Ben Shapiro asks Bishop Robert Barron if a moral non-Catholic can be saved. Barron cites Vatican II: Christ is the main path to salvation, but people outside explicit Christian faith can be saved through Christ's grace received according to conscience.
Did this Catholic bishop just say this? Just, you gotta.
Watch this Catholic view on who gets into heaven and who doesn't. I feel like I lead a pretty good life, a very religiously based life in which I try to keep not just the Ten Commandments, but a solid 603 other commandments as well. And I spend an awful lot of my time promulgating what I would consider to be Judeo Christian virtues, particularly in Western societies. So what's the Catholic view of me? Am I basically screwed here?
No, the Catholic view, go back to the Second Vatican Council, says it very clearly. I mean, Christ is the privileged route to salvation. And God so loved the world, he gave his only Son that we might find eternal life. So that's the privileged route. However, Vatican II clearly teaches that someone outside the explicit Christian faith can be saved. Now, they're saved through the grace of Christ, indirectly received. So, I mean, the grace is coming from Christ, but it might be received according to your conscience. So if you're following your conscience sincerely, or in your case, you're following the commandments of the law sincerely, yeah, you can be saved.
Came and he told us he is the one way, the way, the truth and the life. My Bible. I don't really care what some priest has to say. I care what Jesus has already said. If you're grateful for what Jesus has done in your life, follow and subscribe for more.