[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.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

I read the article...;) See my response in post 1406. There are several fundamental points that I simply cannot accept. According to the author of that paper, I cannot be saved.

Let me ask you: if you replaced the word Catholic in that article with Baptist, would you accept it? Would you be fine if Baptists said that their Church was the only way to salvation, was the sacrament of salvation, and that only Baptists (note the capital letters) could be saved?