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To: annalex
Tell me, if I'm not a Catholic and refuse the Catholic traditions and do not believe the Catholic doctrine, can I be saved to eternal life, with no input or permission at all from the church?

Do you really think that when Jesus said the Kingdom of God is within, He included human organizations. Show me the human organization's soul.

I'm afraid I don't agree with the church's interpretation of scripture, or the orientation of view it would have to have to interpret it that way. So, I don't address the scripture cites so much as to just write an alternate interpretation and why. I try to address the foundation of that interpretation of scripture.

847 posted on 11/15/2006 6:55:14 PM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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To: William Terrell
if I'm not a Catholic and refuse the Catholic traditions and do not believe the Catholic doctrine, can I be saved to eternal life, with no input or permission at all from the church?

The Catholic teaching is that men are judged solely on how much they resemble Christ in their works. They are also judged according to the light they are given. A man who is not Catholic because of a cultural bias but does not reject the essence of Catholic teaching, and who lives according tothe natural moral law can be saved. We are not to judge the futire salvation of individuals. I can, however, recommend conversion to the Catholic Church as the Church Christ founded as the surest way to reach heaven.

when Jesus said the Kingdom of God is within, He included human organizations

I showed you a few posts above that there is scirpturally, a social aspect to the Kingdom, as well as, of course, the individual aspect.

I try to address the foundation of that interpretation of scripture

This is moving from your personal belief system and using the scripture where it fits the personal beleif. The Catohlic way is to read the scripture and form the belief from the entirety of it, no matter how contradictory the pieces seem to be.

851 posted on 11/16/2006 5:00:38 PM PST by annalex
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