Ralph Martin Responds to Bishop Barron on the Salvation of Non-Christians
Summary
TLDRRalph Martin von Renewal Ministries und Professor am Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit reflektiert über Bishop Barrons Predigt über die Seelenheiligkeit von Nicht-Christen. Er respektiert Barrons Ansichten und betont die Bedeutung von Lumen Gentium 16, das die Bedingungen für die Seelenheiligkeit außerhalb der christlichen Kirche beschreibt. Martin warnt vor der gefährlichen Vorstellung der praktischen Universalität und betont die Notwendigkeit der Evangelisation, um die wahre Lehre der Kirche zu vermitteln und die Seelen in Gefahr zu retten.
Takeaways
- 🙏 Ralph Martin ist Professor an der Sacred Heart Major Seminary und spricht über die Möglichkeit, dass auch Nichtchristen gerettet werden können.
- 🔗 Er respektiert Bishop Barron und möchte seine Predigt über das Heil anderer Religionen und Philosophien diskutieren.
- 📜 Martin verweist auf die heilige Schrift, insbesondere auf Apostelgeschichte 4, wo Petrus sagt, dass es keine Erlösung außer durch Jesus gibt.
- 🌟 Er betont, dass die Fülle der Erlösung in Jesus angeboten wird, aber auch Menschen anderer Religionen können an der Erlösung teilhaben, wenn sie auf die Wahrheit, Güte und Schönheit reagieren, die sie in ihren Lebensumständen finden.
- 💭 Er erwähnt, dass Konsistorialkardinal Newman über das Gewissen als den ursprünglichen Vikar Christi in unserer Seele gesprochen hat und dass das Folgen unseres Gewissens dem Gehorsam gegenüber Christus gleichkommt.
- 📚 Martin und Barron sind beide Verteidiger des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils und betonen die Bedeutung der Lehren von Vatikan II.
- 🚪 Lumen Gentium 16 aus Vatikan II wird als Schlüsseltext für das Verständnis der katholischen Lehre über die Erlösung von Menschen ohne christliche Erkenntnisse betrachtet.
- 🌐 Martin kritisiert die Tendenz einiger Katholiken, die sich einer praktischen Universalistenmentalität hingegeben haben, die annimmt, dass fast jeder den Himmel erreicht.
- ⚠️ Er betont, dass die Bedingungen für die Möglichkeit der Erlösung ohne Kenntnis des Evangeliums streng sind und nicht zu vermuten sind, dass alle, die Christus nicht kennen, gerettet werden können.
- 📣 Martin fordert eindringlich die Verkündigung des Evangeliums, um die Erlösung aller Menschen zu fördern, und warnt davor, dass Menschen, die das Evangelium nicht gehört haben, in großer Gefahr sind.
Q & A
Wer ist Ralph Martin und wo arbeitet er?
-Ralph Martin ist von den Erneuerungsministerien und ein Professor am Sacred Heart Major Seminary in der Erzdiözese von Detroit.
Worum geht es in Bishop Barrons Predigt, auf die sich Ralph Martin bezieht?
-Bishop Barron sprach über die Möglichkeit, dass auch Menschen, die nicht explizit Christen sind, gerettet werden können.
Was sagt der Apostel Petrus in der Apostelgeschichte, auf die sich Barron bezieht?
-Der Apostel Petrus sagt in der Apostelgeschichte Kapitel 4, dass es keine Rettung gibt durch jemand anderen und kein anderer Name unter dem Himmel gegeben ist, durch den die Menschen gerettet werden können.
Wie antwortet Barron auf die Frage, ob man nur gerettet werden kann, wenn man Jesus explizit kennt und folgt?
-Barron antwortet, dass die volle Rettung in Jesus angeboten wird, aber Menschen in anderen Religionen und philosophischen Systemen können an der Rettung teilhaben, wenn sie auf die Wahrheit, Güte und Schönheit reagieren, die sie in ihren Umgebungen und Situationen begegnen.
Welche Rolle spielt das Gewissen nach Ansicht von Kardinal Newman?
-Kardinal Newman, der kürzlich als Heiliger kanonisiert wurde, sagte, dass unser Gewissen der ursprüngliche Vikar Christi in unserer Seele ist und wenn wir unser Gewissen folgen, dann folgen wir der Stimme Christi.
Was ist der Hauptunterschied zwischen der Auffassung von Ralph Martin und der von Bishop Barron hinsichtlich der Rettung außerhalb der Kirche?
-Beide sind Verteidiger des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils, aber Martin betont, dass Barron einige Aspekte aus Lumen Gentium 16 nicht ausreichend oder klar genug hervorgehoben hat, die für das Verständnis dessen, was die Kirche tatsächlich lehrt, unerlässlich sind.
Was sind die Bedingungen, die nach Lumen Gentium 16 erfüllt sein müssen, damit jemand ohne Kenntnis des Evangeliums gerettet werden kann?
-Die Bedingungen sind: Unverschuldete Unwissenheit über das Evangelium, seitrer Göttersucher mit einem aufrichtigen Herzen und Handeln im Einklang mit dem, was die Gewissensstimme als sein Willen ansieht.
Wie beurteilt Ralph Martin die Bedeutung des Gewissens in Bezug auf die Rettung?
-Ralph Martin betont, dass das Gewissen oft verkehrt sein kann und dass es nicht immer die Stimme Christi ist. Es ist wichtig, ein wahres Gewissen wiederherzustellen, um die wahre Stimme Gottes zu hören.
Was sagt Lumen Gentium 16 über die Rolle der Kirche in der Seelsorge für alle Menschen, einschließlich derer, die das Evangelium nicht gehört haben?
-Lumen Gentium 16 betont, dass die Kirche sich bemüht, die Botschaft des Evangeliums zu verbreiten, um die Ehre Gottes und die Rettung aller Menschen zu fördern, insbesondere jener, die durch den Teufel getäuscht wurden oder ohne Gott in dieser Welt leben.
Was sind die praktischen Schritte, die die Kirche unternimmt, um die Rettung aller Menschen zu fördern?
-Die Kirche ist bemüht, die Botschaft des Evangeliums durch Predigt, persönliche Zeugnisse, Einladungen, das Teilen von Büchern und Medieninhalten zu verbreiten, um die Rettung aller Menschen zu fördern.
Outlines
🌟 Diskussion über Heiligkeit außerhalb des christlichen Glaubens
Der Text beginnt mit einer Einleitung von Ralph Martin, der seine Position und seinen Respekt für Bischof Robert Barron betont, der kürzlich eine Predigt über die Möglichkeit gehalten hat, dass auch Menschen, die nicht explizit Christen sind, gerettet werden können. Martin will einige Gedanken dazu äußern und betont, dass er dies aus vollem Respekt für Barron und seiner Arbeit tut. Er bezieht sich auf einen Text aus dem Apostelgeschichten, in dem Petrus sagt, dass es keine Rettung gibt außer durch Jesus Christus. Martin diskutiert dann die Frage, ob das bedeuten muss, dass nur Christen gerettet werden können, und stellt klar, dass es auch für Menschen in anderen Religionen oder philosophischen Systemen Möglichkeiten zur Teilnahme an der Heiligung gibt, wenn sie auf die Wahrheit, Güte und Schönheit reagieren, die sie in ihren jeweiligen Lebensumständen antreffen.
🔍 Eine genauere Betrachtung von Lumen Gentium Abschnitt 16
In diesem Absatz geht es weiter um die Diskussion über die Heiligkeit für Menschen, die das Evangelium nicht gehört haben. Martin verweist auf die Kommentare von Vater Mark Goring, der zustimmt, dass Barron die biblischen Texte gut dargestellt hat, die die absoluten Ansprüche Jesu als einzige Quelle der Welterlösung betonen. Martin möchte sich jedoch auf Lumen Gentium Abschnitt 16 konzentrieren, einer Textstelle, die er für entscheidend erachtet, um das Lehramt der katholischen Kirche über diese Frage zu verstehen. Er betont, dass die Bedingungen, unter denen jemand ohne Kenntnis des Evangeliums gerettet werden kann, sorgfältig betrachtet werden müssen, und kritisiert, dass viele Theologen diese Bedingungen oft übersehen.
🙏 Die Bedeutung der Gewissensbildung und der Sehnsucht nach Gott
Martin erläutert die Bedingungen, die erforderlich sind, damit jemand, der das Evangelium nicht kennt, gerettet werden kann. Er betont, dass es um unschuldige Unwissenheit geht, die nicht auf eigenem Verschulden beruht. Darüber hinaus müssen diese Menschen Gott mit einem aufrichtigen Herzen suchen und versuchen, sein Willen gemäß den Geboten ihres Gewissens zu erfüllen. Martin warnt, dass das Gewissen manchmal verdorben sein kann und dass es wichtig ist, ein wahres Gewissen wiederherzustellen. Er betont, dass die Kirche besorgt ist um die Seelen derer, die möglicherweise nicht unschuldig unwissend sind, nicht Gott suchen oder nicht nach dem Licht handeln, das Gott ihnen durch ihr Gewissen gibt.
📜 Die Notwendigkeit der Offenbarung der Wahrheit durch die Kirche
In diesem letzten Absatz betont Martin die Bedeutung der Mission der Kirche, die darauf abzielt, das Evangelium jedem zu vermitteln. Er argumentiert, dass Menschen, die das Evangelium nicht gehört haben, in großer Gefahr sind, von dem Bösen getäuscht zu werden und in die终极的 Verzweiflung zu geraten. Er fordert, dass die Kirche durch Predigt, Gebet und persönliches Zeugnis die Botschaft von Jesus Christus verbreitet, um allen Menschen die Möglichkeit zu geben, auf das Licht zu reagieren, das Gott ihnen bietet. Martin betont, dass es zwar möglich ist, ohne das Hören des Evangeliums zu werden gerettet, dies jedoch sehr schwierig ist und dass es besser ist, explizit zum Glauben an Jesus Christus und in die Kirche zu kommen.
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Keywords
💡Erneuerung
💡Bischof Barron
💡Lumen Gentium
💡Gewissens
💡Vatikan II
💡Seeligkeit
💡Evangelisierung
💡Glaube
💡Nichtchristen
💡Gesetz des Gewissens
Highlights
Ralph Martin discusses Bishop Robert Barron's sermon on the possibility of salvation for non-Christians.
Bishop Barron's sermon references Acts 4:12, emphasizing the unique role of Jesus in salvation.
Martin agrees with Barron that salvation is found in Jesus, but others can participate in it through truth, goodness, and beauty.
John Henry Cardinal Newman's view on conscience as the aboriginal Vicar of Christ is mentioned.
Both Martin and Barron support Vatican II and its teachings on salvation and the Church's mission.
Lumen Gentium section 16 is identified as key to understanding the Catholic Church's stance on salvation for non-Christians.
Martin critiques a common misconception of 'practical universalism' within the Church.
The importance of sincere seeking of God and acting according to the dictates of one's conscience is emphasized.
Conscience can be corrupted, and not all consciences accurately reflect the voice of Christ.
The necessity of supernatural faith and charity for salvation is discussed.
Martin highlights the danger of not hearing the gospel and the importance of evangelization.
The urgency of evangelization is stressed due to the influence of original sin and the deceit of the devil.
Martin calls for a genuine unity within the Church based on the full teachings of Jesus and the Church.
Resources for further exploration of these topics, including books and a newsletter, are offered by Renewal Ministries.
Transcripts
Hello brothers and sisters this is Ralph Martin from Renewal Ministries
and a professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Detroit and I’d like to offer a
few comments today on a sermon that Bishop Robert Barron recently gave on the possibility of people
being saved who weren't explicitly Christians friends have been sending this to me and I
think also Father Mark Goring has just recently commented on it in a really good way and I just
like to add a few reflections I do this with full respect for Bishop Barron admiration for him as a
Bishop who's so dedicated to preaching the gospel and engaging contemporary culture I offer this as
some thoughts to reflection as we as a Church try to get clear on this really important area
to summarize um Bishop Barron's sermon which we'll provide a link for at the bottom of this video
he talks about a text from Acts chapter 4 where Saint Peter says there is no no salvation through
anyone else nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are
to be saved and very admirably he says you know this is an uncomfortable text for many people in
our culture today and let's not kind of explain it away let's kind of stick with it and let's
try to understand what it says and then he asked a very sensible question does that mean unless
you explicitly know and follow Jesus you can't be saved and he gives a very correct answer no
and then he kind of slightly changes the wording that Saint Peter uses that he says the fullness
of salvation is offered in Jesus but people in other religions and religious philosophies and
no religions can participate in the salvation when they respond to the truth goodness and
beauty that they encounter in the systems that they populate in their situations
but he also mentions how John Henry Cardinal Newman who's been recently canonized as a Saint
was a the hidden influence on Vatican II talked about how our conscience is
the aboriginal Vicar of Christ in our soul and when we follow our conscience
what our conscience tells us is right when we follow what our conscience tells us is right
or wrong we are following the voice of Christ now both Bishop Barron and myself are firm defenders
of Vatican II we think that the riches of Vatican II have yet to be fully implemented or explored
and the various misinterpretations of Vatican II appeals to its spirit apart from its letter
uh are are really inadequate and and off the point in that this is a legitimate authentic Ecumenical
Council of the Church which has tremendously fruitful truth there for us that has yet been
realized now Bishop Barron is also very clear by saying I’m not saying all will be saved but that
people can be saved apart from explicit knowledge of faith in Jesus Christ so and then he says that
in order to really see what the Catholic Church teaches about this precisely take a look at
a text from the constitution on the Church from Vatican II called Lumen Gentium: Light
of the Nations and particularly section 16. now this text is a particular interest to me because
when I was getting drawn back into the academic life and began teaching at Sacred
Heart Seminary little by little the Seminary kept suggesting I get another advanced degree
and finally they asked would you be willing to go to Rome and get a doctorate
and I said I’d be willing to do that if I could work on a particular issue that
I think is very important for the Church today and that's the issue of practical universalism
the way I would describe it was that many of our fellow Catholics have drifted into a mentality
where this is how they look at the world today broad and wide is the way that leads to heaven
and almost everybody's going that way narrow is the door that leads to hell and hardly anybody's
going that way and of course hopefully most of you know what's wrong with this picture
it's directly the opposite of what Jesus himself says Matthew chapter 7 verses 13 and 14 Jesus says
broad and wide is the way that leads to destruction and many are traveling that way
narrow is the door that leads to heaven difficult to road and few there are who are finding it now
we know this isn't how God wants it to be we know from first Thessalonians chapter 2 that God wills
the whole human race to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth we also know there
needs to be a response to the grace God gives to people for their salvation the question now is
how does this happen or how can it happen for people who haven't heard the gospel
and that's what Lumen Gentium 16 talks about Father Goring in his uh goring Father Mark
Goring from the Companions of the Cross in his response to Bishop Barron said he agrees
he agrees a 100% with 80% of what Bishop Barron says that he basically did an excellent job of
representing and showing all the texts in many of the texts of scripture that talk about the
absolute claims of Jesus to uniquely be the source of salvation for the whole world so I think Father
Goring has done a good job on that I’d like to devote the remaining part of this short talk and
short response to Bishop Barron's sermon to actual a closer examination of Lumen Gentium section 16
because when I decided to go to Rome I decided that that was the key text that I wanted to
study and I actually published a book based on it after I got my doctorate it's called “Will
Many be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and its Implications for the New Evangelization”
and there's a lot of a lot of good stuff in this book for those who want to go into the
issue more it talks about development of doctrine in the Catholic Church how the Church has come to
understand that outside the Church there's no salvation it goes into some of the theological
theories that people like Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar have sort of submitted as a guidance
to this issue but uh the key of it is what in fact does the Catholic Church teach today about it
and that is found in Lumen Gentium number 16. For those who don't want quite as technical
uh approach to it as that book is I wrote a more popular book called "The Urgency of
the New Evangelization" which also deals with Lumen Gentium16 in a sort of summary way so
uh one of the things that led me to make this response was not just people
kind of asking me to but also I read some of the comments in the in the YouTube channel on chat box
where people responded to Bishop Barron's talk and it did seem like whether it was fair or not
a number of the comments were drifting in the direction of that false understanding of
it's easy to drift into the kingdom of God and it's really hard to choose to go to hell
and and that's just not what either the gospel says or the Church actually teaches so
uh I agree with Bishop Barron that Lumen Gentium 16 is the key text but I really do
think that there's some things in that text that Bishop Barron hasn't brought out adequately or
clearly enough that are absolutely essential for understanding what the Church in fact teaches so
let's take a look at the text I’m going to take the translation here from the documents of Vatican
II the general editor Austin Flannery is one of the most popular and widely accepted translations
here's what it says, "Those who through no fault of their own do not know the
gospel of Christ or his Church but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart
and move by grace [excuse me] try in their actions to do his will as they know it through
the dictates of their conscience these too may achieve eternal salvation." Now this part of
the document and the preceding part is quoted by almost everybody who talks about this issue
however very little attention is paid to what actually the conditions are that need to be there
to make it possible for somebody to be saved without hearing the gospel and hardly anybody ever
I mean this literally that's quite shocking to me some of the greatest theologians who write on this
issue completely ignore the last three sentences and we'll get to that in a few minutes let's kind
of ask ourselves what are these conditions that the Church is saying needs to be there
for the possibility of people being saved who don't explicitly know Christ or
his gospel the first thing is in culpable ignorance people who not because of their own
fault haven't heard the gospel now that implies that it is possible to be culpably ignorant
of the gospel you know I I know some of us have the common experience for example of
inviting a friend to hear a talk say Scott Hahn comes to town or even Bishop Barron comes to town
and and we want a fallen away Catholic or lukewarm Catholic to come and hear more about the beauties
of the faith and how great it is to be a Catholic and uh they say no and it may not just be because
they're busy or whatever but sometimes people know what they are going to hear and they don't want to
challenge their worldview they don't want to have to kind of confront maybe sometimes even sin or
darkness or deception in their life so the first condition is inculpable ignorance of the gospel
now one of the comments in response to Bishop Barron's sermon was from somebody who's from an
academic environment and who's around people who verbally express their hatred for Christianity she
talked about how Bishop Barron's sermon helped her to uh not not be critical of these people and to
love them and that that's that's really important that we need to love our enemies bless those who
persecute us we're never going to win anybody to Christ if we don't really love them and have
a concern for their well-being we don't want to kind of descend into ideological commitments or
the imperialism that that Bishop Barron warned against however we should be very concerned
about people who say they hate Christianity now maybe they're inculpably ignorant of Christianity
but maybe they're not maybe know exactly who Christ is and exactly what he teaches and they
hate him and hate the Church now this is becoming quite a common uh viewpoint in our culture
our culture is quickly becoming not just post-Christian but anti-Christian and is
actually I think demonically inspired hatred for Christ in his Church and so we can't presume
that people who say they hate Christianity are incompletely ignorant we can't presume
that they are either only God knows somebody's culpability but we should be very concerned for
everybody's salvation and not presume that everything's okay the second condition is
nevertheless people who are inculpably ignorance of the gospel are seeking God with a sincere heart
now one of the things that Jesus said that when he returns again
and he talks about this in Matthew 24 he says people are going to be buying and selling eating
and drinking marrying and giving in marriage right up into the day just like it was a Noah’s day just
right up into the day when people entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all
so Jesus in this text isn't saying that because evil was so great you know the flood came and
destroyed them all that's the case but he talked about the condition of people
and their indifference they're going on with business as usual concerned only with the things
of this world yet the Lord expects people to want to know who he is and to sincerely seek him
what's the basis for this the basis of one of the basics for this is Romans chapter 1
where scripture says God has revealed himself to everybody on the face of the earth
and that everybody by looking at the creation can deduce that there's a creator and needs to have
a desire to know what the will of the creator is what the purpose is for creating us and what human
life is all about we need to be sincerely seeking God wanting to know who he is now obviously that
isn't always fulfilled there's a lot of people who aren't sincerely seeking God who are indifferent
just like Jesus talks about in Matthew 24. the third condition is move by grace try in their
actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience those two may achieve
eternal salvation so just like Bishop Barron says this isn't a guarantee of salvation this says it's
a possibility the possibility to rest on these conditions being fulfilled in culpable ignorance
of the gospel sincerely seeking God and acting on the light that God is giving to our conscience
now I need to say something here about conscience Bishop Barron pointed out that uh
he quoted Cardinal Newman that our conscience is the aboriginal vicar of Christ and when we
respond to what our conscience is telling us is right or wrong we're responding to Christ himself
now I think we need to add some things there conscience can often be corrupted we can have
bad consciences and what our conscience is telling us isn't the voice of Christ uh we can rationalize
our behavior we can uh we can be brainwashed we know we can uh in so many ways our conscience
may not be what we call our conscience can't be a reliable guide to the truth we need to really
kind of recover our true conscience one of the things that the Catechism the Catholic Church says
and I have the text right here this is another book it's called “A Church in Crisis” and it
talks about the confusion of the Church right now and how to get our heads clear but in chapter six
it's called "Is Anyone Responsible?" and uh this is the question about culpability we're living in
a culture where more and more nobody's responsible everybody's sincerely doing what they think is
right which isn't the case at all and one of the things that the catechism says in section 1860
no one is deemed to be ignorant of the principles of the moral law which are
written in the conscience of every man you know everybody knows that in some way before maybe
their conscience has been deformed that uh it's wrong to kill people that it's uh wrong to steal
it's wrong to commit adultery uh the scripture here is telling us that the Church is telling us
in Lumen Gentium 16 it's wrong not to be seeking God so these are pretty stiff requirements
uh and and they're not to be presumed that everybody who doesn't know Christ is
cooperating with the mysterious grace he gives uh to be known even when his name is not known
and what Bishop Barron says it's absolutely true that through through our experience of love or
truth or beauty we can be receiving grace from Christ and if we yield to that grace we can have
salvation affected in our life you know as Bishop as Father Mark Goring pointed out there isn't like
a middle stage of participating in salvation we're either saved or not saved and so these
rays of light these aspects of truth that we find in uh religious philosophies or other religions
can be a doorway for us to receive grace and light that God is giving us but there's an important
footnote in Lumen Gentium 16 to and it refers to the letter of the Holy Office to the father to the
Archbishop of Boston concerning the Father Feeney case and what that basically says is not just any
kind of metaphysical faith "oh yeah I believe in God that saves us" it's not just any kind of good
will and and you know principles of morality that saves us but what saves us is a response to grace
there needs to be supernatural faith faith that's born in us by saying yes to a light that God's
giving us which implies in it a surrender to the one who's enlighten us so surrender to God
which births supernatural faith in our soul we also need to have supernatural charity
without supernatural faith or supernatural charity we can't be saved so it isn't just
"oh yeah I believe in God" but it's a response a personal response to a light that we're receiving
we may not know where it's coming from we may not know the name of Jesus but we're saying yes to
something deep in our soul that God is giving us that does does take away original sin, or it can.
So the big problem though in in I think how Lumen Gentium 16 was used in this sermon
is that it doesn't talk about the last three sentences which are so important and
unless you talk about the last three sentences you're distorting what the Church is teaching
here's the last three sentences "But very often, deceived by the evil one,
human beings have become foolish in their thinking and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie and
worshipped the creature rather than the creator there's an exact reference to Romans chapter one
right there in the text of Vatican II or else living and dying in this world without God they're
exposed to ultimate despair therefore to procure the glory of God and the salvation of all these."
So whose salvation is the Church concerned about here? People who haven't heard the gospel but
maybe are not inculpably ignorant maybe they're not sincerely seeking God maybe they're not really
living according to the light of their conscience but they're living according to the brainwashing
of the culture or the rationalizations of their own disordered desires from original sin
so these people the Church is concerned about their salvation "Therefore to procure the
glory of God and the salvation of all these the Church mindful of the Lord's command to
preach the gospel to every creature takes zealous care to carry out its mission of evangelization."
Now what's being said here is that we're not living in a neutral environment
that all of us have been deeply impacted by original sin believers and unbelievers
Buddhists Hindus Muslims Christians atheists we've all been deeply impacted by original sin and have
disordered desires and a tendency to do things that aren't right
and and a weakened will and we're all susceptible to the deceived deceits of
the devil and and we know that the devil is like a roaring lion seeking whom he to devour
all day long he's firing fiery darts into the soul of every person on the face of the earth
and if we don't have the help the explicit help of Christ and the Church the explicit help of
knowing exactly what God's will is what we must do to be saved that we find in sacred scripture
the tradition of the Church and the magisterium if we don't have that it's so easy to be deceived
it's so easy to give in to disorder desires it's so easy to believe the lies of the devil so
I checked out the original Latin where it says yes very often very often people are deceived
by the evil one and in to disordered desires and so it's really urgent that we preach the gospel
you know sometimes people say wouldn't people be better off if they don't hear the gospel
then they won't be culpable for the response they make or the lack of response they make
no not at all people who haven't heard the gospel are in tremendous danger it's like the Church
says here "Very often they become deceived by the evil one and exchange the truth of God for a lie
become foolish in their thinking" and that is sure true of the environment that we're living in today
so we should take every opportunity through prayer through fasting through personal witness
through invitations through sharing books uh inviting people to watch YouTube videos uh
to to invite them to faith because they're in tremendous danger so even though it's possible
for people to be saved without hearing the gospel it's very difficult it's very difficult
and people are far better off to explicitly come to faith in Jesus Christ and life in the Church
so uh with with all due respect I hope this contributes to the conversation about what
the Church teaches about this area what the truth is in this area and I hope as a as a body uh we
can overcome some of the divisions and and pray for a Church that's more at peace and more one
not a fake peace not a fake unity but one based on the full counsel of God everything that Jesus
revealed to us and everything that the Church teaches so God bless you all if you'd like more
resources to explore what we've been talking about here today uh every week Peter Herbeck my
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