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Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to theLiturgical Church, Webber predicted “a new openness inwhich both evangelicals and Catholics will find increasedvalue in each other’s heritage in a work of the Holy Spirittoward greater Christian wholeness—in which the liturgicalchurch will play an important part.” In this he was speakingprophetically. On page 30 he spoke of the “mystery of God’ssaving presence in Christ communicated through worshipand the sacraments.” is is the chief error of Rome’s hereticalsacramental gospel. God’s salvation is not dispensed throughsacraments; it is given directly to the believer throughrepentance and faith in Christ. On pages 62 and 63 of hisbook, Webber said that Pope John XXIII and the RomanCatholic Vatican II Council assisted in his “pilgrimage into anidentity with the universal church.” Webber said that hismodel is Billy Graham who “has worked with everyProtestant denomination; he has made friends in theOrthodox church as well as in the Catholic church” (p. 73).In 1980, Webber stated: “e authoritative basis forChristian truth does not rest on a doctrine of verbalinerrancy, but Apostolic tradition” (Blu-Print, Sept. 30, 1980).is is the Catholic heresy that exalts tradition to a place ofauthority alongside of the Bible.In 1990, Webber admitted that he is a “new-modelevangelical” who does not believe that God sends people toeternal hell. Webber said that “God accepts those who trusthim, regardless of the interpretation they give to thattrust” (Calvary Contender, Oct. 1, 1990).In 1997, Webber was one of 16 writers who responded toPope John Paul II’s book Crossing the reshold of Hope. eresponses were published in A Reader’s Companion toCrossing the reshold of Hope. In his comments Webber saidthat salvation is a process which begins at baptism. “Today,when people say to me, ‘When were you saved?’ I alwaysanswer, ‘At my baptism.’ I see the whole of my Christian life asa calling to live out my baptism. ... Salvation as a process245