To: Betty Jane; theoldmarine
You can come back to the Catholic Church at any time. You are still a Catholic. Find a priest to sit down and talk with and get your questions answered.
Catholics are all saved at the moment of their Baptism.
However, we are sinners, (unless we are perfect like Jesus Christ!), so we partake regularly of the Sacrament of Reconciliation too.
You can too! We welcome you back with open arms.
24 posted on
07/06/2009 8:47:12 AM PDT by
Salvation
(With God all things are possible.)
To: Salvation
Catholics are all saved at the moment of their Baptism.
However, that only gets you to the "age of accountability", doesn't it? After that, to presume at any point in time that you are "saved" (i.e. going to Heaven) is a sin, isn't it? That's the point of all of this fuzzy "constantly being saved" talk in the article. A Catholic can never be confident of his/her eternal destiny. Got to keep working for it. May have it, may not. Us "born-agains" continue to work as well, not to attain salvation, but in humble gratitude for the salvation we know we have, a salvation that we could never earn and do not deserve. Our work is a true "out-working" of our salvation; the fruit of our salvation.
38 posted on
07/07/2009 7:37:00 AM PDT by
armydoc
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