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''"Other sheep  I  have  that  are  not  of  this  fold;  them  also I  must  bring,  and  they  shall  hear  My  voice,  and  there  shall be  one  fold  and  one  Shepherd." — John x.  16.

Ex.: Doctrines:  I.  Truth. II. Meaning. III. Consequences.

I. Its  truth  :  i.  Truth  one. 2. Church  one. 3. Figures  of Church.

II. Its meaning:  1. Salvation for  all. 2. Body  and  soul  of Church. 3. Live  members  and  dead.

III. Catholic's advantage:  1. Apostasy. 2. Repentance. 3. Mysteries.

Per. : 1.   Bigotry. 2.   Our  responsibility. 3. Our  attitude toward others.

Brethren, in  Catholic  theology  we  find  the  sentence: "  Outside  the  Catholic  Church  there  is  no  salvation." First, we  will  assure  ourselves  that  this sentence is  strictly  true. Second, we  will  try  to  understand well  its  real  meaning. Third, we  will  resolve to  practice  always  that  true  Catholicity  that stands midway  between  fanatical  bigotry  and  religious indifference.

Outside the  Catholic  Church  there  is  no  salvation— that  is  strictly  and  literally  true. For truth  is one  and  it  is  only  by  professing  the  truth  that  man can be  saved. Now if  I  profess  the  Catholic  religion, and my  brother  denies  it,  one  of  us  must  be  right  and the other  wrong,  or  both  must  be  wrong;  but  both cannot be  right,  for  truth  does  not  contradict  itself.