Article 19 bears quoting in full: Holy Mother Church has firmly and with absolute constancy held, and continues to hold, that the four Gospels just named, whose historical character the Church unhesitatingly asserts, faithfully hand on what Jesus Christ, while living among men, really did and
taught for their eternal salvation until the day He was taken up into heaven (see Acts 1:1).
Not exact matches
The Bible is so ambiguous, it's not even clear what exactly is required
for its main promise of
eternal salvation, that any of the good
teachings in it are rendered meaningless by the evil
teachings that are in it.
What is decisive
for the Church and hence also
for us Catholics is the ancient
teaching, because it is fundamentally ever - new,
for it is what decides our life, our
salvation, our
eternal future and our situation before the judgment seat of God.
Is it possible that the reason that the Corinthians were so concerned about baptism is that they had been
taught by the Apostle Paul and other Christian evangelists that
salvation and the promise of the resurrection of the dead and
eternal life are received in Baptism, just as orthodox Christians, including Lutherans, have been
teaching for almost 2,000 years??
Antonio, judging by your reply, it sounds that you believe I am
teaching a «false gospel» (if you even use the word «gospel»
for the message of
salvation anymore) because I believe that to receive
eternal life, a person must believe in a «Jesus» who is God (John 8:24, 58) and man (1John 4:2; 2John 7) who died
for his sins and rose again (1Cor.