Clear as mud?
Blasphemy?
Which part is unlcear to you?
It firmly believes, professes and preaches that
Does this part require interpretation? No, I don't think so. The Church is proclaiming authoritatively a dogma.
all those who are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans but also Jews or heretics and schismatics, cannot share in eternal life and will go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless they are joined to the Catholic Church before the end of their lives;
Where is the need for interpretation? Where is the lack of clarity? Where is the ambiguity? Does it or does it not say ALL? Does it or does it not say FIRE?
that the unity of the ecclesiastical body is of such importance that only for those who abide in it do the Church's sacraments contribute to salvation and do fasts, almsgiving and other works of piety and practices of the Christian militia produce eternal rewards;
I still am waiting to see what part needs to be interpreted, in this clear truth fallen from heaven.
and that nobody can be saved, no matter how much he has given away in alms and even if he has shed his blood in the name of Christ, unless he has persevered in the bosom and the unity of the Catholic Church.
Gee willikers, C.M.M.M., what can you possibly take from the objective sense of these words, other than the position I hold?
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