[fishtank]

(Here's the glossary location:)

"SAINT: The "holy one" who leads a life in union with God through the grace of Christ and receives the reward of eternal life. The Church is called the communion of saints, of the holy ones (823, 946; cf. 828). See Canonization.

SALVATION: The forgiveness of sins and restoration of friendship with God, which can be done by God alone (169).

SANCTIFYING GRACE: The grace which heals our human nature wounded by sin by giving us a share in the divine life of the Trinity. It is a habitual, supernatural gift which continues the work of sanctifying us--of making us "perfect," holy, and Christlike (1999)."

(Here's paragraph #169)

http://old.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect1chpt3.shtml#art1

169 "Salvation comes from God alone; but because we receive the life of faith through the Church, she is our mother: "We believe the Church as the mother of our new birth, and not in the Church as if she were the author of our salvation."55 Because she is our mother, she is also our teacher in the faith."

[fishtank]

Link:

http://old.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect1chpt3.shtml#art1

[fishtank]

I got saved by reading God’s Truth in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible:

Ephesians 2:8-9

“For by grace you are saved through faith,

and that not of yourselves,

for it is the gift of God;

Not of works, that no man may glory.”

“Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)”

[aruanan]

Here you go, from the current Catechism of the Catholic Church:

Faith is a grace
153. When St. Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, Jesus declared to him that this revelation did not come "from flesh and blood," but from "my Father who is in Heaven." Faith is a gift of God, a supernatural virtue infused by him. "Before this faith can be exercised, man must have the grace of God to move and assist him; he must have the interior helps of the Holy Spirit, who moves the heart and converts it to God, who opens the eyes of the mind and 'makes it easy for all to accept and believe the truth.'"

The necessity of faith
161. Believing in Jesus Christ and in the One who sent him for our salvation is necessary for obtaining that salvation. "Since 'without faith it is impossible to please [God]' and to attain to the fellowship of his sons, therefore without faith no one has ever attained justification, nor will anyone obtain eternal life but 'he who endures to the end.'"

[aruanan]

169 "Salvation comes from God alone; but because we receive the life of faith through the Church, she is our mother: "We believe the Church as the mother of our new birth, and not in the Church as if she were the author of our salvation."55 Because she is our mother, she is also our teacher in the faith."

You omitted the emphasis present in the original: 169 "Salvation comes from God alone; but because we receive the life of faith through the Church, she is our mother: "We believe the Church as the mother of our new birth, and not in the Church as if she were the author of our salvation." Because she is our mother, she is also our teacher in the faith."

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

There is also a section on how to worship statues.

And how to dig a tunnel between the convent and rectory.

You’ll have to find these sections yourself, though.

Don’t give up until you find them.

[marshmallow]

Good to see that you're reading the Catechism.

Keep it up.

[A.A. Cunningham]

For those who aren't as disingenuous, at best, as you are:

salvation

[Quix]

ACTUALLY,

As I warned about 1-3 years ago . . .

The Vatican is already in the process with more and more ‘leaks’ surfacing . . .

of REDEFINING RELIGIOUS REALITY

INCLUDING

what Salvation means:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l3POTjo6iQ&feature=uploademail

[Salvation]

I don’t know about the catechism you are using, but there are multiple entries here (10 pages worth!):

http://ccc.scborromeo.org.master.com/texis/master/search/?sufs=0&q=salvation&s=SS