Are Catholics Saved?

[Bible Thumpin n Gun Totin]

The wife and I are both 'Ex-Baptist', found the Catholic Church was the Church established by Christ and believe there are 'saved folk' in all denominations. Many Catholics have placed their faith in Christ. There are also many, many cultural Catholics (like I expect you probably were) who were Catholic in name only. You obviously didn't understand the teachings of the Catholic Church or recognize that the Early Church was Catholic to the core. BTW, I completely support you evangelizing cultural Catholics who have never placed their faith and trust in Jesus as much as I support your doing the same with Baptists. My next door neighbors in Visalia, Ca were Baptist Sunday school teachers and also denied that Hell existed and didn't believe in a physical (but spiritual resurrection) of Jesus. They attended the American Baptist Church which was the largest Baptist (but dying quickly) church in town. I guess you would support 'evangelizing' these folk as well?

I understood much of the teachings and was "sprinkled", had first communion and was confirmed as a teenager. I had to give up Wednesday nights for a year to do all that of my own volition.

A few years later I started to read the Bible and I did what it said, and was "born again" although I wouldn't know it until a year after the event. My wife was, and her family are just "cultural catholics".

In general in my area I typically won't evangelize Baptists, Assemblies of God/Pentecostal, Presbyterians, Methodists, or Mennonites and will rather assume they are brethren. If I knew that they taught Christ did not rise again then I'd certainly put them in the "need evangelization" camp regardless of denominations. I'm a Christian first and a Baptist second.

 

[Reformed]

I was born into an Italian Roman Catholic family. I was baptized, had my first communion, and was confirmed. It was while I was a Roman Catholic that I first believed the gospel (at an Assembly of God church). I stayed in the Roman Catholic church for a while as part of the Roman Catholic renewal movement. Eventually I could no longer abide Roman Catholic theology, so I left. I believe that was the work of the Holy Spirit in my life. So, yes, a person can be a Roman Catholic and come to faith in Christ. As far as remaining in the Roman system, I suppose it is possible, but it will very difficult to do for the long haul.

 

[Yeshua1]

The wife and I are both 'Ex-Baptist', found the Catholic Church was the Church established by Christ and believe there are 'saved folk' in all denominations. Many Catholics have placed their faith in Christ. There are also many, many cultural Catholics (like I expect you probably were) who were Catholic in name only. You obviously didn't understand the teachings of the Catholic Church or recognize that the Early Church was Catholic to the core. BTW, I completely support you evangelizing cultural Catholics who have never placed their faith and trust in Jesus as much as I support your doing the same with Baptists. My next door neighbors in Visalia, Ca were Baptist Sunday school teachers and also denied that Hell existed and didn't believe in a physical (but spiritual resurrection) of Jesus. They attended the American Baptist Church which was the largest Baptist (but dying quickly) church in town. I guess you would support 'evangelizing' these folk as well?

Rome in Council of Trent repudiated and rejected the true Gospel!

 

[Yeshua1]

The wife and I both being Ex-Catholics believe that there are members of all Bible-believing denominations that are saved. We would include Catholics in that "Bible Believing" definition, but they are at the fringe.

I would say that out of all denominations, Catholics would have the "least" percentage of "Saved" folks, and that when you do encounter a "Saved" Catholic it is despite the teachings of the pope rather than because of them.

We would both evangelize Catholics with the expectation that they're not Saved, but would be pleasantly surprised if they are.

They would be saved due to the grace of God, not due to holding to false dogmas and doctrines of Rome!

 

[Yeshua1]

I understood much of the teachings and was "sprinkled", had first communion and was confirmed as a teenager. I had to give up Wednesday nights for a year to do all that of my own volition.

A few years later I started to read the Bible and I did what it said, and was "born again" although I wouldn't know it until a year after the event. My wife was, and her family are just "cultural catholics".

In general in my area I typically won't evangelize Baptists, Assemblies of God/Pentecostal, Presbyterians, Methodists, or Mennonites and will rather assume they are brethren. If I knew that they taught Christ did not rise again then I'd certainly put them in the "need evangelization" camp regardless of denominations. I'm a Christian first and a Baptist second.

Catholics tend to use word Church when we would say Jesus!

 

[Yeshua1]

I was born into an Italian Roman Catholic family. I was baptized, had my first communion, and was confirmed. It was while I was a Roman Catholic that I first believed the gospel (at an Assembly of God church). I stayed in the Roman Catholic church for a while as part of the Roman Catholic renewal movement. Eventually I could no longer abide Roman Catholic theology, so I left. I believe that was the work of the Holy Spirit in my life. So, yes, a person can be a Roman Catholic and come to faith in Christ. As far as remaining in the Roman system, I suppose it is possible, but it will very difficult to do for the long haul.

really nothing in Rome to allow one to mature and grow once saved, as consistent false teachings coming across!