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To: Hermann the Cherusker
God in His mercy may have some mode of salvation for them, but He has revealed to us nothing but Baptism

Is it the RC view then, that God revealed to you eternal damnation for them when they are without baptism?

188 posted on 06/16/2005 6:19:10 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema; gbcdoj
Is it the RC view then, that God revealed to you eternal damnation for them when they are without baptism?

"Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (St. John 3.5)

Please see the unanimous commentary of the Holy Fathers on this passage in #162 concerning the absolute necessity of Baptism.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1420888/posts?page=162#162

God has revealed that Baptism is the gate to salvation. God can certainly save people in other ways, since while He has bound us to the Sacraments, He Himself is not bound to the Sacraments, and He may very well do so with unbaptized children. But He did not choose to reveal this to us. We may theologically speculate on this all we wish, but we would then be missing the important point that God in His revelation is trying to make - God gave us a very easy method to set infants on the road to salvation - Holy Baptism. With so easy a means, why worry about His justice in dealing with those who do not receive it? He has the perfect solution. Are we to judge them, or Him? I think not.

189 posted on 06/16/2005 6:40:31 AM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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