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To: Vendome
In fact, it is in doing good that they are led to the One who is the Source of all that is good. In essence he simply restated the hope of the Church that all come to know God, through His Son Jesus Christ.

Seems like he is just stating what the Bible already tells us - Jesus died for ALL of us and ALL of our sins. ANYONE who seeks him and confesses their sinfulness and acknowledges Him as Lord and Savior can be saved.

It would seem that his gist was that Christ saves you - not any particular religion or institution. I find it refreshing to see a Pope who doesn't consider membership in the Catholic Church to be a requirement for salvation. The use of "catholic" in the Apostle's Creed had nothing to do with the Catholic Church - it was a term for open-to-all/all-purpose, etc.

46 posted on 05/24/2013 4:54:29 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

Well, that simply was not the export of what he said.

He attempted to lead us to believe that even an atheist could be saved.

The nature of their belief is at odds with the gift of salvation and God’s word.

I’ll. Take the box Carol Meryl is standing in front of.


56 posted on 05/24/2013 5:05:42 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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