[Syncro]

The circle God established is catholic, one universal church which includes ALL Christians, no matter how they arrived at their relationship with Jesus.

A Christian that received eternal life from Jesus while reading the Scriptures then has to become a Catholic to get to heaven?

• Jn.3:16 God...gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should...have everlasting life

• Jn.10:9 I am the door: by Me if any man enter in...be saved

• 1Cor.3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than... Jesus Christ

• Jn.3:16 Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (Jesus, not Rome)

  And is miraculously turned into a Catholic when entering heaven?

  It seems the Bible says you have to BE a Christian to enter the Kingdom of God in heaven.

  ...unity through Rome was exactly how God intended Jesus’ prayer “that all may be one” to be fulfilled.

  Non Catholic Christians see it as unity through Jesus.

  It is a tragedy that such unity is not found in your bible (sic) denomination. (Quoted you with a slight change...)

• Acts 4:12 None other name...whereby we must be saved (Not the name of Rome)

• 1Tim.2:5 One mediator between God and men...Christ Jesus (Not a Pope, Mary, a Priest or a poster at Free Republic)

• 4. Believe on Jesus:

  Jn.3:16 Whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life
  Jn.11:25,26 I am the resurrection and the life...whosoever believeth in Me shall never die
  Acts 16:31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved
  Rom.10:9,10 If thou shalt...believe in thine heart...thou shalt be saved
  1Jn.5:1a Whosoever believeth Jesus is the Christ is born of God

• 7. Receiving Jesus guarantees eternal life in Heaven:

  Rom.6:23b The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
  Jn.11:26 Whosoever...believeth in Me shall never die
  Jn.14:2-3 In My Father's house are many mansions
  1Pet.1:3,4 Incorruptible inheritance reserved in Heaven for you
  1Jn.5:11 God hath given to us eternal life...in His Son

  I see nothing to indicate that one must go through Rome to recieve eternal life with Jesus.

  I don't like to be arguementative, but wish to counter misconceptions stated about Christians outside of the Roman belief system.

  My best to you.

[Notwithstanding]

I have very deliberately NOT stated that one has to go through Rome to be saved.

I simply stated that all in heaven will know that the One True Church is the one headed by the pope, and that they were wrong to reject her or unfortunate not to know her while they were on earth.

It is very simple. If one believes oranges come from chickens in Russia, the oranges one eats are still nutritious even though one is wrong about whence they came.