Ecumenism and Vatican II

The Second Vatican Council called for the unification of all Christians within the One True Church Jesus Christ established, the Roman Catholic Church. The Church is to accomplish this goal through dialog and explaining the Catholic faith. Catholics are never to dilute Catholic dogma for the sake of unity. Even though Protestants believe in Christ they are separated from the One True Church. They do not have access to the fullness of God's revelation, truth, and sacramental grace. In other words, Protestants sects have serious impediments to salvation.

"The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council. Christ the Lord founded one Church and one Church only. However, many Christian communions present themselves to men as the true inheritors of Jesus Christ; all indeed profess to be followers of the Lord but differ in mind and go their different ways, as if Christ Himself were divided. Such division openly contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world, and damages the holy cause of preaching the Gospel to every creature." Unitatis Redintegratio 1

"It is, of course, essential that the doctrine should be clearly presented in its entirety. Nothing is so foreign to the spirit of ecumenism as a false irenicism, in which the purity of Catholic doctrine suffers loss and its genuine and certain meaning is clouded. At the same time, the Catholic faith must be explained more profoundly and precisely, in such a way and in such terms as our separated brethren can also really understand." Unitatis Redintegratio 1

"For it is only through Christ’s Catholic Church, which is “the all embracing means of salvation,” that they can benefit fully from the means of salvation." Unitatis Redintegratio 3