Do Catholics believe in the assurance of salvation?
by Wibisono Hartono Catholics do believe in the existence of the Elect whose salvation is assured. The question is: do we know who they are? Catholics believe that we cannot know them unless God reveals their state to us. Examples from the Scripture are the criminal on the other cross to whom Jesus said that he would be with Him in paradise (Luke 23:43) and the seventy (or seventy-two) disciples to whom Jesus said their names are written in heaven (Luke 10:20). In Romans 16:3-16 Paul greeted a number of persons and only Rufus (Romans 16:13) he singled out as Gods Elect. This does not mean the rest will not go to heaven but Paul was given the revelation of only Rufus Election. Paul himself at one time (when he wrote 1 Corinthians) indicated that he did not know that he belongs to the Elect. Every athlete exercises self control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Well, I do not run aimlessly, I do not box as one beating the air; but I pommel
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