salvation

[coleraine]

ok, i have heard so many different views on this. the latest of which was a catholic on here who told me that jesus was the only way to heaven. so, what does the church have to say about salvation?!?

 

[Tim_Kirchoff]

Whatever else I may be, I am not a biblical scholar. Or an expert on the catechism. For lack of a better word,

BUMP

 

[awalt]

You should just do a search on “salvation” in one of the many Catechism of the Catholic Church online sites to read ALL the Church has to say about salvation, as it is a broad subject. But here is a snippet that addresses your question:

168 It is the Church that believes first, and so bears, nourishes and sustains my faith. Everywhere, it is the Church that first confesses the Lord: “Throughout the world the holy Church acclaims you”, as we sing in the hymn Te Deum; with her and in her, we are won over and brought to confess: “I believe”, “We believe”. It is through the Church that we receive faith and new life in Christ by Baptism. In the Rituale Romanum, the minister of Baptism asks the catechumen: “What do you ask of God’s Church?” And the answer is: “Faith.” “What does faith offer you?” “Eternal life.” 54

169 Salvation comes from God alone; but because we receive the life of faith through the Church, she is our mother: “We believe the Church as the mother of our new birth, and not in the Church as if she were the author of our salvation.” 55 Because she is our mother, she is also our teacher in the faith.

 

[Todd_Easton]

I suggest you read the section in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 846-848, on “Outside the Church there is no salvation.”