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Norman Geisler and Joshua M. Betancourt. Is Rome the True Church?
A Consideration of the Roman Catholic Claim. Crossway, 2008. 240 pp. 
“The work is irenic in tone, meticulous in examination, and extensive in sourcing and footnoting. Highly recommended.” Ralph E. MacKenzie, coauthor, Roman Catholics and Evangelicals: Agreements and Differences; Director, San Diego Christian Forum
Gazing Across the Tiber
Wheaton, IL—When the president of the Evangelical Theological Society converted to Catholicism and subsequently resigned his post last year, the question reasserted itself with urgency: is Rome the true Church? If not, why do Protestants decide to “cross the Tiber”?
In Is Rome the True Church?, authors Norman Geisler and Joshua Betancourt offer a reasonable and yet resounding “no” to the decisive question. Their major critical analysis of the fundamental Roman Catholic assertion delves into the best primary and secondary sources available and helps readers to understand the weight of the argument upon which Catholicism stands. Along the way, Geisler and Betancourt examine the reasons that Protestants typically offer when they convert—including history, intellectual tradition, beauty, and certainty—and show how they are inadequate.
Geisler and Betancourt’s thorough evaluation of the Catholic arguments—biblical, historical, theological, and philosophical—is an invaluable resource for Christians on either side of the Tiber. Is Rome the True Church? challenges Christians of all persuasions to remember that truth is determined by facts and good reason and to employ that reason in their own consideration of the Roman Catholic claim.
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