kmichaels,

I assume you are responding to my request to elaborate on your definition of the term targeted. Thank you for doing so. (Hint--in the future try using the "Reply To This" button to address a particular user's post.)

As others have mentioned, it should not be surprising, should it, that on a self-alleged Calvinist site, a chief historical opponent of Calvinism--Roman Catholicism--would be the focus of criticism and/or correction?

I still await your response as to whether the Bible refers to harsh treatment of any religion.

In the meantime, touching the critical issue of Sola Scriptura[/i], you should really get The Shape of Sola Scriptura, by Keith Mathison, which was written around 2000 and is in my opinion the finest current reformed treatment of the subject today. It is definitely written for the layman, and contains solid responses to dozens of criticisms of the doctrine by current Roman Catholics, including the common one you cited.

In short, Mathison easily proves that Sola Scriptura as understood by the Protestant Reformers--which is not necessarily the same as is understood by many poorly-trained evangelicals today--was the common and official understanding of the term from the time of the apostles and the generations following them and well into the Middle Ages. Rome actually deviated from her own early acceptance of Sola Scriptura in the centuries immediately preceding the Reformation.

In Christ,
Paul S