Sentences with phrase «are necessary for salvation»

We never say that works are necessary for salvation, but a lot of us backend the works after salvation.

Works are necessary for salvation, but they are not sufficient.

Possibly the «weak» would not go so far as to assert that elements consecrated by an ordained priest or minister are necessary for salvation.

The truths given to us by Divine Revelation are those necessary for our salvation.

At the same time, we insist that all Christians should have open access to the Bible, and should be encouraged to read and study the Scriptures, for in them all that is necessary for salvation is set forth so clearly that the simplest believer, no less than the wisest theologian, may arrive at a sufficient understanding of them.

But paragraph 846 states that the Catholic Church is necessary for salvation.

Traditional exclusivism holds that 1) Jesus Christ is the only Savior, and 2) explicit faith in Jesus Christ is necessary for salvation.

Nevertheless, the practice continues, and sadly some even teach that it is necessary for salvation.

Besides, if you are a Christian you would know that his death was necessary for our salvation.

If the theory of relativity had also been necessary for salvation, it would have been revealed to Saint Paul or to Moses... As a matter of fact neither Saint Paul nor Moses had the slightest idea of relativity.»

Once you realize that the Bible does not purport to be a textbook of science, the old controversy between religion and science vanishes... The doctrine of the Trinity is much more abstruse than anything in relativity or quantum mechanics; but, being necessary for salvation, the doctrine is stated in the Bible.

We can probably find some point of disagreement that would cause us to not get along but theology will never be one of them because, like you, I don't consider any brand of orthodoxy to be necessary for salvation.

I pray that you know that Jesus Christ + repentance is necessary for salvation.

I totally agree, Matthew, and wish I knew enough Greek to discern the «works» of the Law that Paul rejected as being necessary for salvation and the «works» of the Spirt (which I prefer to call the good and Godly deeds), that John claimed were essential for kingdom living.

There are too many statements in the Bible affirming that those who believe are saved (including, of course, John 3:16, which is cited as the preface to «The Gift of Salvation») for us to say that something other than belief is necessary for salvation.

CCC 1257 says, «Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament.»

This is why theologians today can still illustrate important features of the Good News by looking at Paul's teaching on circumcision, even though there is no live debate among Christians about whether it is necessary for salvation anymore.

The impression I get from reading the Bible is that belief in Christ is necessary for salvation, but once a person is in Heaven they will still be accountable for their actions towards others and may face some lesser punishments initially.

For instance, I said, «The Bible does not say that a belief in the virgin birth is necessary for salvation.

It may contain all that is necessary for salvation, but the glory of Easter is not a result of self - righteousness.

I know you don't believe that Roman Catholicism is true, but we believe that baptism is necessary for salvation.

One last point before we conclude this chapter is the question whether revelation is necessary for salvation.

If a knowledge of God is necessary for salvation as Paul says, how can the atheist of good will be saved?

Not exact matches

The only thing necessary for salvation is FAITH as Paul stated in Ephesians 2:8 - 9.

«Their insistence that scripture contains all things necessary for salvation,» he writes, «was part of their protest against the Roman insistence on belief in dogmas like transubstantiation [and the perpetual virginity of Mary] as necessary articles of faith.

He also expressed a personal opinion that it could be dropped if necessary and he went on to show how this would in no way compromise the necessity of baptism for salvation.

Ritual laws glorify God and they are not necessary for salvation.

The panel question was: «Is explicit belief in Jesus» death and resurrection necessary for eternal salvation?»

In my view, belief in the death and resurrection of Jesus is only necessary for those whose target is salvation.

Distinguished men of letters, essayists, novelists, and poets, have recently asserted their conviction that the only thing which can save our sagging culture is a revival of religious faith, but many of these men make no contact whatever with the particular organizations in their own communities which are dedicated to the nourishment of the very faith they declare necessary for our salvation.

(This Lutheran Pastor believes that both the Assumption of Mary and the Immaculate Conception can be defended biblically, but they can not be made dogmatic beliefs necessary for salvation.)

If water baptism was all that was important and necessary for salvation, there would have been no need for the disciples to wait in Jerusalem or receive the gift of holy spirit.

a set of values, beliefs, and structure in a person's life in order to give them direction and a sense of right and wrong is fine, but organized religions are no more than large corporations, and like any large corporation are only focused on their bottom line... trying to control the public and extract as much money as they can from them by any means necessary... promoting fear, uncertainty, hate and a sense that they alone can offer salvation... for a price (although they are very cleaver about getting to this hidden and unspoken cost... after all these hundreds of years they have perfected their craft well!)

Even if we can not pray for some of these goals with much affirmation — even if we find ourselves praying for the salvation of liberals before Christ returns, or the redirection of evangelical social concern to its proper sphere of evangelism and world mission, or the disappearance of the electronic church — God will answer our prayers, with corrections if necessary, and will either change our minds or the minds of those for whom we are praying.

«The Gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystey of man's redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.»

Although Scripture is available to all and sufficient unto salvation for those who read attentively, a proper hermeneutic is necessary so that private interpretations can be corrected and fresh stimulus gained for the ongoing theological task of the church.

According to Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, exiled apostolic delegate to Mexico, «The Catholic Church recognizes no human power which can prevent Her from doing anything She Herself deems necessary for the salvation of souls; therefore in spiritual matters She is subordinate to no one.

Judaism, land - rooted in content but universal in form and reference, demonstrates that «it is normal for religions to convert into means of salvation the experiences arising from the social interaction which a common land makes necessary for a people» (NZ 135).

While the fullness of the means of salvation is given in the Church and is necessary for those who understand that, nobody is outside the possibility of saving grace.

Isn't it necessary to integrate within process metaphysics the notion that the transforming power of God which comes as the result of salvation, regeneration, and sanctification is essential for humanity to deal effectively with the problems of sufferinis essential for humanity to deal effectively with the problems of suffering?

But it is also necessary for everlasting salvation that one faithfully believe the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It was necessary that Jesus got arrested and finally murdered for the sake of our salvation.

The conviction of earlier theologians that relatively few are saved rests, I suspect, partly on the assumption that faith in Christ, baptism, and adherence to the Church are necessary conditions for salvation.

These people, knowing it necessary that people that we have been given an undeserved gift of Grace didn't choose to «keep it simple» but felt compelled to also make sure we were aware: Christianity is shocking in that God loves us so much he was willing to die for us rather than leave us trying (and failing) to impress him on our own; but frankly, people had conceived of such an notion before, the twist is that a God fully capable of saving us has already accomplished all the necessary work to save us but without needing us to do so nonetheless invites us to participate in our own salvation.

For the predictions of the passion, which represent his suffering and death as willed by God and necessary to salvation, were put in his mouth subsequently by the church.

A standard traditional definition of revelation is «the communication of those truths which are necessary and profitable for human salvation... in the form of ideas.»

I suppose that there may be some professor of classics somewhere who looks upon the Iliad as containing knowledge necessary for our salvation, but there can not be many such people.

The work of the Eternal Word of God, present in men spermatically, as Justin Martyr for example put it, offered this possibility of salvation, so that the historical accident of having lived after Jesus or having heard about Him was not the necessary condition of the salvation which God purposed for His human children.

Second, the rigidity of his hierarchy as an ontological plan for creation might sometimes lend itself to the idea that the Incarnation of the eternal Word was superfluous — all grace flows naturally through the ranks, from the divine Word at the peak on down to the faithful: the Incarnation of the Logos does act as a theophany — arevelation of God — but it seems hardly necessary for salvation.

This is especially the concepts that good works must follow and accompany faith in order for the faith to be considered genuine, the understanding of repentance as turning away from sin and as necessary for assurance and «final salvation,» of the Kingdom of God referring to God's final salvation for the redeemed and punitive judgment for the wicked, and God's punishment of Jesus for the sins of the whole world to satisfy His wrath.