sure it does, you must be baptized to be a Catholic....in fact if you were properly baptized ANYWHERE, by ANYONE, then you are a Catholic and hence, born again as Christ promised that you'd be!!!!! Isn't that exciting?? And knowing that He founded the Catholic church (there was none other for 1,600 years) I think that it is safe to assume that He wanted us to seek Him and salvation and the Eucharist through the church THAT HE FOUNDED!!! reasonable assumption I'd say.
Only if you have been so indoctrinated into the cult of Catholicism that you are blind to the truth of scripture.
No, it's wishful thinking on the part of Catholics who apparently cannot stand not having control over everyone.
And knowing that He founded the Catholic church (there was none other for 1,600 years) I think that it is safe to assume that He wanted us to seek Him and salvation and the Eucharist through the church THAT HE FOUNDED!!! reasonable assumption I'd say.
Only to the deceived.
We don't seek salvation by eating Jesus. Besides, Catholics claim that salvation is by being baptized. So then why are they telling us that people have to eat Jesus to be saved? Wasn't the *indelible mark* in indelible enough? Didn't it really take?
So then, baptism doesn't really save after all, then does it?
Oh my, so all Christians are Catholics?
LOL my goodness what a stretch.
Good way to increase your numbers.
So, I guess being as your statement isn't true and Christians baptized outside the Catholic church are actually NOT Catholics, then the number of Catholics goes down quite a bit.
1.2 billion claimed.
Plus or minus 672 million actual Christians out side the Catholic church leaves about plus or minus 5 or 600,000 Catholics.
Thanks for showing how to count believers terycarl!