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The Catholic Church used to teach There is no salvation outside of it.. no longer taught by the Vatican today
I've been studying and living Catholicism for a couple decades now and there are many things that seem complicated for a Catholic to fully understand
One is that the Church, prior to 1958 (which means the Church taught for 19 hundred & 58 years) that there is no salvation outside the Church Christ founded, the Catholic Church.
OK, I am not trying to argue with Protestants on whether that is true. I've done that before and gotten nowhere. What I am focused on is:
1) Do most Catholics today still believe that?
2) Do only Traditionalist Catholics believe it?
3) Does Francis explicitly teach against it? (it looks like it but I have not recently looked at what he says... decided a long time ago he is not a real Catholic.
Also, is it "hateful" to adhere to this... hateful to Protestants?
And yet the Truth is never "hateful." It is the Truth that will set us free... Unless we face the Truth--Capital T--we will never be fully IN CHRIST (who is Truth Incarnate) as is necessary to get into Heaven