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To: annalex
What? Not at all. You are saved if you are free from unconfessed mortal sin at death.

I am really surprised you know so little about Catholicism after spending all your time on Catholic threads.

The seed does come from God. It is up to the faithful to grow it or to wreck it.


3,787 posted on 01/04/2007 7:05:22 AM PST by HarleyD ("No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him..." John 6:44)
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To: HarleyD
one bad word after the last rites, oops

If it is a mere word, perhaps not, as Christ looks into your heart rather than reads the transcript. But in a broader sense, yes, each mortal sin condemns to hell.

Half the time I have to spend trying to figure out if what I'm being told is correct Catholic doctrine

Very good. Too many Catholics do not know their own doctrine. However, your statement I objected to referred to a very basic doctrine.

Does God give the seed of faith to everyone?

The capacity to love and know God is given everyone as part of natural law "written in the hearts" of all men. To have a better formed faith requires a church life, generally speaking.

3,908 posted on 01/04/2007 12:59:44 PM PST by annalex
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