There is only one avenue for salvation....faith in Christ.
For Catholics who actually know their faith, this would have been comforting.
I read the text as well and comments from another thread by a RCC canon lawyer on this topic.
There is nothing comforting not knowing whether your child is going to Heaven or not. Roman Catholicism teaches their believers don't know for sure if they've made it.
Fortunately, the New Testament contains the promises of Christ that for those who believe in Him they will have eternal life.
[There is only one avenue for salvation....faith in Christ.]
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Agreed.
[There is nothing comforting not knowing whether your child is going to Heaven or not. Roman Catholicism teaches their believers don’t know for sure if they’ve made it.
Fortunately, the New Testament contains the promises of Christ that for those who believe in Him they will have eternal life.]
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I’ve often wondered if that’s why families keep decorating the spot the family member was last remembered...like in vehicle accidents. Flowers will be left in the area where the car accident happened, for many years.
I’ve heard parents tell their children they’ll go to hell if they commit suicide...I’ve often wondered, too, if that was a way to ‘scare the hell out of them’ hoping they won’t choose that avenue to end their life.
A Sunday School teacher once said that if people got a glimpse of heaven, there might be more suicides committed. He was trying to comfort a family that had lost a family member to it.