"...Even atheists can be saved if they worship God under some other name and place their lives at the service of truth and justice" -- "Who Can Be Saved?" by Cardinal Avery Dulles
"Some other name???"
" Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be save" -- Acts 4:12
Jesus Christ is all "truth and justice," so what in the world is Rome talking about? Are they all liars or merely ignorant?
"The multiplicity of theological positions present within the Catholic Church. These positions vary according to which premises or postulates are used in reflecting on the sources of revelation"
LOL. The RCC works to be all things to all people; therefore it becomes nothing.
Christian particularism has always been the target. Too bad the church in Rome is playing for the other team.
And considering the cardinal's very peculiar pedigree, and the fact he turned his back on the truth when he converted, who knows what his agenda really was/is?
Mother Teresa used to tell the hindus to pray to their god because there is only one god..
The lost do not know where to find God Dr E ...they look and look but never find Him until He finds them !
Christian particularism has always been the target. Too bad the church in Rome is playing for the other team."
Absolutely dead on. You provide that armor-piercing clarity, Doc. I would pray some could have the scales removed as they read your continual evidence to flee Rome.
And for the Gospel only purists......
John 10:7 Therefore Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
these threads are so depressing. I think I’ll go eat a fig newton