CATHOLICS Only: Do you believe Protestants burn in Hell....???

Question

I've heard polite Catholics when pressed will talk about us falling away or being in error - but bottom line - take off the kid gloves, I want the ugly, unvarnished truth.

Deep down in places you don't talk about at parties - all you Catholics secretly believe, practice and teach that all us Protestants are going to burn in Hell, right???

Please be brutally honest, don't try to spare my feelings - I want the truth!

Answer 1

This is what Jesus said about those who reject and persecute the Church he founded.

“He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.” – Luke 10,16 (KJV)

The Church Fathers also affirmed this doctrine.

Ignatius of Antioch
"Be not deceived, my brethren: If anyone follows a maker of schism [i.e., is a schismatic], he does not inherit the kingdom of God; if anyone walks in strange doctrine [i.e., is a heretic], he has no part in the passion [of Christ]. Take care, then, to use one Eucharist, so that whatever you do, you do according to God: For there is one flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ, and one cup in the union of his blood; one altar, as there is one bishop, with the presbytery and my fellow servants, the deacons" (Letter to the Philadelphians 3:3–4:1 [A.D. 110]).

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 2

The best way to find out what Catholics believe would be to go to The Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is public and there are no secret things that we only talk about among ourselves.
The Catholic Church believes that anyone who lives a good life can go to Heaven. That applies to other Christians and also to those who are not Christians. In this the Catholic belief is much wider and more encompassing than that of some other Christian groups.

Answer 3

Catholics do not believe this at all. The Catechism clearly declares that all those baptized into Christ belong to Him. The Church's position is also quite open-minded and compassionate when it comes to the question of those who do not know Christ at all, entrusting them to the great love and mercy of God, who is the only Judge. I have, unhappily, heard more ultra-conservative Protestants talk about Catholics as those fallen away and in error and heading for perdition, not the other way around.

Answer 4

it somewhat is not what person catholics believe or not, your question could be What does the catholic church coach approximately protestants going to hell because of the fact they don't look to be catholilc. however the church does not coach that protestants will flow to hell. rather opposite. they'll flow to heaven in the event that they persist with what they beleive is Gods will and that they do it, and that they stay a sturdy and holy life, with the absence of severe sin of corse.

Answer 5

I don't believe anyone will burn in Hell. Actually, I have never been to a Catholic church where they even preached once about Hell. It's so much more about the love and grace of God.

Answer 6

No, they won't burn in hell. I'm a Catholic and our wonderful priest reminds us that we have a forgiving and merciful God, and that we are all loved. Just ask God forgiveness and truly repent :) And whatever "God" is your deity, I'm sure God wouldn't send someone who is truly "sorry" to hell. Like anything else,"religion" has evolved and the notion of "hell" today is much different than what people were taught to believe 20 plus years ago.

Answer 7

No my mother was a Catholic and my father a Protestant and occasionally she might of wanted him to burn in hell but not because of his religion in fact she encouraged us to study both faiths.

Answer 8

No.

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 9

This kind of question frustrates me no end. Contrary to your ideas, you are soo misguided. Catholics are not a bunch of judgmental people...they are the most loving and misunderstood of Christians. Judge Not is not the way REAL Christians act toward one another...am I right?

Answer 10

I was raised a Catholic and never once did I hear such talk. And this was 35 years ago. If anything, the church has become MORE liberal in its views, not less.