do you have to be Catholic to get into Heaven??

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thank you for your patience
It is a complicated concept, so it is not surprising that it is difficult to grasp.
complicated concept you say…oh my …you bring back memories when my wife said “it was so complicated to me, I can not believe it is this simple”

she said this when the gospel was explained to her

you didn’t use my DQ example but lets go with what you given here

guanafore it is scary how close we are to what we believe is true
let me illustrate by your quote and change catholic church to bible and that will illustrate exactly how I as well as many more non catholic christians believe to be truth

The bible teaches that there is no salvation apart from Christ. Christ is inseparabely joined with His Holy Bride, the Church. All who are in Christ are members of His One Body, the Church.

church=christian church body of believers (catholics , baptist, protestants, evangeliticals, all christians) in Jesus
I hope this helps,
it does 🙂 and thank you

I ask you the following not to try and change what you believe

can you see why I was finding it hard to grasp the catholic teaching about salvation outside the catholic church?

even though I am not catholic, you do believe I am christian right?

If you do then I hope you can see why I was having a hard time accept the CC teaches that my salvation might be in jeopardy if I do not come back to the CC.

I agree I walked away from the catholic church but I did not walk away from God and His christian church body of believers.

The one thief with Jesus is in heaven not because he was catholic but because he expressed his belief in Jesus and became a christian believer right before he died.

I have a scary feeling that you will disagree wit something.

remember, I am not asking you is this what you believe, because I know it is not.

you even stated to hisalone his description of church is deficient, which is the same thing as I changed your quote to mean based on hisalone and my belief
I am asking can you see why we have been posting the way we have been based on what we believe?

thank you again

God bless
 
guanafore it is scary how close we are to what we believe is true
I dont find it scary at all! Christ wants unity in His Body.

let me illustrate by your quote and change catholic church to bible and that will illustrate exactly how I as well as many more non catholic christians believe to be truth
The bible teaches that there is no salvation apart from Christ. Christ is inseparabely joined with His Holy Bride, the Church. All who are in Christ are members of His One Body, the Church.
The reason that you find this in scripture is because it is Catholic Teaching. The Bible is a Catholic book. The NT was produced entirely out of Catholic Sacred Tradition. There is nothing in it that is not Catholic. That is why there is no conflict between what the Church teaches, and what is recorded in scripture. 😃
church=christian church body of believers (catholics , baptist, protestants, evangeliticals, all christians) in Jesus
While I accept that this is an accurate element of the description of Church, it is still highly deficient.
can you see why I was finding it hard to grasp the catholic teaching about salvation outside the catholic church?

even though I am not catholic, you do believe I am christian right?
Yes, and yes.
If you do then I hope you can see why I was having a hard time accept the CC teaches that my salvation might be in jeopardy if I do not come back to the CC.
I can understand that, but the injuction does not apply to you, since you really do not understand all the Catholic Churches teachings. You don’t even appear to be aware that the NT is a Catholic book!
I agree I walked away from the catholic church but I did not walk away from God and His christian church body of believers.
I did the same thing. It took a long time to realize it was my misunderstandings and ignorance that was at work.
The one thief with Jesus is in heaven not because he was catholic but because he expressed his belief in Jesus and became a christian believer right before he died.
There is no difference between the two.
I have a scary feeling that you will disagree wit something.

remember, I am not asking you is this what you believe, because I know it is not.

I am asking can you see why I have been posting the way I have been based on what I believe?
Yes. Absolutely.
 
I dont find it scary at all! Christ wants unity in His Body.

let me illustrate by your quote and change catholic church to bible and that will illustrate exactly how I as well as many more non catholic christians believe to be truth

The reason that you find this in scripture is because it is Catholic Teaching. The Bible is a Catholic book. The NT was produced entirely out of Catholic Sacred Tradition. There is nothing in it that is not Catholic. That is why there is no conflict between what the Church teaches, and what is recorded in scripture. 😃

While I accept that this is an accurate element of the description of Church, it is still highly deficient.

Yes, and yes.

I can understand that, but the injuction does not apply to you, since you really do not understand all the Catholic Churches teachings. You don’t even appear to be aware that the NT is a Catholic book!

I did the same thing. It took a long time to realize it was my misunderstandings and ignorance that was at work.

There is no difference between the two.

Yes. Absolutely.
thank you quanofore, i will add a few comments but I am falling asleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It is a blessing to feel at least we are understanding each other better 🙂

I have one question though…

Is it a problem to be too much loving on this forum?

reason I ask, I noticed tweetymom was banned :(. any thoughts?

good night

God bless
 
It’s just that I wouldn’t really care if my doctor has had cancer or not–if he can give me the right treatment for my cancer, he’s my guy.

If I had to go to a marriage counselor, I wouldn’t really care if this counselor had experienced the same “issues” I had–as long as she could provide truthful, relevant advice, she’s my gal.

See what I’m saying, Ron?
I see what you’re saying. :hmmm:
 
I see what you’re saying. :hmmm:
and you are saying in a nut shell…

Attn: all non-catholic catholic christian…

those of you like, hisalone and mpjw, who believe Jesus’ church is not only the Catholic church as we believe,

but

the church is Jesus’ church body which includes ALL christians (catholics, baptists, protestants etc) who are believers in Jesus Christ…

your belief is deficient.

Out of the kindness and love of our hearts we present this truth to you.

Since we believe Jesus one true church is the catholic church you will have the best chance of salvation by coming home to the church Jesus founded and receive the sacraments and the fullness of truth.

we love you all and will keep you in our prayers and want to let you know you are always welcomed 👍

Did I get it right this time?

thank you ang God bless
 
and you are saying in a nut shell…

Did I get it right this time?

thank you ang God bless
I was only agreeing to the concept of being helped by someone who has not been similarly afflicted.
 
I was only agreeing to the concept of being helped by someone who has not been similarly afflicted.
Ron i realized…sorry 😦 I left that acknowledgement out

however, is my last post accurate on what the CC teaches?

if not please make corrections

thank you 🙂

mpjw
 
Ron i realized…sorry 😦 I left that acknowledgement out

however, is my last post accurate on what the CC teaches?

if not please make corrections

thank you 🙂

mpjw
It seems OK to me but I’m not an expert on what the Church teaches. I’ve been called a heretic, false representative, cafeteria catholic, ignorant, etc. and according to canon law I’m not going to heaven either.
 
Not only will you find Protestants in heaven, you’ll also find atheists, pagans, buddhists, Taoists, Animists, Wiccans, Pantheists, Muslims, Druids, etc.
Really? And what private revelation told you this, because the Church has never taught that this. In fact the Church has condemned as error that there is good hope for the salvation of non-Catholics.
 
thank you quanofore, i will add a few comments but I am falling asleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It is a blessing to feel at least we are understanding each other better 🙂

I have one question though…

Is it a problem to be too much loving on this forum?

reason I ask, I noticed tweetymom was banned :(. any thoughts?

good night

God bless
she wasn’t loving to me… :rolleyes:
 
Indeed.

I admire greatly men like St. Augustine, Fr. Corapi, Fr. Don Calloway who had dramatic conversion stories.

I’m just saying that one needed live on the other side of the tracks to be relevant. 🤷
then you’re the one to ask this question i have:

i think it was @ Atheists.com that i heard this poster say that Augustine was a bad person who shouldnt have been canonized (paraphrase)… because he ditched a women he’d had a child with… then was supposed to marry someone his mother wanted him to marry but she was only 13… so he had to wait or something… :confused: but anyway… the poster said that he shouldn’t have been held in such regard because he shirked his responsibility to his child…

i was kinda wondering about that same thing even b4 i went to that site… :confused:
 
The Catechism nowhere says there are athiests, druids, wiccans, etc in Heaven.
I agree with you that we will not meet an atheist, wiccan, druid, muslim, hindu, buddhist etc in heaven

but,

ONLY by the grace of God, had any of these people found faith in Jesus Christ upto and including that moment before they died, confessed and repented, we will meet them in heaven, not as their former self, but as a christian believer in Jesus, their past sins having been forgiven and forgotten by the blood of Jesus Christ

God bless
 
There have been a lot of rogues who eventually became saints. The key is they reformed their lives and repented.

Luckily for a lot of folks, it is what you are like towards the end of your life that matters most.
 
I wouldn’t say that, ron. There are now over 40,000 Christian denominations, each disagreeing on Biblical doctrines.

This is the fruit of the Protestant Reformation, where an individual–fallible and with no authority–can say, “I disagree with this man’s interpretation of 1Pet 3:15 or of John 3:15 and I’m going to start my own church!”

Please pray for Christian unity!
They do not disagree on the main statements of faith however…
If you would go ahead and have a church vote on the color of the piano it would split the church…
 
back to the subject at hand…
do catholics believe there is or is not salvation outside of the CC?

I must admit I must be stupid, ignorant, blinded, that I do not see how you believe there is salvation outside the chuch even after these recent posts that you believe the CC is the only true church.

PR uses illustrations so I have one of my own in #854 unreplied too. I hope this is the last time I ask for clarification in this area
thank you for you patience
I look forward to your answer in laymans terms please as so I can better understand you

God bless
Seems to me that according to the CC the CC is the one true church Jesus Christ founded and that one has to be part of her to get saved. If one however has not the full knowledge of the “truth” of the CC (and who has that please?) then it does not matter because just being a sincere believer in anything is enough to get one into heaven… The one true church thereby declares it is the one true church but there is salvation outside of her if you lack knowledge making everything else that’s on the market true too…
 
I agree with you that we will not meet an atheist, wiccan, druid, muslim, hindu, buddhist etc in heaven

but,

ONLY by the grace of God, had any of these people found faith in Jesus Christ upto and including that moment before they died, confessed and repented, we will meet them in heaven, not as their former self, but as a christian believer in Jesus, their past sins having been forgiven and forgotten by the blood of Jesus Christ

God bless
If you prick a Catholic does he not bleed?

In the story of Yonah (Jonah) the prophet Yonah is sent to warn a pagan city and in the story it is a pagan city that God redeems.

Should the Catholic be denied the world to come because he has not reached the point where he is able to conceive of God without giving Him a human form and because he tries to depict Him in statues and pictures? Should the Catholic be denied the world to come because he has not reached a point where he is able to grasp Torah?

We are all God’s children. We are all equally precious in His eyes. Christians too get to go to the world to come. The only caveat being that if they start social clubs they cannot refuse Jewish applicants for membership on the basis of religion.
 
Seems to me that according to the CC the CC is the one true church Jesus Christ founded and that one has to be part of her to get saved. If one however has not the full knowledge of the “truth” of the CC (and who has that please?) then it does not matter because just being a sincere believer in anything is enough to get one into heaven… The one true church thereby declares it is the one true church but there is salvation outside of her if you lack knowledge making everything else that’s on the market true too…
interesting Janet, I was thinking that way but I see you are better than me using words,…thank you 🙂

to this catholics say…

i am afraid …

the church teaches we are not to judge may be one of the answers…

we wait and see… 👍

God bless you Janet
 
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