Did a non-catholic who died in 1920 go to hell, but to heaven in 2020?

[brown_bear]

It is not easier to save ourselves today than a hundred years ago, the initial question served to think: that is, if we accept a contrast between before and after the Second Vatican Council, the consequences are paradoxical, like those of the title.

Luckily the dogma does not change, although a good catechist of 2020 maybe can explain it better than a catechist of 1920. The dogma does not change, but the reflection of the faithful can understand it and present it better.

Now it is normal for a catechist to say: yes, the good non-Christian can be saved, but always through the Sacrifice of Christ, and since Christ identifies himself in His Church, the non-Christian is saved in the Church too.

Perhaps in 1920 it was less normal among catechists, but in the heart of the Church and her Magisterium every thing was already present.

And, to conclude, I appreciated SFG’s topic and his slightly paradoxical questions.

 

[annem]

Of course there is a hell, alas. The ancient Jews had only a vague concept, and sometimes it seemed, none at all, of hell and heaven.

But Jesus was very clear. No one mentioned hell in the NT more than Jesus.

So of course there is a hell. Origen in around 230 AD famously thought those condemned to hell would eventually be let free. This argument was strongly condemned as a heresy

Dogma never changes. Although it can develop, it can never develop in a manner that alters it.