Is the Joint Catholic Lutheran Doctrine, Fallible?

[Steven_Merten]

Hello Matt,

Here is the link you requested.

 

[Matt16_18]

Steven Merten:

This declaration, allong with the Protestant thinking, intentionally exclude Christ’s teaching on what we must do to go to heaven. Using the bible to portray a half truth is worse than outright lying about scriptural truths. A person reading the joint declaration would assume that Jesus teachings on justification (salvation) are wrong.

Please show me a quote from the JDDJ that contradicts what the Catholic Church teaches about justification.

 

[Ignatius]

I misread the question. How can I change my vote?

 

[Steven_Merten]

Soon after the Joint Lutheran Catholic Statement on Justification was signed, someone in the Vatican released the “No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church” statement.

There were some very upset Protestants over the statement. The Protestants had spent years of working together with the Catholics on every little detail of the document without any mention of this being a criteria for salvation. I think they were justified in thier complaint.

Seeing that the Church firmly believes that residing in the bosom of the Catholic Church is a must for salvation, is not incorporation of this doctrine in the Joint Statement, a must? Was this an error in the Statement?

Note: We understand Church teaching that Protestant baptism brings Protestants into the bosom of the Catholic Church.