Does a Belief in Inclusivism Weaken Motivation for Missions and Evangelism? (Timothy K. Beougher)

Feb 20, 2011

"Do all people who die without acknowledging Christ as their Savior really “pass into the night?” Or should that hymn, which embodies traditional evangelical thought about the fate of those who die apart from trusting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, be abandoned along with other “outdated” beliefs? Should traditional Christian teaching concerning the exclusivity of the gospel be “brought up to date,” modified to fit the tolerant spirit of the times? . . ."

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Outside the Church there is No Salvation...Sort of (Chris Castaldo)

Feb 10, 2012

The doctrine that “Outside the Church there is no salvation” (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus), first expressed by the third century martyr/bishop, Cyprian, and to this day by the Roman Catholic Magisterium, is a matter of much confusion. At face value (when expressed by Rome) it points to the Catholic Church institution as the single location where humanity encounters divine grace. But it’s not that simple. In what follows, we will briefly consider how the exclusivity of Cyprian’s dictum relates to the inclusive emphasis of today’s Catholic Church. . . ."

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