Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, “Cantate
Domino,” 1441, ex cathedra:
“The Holy Roman
Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that 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 Church
before the end of their lives; that THE UNITY OF THIS 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; AND THAT NOBODY CAN BE SAVED, NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE
HAS GIVEN AWAY IN ALMS AND EVEN IF HE HAS SHED BLOOD IN THE NAME OF CHRIST,
unless he has persevered in the bosom and unity of the Catholic Church.”
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