Denominations that teach that salvation is exclusive to them

[Valletta]

There are many Protestants who hold a Catholic view towards salvation. One of obligation, obedience, commitment, perseverance and charity. Some refer to it as Lordship Salvation. One time on CF there was a debate regarding "Free Grace". One of the members arguing against it, sound exactly like proponents of Lordship Salvation. I would have thought for sure that's where he was coming from, but I saw in his profile that he's Catholic. I had heard Free Grace proponents complaining that Lordship Salvation was just like Catholicism, and after reading what that Catholic gentleman had to say, I could see why. Eastern Orthodox Theosis is also quite similar to LS. There are many Protestant Christians who seek that level of Christianity. My long run experience has resulted in being repulsed by sin, rather than being tempted by it. So it's certainly not like all Protestants are habitual sinners who can not overcome sin. I've seen many Protestant children grow into adulthood and maintain their dedication to the Lord and maintain a Christian lifestyle. My Christian experience has always involved the sacraments of the Eucharist and Confession. Now as far as your Protestant friend sinning for 40 years, I know that there are Catholics who also life long sinners. There's been and are many career criminals who were/are Catholic. Al Capone was Catholic. John Gotti was Catholic. El Chapo is Catholic. Being Catholic is not a guarantee of not being a lifelong sinner. I'm very glad for how things worked out for you.

Many people considered as Catholics are "cultural Catholics," not practicing Catholics. You would expect a practicing Catholic to have progressed at some point but of course we are all sinners and can fall back into sin.

 

[boughtwithaprice]

There are many Protestants who hold a Catholic view towards salvation. One of obligation, obedience, commitment, perseverance and charity. Some refer to it as Lordship Salvation. One time on CF there was a debate regarding "Free Grace". One of the members arguing against it, sound exactly like proponents of Lordship Salvation. I would have thought for sure that's where he was coming from, but I saw in his profile that he's Catholic. I had heard Free Grace proponents complaining that Lordship Salvation was just like Catholicism, and after reading what that Catholic gentleman had to say, I could see why. Eastern Orthodox Theosis is also quite similar to LS. There are many Protestant Christians who seek that level of Christianity. My long run experience has resulted in being repulsed by sin, rather than being tempted by it. So it's certainly not like all Protestants are habitual sinners who can not overcome sin. I've seen many Protestant children grow into adulthood and maintain their dedication to the Lord and maintain a Christian lifestyle. My Christian experience has always involved the sacraments of the Eucharist and Confession. Now as far as your Protestant friend sinning for 40 years, I know that there are Catholics who also life long sinners. There's been and are many career criminals who were/are Catholic. Al Capone was Catholic. John Gotti was Catholic. El Chapo is Catholic. Being Catholic is not a guarantee of not being a lifelong sinner. I'm very glad for how things worked out for you.

I agree with you there. Mere membership in the attendance rolls of a Catholic Church is not a guarantee of salvation. What I know is that I was lost and now I am found when I submitted to Church authority, especially with regards to sexual morality. Most Protestants do not regard contraception as evil, and I would have not known my sin were it not for Catholic teaching.

There are many Protestants that submit to the authority of Jesus as they are able, but they lack the full teaching unless they search for it. There are those that claim to follow Jesus but live as antinomians. The tares are present with the wheat. I was Protestant but had a desire for holiness and I was discouraged by my brethren and counseled to pursue free grace.
I could not be satisfied. It made no sense to claim to be saved yet remain corrupt. There had to be repentance
The grace of God flows through the sacraments of the Catholic Church and is available to those that avail themselves of it
I know I will never leave

 

[ozso]

I agree with you there. Mere membership in the attendance rolls of a Catholic Church is not a guarantee of salvation. What I know is that I was lost and now I am found when I submitted to Church authority, especially with regards to sexual morality. Most Protestants do not regard contraception as evil, and I would have not known my sin were it not for Catholic teaching.

There are many Protestants that submit to the authority of Jesus as they are able, but they lack the full teaching unless they search for it. There are those that claim to follow Jesus but live as antinomians. The tares are present with the wheat. I was Protestant but had a desire for holiness and I was discouraged by my brethren and counseled to pursue free grace.
I could not be satisfied. It made no sense to claim to be saved yet remain corrupt. There had to be repentance
The grace of God flows through the sacraments of the Catholic Church and is available to those that avail themselves of it
I know I will never leave

Bro, there's scores of Catholic priests who are and have been child molesters. If someone is wicked and rebellious the Catholic Church isn't going to fix that any more than any other Church. Catholicism does not have the kind of track record which shows that Catholics are more pious than other Christians overall. Think of all of the evil that was done for centuries by Christians before there was a Protestant reformation.

I understand your experience. But it's probably more the exception rather than the rule.

 

[Valletta]

Bro, there's scores of Catholic priests who are and have been child molesters. If someone is wicked and rebellious the Catholic Church isn't going to fix that any more than any other Church. The RCC does not have the kind of track record which shows that Catholics are more pious than other Christians. Think of all of the evil that was done for centuries by Christians before there was a Protestant reformation.

The tragedy today is that while the Catholic Church has taken steps to thwart out the molesters, and it has been reduced to a single number of priests in the United States each year (that is still too many, it should be zero), the molesters are rampant in so many Protestant religions and organizations, and let's not forget public schools. It if folly today to keep on going after Catholics while so many should be taking steps in their own churches and communities. The Catholic Church approach should be a model--our archdiocese has made it clear that if you even suspect a person you should report it. It does get people wrongly accused but it is necessary because of the severity of such crimes. And please people, we need stronger sentences to keep the predators locked up. I am not in a position to judge who is most pious, I leave that to Our Lord.

Matthew 7:3-5​

3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.​

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition​

 

[FireDragon76]

I agree with you. Shabbat was not changed, but Christians no longer assembled on Shabbat, rather worshipped the Lord on the day of His resurrection and descent of His Holy Spirit which is the first day of the week.
We are not saved by Sabbath keeping, but by the passion and death of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The holy sacrifice of the Mass is presented everyday. We come to eat His flesh and drink His blood as He commanded. Although Mass is everyday, the Church knows that not everyone can come at that frequency. She presents is with our Sunday obligation, and, in America, six additional holy days of obligation. Jan 1 solemnity of Mary, ascension Thursday, forty days after Easter, Aug 15 the Assumption of Mary, All saints Day, Nov 1, the Immaculate Conception Dec 8 and Christmas Dec 25. Those are the minimum days required to attend Mass. Deliberately missing Mass on one of those days is mortal sin, as it is direct rebellion against God’s holy Church.
The Catholic Faith is practiced with obedience. I was Protestant for 20 years after being born catholic. I listened to the alleged gospel but I was as a lost sheep, unable to be free from sin. I loved Jesus and wanted to be free, but I was told by my Protestant brethren that it was vain to even desire to be free, just pray for Jesus to cover your sin, you cannot stop sinning.
For a while I believed that, but the Lord lead me back to Catholic faith. When I submitted to the full authority of the Church and asked for God’s grace, the sin that so easily beset me was gone. The grace of God flows through the Sacraments, by His authority and His Holy Spirit. Confession gives me the grace of forgiveness, and the Eucharist gives me nourishment and strength for spiritual battle. Come taste and see that the Lord is good.
I had a Protestant friend once tell me that he was just as bad a sinner as he was 40 years ago. To me that is horrifying. How can one claim Christ as savior yet not be changed? That is not the gospel

That is part of Protestant piety. It doesn't necessarily mean that objectively the person is a worse sinner, it means that subjectively we become more aware of our own faults.

The Eastern Orthodox have a similar mindset. Lest you think this is somehow anti-Catholic, I would invite you to consider the words of St. Therese of Lisieux:

In the evening of this life, I shall appear before You with empty hands, for I do not ask You, Lord, to count my works. All our justice is stained in Your eyes. I wish, then, to be clothed in Your own Justice and to receive from Your Love the eternal possession of Yourself.

More broadly, spiritual growth is not adding something to ourselves that we can boast about, but about stripping away everything that is false.