FHC is happy for those who disbelieve???

[Faith Hope Charity]

Glory to God in the highest, peace on earth, & goodwill to all.


Take three...

Heaven is accessible for everyone yet <b>no one can attain salvation except through Jesus</b>, then how Muslims are going to heaven (with thier good works and deeds) without believing in Jesus as lord and savior? please support your answer with some Biblical verses?


And so, my question remained unanswered.. I don’t know why are you happy for those who rejected Jesus’ divinity while you are 100% sure that they are NOT not going to be saved.

Salam Wael,


Hopefully, these paragraphs taken straight out of the <i>Catechism of the Catholic Church</i> will help make things clear :)


The Church and non-Christians



841 - The Church's relationship with the Muslims. "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day."


847 - Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience - those too may achieve eternal salvation.


He died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures


601 - The Scriptures had foretold this divine plan of salvation through the putting to death of "the righteous one, my Servant" as a mystery of universal redemption, that is, as the ransom that would free men from the slavery of sin (Isaiah 53:11; cf. 53:12; St John 8:34-36; Acts 3:14). Citing a confession of faith that he himself had "received", St. Paul professes that "Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3; cf. also Acts 3:18; 7:52; 13:29; 26:22-23). In particular Jesus' redemptive death fulfills Isaiah's prophecy of the suffering Servant (cf. Isaiah 53:7-8 and Acts 8:32-35). Indeed Jesus himself explained the meaning of his life and death in the light of God's suffering Servant (cf. St Matthew 20:28). After his Resurrection he gave this interpretation of the Scriptures to the disciples at Emmaus, and then to the apostles (cf. St Luke 24:25-27, 44-45).


602 - Consequently, St. Peter can formulate the apostolic faith in the divine plan of salvation in this way: "You were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your fathers. . . with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world but was made manifest at the end of the times for your sake" (1 St Peter 1:18-20). Man's sins, following on original sin, are punishable by death (cf Romans 5:12; 1 Corinthians 15:56). By sending his own Son in the form of a slave, in the form of a fallen humanity, on account of sin, God "made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21; cf. Philippians 2:5-7; Romans 8:3).


603 - Jesus did not experience reprobation as if he himself had sinned (cf. St John 8:46). But in the redeeming love that always united him to the Father, he assumed us in the state of our waywardness of sin, to the point that he could say in our name from the cross: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (St Mark 15:34; Psalms 22:2; cf. St John 8:29). Having thus established him in solidarity with us sinners, God "did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all", so that we might be "reconciled to God by the death of his Son" (Romans 8:32, 5:10).


604 - By giving up his own Son for our sins, God manifests that his plan for us is one of benevolent love, prior to any merit on our part: "In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins" (1 St John 4:10; 4:19).


605 - At the end of the parable of the lost sheep Jesus recalled that God's love excludes no one: "So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish" (St Matthew 18:14). He affirms that he came "to give his life as a ransom for many"; this last term is not restrictive, but contrasts the whole of humanity with the unique person of the redeemer who hands himself over to save us (St Matthew 20:28; cf. Romans 5:18-19). The Church, following the apostles, teaches that Christ died for all men without exception: "There is not, never has been, and never will be a single human being for whom Christ did not suffer" (cf. 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 John 2:22).


Christ's death is the unique and definitive sacrifice


614 - This sacrifice of Christ is unique; it completes and surpasses all other sacrifices (cf Hebrews 10:10). First, it is a gift from God the Father himself, for the Father handed his Son over to sinners in order to reconcile us with himself. At the same time it is the offering of the Son of God made man, who in freedom and love offered his life to his Father through the Holy Spirit in reparation for our disobedience (cf. St John 10:17-18; 15:13; Hebrews 9:14; 1 St John 4:10).


615 - "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man's obedience many will be made righteous" (Romans 5:19). By his obedience unto death, Jesus accomplished the substitution of the suffering Servant, who "makes himself an offering for sin", when "he bore the sin of many", and who "shall make many to be accounted righteous", for "he shall bear their iniquities"(Isaiah 53:10-12). Jesus atoned for our faults and made satisfaction for our sins to the Father.


616 - It is love "to the end" (St John 13:1) that confers on Christ's sacrifice its value as redemption and reparation, as atonement and satisfaction. He knew and loved us all when he offered his life (cf. Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2, 25). Now "the love of Christ controls us, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died" (2 Corinthians 5:14). No man, not even the holiest, was ever able to take on himself the sins of all men and offer himself as a sacrifice for all. The existence in Christ of the divine person of the Son, who at once surpasses and embraces all human persons, and constitutes himself as the Head of all mankind, makes possible his redemptive sacrifice for all.


617 - The Council of Trent emphasizes the unique character of Christ's sacrifice as "the source of eternal salvation" (Hebrews 5:9) and teaches that "his most holy Passion on the wood of the cross merited justification for us."450 And the Church venerates his cross as she sings: "Hail, O Cross, our only hope".


My dearest Wael, I hope that does it for you, bro! As you can see, the Church's teachings NEVER contradict Scripture, but rather, they go hand in hand. I'm sure the above texts won't have the same impact on you as they have on me (Alhamdililah), but I hope you'll be able to understand our position better now :) I just ask for one insy winsy favour... please take the time out to read everything properly! Don't be lazy & skim through it all - hehe!


God bless,


Your sister in Christ... FHC :)