Can we save other people? And what hangs in the balance if we get the answer wrong?
Tag: salvation
Is the Eucharist Necessary for Salvation?
Can Protestants be saved, given that they don’t have the Eucharist? In John 6:53-55, Jesus speaks about the Eucharist in a way that seems to suggest that, without it, you cannot be saved: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.” So should we conclude from this that the Eucharist is strictly necessary for salvation?
The Virgin Mary’s Unique Role in the Salvation of the World
Whether you’re Catholic or Orthodox or Protestant, you owe a great debt of gratitude to the Virgin Mary, because there’s a special way in which you owe your salvation to her. This claim often sounds heretical, particularly to Protestant ears, so here’s the basic reason Catholics say this…
Can Non-Christians Be Saved?
Four questions routinely arise about the Church’s view of the possibility of salvation for those outside of Her ranks:
1. Is Baptism necessary for salvation?
2. Are all of the non-baptized damned?
3. If the non-baptized can be saved, why share the Gospel?
4. Has the Catholic Church changed her answer to these prior three questions?
To understand how the Church can simultaneously hold that Baptism is necessary for salvation and that those can be saved who have never been Baptized, we’ve got to consider two things: how to get to Heaven, and how to get to Hell.