Roman Catholics.....?

Question

do you agree with the pope that protestants are not in the body of Christ?

mahen
thanks for being honest

daisy
you are wrong

Paul
explain theschism from the eastern churches...it only tool about 1200 years.
Give me a break ...please.

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

The Catholic Church does teach that outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation, but one must look at what this really means. Paragraph 3 of the Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio, 21 November 1964) says that our separated brethren "who believe in the faith of Christ and have been properly baptized are put in some, though imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church." It also says that "all who have been justified by faith in baptism are incorporated into Christ, they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers by the children of the Catholic Church." Everyone is saved through the Catholic Church, either as faithful members of that Church, or as members of churches which contain some significant elements of truth and sanctification found in the Catholic Church, or as persons who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do His will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience. For this reason, a Bishop is responsible for every soul within his diocese, not just the Catholic ones.

Answer 3

The Pope did not say that. He only approved a new document that states nothing new: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20070629_responsa-quaestiones_en.html

Most Christian denominations believe that each of them is the fullest version of the Church of Christ.

While the Catholic Church also believes that she is "the highest exemplar" of the mystery that is the Church of Christ, she does not claim that non-Catholic Churches are not truly Christian. The Catholic Church teaches:

Furthermore, 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, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church.

All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 819: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p3.htm#819

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

No. Because the Pope didn't say that. He said that our "separated brethren" are not members of the true Church founded by Jesus Christ for all mankind, which is a straightforward, undeniable historical fact. However, all Christians, even those who are members of unauthorized manmade denominations teaching partial truth, are members of the Body of Christ. Unfortunately it is a broken body because of these manmade divisions.

Answer 5

We are in a state of "imperfect communion" with them, but they are also in the Body of Christ. The Catholic Church recognizes their baptism as valid. Baptism makes one a member of Christ's body. Therefore they must also be in the Body of Christ.

Answer 6

One would certainly hope so. There's a lot of protestants out there, how would they fit?

Answer 7

Jesus never existed.

But if he did, being "in" a 2000 year old corpse is sick.