Is John MacArthur misrepresenting Catholicism?

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JOHN MACARTHUR: I was just going to add, the process of justification, and it is a process in the Catholic faith; starts with infant baptism. They say that justification is initiated as a process at infant baptism, and it progresses through life, based upon what you "do" with infused grace. Grace is infused into you supernaturally; it's infused into you through the Mass; it's infused into you through the sacraments, and as it is infused and you cooperate with it—you keep the justifying process going. Now, you can stop that process at any point in time with a mortal sin, but you keep it going even when you get to the end of your life. The odds are that you haven't kept it going good enough and you are going to Purgatory. Nothing could be a more convoluted view of what is an instantaneous act in the Word of God, as he said exactly, by which God places the righteousness of Christ on you. The truth is, I am no more righteous to the satisfaction of God now, than I was before I was declared righteous.

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MacArthur says that Catholicism is the single most fertile ground for evangelism in the world.
 
I'll take that as an answer of no, that's what we Catholics believe. For some reason, they try to avoid saying it clearly for all to see.
 
Dave123 said:
JOHN MACARTHUR: I was just going to add, the process of justification, and it is a process in the Catholic faith; starts with infant baptism. They say that justification is initiated as a process at infant baptism, and it progresses through life, based upon what you "do" with infused grace. Grace is infused into you supernaturally; it's infused into you through the Mass; it's infused into you through the sacraments, and as it is infused and you cooperate with it—you keep the justifying process going. Now, you can stop that process at any point in time with a mortal sin, but you keep it going even when you get to the end of your life. The odds are that you haven't kept it going good enough and you are going to Purgatory. Nothing could be a more convoluted view of what is an instantaneous act in the Word of God, as he said exactly, by which God places the righteousness of Christ on you. The truth is, I am no more righteous to the satisfaction of God now, than I was before I was declared righteous.

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MacArthur says that Catholicism is the single most fertile ground for evangelism in the world.
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MacArthur is dead. And although his leaky dispensationalism was on the right track his staunch 5 point Reformed views were utterly clueless standard Reformed"tradition" derived ultimately from Augustin of Hippo.

He may had had a saving ministry to some degree, but doctrinally he was a mess.

The RC Church is likewise a disaster zone. I mean if they cannot come to terms with the fact that Mary had at a minimum of 6 natural children, well, they cannot be trusted with matters far more complicated such as eschatology.

According to New Testament textual evidence, the minimum number of natural children that Mary had with Joseph is **six** (four sons and at least two daughters).

### Textual Evidence
1. **The Brothers of Jesus:**
The Gospels explicitly name four brothers. In **Matthew 13:55** and **Mark 6:3**, the local townspeople question Jesus' authority by asking:

*"Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers **James and Joseph and Simon and Judas**?"*

2. **The Sisters:**
While their individual names and exact number are not explicitly listed, the Gospels confirm there were multiple sisters. **Matthew 13:56** states:
*"And are not all his **sisters** with us?"*

The use of the plural "sisters" indicates at least **two** daughters.
Combining the four named brothers (James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas) with the plural sisters (at least two) yields a minimum total of six siblings born to Mary after the birth of Jesus.
 
No matter how it is stated. Whatever additional is added in the way of requirements makes what Jesus did on the cross insufficient to some degree.
 
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