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To: Theresa
What did the current pope say about non-Catholics about a year ago? Didn't he say that a person had to be Catholic to be saved? Just wondering.
202 posted on 01/04/2002 11:59:28 AM PST by moteineye
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To: moteineye
"What did the current pope say about non-Catholics about a year ago? Didn't he say that a person had to be Catholic to be saved? Just wondering."

No he never said this. No pope has ever said this. The crux of the teaching is that there is no salvation outside the Church. In other words, everyone who IS saved was joined to the Catholic church in some way whether they understand that they were or not. Any kind of truth they have that the church also holds puts them in communion with the Church, even though it is an imperfect communion.

203 posted on 01/04/2002 2:45:16 PM PST by Theresa
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