Article: CATHOLIC CHURCH

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Sad day for Christians

Sunday, September 17, 2000

What a sad day for Christianity when we're told by the Vatican that full salvation is possible only for faithful Catholics and that other Christian denominations are inferior ("Vatican insists only faithful Catholics can attain salvation," Sept. 6).

And to have this belief cheered by Catholic laity is equally disheartening and shameful; it's yet another example of bigotry and intolerance ("Catholic church is only true church," The Morning Mail, Sept. 10).

Never once during 12 years of Lutheran education was I taught that only Lutherans could attain salvation. Never once was I taught that Lutherans were superior to other ...

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