846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:
Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.
"Basing itself on Scripture and
Tradition" is the key to understanding the falseness of this article. Scripture states:
Ephesians 2:8-10
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, that no one should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. NAS
Romans 10:11-13
11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call upon Him; 13 for "Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved."
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Baptism is not required to be saved, or Paul is a liar.
Also The term “non-Catholics” includes other Christians who are baptized as well as people who have never been baptized. Yes, people from both groups can be saved.
Section 1260 of the Catechism continues: “Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity.”
So what you are telling us is that the catechism contradicts itself?
1260 "Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal mystery." Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity.
Not all men are called to one and the same destiny or the lake of fire would not be the ultimate destiny for those who deny Jesus is Lord.
No one can explicitly know Jesus Christ today without the help of the faith community that he established. That faith community had a single name for a minimum of 1,000 years, Catholic.
Now you are contradicting yourself and the catechism since the Orthodox Churches have existed as long as the Roman Catholic Church.
The link that you gave has a long article to read the fact is I have little time, so my question to you is what are the exact changes that have occured?
You don't have the time to read something written by your Pope? That seems a bit odd. Vatican II changed many of the historical teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, which is why the RCC has to deal with schizms. Vatican II ushered in the eccumenical movement of the RCC, which contradicts the anathema's of the Council of Trent and which were confirmed by Vatican II. This is simply another example of how the RCC changes with the wind and contradicts itself for political expediency.
Are there not many Protestant denominations and cults that say only by becomming one of them are u saved? do not many main stream Protestant denominations consider Catholics as non Christians? and therefore unsaved? YES, so stop applying double Standards. If you are going to address Catholics then address your fellow Protestants too.
This thread is not addressing cults or what they teach. If you want to discuss cults that also attempt to void God's truth you are free to start a thread in the appropriate forum dealing with those cults.