2007-11-05 15:11:48 · 16 answers · asked by Naturescent 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If there is any reason to be against something, the Catholic Church is. Like with all faiths the variations are in the people.
When I was a kid you were suppose to ask the priest if it was alright to see a movie. I
don't think most did. There are always fundies that live by the law rather than grace.
Some say the church is God's authority on earth and if you aren't Catholic you can't be saved. Some don't.
What gets me is all the Catholics I meet that don't think they are Christians but Catholics.
2007-11-05 19:51:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. The Catholic Church believes that Jesus is the author of all salvation, and it's completely up to Him who He will save. The Catholic Church does NOT dictate to God who gets to go to heaven and who does not.
2007-11-06 02:02:25 · answer #2 · answered by sparki777 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unlike most Christian religions- Catholics believe in ONE baptism to be saved. Meaning- if you were baptized Baptist and then converted to Catholicism, you don't get re-baptized, you just become confirmed in the Catholic faith.
So to answer your question, yes, Catholics believe you can receive salvation without becoming Catholic.
Catholics are one of the most tolerant religions of other religions. Unlike many other Christian religions, one is hard pressed to find an evangelical Catholic that preaches "convert" everyone to X denomination- they aren't saved if they aren't X.
2007-11-06 07:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by mldjay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
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.
2007-11-05 16:17:56 · answer #4 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There are several different types of salvation. Some believe those who were good before Jesus came to redeem man went to the limbo of the fathers. They were in the bosom of Abraham until Jesus died. When he died he stormed the gates of hell and freed those souls in the limbo of the fathers. They then went to heaven. Unbaptized babies go to the limbo of the infants, which is an eternal state of natural happiness, not of supernatural happiness, which is heaven.
Some argue for purgatory. This is the place where good people who are unbaptized (not Catholic) go for their souls to purify in the flames before going to heaven. The flames of purgatory are not supposed to be hot.
There are several schools of thought about the salvation of the unbaptized in catholic doctrine. The Pope does not endorse Limbo, instead going with the salvation of unbaptized babies and I believe, the damnation of those who are not Catholic.
2007-11-05 15:29:07 · answer #5 · answered by Jim 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My answer is a yes and a no. What i remember the bible states that salvation is not given through your good works or anything else but through the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.
Christianity or Catholic believes Jesus as God, they believe through His grace we attain salvation. Thus, it indirectly states that you cannot attain salvation if you are not catholic.
But for me this is not conclusive. To believe in Jesus Christ and His grace, to be his disciple is what has has been required only. It is not the religion that saves you, it is your FAITH and BELIEF of Jesus Christ that we can recieve salvation.
2007-11-05 15:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by copperfield 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It's all in the Vatican documents, the people that said no have no idea and have probably never read a scrap of Vatican documents like most non catholic christians who just invent what catholics believe, look it up and you will be very surprised at what it says in there
2007-11-05 15:21:32 · answer #7 · answered by chocolateman 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
ofcourse. But the RomanCatholic Church firmly teaches that it has the fullness of truth and all the means of salvation through the Holy Sacraments. God bless.
2007-11-05 15:17:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes. At least they did when I was Catholic
2007-11-05 15:15:07 · answer #9 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Salvation is not predicated on a type of religion.
2007-11-05 15:16:42 · answer #10 · answered by God is love. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋