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To: Always Right

Catholics believe that judging is God’s business not mans. It is just not part of Catholic outlook to state if someone is saved or not. And we pray constantly for the salvation of all men.

On a personal note, for example, in 1991 when the first Gulf War kicked off I was a battery commander in an artillery unit. The first thing I did when I heard the battle had started was to pray for the salvation of souls who had just died on both sides. I did not pray that those who were Catholics were saved, I prayed for everyone. That is Catholic.

A lot of folks get wrapped around a Catholic Church statement that says “there is no salvation outside the Church”, erroneously thinking that it means that if you are not Catholic you are not saved. But if you actually read the statements what it means is that the Church is the wellspring of Christ’s graces and that even those who are not Catholic are recipients of some measure of those graces.


41 posted on 07/23/2008 3:53:30 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Preach the Gospel always, and when necessary use words". ~ St. Francis of Assisi)
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To: big'ol_freeper

We are the recipients of God’s Grace through being born again and that’s all the grace we need. Jesus did it all.


477 posted on 07/27/2008 3:53:31 PM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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