8.17. Are you saying all Novus Ordo Catholics are going to hell?

8 - Objections, Clarifications, and Theological Challenges
Written By Steve John

We would never make that judgment. Only God knows the heart and judges souls. Many Novus Ordo Catholics today are ignorant of the crisis, having been raised in error or misled by false shepherds. They may be in invincible ignorance, through no fault of their own.

But charity compels us to warn them. The teachings of the Novus Ordo Church are objectively dangerous to salvation—they promote religious indifferentism, false worship, and moral relativism. We are not condemning individuals—we are resisting a system that leads people away from the true Faith.

The duty of every Catholic is to seek the truth and conform to it once known. If someone knowingly persists in error or refuses the truth when presented, that is another matter. But God’s mercy is infinite, and we trust in His justice and His grace to reach honest souls.

Further reading:

  • 8.58. Isn’t God too loving to send people to hell? Isn’t sin really just personal brokenness?

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