[CS-FSLUG] NI (TD): Russian Orthodox bishop appeals for Catholic-Orthodox alliance

[Timothy Butler]

>
> Tim, you must realize that there never can be a reuniting of the
> western/protestant churches and the RCC as, according to the RCC,  
> there
> is no salvation outside of the RCC:
> http://www.ewtn.com/library/SCRIPTUR/EXTRAECC.TXT
> http://www.catholic.com/library/Salvation_Outside_the_Church.asp
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/3517/nosalv.htm
> (just a few examples)

     Ah, yes, good 'ol extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

> The only way that there can be a reconciliation is that we all  
> submit to
> the authority of the Pope and the RCC.
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong........

     Well, clearly, submitting it the Pope is not a requirement,  
given recent Catholic agreements with the Anglicans and Orthodox. For  
example, the Anglican Communion and the Catholic church agreed on the  
substance of the Mass a few years back. IIRC, it is now permissible  
for a Catholic to participate in an Anglican service. Likewise I  
believe with the Eastern Orthodox, unless I am mistaken.

     The post Vatican II view of salvation is decidedly less strict  
than extra eccesiam nulla salus, if the church is defined as the  
Roman Catholic Church. Even earlier, then Americanization movement  
lead by the triumvirate Gibbons, Ireland and Keane.

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