.

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