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Dr. James R. White On the Work of Calvary Supports the Theology of the Catholic Mass

Robert Sungenis referenced this passage in tonight's broadcast. He referred to it as "couldn't have been written better by Thomas Aquinas" clearly expressing the Catholic theology of the Mass.
Except it wasn't written by Thomas Aquinas.
It was written by reformed Baptist apologist, professor, and elder, Dr. James R White, of Alpha and Omega Ministries. He's debated most of the Catholic apologists out there.
"The terms “offering” and “sacrifice” come straight from the Levitical concepts of sacrifice in the law. The writer of Hebrews also used this kind of language in describing the work of Christ: “But when Christ appeared as high priest of the good things to come, (He entered) through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not of this creation, neither did he enter the holy place once for all through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.” (Hebrews 9:11-12) On what basis does Christ enter into the Holy Place? Not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood. He enters into the presence of the Father, having obtained eternal redemption. Christ presents Himself before the Father as the perfect oblation in behalf of His people. His work of intercession, then, is based on His work of atonement. Intercession is not another or different kind of work, but is the presentation of the work of the cross before the Father.7 Jesus does not implore the Father to be merciful to men without grounds for that mercy, does He? Would the Son ask the Father to compromise His holiness and justice by simply overlooking sin? Surely not! Rather, the Son intercedes for men before the Father on the basis of the fact that in His death He has taken away the sins of God’s people, and therefore, by presenting His finished work on Calvary before the Father, He assures the application of the benefits of His death to those for whom He intercedes."
Here is Robert Sungenis quoting it in the Mass debate with Dr. White: https://youtu.be/ngjs-X-ItqU?t=238

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