2006-09-04 07:01:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes.
The Catholic Church teaches:
Many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church:
+ The written Word of God
+ The life of grace
+ Faith, hope, and charity
+ Other gifts of the Holy Spirit
Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation.
All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-04 17:25:49 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is salvation for anyone who obeys the Gospel Just follow the path of Acts 2:38 and that is all there is too it.
2006-09-04 14:03:43 · answer #2 · answered by Southern Apostolic 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Salvation" Is For Everyone Who Wants To Receive It"!!!........... "Salvation"" Is ONly Through JESUS!........"JESUS Is The Way, The Truth, And The Life, No Man-kind Cometh Unto the (Heavenly Father-Heaven), Except Through JESUS"!....(John 14: 6), ((Acts 4:12).........................
2006-09-04 14:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course. Quoting from teh Catechism of the Catholic Church:
Many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: "the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements." Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation.
2006-09-04 14:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
At first I thought your question was clumsily stated, then I realized you probably think that Catholics are saved.
Ask any Catholic if he/she is saved and see what they say.
They will tell you that the official dogma of their religion is that they never know if they are saved. They have to wait until they die to find out.
Any Catholic who thinks he/she is saved is in sin. It's called the sin of presumption. Catholics are required to perform the 7 sacraments, eat lots of wafer cookies, sip wine, kiss rings, pay money, attend mass and on and on and on and on and on.
Now I don't know about Protestants and Lutherans, but Christians are saved by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves, it is a gift of God.
I don't know if Catholics are saved, neither do they.
2006-09-04 14:02:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The question is; is there salvation for Catholics!? They worship Mary! They pray to dead people, they confess to man rather than to God! They place MARY, above the Son of God! Do they even believe in God? I think it's the church of Mary rather than a House of God!? Their preist's wear pegan symbol's on their robes....I could go on and on.....so again, the question is this; is there salavation for a Catholic who say's they are CHristian but are in fact a pagan religion and are NOT Christian.
2006-09-04 14:09:52 · answer #6 · answered by nici a 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My MY---
I have read some of the answers that have been given.
Seems as if Catholicism has changed since I was one.
It was taught that if you were not catholic you were going to hell.
If you left the catholic church you were damned.
If you were excommunicated you were damned.
The catholic church spoke for god and was God.
They were Holy Mother The Church.
I remember--I was there.
Basic precepts of a cult.
2006-09-04 14:10:49 · answer #7 · answered by chris p 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
After reading all of your questions, it is obvious that you are a Catholic basher. Nice. You repeat many of the lame questions, trying to make Catholics look bad. Instead of bashing Catholics, try to find something more positive and meaningful to do in your own life and let other people have their own beliefs. Pretty pathetic really.
To the uneducated poster below me, another Catholic basher, Catholics do not worship Mary, we simple revere her as the Mother of Christ. Get your facts straights. Pretty rude to question weather we believe in God. Pagan religion? Boy have you been brainwashed. OUR religion, not yours honey goes back over 2,000 years to the time of Christ and St. Peter. Again you are very uninformed and ignorant!
2006-09-04 14:09:49 · answer #8 · answered by Island Queen 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Is there salvation for any who follow the traditions of the church instead of the teachings of Holy Scripture ?
2006-09-04 14:11:21 · answer #9 · answered by G3 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I believe that Jesus Christ can be anyone's personal Lord and Savior. All they have to do is to accept Jesus as their Lord and savior and by pmaking him Lord, he is in contorl and you develop a personal relationship with him. That personal relationship with Jesus Christ is how you get to heaven.
2006-09-04 14:07:46 · answer #10 · answered by Searcher 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋