The Vice President of Ecclesia Dei Archbishop Augustine Di Noia assumes that LG 8 is an exception to the dogma on exclusive salvation. Then he further assumes that this is the general, ordinary means of salvation for non Catholics.
According to Vatican Council II (AG 7) all non Catholics in the Bronx, New York need Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation and LG 8 and LG 16 are not known exceptions.
We do not know those who ‘know about Jesus and the Church and yet do not enter’ (LG 14) as compared to those in invincible ignorance because ‘they have not had the Gospel preached to them through no fault of their own’. Only Jesus can judge these cases and only Jesus will know these exceptions. Vatican Council II says all need to enter the Catholic Church for salvation (to avoid Hell).
That a non Catholic can be saved in invincible ignorance and a good conscience is acceptable to the Society of St.Pius X (SSPX) in principle. That we know who these cases are personally is an irrationality .So if we do not know them personally they do not contradict the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.
The Archbishop told La Stampa that he lived in the Bronx and that he and his sister had many Jewish friends there.
He also told the National Catholic Register with reference to extra ecclesiam nulla salus that there could be people in other religions who receive the grace of salvation. He was implying that we could know who these cases are and so they are known exceptions to the centuries old interpretation of the dogma.
The text of the dogma Cantate Domino, Council of Florence 1441indicates all Jews in the Bronx, and also other non Catholics there, are oriented to Hell unless they convert into the Catholic Church before death.This is also the message of Vatican Council II (AG 7) -Lionel Andrades
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