Category Archives: salvation

my new booklet: Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, and Limbo is now available in Kindle format. It’s an excerpt from my book: Forgiveness and Salvation for Everyone so if you have the book, you don’t need the booklet. the booklet discusses what … Continue reading →

A partial list, in no particular order: 1. material wealth 2. a good reputation 3. having many readers and supporters 4. having many Facebook Likes and Twitter followers 5. fame 6. honesty, as in: “I honestly think the Church is … Continue reading →

I’m opening this weekend’s question and answer session to questions on salvation theology. In particular, I’d like to talk about Pope Francis’ apparent view that non-Christians can be saved without converting to Christianity, and non-believers can be saved without converting … Continue reading →

…so much so that you would rather attend a Latin Mass held by an heretical and schismatic group, such as the SSPX, than a Mass in the Novus Ordo in your own diocese and parish, then you are not a … Continue reading →

The latest news report about the Pope is that he may visit the Holy Land of Israel in 2014, perhaps as early as March: Times of Israel. But the more interesting question is whether Pope Francis will issue a teaching, … Continue reading →

[Matthew] {21:28} But how does it seem to you? A certain man had two sons. And approaching the first, he said: ‘Son, go out today to work in my vineyard.’ {21:29} And responding, he said, ‘I am not willing.’ But … Continue reading →

The Samaritans were not pagans or unbelievers. They practiced an altered version of the Jewish Faith. [John] {4:19} The woman said to him: “Lord, I see that you are a Prophet. {4:20} Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you … Continue reading →

A baptized infant or young child can go to Heaven without any good works. But a baptized adult must remain in a state of grace until death — or at least return to that state before he dies — in … Continue reading →

From my book: Forgiveness and Salvation for Everyone — Can a Jew, who is well aware of Christianity and its teachings and who does not choose to believe in Jesus Christ, possibly die in a state of grace and be … Continue reading →

The following is an excerpt from my book: Forgiveness and Salvation for Everyone The Catholic Church infallibly teaches that some form of baptism into Christ is absolutely necessary for salvation. But She also teaches that a baptism of desire or … Continue reading →

I’ve written more than a few posts recently criticizing the Catholic right, and I meant every word. However, I am not saying that every conservative Catholic has gone astray. Some conservatives are faithful to the teachings of Tradition, Scripture, Magisterium, … Continue reading →

These 12 questions and their answers are absolutely essential to the field of soteriology (salvation theology). In all likelihood, the Magisterium will answer most or all of these questions, definitively, in the near future. But in my view, the correct … Continue reading →