For anyone who chose not to open this and read it, here are the author's opening remarks. He does not hate Catholics.
Please give special attention to the first statement I shall make, and bear it in mind throughout this series of lectures. I believe there have always been good people in the Roman Catholic Church, and that there are multitudes of good people in that church today — people who have lived, and are living, up to their light. And all such, from my viewpoint, are the Lord's children. I recall an old lady who was once a neighbor of ours. She was a devout Catholic. Nevertheless, hers was a life of sacrifice for others. And although we were Protestants and I was a Protestant minister, when trouble assailed our home she was the most helpful of all our friends. Some years ago she passed into the great beyond, and I'm confident she went to heaven without having to take in the sights of purgatory. [Laughter.]
But while I believe there are Christian Catholics, I further believe — and shall prove — that they are the most deplorably hoodwinked people on the earth. [Applause].
Therefore, I am not here to speak against Roman Catholics, but against Roman Catholicism — the widest spread, most arrogant, and diabolical system of evil that touches the lives of nations.
