We have here from the REUTERS DISPATCH a report from
Venice, Italy, where we read, "Cain, history's first recorded
killer, was found innocent of premeditated murder yesterday
at a mock trial by Biblical scholars, historians,
magistrates, and criminologists. The nine member, all
CATHOLIC Jury voted five to four in favor of Cain. THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC VERDICT said that Cain had acted out of inevitable
human emotion dictated by other reasons of a social nature."
This shows you the gap between Catholic theology and
the Bible. In the Book of GENESIS, Cain killed his brother
Abel because he was jealous of Abel's offering, and in 1 JOHN
you are told that Cain killed Abel because his brother's work
was righteous and his was evil. It is interesting to note
that we have used Cain and Abel (see the BIBLE BELIEVER'S
COMMENTARY ON GENESIS) for more than thirty years as an
illustration of salvation by grace with BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY
compared to sacramental salvation IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH. We would expect them to justify Cain. "HE WAS A
MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING" (John 8).
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