[rzman21]

There only salvation in Christ Jesus in the Church he founded. Not outside it.

“The spouse of Christ cannot be adulterous; she is uncorrupted and pure. She knows one home; she guards with chaste modesty the sanctity of one couch. She keeps us for God. She appoints the sons whom she has born for the kingdom. Whoever is separated from the Church and is joined to an adulteress, is separated from the promises of the Church; nor can he who forsakes the Church of Christ attain to the rewards of Christ. He is a stranger; he is profane; he is an enemy. He can no longer have God for his Father, who has not the Church for his mother. If any one could escape who was outside the ark of Noah, then he also may escape who shall be outside of the Church...He who does not hold this unity does not hold God’s law, does not hold the faith of the Father and the Son, does not hold life and salvation.”
Cyprian,Unity of the Church,5(A.D. 256),in ANF,V:423

[metmom]

There only salvation in Christ Jesus in the Church he founded.

Fixed it.....

Peter speaking here....

Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

And that includes the name *Catholic*.

[one Lord one faith one baptism]

rz, thanks for posting.

the natural man looks at the Church and sees a human institution, one that can be rejected like the moose club or rotary club.

the Christian sees the Church for what it is, the Body of Christ on earth. the Christian doesn’t attack the Faith, like atheists do ( only difference is these folks will pull a verse or two out of context ), the Christian loves the Church as we love the head of it, Jesus Christ.
the Christian follows the command of Jesus to be one, to be unified in the Faith.

[Iscool]

“The spouse of Christ cannot be adulterous; she is uncorrupted and pure. She knows one home; she guards with chaste modesty the sanctity of one couch. She keeps us for God. She appoints the sons whom she has born for the kingdom. Whoever is separated from the Church and is joined to an adulteress, is separated from the promises of the Church; nor can he who forsakes the Church of Christ attain to the rewards of Christ. He is a stranger; he is profane; he is an enemy. He can no longer have God for his Father, who has not the Church for his mother. If any one could escape who was outside the ark of Noah, then he also may escape who shall be outside of the Church...He who does not hold this unity does not hold God’s law, does not hold the faith of the Father and the Son, does not hold life and salvation.” Cyprian,Unity of the Church,5(A.D. 256),in ANF,V:423

Meaningless drivel...