quote:Originally posted by Freida:
[QUOTE]In your response above to Beter, personally I have no problem with you or the Roman Catholic church -- as long as you realize that you are not saved by the church. The Roman Catholic church cannot save anyone; just at the Law could not and cannot save the Jews or anyone else.
This a common slap taken against Catholics.
It is ridiculous that any one believes that belonging to a church saves them. It is ridiculous that anyone would believe that anyone else would believe such drivel.
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Well, Frieda, here is a pretty important Catholic who apparently believed it:
"Whoever is separated from this Catholic Church, by this single sin of being separated from the unity of Christ, no matter how estimable a life he may imagine he is living, shall not have life, but the wrath of God rests upon him." ...from: AUGUSTINE Letters 141:5 (A.D. 412)