1. The Church’s Salvation & Mission
Section 3:
The Church’s Salvation & Mission

2. The Church and Salvation
Section 3, Part 1
The Church and Salvation
The Missionaries of Charity who were killed in Yemen on March 4, Sisters Anselm, Margherite, Reginette, Judith

3. Introduction Why be Catholic?
Church has the full truth and means of salvation
Other communities have elements of truth and salvation
Does one have to be Catholic to be saved?
God offers salvation to all people through the Church
Is organized religion important; if so, why?
Humans are social by nature so they are saved through community
3 Articles
(A. 33) -- The Fullness of Truth and Salvation
(A. 34) -- Salvation for Those Outside the Church
(A. 35) -- Who Needs Organized Religion

4. Article 33: The Fullness of Truth & Salvation
Tolerance, Love, and Truth today concerning salvation
SS—truth who is a person initiates salvation
1 Tm. 2:4—saved through knowledge of truth
Missionary mandate of the Church--evangelization
Human freedom
Fullness of Church of Christ subsists in Catholic Church—4 Marks
Revelation (SS and Trad.), Sacraments, Holy Orders, Unity
Humbly knowing that holiness & truth outside too & Church not perfect
Why the Church of Christ necessary and not just Christ?--Baptism
Church is the universal sacrament (Sacramentum ) of God’s Salvation (Mysterium)
Obstacles to seeing Church as a sacrament
Overcoming obstacles
John Henry Newman—pursuit of Apostolic Tradition led him to the Catholic Church in 1845

5. You Tube Video: Fullness of Truth & Salvation
Alex Jones: The Uniqueness of Catholicism

6. Homework
Read A. 34
Section 3, Part 1 review questions 1-2

7. Article 34: Salvation for Those Outside the Church
St. Cyprian—“Outside of the Church there is no salvation”
People of good will
Ignorant of God
No fault of their own
By God’s grace
Elements of grace and truth outside the Church
Non-Catholic Churches
Christian ecclesial communities
All people of good will
Through Christ in the Holy Spirit
St. Cyprian balances his view of the Church—Church & head are one but extend its arms to all, everywhere, at all times
Is Jesus’ missionary mandate really essential to the Church then?
Ordinary means of salvation due to fullness
E.g. the JVC

8. You Tube Video: Salvation for Those Outside the Church
Catholic Answers: Jimmy Akin: Salvation Outside the Church

9. Homework
Read A. 35
Section 3, Part 1 review questions 3-4

10. Article 35: Who Needs Organized Religion
Arguments against organized religion--us
Real question of religion & worship--God
Human person is religious, social, & political by nature
Temporal and eternal happiness and salvation
The brand of salvation and worship of the Church
Personal and Communal
Temporal and Transcendent
The mass as a microcosm
The Book of Revelation on communal worship

11. You Tube Videos: Who Needs Organized Religion
Fr. Barron: On Organized Religion

12. Homework Section 3, Part 1 review questions 5-6
Study for the Section 3, Part 1 quiz (AA )
Make sure the Section 3, Part 1 review questions 1-6 are ready to turn in