[MarMema]

Perhaps one day you'll realize the easy distortion of this idea (not incorrect in and of itself, mind you) to the invisible Church of Protestantism vs. the visible One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church.

Perhaps one day you will understand that this is Orthodox Christianity. No one is alone, and salvation is a community event. Khomiakov is a major theologian in the church. Your church is western and expresses western beliefs. Below is a writing from a Greek Orthodox church site.

An Introduction to the Eastern Christian Mind

"The Eastern Christian perspective sees the individual in relation to others; he is never alone."

"Just as each Divine Person of the Trinity cannot be seen in isolation from the others, so each human person cannot be defined as an isolated individual."

"Everything stands in relationship to the other."

[Hermann the Cherusker]

Perhaps one day you will understand that this is Orthodox Christianity. No one is alone, and salvation is a community event.

We are drifting further and further from the point here. Salvation is by ascending with the Body of Christ into heaven. This is the Catholic belief. Surprised?

But what is the relevance to the notion that dogmas are not such until the people consent to them?