To: betty boop; Dr. Eckleburg
then see post 1902 for a Catholic response
2,030 posted on
10/31/2006 8:45:47 AM PST by
1000 silverlings
(stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the Cross)
To: 1000 silverlings; betty boop; Dr. Eckleburg
Somehow, apparently, you [1000 silverlings] moved from my statement (in 1902) that "when we enter Heaven we are (already) glorified" to the conclusion that Catholicism teaches that "we must die in a state of sinlessness in order to merit heaven".
That is a non sequitur. In Catholic theology the moment a Christian dies is not necessarily the moment he enters heaven. In Catholic theology, the Christian who is not fully sanctified enters purgatory until his sanctification is complete. One cannot enter heaven without being perfectly sanctified. But that does not mean that one must die sinless in order to go to heaven.
-A8
2,033 posted on
10/31/2006 9:23:02 AM PST by
adiaireton8
("There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse." - Plato, Phaedo 89d)
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