The Roman Catholic Church is the universal Church of Jesus Christ. Pope Eugene IV spoke those words ex cathedra. He was only repeating what the Catholic Church has always taught. What he said is the infallible truth. Here's the full quote:Rach said:So...to clarify....you believe me....and many others here, are not saved, just because we are not members of the RCC? Even though your quote here from Pope Eugene here is most likely talking about The Catholic Church....as in, the Universal church...the body of believers made up from from all those who call Jesus their Saviour??
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 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 productive of 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.”
A Catholic, faithful to the Magisterium, could never embrace the false, heretical Vatican II and its antipopes. Catholics know that the phony Vatican II sect is not the Catholic Church.aspen said:I assume that Elizabeth would also include all members of the RCC who embrace Vatican II in the damned category. In other words only Traditionalists and Pius X Catholics who reject the Pope, are saved.