Dr. Albert Mohler, Jr. is the ninth president of the Southern Bapist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY, the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention. He writes regularly for Newsweek’s “On Faith” blog and he recently addressed the fundamental differences which remain between Evangelicals and Catholics.

Perhaps the most clarifying moment since his election came last July when the Vatican released the document known as “Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church” – a document that reasserted the claim that the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church.

I actually appreciated the Pope’s concern. If he is right, we are endangering our souls and the souls of our church members. Yet, I am convinced that he is not right — not right on the papacy, not right on the sacraments, not right on the priesthood, not right on the Gospel, not right in understanding the church.

The Roman Catholic Church believes that evangelicals are in spiritual danger for obstinately and disobediently excluding ourselves from submission to its universal claims and its papacy. Evangelicals are concerned that Catholics are in spiritual danger for their submission to these very claims. We both understand what is at stake.

Read the entire “On Faith” post here.