Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. "Outside the church, there is no salvation." That is a dogma that has been used to excuse all the missionary zeal. All the rape and torture of the Aztecs and the Incas. All the horrors of South America and Africa and The Phillipines. And the rest of the world. To which other churches and other cultures have also their guilt to admit. It's not unique to the Catholic Church and I never said it was.


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Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. Outside the church, there is no salvation. That is a dogma that has been used to excuse all the missionary zeal. All the ...

Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. Outside the church, there is no salvation. That is a dogma that has been used to excuse all the missionary zeal. All the ...

Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. Outside the church, there is no salvation. That is a dogma that has been used to excuse all the missionary zeal. All the ...

Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. Outside the church, there is no salvation. That is a dogma that has been used to excuse all the missionary zeal. All the ...