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To: MeOnTheBeach
The Catholic Church now teaches that members of protestant churches will go to heaven under the "body of Christ" clause.

No. The Catholic Church teaches that who does and doesn't get into heaven is not our call.

9 posted on 01/10/2013 10:05:47 AM PST by trad_anglican
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To: trad_anglican
No. The Catholic Church teaches that who does and doesn't get into heaven is not our call.

From the CCC:

818 "However, one cannot charge with the sin of the separation those who at present are born into these communities [that resulted from such separation] and in them are brought up in the faith of Christ, and the Catholic Church accepts them with respect and affection as brothers . . . . All who have been justified by faith in Baptism are incorporated into Christ; they therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good reason are accepted as brothers in the Lord by the children of the Catholic Church."

819 "Furthermore, many elements of sanctification and of truth"273 are found outside the visible confines of the Catholic Church: "the written Word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope, and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as visible elements."274 Christ's Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means of salvation, whose power derives from the fullness of grace and truth that Christ has entrusted to the Catholic Church. All these blessings come from Christ and lead to him,275 and are in themselves calls to "Catholic unity."276
14 posted on 01/10/2013 10:24:02 AM PST by MeOnTheBeach
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