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Indeed, Chris, I am in total agreement with you. For instance, when they arrived in Hamburg in 1960 for the first time, they worked 48 nights in a row!! They played before drunk seamen, prostitutes, bums and jerks, got yelled at, got drowned out, all in Hamburg. Hamburg was not a joy ride at all. Usually they played 4–5 hours per night, but often up to six hours, as you say. At the Star Club, the Indra. They slept on the floor in one room above a theatre, had little money, were cramped together. When their morale was low, John would lead them in a cheer: “Where are we going?” he’d ask. “To the top of the topper-most”, they’d reply. But this was far from certain. And the grueling work in Hamburg was just the beginning.They worked their rear ends off trying to get by, getting a bit more attention, in Hamburg, in Liverpool, in England, in Scotland, in France, elsewhere, and in the USA by early 1964. After that, they got totally globally famous and inundated day and night with work, photo-shoots, songwriting, travel, concerts, hotels, security, the media, meeting politicians, various events, news conferences, studio work, radio and TV work, you name it. And they survived.Below are a few historical examples gleaned from their more and more intense schedule and some key events from 1956–1963 that illustrate just how hard the Beatles worked. Their tenacity is apparent from the number of gigs they performed as relative amateurs at the start, but gobbling up gigs as more and more offers came. These were the years that they slowly rose in recognition in Hamburg, England, Scotland, and some European countries, and before they went to the USA in February, 1964. Yes, this was before they were really even known by the masses in the USA, let alone around the world. They had no idea what was to come ahead In 1963, they had worked very hard and had achieved fame in England, and Beatlemania arrived there. But even more work lay ahead.Highlights of 1956 Thru 1960May 24, 1956: First performance of the Quarrymen from the back of a truck at an open party on Roseberry St., Liverpool.June 15, 1956: Qaurrymen perform at a garden party (“fete”) across from St. Peter’s Church in Woolton, Liverpool. The band today consisted of John Lennon on guitar and vocal lead, Colin Hanton on drums, Pete Shotton on Washboard, Eric Griffith on Guitar, Ivan Vaughn on guitar, and Gary Vaughn on guitar..January, 1957: George Harrison is introduced to the Quarrymen at their gig at the Morgue Club, Liverpool. He joins the band in playing two songs, “Guitar Boogie Shuffle” and “Raunchy”.July 6, 1957: Quarrymen gig again across from St. Peter’s Church in Woolton, Liverpool. At the party, Ivan Vaughn introduces John Lennon to Paul McCartney. Soon Paul joins the band.August 29, 1958: The Quarrymen play at the opening of the Casbah Club in the basement of Mona Best’s home in West Derby, Liverpool. They perform Little Richard’s “Long Tall Sally” and a Leiber-Stoller song “Three Cool Cats.”October, 1958. Perform at Rainbow Club.November, 1958: Perform as the Nurk Twins, Bending, Berkshire.Mid-May, 1959: Silver Beatles and Johnny Gentle tour several cities in Scotland, including Banff and Stirling. The Silver Beatles replace drummer Johnny “Hutch” Hutchinson with Tommy Moore, a forklift driver from Garston.June, 1959: Johnny and the Moondogs audition for the Carroll Levis’ Discovery Show in Manchester. They makes the finals, but have to leave before playing in the finals to take the last train back to Liverpool. On the train John and Paul write the song “I’ll Be On My Way”, which they played one time live on BBC radio later.July, 1959: Played the Casbah Club.HIGHLIGHTS OF 1960May, 1960: Two nights at Neston Institute, Merseyside.June 6, 1960: The Silver Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers play at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey.June 1960: Several shows at the New Cabaret Artists Club, Liverpool.July, 1960: Play at the Jacaranda, Liverpool.August, 1960: 1) Pest Best becomes Beatles’ new drummer, because at the time the boys needed a drummer for their upcoming gig in Germany. 2) Stu Sutcliffe convinces John Lennon to use the name “Beatles” from now on.August 18, 1960: Beatles now in Hamburg for the first time. They open at Bruno Koschmider’s Indra Club and play there until October, 1960. (During this time, they did one stint of 48 nights in a row!).October 17, 1960: Open at Kaiserkeller Club and perform there through December 17, 1960 (by all accounts).December 19, 1960: Beatles play at Top Ten Club, Hamburg.December 24, 1960: Beatles back in Liverpool to perform at Grosvenor Ballroom.December 27, 1960: Billed as the “Welcome Back (Direct) from Germany” concert by their friend and DJ Bob Wooler, Beatles play concert in Litherland Town Hall.HIGHLIGHTS OF 1961 (Beatles Got Much Busier)Jan. 6–20: Performances by Beatles back in in Star Club, Hamburg.Jan. 25: Back to Liverpool and played Hambleton Hall.Feb. 24,: Performance at Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey.March 16: Iron Door Club, Temple St., Liverpool.March 21, 1961: FIRST PERFORMANCE AT THE CAVERN CLUB, Liverpool.April-May: Back in Hamburg for two months of shows at the Top Ten Club.June: Back to Liverpool, but Stu Sutcliffe remains behind in Germany to enroll in art school in Hamburg.July: Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers combine as a single group, the Beatmakers, and perform at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool.July 7: Beatles play the Iron Door Club, Temple St., Liverpool.July 14: Perform at Cavern Club.July 21: Lunchtime show, Cavern Club.July 25–26: Evening shows, Cavern Club, with four other bands each nite.Aug. 5: Evening show, Cavern Club with four other bands.Aug. 31: First Beatles fan club formed as their local fame in Liverpool rose. Three founders were Bernard Boyle, Jennifer Dawes and Maureen O’Shea.Sept. 1: Lunch and evening shows at the Cavern, each with another band.Sept. 5–7: Various lunch and evening shows at the Cavern.Sept. 7,13,15,19,20,21: Lunch and evening shows at the Cavern Club.Sept.: Four separate performances, Litherland Hall.Oct.: John, Paul and friend Jurgen Vollmer vacation in Paris where Beatles haircut allegedly born (according to some stories).Oct. 28: A young man named Raymond Jones attempts to purchase “My Bonnie” from Brian Epstein an NEMS music store. Brian has none, but says he’ll look into it for the lad. (It had been released, for e.g., in Germany at the time, but not in England. Tony Sheridan sang lead on it, and the Beatles, called the “Beat Brothers” on the record label, backed him up).Nov. 9, Curious, Brian goes to see a lunchtime performance of the Beatles at the Cavern. He is struck by them and their performance. He becomes a believer in them, confident they are destined to fame. He will go on to fight thick and thin for this, as will the Beatles.November 10: “Operation Big Beat”: Beatles and several other bands play at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton. These concerts were at 6:30 PM and 9:30 PM. Beatles sandwich a show in between these at 8:30 PM at the Village Hall, Knotty Ash.Nov. 16: Beatles at Litherton Hall.Nov. 18, 22: Beatles play the Cavern.Nov. 23: Beatles at Litherton Hall.Dec. 1: Concert 7:30PM to 1:00PM with Beatles and other bands at the Tower Ballroom.Dec. 2,6: Beatles perform at the Cavern.Dec. 8: Beatles and other bands perform at show at Tower Ballroom, called the “Davy Jones Show”. The compere (host) was Alan Ross.Dec. 12: Beatles do a show at the Casbah Club.Dec. 13, 1961: Evening show at the Cavern Club: BEATLES SIGN CONTRACT LATER AT CASBAH CLUB with BRIAN EPSTEIN to be their manager.Dec. 15: Show with other bands at Tower Ball room, 7:30PM to 1:00AM.Dec. 23: Perform at the Cavern. Mike Smith of Decca Records was in the audience at Brian Epstein’s invitation. This helps the Beatles to obtain a DECCA RECORDS AUDITION.Dec. 27, 29: Shows at the Cavern.Dec. 31: BEATLES travel to LONDON to spend the night at Royal Hotel prior to the next day’s audition.HIGHLIGHTS OF 1962 (Busier Yet More)Jan. 1, 1962: Beatles spend part of day auditioning at Decca Studios in West Hampstead, London.Jan. 4: Mersey Beat readers’ poll names Beatles as favorite Liverpool musical group.Jan. 6–17: Several performances at the Cavern Club.Jan. 24: Beatles sign new management contract with Brian Epstein’s NEMS Enterprises.Feb. 3-March 3: A number of performances, all in Liverpool, mostly at the Cavern.March: A number of performances at clubs in Southport, Chester and Cloucester.March 23–April 4: Shows at spots such as the Cavern, Jazz Club in Heswell, Women’s Institute in Branston, the Odd Spot, and the Pavilion Club.April 5: FAN CLUB NIGHT at the Cavern, prior for departure for Hamburg for seven week engagement at the Star Club.April 14-June 4: Engagement at the Star Club, Hamburg. Meanwhile, Brian is looking hard for auditions for the lads……..very hard. He gets turned down time after time when he plays some bits from their gigs or from the Decca audition tape. This does not stop him.April: Brian meets music publisher Syd Coleman and plays him DECCA audition tape. Coleman likes it, and introduces Brian to GEORGE MARTIN, EMI producer, who promises a PARLOPHONE audition.May 9: Brian informs Mersey Beat that Beatles have signed with Parlophone. Turns out to be FALSE. But Brian is still pushing. The boys wonder if they’ll ever get a break.June 6: Beatles are back in London from Hamburg. Audition for Parlophone at EMI Studio 3 in London and play several numbers, including “Love Me Do”, “P.S. I Love You,” and “Ask Me Why”. Brian had told them they already had a contract, that it was not a formal audition. He did this to calm them: It was not yet true: George Martin had not yet signed the contract.June 11: Beatles travel to Manchester to record “The Beatles in Concert” for BBC radio. A busload of fans go also. Their Liverpool following is growing bigger and stronger. They want to get known outside of Liverpool.June 12–20: Several Beatles shows at the Cavern.June 21: Concert at Tower Ballroom with Bruce Channel (“Hey Baby”). Channel’s harmonica player Delbert Clinton shows John Lennon how to play some harmonica riffs, which John later used in “Love Me Do”.July: Many concerts at the Cavern, Tower Ballroom, etc. One of the shows, at the Tower Ballroom, is taped by BBC for a radio show, “Pop Go the Beatles”. Also concerts at the Plaza Ballroom, at Manchester, Southport, Stroud and Doncaster. Again, the boys ready, willing and able to travel to gigs to get known around England.August: Shows and concerts at the Cavern, River Park Ballroom in Chester, Grafton Ballroom. On August 16, Beatles TELL PETE BEST THAT HE WILL BE REPLACED BY RINGO STARR AS DRUMMER.Aug. 17: Beatles play at Cavern. Last show for Pete Best.Aug. 18: Beatles play at the Cavern with Ringo on drums for first time. Paul and John light up inside when they start to play with Ringo, hearing how good Ringo is and how well he fits in with the band. They think “Now we have a proper band, finally!” Pete Best fans boo and want Pete back.Aug. 23: First Beatle marriage: John and Cynthia.Aug. 27: Beatles gig at Cavern: Pete Best fans demonstrate!Aug. 28: Gig at Cavern.Aug. 30: Beatles play at Riverpark Ballroom, Chester.Sept. 3: Beatles perform at Queens Hall in Widnes.Sept. 4: BEATLES GO TO LONDON, RECORD FIRST SINGLE AT EMI STUDIO 2. But George Martin puts session drummer Andy White on drums, preferring him to Ringo. Ringo is hurt, but vows to go on with his mates.Sept.: Performances in Chester, Birkenhead, the Cavern, in Sidnes, Queen’s Hall.Oct. 1: Beatles sign five-year contract with Brian Epstein.Oct. 5: First Beatles single released in London, “Love Me Do” backed with “P.S. I Love You”. Beatles cross their fingers.Oct. 6: Beatles delighted to sign copies of their new single at Dawson’s Music Shop, Widnes.Oct. 7,8,10: Beatles play at the Cavern.Oct. 11: “Love Me Do” becomes first Beatles single to chart in England, entering Record Retailer top 50 at no. 49.Oct. 12: Participate in a show with Little Richard and others at Tower Ballroom, New Brighton. Show is billed “The Little Richard Show”. Beatles are excited to be on the bill with a huge icon of rock n’ roll and to learn from him. Paul learns his ‘Ooooo” from Little Richard in a backstage room.Oct.13: Cavern show taped for Grenada TV, including “Some Other Guy”.Oct. 19–24: Various shows.Oct. 19: The Beatles watched Cavern evening show by B. Bumble and the Stingers, group famous for “Nutrocker”. Always the boys were ready for clues on performing live by watching others.Oct. 25: Went to Manchester to tape “Love Me Do” for Grenada TV. Show broadcast on BBC on Oct. 26.Oct. 28: Gig with Little Richard and others, Empire Theater, Liverpool.Nov. 1–14: Back in Hamburg performing at the Star Club. Beatles forging ahead.Nov. 18.19,21: Cavern gigs.Nov. 26: In EMI’s London studio 2 to record “Please, Please Me,” “Ask Me Why”, and “How do You Do It.”, Beatles resisted the latter song but did it at George Martin’s strong suggestion. They felt it was not Beatles style. So the Beatles purposely flubbed the recording of this song! They were beginning to get a sense of their sound and who they were.Nov. 27: Beatles record in Paris an appearance for BBC’s “The Talent Spot”.Nov. 29-Dec. 16: Beatles various performances at the Cavern and in Birkenhead. George Martin is in the audience at the Dec. 12th show at the Cavern.Dec. 17: Television live debut of Beatles on Granada TV broadcast from Manchester playing “Some Other Guy”. They get $87 pay for this. No problem.Dec. 18–31: Beatles perform in Hamburg’s Star Club. Some shows are taped and put out as a double LP in 1977. Hard work, night after night, boisterous, tough crowds, not always friendly.Highlights of 1963 (Popularity Quickly Grows; Busier by far than all previous years combined; “Beatlemania” Breaks out in England)Jan. 1–5: Beatles tour Scotland. They wanted to spread their abilities farther and farther.Jan. 7: Beatles concert sold out in Birkenhead with 600 people milling outside. Indications they were ‘making’ it in England.Jan.11: Taping for ABC-TV’s “Thank Your Lucky Star”, the Beatles sing three songs. Show is broadcast on Jan. 18. Same day, Beatles record three songs for Radio Luxembourg before an invited audience of 120. The Beatles were excited: Radio Luxembourg, same radio they listened to at night as young teens.Jan. 12: “Please, Please Me” issued as second Beatles’ single. George Martin, always telling the truth: “I think you’ve got your first number one, boys!” They were thrilled. George was their mentor, their ‘boss’ in music.Jan. 16: Recordings for BBC radio.Jan. 17: Two live appearances, Cavern Club and Birkenhead.Jan. 25: Brian Epstein signs contract with Vee-Jay records of Chicago, IL, allowing Vee-Jay to release any and all Beatles material in the USA. This gave the boys some more hope.Feb. 2: Beatles debut live on national British TV as arranged by record producer Dick James. Show is “Thank Your Lucky Stars”. Wow, now they are on TV! This revved them up more.Feb. 2-March 3: Helen Shapiro top billing on a tour with Beatles and others. Parts of toured taped and later shown on ABC-TV. Their first big tour. They were excited.Feb. 4: Capitol Records releases “Love Me Do” in Canada.Feb. 5–8: Various shows. At ABC theater in Carlisle show on Feb. 8, Ringo is ejected from hotel because hotel won’t let Beatles in post-concert party because they are dressed in leather jackets. Hotel says Ringo got ‘scruffy’. Other three Beatles then leave hotel as well. They always stuck together, which helped a lot.Feb. 11: At EMI London, Beatles spend 12 hours straight recording first LP, called “Please, Please Me” in London and many other countries. John, Paul and George are hoarse afterwards, especially John after belting out in the one take left in him “Twist and Shout”. They carried on.Feb. 16: “Please, Please Me” single reaches no. 1 in New Musical Express charts.Feb. 18: Jay Livingstone tells George Martin LP “Please, Please Me” will not be released by Capitol in the USA because of lack of appeal to American listeners. Beatles are fine with this.Feb. 23: Beatles move to top billing on Helen Shapiro tour. Yessssssss!!!!!!!!!Feb. 24: First song, “From Me to You”, published by Northern Songs Ltd.Feb. 26–28: Shows, concerts.March 1–3: Concerts.March 4: Beatles record third single at EMI London, “From Me to You” backed with “Thank Your Girl”.March 6: Beatles give recorded interview and play three songs in Manchester. Radio show of it is broadcast March 12.March 9,10,12,13–31: Daily concerts in many cities around England. They want to plug themselves.April 1: New Musical Express publishes that Beatles win most promising newcomers’ poll.April 8: John Charles Julian Lennon born.April 12: “Please, Please Me” LP hits no. 1 and stays there for 30 weeks on British Hit Parade charts. Third British single, ‘From Me to You’ is released. Beatles feeling good, energized.April 16: Beatles sing three songs live on BBC-TV.April 26: Billy J. Kramer releases double-sided, written-by Lennon-McCartney single with “Do You Want to Know a Secret” on A side and “I’ll Be On My Way” on the B side. Beatles getting confidence to give away songs they write if they realize they don’t ‘fit’ the band..May 9: Live Beatles show at Royal Albert Hall. Paul meets Jane Asher there.May 19-June 23: 27 concerts by Beatles at large no. of cities in England. Twenty seven concerts in a bit over 31 days!May 21: Beatles record six songs for BBC radio. Six in one day.June 29: Beatles record for part of a TV show called “Thank You Lucky Stars” as part of a show devoted to Liverpool musicians.June 30: Concert in Yarmouth.July 1: Beatles record “She Loves You” and “I’ll Get You” as A and B sides, respectively, to a single at EMI London....OK, by now you get the idea. We’ll continue with 1963 “Best Highlights”:On July 21, at the Queens theater in Blackpool, 4000 fans show up WITHOUT tickets for a Beatles concert. THIS IS AN EARLY SIGN OF “Beatlemania”. On August 3, the Beatles give their 292nd performance at the Cavern, which was to be their last. On Sept. 12, 1963, “She Loves You” reaches no. 1 on the Record Retailer charts. On October 14, 1963, the term “Beatlemania” is used for the first time in the press.(NOTE: Some say that the actual first printed use of the word seems have appeared in The Daily Mail, which on October 21 ran a feature by Vincent Mulchrone under the headline “This Beatlemania.” The Mail may have heard the term elsewhere—Andi Lothian, who booked the Beatles in concert, claims that he coined the term speaking to a reporter in Scotland a couple weeks earlier. The term “Lisztomania” had been used in the 19th century to denote the fanatical followers of pianist Franz Liszt.)On October 24, the Beatles began a week-long tour in Sweden. They played for the Royal Family and others on November 4. Their second LP, With The Beatles, gets 250,000 advanced orders. In Canada, there were 100,000 orders before the November 25 release date for the LP Beatlemania With the Beatles.The Beatles worked hard but still had patience as 1963 was coming to an end. But they vowed never to even try to play in the USA until they had a no. 1 hit single there. They kept playing concert after concert in late 1963 to ever-more adoring and screaming fans, including charity concerts, in places like Portsmouth, London Leicester, Doncaster, and Bradford. In fact, on December 10, their van ran out of gas as they were on their way to a gig in Doncaster. They were so devoted to their fans that they HITCHHIKED their way to the concert and put on their show in a timely fashion!Once they heard that “I Want to Hold Your Hand” hit no. 1 in the USA, this hard-working band knew they were ready to fly over the Atlantic to perform for the vast landscape of the people of the USA.Note: The source for many of the dates and events in this answer are taken from:DeWitt, Howard A., The Beatles, Untold Tales, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 2000.

Yes & no.There are six key points that I believe we need to remember here:No one who knowingly and deliberately rejects the truth will be saved. It doesn’t matter how good of a Muslim, Jew, Baptist, or anything else he may be. If anyone rejects the truth of Christ and his Church—even one definitive teaching—they will be lost.Religions that have as tenants of their respective faiths the rejection of Jesus and his Church have no power to save anyone. It is “the truth that makes us free” (cf. John 8:32), not falsehood.In the case of one who is ignorant of the truth of the Catholic Faith, “through no fault of [his] own,” he can be saved, if he is truly “invincibly ignorant, [is] given the supernatural virtue of faith and [has] perfect charity in [his heart]” (cf. Instruction of Holy Office of Dec. 20, 1949).We must remember that we are not the judges of salvation. God is the sole and final judge. We do not know who is truly “invincibly ignorant” and who is not. Therefore, we must be careful to “evangelize all men” as the Catechism commands us and leave the judging to God.“Whatever good or truth is found amongst [other world religions] is considered by the Church to be ‘a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life’” (Lumen Gentium 16). And if they seek the true God, given the light they have received, they have the possibility of salvation.This does not mean they are not in need of the Eucharist! Without the grace that comes from the sacraments, one is at a decided disadvantage to get to heaven. And if one has rejected the truth, then there is no way he can merit heaven apart from repentance and the acceptance of the truth. The Church makes very clear: “The words bind and loose mean: whomever you exclude from your communion, will be excluded from communion with God; whomever you receive anew into your communion, God will welcome back into his. Reconciliation with the Church is inseparable from reconciliation with God” (CCC 1445).If anyone makes it to heaven apart from what the Church refers to as “the ordinary means of sanctification that comes through the sacraments,” or a “formal union with the Church,” they will only do so through a salvific link with the Church that comes via extraordinary means.Catholic Answers MagazineGrow deeper in your beliefs by reading our Catholic Answers Magazine, with articles to expand your knowledge of the Faith.https://www.catholic.com/magazineIs There Really “No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church?”Tim StaplesTim Staples is a Senior Apologist here at Catholic A...https://www.catholic.com/profile/tim-staples2/6/20The Catholic Church teaches infallibly, “extra ecclesiam nulla salus,” or, “outside the Church there is no salvation.” But as with all dogmas of the Faith, this has to be qualified and understood properly. The Catechism of the Catholic Church lays out the truth of the matter succinctly in paragraphs 846-848, but I would recommend backing up to CCC 830 for a context that will help in understanding these three essential points concerning this teaching:There is no salvation apart from Christ and his One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Again, this is an infallible teaching and not up for debate among Catholics.Those who are “invincibly” ignorant concerning the truth of #1 above will not be culpable for this lack of knowledge before God.Those in the category of #2 have the real possibility of salvation even if they never come to an explicit knowledge of Christ and/or his Church.As we will see below, “invincibly ignorant” does not mean just because a person is “ignorant” of the truth, they will automatically be saved. Ignorance is not bliss; it is dangerous. There are other criteria beyond being “invincibly ignorant” that must be met as well before one can finally be saved. But it does mean that they have the possibility of salvation.Now, before we get too far into the weeds here, let me quote the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 846-48, which—as is so often the case no matter the doctrine with the CCC—presents this teaching clearly and to the point under the heading: “Outside the Church there is no Salvation.”How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:“Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it” (CCC here quotes The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, “Lumen Gentium,” 14, from the documents of Vatican II).The Church is very clear here. There is no salvation apart from a salvific union with the Catholic Church. However, the Catechism continues:This affirmation is not aimed at those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and his Church: “Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience – those too may achieve eternal salvation” (quoting, Lumen Gentium, 16).“Although in ways known to himself God can lead those, who, through no fault of their own, are ignorant of the Gospel, to that faith without which it is impossible to please him, the Church still has the obligation and also the sacred right to evangelize all men” (quoting Ad Gentes, 7, another document from Vatican II).I recommend a careful reading of the texts represented by the footnotes in paragraph 16 of Lumen Gentium (nos. 17 and 18) which reference St. Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica III q. 8 a. 3 ad 1, and the Instruction of the Holy Office of Dec. 20, 1949, that I will reference below. These make very clear that anyone who is ever saved is not saved by his or her false religious beliefs (i.e. Judaism that rejects Christ, Islam that denies Jesus is the Son of God, etc.); rather, they can be saved in spite of them. If they are ignorant of the truth through no fault of their own (they have never had the opportunity to either hear or understand the truth), then the limited amount of truth that they do have “among shadows and images,” and “all goodness and truth found in these religions [serve] as ‘a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life’” (CCC 843).A Catholic Contradiction?Perhaps the one paragraph in the CCC used more than any other to “prove” Catholics contradict themselves with regard to this the doctrine “extra ecclesiam nulla salus” is paragraph 841, which is given to us under the heading: “The Church’s Relationship with the Muslims”:The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day.“See? Here the Church says Muslims can be saved. What up with that?”Well, this has to be understood in the context of what the Catechism says elsewhere, and as I quoted it above: Those Muslims (and as we will see in more detail, anyone of any religion, or even the non-religious could be included here) who are not responsible for their ignorance of the Catholic Faith can indeed be saved.Now, contrary to what you may have read elsewhere, CCC 841 is not saying “anyone who is a good Joe will go to heaven.” A Jewish person will not make it to heaven by being a good Jew, or a Muslim by being a good Muslim, a Protestant by being a good Protestant, etc. In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man can come to the Father except by me.” He seems to be quite plain in this text that he is essential to the equation. And not only is Christ essential to the equation, but also Christ speaking through his Church. “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me” (Luke 10:16). The Church is “the fullness of him who fills all in all” (Eph. 1:23). The Church is Christ in the world. It is almighty God who willed “that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known” (Ephesians 3:10). To reject the Church is to reject Christ because it was Christ who gave authority to the Church and declared:If he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” (Matt. 18:17-18).In a nutshell, you cannot separate rejecting the Church from rejecting Christ according to Scripture and the teaching of the Catholic Church. In other words, one cannot just create his own religion and follow the “Jesus” of his own creation and choosing without there being eternal consequences.Breaking it DownAs an apologist, I find the real issue here to be a conceptual disconnect between the dogma—extra ecclesiam nulla salus—and the idea that some people who are not formally Catholic can be saved. And this is understandable. One way I have found some success in helping folks to bridge this divide is to note what I mentioned in brief before, i.e., the Church teaches the possibility of salvation for people who do not have what we call a formal relationship with the Church, i.e., they are not on the registry at a local Catholic parish, yet they do indeed have a salvific relationship with the Church.So then, the question is: “What does this mean?”To get a clear picture, let’s begin with the necessity of salvation in Jesus Christ. In the Gospel of St. John, and in the very next chapter after Jesus makes his famous statement, “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father except by me” (John 14:6), which I quoted above, this same Jesus also said, “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin” (John 15:22; see also John 9:41). Jesus presents a very important principle here: a person is not responsible for what they could not have known. The implication is that it is possible to have a salvific link with Christ without knowing him formally. If this is so, and it is, according to Scripture, then it stands to reason that in the same way, one can have a salvific relationship with the Church without knowing the truth that the Church is the fullness of Christ on this earth (see also the case of Cornelius the centurion in Acts 10:1-4, 34-35).What I mean by a “formal relationship” with the Church is that a person has been formally baptized into Christ and has made a profession of faith in the one, true faith of the Catholic Church (assuming he has reached the age of accountability). However, a person can possibly have a salvific link with Christ and his Church in various ways, some of which are known to God alone. This can be via the valid sacraments they may have, e.g., all seven with the Orthodox, or two with Protestants (baptism and matrimony). Or, it may be via what the Council fathers called “the images and shadows” of truth that the various world religions possess. Indeed, even “those who, without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at an explicit knowledge of God and with His grace strive to lead a good life” will not be denied by Divine Providence what the Council fathers called “the helps necessary for salvation” (Lumen Gentium,16).Thus, the Council fathers are here unequivocal on the possibility of salvation for the invincibly ignorant, but we must also note they balance this message with a stern warning:But often men, deceived by the Evil One, have become vain in their reasonings and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, serving the creature rather than the Creator. Or some there are who, living and dying in this world without God, are exposed to final despair. Wherefore to promote the glory of God and procure the salvation of all of these, and mindful of the command of the lord, “Preach the Gospel to every creature”, the Church fosters the missions with care and attention.With St. Paul, we leave the judging of who is invincibly ignorant and who is not to God (I Cor. 4:3-6). We evangelize everyone!So Why Preach the Gospel at All?In some quarters the possibility of salvation for those who are not formally Catholic has been taken to such an extreme that it has led to a religious indifferentism—one religion, even Catholicism, is no better than another—that is condemned by the Church. This is extremely dangerous for the salvation of souls.Now, James 1:17 assures us that “Every good endowment and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” Truth is truth anywhere it is found and, ultimately, Jesus Christ is the truth. So, if folks outside of the visible boundaries of the Catholic Church are truly seeking the truth and have not rejected the fullness of the truth found only in the Catholic Church, they can be saved. However, Lumen Gentium 14 also emphasizes the fact that the truth of the Catholic Faith is not simply a nice option. It is binding on those who see its veracity. “Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse to enter it, or to remain in it.”Moreover, I must emphasize again, because someone is “invincibly ignorant” of the truth, this does not mean they will be saved. It means they have the possibility of salvation. Perhaps Pope Pius XII explains best the necessary balance between membership in the Church Jesus established and the possibility of salvation to those who are not formal members in his Encyclical of June 29, 1943, Mystici Corporis:Actually only those are to be included as members of the Church who have been baptized and profess the true faith, and who have not been so unfortunate as to separate themselves from the unity of the Body, or been excluded by legitimate authority for grave faults committed. “For in one spirit” says the Apostle, “were we all baptized into one Body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free.” As therefore in the true Christian community there is only one Body, one Spirit, one Lord, and one Baptism, so there can be only one faith. And therefore, if a man refuse to hear the [Catholic] Church, let him be considered – so the Lord commands – as a heathen and a publican (22).Simple.But his Holiness then goes on to say that others outside the visible boundaries of the Catholic Church can be “related to the Mystical Body of the Redeemer by a certain unconscious yearning and desire” (para. 103). He makes clear that these can be saved, but “they still remain deprived of those many heavenly gifts and helps which can only be enjoyed in the Catholic Church,” and are, unfortunately, in a “state in which they cannot be sure of their salvation.”The bottom line is: the straight and narrow road that leads to heaven is not an easy road to begin with, even for those gifted with the fullness of truth found in the Catholic Church alone (see Matt. 7:13; I Peter 4:18). But without the Church and Sacraments Christ has provided as the ordinary means for our sanctification, it is even more difficult. In fact, beyond the obvious advantages for the overcoming of the “sin which does so easily beset us” that Catholics enjoy in the sacraments, the Church has also taught there must be three things present in order for salvation to be possible for those who are not in a formal relationship with the Church. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a letter of August 8, 1949, by direction of Pope Pius XII, said in this regard:But it must not be thought that any kind of desire of entering the Church suffices that one may be saved. It is necessary that the desire by which one is related to the Church be animated by perfect charity. Nor can an implicit desire produce its effect, unless a person has supernatural faith: “For he who comes to God must believe that God exists and is a rewarder of those who seek Him” (Hebrew 11:6).One can never know if he has attained to “perfect charity” in this life. That is a high standard. It is possible to be sure, but it is a high standard. This should make very clear that we must evangelize everyone so that they can have the certainty of hope that only comes to us fully via the sacraments and union with the Church Jesus founded, the Catholic Church.In Summary:There are six key points that I believe we need to remember here:No one who knowingly and deliberately rejects the truth will be saved. It doesn’t matter how good of a Muslim, Jew, Baptist, or anything else he may be. If anyone rejects the truth of Christ and his Church—even one definitive teaching—they will be lost.Religions that have as tenants of their respective faiths the rejection of Jesus and his Church have no power to save anyone. It is “the truth that makes us free” (cf. John 8:32), not falsehood.In the case of one who is ignorant of the truth of the Catholic Faith, “through no fault of [his] own,” he can be saved, if he is truly “invincibly ignorant, [is] given the supernatural virtue of faith and [has] perfect charity in [his heart]” (cf. Instruction of Holy Office of Dec. 20, 1949).We must remember that we are not the judges of salvation. God is the sole and final judge. We do not know who is truly “invincibly ignorant” and who is not. Therefore, we must be careful to “evangelize all men” as the Catechism commands us and leave the judging to God.“Whatever good or truth is found amongst [other world religions] is considered by the Church to be ‘a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life’” (Lumen Gentium 16). And if they seek the true God, given the light they have received, they have the possibility of salvation.This does not mean they are not in need of the Eucharist! Without the grace that comes from the sacraments, one is at a decided disadvantage to get to heaven. And if one has rejected the truth, then there is no way he can merit heaven apart from repentance and the acceptance of the truth. The Church makes very clear: “The words bind and loose mean: whomever you exclude from your communion, will be excluded from communion with God; whomever you receive anew into your communion, God will welcome back into his. Reconciliation with the Church is inseparable from reconciliation with God” (CCC 1445).If anyone makes it to heaven apart from what the Church refers to as “the ordinary means of sanctification that comes through the sacraments,” or a “formal union with the Church,” they will only do so through a salvific link with the Church that comes via extraordinary means.Some Final Questions:I often get two very poignant questions that will most often come from people who have a profound personal interest in the answer. That “personal interest” is usually rooted in their having had loved ones leave the true Faith.1. “What about Catholics who have left the Faith? Are they okay, or are they lost?”Anyone who knowingly and deliberately rejects the Church will be lost, as I said above. So it would be the height of presumption to say that someone who has left the Faith “is okay.” Now, it may well be that a person who left the Faith may have had such a distorted notion of what the Church truly is and what she teaches that there may not be culpability. Again, we don’t know. However, it may well be that they are culpable. And no amount of “church” attendance or prayer apart from the Church Jesus established, the Catholic Church, will get them to heaven if that is the case. One might even “deliver [one’s] body to be burned” (I Cor. 13:3), but it will “profit nothing” apart from union with Christ and his Church because it is only the divine life and charity of Christ in us that can save us. So we must take extremely serious anyone who has left the faith or anyone who is not in union with the Church because objectively speaking, (barring invincible ignorance, etc.) souls are on the line!2. “What about the question of those who are in the process of converting to the Catholic Faith? If only the sacraments can take away the sins of those who are fully aware of their efficacy, what about these?”The Council of Trent declared that either the actual sacraments or a “desire thereof” is sufficient to take away sins. In Session Seven, “On the Sacraments in General,” canon 4, the Council declared (emphasis added):If any one saith that the sacraments of the New Law are not necessary unto salvation, but superfluous; and that, without them, or without the desire thereof, men obtain of God, through faith alone, the grace of justification;-though all (the sacraments) are not indeed necessary for every individual; let him be anathema.Similarly, the Council of Trent declared, specifically concerning baptism, in Session Six, Chapter 4 (emphasis added):By which words, a description of the Justification of the impious is indicated,-as being a translation, from that state wherein man is born a child of the first Adam, to the state of grace, and of the adoption of the sons of God, through the second Adam, Jesus Christ, our Savior. And this translation, since the promulgation of the Gospel, cannot be effected, without the laver of regeneration, or the desire thereof, as it is written; unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.And with regard to the Sacrament of Confession, in Chapter 14 of that same Session Six, the Council declared (emphasis added):Whence it is to be taught, that the penitence of a Christian, after his fall, is very different from that at (his) baptism; and that therein are included not only a cessation from sins, and a detestation thereof, or, a contrite and humble heart, but also the sacramental confession of the said sins,-at least in desire, and to be made in its season,-and sacerdotal absolution; and likewise satisfaction by fasts, alms, prayers, and the other pious exercises of a spiritual life; not indeed for the eternal punishment,-which is, together with the guilt, remitted, either by the sacrament, or by the desire of the sacrament…Thus, the desire for the Sacraments of catechumens suffices until such a time as they can actually receive them

Is it possible Trump Jan 6, 2021 had no idea urging "fight like hell or you won't have a country anymore" a threat - interpreted by the poorly educated (he said he loves) & emotionally roused, for serious action? Surely this betrays seditious intent?Unfortunately, YouTube has removed the video you provided so I am lacking some context in that regard.However, I do believe that the most loathsome person ever to occupy, or rather squat, at the White House knew exactly what his words would result in. And he really could care less. I recall a Rolling Stone magazine article I read about 4 years ago in which a former employee of his company said that his M.O. was, and this is not a direct quote but very similar, “is to throw a grenade into the room and leave someone else to clean up the mess. He thrives on chaos.”But “fight like hell or you won’t have a country anymore” is just the tip of the iceberg.There were a number of statements he made leading up to that time which were also, in my opinion, incitement and just as deliberate:January 20, 2020: President Trump enthusiastically expresses support for heavily armed 2nd Amendment protesters in Richmond, Virginia.President Trump tweets: “The Democrat Party in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia are working hard to take away your 2nd Amendment rights.”April 17, 2020: Following armed anti-pandemic lockdown protests at several state capitals, Trump tweets: “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”The tweets come in response to armed protests in several states, including Michigan, where protesters chanted “lock her up,” referring to Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The tweets prompt a leading legal expert on militias Mary McCord to write that Trump has “incited insurrection” against state governments.April 30, 2020: Armed protestors storm the Michigan state capitol building. Two of the protestors are eventually charged in the attempted kidnapping of Governor Gretchen Whitmer (see entry for Oct. 7, 2020).The New York Times reports that one of the protestors carried a sign that read, “Tyrants Get the Rope,” and another carried an American flag that had a doll made to look like Ms. Whitmer hanging from it.May 1, 2020: Trump tweets in favor of the Michigan protestors.The president tweets: “The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.”May 28, 2020: Trump retweets, with praise, a video of a supporter saying, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”July 9, 2020: President Trump refuses to say whether he will accept the election results.In an interview with President Trump, Fox News reporter Chris Wallace asks him whether he will accept the election results. Trump responds, “No, I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going to say no, and I didn’t last time either.”August 17, 2020: President Trump condemns Antifa as the Proud Boys descend on Portland, Oregon.The Proud Boys lead an “End Domestic Terrorism Rally” in Portland, Oregon, in self-proclaimed opposition to Antifa; the rally is met by counterprotestors and a heavy police presence. Trump tweets, “Major consideration is being given to naming ANTIFA an “ORGANIZATION OF TERROR.” Portland is being watched very closely. Hopefully the Mayor will be able to properly do his job!”August 17, 2020: Trump claims the only way he will lose the election is if it is rigged.In a speech in Wisconsin, Trump says, “The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged, remember that.” It is a statement he will repeat in a speech on Aug. 24 at the Republican National Convention (“The only way they can take this election away from us is if this is a rigged election”).Note: Since May, Trump had been tweeting that mail-in-ballots would mean the election is rigged, which he also repeated in media appearances and other public statements.August 19, 2020: President Trump acknowledges and appears to tacitly endorse QAnon for the first time.When asked at a White House press conference what he thinks about QAnon and what he has to say to the movement’s followers, the President says:“Well I don’t know much about the movement, but from what I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate. I have heard that it is gaining in popularity, and from what I hear these are people that… They watch the streets of Portland, when they watch what happened in New York City in just the last six or seven months . . . these are people that don’t like seeing what’s going on in places like Portland and places like Chicago and New York City and other cities and states and I’ve heard these are people that love our country and they just don’t like seeing it.”When asked about their belief that he is fighting a secret global battle against a cult of pedophile cannibals, he says, “Well I hadn’t heard that, but is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? If I can help save the world from problems, I’m willing to do it, and we are actually, we are saving the world from a radical left philosophy that will save this country.”August 31, 2020: After the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, President Trump declines to condemn white nationalist-led violent protests.Trump expresses sympathy to 17-year old Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with shooting and killing two people, and the president suggests he may have been acting in self defense. In response to the violence in Kenosha and Portland, Oregan, Trump also says: “Well, I understand that had large numbers of people that were supporters, but that was a peaceful protest…And paint is not — and paint as a defensive mechanism, paint is not bullets. … These people, they protested peacefully. They went in very peacefully.”In response to Trump’s failure to denounce the violence, then-candidate Biden states: “He wouldn’t even repudiate one of his supporters who is charged with murder because of his attacks on others. He is too weak, too scared of the hatred he has stirred to put an end to it.”Later reports suggest that DHS officials were directed to make sympathetic statements toward Rittenhouse. It is unclear whether these directions originated at the White House or within the DHS press office, NBC reports.September 8, 2020: Brian Murphy, a whistleblower in the Department of Homeland Security submits a complaint that claims that the two most senior DHS officials tried to suppress threat assessments of white supremacy because it would reflect poorly on President Trump.The complaint alleges that acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli wanted Murphy to “ specifically modify the section on White Supremacy in a manner that made the threat appear less severe, as well as include information on the prominence of violent ‘left-wing’ groups.” The complaint also alleges that DHS leadership asked Murphy to “modify intelligence assessments to ensure they matched up with the public comments by President Trump on the subject of ANTIFA and ‘anarchist’ groups.”The complaint garners wide media attention.September 23, 2020: In response to a direct question, President Trump refuses to say he will ensure a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election.In a White House press conference, a reporter asks the president if he will “commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transferal of power after the election?” President Trump answers, “Well, we’re going to have to see what happens.” He further raises alarms about a potential transition of power: “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation.”September 29, 2020: First Presidential Debate.When asked by debate moderator Chris Wallace, if the president will urge his supporters to “stay calm during this extended period, not to engage in any civil unrest,” President Trump answers vaguely that “bad things happen in Philadelphia. Bad things. And I am urging my people. I hope it’s going to be a fair election.” His answers heighten concern of “election day chaos.”Later in the debate, when asked to condemn white supremacist militias like the Proud Boys, Trump tells them to “Stand back and stand by,” and that “somebody’s got to do something about antifa and the left.”The President’s comments are widely interpreted as a boost for the Proud Boys and other white nationalist groups. In response to the statement and lack of denouncement of white supremecists, a known social media account associated with the Proud Boys makes “stand back and stand by” its new slogan. A user on the Proud Boys’ Telegram account also writes, “Standing down and standing by sir.” Proud Boys organizer Joe Biggs likewise posts that he is “standing by,” and that Trump “basically said to go f— them [antifa] up.”October 07, 2020: The Justice Department indicts ring for attempting to kidnap Michigan Governor.The Justice Department announces indictments of 13 men charged with attempting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan. Whitmer cites Trump statements failing to condemn white supremacists and other rhetoric is seen as a “rallying cry” for such violent groups.Trump responds to the plot at a rally in Lansing, MI: “It was our people — my people, our people that helped her out. And then she blamed me for it. She blamed me and it was our people that helped her. I don’t get it. How did you put her there?” (The crowd chants “lock her up” at the rally in response).Trump tweets, “I do not tolerate ANY extreme violence. Defending ALL Americans, even those who oppose and attack me, is what I will always do as your President! Governor Whitmer—open up your state, open up your schools, and open up your churches!”October 15, 2020: President Trump claims to know nothing about QAnon, and refuses to denounce it.When asked at a televised town hall whether he disavows QAnon, Trump responds, “I know nothing about QAnon … What I do hear about it, they are very strongly against pedophilia, and I agree with that.” When pressed on whether he believes a satanic pedophile ring exists, he retorts, “No, I don’t know that and neither do you know that.”November 1, 2020: President Trump praises supporters who, with their cars, swarm a Biden campaign bus traveling between San Antonio and Texas.A Biden campaign spokesperson says the vehicles “attempted to slow the bus down and run it off the road,” and that following the incident an event at the Texas AFL-CIO was canceled out of an “abundance of caution.”“Did you see the way our people were protecting his bus?” Trump boasts at a frigid rally in Washington, Mich., hours after tweeting a video of the caravan with the message: “I LOVE TEXAS.” “They had hundreds of cars. Trump. Trump. Trump, and the American flag.”“These patriots did nothing wrong,” he tweets in response to news the FBI is investigating the caravan.November 13, 2020: In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, President Trump’s allies spearhead a media campaign and a call to action of the President’s supporters.“This is as serious a constitutional crisis as our nation has ever faced. We will only be the beacon of hope for the world if we are willing to stand with courage and integrity & defend our republic,” General Mike Flynn, former National Security Advisor, tweets. Sidney Powell echos the statements, saying in an interview that “This is essentially a new American revolution. And anyone who wants this country to remain free needs to step up right now.”December 1, 2020: While the President’s supporters continue to ratchet up calls of martial law and use of force, Republicans beg the President to tamp down his rhetoric, concerned that it will lead to violence.Lin Wood proclaims on Parler: “Our country is headed to Civil War…President Trump must follow the precedent of Abraham Lincoln and declare martial law.”Meanwhile, as media attention focuses on battleground states, Gabriel Sterling, a Republican election official in Georgia, implores Trump in a passionate viral speech:“Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. Someone is going to get shot, someone is going to get killed. And it’s not right.”'Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. Someone's gonna get hurt. Someone's gonna get shot. Someone's gonna get killed.' — Gabriel Sterling issued this prescient warning to President Trump on December 1 pic.twitter.com/i3YUomRfly— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 7, 2021December 2, 2020: Violent rhetoric by President Trump’s allies continues as the Georgia Senate runoff race nears.“We’re going to slay Goliath, the communists, the liberals, the phonies. Joe Biden will never set foot in the Oval Office of this country. It will not happen on our watch. Never gonna happen,” Lin Wood claims at the Stop the Steal Rally in Alpharetta, Georgia.December 6, 2020: Armed protestors arrive at the home of Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, threatening violence after the results of the election.December 8, 2020: The official Twitter account of the Arizona GOP asks supporters whether they are willing to die for President Trump.In response to a Stop the Steal tweet saying “I am willing to give my life for this fight,” the Arizona GOP tweets, “He is. Are you?” The GOP account also tweets a clip of the 2008 movie “Rambo,” as the character proclaims, “This is what we do, who we are. Live for nothing, or die for something.” After public criticism, both tweets are deleted.December 9, 2020:“I believe there will be violence in our streets soon.” Lin Wood predicts during an interview on the pro-Trump TV station, New Tang Dynasty Television.December 12, 2020: On the day of “Stop the Steal” rallies, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio posts photos of himself taken at the White House, although the White House later denies he was invited.Tarrio posts photos on Parler of himself on the White House portico, claiming that he had received a “last minute invite to an undisclosed location” while attending a protest in Washington D.C. The White House refutes the invitation and states that Tarrio did not meet with Trump, but does not explain how he passed screening for a public tour.December 12, 2020: “Stop the Steal” rallies occur across the country and turn violent; President Trump expresses his support for his supporters’ participation in the rallies.Trump tweets his encouragement: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA”While Trump supporters also gather in Olympia, Washington, St. Paul, Minnesota, Trump allies Mike Flynn and Sebastian Gorka speak at the Washington D.C. rally. Flynn compares the protestors and Trump supporters to the story of Jericho, a Biblical story where the people peacefully conquer a city after marching around it.December 14, 2020: As the Electoral College plans to meet in statehouses across the country to certify the 2020 election, credible threats of violence force building shutdowns in Michigan.Arizona’s state capitol building receives increased security in advance of the vote as well.December 17, 2020: Michael Flynn publicly floats the idea that President Trump could use the United States military in response to what the President falsely claims to be a rigged election.“If he wanted to, [President Trump] could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states.” “Martial law has been instituted 64 times. I’m not calling for that,” Flynn backtracks. “We have a constitutional process. … That has to be followed. But I will tell you I’m a little concerned about Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court. We can’t fool around with the fabric of the Constitution of the United States.”Flynn’s interview sparks concerns that President Trump could invoke the Insurrection Act. North Carolina state senator Bob Steinburg (R) calls on Facebook (in a now deleted post) for President Trump to “declare a national emergency” and “invoke the Insurrection Act” in response to false claims that the election had been stolen from President Trump.December 18, 2020: Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell meet with Trump and top administration officials in a heated meeting at the White House. Trump reportedly asks Flynn to inform him about the martial law idea; other advisors talk Trump out of this notion.December 19, 2020: Trump begins to rally support around a large gathering of his supporters in Washington D.C. on January 6th, immediately following the Senate elections in Georgia and coinciding with Congress’ certification of President-elect Biden’s victory.Trump tweets: “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election” and “Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”December 20: General Flynn retweets a call for President Trump to “cross the Rubicon” made by Kelli Ward, Chair of the Arizona Republican Party.Ward tweets, “Mr. President @realDonaldTrump – we are with you in #Arizona. We are working every avenue to stop this coup & to stop our Republic from crumbing. Patriots are united. Those who are against us are exposing themselves. #Liberty & #freedom are on the line. #CrossTheRubicon @GenFlynn.”Originated by Ron Watkins, who once ran the far-right message board 8kun, where “Q” posts cryptic messages to QAnon followers, the hashtag #CrossTheRubicon soon proliferates across pro-Trump social media. It refers to Julius Caesar’s fateful decision to lead his army across the Rubicon River from Gaul into Italy, a clear violation of Roman law and a de facto declaration of war on the Republic. The phrase has more generally come to refer to passing a point of no return.December 21, 2020: Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) tells attendees at a Turning Point USA rally to “call your congressman and feel free — you can lightly threaten them.”December 27, 2020: Trump tweets, “See you in Washington, DC, on January 6th. Don’t miss it. Information to follow.”December 28, 2020: Former Trump White House official Olivia Troye says she is “very concerned that there will be violence on January 6th because the president himself encourages it.”Troye elaborates, “This is what [President Trump] does. He tweets. He incites it. He gets his followers and supporters to behave in this manner, and these people think that they’re being patriotic because they are supporting Donald Trump.”December 29, 2021: The Proud Boys announce they will attend the January 6 event, saying they will do so “incognito.” The statement is widely reported including in conservative news outlets (e.g., Fox News; Washington Times).Special note: The Timeline includes acts of commission, and it is difficult to include acts of omission. However, it is important to note that President Trump does not issue any statement that the Proud Boys are not welcome.January 1, 2021: Momentum builds for the January 6th rally, with increased calls for violence by Trump supporters.Trump himself tweets, “The BIG Protest Rally in Washington, D.C. will take place at 11:00 A.M. on January 6th. Locational details to follow. StopTheSteal!”He also retweets Kylie Jane Kremer, chair of Women for America First, an organizer of the rally. “The calvary[sic] is coming, Mr. President! JANUARY 6th,” Kremer had tweeted on Dec. 19. The President responds, “A great honor!” in his retweet on New Years Day.Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) says on Newsmax that as a consequence of the dismissal of his lawsuit enjoining Mike Pence to overturn the election results, “you got to go to the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM.” The following day, Gohmert tweets a statement saying that he does not advocate violence.January 3, 2021: Support continues to grow for the January 6th event, as President Trump and ally Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) encourage supporters to show up.At a rally ahead of the Georgia Senate special election, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) says, “We will not go quietly into the night. We will defend liberty. And we are going to win.”Meanwhile, Trump retweets @CodeMonkeyZ (now suspended by Twitter): “If you are planning to attend peaceful protests in DC on the 6th, i recommend wearing a body camera. The more video angles of that day the better.”January 4, 2021: On the eve of the two-days of events in DC, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is arrested in Washington D.C., as President Trump and Donald Trump Jr. call for supporters to “fight like hell.”Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is arrested in Washington D.C. for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that he had taken from a Black church during December’s Stop the Steal rallies. He is found to be in possession of two high capacity firearm magazines, which is charged for possession.At a pre-election rally in Georgia, Donald Trump, Jr., introducing his father, tells the crowd, “We need to fight.” President Trump then takes the stage, telling supporters, “They’re not taking this White House. We’re going to fight like hell.”January 5, 2021: General Flynn directs veiled threats to Congress while speaking at a rally. “Those of you who are feeling weak tonight, those of you who don’t have the moral fiber in your body — get some tonight because tomorrow we the people are going to be here.”January 6, 2021: In the morning, President Trump and his allies encourage his followers to show up for the protests over Twitter.President Trump tweets, “The States want to redo their votes. They found out they voted on a FRAUD. Legislatures never approved. Let them do it. BE STRONG!”“Today is 1776” tweets newly elected Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who had earlier in the week made a video purporting to carry her firearm into the Capitol.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tweets, “FIGHT. FOR. TRUMP.”January 6, 2021: President Trump, members of his family and supporters speak at the rally on the National Mall in Washington D.C.Donald Trump Jr. warms up the crowd, saying of Republican lawmakers, “If you’re gonna be the zero and not the hero, we’re coming for you.”Rudy Giuliani is next. “If we’re right, a lot of them will go to jail. So let’s have trial by combat … I’ll be darned if they’re going to take our free and fair vote…We’re going to fight to the very end to make sure that doesn’t happen.”Finally, President Trump makes a series of incendiary statements during his speech:“I would love to have if those tens of thousands of people would be allowed the military, the Secret Service and we want to thank you and the police and law enforcement great you’re doing a great job, but I would love it if they could be allowed to come up with us.”He directs them to the Capitol: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol– and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.”“You’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”“Something is wrong here, something is really wrong, can’t have happened and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”“So we are going to–we are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we are going to the Capitol, and we are going to try and give–the Democrats are hopeless, they are never voting for anything, not even one vote but we are going to try–give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re try–going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”January 6, 2021: Senator Josh Hawley raises a fist.As he enters the Capitol, the Missouri Republican makes a clear gesture of support for the pro-Trump crowd.Other Republican lawmakers show support for the growing protests. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) states at the rally, “Today is a time of choosing and tomorrow is a time of fighting. Today is also a day of revelation and separation…Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”January 6, 2021: The attack on the U.S. Capitol begins.At 1:49PM, Trump tweets a link to a video of his remarks at the Ellipse.At 2:24PM, Trump tweets: “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!”Trump is reportedly “initially pleased” by events as he watches them unfold, and “disregard[s] aides pleading with him to intercede.”According to a close adviser of the president, “rather than appearing appalled, Trump was voraciously consuming the events on television, enjoying the spectacle and encouraged to see his supporters fighting for him.”According to Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, White House aides say that President Trump is “delighted,” while “walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team [are]n’t as excited.”President Trump initially rebuffs and refuses requests to mobilize the D.C. National Guard. Eventually, the Guard is mobilized after an order from Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller. Vice President Mike Pence approves the order and the Guard is deployed.Republican House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy demands that Trump make a statement denouncing the rioters. He refuses, leading to a “screaming match” between the two men.Ivanka Trump, the President’s daughter and advisor, tweets (and later deletes) a call for the violence to end, but addresses the tweet to “American Patriots,” earning swift backlash.At 2:38 PM, President Trump tweets, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!”A person familiar with discussions about what the president should tweet told the Washington Post that Trump had resisted adding the final sentence, “Stay peaceful.”At 4:17 PM, President Trump releases a recorded statement on Twitter, reiterating his claims of a rigged election but telling the rioters that “You have to go home now, we have to have peace … We love you, you’re very special.”At 6:01 PM, Trump tweets, “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”January 6, 2021: Pro-Trump supporters gather across the country as events in the Capitol unfold, with some state buildings evecuating as violence errupts.Armed supporters of the President rally in Washington state, breaching a fence of the governor’s residence, though are unsuccessful in advancing further. State buildings are closed in Denver, Colorado, Austin, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico as rallies occur outside.In Oregon, protestors burn an effigy of Governor Kate Brown, while in Arizona, a guillotine with a Trump flag is set up outside the statehouse. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) Facetimes the crowds in Arizona, shortly after objecting to the certification of President-elect Biden’s victory in the state, telling protestors “I’m so proud of you for being out there, gotta love you for keeping the fight.”January 6, 2021: The FBI counters claims that Antifa was involved.Some conservative politicians and pundits immediately lob baseless claims that the riot was a false flag attack by Antifa. On a call with the press, an FBI spokesperson says, “We have no indication” of Antifa involvement. The arrests of 120 individuals over the next few days shows that longtime Trump supporters and right-wing militants comprised the attackers, an Associated Press report shows.January 6, 2021: Death tollFive people die in the assault on the Capitol, including U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. Another fifteen officers are hospitalized, with 56 in total initially reported injured. [Update: As of Feb. 24, 2021, Capitol police officials state, “Around 140 officers were injured during the insurrection including officers with crushed spinal discs, broken kneecaps, and traumatic brain injuries” and that “some of these officers may never return to duty. Many more are experiencing signs of PTSD.”]For days, the White House is criticized for not flying the mast at half mast for the death of officer Sicknick. On January 10, officer Howard Liebengood, who had helped defend the Capitol, commits suicide. That day, President Trump finally orders the White House flag lowered to half mast.So in effect, Trump was setting the stage well in advance with numerous Tweets and public statements at his self adulation tours. These resulted in numerous responses of agreement and support from prominent politicians and right wing nutjob groups. This went on and on for months during which time his supporters became more and more worked up while aided and abetted by social media where all kinds of rhetoric and conspiracy theories basically ran amok, adding fuel to the fire that was lit with a match by Twitterfingers.And as you can see, prominent people did warn that his words and actions would lead to violence. Stating the obvious.I liken his constant bombardment of Tweets, public statements, etc. listed within this answer as being akin to what war time Generals say to get their soldiers ready to go to battle. I see little to no difference whatsoever.Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump’s Actions Leading to the Attack on the CapitolA highly detailed chronology of the year leading up to the attack on the Capitol.https://www.justsecurity.org/74138/incitement-timeline-year-of-trumps-actions-leading-to-the-attack-on-the-capitol/