Posted on 09/12/2013 1:29:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Catholic Church has always taught that if you lived your life according to the Beatitutes, and you were not exposed to Christianity, that you can still go to heaven. This is all Pope Francis is trying to say. On the otherhand if you were exposed to the teachings of Jesus Christ and ignored him and turned away from you, you don’t go to heaven. Pretty simple.
As long as you BELIEVE, that is all that counts.
Thanks for the ping. I like your post 79 as a response to post 48.
No, it’s not parsing words. You just took offense.
And NONE of that will give me God’s mercy and grace. That is what we were talking about
Not ignoring your request just so you know, I’m trying to remember where I saw it..was looking around several books of the Bible, and my mind is drawing a blank, I WILL get back to you when I find it again.
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