With One Accord: Affirming Catholic Teaching Using Protestant Principles

All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer. (Acts 1:14). The apostles and early Christians believed and worshiped in unity in doctrine and practice following Jesus wish that they may be one. (John 17:21). But today, Christianity is splintered by the Reformation and its 500-year legacy of division, with Protestant groups divided among themselves and separated from Catholicism by a set of seemingly non-negotiable differences. Traditionally, Catholic apologetics has tried to bridge that separation by using Scripture, history, and logic to help Protestants see the truth of Church teaching. In With One Accord, former Evangelical professor Douglas Beaumont takes another approach: working for accord with Protestants by reasoning from the things they already believe and do. Using principles that orthodox, Bible-believing Protestants broadly affirm, he arrives at particulars of Catholic belief showing that in many cases the division isn't as wide or deep as we thought. Splitting the difference between ecumenism and apologetics, With One Accord is a sign of hope for Christian unity and a great resource for Catholics looking to have friendly and productive conversations with their Protestant friends.

Douglas M. Beaumont earned a Ph.D. in theology from North-West University and an M.A. in apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary, where he taught for many years before coming into full communion with the Catholic Church. He has since appeared on The Journey Home, Catholic Answers Live, and has been interviewed by The National Catholic Register, EWTN, and Relevant Radio. He is the author of Evangelical Exodus and The Message Behind the Movie, and has contributed to Bumper Sticker Catholicism, The Best Catholic Writing, The Apologetics Study Bible for Students, and the Christian Apologetics Journal. He can be found online at douglasbeaumont.com.