Is it true that Catholic Dogma states that in order to be saved you have to be a member of the Catholic Church?
http://www.theworkofgod.org/dogmas.htm#Dogma-VI-Church
I know about Baptism by blood, and that some might be saved that don't knowingly commit heresy:
"These can be saved by what later came to be known as "baptism of blood" or " baptism of desire" (for more on this subject, see the Fathers Know Best tract, "The Necessity of Baptism").
The Fathers likewise affirm the possibility of salvation for those who lived before Christ and who were not part of Israel, the Old Testament Church. However, for those who knowingly and deliberately (that is, not out of innocent ignorance) commit the sins of heresy (rejecting divinely revealed doctrine) or schism (separating from the Catholic Church and/or joining a schismatic church), no salvation would be possible until they repented and returned to live in Catholic unity."
http://www.catholic.com/library/Salvation_Outside_the_Church.asp
What's the deal? What is divinely revealed doctrine?
I guess I don't understand Dogma versus Doctrine, etc...help.
http://www.theworkofgod.org/dogmas.htm#Dogma-VI-Church
I know about Baptism by blood, and that some might be saved that don't knowingly commit heresy:
"These can be saved by what later came to be known as "baptism of blood" or " baptism of desire" (for more on this subject, see the Fathers Know Best tract, "The Necessity of Baptism").
The Fathers likewise affirm the possibility of salvation for those who lived before Christ and who were not part of Israel, the Old Testament Church. However, for those who knowingly and deliberately (that is, not out of innocent ignorance) commit the sins of heresy (rejecting divinely revealed doctrine) or schism (separating from the Catholic Church and/or joining a schismatic church), no salvation would be possible until they repented and returned to live in Catholic unity."
http://www.catholic.com/library/Salvation_Outside_the_Church.asp
What's the deal? What is divinely revealed doctrine?
I guess I don't understand Dogma versus Doctrine, etc...help.