allow indifferentism or exclusivism. Baptism and unity with the Catholic Church provide the only assurance of salvation, but not the only means of salvation. “God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments” (Catechism, no. 1257, emphasis in original). The will of God is for “all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4). To fulfill His will, Jesus commissioned the apostles to preach the Gospel and baptize those who
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