I agree, but for some here any belief not in keeping with what their denomination teaches is not believing in Christ.
How they accept Christ, through a church, through their own contemplation and understanding of Christ, with or without public proclamation to others is what is being questioned here. Questioned to the point where some are saying that Catholics or some other denomination that is not their own don’t believe in Christ or are never going to be saved because they don’t follow their dogma. God determines who is saved or not and you won’t know his decision until you face him.
Deriding the belief in Christ of other denominations because they follow a different path to salvation is ignorant and arrogant and certainly not in keeping with the teachings of Christ.
“Deriding the belief in Christ of other denominations because they follow a different path to salvation is ignorant and arrogant and certainly not in keeping with the teachings of Christ”
I have always found Jesus’ corrections of His disciples’ errors particularly illuminating. Jesus dealt with denominationalism directly in Mark 9:38-42, too bad so many of His followers can’t take it to heart.
Mega dittos with all you said. I disagree with my Catholic friends on theological details and stuff that really none of us really know anyway. They are my brothers in Christ. I have never felt they were less a Christian because they are Catholic. I spent 20 years in the Catholic church myself.
Having said that there can be non-saved Christians in the pews of both Catholic and Protestant churches. It depends on their relationship with Christ and I am not privy to that.