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**XarokLasa** · 01-08-2006, 08:00 AM

Fr. Raphael originally posted:-

>> " ... sooner or later everyone is Orthodox - or else ... About Churchill I am hoping that it's the former. Yes I'm being a bit silly here. But there is a point about good intentions outside of the Church & salvation." <<

There's no reason to hope Churchill repented before dying, least of all converted to Orthodoxy. Or is there? Concerning good intentions "outside" the Church, I admit my original post was not as clear as it could've been on that point; though I did explicitly distinguish between "godly" and "ungodly" intentions, which presupposes being "in Christ".

Incidentally, I don't recall at present, but was the Centurion of great faith (of whom it is said in the Gospel, that no greater faith in all of Israel could be found ), was he a member of the (Jewish) Church?

01-08-2006, 08:00 AM	#14
XarokLasa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 577 Senior Member	Fr. Raphael originally posted:- >> " ... sooner or later everyone is Orthodox - or else ... About Churchill I am hoping that it's the former. Yes I'm being a bit silly here. But there is a point about good intentions outside of the Church & salvation." << There's no reason to hope Churchill repented before dying, least of all converted to Orthodoxy. Or is there? Concerning good intentions "outside" the Church, I admit my original post was not as clear as it could've been on that point; though I did explicitly distinguish between "godly" and "ungodly" intentions, which presupposes being "in Christ". Incidentally, I don't recall at present, but was the Centurion of great faith (of whom it is said in the Gospel, that no greater faith in all of Israel could be found ), was he a member of the (Jewish) Church?
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