Yes.
(You may reject that label all day long, but in the eyes of the Church you still are one)
(You may reject that label all day long, but in the eyes of the Church you still are one)
While I certainly agree, in the universal sense of the word (catholic).
I am under anathema, according to Trent for all the denials i maintain in regards to the Papacy, the Marian dogmas, the eucharist, etc...
I guess that would make me an apostate or heritical Catholic in the eyes of Rome.
Interesting,but what does the Word of God say?
"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body..."(1 Corinthians 12:13). This is a spiritual baptism that places us into the Body of Christ at the moment we believe. We are baptized into the Body, and sealed "with that Holy Spirit of promise." (Ephesians 1:13). We are (1) SAVED and (2) SEALED. "For I am persuaded, that either death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD." (Romans 8:35-39). God loves us because we are in Christ.
Our rest is in Christ. And NO earthly church can lay claim on our salvation. We belong to Christ, not an earthly church. Of course, if you believe there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church, then God's Word is of little importance to you.