Is it easier to get to heaven as a Catholic than a Protestant?

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Lenten_ashes said:
Right, if it were based on merit, only our dogs would get to heaven šŸ˜‰

The disposition of the personā€™s heart matters - no matter what branch they are a part of. The Church stresses this and we see a example in the gospels with the good thief, he likely had perfect contrition.
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Talking about dogs, Buddy, our black Labrador has gone blind in both eyes. He is eleven years old. Last week he fell into the drain and didnā€™t come home; we had to look for him and pull him out. Should he leave this world, I sure hope he will go to heaven. :bighanky:
 
We Catholics have more Church laws to follow and therefore breakā€¦so it may be harder to get to heaven. šŸ¤·
 
Wannabe_Monk_16 said:
I thought only the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Communities have the Eucharist?
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From the RCCā€™s view that is true. But from various Protestant denominations views we also have validly confected Eucharist. For example Anglican Churches.
 
thistle said:
That is not true. Some Protestants (e.g. Lutherans) believe in the Real Presence in a consubstantial manner, meaning they believe the Real Presence coexists with the bread and wine after consecration which is a heresy. They deny transubstantiation.
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Actually Lutherans believe in Sacramental Union not Consubstantiarionā€¦
 
Reuben_J said:
Talking about dogs, Buddy, our black Labrador has gone blind in both eyes. He is eleven years old. Last week he fell into the drain and didnā€™t come home; we had to look for him and pull him out. Should he leave this world, I sure hope he will go to heaven. :bighanky:
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I am so sorry to hear that šŸ˜¦

The Church does teach that animals have ā€œsensitive soulsā€. So I definitely think heaven is possible.
 
truetofaith said:
We Catholics have more Church laws to follow and therefore breakā€¦so it may be harder to get to heaven. šŸ¤·
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Great point.

Become Catholic and you are on the hook for the rest of your life - cant plead ignorance at the day of judgment. To whom much is given, much is expected.
 
PJM said:
Yes we do:)

Perhaps I was unclear?

A Sacramental Marriage is between a Catholic {or Catholic ā€¦man & woman}, in a Catholic Church.

But many Protestants Christians do not marry a Catholic, nor get married in a Catholic Church and hence my position; thereā€™s is not a ā€œSacramental marriage.ā€.

God Bless you

Patrick
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No, I am afraid that you are mistaken. Read the links that I posted. Baptized Protestants do marry sacramentally, according to the Catholic Church.
 
PaulfromIowa said:
No, I am afraid that you are mistaken. Read the links that I posted. Baptized Protestants do marry sacramentally, according to the Catholic Church.
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Rightand even as a Catholic you can get a dispensation and Marry in a protestant church.
 
PJM said:
Yes we do:)

Perhaps I was unclear?

A Sacramental Marriage is between a Catholic {or Catholic ā€¦man & woman}, in a Catholic Church.

But many Protestants Christians do not marry a Catholic, nor get married in a Catholic Church and hence my position; thereā€™s is not a ā€œSacramental marriage.ā€.

God Bless you

Patrick
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What you have written is egregiously wrong. Your position on the matter is directly contrary to Church teaching.

Non-Catholic Christians, when both are baptised, can in fact have sacramental marriagesā€¦presuming they are capable of contracting marriage.

The Church is very clear on this pointā€¦and it is an elementary point, actually.
 
Don_Ruggero said:
What you have written is egregiously wrong. Your position on the matter is directly contrary to Church teaching.

Non-Catholic Christians, when both are baptised, can in fact have sacramental marriagesā€¦presuming they are capable of contracting marriage.

The Church is very clear on this pointā€¦and it is an elementary point, actually.
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If I understand it correctly, the point is that if all sacramental factors involved are valid, then the sacrament is validly confected. And the possibly pertinent point is that the ministers of the sacrament of matrimony are the man and woman involved.
 
Lenten_ashes said:
Great point.

Become Catholic and you are on the hook for the rest of your life - cant plead ignorance at the day of judgment. To whom much is given, much is expected.
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Does the Church say anything on this point re easier or harder to get into heaven? So, becoming Catholic adds extra rules you must follow, but correspondingly gives you access to the Sacraments and the graces they provide.

Is it the teaching of the Church that this definitely makes it easier to get into Heaven or is it silent on that matter? Note, of course, I donā€™t mean to ask whether the Church says you should or shouldnā€™t become Catholic (itā€™s pretty clear that you should), just the more limited question of if it has doctrinal teaching about becoming Catholic making Heaven easier or harder to enter.
 
I believe it is not easier to get to Heaven as a Catholic. God loves our protestant brothers and sisters as much as He loves Catholics.

Jesus said multiple times in the Gospels things like ā€œYour faith has saved you, or your faith has made you well.ā€

Fully trusting in Christ is what makes all the difference. If a false person regularly participates in all the sacraments they can, but does not trust and obey the Lord - will they go to Heaven? Itā€™s probably not as un-common as we wish it was.
 
carefullytread said:
Does the Church say anything on this point re easier or harder to get into heaven?
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Not explicitly, but implicitly it does.

If a non-Catholic repents of his mortal sin with perfect contrition, then he is forgiven without the sacrament.

But itā€™s very, very difficult to have perfect contrition.
 
Markie_Boy said:
I believe it is not easier to get to Heaven as a Catholic. God loves our protestant brothers and sisters as much as He loves Catholics.

Jesus said multiple times in the Gospels things like ā€œYour faith has saved you, or your faith has made you well.ā€

Fully trusting in Christ is what makes all the difference. If a false person regularly participates in all the sacraments they can, but does not trust and obey the Lord - will they go to Heaven? Itā€™s probably not as un-common as we wish it was.
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So why on earth become a Catholic then? Being a once saved always saved protestant is a lot easier.
 
dark_light said:
I know that but that person said that faith in Jesus is all that matters. Which I guess would be sold fide which isnā€™t something Catholics believe.
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Markie is certainly free to answer for himself, but I donā€™t see where he said that ā€œfaith in Jesus is all that mattersā€.
 
To clarify - I donā€™t believe in OSAS, or Sola Scriptura or Sola Fide. I believe we are to trust in Jesus and obey as best we can. Itā€™s just that I feel like I am around of a lot of Catholics that go thru the motions - this may put me in a mood sometimes, and I am working on it, sorry.

James 1:22 - But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Not a Sola anything guy here.
 
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