110 The Fundamentals inspired. I t is the enemy of His priestly office; for, by the mass it denies the efficacy of that sacrifice which He offered once for all on Calvary. It is the enemy of His kingly office; for it tears the crown from His head to set it on that of the Pope. Can that be truly called Christianity, then, which is the reverse of it? Can that be fitly treated as Christianity which hates it, denounces it, and tries to destroy it? Can that be Christianity which forbids liberty of conscience, and the right of private judgment? Which commands the Bible to be burned? Which teaches the worship of saints and angels? Which makes the Virgin Mary command God? Which calls her the Mother of God, and the Queen of Heaven? Which sets aside the mediation of Christ, and puts others in His place? Which makes salvation depend on confession to man, and this is a confessional so filthy that Satan himself might well he ashamed of it? Can that be Christianity which con demns the way of salvation through faith, as a damnable heresy? Can that be Christianity which, by the bulls of its Popes, and decrees of its councils, requires both princes and people to persecute Christians? Which actually swears its bishops and archbishops to persecute them with all their might ? Can that be Christianity which has set up, and still maintains, the Inquisition? That which has been so cruel, so blood thirsty, that the number slain by it of the servants of Christ, in about 1,200 years, is estimated at fifty millions, giving an average of 40,000 a year for that long period? No, it cannot be! With a voice of thunder, let Protestants answer, “No!” To aid such a system is to fight against God. He demands that we “resist the devil” (James 4 :7 ) , and have no fellowship with “works of darkness” (Eph. 5:11). “No peace with Rome,” must be on our lips, and be in our lives. “No peace with Rome,” whether wearing her scarlet undisguised, or using the cloak of a Protestant name.
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