Posted on 02/10/2004 7:02:28 AM PST by evets
Gibson was interviewed by the Herald Sun in Australia, and the reporter asked the star if Protestants are denied eternal salvation. There is no salvation for those outside the Church, Gibson replied. I believe it. He elaborated: Put it this way. My wife is a saint. Shes a much better person than I am. Honestly. Shes, like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And its just not fair if she doesnt make it, shes better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.
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The idea that only Catholics go to heaven IS NOT Catholic Dogma and never has been. This is NOT why Luther broke away. Before Luther the only Church was the Catholic Church. The break was political. Catholic Doctrine has always followed scripture in believing that all who believe in the Death and Resurrection of Jesus have salvation.
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