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| 03-14-18
| Msgr. Charles Pope
Posted on 04/21/2018 9:30:28 AM PDT by Salvation
Salvation and Church The teaching of no salvation outside the Church is important and one that must rightly be understood
Msgr. Charles Pope
3/14/2018
Question: I hear the Catholic Church teaches there is no salvation outside the Church. This would seem to condemn most to hell. Or am I missing something? — Name, location withheld
Answer: It is in fact a doctrine of the Church often repeated by the Fathers of the Church and taught formally. However, it must be understood properly.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church has this to say by way of explanation:
“‘Outside the Church there is no Salvation.’ ... Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body: Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church ... is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence, they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it. This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church” (CCC, Nos. 846-847).
This much is sure: Whoever is in heaven was saved by Jesus Christ in and through his Body the Church. But, as we know, there are many barriers to people fully understanding that the Church is the sole and necessary means for salvation, and thus, simply being outside the Church usually does not alone bring condemnation.
God can and, it would seem, does draw others unto himself in ways not always known to us. All of this can console us and bring an understanding that the teaching “outside the Church there is no salvation” is not understood absolutely.
But this consolation must not be the source of letting our missionary zeal wane. While it is possible to be saved beyond the Church, sacraments and explicit faith in Christ, it is much more difficult. Consider the following teaching from the Second Vatican Council:
“Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience. Nor does Divine Providence deny the helps necessary for salvation to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at an explicit knowledge of God and with His grace strive to live a good life. ... But often men, deceived by the Evil One, have become vain in their reasonings and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, serving the creature rather than the Creator (cf. Rom 1:21, 25). Or some there are who, living and dying in this world without God, are exposed to final despair. Wherefore to promote the glory of God and procure the salvation of all of these, and mindful of the command of the Lord, ‘Preach the Gospel to every creature’ (Mk 16:16), the Church fosters the missions with care and attention” (Lumen Gentium, No. 16).
And therefore, we see that people often are deceived or let themselves be deceived. So, the fact that people can be saved apart from the Church is not a blank check or presumption that they likely will be saved. It must always be our earnest work to evangelize, for many “prefer the darkness” (see Jn 3:19).
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To: editor-surveyor
Everything I have posted is factual.
Ha!
To: aMorePerfectUnion
You’d think the little man would post some actual evidence and try to humiliate us if he’s so sure.
But he has nothing; his cult leader is a modern day L Ron Hubbard with worse publicity among Hollywood weirdos.
542
posted on
04/25/2018 12:23:29 PM PDT
by
Luircin
To: Luircin
You’d think the little man would post some actual evidence Can't do that. and try to humiliate us if he’s so sure.
Can't do that.
To: FourtySeven
Guys, guys Focus! You all had another good bash the Catholic Church thread going yer gettin distracted with the Rood stuff. Remember, no matter how bad Rood might be, hes not as bad as CatholicismIn your opinion.
It s not about *bashing* anyone.
Its about exposing error. And Rood is a full fledged crackpot who teaches a LOT of error.
544
posted on
04/25/2018 1:42:08 PM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
To: Mom MD
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The question is not who will gather, but who will free them from the inherited liess of ‘christianity’ so that they can find Yeshua’s narrow path.
It’s definitely is not the sea of iniquity that we know as ‘christianity.’
They will not be gathered at the Last Trump if they can’t break away from the contra-covenental insanity.
The Holy Spirit moves only among the Notzerim now.
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545
posted on
04/25/2018 4:35:18 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Luircin
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>> “ a guy who learned all he knows about theology from two serial rapists...” <<
Your sickness is deep and wide!
You’re unfit to post on this site!
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546
posted on
04/25/2018 4:39:31 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: editor-surveyor
I pity you caught in your cult. I was at the service last night for my sons first pastoral call out of seminary. The love of Christ and the Holy Spirit was much in evidence in the service and in the remarkable young men receiving their first call. I pray that the scales fall from your eyes before it is too late.
547
posted on
04/25/2018 4:43:02 PM PDT
by
Mom MD
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To: Mom MD
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I’m in no cult, the cult of insanity and Bible twisting is making that absurd accusation.
I’m in the Kehilla.
Yeshua said there will be few of us.
I’m beginning to see just how true that is.
Soon you’ll get to experience first hand what the “Heaven’s Gate” gang did. Time is short.
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548
posted on
04/25/2018 4:58:06 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: editor-surveyor
Soon and very soon I will experience the rapture when Christ calls His Bride to meet Him. I forgive your slander of me and hope you will be among that number. It is a perilous path you walk.
549
posted on
04/25/2018 5:00:26 PM PDT
by
Mom MD
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To: editor-surveyor
Look, Mister Rood, I don’t care WHAT they say, the voices in your head are NOT the Holy Spirit.
550
posted on
04/25/2018 5:12:34 PM PDT
by
Luircin
To: Mom MD
I was at the service last night for my sons first pastoral call out of seminary.
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Hey, congrats! May he have a long and fruitful ministry!
551
posted on
04/25/2018 5:13:24 PM PDT
by
Luircin
To: daniel1212
And vastly more of such have left Catholicism for evangelical faith than vice versaMe me me me me. 😁
552
posted on
04/25/2018 5:15:29 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
To: Luircin
Thank you. That is my prayer also.
553
posted on
04/25/2018 5:16:43 PM PDT
by
Mom MD
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To: Mom MD
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Read John ch 3 carefully.
He’s not offering a ‘rapture,’ he will be changing us wherever we are, and that change places us in the realm of Yehova, which encompasses the space-time creation.
Paul said in the twinkling of an eye.
It is your path that is perilous. The eternal covenant is not to be rejected; it is the source of our righteousness; our “garment.”
The lawless will be turned away, just as the parable says.
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554
posted on
04/25/2018 5:19:47 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Luircin
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You really wemt over the edge!
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555
posted on
04/25/2018 5:20:44 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Mom MD
Actually I find them to have sound doctrine and a fine grasp of Christianity I agree Mom, they do. 😁
556
posted on
04/25/2018 5:23:30 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)
To: editor-surveyor
I live under the new covenant established by Christ on the night He was betrayed. And I don’t know what the definition of rapture is other than Paul stating we will meet Christ in the air when He calls. Gnosticism, secret knowledge and other heresies are as old as Christianity itself. It appears you have found your way into them. Christ and Christ alone through His atoning sacrifice is the only way to Salvation. Trying to tie your salvation to anything else means you are lost.
557
posted on
04/25/2018 5:25:49 PM PDT
by
Mom MD
( .)
To: editor-surveyor
Read John 14 very carefully. If you dare ... then read 1 Thess 4
558
posted on
04/25/2018 5:26:49 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
To: MHGinTN
The problem is he is reading his own special translation of the Bible, not the words that you and I read when we read those passages. Almost every cult rejects standard translations of the Bible and institute their own to support their twisted doctrine. The Mormons and the Jehovah’s witnesses are especially good at this. Editors cult is late to the party.
559
posted on
04/25/2018 5:30:01 PM PDT
by
Mom MD
( .)
To: Steelfish; All; metmom; Luircin; daniel1212; ealgeone; Mark17; Elsie
AMBER ALERT!
Missing FReeper Steelfish - BELIEVED TO BE RUNAWAY
Last seen wearing silver-colored t-shirt with drawing of fins, often posted about the comforts of shallow water.
Last communication on FR was 5 days ago, when claimed thousands of Protestant theologians had converted to religion of Rome.
IF ANYONE SEES THIS FREEPER, SPEAK SOFTLY AND ENCOURAGINGLY. DO NOT MENTION TRUMP, AS HE WAS A NEVER-TRUMPER.
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