Not to debate this as we've discussed this before, but are you saying all "the claims of the church"? IOW, I'm sorta confused by what appears to be such a blanket statement. Clarification, please?
Lucy27 said:
I agree with Catholich Church on sacramentalism, Marian dogmas, papal infallibility, existence of purgatory, prayers to the saints, Marian devotion, monasticism, mysticism, papal primacy, condemnation of abortion, beauty of tomism and importance of Tradition.
In acknowledging the Papal authority, she acknowledges the following also.
These are claims of the Roman Church. Beyond the the Roman Church claims to be 'Catholic,' and the One and Only True Church.
[cite=[URL='http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/vatican-says-the-catholic-church-is-the-only-true-church/']Vatican Says The Catholic Church Is The Only True Church • Now The End Begins[/URL]]
In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted
the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.
Benedict approved a document from his old offices at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that restates church teaching on relations with other Christians.
It was the second time in a week the pope has corrected what he says are erroneous interpretations of the Second Vatican Council, the 1962-65 meetings that modernized the church.
Formulated as five questions and answers, the document is titled
“Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church.”
It says although Orthodox churches are true churches, they are defective because they do not recognize the primacy of the Pope.
“It follows that these separated churches and communities, though we believe they suffer from defects,
are deprived neither of significance nor importance in the mystery of salvation,” it said. [/cite]
By the way it is tradition that all Popes reassert this in an encyclical at some time after they become Pope.
It is also believed:
The Latin phrase extra Ecclesiam nulla salus means: "outside the
Church there is no
salvation". The 1997 Catechism of the
Catholic Church explained this as "all
salvation comes from Christ the Head through the
Church which is his Body."