"Saved by the Sacraments?" Conclusion: Water Baptism "delivers no one."(Catechism 978) "Yet the grace of Baptism delivers no one from all the weakness of nature" - i.e. sin. (978) That's a cheap, man-made grace because it doesn't deliver anyone. Moreover, you cannot be "reborn" by water Baptism because it doesn't deliver anyone! Only faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation delivers sinners! What did Peter say about "the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth" (v.10) in Acts 4:12? "...under heaven" 1.Water Baptism = under heaven 2. Penance to a sinner (a priest) = under heaven 3. The Catholic Church = under heaven 1,2&3 are names under heaven and are not "necessary for salvation."(Catechism 846&980)
"Saved by the Sacraments?"
Conclusion:
Water Baptism "delivers no one."(Catechism 978)
"Yet the grace of Baptism delivers no one from all the weakness of nature" - i.e. sin. (978)
That's a cheap, man-made grace because it doesn't deliver anyone. Moreover, you cannot be "reborn" by water Baptism because it doesn't deliver anyone!
Only faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation delivers sinners!
What did Peter say about "the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth" (v.10) in Acts 4:12?
"...under heaven"
1.Water Baptism = under heaven
2. Penance to a sinner (a priest) = under heaven
3. The Catholic Church = under heaven
1,2&3 are names under heaven and are not "necessary for salvation."(Catechism 846&980)