Collins Kenneth J. - Roman but not catholic: what remains at stake 500 years after the reformation

I am grateful to the board of trustees and the administration of Asbury Theological Seminary for giving me the sabbatical that helped to make writing this book possible.

Thanks go to Dr. William Abraham of Southern Methodist University, who read much of the manuscript and offered many very helpful and insightful suggestions. I am also grateful to John Bugay, Reformed apologist, who read the work and offered well-received and much-appreciated counsel. Thanks also to Drs. Edwin Tait and Anthony Joseph, who read part of the manuscript and had several interesting observations and comments. A word of praise, of course, goes out to our friend and colleague, Dr. Ben Witherington III, New Testament scholar, who kept us grounded in Scripture. I am also appreciative of the faithful service of Rev. Andy Newman, who assisted in the research for this work, and of the advice of my fall 2016 Church History class who contributed to the process of naming the book.

Finally, I would like to express gratitude to my family: Marilyn; Brooke, Aaron, Kyla, and Darah; Lauren, Cody, and Gwenyth. They make all that I do a pleasure.

KJC

I want to thank several people who helped in various ways in the writing of this book, and made my chapters much better than they would otherwise be. First, I am grateful to several colleagues at Houston Baptist University who have discussed these issues with me over the past year or two and patiently endured my raising these topics at pub night more times than they would probably like to remember. They have also read some of the chapters and offered helpful criticism. In particular, I thank Dave Davis, Josh Farris, Bruce Gordon, Russ Hemati, Anthony Joseph, Tyler McNabb, Jeremy Neill, and Nancy Pearcey.

A number of other people have read chapters or parts of chapters and given helpful comments: Brandon Addison, John Behr, Petey Bellini, Al Howsapien, Peter Leithart, Paul Manata, David Opderbeck, and Glenn Peoples.

I am very grateful to Brian Hall, Timothy McGrew, and Josh Rasmussen, who gave expert advice for formulating my argument in chapter 13.

A special word of thanks to Billy Abraham, Brian Hall, Alan Rhoda, and Luke Van Horn, all of whom read several (in some cases all) of my chapters and provided insightful criticism.

Finally, I want to thank my family: Timothy and Angela Amos, Madelyn Rose, Mackenzie Grace and Abigail Joy; and Jonathan and Emily Walls. They always provide inspiration and encouragement, both directly and indirectly, for everything I write.

JLW