Posted on 07/28/2014 6:36:39 PM PDT by Coleus
http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0002.html
The Catechism is the only valid source of Catholic doctrine. Not even the Pope has “executive orders” to independently change that official doctrine.
“The Catechism of the Catholic Church (no.839) tells us: When she delves into her own mystery, the Church, the People of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with Jewish people, the first to hear the word of God. The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to Gods revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. The interior quotation is from St. Paul, Romans 9:4.”
“That concise paragraph tells us that the Catholic Church is the fulfillment and completion of Gods self-revelation that began with Abraham. After seven centuries, God continued His revelation through Moses. The people that He chose to carry His revelation across the next twelve centuries lived in the crucible of the Old Covenant until they were prepared to receive His Messiah, who reconciled God with man in the New and Everlasting Covenant. There is a straight line from Moses, who said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you, (Ex 24:8) to Jesus, who said, This is My blood of the covenant (Mt 26:28). The ancient Jewish priesthood continues today in the person of the Catholic priest. Catholics are Gods chosen people, proclaiming His revelation across the centuries until He comes again in glory.”
that doesn’t mean Catholic pretend to know who is saved or will go to heaven. Only God knows that.
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