Episodical?
He was a Baptist minister, actually. This may be the first time the Pastoral Provision has been applied to a former Baptist clergyman.
The question is was this guy ever saved ?? Doubt it
I'm always amused at how "once saved always saved" flies out the window as soon as someone becomes a Catholic. "Nothing can snatch me out of God's hand" really means "nothing except the Pope of Rome," apparently.
I believe in the preservation of the saints, one must already be saved for God to keep you
Mat:13 25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.