[kitkat]

***YET...

"I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by Me." -- Jesus

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." -- Peter***

A simple explantion of the above:


Vatican I, Pius IX:
“We must hold as of the faith, that out of the Apostolic Roman Church there is no salvation; that she is the only ark of safety, and whosoever is not in her perishes in the deluge; we must also, on the other hand, recognize with certainty that those who are invincible in ignorance of the true religion are not guilty for this in the eyes of the Lord. And who would presume to mark out the limits of this ignorance according to the character and diversity of peoples, countries, minds and the rest?”

A shorter explanation is that when the Church says that IF you believe the Catholic Church to be the true one and do not practice your faith, then you are doomed.

Notice the capital IF.

If, on the other hand, you believe sincerely in some other religion, then you must in conscience practice it.

[drstevej]

***recognize with certainty that those who are invincible in ignorance of the true religion are not guilty for this in the eyes of the Lord.***

Note to all, please correct the following biblical passages to read...

"I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but by Me, except those who are invincible in ignorance of the true religion. "

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved, unless you are invincible in your ignorance of the true religion."