Is There Salvation Outside the Church?
All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
Ascension
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Can people who practice other religions be saved? Dr. Sri grounds his answer to this complex question in the theological virtue of hope, thereby preventing us from falling into two common extremes—despair or presumption.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Ascension. |
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| 0:11.0 | Hi, I'm Edwards Three, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life. |
| 0:26.5 | Is there salvation outside the church? |
| 0:30.3 | For example, if I have a friend who's a good guy, but he just didn't grow up with any religion. |
| 0:31.0 | He's kind, he's generous, he just doesn't know much about Christianity. |
| 0:34.8 | Will he be saved? |
| 0:36.3 | Or what if I have a son or a daughter who left the |
| 0:38.6 | church? We gave them the faith, we gave them the sacraments, but when they left home, they stopped |
| 0:42.7 | practicing their Catholic faith. What will happen to them? Or what if I have a co-worker who's |
| 0:47.5 | practicing another religion, they're Hindu or Muslim or Buddhist, can they be saved? Or if I have a family |
| 0:53.1 | member who has rejected Christianity, |
| 0:55.0 | they become an atheist, and they live a life far removed from the gospel. What will happen to them? |
| 1:01.4 | These are important questions. And today, I want to offer us a lot of hope. I want to avoid two |
| 1:07.6 | extremes, one of despair, but also the other extreme of presumption, |
| 1:11.6 | and want to ground us in the great theological virtue of hope. |
| 1:15.5 | Hope in God's mercy, hope in God's grace, hope for those we love. |
| 1:20.6 | For God loves those souls even more than we do. |
| 1:25.3 | How does this hope shed light on these important questions? And what can we do |
| 1:28.6 | to help bring the love and life and truth of Jesus Christ to as many souls as possible? |
| 1:33.6 | That's we're going to take a look at in this week's podcast. So welcome to all things Catholic. |
| 1:37.6 | I'm your host, Edwards, Three. And these are common questions I often get when I meet people |
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