ROME & ANCIENT SAMARIA Chris discusses the view of some of the Reformers that the apostasy of Rome is very much like that of the ancient Samaritans, who combined the worship of Judaism with Pagan practices. This comparison was made by John Calvin, in particular, because of Rome's mingling of paganism with Christianity. But what lessons can we learn from Scripture as a result? Why did Jesus tell the parable of the "Good Samaritan"? Why did He reach out to the Samaritan woman at the well? And should Evangelicals consider that Catholics today may be like the Samaritans of old?