[Notwithstanding]

I have very deliberately NOT stated that one has to go through Rome to be saved.

I simply stated that all in heaven will know that the One True Church is the one headed by the pope, and that they were wrong to reject her or unfortunate not to know her while they were on earth.

It is very simple. If one believes oranges come from chickens in Russia, the oranges one eats are still nutritious even though one is wrong about whence they came.

[Syncro]

I simply stated that all in heaven will know that the One True Church is the one headed by the pope, and that they were wrong to reject her or unfortunate not to know her while they were on earth.

Well, knowing Jesus will suffice for us.

Our church is headed by Jesus, not "the pope."

If one believes oranges come from chickens in Russia, the oranges one eats are still nutritious even though one is wrong about whence they came.

My what beautifully convoluted analogy! LOL

I'll have the orange (salvation eternal life etc) freely given by Jesus.

You may eat the orange from "the pope" and Rome.

I'm sure there will be Catholics in heaven, as well as ordinary (mere?) Christians and Protestant denominations.

[Elsie]

I simply stated that all in heaven will know that the One True Church is the one headed by the pope, and that they were wrong to reject her or unfortunate not to know her while they were on earth.

Colossians 1:18 niv
And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.