The Catholic Church is the Church that Christ founded for the purpose of salvation.
Baloney. Nowhere does it say, become a Catholic and be saved. It says, “for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.”. If I misquoted, blame it on my pain. Caught one of my fingers in the thingy which pulls a storm door closed. Plus my eye hurts. Will see eye surgeon next month to schedule surgery which I am very concerned about. Nite. God bless.
The Catholic Church is the Church that Christ founded for the purpose of salvation.
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If only the pope knew that. Based on his recent comments about Islam, I’d say someone needs to educate your leader:
“Sharing our experience in carrying that cross, to expel the illness within our hearts, which embitters our life: it is important that you do this in your meetings. Those that are Christian, with the Bible, and those that are Muslim, with the Quran. The faith that your parents instilled in you will always help you move on.”
“The Catholic Church is the Church that Christ founded for the purpose of salvation.”
Modifiers are important. The example we have in the NT is of the apostles and disciples preaching the Gospel (see 1 Corinthians 15) and those who believed went down in the water and were added to the Body of Christ-church. The Gospel is not the catechism. Salvation comes from the shed Blood of Christ for the remission of sins. The church is not the object of salvation but the body of the saved believers.
Put differently, the church does not justify, sanctify or glorify a believer. That is the Work of Jesus Christ as each who are called by the Father and convicted by the Holy Spirit.
So say Catholics now but there is no proof of that.