[Mrs. Don-o]

Here’s what the Catechism says:

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All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church.”

Furthermore, many elements of sanctification and of truth” are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: “the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements.”

Christ’s Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church. All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him, and are in themselves calls to “Catholic unity.”

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Now if anyone -— without even having read the document, sheesh! -— wants to argue that the Pope has chucked all that Catechism stuff and now believes otherwise: (long pause)

Friend, you are mistaken.

[Iowegian]

Thanks for proving my point. I’ll take that as “it doesn’t mean what it says”.

[pacelvi]

“All who have been justified by faith in Baptism “

So what if one wasn’t Baptized? Say they haven’t had time , or they live in an Islamic country and the people who did the baptisms were beheaded?

Does God maintain a clipboard with checkbox next to purported Christians names to mark if the person was Baptized?

[Nihil Obstat]

God bless you abundantly Mrs. Don-o. I wish I had your patience.