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 Roman church can get legalistic at times.
Contrast the above with the "pre" denominational
ancient church:
A common explanation is that we know where the Church
is, but not where it is not.As to those people who
are good and kind but are not believers, we cannot
and must not judge them. The ways of the Lord are
inscrutable; let us leave these good people entirely
to His judgment and to the grace of His Providence.
He alone knows how and why He has built the argosy
of humanity, and the small boat of each one of us,
such as it is.
-St. Macarius of Optina