Saved Outside the Catholic Church? Tim Staples on Catholic Answers Focus Podcast

Our own Tim Staples discusses the Catholic claim that there is no salvation outside the Church? How are we to understand this truth, and what does it mean for those who do not enter the Church?

Transcript:

[bman]

Yes Awesome! More Trad/Ortho focused questions. These are very needed answers.

[goldwindsouza]

Thank you Tim Staples. World needs more apologists like Tim, Jimmy who are logical and clear. Can we clone them😊

[adelinomorte]

***JESUS COME TO THIS WORLD TO SAVE ALL CREATURES***

[hgbitner]

Can you go through Romans 1-3 regarding this issue? Those chapters seem to explicitly say that even people who have not heard will still be judged for their sin, and the only hope for sinful man is faith in Jesus.

[xTheSchnitzel]

What about Boniface VIII who said in unam sanctam that it was absolutely necessary to be subject to the Bishop of Rome

[jmdsservantofgod]

The word church means: the called out ones…..they have faith in Jesus: who he is and what he accomplished! So anybody that takes faith in Jesus is called out….they are in Jesus’ church and are saved!

[hgbitner]

This almost sounds like we have no choice then. It comes down to whether a person *would* or *wouldn’t* respond to God’s grace, which is a disposition that it sounds like we have no control over.

[southernlady]

Jesus said He’s the living bread, the bread He gives is His FLESH, unless we eat His Flesh & drink His Blood, WE WILL HAVE NO LIFE IN US.If we eat & drink of Him He will raise us up on the last day. If we eat & drink of Him UNWORTHILY, WE WILL BE LIABLE & BRING A SENTENCE AGAINST OURSELVES FOR NOT DISCERNING IT TO BE THE BODY & BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR GOD & SAVIOR. Jn6:51-59, 1Cor 11:23-29 Unworthily, is if you have mortal sins, if you haven’t made His Sacrament of Holy Communion or if you’re not Catholic!

[bcalvert]

There are thousands if not millions of Catholics who believe this because they are taught it.

[Aryanne_v]

Is divine revelation enough to make the "invincibly ignorant" statement inapplicable in most cases? Also, how is this idea that a Hindu can be justified before God not heretical? Is belief in Christ required for salvation or not?

[GovtWatchdog]

12:26 Does that include the sacrament of confession if one is in mortal sin at the moment before death, but repents and desires to go to confession but cannot?

[ChristianTrinity]

As I explore the Catholic Church I wonder about the church’s official position of Protestants who sincerely believe in and love Jesus but never become Catholic. I’m not talking about liberals (practical atheists really) who pretend to be Christians, or for whatever reason seem to love having a veneer of religion. Rather, I am talking about the Billy Graham’s of the world (to use him as the archetypal example), who just never become convinced of the Catholic Church. On the one hand I am mostly sold on the Catholic Church, but on the other hand I find it really hard to believe that Billy Graham was lacking anything concerning his spiritual life or salvation (speaking in a human way of course). I could use some more detailed help concerning Protestants please🙏

[Daniel_Abraham]

Can you do an episode on Coegiallity and Synodality. It's always in catholic news, but Ive never seen a CA episode on it. It comes from Lumen Gentium and it is frequently attacked by reactionary trads. Is it an attempt to make synods equal to the the Pope?

[chrisdsouza]

You guys are just epic thanks Tim staples

[alex]

When you say “if you know…” do you mean If you know as in if you were told and therefore heard the truth and rejected it, or if you know and believe it in your heart and still reject it?

[catholicdisciple]

How do you square this with your will being fixed at the moment of death?

[tatedeschamps]

How about the people that don't like or even hate the Catholic Church? Or the people that left the Church? Will they be saved? I know too many of these people. God Bless them all.

[Jesusgirl]

Does that mean believers outside of the catholic church will get extra purgatory time? I went to calvary chapel growing up lol. I dont go anymore.

[cdeep]

What if someone is not convinced that the Catholic Church is the true church and rejects it and it’s teachings but that person loves Jesus and follows him in daily life?

[Catholicity-uwyb]

Pope Pius IX stated in 1864: “Men can, in the practice of any religion, find the way of eternal salvation and attain eternal salvation.” And, in 1846, he stated: “One ought to at least have good hope for the eternal salvation of all those who in no way dwell in the true Church of Christ.”