Don't be so naive...
Catholics teach that works are a required element of faith to achieve salvation...
God rejects any kind of idea like that for the born again believer...That kind of teaching will ultimately set a person up to be his own advocate at the White Throne Judgment, doomed to failure...
As a Baptist, you should know better than that...
If we accept that God allows for the teaching of the Catholic religion, then he accepts the Mormons and Jehovah Witnesses as well...After all, they all use the name of Jesus...
re: “Don’t be so naive. . . Catholics teach that works are a required element of faith to achieve salvation. . . as a Baptist, you should know better than that.”
I am very aware of Catholic teaching on salvation, that they add adhering to the “sacraments” of the church to the essential truth that salvation is found in no other than Jesus Christ. But, both Catholic and Protestant theology agree on the Trinity - that Jesus is God the Son, Second Person of the Trinity, and that only through Him is salvation found. That Jesus is God in the flesh incarnated as a human being. That by His life, death, and resurrection alone can we be saved.
The problem is, as you pointed out, they have added to the essential truth of salvation through faith in Christ alone.
My point was attempting to point out the common ground we both share. Catholics are not the same as the non-Christian cults, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Christian Science, Moonies, etc. who all deny the Trinity. Catholicism is a Christian sect - not a non-Christian sect. I agree that there are key differences between Catholics and Protestants, but that doesn’t mean we cannot be Brothers and Sisters in Christ - if they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
This is not true of non-Christian cults (such as Jehovah’s Witnesses) because they don’t believe in the same Jesus. Catholics and Protestants do agree on a few essential doctrines, but there is no agreement with the cults on ANY essential doctrines.
I’m not demeaning the differences between Catholics and Protestants, some of the differences are extremely important, but we do have some agreement on the essentials.
If you know Christian theology well, you should know better than to say Catholicism is a non-Christian cult. It’s just not true.
re: “Don’t be so naive. . . Catholics teach that works are a required element of faith to achieve salvation. . . as a Baptist, you should know better than that.”
I am very aware of Catholic teaching on salvation, that they add adhering to the “sacraments” of the church to the essential truth that salvation is found in no other than Jesus Christ. But, both Catholic and Protestant theology agree on the Trinity - that Jesus is God the Son, Second Person of the Trinity, and that only through Him is salvation found. That Jesus is God in the flesh incarnated as a human being. That by His life, death, and resurrection alone can we be saved.
The problem is, as you pointed out, they have added to the essential truth of salvation through faith in Christ alone.
My point was attempting to point out the common ground we both share. Catholics are not the same as the non-Christian cults, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Christian Science, Moonies, etc. who all deny the Trinity. Catholicism is a Christian sect - not a non-Christian sect. I agree that there are key differences between Catholics and Protestants, but that doesn’t mean we cannot be Brothers and Sisters in Christ - if they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
This is not true of non-Christian cults (such as Jehovah’s Witnesses) because they don’t believe in the same Jesus. Catholics and Protestants do agree on a few essential doctrines, but there is no agreement with the cults on ANY essential doctrines.
I’m not demeaning the differences between Catholics and Protestants, some of the differences are extremely important, but we do have some agreement on the essentials.
If you know Christian theology well, you should know better than to say Catholicism is a non-Christian cult. It’s just not true.
re: “Don’t be so naive. . . Catholics teach that works are a required element of faith to achieve salvation. . . as a Baptist, you should know better than that.”
I am very aware of Catholic teaching on salvation, that they add adhering to the “sacraments” of the church to the essential truth that salvation is found in no other than Jesus Christ. But, both Catholic and Protestant theology agree on the Trinity - that Jesus is God the Son, Second Person of the Trinity, and that only through Him is salvation found. That Jesus is God in the flesh incarnated as a human being. That by His life, death, and resurrection alone can we be saved.
The problem is, as you pointed out, they have added to the essential truth of salvation through faith in Christ alone.
My point was attempting to point out the common ground we both share. Catholics are not the same as the non-Christian cults, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Christian Science, Moonies, etc. who all deny the Trinity. Catholicism is a Christian sect - not a non-Christian sect. I agree that there are key differences between Catholics and Protestants, but that doesn’t mean we cannot be Brothers and Sisters in Christ - if they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
This is not true of non-Christian cults (such as Jehovah’s Witnesses) because they don’t believe in the same Jesus. Catholics and Protestants do agree on a few essential doctrines, but there is no agreement with the cults on ANY essential doctrines.
I’m not demeaning the differences between Catholics and Protestants, some of the differences are extremely important, but we do have some agreement on the essentials.
If you know Christian theology well, you should know better than to say Catholicism is a non-Christian cult. It’s just not true.