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To: Claud

Of course. An even sharper example is the fourtieth of the 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, the Roman soldier, who wasn't even a catechumen, but declared his faith in Christ upon seeing the thirty-nine remaining on the ice, and went out to take the place of the apostate.


12 posted on 11/02/2006 7:33:42 AM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: The_Reader_David

Ah yes I had forgotten that story, excellent example!


13 posted on 11/02/2006 7:45:19 AM PST by Claud
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To: The_Reader_David

And I would also say this...and I am pretty sure you will agree. That notwithstanding Emerentiana's and the soldier's not having received Baptism, they were nevertheless saved *in* the Church and *through* the Church. They just gained their membership in a different way. So we can still confidently and boldly hold to the maxim: "outside the Church there is no salvation".


14 posted on 11/02/2006 7:51:05 AM PST by Claud
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