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Protestant anti-Catholics, being not well educated about things Christian, often make anachronistic mistakes. A Catechism from 1875, for instance, should naturally be interpreted by what came before it:

Concerning this doctrine the Pope of Vatican I, Pius IX, spoke on two different occasions. In an allocution (address to an audience) on December 9th, 1854 he said:

We must hold as of the faith, that out of the Apostolic Roman Church there is no salvation; that she is the only ark of safety, and whosoever is not in her perishes in the deluge; we must also, on the other hand, recognize with certainty that those who are invincible in ignorance of the true religion are not guilty for this in the eyes of the Lord. And who would presume to mark out the limits of this ignorance according to the character and diversity of peoples, countries, minds and the rest?

Again, in his encyclical Quanto conficiamur moerore of 10 August, 1863 addressed to the Italian bishops, he said:

It is known to us and to you that those who are in invincible ignorance of our most holy religion, but who observe carefully the natural law, and the precepts graven by God upon the hearts of all men, and who being disposed to obey God lead an honest and upright life, may, aided by the light of divine grace, attain to eternal life; for God who sees clearly, searches and knows the heart, the disposition, the thoughts and intentions of each, in His supreme mercy and goodness by no means permits that anyone suffer eternal punishment, who has not of his own free will fallen into sin. https://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/outside_the_church.htm

Catholic anti-Protestants, being not well enough educated about things Christian as taught in the Holy Scriptures, often make mistakes such as concluding Jesus and the Apostles were liars when they said such things as:

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:16-19)

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6)

The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. (I John 5:10-12)

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. (Romans 1:18-20)

Instead, they teach such things as people don't have to believe in Jesus Christ in order to be saved as long as they are good and try to live according to the dictates of their own consciences. In essence, there IS a way to eternal life besides through Jesus Christ. They will conclude that God is incapable of leading to truth the native in deepest darkest Africa and won't hold him responsible for rejecting the truth.

Yet, God WILL hold in judgment all mankind for not coming to the knowledge of the truth because God has revealed His existence to the entire world through His creation and men are without excuse. God is a rewarder of all those who diligently seek Him and He WILL be found when we search for Him with all our hearts. Nothing is impossible for God. I don't understand how some doubt God's word and try to make excuses for things they lack the faith to believe. There is NO OTHER NAME but Jesus by which to be saved - not our good works, our deeds, our merits, our efforts no matter how sincere, not according to our consciences (which God says are corrupted and at enmity with Him) and certainly not because we go to the "right" church. We are saved by the grace of God alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.

A Catechism from 1875, for instance, should naturally be interpreted by what came before it:

LOL... so Rome DOES CHANGE...I think not.. every pope MUST affirm Trent..which damned us all to hell

Your current prophet, that goes into Buddhist temples.. wants to fellowship with Islam ...believes EXACTLY what this catechism says..

Paul VI said: "Wanting to live with Jesus without the Church, following Jesus outside of the Church, loving Jesus without the Church is an absurd dichotomy." And the Mother Church that gives us Jesus gives us our identity that is not only a seal, it is a belonging. Identity means belonging. This belonging to the Church is beautiful. "

The Latin phrase extra Ecclesiam nulla salus[1][2][3] means: "outside the Church there is no salvation".[1][2] The 1997 Catechism of the Catholic Church explained this as "all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body."[4](Wikipedia, )