Is leaving the one true Catholic Church considered as “SIN against the holy spirit”?
Indeed it is!
Jesus said, “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters. Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the sin against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. Furthermore, whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come” (Matthew 12: 22-32).
A simple understanding of this matter is what we call “Renunciation of Faith.” For example, a Catholic leaves his/her faith what does it mean? It suggests that he/she will no longer believe in the traditional doctrine of the church. He will no longer partake in the Eucharist which is our heavenly food that nourishes our soul. He will no longer believe in the symbolism of the cross, he will refuse to receive the sacraments. The sad thing is that he will never again attend the Holy Eucharist which is the highest form of Worship long before and was practiced in the apostolic era. These are just some of the sad realities if one would leave the church.
That’s why the church has a dictum called “EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS” which means “There is no Salvation outside the Church.” But before reacting to the said decree we must need to understand that it doesn’t mean only Catholics will be saved, it does not mean that if you are a Catholic, you are saved already. Though it pertains to those baptized members of the Catholic church who chose to reject their faith, and they detached everything from the faith. This assertion reminds us that salvation is not possible for those who died in these state having a failure to reconcile themselves from the church.
I do understand that Religion or being a baptized member of the church is not an assurance of salvation because we will be judged according to our works but don’t forget that the church was established by our Lord God Jesus Christ to be our way to obtain salvation. Apostasy was a grave offense against God because that act means disobedience in the earthly authority established by God that’s why Jesus highlighted in Matthew 12: 22-32 that, the Sin against the Holy Spirit is unforgivable.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. (Hebrews 13: 17)
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven(Matthew 16: 19)
Question: when is the time that we can say sin is unforgivable?
Answer: If a person dies on the stage of unrepentance and having a failure to reconcile himself to the True Church of Christ. FINAL IMPENITENCE! In fact, salvation is offered to all whether you are born a Protestant or a Catholic as our God is God of all. Those essentials merited by Protestants in their salvation is because of the essential elements from the Catholic Church and not from themselves or from their sect. What we’re trying to say here is the distinct closure of salvation to those apostate ones especially those heretics who aim to destroy the one True Church.
I am inviting you to go back to the Catholic Church. God is merciful! Confession is biblical, don’t be afraid.
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I am a cradle Catholic…chosen for me not by me. I have always been in Religion Crisis over this topic…not, Faith Crisis. Here’s the big crisis issue for me…since, I really have no plans to go around Mortally sinning….such as murder for example… I need help with missing Mass. Catholics have Mass Obligation.
Missing Mass=Mortal Sin. Mortal Sin=straight to Hell. Only Catholics have Mass. So, logic follows that only Catholics without Mortal Sin of missing Mass can get into Heaven. But, Protestants/Jews, etc… do not have Mass Obligation or Mortal Sin. Does the Catholic Church say no one but the best behaved Catholics can go to Heaven? Pretty sure they don’t. So, isn’t my soul safer NOT being Catholic? Why can’t I stop being Catholic without having to worry about going to HELL???
I’m completely serious…I resent being held to a higher standard than Lutherans when it comes to going to Heaven, I also resent having to defend being Catholic due to the Church’s blatant hypocrisy regarding abuse. Not to mention the insanity now occurring in The US since Trump had destroyed our democracy in the name of religion.
Wow reading the comments of the 3 heretics that left the true faith is hard to take. I also left the faith to become Protestant and leaving the church felt so real so new so great. I was worshiping with true lovers of the word (or so I thought). The pastor would say show me in the Bible if it’s not in the Bible don’t believe it. Only believe what is in the Bible.
Years later and 3 or 4 churches later cause that’s what Protestants do jump around from church to church if the pastor says something you don’t agree with. Well the Protestants teach that the truth will set you free cause the Bible says it. One day I read in the Bible that Jesus establish one faith, one religion and one baptism. I asked my pastor and he said that the first religion that Jesus established was corrupted by the Roman emperor in the years 300 or so.
Ok. Sounds good I’ll trust my pastor. Then I read in the Bible were Jesus said you are Peter and in you I will build my church and what ever you bind on earth will be binding in heaven. And in you I will build my church and all the powers of hell will never destroy it
Pastor it’s in the Bible and Jesus said these words are you saying that Jesus is a liar. Then I read in so many parts of the Bible to hold on to the teachings of the church not to move away from they’re teaching. I read that the apostles truly believed that if you left the church you committed the sin of heresy. The apostles truly believed you sin if you walked away from the faith the apostles proclaimed because the faith they proclaimed was the faith Jesus left us. The pastors had no answer only to follow the Protestant faith. Then why do you Protestants say the Bible alone. Show me where it says it on the Bible and I will believe it. Here it is pastor. Well no it doesn’t really mean that it’s only a metaphor. Pastor it says here never call anyone father yes that’s right never call anyone father so don’t call a priest father the Bible forbids it. Pastor why do you believe that? Cause it’s in the Bible. Ok
You are Peter and I will give you the keys no, no, no don’t believe that Jesus never gave him the keys.
Pastor you are a hypocrite you believe what you want to believe. If you’re going to take that approach then believe everything that written in the Bible don’t pick and choose. I found out that the Protestants does not have the fullness of the faith. Protestants pick and choose like a buffet the pick and choose to make the Bible say what they want it to say. And after further research I found out that the church that Jesus started is still here on earth and that church is the Catholic faith.
Wow so Jesus meant what he said and said what he meant. Uhhh go figure, who knew? Ohh wait a minute the Catholics new. I obeyed the Bible and came back to the one true faith. The Bible alone. Yes the Bible alone made me come back to the church and now I truly follow every word of the Bible. Wow who would ever imagine that the Catholics are the only ones that follow and keep the true teachings of Jesus.