Calvinism's Roman Catholic Origin: Part 2

If you’ve ever heard someone say “Calvinism is purely biblical” or “the pre-trib rapture came from Jesuits,” we put those claims under a bright light and start following the paper trail. I’m Pastor James W. Knox, and this broadcast continues our study on the Roman Catholic roots of millennial Calvinism, focusing on one towering figure: Augustine. The question driving the whole message is simple and uncomfortable: if your system depends on Augustine, what else are you inheriting along with it?We walk through the basics of Bible prophecy and end-times views, defining premillennialism as the literal 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ in Revelation 20, then contrasting it with postmillennialism and amillennialism. From there, we cite Reformed and Presbyterian sources that openly praise Augustine and credit him as a foundational influence on John Calvin. The discussion then turns to the “supreme irony” we see in church history: Augustine is also widely recognized as a major seedbed for Roman Catholicism, raising serious questions about how Protestants should talk about “Rome” when defending their own theological lineage.We also trace a series of distinctly Roman Catholic doctrines back to Augustine’s writings and influence, including sacraments as a means of grace, infant baptism, Marian devotion, purgatory, and claims about postmortem forgiveness. We close by previewing the next step in this series: a documentation-heavy case aimed at disproving the theory that the Jesuits invented the pre-tribulation rapture. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves church history, and leave a review with the biggest question you want answered next.Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.comMinistry Website — JamesWKnox.org YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermonsSermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLandWeb Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org