Or at least Orthodox perhaps. Before V2's 's revisionism, many expressed the doctrine of "saint" Peter Julian Eymard: "People often say, 'It is better to be a good Protestant than a bad Catholic.' That is not true! ...A bad Catholic remains a child of the family although he is a prodigal, and, however great a sinner he may be, he still has right to mercy. Through his faith a bad Catholic is nearer to God than a Protestant is..(quoted in "The Real Presence, NY: Blessed Sacrament Fathers, 1938, p. 245).http://www.catholictradition.org/Eucharist/real-presence40.htm
Why am I not surprised that you could document that?
Wow, did he get that wrong. NOBODY has a *right* to mercy, and certainly not based on denominational affiliation.