theculturewarrior Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I apologize if this is old hat, but I would appreciate sincere and charitable answers from everyone. 1. Can Catholics be saved, and remain Catholic? 2. Can Catholics be saved, and believe everything the Catholic Church teaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 i don't know, i'm not the one who dishes out salvation, but if i were to guess i would say YES to both questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 How then to go about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theculturewarrior Posted May 18, 2004 Author Share Posted May 18, 2004 (edited) As Catholics, we worship Jesus in the Eucharist. Why then do Protestant groups proselytize Catholics? (I ask this in charity). Edited May 18, 2004 by theculturewarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 a lot of groups worship Jesus, or claim to. Jesus never said worship me and be saved, he preached a message and said 'follow me.' protestants are afraid that catholic theology is totally wrong, and that catholics don't know truly know the message of the gospel, and are trusting their church and what their church says to get them into heaven, instead of Christ alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 [quote name='mulls' date='May 18 2004, 11:27 AM'] protestants are afraid that catholic theology is totally wrong, and that catholics don't know truly know the message of the gospel, and are trusting their church and what their church says to get them into heaven, instead of Christ alone. [/quote] And Catholics are afraid that Protestants are following their own path to Christ (which too often leads to distorting the Bible, blindly following pastors, and listening to the "self" as opposed to Christ), instead of submitting to the authority of Christ's Church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 i know. i was just answering the brother's question. be easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I know. I'm easy like Sunday morning. I thought you knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulls Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 gravy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the lumberjack Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 well CW, I would say a definite YES to the first ? I've met plenty of Catholics who are saved and still go to mass and remain in the Catholic Church...though they don't hold to what they have found for [u]themselves[/u] to be extrabiblical teachings of the Catholic Church. and as for the second one...hmmm...it depends on what you mean by what the Catholic Church "teaches"... are we talking confirmed doctrine...or any of the other dogma/teachings/decrees? because as of yet, I have yet to get a concise, clear list of what confirmed Catholic Church doctrine is, and what is just dogma/whatever else is... so, it would be a shaky maybe on the 2nd ?... God bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 why do you need a list? we know what we believe and we don't need a list.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey's_Girl Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I don't know about lumberjack, but I think there are lots of people on this board who don't know exactly what the Church teaches and it might be helpful. Of course, this part of the argument might have undercurrents and personal issues that I don't understand, in which case I bow out. MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livin_the_MASS Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 [quote name='Mickey's_Girl' date='May 18 2004, 02:28 PM'] I don't know about lumberjack, but I think there are lots of people on this board who don't know exactly what the Church teaches and it might be helpful. Of course, this part of the argument might have undercurrents and personal issues that I don't understand, in which case I bow out. MG [/quote] Go to the Reference section. (Saying with charity love ya MG) Thats whats it's there for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatcatholic Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 [quote name='Mickey's_Girl' date='May 18 2004, 02:28 PM'] I don't know about lumberjack, but I think there are lots of people on this board who don't know exactly what the Church teaches and it might be helpful. [/quote] that is understandable. i did not intend the resentful undertone in my last post. my apologies. i too highly recommend the reference section. it is filled w/ catholic belief! pax christi, phatcatholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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