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The Catholic view of Salvation:

1.) Believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and that He rose again.

2.) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

3.) Love God and follow His commandments all your life. Remain Faithful.

4.) Confess your sins to Him and go to Confession whenever you commit a mortal sin.

I’m trying to put together a very straightforward list for the Catholic view of Salvation. Does this sound about right? Please make suggestions on how to improve it.
 
pretty close
Zenkai said:
The Catholic view of Salvation:

1.) Believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and that He rose again.
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good start.

Then join oneself to His Church, by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Which leads to:
2.) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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And once baptized, we are part of His Church, which is our Mother in faith leading us closer and closer to God. The church taeches us how to:
3.) Love God and follow His commandments all your life. Remain Faithful.
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which includes:
4.) Confess your sins to Him and go to Confession whenever you commit a mortal sin.
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and receive as required the rest of the sacraments ministered by the Church (7 in all including Baptism and Confession).
I’m trying to put together a very straightforward list for the Catholic view of Salvation. Does this sound about right? Please make suggestions on how to improve it.
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If you are careful to do 4, when necessary, with repentance and true purpose of amendment, you will remain saved and assured of Heaven although you are not assured of a lack of suffering in this life or no stint in Purgatory after death (to remove remaining attachements to sin.)

peace
steve
 
thenobes said:
pretty close

good start.

Then join oneself to His Church, by the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Which leads to:

And once baptized, we are part of His Church, which is our Mother in faith leading us closer and closer to God. The church taeches us how to:

which includes:

and receive as required the rest of the sacraments ministered by the Church (7 in all including Baptism and Confession).

If you are careful to do 4, when necessary, with repentance and true purpose of amendment, you will remain saved and assured of Heaven although you are not assured of a lack of suffering in this life or no stint in Purgatory after death (to remove remaining attachements to sin.)

peace
steve
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Thank you. How should I work them into the list? Just add them onto the numbered points? Or make more points?
 
Zenkai said:
The Catholic view of Salvation:

1.) Believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and that He rose again.

2.) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

3.) Love God and follow His commandments all your life. Remain Faithful.

4.) Confess your sins to Him and go to Confession whenever you commit a mortal sin.

I’m trying to put together a very straightforward list for the Catholic view of Salvation. Does this sound about right? Please make suggestions on how to improve it.
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From a penny catechism I used to carry around.

What must I do to be saved?

To be saved you must worship God in faith, hope and love.
 
Just a caution on #4…we go to Confession regularly, not just when we have a mortal sin. Venial sin, when piled upon a soul, hardens the heart to Grace. It is when people say they feel like they have a “barrier” between them and God. If you receive Confession on a regular basis (say…once a month? once every 2 months?) then you are more apt to hear God’s voice and remain close to His commandments. Good night and God Bless!!!
 
Updated:

1.) Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for our sins and that He rose again.

2.) Repent of your sins.

3.) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

4.) Love God and follow His commandments all your life. Remain Faithful.

5.) Confess your sins to Him and go to Confession whenever you commit a mortal sin.
 
I might also include performing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy (maybe as a subset of 4).

Corporal Works of Mercy
  • Feed the hungry
  • Give drink to the thirsty
  • Clothe the naked
  • Give shelter the homeless
  • Visit the sick
  • Bury the dead
Spiritual Works of Mercy
  • Instruct the ignorant
  • Counsel the doubtful
  • Admonish the sinner
  • Bear wrongs patiently
  • Forgive all injuries
  • Pray for the living and the dead
 
Zenkai said:
Updated:

1.) Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for our sins and that He rose again.

2.) Repent of your sins.

3.) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

4.) Love God and follow His commandments all your life. Remain Faithful.

5.) Confess your sins to Him and go to Confession whenever you commit a mortal sin.
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I think that this is a wonderful idea…
In connection with number 4, I suggest you review Mt 22:36-40 for the foundation of all the “commandments” - Yes Love God, but also Love your neighbor as yourself.

This command to Love is really the foundation for the very Catholic view of becoming sanctified (growing in holiness). We are called to Holiness; to become saints. So this requires a daily living out of our faith through Love.

Peace
James
 
Zenkai said:
Updated:

1.) Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for our sins and that He rose again.

2.) Repent of your sins.

3.) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

4.) Love God and follow His commandments all your life. Remain Faithful.

5.) Confess your sins to Him and go to Confession whenever you commit a mortal sin.
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Excellent work! Here are a couple of concepts to consider:

Basically, the Sacraments are the means to Salvation, and you are quite gracefully describing them in your points:
  1. Believing that Jesus Christ is…, is essentially the Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism and Confirmation in particular.
  2. Repent of your sins… is Sacrament of Reconciliation
  3. Be Baptized…is the Sacrament of Baptism
  4. Remain Faithful to Love is the Sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony
  5. Confess your sins… is Sacrament of Reconciliation
Perhaps consider adding the Sacrament of Eucharist for Salvation. Here is an example:
Partaking of the Body and Blood of God, so that the body may now have everlasting life.

Keep up the great work!
 
Thank you everyone for the responses. 🙂

Are all the Sacraments 100% necessary for Salvation? The Protestants don’t have all the Sacraments, but the Catholic Church still believes that Protestants will receive Salvation.
 
Zenkai said:
Thank you everyone for the responses. 🙂

Are all the Sacraments 100% necessary for Salvation? The Protestants don’t have all the Sacraments, but the Catholic Church still believes that Protestants will receive Salvation.
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Not correct. There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church.
 
Zenkai said:
Thank you everyone for the responses. 🙂
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You are welcome.
This is a most interesting thread. It speaks to something I have thought of too.
It also highlights a bit how and why something as simple as “Love God and Love neighbor” becomes so (seemingly) complex over time.
Are all the Sacraments 100% necessary for Salvation?
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The Sacraments are gifts from God and primary channels of his Grace, so in that sense yes they are all “necessary for Salvation”. However since the vast majority will not receive ALL of the sacraments (a person called to Marriage will not receive Holy Orders in the Latin church), it would be incorrect to say that they are all necessary for salvation in the sense of having to receive them.
The Protestants don’t have all the Sacraments, but the Catholic Church still believes that Protestants will receive Salvation.
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This might be phrased better…The Catholic Church believes that protestants can receive salvation…
thistle said:
Not correct. There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church.
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Thistle,
We need to be careful in how we express this truth for the Church has chosen to take a more generally positive view and method of embracing this. This view is expressed in some detail HERE in the Catechism where she makes such point as…
  • “818 - However, one cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these (protestant) communities…”
  • “819 - Furthermore, many elements of sanctification and of truth’ are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church…”
  • “819 - All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church.”
  • “847 - This affirmation (no salvation outside the Catholic Church) is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church…”
I do not say this to be critical of your comment dear Thistle, but rather to expand upon it in a manner that encourages more research, understanding, and desire to become ever more integrated into the fullness of Truth contained in the Church.

Peace
James
 
thistle said:
Not correct. There is no salvation outside the Catholic Church.
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But Protestants are a part of the Catholic Church through baptism. So, therefore, I was correct when I said Catholics believe Protestants can make it to Heaven.
 
JRKH said:
The Sacraments are gifts from God and primary channels of his Grace, so in that sense yes they are all “necessary for Salvation”. However since the vast majority will not receive ALL of the sacraments (a person called to Marriage will not receive Holy Orders in the Latin church), it would be incorrect to say that they are all necessary for salvation in the sense of having to receive them.
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Thank you James. How is this list:

1.) Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for our sins and that He rose again.

2.) Repent of your sins.

3.) Be Baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

4.) Love God and follow His commandments all your life. Remain Faithful.

5.) Love your neighbor as yourself.

6.) Confess your sins to Him and go to Confession whenever you commit a mortal sin.

7.) Receive Gods Grace, especially from the Sacraments.

Does everyone think that everything on this list is 100% necessary? I want to keep it to just the necessities.
 
Also add:
Have faith as a child (Mt 18:3)
Be born again by Water and the Spirit (Jn 3:4-6)
Eat His Flesh and Drink His Blood (Jn 6:51)
Perform the corporal works of mercy (Mt 25:31 and following)
Listen to His Apostles (Lk 10:16)

I’m sure there are others that have to do with ‘obtaining the Kingdom’, ‘obtaining eternal life’ or loosing them too…
 
Zenkai said:
Thank you everyone for the responses. 🙂

Are all the Sacraments 100% necessary for Salvation? The Protestants don’t have all the Sacraments, but the Catholic Church still believes that Protestants will receive Salvation.
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Only God knows what is 100% necessary for salvation for each person. I’d be very careful looking for a “minimum guaranteed salvation list for one and all.” If salvation is a journey, consider the Church and the sacraments and the graces that come through them as aids to salvation. If one is going on a journey through the wilderness, the chances of success increase if you take food and water and maps and a flashlight and a radio and a first-aid kit. The Church supplies us with all those tools for our journey, given to her by her master, Jesus Christ.

If we truly accept God we will be saved. If we reject him he will honor that choice also. Through his Church he has given us the normative (guaranteed, you could say) methods for truly accepting him, but he will judge each of us according to our circumstances.

It is only through the Catholic Church that we may have an assurance of salvation. For everybody else all that is possible is a hope of salvation.
 
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