About two years ago I received a gift copy of James G. McCarthy's "The Gospel According to Rome" as a gift from my recently saved brother-in-law. Thanks for the gift. Thanks also for the reading guide that directed me straight to the epilogue. Here are some thoughts on that epilogue, but let me start out with scripture, as all Bible believing Christians should do (including Roman Catholics).

Ephesians 4:1 - 6 NAB

I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love STRIVING TO PRESERVE THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE: one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

That's what the Bible says. Here's what Mr. McCarthy says, in the epilogue (on page 319 in my copy):

Oppose Ecumenism

... Though Rome has yet to achieve its ultimate purpose, it has succeeded in undermining the commitment of many Christians to the evangelization of Catholics...They [Vatican II] labeled the evangelization of active members of each other's flocks as illegitimate theology and 'sheep stealing,' and resolved 'to explore patterns of working and witnessing together in order to advance the one mission of Christ.'

Such ecumenical compromise must be opposed. There is no room in biblical Christianity for unity or cooperation with Rome and its false gospel, its continuing sacrifice, and its idolatrous devotion to Mary. As long as the Roman Catholic Church continues 'to regard the Scriptures, taken together with sacred Tradition as the supreme rule of her faith,' there is not even a common basis for dialogue.

I don't know about you, but the author's flat statement about the absence of a common basis for dialogue, and indeed, the whole point of this last section of the book, seem to be exactly the sort of rejection of dialog that the author decries. Furthermore, this section seems in direct opposition to what Paul teaches us in Ephesians 4, as you can see by reading the NAB translation of the Bible.

Back when I was a practicing Roman Catholic, a Jesuit priest once told the people during his homily, “I have never read the bible. [pause for effect] I have only ever read translations of the bible.” All of us must keep that in mind as we bash each other over the heads with doctrinal differences. That and the fact that Satan is laughing all the while at how well he has been able to use our human nature of quarrelsomeness to drive people away from God.