On 2020-08-08 10:45, rbowman wrote:
In 1864 Pope Pius IX pointed out 80 erroneous statements that were being
put*forth*by*the*liberals*and*modernists.*A mong*them:
*15. Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which,
guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true. Allocution
Maxima*quidem,*June*9,*1862;*Damnatio* Multiplices*inter,*June*10,*1851.
16. Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of
eternal salvation, and arrive at eternal salvation. Encyclical Qui
pluribus,*Nov.*9,*1846.
17. Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of
all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ. Encyclical
Quanto*conficiamur,*Aug.*10,*1863,*etc.
18. Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true
Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as
in*the*Catholic*Church.**Encyclical*No scitis,*Dec.*8,*1849.
https://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius09/p9syll.htm
There is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church. Given that the
Chair of Saint Peter has been vacant since 1962, there probably isn't
any*salvation*in*it*either.
The though process of Roman church baffles me at times.
In aggregate though, they are a force for good.
They seriously need to dump the homosexual
priesthood and turn all predictors over to the
secular authorities.