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PippinTook · 10-24-2004, 04:35 PM

Ooh, this is interesting. I am fascinated by Catholicism in general (I'm protestant, pentecostal to be exact)

So, original sin is washed away by baptism in water? So you have to be baptised to enter Heaven. I was taught that the blood of Jesus, and only the blood of Jesus got you into Heaven, and it seems to me that if you were simply baptised (which I accept as a outward confession of an inward faith, and have been baptised myself) that that would not keep you from getting into Heaven. Trying to get some clarification here.

What I am asking in a round about way is:
If someone who accepted Jesus as their savior and believed everything about him and served him their whole lives faithfully, but was not Catholic and was not baptized, would they not get into Heaven? Even though they were 'washed' by the blood of the Lamb? Also, can you support this with scripture?

10-24-2004, 04:35 PM	#11
PippinTook The Infamous Tea Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Riding my Attack Llama, CORY! Posts: 1,162	Ooh, this is interesting. I am fascinated by Catholicism in general (I'm protestant, pentecostal to be exact) So, original sin is washed away by baptism in water? So you have to be baptised to enter Heaven. I was taught that the blood of Jesus, and only the blood of Jesus got you into Heaven, and it seems to me that if you were simply baptised (which I accept as a outward confession of an inward faith, and have been baptised myself) that that would not keep you from getting into Heaven. Trying to get some clarification here. What I am asking in a round about way is: If someone who accepted Jesus as their savior and believed everything about him and served him their whole lives faithfully, but was not Catholic and was not baptized, would they not get into Heaven? Even though they were 'washed' by the blood of the Lamb? Also, can you support this with scripture? __________________ http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/shanakdakhete/svbf.gif If I can stop one heart from aching, I shall not live in vain. -Emily Dickinson But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd Never can quite understand The worth of a soul and the change that is wrought By the touch of the Master's hand. Though she be but little, she is fierce! -MSND