[UA] Templars Exonerated

[jjnevins at ix.netcom.com]

On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:14:34 -0500 (EST) Epoch <msulliva at wso.williams.edu> wrote:

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, James Knevitt wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Stolze" <holycrow at mindspring.com>
> 
> > 1) It's not the first papal apology.  I believe this is the same guy who
> > finally "un-anathematized" Galileo.  Plus the Catholics and Lutherans have
> > formally rescinded their mutual "You're going to HELL!"  "No, YOU'RE going
> > to hell!" positions.
> 
> Also, remember that Catholics believe they're the only ones going to Heaven.
> The Protestants believe they're going to Heaven too, but there's going to be
> a big wall between the two groups so the Cathlics don't know the Protestants
> are there. :)

> According to my Catholic upbringing, all of the 
> mainstream Christian sects were on the monorail 
> to Paradise.  I can't recall anyone saying 
> anything about the Mormons or other sects which 
> were a little farther from the
> Catholic/Episcopalian/Lutheran mold.

Really? I'd always been taught that only Catholics were Heaven-bound. There's this, from
the Council of Florence ( http://www.catholicism.org/pages/florence.htm ) :

"It firmly believes, professes, and proclaims that those not living within the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics cannot become participants in eternal life, but will depart "into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels" [Matt. 25:41], unless before the end of life the same have been added to the flock; and that the unity of the ecclesiastical body is so strong that only to those remaining in it are the sacraments of the Church of benefit for salvation, and do fastings, almsgiving, and other functions of piety and exercises of Christian service produce eternal reward, and that no one, whatever almsgiving he has practiced, even if he has shed blood for the name of Christ, can be saved, unless he has remained in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church."

jess

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