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3 posted on
04/01/2004 8:07:50 PM PST by
Pyro7480
(Minister for the Conversion of Hardened Sinners,Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Club)
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Ping.
4 posted on
04/01/2004 8:12:41 PM PST by
narses
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To: Pyro7480
But if everybody will be saved or if Catholics may entertain true doubts whether anybody at all will end up in Hell, then a key motivation for missionary work and Catholic evangelism is subverted. This is nonsense.
Missionary work is not undertaken merely for the benefit of what happens to the soul of the convert after death.
No. Missionary work is also aimed at the fullness of life that the convert experiences in this life.
True Christians are much happier on earth. The world is not evil, and we, as Christians are commanded to sanctify everyone with whom we come in contact here.
The Christian virtue of Hope leads us to pray that there are no souls in hell, and that all men can be led to respond the call of God for salvation.
6 posted on
04/01/2004 8:19:13 PM PST by
sinkspur
(Adopt a dog or a cat from an animal shelter! It will save one life, and may save two.)
To: Pyro7480
Well, that Vatican experiment failed.
7 posted on
04/01/2004 8:19:37 PM PST by
Desdemona
(Proverbs 18:2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.)
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