SSPX ECUMENISM IN ACCORD WITH VATICAN COUNCIL II

The ecumenism of the Society of St.Pius X (SSPX) Is an accord with the teachings of Vatican Council II.


The SSPX teaches that the ordinary means of salvation for all Protestants is Catholic Faith.This is also the message of Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II. All people need Catholic Faith and the Baptism of water for salvation(AG 7).All.


All people include Protestants and the Orthodox communities.


Protestants can be saved by the extraordinary means of salvation however the ordinary means of salvation for Protestants is Catholic Faith. Those Protestants who know this teavhing in their heart and yet do not enter the Catholic Church are oriented to Hell (Lumen Gentium 14) Without an ecumenism of return we have a false ecumenism.
Ut Unum Sint indicates that Protestants need to enter the Catholic Church. Lumen Gentium 16 refers to those Protestants who are saved.They had a good conscience. They  did not know about the Catholic Faith or have to the Gospel according to the Catholic Church preached to them.They did not know.


Lumen Gentium 14 refers to the ordinary means of salvation for all people in general .Lumen Gentium 16 refers to those saved extraordinarily.


So when I meet a Protestant I assume that he needs Catholic Faith not because I can judge personally but because the Church says so. This is the teaching of the Catholic Church in the past and in Vatican Council II. When I meet a Protestant I cannot judge if he or she is in the exceptional category. Only God knows, we do not . Pastorally, at the practical level when I meet a Protestant, I know that all Protestants need to enter the Catholic Church for salvation. (Ad Gentes 7, Lumen Gentium 14)
This is the teaching of the Church and not a personal view
Only the Catholic Church has been given the KEYS. It is the sole moral authority to explain objective truth.
A Catholic may believe in Jesus and read the Bible daily (like a Protestant) and attend Mass but of he is mortal sin at the time of death, he is oriented to Hell. So a Protestant may believe in Jesus but is in heresy if he is not in the Catholic Church.
The Bible says not all those who say “Lord, Lord” will enter Heaven but those who do the will of God the Father. It is the will of God that all people worship Him in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is the only Ark of Noah that saves in the flood (CCC).If one is a pagan or a newcomer to the Faith then just faith in Jesus is enough. However when one is a believer one has to live the moral and faith teachings of the church for salvation. The Catholic teaching differs from that of Martin Luther. Luther  taught only faith is needed for salvation -irrespective of charity and morals.
The couple killed for simony also believed in Jesus but due to their morals they lost salvation (Acts of the Apostles 5). The Bible says that no fornicator etc can enter the Kingdom of Heaven (Galatians).