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To: Natural Law

Sure it does. Or were these pope’s lying?

Pope Innocent III: “There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside which no one at all is saved.” Fourth Lateran Council, 1215.

Pope Boniface VIII: “We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.” From his Bull Unam Sanctam, 1302.

Pope Eugene IV: “The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless before death they are joined with Her; and that so important is the unity of this ecclesiastical body that only those remaining within this unity can profit by the sacraments of the Church unto salvation, and they alone can receive an eternal recompense for their fasts, their almsgivings, their other works of Christian piety and the duties of a Christian soldier. No one, let his almsgiving be as great as it may, no one, even if he pour out his blood for the Name of Christ, can be saved, unless he remain within the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church.” From his Bull Cantate Domino, 1441.)


738 posted on 04/22/2010 9:37:20 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
"Or were these pope’s lying?"

Lying implies both knowledge and motive so you cannot hope to reach a conclusion. Most scholars believe that in these reference the Church was synonymous with Christianity. The Catechism says in multiple places that "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned" (Mk 16:16). It makes no statement about requiring the Church.

740 posted on 04/22/2010 9:45:40 PM PDT by Natural Law
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