Did Fr. Hans Kung make the pope, at that time Fr. Joseph Ratzinger, believe that the baptism of desire and invincible ignorance were exceptions to the defined dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus? Or was this just a general error held by all at that time ?
Pope Benedict approved the theological paper of the International Theological Commission, Christianity and the World Religions 1997 (and also the paper on Limbo). In it they assumed that LG 16 (invincible ignorance etc) was an exception to the dogma which, as taught for centuries, stated there was exclusive salvation in only the Church –and all needed to convert.
In one of Fr. Hans Kung's early books, after Vatican Council II, which were available at pontifical university and seminary libraries, Kung criticizes the infallibility of the pope. He meant LG 16 says non Catholics can be saved, and so there are exceptions to the dogma, thrice defined by the popes along with the bishops and cardinals.So this dogma was contradicted for him and also the dogma on the infallibility of the popes ex cathedra.
So it could mean that Pope Benedict XVI assumed that the Council made a mistake or the Council contradicts a defined dogma. This was also the understanding of Cardinal Luiz Ladaria S.J. when he presided at the meetings of the ITC. They had the same opinion as Fr.Hans Kung that Vatican Council II contradicts the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and the dogma on the infallibility of the pope,but did not go public like Fr.Kung ?-Lionel Andrades
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment