I've been invited to a Bible study...

[CopticChristian]

I don’t know for certain, Rinnie. But I hope we both find out when we see who we meet in heaven.

Rinnie, I am not as well versed in non Catholic beliefs as most non Catholics here. But I know a non Catholic once told me God could have used the Catholic Church at the time for compilation but God can use whoever He wants for whatever purpose. I imagine then some believe God could also use others to reform His Church. So to answer your question I’d have to say if someone does not accept what faithful Catholics believe to be the truth, they can still say they believe in the Bible and get their faith through it and as they strive to listen to God’s Spirit leading them in belief.

Paul and the Church agree with you. Paul says there are those in the covenant not of the covenant and those outside the covenant that are of the covenant. Paul says that God is God of all and not impartial, Jew, Gentile and Barbarian.This is true today. It is just if there is a covenant and you know it exists then to ignore it and not be in it is a choice.

 

[Sherry_G]

I never have understood why Catholics feel a need to make comments such as the “doctrine of Roy” unless it is to make themselves feel more secure of their own faith. Because whether it is the Catholic faith or another’s, it all comes down to faith and belief. The Catholic Church can only be “proven” if one accepts in faith the Catholic Church’s interpretations of Herself, of God’s words, and of the ECFs by the men within Her. If you accept by faith and place full faith into the entity interpreting the history of itself, then of course it can be “proven”. But it begins with faith.

As Roy always witnesses to, indeed in faith may God bless everyone with His peace.

Likewise, I have never understood why a non-Catholic would feel a need to make comments such as how his own personal version of religion and what he personally has come up with to satisfy his own personal way of life could possibly be of relevance to the question at hand asked by the OP.