Don't get scandalized my brethren, read it all and seek perfection like Jesus commanded us to strive to be perfect, like our Father in heaven is perfect.
Jesus: "If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand." Mark 3:24-25
Heaven doesn't accept division, there is NO division in heaven... Our salvation was purchased with Holy blood, Jesus Christ suffered, died and resurrected in order for all of us who thirst for salvation could get saved by believing in the only begotten Son of our Lord.
Jesus took our transgressions and those who ACCEPT Him as Lord, will be saved:
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Rom 10:13
The Catholic Church IS the Church founded by Jesus in Peter and before the Church produced (through schisms) other Churches, hundreds of years passed by with true doctrine unchanged, Holiness in truth and division out of the errors of men.
Yes, division is not accepted in heaven and the division with the Orthodox, Coptic, Christians is a direct result of men, yes, men divided the Church not God, but He allow this to happen in His infinite wisdom, many Judas has been allowed to hurt the Church like Judas hurt our Lord with his treason.
Now...
Is there a possibility that a person could live his life according to what God wants in other religion? People who don't lie, love God, who hates iniquity, violence and rejoices with truth? People who have never heard of Christianity or people who have never heard about the Catholic Church?
Innocence is something that God likes, what about those who were born in an evangelical Church and never heard about the one true faith? What about those Indians before they even knew the white men existed? What about those who have given their life for the Gospel and are not Catholic?
This is where our Lord says... "for men is impossible for the Lord all things are possible." Mat 19:26
Today the Catholic Church recognizes that someone who have lived according to the Love and Justice of our Lord, not necessarily goes to hell, because of the truth revealed in Christ manifested in the Bride of Christ the Catholic Church, this little ones could reach heaven due to the Infinite Mercy of God.
So, Martin Luther ran away from the Church because many Judas were there doing what they wanted, this is called the errors of men, those who loved themselves more than loved our Lord, but Martin Luther fell in the same trap those men were in by rejecting part of the truth, not only in disobedience but also changing some of the truth to his like and letting many fall from grace by that same disobedience.
Martin Luther ran with the truth which was given to the Catholic Church and despite his error, those throughout time, who were innocent of his mistake and the mistakes of those Judas in the one true faith, are getting to heaven only with an act of Mercy according to what they lived in Love, Justice and Truth.
That DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD STOP PROSELYTISM OF THE GOSPEL, that doesn't mean that because some people out there is living the Gospel more than a person who knows forth and back Catholicism we should stop the proclamation of the Gospel left in the Catholic Church. What it means is that we need to STOP condemning people to hell because that's God's job, stop thinking of ourselves like we are above everyone else, what it means is that we need to surrender to God and humble ourselves, become little... because we proclaim the Gospel, but conversion depends on the person and God, like St Bernadette I believe once said:
"I'm here to inform not to convince..."
If the Gospel doesn't open eyes, nothing will... So, we need to let God act, we need to stop the heated debates, because in the end, God will call whoever He wants out of His Mercy, what we need to make sure is CONTINUE Loving the Lord and proclaim the truth in the Gospel... because the world needs the truth which is reflected in the Sacraments, so yes, proselytism is needed.
Only Catholics enter heaven and those Catholics could be Muslim out the Mercy of the Lord, they could be Evangelicals out the Mercy of the Lord, could be Buddhists out the Mercy of the Lord, could be Mormons out the Mercy of the Lord, could be Jews out the Mercy of the Lord... avoid HATE and do know that all people in heaven despite their different backgrounds, could enter Heaven out the Mercy of the Lord as Catholics, because Catholic means Universal and universal Love in other words infinite Love, Divine Love is only in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and His Mercy is for those who love God more than anything.
Did St Francis condemned anyone while he proclaim the Gospel? Neither did the King of Glory, so proclaim the Gospel and stand firm, be humble with Love, always rejecting the world, knowing that outside of the Church there is no salvation and outside of the Church is the world. God will call those He wants to His Mercy that is why Jesus needs our hands and our voice, not our hate.
Blessings...
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