Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Church's Salvation

Today, I figured I would talk to you about the Church's Salvation. The Church is the giver of Salvation and outside the Church there is no salvation. The Church is the universal family of God, and outside this family, there is no salvation. This teaching clarifies the essential meaning of salvation and the Church. Salvation means that you are a son or daughter of God, therefore; those who are saved are members of the Church. Non-Catholic Christians are considered separated brethren that are united in an imperfect manner to the Church by Baptism. The Catholic Church states that all who have been Baptized are accepted as Brothers in the Lord by the Catholic Church. Salvation is still granted to those people who do not have an opportunity to come to know God or to enter into the Church if they are people of good will and whose hearts have grace in them. It is still an urgent matter for the Church to evangelize all the people it can because salvation without the Church is uncertain and accompanied with many dangers. Knowing that salvation comes only through union with Christ in his Mystical Body, the Church does not stop proclaiming the Gospel. The Church understands that many people, through no fault of their own, will never know Christ and his Church. It is possible through Christ, that people who have not been baptized can still be given the grace to seek God. Even so, this does not relieve the Church of her duty to evangelize all people.

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