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50. Haferd, Op. Cit.
51. Telephone conversation with Dr. Philip Abramowitz of January, 1987.
52. Loc. Cit.
53. “Sects or New Religious Movements: Pastoral Challenge,” Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity, Rome, May 3, 1986, p. 16
54. Ibid.
55. Ibid., pp. 14-15.
56. Letter from Father James LeBar of January 25, 1987.
57. Letter from Father Walter Debold, January, 1987.
58. Letter from Ms. Carol Giambalvo, January, 1987.
59. Loc. Cit. ,LeBar Letter, Op. Cit.
60. “Why Cults Succeed Where the Church Fails,” Christianity Today, March 16, 1984, p.
17.
61. Loc. Cit.
62. LeBar, Father James, “Evangelization and Freedom in the Catholic Church,” Cultic
Studies Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 345. Explains Father LeBar,
“Religious groups which recognize no authority but their own. ..can easily fall into
excessive practices that violate moral and ethical codes. If there is no safeguard
through accountability, an individual leader can be mesmerized by success, adulation
of the community, or other factors and use more and more controlling means to rule
the flock.” (LeBar Op. Cit.).
63. Enroth, Ronald, “Of Cults and Evangelicals: Labeling and Lumping,” Cultic Studies
Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 322. Explains Professor Enroth, observers
make “unjustified parallels between cultists and Evangelicals because of certain
similarities that seem to characterize the two camps. Cult conversion and Christian
conversion are sometimes confused.” (Loc. Cit.)
64. “A Statement of Evaluation Regarding Maranatha Campus Ministries/Maranatha
Christian Missionaries/Maranatha Christian Church by a Committee of Evangelical
Theologians, June 1983,” Cultic Studies Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p.
278.
65. Divoky, Diane, “UCD Maranatha Ministry: Evangelism or Mind Control?” Sacramento
Bee, June 4, 1984, cited in Cult Awareness Network News, May, 1985, Vol. 10, No. 3,
p. 3.
66. “A Statement of Evaluation,” Op. Cit., pp. 280.
67. Ibid., p. 283 Buckingham, Jamie, “The End of the Discipleship Era,” Ministries,
Jan./Feb., 1990.
68. Lewis, Gordon, “Evangelical Ministries to New Religions,” in Letters to the Editor, Cultic
Studies Journal, Spring/Summer, 1986, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 147.
69. Gruen, Dietrich, “Prologue: The Evangelicals Set Forth Their Case,” Cultic Studies
Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 302. Quotations from the Declaration:
“The Vatican Council declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom.
Freedom of this kind means that all men should be immune from coercion on the part
of individuals, social groups, and every human power, so that, within due limits,
nobody is forced to go against his conviction in religious matters in private or in public,
alone or in association with others. The Council further declares that the right to
religious freedom is based on the very dignity of the human person as known by the
revealed word of God and by reason itself.” (LeBar, “Evangelization and Freedom,”
Op. Cit., p. 341).
70. Gruen, Op. Cit., p. 303.
71. “A Code of Ethics for the Christian Evangelist,” Cultic Studies Journal, Fall/Winter,
1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 304.
72. Ibid., p. 305.
50. Haferd, Op. Cit.
51. Telephone conversation with Dr. Philip Abramowitz of January, 1987.
52. Loc. Cit.
53. “Sects or New Religious Movements: Pastoral Challenge,” Secretariat for Promoting
Christian Unity, Rome, May 3, 1986, p. 16
54. Ibid.
55. Ibid., pp. 14-15.
56. Letter from Father James LeBar of January 25, 1987.
57. Letter from Father Walter Debold, January, 1987.
58. Letter from Ms. Carol Giambalvo, January, 1987.
59. Loc. Cit. ,LeBar Letter, Op. Cit.
60. “Why Cults Succeed Where the Church Fails,” Christianity Today, March 16, 1984, p.
17.
61. Loc. Cit.
62. LeBar, Father James, “Evangelization and Freedom in the Catholic Church,” Cultic
Studies Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 345. Explains Father LeBar,
“Religious groups which recognize no authority but their own. ..can easily fall into
excessive practices that violate moral and ethical codes. If there is no safeguard
through accountability, an individual leader can be mesmerized by success, adulation
of the community, or other factors and use more and more controlling means to rule
the flock.” (LeBar Op. Cit.).
63. Enroth, Ronald, “Of Cults and Evangelicals: Labeling and Lumping,” Cultic Studies
Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 322. Explains Professor Enroth, observers
make “unjustified parallels between cultists and Evangelicals because of certain
similarities that seem to characterize the two camps. Cult conversion and Christian
conversion are sometimes confused.” (Loc. Cit.)
64. “A Statement of Evaluation Regarding Maranatha Campus Ministries/Maranatha
Christian Missionaries/Maranatha Christian Church by a Committee of Evangelical
Theologians, June 1983,” Cultic Studies Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p.
278.
65. Divoky, Diane, “UCD Maranatha Ministry: Evangelism or Mind Control?” Sacramento
Bee, June 4, 1984, cited in Cult Awareness Network News, May, 1985, Vol. 10, No. 3,
p. 3.
66. “A Statement of Evaluation,” Op. Cit., pp. 280.
67. Ibid., p. 283 Buckingham, Jamie, “The End of the Discipleship Era,” Ministries,
Jan./Feb., 1990.
68. Lewis, Gordon, “Evangelical Ministries to New Religions,” in Letters to the Editor, Cultic
Studies Journal, Spring/Summer, 1986, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 147.
69. Gruen, Dietrich, “Prologue: The Evangelicals Set Forth Their Case,” Cultic Studies
Journal, Fall/Winter, 1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 302. Quotations from the Declaration:
“The Vatican Council declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom.
Freedom of this kind means that all men should be immune from coercion on the part
of individuals, social groups, and every human power, so that, within due limits,
nobody is forced to go against his conviction in religious matters in private or in public,
alone or in association with others. The Council further declares that the right to
religious freedom is based on the very dignity of the human person as known by the
revealed word of God and by reason itself.” (LeBar, “Evangelization and Freedom,”
Op. Cit., p. 341).
70. Gruen, Op. Cit., p. 303.
71. “A Code of Ethics for the Christian Evangelist,” Cultic Studies Journal, Fall/Winter,
1985, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 304.
72. Ibid., p. 305.
