Is THIS the Protestant interpretation of John 20?!

[Fiat]

sandusky:

From that response, I have a question: it would seem to me that because of your understanding of baptism, that there would be no one within your church who was not saved, at least presently, and excluding those who were in a state of mortal sin. Is that a correct understanding?

Dear Sandusky:

As you may or may not know, we as Catholics do not perceive salvation as a one-time event. Instead salvation is something that occurs in the past, present, and future of our lives.

Fiat

 

[sandusky]

Fiat:

Dear Sandusky:

As you may or may not know, we as Catholics do not perceive salvation as a one-time event. Instead salvation is something that occurs in the past, present, and future of our lives.

Fiat

I do understand that.

 

[Veritas41]

MariaG:

And on a personal note, as someone who has confessed my sins in private in my bedroom and taken advantage of the Sacrament of Reconcilliation (confession), I know the difference in how I feel. In the first case, sins would often come back to me and haunt me. Those in my church would say that it is just the Devil trying to get to me, God has forgiven me. In the sacrament, my sins are truly gone and don’t ever come back.

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This has been my experience as well with the sacrament of reconciliation. Even my 14 year old son says he feels like he’s had a big weight lifted off his shoulder after he goes to confession