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> [ \[Non-Catholic Christians are\] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the \[Roman Catholic\] church, have the fullness of the means of salvation. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/non-catholic-christians-are-in-a-gravely-deficient-situation-in/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [“For a Catholic understanding of the faith there is no reason why the basic concern of Evangelical Christianity as it comes to expression in the three “only's” should have no place in the Catholic Church. Accepted as basic and ultimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-rahner/for-a-catholic-understanding-of-the-faith-there-is-no-reason-why-the/)

[Karl Rahner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-rahner/)

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