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before 1965 AD will be cast into hell!
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Officially, before Vatican 2 in 1965 AD, all non-Catholic churchgoers will go to HELL!
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Before 1965: No Salvation outside the Catholic church!
Pope Pelagius II (A.D. 578 - 590)
"Consider the fact that whoever has not been in the peace and unity of the
Church cannot have the Lord. ...Although given over to flames and fires,
they burn, or, thrown to wild beasts, they lay down their lives, there will
not be (for them) that crown of faith but the punishment of faithlessness.
...Such a one can be slain, he cannot be crowned. ...[If] slain outside the
Church, he cannot attain the rewards of the Church." (Denzinger 246-247)
Pope Saint Gregory the Great (A.D. 590 - 604)
"Now the holy Church universal proclaims that God cannot be truly
worshipped saving within herself, asserting that all they that are without
her shall never be saved." (Moralia)
Pope Innocent III (A.D. 1198 - 1216)
"Indeed, there is but one universal Church of the faithful outside of which
no one at all is saved." (Pope Innocent III, Fourth Lateran Council, 1215;
Denz. 151)
"With our hearts we believe and with our lips we confess but one Church,
not that of the heretics, but the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church,
outside which we believe that no one is saved." (Denzinger 423)
Pope Boniface VIII in his Bull Unam Sanctam issued in 1302:
"We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for
the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff."
(Denz. 469) [note: This definition (de fide definita) seems unanswerable,
but the liberals boldly claim that this is not a definition intended for
the universal Church, but only a pronouncement meant to deal with the local
problem of Philip the Fair. But when Philip demanded of Pope Clement V, the
first Avignon Pope, that he withdraw Unam Sanctam, Pope Clement did not do
so, but issued the Brief Meruit February 1, 1306, which despite its
extremely conciliatory tone, clearly states that Unam Sanctam contains a
"definition":] "That is why we do not wish or intend that any prejudice be
engendered for that king and kingdom by the definition and declaration of
our predecessor Pope Boniface VIII of happy memory, which began by the
words Unam Sanctam." (51 Corpus Juris Canonici, (Extravag. commun., lib. V,
tit. VII, cap. 2) ed. Freiburg, Vol. II, p. 1300.)
Pope Leo X reaffirmed the teaching of Boniface VIII: (1512-1517)
"Where the necessity of salvation is concerned all the faithful of Christ
must be subject to the Roman Pontiff, as we are taught by Holy Scripture,
the testimony of the holy fathers, and by that constitution of our
predecessor of happy memory, Boniface VIII, which begins Unam Sanctam."
(Pope Leo X, Fifth Lateran Council (1512-1517) Conciliorum Oecumenicorum
Decreta, Edidit Centro di Documentazione, Instituto per Science Religiose,
Herder, Bologna, 1962, no. 40, pp. 619, 620.)
Pope Leo XII (A.D. 1823 - 1829)
"We profess that there is no salvation outside the Church. ...For the
Church is the pillar and ground of the truth. With reference to those words
Augustine says: `If any man be outside the Church he will be excluded from
the number of sons, and will not have God for Father since he has not the
Church for mother.'" (Encyclical, Ubi Primum)
Pope Pius IX (A.D. 1846 - 1878)
"It must be held by faith that outside the Apostolic Roman Church, no one
can be saved; that this is the only ark of salvation; that he who shall not
have entered therein will perish in the flood." (Denzinger 1647)
Pope Leo XIII: (A.D. 1878 - 1903)
"By the ministry of this Church so gloriously founded by Him, He willed to
perpetuate the mission which He had Himself received from the Father; and
on the one hand, having put within her all the means necessary for man's
salvation, on the other hand, He formally enjoined upon men the duty of
obeying His Church as Himself, and religiously taking her as a guide of
their whole lives. "He that heareth you, heareth Me; he that despiseth you,
despiseth me." (Luke 10:16) Therefore, it is from the Church alone that the
law of Christ must be asked: and, consequently, if for man Christ is the
way, the Church, too, is the way, the former of Himself and by His nature,
the latter by delegation and communication of power. Consequently, all who
wish to reach salvation outside the Church, are mistaken as to the way and
are engaged in a vain effort." (Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical, Tametsi,
November 1, 1900; Papal Teachings: The Church, Benedictine Monks of
Solesmes, St. Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, par. 647.)
"This is our last lesson to you: receive it, engrave it in your minds, all
of you: by God's commandment salvation is to be found nowhere but in the
Church; the strong and effective instrument of salvation is none other than
the Roman Pontificate." (Pope Leo XIII, Allocution for the 25th anniversary
of his election, February 20, 1903; Papal Teachings: The Church,
Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, St. Paul Editions, Boston, 1962, par.
653.Encyclical, Annum Ingressi Sumus)
"He scatters and gathers not who gathers not with the Church and with Jesus
Christ, and all who fight not jointly with Him and with the Church are in
very truth contending against God." (Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical, Sapientiae
Christianae)
Pope St. Pius X: A.D. 1903 - 1914)
"Strong in this faith, unshakably established on this Peter, We turn the
eyes of Our soul both to the heavy obligations of this holy primacy and at
the same time to the strength divinely imparted to Our heart. In peace We
wait for those to be silent who are loudly proclaiming that the Catholic
Church has had her day, that her teaching is hopelessly reactionary, that
she will soon be reduced either to conformity with the data of science and
a civilization without God, or to withdrawal from the society of men. And
while We wait, it is Our duty to recall to everyone, great and small, as
the Holy Pontiff Gregory did in ages past, the absolute necessity which is
ours to have recourse to this Church to effect our eternal salvation, to
obtain peace, and even prosperity in our life here below. "That is why, to
use the words of the Holy Pontiff, we say: "Make firm the progress of your
souls, as you have begun to do, with the firmness of this rock: on it, as
you know, Our Redeemer founded the Church throughout the world, so that
sincere hearts, guiding their steps by her, would not stray on to the wrong
road." (Pope St. Pius X, Encyclical, Jucunda sane, March 12, 1904, Papal
Teachings: The Church, Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, St. Paul Editions,
Boston, 1962, par. 668.)
Pope Pius XI:
"Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ no man can be or remain who does
not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his
legitimate successors. Did not the ancestors of those who are now entangled
in the errors of Photius and the reformers, obey the Bishop of Rome, the
chief shepherd of souls? Alas their children left the home of their
fathers, but it did not fall to the ground and perish for ever, for it was
supported by God. Let them therefore return to their common Father, who,
forgetting the insults previously heaped on the Apostolic See, will receive
them in the most loving fashion. For if, as they continually state, they
long to be united with Us and ours, why do they not hasten to enter the
Church, 'the Mother and mistress of all Christ's faithful?' Let them hear
Lactantius crying out: 'The Catholic Church is alone in keeping the true
worship. This is the fount of truth, this is the house of Faith, this is
the temple of God: if any man enter not here, or if any man go forth from
it, he is a stranger to the hope of life and salvation. Let none delude
himself with obstinate wrangling. For life and salvation are here
concerned, which will be lost and entirely destroyed, unless their
interests are carefully and assiduously kept in mind.'" (Pope Pius XI,
Encyclical, Mortalium animos, January 6, 1928, The Papal Encyclicals,
Claudia Carlen, I.H.M., McGrath Publishing Co., 1981, pp. 317, 318.)
Pope Pius XII: (A.D. 1939 - 1958)
"Nor against this may one argue that the primacy of jurisdiction
established in the Church gives such a Mystical Body two heads. For Peter
in virtue of his primacy is only Christ's Vicar; so that there is only one
chief Head of this Body, namely Christ, Who never ceases Himself to guide
the Church invisible, though at the same time He rules it visibly, through
him who is His representative on earth, after His glorious Ascension into
heaven this Church rested not on Him alone, but on Peter too, its visible
foundation stone. That Christ and His Vicar constitute one only Head is the
solemn teaching of Our predecessor of immortal memory Boniface VIII in the
Apostolic Letter Unam Sanctam; and his successors have never ceased to
repeat the same. "They, therefore, walk in the path of dangerous errors who
believe that they can accept Christ as the head of the Church, while not
adhering loyally to His Vicar on earth. They have taken away the visible
bonds of unity and left the Mystical Body of the Redeemer so obscured and
so maimed, that those who are seeking the haven of eternal salvation can
neither see it nor find it." (Pope Pius XII, encyclical Mystici Corporis
which appeared in 1943; The Papal Encyclicals 1939-1958, Claudia Carlen,
I.H.M., McGrath Publishing Co., 1981, p. 45.)
"By divine mandate the interpreter and guardian of the Scriptures, and the
depository of Sacred Tradition living within her, the Church alone is the
entrance to salvation: She alone, by herself, and under the protection and
guidance of the Holy Spirit, is the source of truth." (Pope Pius XII,
Allocution to the Gregorian, October 17, 1953)
"O Mary Mother of Mercy and Refuge of Sinners! We beseech thee to look with
pitying eyes on poor heretics and schismatics. Do thou, who art the Seat of
Wisdom, enlighten the minds wretchedly enfolded in the darkness of
ignorance and sin, that they may clearly recognize the Holy, Catholic,
Roman Church to be the only true Church of Jesus Christ, outside of which
neither sanctity nor salvation can be found. Call them to the unity of the
one fold, granting them the grace to believe every truth of our holy faith
and to submit themselves to the Supreme Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Jesus
Christ on earth, that, thus being united with us by the sweet chains of
charity, there may soon be but one fold under one and the same Shepherd;
and may we all thus, O Glorious Virgin, exultantly sing forever: 'Rejoice,
O Virgin Mary! Thou alone hast destroyed all heresies in the whole world!'
Amen." (Pope Pius XII, The Raccolta, Benzinger Brothers, Boston, 1957, No.
626.)
Pope Gregory XVI (A.D. 1831 - 1846):
"It is not possible to worship God truly except in Her; all who are outside
Her will not be saved." (Encyclical, Summo Jugiter)
Pope Benedict XV (A.D. 1914 - 1922):
"Such is the nature of the Catholic faith that it does not admit of more or
less, but must be held as a whole, or as a whole rejected: This is the
Catholic faith, which unless a man believe faithfully and firmly, he cannot
be saved." (Encyclical, Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum)
Pope John XXIII:
"The Saviour Himself is the door of the sheepfold: 'I am the door of the
sheep.' Into this fold of Jesus Christ, no man may enter unless he be led
by the Sovereign Pontiff; and only if they be united to him can men be
saved, for the Roman Pontiff is the Vicar of Christ and His personal
representative on earth." (Pope John XXIII, homily to the Bishops assisting
at his coronation on November 4, 1958Papal Teachings: The Church,
Benedictine Monks of Solesmes, Boston, St. Paul Editions, 1962, par. 1556.)
"And you, venerable brothers, will not fail, in your teaching, to recall to
the flocks entrusted to you these grand and salutary truths; we cannot
render to God the devotion that is due Him and that is pleasing to Him nor
is it possible to be united to Him except through Jesus Christ; and it is
not possible to be united to Jesus Christ except in the Church and through
the Church, His Mystical Body, and, finally, it is not possible to belong
to the Church except through the bishops, successors of the Apostles,
united to the Supreme Pastor, the successor of Peter." (Pope John XXIII,
Address on the creation of three new dioceses on Taiwan, L'Osseratore
Romano, June 29, 1961.)
Pope John Paul I:
"According to the words of St. Augustine, who takes up an image dear to the
ancient Fathers, the ship of the Church must not fear, because it is guided
by Christ and by His Vicar. 'Although the ship is tossed about, it is still
a ship. It alone carries the disciples and receives Christ. Yes, it is
tossed on the sea, but, without it, one would immediately perish." (Sermon,
75,3; PL 28, 475) Only in the Church is salvation. 'Without it one
perishes.' (Pope John Paul I, First Allocution, August 27, 1978,
L'Osservatore Romano, August 28,29, 1978.)
"It is difficult to accept some truths, because the truths of faith are of
two kinds: some pleasant, others unpalatable to our spirit. For example, it
is pleasant to hear that God has so much tenderness for us, even more
tenderness than a mother for her children. Other truths, on the contrary,
are hard to accept. God must punish if I resist. That is not agreeable, but
it is clear that Jesus and the Church are the same thing: indissoluble,
inseparable. Christ and the Church are only one thing. It is not possible
to say: 'I believe in Jesus, I accept Jesus, but I do not accept the
Church.' When the poor Pope, when the bishops, the priests, propose the
doctrine, they are merely helping Christ. It is not our doctrine; it is
Christ's: we must merely guard it and present it." (General Audience,
September 13, 1978; Quoted in The Message of John Paul I, Daughters of St.
Paul, Boston, 1978, pp. 106,107.)
Pope John Paul II:
"The mystery of salvation is revealed to us and is continued and
accomplished in the Church...and from this genuine and single source, like
'humble, useful, precious and chaste' water, it reaches the whole world.
Dear young people and members of the faithful, like Brother Francis we have
to be conscious and absorb this fundamental and revealed truth, consecrated
by tradition: 'There is no salvation outside the Church.' From her alone
there flows surely and fully the life-giving force destined in Christ and
in His Spirit, to renew the whole of humanity, and therefore directing
every human being to become a part of the Mystical Body of Christ." (Pope
John Paul II, Radio Message for Franciscan Vigil in St. Peter's and Assisi,
October 3, 1981, L'Osservatore Romano, October 12, 1981.)
Pope Eugene IV: The Council of Florence
"The holy Roman Church believes, professes, and preaches that no one
remaining outside the Catholic Church, not just pagans, but also Jews or
heretics or schismatics, can become partakers of eternal life; but they
will go to the 'everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his
angels' (Matt. 25:41), unless before the end of life they are joined to the
Church. For the union with the body of the Church is of such importance
that the sacraments of the Church are helpful to salvation only for those
remaining in it; and fasts, almsgiving, other works of piety, and the
exercise of Christian warfare bear eternal rewards for them alone. And no
one can be saved, no matter how much alms he has given, even if he sheds
his blood for the name of Christ, unless he remains in the bosom and unity
of the Catholic Church." (Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, 1438-45,
From the Bull "Cantate Domino", February 4, 1441 (Florentine style) Decree
for the Jacobites, Denz. 165.)
The Necessity of Submission to the Pope:
"But as for you and your companions, you certainly sin, if, having heard
the decrees of the Apostolic See, and of the universal Church, and the same
is confirmed by Holy Writ, you refuse to follow them; for, though your
fathers were holy, do you think that their small number, in a corner of the
remotest island, is to be preferred before the universal Church of Christ
throughout the world? And if that Columba of yours (and, I may say, ours
also, if he was Christ's servant), was a holy man and powerful in miracles,
yet could he be preferred before the most blessed prince of the Apostles to
whom Our Lord said 'Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my
Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, and to thee I
will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven'?" When Wilfrid had spoken
thus, the king said, "Is it true Colman, that these words were spoken to
Peter by Our Lord?" He answered, "It is true, O king!" Then says he, "Can
you show any such power given to your Columba?" Colman answered, "None."
Then added the king, "Do you both agree that these words were principally
directed to Peter, and that the keys of heaven were given to him by Our
Lord?" They both answered. "We do." Then the king concluded, "And I also
say unto you, that he is the door-keeper, whom I will not contradict, but
will, as far as I know and am able, in all things obey his decrees, lest,
when I come to the gates of the kingdom of heaven, there should be none to
open them, he being my adversary who is proved to have the keys." (St.
Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, quoted in Readings from
Church History, Volume I, edited by Fr. Colman Barry, O.S.B., The Newman
Press, Westminster, MD, 1966, p. 273.)
St. Thomas Aquinas in his Against the Errors of the Greeks:
"It is shown also that it is necessary for salvation to be subject to the
Roman Pontiff." (Opuscula Theologica, Vol. I, Part 2, Chap. 36, Edited by
Fr. Raymond A. Verardo, O.P., Marietta, Turin, 1954, p. 344.)
The American Bishops in their Collective Pastoral Letter:
"Jesus lives undiminished only in that Church which has written and
preached the Scriptures; in that Church which celebrates the sacraments,
proclaims the creeds, assembles the councils, worships the Father, offers
the Body of the Lord in her liturgy, and lives by the unfailing Spirit of
God. The Church is alive in Christ and Christ lives in His Church. Thus,
she exists for the glory of God and the healing of mankind. In Christ she
realizes how mighty is God's glory which abides with us in so tangible a
manner. God, however, is not glorified nor are human hearts healed when men
seek Christ while consciously rejecting His Church. Man is not allowed to
pick and choose when he seeks God's will for himself." (The Church in Our
Day," January 11, 1968, 1969 Catholic Almanac.)
Fr. Thomas R. Ryan, C.S.S.P. said of this Collective Pastoral letter later:
"The American bishops in their Collective Pastoral Letter of 1969 said:
'Outside of Christ there is no salvation...Outside the Church no
salvation.'" (Fr. Thomas R. Ryan, C.S.S.P., Orestes A. Brownson: A
Definitive Biography, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, IN, 1978, p. 798, n.
31.)
By David J. Riggs
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