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To: sandyeggo
I have a question: When you witness to a non-believer, do you tell them that without accepting the same beliefs as you hold, that they will remain unsaved? And do you tell them this with concern for their salvation, not trying to offend, but knowing they might be offended in the process?

The law is for condemnation and it condemns all people as we all fall short. Jesus fulfilled the law by his sacrafice and offered salvation for those whom believe. The Catholic Church to me seems to want to invent new laws to replace the ones fulfilled by Christ. The difference between Catholics and Protestants is that Protestants can believe Catholics are saved by their belief in Jesus, Catholics don't believe Protestants are saved. Now there are lots of Protestants who condemn Catholics because of the law, but they don't understand those laws have been fulfilled.

254 posted on 07/25/2008 2:06:15 PM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: Always Right; sandyeggo
Catholics don't believe Protestants are saved

We don't believe anyone, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, or Hindu is either saved or lost while they are still living. Salvation is a process that continues through your life and IF at any point you convert to the truths of the Catholic Church either (better) formally or through a conversion of the heart, then you WILL BE saved (note conditional and the future tense).

This is why this entire display of hurt feelings is uncomprehensible to us; and if you read the explanations readily available on the subject from any informed Catholic, you would not have them.

See, for example,
SALVATION PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
JUSTIFICATION IN CATHOLIC TEACHING

255 posted on 07/25/2008 2:20:16 PM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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