Do Muslims and Jews go to heaven too?

[pwlj_christ871]

I know the church;'s stance is that they are our brothers and sisters, but do they go to heaven also?

 

[1Lord1Faith]

Yes, they can. Christ died for all of humanity, not just a certain group. That is the short answer.

 

[pwlj_christ871]

dont muslims and j ews both deny christ?

 

[1Lord1Faith]

It’s not that simple. Many Christians who “accept” Christ may not make it to heaven.

 

[edtaylor51]

Deny in what way? You will find almost no Jews who deny Christ existed. They do not feel he meets the criteria of the Messiah. They view Jesus as the Son of God as all people are Sons and Daughters of God. Muslims believe Jesus is the precursor to Muhammed and is Islam’s second most important prophet.

 

[thephilosopher6]

Jews and Muslims are like all other human beings, they too have inherited original sin, and because of this, they too can only be saved by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Unfortunately, many Jewish people have rejected their own Messiah, but there is still hope for them, God has not forgotten about them. At the end of time, many Jews will recognize Jesus as the Christ prophesied in the Old Testament (Romans 11:26). For now, we can only hope that God will show mercy upon Jewish souls at the particular judgment, as we do any soul who has rejected Christ.

As for Muslims, their acceptance of the God of Abraham is commendable, but the religion of Islam does teach many false and even out right blasphemous things. Islam, unlike Judaism, has no real inspiration from God, instead they have been deceived by a false prophet who taught many false doctrines not of God. Still, like any one else who has rejected God as he truly is, we hope and pray that God will show mercy on their souls at the particular judgment; we can never ever make proper judgments in these cases, especially for non-believers, we only leave it up for God to decide and make known at the final judgment.

 

[Todd_Easton]

Paragraph 847 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church addresses this question:

"Outside the Church there is no salvation"

846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers?335 Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:

Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.336

847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:

Those 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 - those too may achieve eternal salvation.337

 

[BornInMarch]

What about those who are unaware “that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ”? What about those who refuse to enter or remain in it do so because they sincerely - yet mistakenly - believe that it was not founded by God?

 

[adamhovey1988]

Of course they can, but that doesn’t mean they will. Also doesn’t mean they won’t. If that makes sense.

 

[KevinK]

847 This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church:

Those 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 - those too may achieve eternal salvation.337

I have seen “through no fault of their own” applied very broadly even to people raised from birth in the Catholic Church and subsequently leave it. I can see it applying to people who have never heard of Jesus Christ, but how can virtually anyone raised in Christian countries fall under “no fault of their own”?

 

[JoshuaIsLord]

I can see it applying to people who have never heard of Jesus Christ, but how can virtually anyone raised in Christian countries fall under “no fault of their own”?

Having heard of Jesus Christ
vs
Having been fully indoctrinated in Jesus Christ
are 2 different elements.

Protestants can attend church all their life hearing about Jesus Christ but never really be fully indoctrinated in Jesus Christ. I was raised in a Pentecostal environment for 18 years, never heard a lot of the Gospels ( IE Matthews Sermon on the Mount ) preached from the pulpit. Sunday School was mostly taught from the Old Testament.

Now take someone that has never been churched at all…

 

[Thom18]

They have the possibility. Of course, you’re “more likely” if you’re a believer.

 

[Spyridon]

There are souls in Heaven who on Earth were Jews or Muslims;
There are souls in Hell who on Earth were Catholics.
There are souls in Purgatory who on Earth were atheists;
There are souls in Heaven who on Earth were Protestants.
There are souls in Heaven who on Earth were Hindus;
There are souls in Hell who on Earth were Buddhists.

However, the Catholic Church holds the fulness of Truth. Jews and Muslims have bits and pieces of the Truth mixed in with flawed human beliefs and even evil beliefs and customs.

But being a Catholic does not guarentee you will go to heaven, neither does being a Muslim guarentee you will go to hell.