Clement of Alexander and Saint Fulgentius God's will is salvation, and this is called The
Church.
Clement of Alexandria No one can be saved by any means outside the Church; all pagans and heretics are infallibly damned ... Anyone who is outside this Church is walking a path not to Heaven but to Hell. He is not approaching the home of eternal life; rather, he is hastening to the torment of eternal death. St. Fulgentius Anyone who is out of this Church is walking a path not to Heaven but to Hell. He is not getting closer to the home of eternal life; on the contrary, he is hurrying to the torment of eternal death. And this is the case not only if he remains a pagan without Baptism, but even if, after having been baptized, he continue as a heretic. St. Fulgentius ... The will of God is man's salvation, and this will is called The Church, which consists of those whom God called and saved. Clement of Alexandria It is to think unworthily of grace to suppose that it is given to all men, since not everyone possesses the true faith ... But I rejoice that you take care to preserve the true faith, without which conversion is useless, nay, impossible. Apostolic authority tells us that we cannot please God without the faith. For faith is the foundation of all good; it is the beginning of human salvation, and without it no one can obtain a place among the children of God, because without it no one can attain the grace of justification in this world nor possess eternal life in the next. St. Fulgentius Faith is the beginning of human salvation. Without faith no one can pertain to the number of the sons of God, because without it neither will anyone obtain the grace of justification in this life nor possess eternal life in the future. If anyone does not walk now in faith, he will not arrive at the actuality. St. Fulgentius Certainly, they who are unbelievers cannot be participants in grace, nor can they believe if it is found that the preaching of the faith has never come to them at all. St. Fulgentius HOME
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