Dismas 'made it' because of his faith in Christ, not his work or his 'church'.
I was merely pointing out that works don’t save us. And I don’t think Dismas professed Jesus as his Lord and Savior nor came up for an altar call. Doubtful he was baptized and certainly did not receive the sacraments.
But let’s admit that the Bible is difficult to figure out and that’s why I defer to authority. For example, I have trouble reconciling the goat and sheep parable with the apparent salvation of Dismas. Doubtful that Dismas clothed the naked. Doubtful that he visited the imprisoned nor fed the hungry. The list goes on, but you get the idea.
I think we Papists and you Protestants have a lot more in common than we care to admit.
Pax!