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No Salvation Outside The Church
It is most difficult for me to think of any Dogma of the Church that is more controversial than this.
This is not any Dogma, it is the most fundamental one. While many of the teachings of the Church
are under attack such as the use of contraceptives, divorce,abortion and even the real presence of
Christ in the Eucharist, "Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus" is outright rejected by most Catholics.
The purpose Christ created His Church is for the salvation of souls. The idea that a person can
find salvation outside the Church of Jesus Christ is heresy and offensive to those who love Our
Lord. It makes His coming and suffering His Passion unnecessary if people could be saved without
Him and His teachings. In short, it rejects His divinity! How could He be God if He taught that
without the waters of Baptism a person could not see the Kingdom of God , if, as those who reject
this Dogma would have it, a person could be saved without the Sacrament of Baptism? Did He not
know it was unnecessary to die on the Cross because people can be saved without the Sacraments
He instituted? Did He not know it was unnecessary to build His Church upon the rock of Saint
Peter, if, as those who reject the Dogma say, a person can be saved outside of the Church? Why
would He teach us : " He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not
shall be condemned." Mark 16:16 ? Either he is God and we better listen and believe or he was a
crazy man. It should be obvious to see that belief in salvation outside of Christ and His Church is
not only heresy but it rejects the Divinity of Christ!
It is easy to prove the Lord gave us this doctrine, the Apostles taught this doctrine, preached by
the Fathers and has always been believed by the faithful. In fact, this dogma has reached the
highest teaching authority of the Church, it has been defined. Therefore, no one, not even the Pope
can change or water down this dogma as it comes from God Himself. The following are the three
definitions. Remember a definition is infallible and therefore ALL CATHOLICS are bound to believe,
or else forfeit there own salvation.
" There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside of which no one at all is saved." ."
(Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 A.D.
" We declare,say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every
human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff."
(Pope Boniface VIII, the Papal Bull " Unam Sanctum", 1302 A.D.)
" The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing
outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatic's, can
have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil
and his angels, unless before death they are joined with Her. and that so important is the unity of
this ecclesiastical body that only those remaining within this unity can profit by the sacraments of
the Church unto salvation, and they alone can receive an eternal recompense for their fasts, their
almsgiving, their other works of Christian piety and the duties of a Christian solder. No one, let his
almsgiving be as great as it may, no one, not even if he pour out his blood for the Name of Christ,
can be saved, unless he remain within the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church."
( Pope Eugene IV, the Papal Bull " Cantate Domino", 1441 A.D.)
These are the Three Infallible pronouncements of Holy Mother the Church. If anyone reads in
these pronouncements that somehow people outside the fold can be saved, they really have no
good will and do not want to know the truth. There are many quotes from Popes, Saints, Fathers
and Doctors of the Church all teaching the same thing. It is not a teaching of hate, on the contrary it
is a teaching of love. We must love our neighbors as ourselves. If we know our neighbors are not
Catholic and therefore cannot receive the sacraments, as Catholics we are to help them understand
they need to come home to the one true Church outside of which no one can be saved. Now lets
look at just a few of the teachings from Holy Scripture:
" He that believeth and is Baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned."
(Mark 16:16)
" I am the way and the Truth and the light. No man cometh to the Father but by Me."
(John 14:36)
" Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy
Ghost, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God."
( John 3:5)
" I am the Vine , you the branches: he who abides in Me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for
without me you can do nothing. If anyone not in me , he shall be cast forth like a branch and wither,
and they shall gather him up and cast him him into the fire, and he burneth."
( John 15:5-6)
" He who is not with Me is against Me; he who gathers not with Me scatters." ( Matt: 12:30)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men,
whereby we must be saved. ( Acts. 4:12)
"Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, going forth out of that house or city, shake
off the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in
the Day of Judgment, than for that city." (Matt. 10:14).
"If he will not hear them, tell the Church. And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to the as a
heathen or a publican." (Matt. 18:17).
"the Lord daily added to the Church, such as should be saved." (Acts 2:47)
The Gospels are quite clear we need our Lord and His sacraments for salvation. We have a duty
under universal charity to tell all those separated from the One True Church that they must enter
the Catholic Church before they die, if not their souls will be lost forever. In the spirit of true Catholic
ecumenism let it be your mission to make known the love of Christ and His Church. Do not rob your
friends, co-workers and neighbors of the chance to find their way home.
This is not any Dogma, it is the most fundamental one. While many of the teachings of the Church
are under attack such as the use of contraceptives, divorce,abortion and even the real presence of
Christ in the Eucharist, "Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus" is outright rejected by most Catholics.
The purpose Christ created His Church is for the salvation of souls. The idea that a person can
find salvation outside the Church of Jesus Christ is heresy and offensive to those who love Our
Lord. It makes His coming and suffering His Passion unnecessary if people could be saved without
Him and His teachings. In short, it rejects His divinity! How could He be God if He taught that
without the waters of Baptism a person could not see the Kingdom of God , if, as those who reject
this Dogma would have it, a person could be saved without the Sacrament of Baptism? Did He not
know it was unnecessary to die on the Cross because people can be saved without the Sacraments
He instituted? Did He not know it was unnecessary to build His Church upon the rock of Saint
Peter, if, as those who reject the Dogma say, a person can be saved outside of the Church? Why
would He teach us : " He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not
shall be condemned." Mark 16:16 ? Either he is God and we better listen and believe or he was a
crazy man. It should be obvious to see that belief in salvation outside of Christ and His Church is
not only heresy but it rejects the Divinity of Christ!
It is easy to prove the Lord gave us this doctrine, the Apostles taught this doctrine, preached by
the Fathers and has always been believed by the faithful. In fact, this dogma has reached the
highest teaching authority of the Church, it has been defined. Therefore, no one, not even the Pope
can change or water down this dogma as it comes from God Himself. The following are the three
definitions. Remember a definition is infallible and therefore ALL CATHOLICS are bound to believe,
or else forfeit there own salvation.
" There is but one universal Church of the faithful, outside of which no one at all is saved." ."
(Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215 A.D.
" We declare,say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every
human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff."
(Pope Boniface VIII, the Papal Bull " Unam Sanctum", 1302 A.D.)
" The most Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that none of those existing
outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatic's, can
have a share in life eternal; but that they will go into the eternal fire which was prepared for the devil
and his angels, unless before death they are joined with Her. and that so important is the unity of
this ecclesiastical body that only those remaining within this unity can profit by the sacraments of
the Church unto salvation, and they alone can receive an eternal recompense for their fasts, their
almsgiving, their other works of Christian piety and the duties of a Christian solder. No one, let his
almsgiving be as great as it may, no one, not even if he pour out his blood for the Name of Christ,
can be saved, unless he remain within the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church."
( Pope Eugene IV, the Papal Bull " Cantate Domino", 1441 A.D.)
These are the Three Infallible pronouncements of Holy Mother the Church. If anyone reads in
these pronouncements that somehow people outside the fold can be saved, they really have no
good will and do not want to know the truth. There are many quotes from Popes, Saints, Fathers
and Doctors of the Church all teaching the same thing. It is not a teaching of hate, on the contrary it
is a teaching of love. We must love our neighbors as ourselves. If we know our neighbors are not
Catholic and therefore cannot receive the sacraments, as Catholics we are to help them understand
they need to come home to the one true Church outside of which no one can be saved. Now lets
look at just a few of the teachings from Holy Scripture:
" He that believeth and is Baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be condemned."
(Mark 16:16)
" I am the way and the Truth and the light. No man cometh to the Father but by Me."
(John 14:36)
" Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy
Ghost, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God."
( John 3:5)
" I am the Vine , you the branches: he who abides in Me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for
without me you can do nothing. If anyone not in me , he shall be cast forth like a branch and wither,
and they shall gather him up and cast him him into the fire, and he burneth."
( John 15:5-6)
" He who is not with Me is against Me; he who gathers not with Me scatters." ( Matt: 12:30)
12 Neither is there salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men,
whereby we must be saved. ( Acts. 4:12)
"Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, going forth out of that house or city, shake
off the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in
the Day of Judgment, than for that city." (Matt. 10:14).
"If he will not hear them, tell the Church. And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to the as a
heathen or a publican." (Matt. 18:17).
"the Lord daily added to the Church, such as should be saved." (Acts 2:47)
The Gospels are quite clear we need our Lord and His sacraments for salvation. We have a duty
under universal charity to tell all those separated from the One True Church that they must enter
the Catholic Church before they die, if not their souls will be lost forever. In the spirit of true Catholic
ecumenism let it be your mission to make known the love of Christ and His Church. Do not rob your
friends, co-workers and neighbors of the chance to find their way home.
Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus
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