[Iscool]

I believe the point made in the article bdeaner posted is that, since the Catholic Church considers itself to be the universal church, at least since Vatian 2, it accepts that there are folks who reject the form of their church, but who are still inside the fold. From their perspective, this is true even if some of us don’t feel like we are part of the Catholic Church in that sense.

I've read that statement in numerous publications and on FR numerous times...It is usually made clear that those non-Catholics who claim they have received Jesus as their Saviour but reject the notion that the Catholic religion is the one, true, blah, blah, blah, are not participants or recipients of the salvation that Jesus Christ offers...

[Dr. Eckleburg]

one, true, blah, blah, blah

lol.

[Mr Rogers]

“It is usually made clear that those non-Catholics who claim they have received Jesus as their Saviour but reject the notion that the Catholic religion is the one, true, blah, blah, blah, are not participants or recipients of the salvation that Jesus Christ offers... “

I believe that was the teaching of the Catholic Church prior to Vatican 2. Since then, their teaching has become a bit more blurred. This, in turn, was an amazing discovery after nearly 2000 years...