Wednesday, November 9, 2011

INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE AND THE BAPTISM OF DESIRE ARE NOT EXCEPTIONS TO THE DOGMA BUT A BOOK SOLD BY THE SSPX SAYS THEY ARE

To cite exceptions to an ex cathedra dogma merits automatic excommunication it is also anathema according to the Syllabus of Errors. A non Catholic can be saved in invincible ignorance and with the baptism of desire and this does not contradict the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus said Daphne Mcleod, Chairman, Pro Ecclesia et Pontefice, England. http://www.proecclesia.com/

Reason tells us that we cannot meet anyone on the street saved with the baptism of desire or in invincible ignorance. Neither Vatican Council II or the Catechism of the Catholic Church mentions invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire as being explicitly known to us.


The Church Councils did not mention it when defining the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus since obviously it was known that these were implicit cases. So they were not exceptions to the dogma which indicates every one needs to convert into the Church for salvation.

The Society of St.Pius X ‘s Angelus Press is selling a book which makes all the above mentioned errors. Is Feeneyism Catholic by Fr.Francois Laisney is being sold by the SSPX for $6.95.The blurb says:

Sr. Sunshine says, "All nice people go to heaven."
Fr. Overreact says, "Only water-baptized Catholics go to heaven."
Both are dead wrong!

Question 321, Baltimore Catechism: "How can those be saved who through no fault of their own have not received the sacrament of Baptism?"
Answer: "Those who through no fault of their own have not received the sacrament of Baptism can be saved through what is called baptism of blood or baptism of desire." Period. Amen... for most of us.

But some, who even call themselves traditional Catholics, cannot accept this simple teaching of our catechism. They cannot accept baptism of desire because they confuse the grace of baptism (which is necessary for salvation) with the character of baptism (which is not necessary for salvation). Because of this confusion, they deny the simple truth that all that is really necessary for salvation is to die in the state of grace.

This is serious. And you need to know how to address these errors, how to defend the orthodox Faith, how to defend yourself and your family, and how to help those sitting in the darkness of error. This book examines these simple truths of our catechism. Quoting heavily the Church's Magisterium, Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the writings of the Saints, Fr. Laisney explains the Church's teaching on Baptism of Desire. A defense of Catholicism, not of false ecumenism. Father's new edition is twice the size of his original work and is enriched and made more convincing by copious quotations from the writings of the Saints.
The Syllabus of Pope Pius IX (Dec 8.1854) mentions an explicit condemnation of four propositions which express indifferentism.Proposition 16 condemns the negation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus .( Wikipedia in italian on extra ecclesiam nulla salus).

The Society of St.Pius X priests believe that those saved in invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire are explicitly known to us and so they are an exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. The dogma says everyone needs to convert into the Catholic Church. The SSPX suggest some people on earth do not have to do so.
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.com/2011/10/sspx-catholic-traditionalists-are.html
-Lionel Andrades