IN THE YEAR OF THE FAITH WHICH INTERPRETATION OF VATICAN COUNCIL II IS TO BE USED ?

Do we interpret the Council and Catechism according to Cushingism or Feeneyism ?

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) published pastoral guidelines for the Year of Faith (October 11, 2012 – November 24, 2013)  to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s 20 years. (1)

During the Year of Faith do we interpret Vatican Council according to Cushingism or Feeneyism? Does everyone need to enter the Church except for those in invincible ignorance etc (Cushingism) or do we say that Vatican Council II teaches that all people need to enter the Church for salvation and there are no known exceptions(Feeneyism).

Which interpretation would the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith expect all Catholics to follow, the one approved by the Jewish Left Rabbis or the interpretation of Vatican Council II as a continuation and not a break from tradition and which is opposed by Jewish Anti Defamation League and others.

For me Vatican Council II teaches the literal interpretation of extra ecclesiam nulla salus and so does the Catechism of the Catholic Church(Feeneyism). According to others Vatican Council II rejects exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church. This interpretation suggests that we know of visible cases of persons saved in invincible ignorance.(Cushingism)

For me Nostra Aetate, Vatican Council II does not say that non Catholics can be saved in general in their religion or that non Catholics religions are paths to salvation. For others Nostra Aetate calls for good relations with all non Catholics and this means giving up the call to conversion or beleiving in the need for non Catholics to convert for salvation.

For me Vatican Council II says that the Catholic Church is the ordinary means of salvation (Ad Gentes 7, Lumen Gentium 14). For others the ordinary means of salvation is Lumen Gentium 16 i.e. non Catholics can be saved in general in their religion through invincible ignorance, the baptism of desire etc.

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

For me the Catechism of the Catholic Church 846 says all people need to enter the Church 'as through a door'. It says Catholic faith and the baptism of desire is the ordinary means of salvation even though all who are saved are saved through Jesus and the Church. For others CCC 846 says all those who are saved are saved through Jesus and the Church and so everyone does not need to enter the Church, there is no exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.

For me the Catechism of the Catholic Church says the Church is the only Ark of salvation that saves in the Flood and God the Father  wants all people to be united in the Church.So there is exclusive salvation in only the Catholic Church Jesus’ Mystical Body. For others only those who know about the Church need to enter.They  assume we know who 'knows' and who does not' know' and also we know how God will judge who 'knows' or does not. This is irrational.

For me Vatican Council II and the Catechism tell us that there is a possibility for a non Catholic to be saved  in invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire, 'in certain circumstances'(Letter of the Holy Office 1949 and of course these cases are known only to God. For others the teaching is that these 'exceptions' are explicitly known to us and so are contradictions to exclusive salvation.

For me invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire are not known exceptions to the dogma or the magisterial teachings on the need for all to enter the Church. For others, including the Society of St.Pius X and the liberals, they are exceptions.

For me Vatican Council and the Catechism texts can be interpreted with a dejure-defacto analysis which does not contradict the Principle of Non Contradiction. For others it can be interpreted with a defacto-defacto analysis which contradicts the philosophical Principle of Non Contradiction. It is irrational. It is also heretical since it suggests that the defined dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus has defacto (explicit) exceptions. It also suggests that the popes were not infallible ex cathedra since Vatican Council II and the Catechism contradicts a defined dogma with explicitly known (defacto) invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire.

So in the Year of the Faith which interpretation of Vatican Council II is to be used?-Lionel Andrades

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http://www.dici.org/en/news/publication-of-pastoral-guidelines-for-the-year-of-faith/