(September 6, 2017 at 5:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(September 6, 2017 at 3:05 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Ann Frank died well before Vatican 2, meaning that it was the official policy of the Catholic Church at that time that only Catholics could go to heaven. Papal infallibility started in the 1870s and has never been rescinded. Therefore Ann Frank is in hell if you believe in Catholicism.
My bold, that is not true. Papal infallibility has been used twice since 1870. First in defining the immaculate conception, and then in the assumption of Mary.
It is true that prior to Vatican 2 the consensus was that only Catholics went to Heaven. Since then, it has been revised that while everyone in Heaven is Christian/Catholic, it doesn't necessarily mean they were during this life.
I don't know much about Catholism's ins and outs but this sounds like what my Catholic husband said when I asked if he was sad that I won't go to heaven with him. He said that according to the pope anyone that is truly a good person gets to go to heaven regardless of belief. Now I don't know if that is official or that is him making himself feel better about me but it seems to go with what you are saying.
“What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be.”
Also if your signature makes my scrolling mess up "you're tacky and I hate you."
Also if your signature makes my scrolling mess up "you're tacky and I hate you."
