Can non Christian go to heaven?

Answer 1

Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, tells people how they know if they are going to heaven or not in Matthew 25:31-46. The Church teaches that it is necessary to be baptized and to follow Our Blessed Lord's commands in order to go to heaven when one dies. If you read the judgment of the nations, and read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7) you soon realize that as Jesus said (Matthew 7:13-14) that most people are NOT going to heaven: "for the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few." That being said, being Catholic certainly helps as only Catholics have the sacraments and a clear map of the "narrow gate" and the "hard way" but still there are few of them that actually find it. The only way to do this is to deny yourself, pick up your cross daily and follow Him (Matthew 16:24). There are precious few Catholics who are actually doing this, and the protestants, for the most part, aren't even trying. So the answer to your question is, yes, a FEW of them go to heaven.

Answer 2

If they believe in it then yes

AnswerAll non-catholics will will be going to heaven for the same reason that catholics who are going to go to heaven will. They will do so by repenting of their sin and believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Being a member of a particular church body cannot save, only Jesus Christ saves. Roman Catholic AnswerAnyone can go to heaven if they die perfect, believing in Our Blessed Lord, and repenting of their sins. According to Our Blessed Lord, and confirmed by Our Blessed Lady at Fatima, very few people actually end up going to heaven. Our Lady said that people were falling into hell like snowflakes. Our Blessed Lord said, "Enter by the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction and many there are who enter that way.How narrow the gate and close the way that leads to life! And few there are who find it." Just one unforgiven mortal sin is enough to cast yourself into hell. Non-Catholics have a much harder time of it, as they are without the sacraments, particularly the sacrament of penance, wherein their sins are forgiven, and the sacrament of the Eucharist, wherein Our Blessed Lord gives them the grace and strength through His Own Body, to make our way through this life. Catholics have no guarantee of getting to heaven, only God knows who is predestined to heaven, but they have a more simple task of it, howbeit NOT easier, as they at least have the directions and the means of grace that Our Blessed Lord bequeathed to all.

Answer 3

It is a belief not agreed on by every christian but by the majority that if you have never been taught about Jesus (Hence, you don't know him) then you will go to heaven, but if you have been taught about him (Hence, you know him) but you refuse to believe Jesus is Lord and Lord is God then no, you will not go to heaven.

Answer 4

AnswerThat depends on whether there really is a heaven, or whether the notion is simply a human invention to encourage religious observance.

If there is a heaven, Catholics are surely just as likely to go to heaven as non-Catholics.

Catholic AnswerOur Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, tells people how they know if they are going to heaven or not in Matthew 25:31-46. The Church teaches that it is necessary to be baptized and to follow Our Blessed Lord's commands in order to go to heaven when one dies. If you read the judgment of the nations, and read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew chapters 5-7) you soon realize that as Jesus said (Matthew 7:13-14) that most people are NOT going to heaven: "for the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few." That being said, being Catholic certainly helps as only Catholics have the sacraments and a clear map of the "narrow gate" and the "hard way" but still there are few of them that actually find it. The only way to do this is to deny yourself, pick up your cross daily and follow Him (Matthew 16:24). There are precious few Catholics who are actually doing this, and the protestants, for the most part, aren't even trying. So the answer to your question is, yes, a FEW of them go to heaven.

Answer 5

Catholic AnswerThis is in many ways, a complicated answer that is fraught with peril - everybody has an opinion! But there is the teaching of Our Blessed Lord, and the teaching of His Church (which, of course, are one and the same thing), not only about Catholics going to heaven, but about anybody going to heaven. So, let me try to address that question. Our Blessed Lord says in St. Matthew, Chapter 7, verses 13 ff:

Enter by the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who enter that way. How narrow is the gate and close is the way that leads to life! And few there are who find it.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church in paragraphs 227-76 refers to Christ's Church as "the universal sacrament of salvation" In paragraph 780, it states: The Church in this world is the sacrament of salvation, the sign and the instrument of the communion of God and men"

Many misunderstand this doctrine, both Catholics and non-Catholics. It does not mean that everyone outside the Church is going to hell, nor does it mean that everyone inside the Church is going to heaven. It is possible for people outside the visible Church to be saved who through no fault of their own are not in full communion with the Catholic Church (CCC 847). And it is no guarantee that if you are in the Church you are going to heaven.

Only God judges who is going to heaven, and that is based on loving Him, following His Commandments, and dying in a state of grace. Most of the knowledge that we have outside of Divine Revelation, for instance the appearance of Our Blessed Lady at Fatima, is that vast number of people - inside or outside the Church - are falling into hell "like snowflakes". Early private revelations to another saint saw all the souls of those who died that day throughout the world, one soul, St. Bernard went to heaven - OUT OF THE WHOLE WORLD - and two souls went to purgatory (they were bound for heaven but were not perfect yet), the rest "fell into hell". As Catholics have as many problems finding the "narrow gate" that Our Blessed Lord spoke of, in these days as non-Catholics, they are definitely not going to heaven unless they repent before they die.

As for non-Catholics going to heaven, they are saved in the same way as Catholics, through the Church, even if they are not members of the visible Church, they just have an even harder time of it.

It's called faith, the ability to believe something really improbable, as long as it's stated in a religious text, and promoted by priests.

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Catholics do not KNOW that they are going to heaven, outside of a direct revelation from God. To think that you KNOW you are going to heaven is the sin of presumption, one of the sins against the Holy Spirit. In other words, one of those sins which will not be forgiven. One may have a reasonable certainty that one is headed towards heaven if one is obeying the commandments, receiving the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion on a regular basis, praying daily, and seeing an improvement in your life. But this is far from a certainty.

Answer 6

Each religion feels it is the ?true" one with all the answers whose followers reap all the benefits. There is no religionometer to test these claims.Using simple logic there would seem to be some Christians who probably are bound for hell rather than heaven (unless the entrance qualification are much lower than usually believed_. Similarly there are some pf other faiths who are decent caring folks more suitable for reward than punishment.

In Mark Twain's story "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" he proposes a much larger heaven with an area for each faith so the inhabitants can all believe that they fortunately chose correctly. As examples of this position consider the partying heavens of the Vikings and the more subdued heavens of unending sex, food and drink of Islam. n his story "Letters From The Earth" he examines the Christian's description of heaven and proposes that it would be so boring that no one would want to go there.

Specifically for Christians the entry qualifications for heaven are not uniform. Some sects would state that heaven is only attainable by those following their interpretation of faith or instructions from The Bible.

Answer 7

it depends on what you believe some strongly believe that yes all baptised people including catholics go to heaven

Answer 8

Of course, God cares about everyone any religion. He is a forgiving and understanding spirit. You can trust that you will go to heaven through mistake or through life in peace.