[HarleyD]

Restricting church membership to an elect group is donatism, regardless of the outreach to the nonmembers.

This coming from a Catholic whose Church policy from the Council of Trent and Vatican I states there is no salvation outside the Church.

[jo kus]

This coming from a Catholic whose Church policy from the Council of Trent and Vatican I states there is no salvation outside the Church.

Vatican 2 and other post-Vatican 2 documents have defined what exactly that means - it is not what you are implying. Would you like me to repost the explanation again?

Regards

[annalex]

Church policy from the Council of Trent and Vatican I states there is no salvation outside the Church.

So? The Church is a ladder (post 508). It is one thing to say that the ladder is necessary, quite another to push away those lined up at the bottom.