Scott Hahn reflects on Pope John Paul II’s "superior command of [S]cripture" and how that influenced many Protestant Evangelicals — including Dr. Hahn, who converted to the Church in 1986:
"Though I was then a Protestant minister–Calvinist in training, evangelical in approach, and instinctively anti-Catholic–I was first drawn to Pope John Paul II in the early 1980s. I was not alone among his hesitant admirers. He captured our attention because of his effective combat in the culture wars. But he kept our attention because of something else.
"Gradually and grudgingly, many of us, Protestants and Catholics alike, came to admit that he was effective in the culture wars, not because of his bully pulpit or his media savvy or his philosophical suavity, but because of his superior command of scripture."
(Nod to Karen Hall of Some Have Hats for the link.)
Incidentally, does anyone know of a study concerning JP II’s view of Scripture on such issues as inerrancy and the like?
Not that JPII’s philosophical acumen hurts him any.
Steve: Read Dei Verbum and the Catechism. JPII was, in different ways, among the people behind both.
Ewwwwwww. I clicked a beliefnet link. I feel dirty all over.
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