[Apologetics] Catholic assurance of salvation

[Stuart D. Gathman]

I could get specific names, but I'll present this with names removed.

A Catholic speaker told this story:  She was presented with a scapula by
her priest, and he told her he had been assured that whoever she gave this
scapula to would be guarranteed a place in heaven.  She wanted to be very
careful who she gave it to, and eventually gave it to her father.  It
turned out to be the last time she saw him, as he was subsequently killed
in Rwanda, and she was grateful for the assurance of his salvation.

Can this story be reconciled with the de fide doctrine that there is a
logical possibility that those who are truly converted, may nevertheless 
turn away and reject their inheritance?

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	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart at bmsi.com>
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