Salvation for followers of non-Christian religions

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What does the Catholic Church say about salvation for followers of non-Christian religions?
 
Was Moses saved? Was Abraham saved? Neither of them were Christian.

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I’m not saying that it doesn’t. I am saying that I don’t know because we are taught that salvation comes through faith in Jesus. I am only seeking information - not trying to make a point.

But I will read the article sent in an earlier post.

Thank you.
 
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But I will read the article sent in an earlier post.
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Also read Nostrae aetate, which Max linked to above.

Also, an important point to bear in mind is that God’s mercy transcends both faith and reason.
 
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Agreed. But they served the same God Christians serve.
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Erm… Christians say that. If you ask your local Rabbi you might get a different answer. The Jewish YHWH is not a trinity for starters.

rossum
 
It’s not the normal way to salvation, we want all people to be Catholic, but one could be saved(I emphasize could)if they are a different faith (one way could be by baptism of desire.) The normal and best way is through the Catholic Church and even those that are not Catholic if they are saved it’s still through the Catholic Church.

One could have invincible ignorance. But also one that knows the Catholic Church to be the true Church but fails to enter it is condemned.
 
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Well I am no theologian but I think the God of Isaac, Jacob, Abraham, and Moses is also Jesus’s Father.
 
The reason “Christians” (specifically, Catholics) “say that” is to emphasize that the Jewish people along with the Muslim people, in the view of the Catholic Church, share in the salvation plan of the Catholic Church by worshipping a common God, the same God that the Catholics do. Therefore, in Catholic church teaching, this opens a path of salvation to them even though they do not believe Jesus is God or receive Trinitarian baptism. This is explained in the Catechism section I posted.

Rabbis and Imams may teach their people different things; however, your question is about the Catholic teaching on salvation.
 
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Given that 1 Corinthians 10 seems to argue that the Moses and the Israelites did indeed worship Christ, it would appear that they were Christian even if Christ was not yet explicitly revealed in the flesh. The difference is given in Galatians where it says they longed to see these things, whereas we now have seen the fulfillment of the prophets and the law because it was brought about to completion in the fullness of time.
 
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