[JHavard]

I don't want you to explain to me why one is right and one is wrong. I want you to explain to me why, if private interpretation is all you need to understand the Bible, why two people who study the Bible privately come to such vastly different conclusions about such an incredibly important, central issue.

I apologize for jumping in here, but what doctrine do Catholics teach that will cause a non-Catholic to miss out on salvation for not keeping them the same way you do?

[Lilllabettt]

John 6:53. The Lord commands us to eat His Flesh and Blood, or we "won't have life in us."

The Catholic Church does not teach that that means Protestants, who do not have access to the Eucharist, are going to Hell. And that doesn't mean that Catholics who do receive the Eucharist are going to Heaven, either.

But the Lord is saying :verily, verily you'd better do this. I suppose, if my Protestant father tells Jesus, "There was a misunderstanding, I did what I thought you always wanted" then that will be good enough. But clearly, its rather important that we know what it is He wants us to do.