[PugetSoundSoldier]

It wasn't a strawman; it was reductio ad absurdum...;) That 4 years of Latin at Bishop O'Dea high school comes in handy sometimes!

But to answer the question, can a person can be a Protestant, not partake in communion, and not recognize the papacy's claim of apostolic succession and still be saved?

[bdeaner]

But to answer the question, can a person can be a Protestant, not partake in communion, and not recognize the papacy's claim of apostolic succession and still be saved?

Reading comprehension, my friend ;) Read the article. YES. YES, if they truly believe that they are following Christ by doing so, how could the Lord refuse them? But for willfully rejecting a Truth, I think,--e.g. total unwillingness to listen to reason out of pride, for example-- there has to be at least temporal punishment for that, if not eternal damnation (purgation on earth or in the hereafter, as the case may be; that is, there are natural consequences for following error rather than Truth).

This is all in the article. This is the unfolding of the Deposit of Faith revealed in Vatican II. Many "conservative" Catholics left the Church and became schismatics as a result of this doctrine. But is it infallible doctrine.