None of my posts said anything about defending the article itself. I was merely defending the truth that (a)"the church" (God's body of believers) is not confined to the Roman Catholic church but consists of all believers; and (b) there are no works necessary for admittance to heaven (thank goodness because if there were then all of us would fall short), belief is the only requirement.
I will not argue with, nor find fault with Roman Catholics (like you ??) who do not disagree with my two points. I have many Catholic friends who I consider to be saved Christians. But I will always be ready to defend my faith against those who tell me that Roman Catholicism is the only true faith. As I said before, it is not the membership in a particular denomination that saves you.
“I have many Catholic friends who I consider to be saved Christians. But I will always be ready to defend my faith against those who tell me that Roman Catholicism is the only true faith.”
And, those, my friend, are the problems:
1. You cannot know who is “saved” and who is not. And to believe that you can is the height of hubris.
2. Your need to judge Catholics, or any other Christian, as “saved” or “not saved” is as odious to them as is your being told that you do not practise the ‘one, true faith.’
We Catholics pray for the salvation of all: Christians, Jews, moslems, atheists, pagans, agnostics.
As Christians, we have the privilege of following Jesus, who is, after all, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Thus, I prefer to spend my time contemplating the shedding of His Most Precious Blood for me than to worry about whether you or anybody else considers me to be “saved.”
Let me invite you to do the same.