salvation for the ignorent?

[akamarymag]

is it only those baptized who make it to heaven after living a life of faith and works?
what about the ignorant? the muslems,jews, thos who dont worship the father and are faithful to their faith?

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='akamarymag' date='Jan 8 2005, 01:52 PM'] is it only those baptized who make it to heaven after living a life of faith and works?
what about the ignorant? the muslems,jews, thos who dont worship the father and are faithful to their faith? [/quote]
If a man, [i]through no fault of his own[/i], is ignorant of the true faith he may still be saved, but his salvation is still a gift of God's grace acheived by the merits of Christ's passion, death, and resurrection, which necessarily flow to him solely through Christ's Catholic Church even though he is invincibly ignorant of this fact.

You can read more about the Church's doctrine on this topic by going to the Phatmass Apologetics reference section:

[url="http://phorum.phatmass.com/index.php?showtopic=7728&view=findpost&p=122849"]Salvation, Justification, & Predestination, Reference Section[/url]

Look under the subsection entitled: "Salvation Outside the Church"

God bless,
Todd