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It's right here:
Rom_10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
In the sense of the Catholic Church, a physical hierarchy with a Pope, that isn't a problem at all. The church is spiritually united in Christ.
Rom 12:3-5 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (4) For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: (5) So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Sure I can. I don't know of any Church that requires one accept any particular view of the end times, or any particular view of some obscure matter, as a determination of salvation. They do, however, all require the same statement of faith that this website requires, and the reason why these kinds of discussions are in the Unorthodox area of the forum.
http://www.christianforums.com/rules/#faq_rule_0
If there is a church out there that requires something more, they certainly do not do so on the basis of the Bible.
The scripture defines all unbelievers as being in darkness, or of being blind and deceived.
Tit_3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Act 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
2Ti_3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Being confident in your delusion does not save you. Neither does any pretended righteousness outside of God save you, because there are none who are good.
Mar_10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Rom 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Salvation, then, is only through Jesus Christ, without whom we cannot be justified.
If we had it your way, anyone who was confident in their sin, and followed their own deluded religious practice faithfully, would be saved, despite denying Jesus Christ.
1Jn_2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
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