No Salvation Outside The Church

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[quote name='amarkich' date='May 5 2004, 09:58 PM'] Hello everyone. As you probaby know, I am very interested in this topic, hence my signature. I had previously typed the equivalent of a few pages, but I imprudently clicked a link on the website (I had a New Message) without saving what I had written. I do not have time to do this now, but I want to make just one comment. The Church has never said that we are "brothers" of heretics and schismatics, as they are rightly called by Hananiah. These who are outside the Church are outside the Ark of Salvation and will surely perish should they remain outside of it (c.f., fill-in any Doctor of the Church or any Saint for that matter). Those who are outside the Church who happen to be heretics (e.g., Protestants) are not our brothers anymore than those who are outside the Church who happen to be Rationalists and atheists. As far as I can see, the idea of heretics and schismatics being our "brothers" in Christ is simply an extention of the "brotherhood of the human race" and other New Age and Masonic beliefs infiltrating the Church. The Church is very firm in standing against not only heresies but also heretics themselves, and we must do the same, remembering that we should do our best to convert them at the same time, as they cannot reach Heaven otherwise. We must act, in a sense, the way that the government does. As the government's central goal in justice is first punishment and then rehabilitation, so our goal should be first to defend Truth and then to convert others to the One Truth. God bless. [/quote]
I thought those people properly baptised were our brothers
and sisters in Christ, however imperfectly joined to the Church.
Most people do not sit down and say "Gee, I'm going to be a heretic
today." They follow the creed they were raised in, and while they
are techically material heretics, they are not formal heretics, and
that is a big difference.
Nobody here said we should not evangelize our non-catholics
baptised brothers and sisters. Please stop implying this.