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To: Iscool

God introduced salvation to the world through his chosen people, the Jews. God’s revelation to the Jews found its fulfillment in Christ, the Messiah, who established the Catholic Church. The grace necessary for salvation continues to come from Christ, through his Church. Those who innocently do not know and embrace this might still attain salvation but those who knowingly and willingly choose to reject it, reject salvation on God’s terms.

The Catechism (once again quoting Lumen Gentium) summarizes all this as follows:

Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it. (CCC 846)


180 posted on 05/28/2014 5:46:56 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus")
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To: NKP_Vet
God introduced salvation to the world through his chosen people, the Jews. God’s revelation to the Jews found its fulfillment in Christ, the Messiah, who established the Catholic Church.

There are only two biblical errors in those sentences...God's revelation to the Jews has not yet found its fulfillment...And, Jesus did not found your religion...

The grace necessary for salvation continues to come from Christ, through his Church.

This is one error in this sentence...There is no grace from anyone that comes from or thru your religion...Completely unbiblical...

Those who innocently do not know and embrace this might still attain salvation but those who knowingly and willingly choose to reject it, reject salvation on God’s terms.

There's nothing biblical about it so there's no application to the Christian...

The Catechism (once again quoting Lumen Gentium) summarizes all this as follows: Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation:

Yes, your religion teaches that but it is a false teaching...The church is not a necessity for salvation, the church is the result of salvation, according to the bible...

the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church.

Jesus Christ's body is the church, NOT the Church...

He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through baptism as through a door.

Men enter into the church (of the scriptures) thru repentance and trust...

Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it. (CCC 846)

Your religion's catechism is no more than a commentary on its tradition souped up with random pieces of scripture...

As we know, for Centuries your religion prohibited as much as possible the reading of the scriptures by its laity...

As the written words of God became more available to the masses, people started leaving your religion in droves because they could see how your religion perverted the scriptures...And as modern Catholics get into the scriptures, they leave as well...

I'm happy with the church of the scriptures...

182 posted on 05/28/2014 6:10:46 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: NKP_Vet; Iscool
[...] Christ, the Messiah, who established the Catholic Church.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof - which is lacking. The Roman church is without any proof at all.

187 posted on 05/28/2014 6:53:09 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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