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To: dangus; ModelBreaker
....what it really means is that IF a muslim devoutly seeks God, but has not heard that the Church is the source through which salvation flows, he may nonetheless, possess faith in a Christ whose name he does not know, and thus be saved.
Who, then, can be saved?

Catholics can be saved if they believe the Word of God as taught by the Church and if they obey the commandments.
Other Christians can be saved if they submit their lives to Christ and join the community where they think he wills to be found.
Jews can be saved if they look forward in hope to the Messiah and try to ascertain whether God’s promise has been fulfilled.
Adherents of other religions can be saved if, with the help of grace, they sincerely seek God and strive to do his will.
Even atheists can be saved if they worship God under some other name and place their lives at the service of truth and justice.

God’s saving grace, channeled through Christ the one Mediator, leaves no one unassisted. But that same grace brings obligations to all who receive it. They must not receive the grace of God in vain. Much will be demanded of those to whom much is given.
-- concluding paragraph (formatting mine), from the thread Who Can Be Saved?, article by Cardinal Avery Dulles


17 posted on 02/25/2011 9:01:16 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("Posting news feeds, making eyes bleed, he's hated on seven continents")
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To: Alex Murphy
You keep posting that. Cardinal Dulles' opinion is his opinion. He, by himself, is not the magisterium.

Vatican II is.

19 posted on 02/25/2011 9:05:11 AM PST by Campion
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To: Alex Murphy
Actually, I should point out that Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., was never even part of the Magisterium -- the Pope and the bishops teaching in union with him -- because he was never a bishop.
23 posted on 02/25/2011 9:36:55 AM PST by Campion
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