Shameless Popery #202 Do Catholics CONDEMN Protestants to Hell? - Joe Heschmeyer
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Aug 28, 2025 Is it true that Catholics condemn Protestants to hell? A deep dive reveals the history of anathemas and how the Second Vatican Council shifted focus towards mercy. The podcast explores the importance of church unity as crucial to salvation, illustrating this with biblical insights and the metaphor of Noah's Ark. It discusses the complexities surrounding faith, emphasizing that God's understanding extends to all individuals, while also highlighting the Great Commission's role in unifying believers around core truths.
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What Anathema Actually Means
- An anathema is a canonical exclusion from communion, directed at members who persist in heresy.
- It cannot apply to non-Catholics who were never in the communion.
Vatican II's Pastoral Shift
- Vatican II shifted from severity to "medicine of mercy" in pastoral approach toward errors.
- This is a disciplinary change, not a doctrinal reversal about truth and error.
Church Necessity Explained
- Lumen Gentium teaches the Church is necessary for salvation and baptism is the door into it.
- Knowing the Church's necessity and refusing it renders one unable to be saved.