At the Cornelia Metro Station I some times see two or three ladies standing
at the entrance with booklets of the Jehovah Witnesses Church. They have bought these booklets with
their own money and give them out free,
to anyone who asks for it. Those who are interested are invited for courses on
the Bible. Their Bible is different from that of the Catholic Bible. It has
been changed by the founder of their religion Charles Russell.He believed that
there was exclusive salvation in his sect. There was no Hell for him. This is
appealing to new people. They can be baptised with water in the JW church and be
sure they are gong to Heaven. They can sin without the fear of going to Hell.
The ladies living out the material are
probably ex-Catholics. They have never been told that in the Catholic Church
there is exclusive salvation, according to the Bible. The Bible says that the
Church is Jesus’ Mystical Body. All need Catholic faith ( John 3:5). All need the baptism of water for salvation ( John 3:5). Those who do not believe will be condemned ( Mark 16:26).
They are not told that the prophet Isaiah mentions Hell and asks who among us can stand a furnace for all time. They are not asked to be missionaries for the Catholic Church, outside of which there is no salvation.
There are also no missionaries to tell them the basic teachings of
the Church on salvation.
In the absence of Church missionary programs, which are ecclesiocentric, how can lay Catholics in Rome be missionaries? - Lionel Andrades
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