La Leçon de catéchisme (Catechism Lesson), 1890, by Jules-Alexis Muenier (1863-1942), oil on canvas, Musée des beaux-arts et d’archéologie de Besançon

Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that is in you, but do so with gentleness and reverence.”

cf. 1 Peter 3:15-16

catechesis

A daily morsel of Catholic education and faith formation.

Salvation

Eternal Security

QUESTION OR COMMON OBJECTION:

Once you become a Christian, you can’t lose your salvation.

CATHOLIC ANSWER:

That’s not true. The Bible warns believers many times to persevere in faith and be obedient to the end.

Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away in time of trial.”

Luke 8:13

Clearly, believers can fall away.

Other References: Rom 11:22; 1 Cor 10:11-12; Gal 5:4; Heb 6:4-6, 10:26-27; 1 Cor 9:27; Phil 2:12; Ez 18:24

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Assurance of Salvation is one topic that has separated Catholic and some Protestant communities for hundreds of years. Can one have assurance of salvation? Is assurance of salvation something taught in the Bible? Can we have assurance of salvation according to St. Paul?

Check out this video with Dr. Brant Pitre where he will discuss the topic of assurance of salvation from St. Paul’s famous 1st letter to the Corinthians.

Catholic answers

Karlo Broussard cites numerous Bible passages that refute both parts of the common Protestant belief “Once saved, always saved.”

Does the Bible Disprove “Once Saved, Always Saved?”

catechism of the Catholic Church

For information about what the Catholic Church believes, answers to FAQs, and an encompassing resource addressing common objections and misconceptions non-Catholics and Catholics alike may have about the Church and what it teaches, we invite you to visit the online version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

PRAYER

Let us pray.

Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.

Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.