Friday, June 22, 2012

CDF DOCTRINAL ASSESSMENT OF LCWR : HOW ARE THE SISTERS PERMITTED TO RECEIVE THE EUCHARIST ?

The main doctrinal issue seems the rejection of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and the dogma on  the infallibility of the pope ex cathedra.

They have not removed the scandal by affirming the faith in public.They also contradict Vatican Council II (AG 7) and suggest that Vatican Council II contradicts itself (LG 16 vs AG 7).

When the text of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) (1) is read, one can ask why are the LCWR sisters allowed to receive the Eucharist since to reject an infallible teaching is a mortal sin.

I have mentioned in an earlier post that extra ecclesiam nulla salus is at the centre of the LCWR problem e.g. in her LCWR keynote address in 1997 Sr. Sandra Schneider said " It can no longer be taken for granted that the members [of a given congregation] share the same faith.” Why, because they don’t believe in the dogma?

In an LCWR keynote speech in 2007 Sr. Laurie Brink, O.P. spoke of “four different general ‘directions’ in which religious congregations seem to be moving.” She said that “not one of the four is better or worse than the others.” One of the directions described is “sojourning,” which she says “involves moving beyond the Church, even beyond Jesus. The Church is not necessary for salvation?

LCWR speakers also explore 'themes…that are frequently ambiguous, dubious or even erroneous with respect to Christian faith', writes Bishop Leonard P. Blair.The errors and ambiguity are there because they do not believe in the dogma on exclusive salvation being there in only the Catholic Church.

They have rejected the ecclesiology of exclusive salvation in only the Catholic Church.

They assume that invincible ignorance (LG 16) is an explicit exception to the thrice defined dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.So for the LCWR the Church Councils which issued the infallible statement on salvation were wrong - there are explicit exceptions for the LCWR. So the pope is not infallible ex cathedra according to them, since he has been contradicted  by Vatican Council II (LG 16).

The main issue is that the LCWR sisters have rejected the dogmas on extra ecclesiam nulla salus and the infallibility of the pope. This is borne out in the CDF Doctrinal Assessment though it does not mention it directly.

To reject both these dogmas knowingly is a mortal sin . This sin is known in public. The sisters have not ended the scandal. They still have no right to receive the Eucharist unworthily. The conditions for receiving the Eucharist are known to them.

If the sisters were asked to recite the Nicene Creed it would not be enough. Since their understanding of 'Church' is different.In the Creed they do not believe 'in one baptism for the forgiveness of sin 'but  in three defacto, known forms of baptism, which include the baptism of desire.

When they say I believe in 'the Holy Catholic Church' they mean a Church  which includes those saved in invincible ignorance , a good conscience etc and who are known to us on earth.So  these are explicit exceptions to the dogma on exclusive salvation in only the Catholic Church.They are not referring to a Catholic Church in which there is exclusive salvation - Lionel Andrades

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Report on Leadership Conference of Women Religious
http://catholicreview.org/article/news/world-news/report-on-leadership-conference-of-women-religious  
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Sr.Janet Mock doesn't realize that the LCWR sisters are confused on Vatican Council II and the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/06/srjanet-mock-doesnt-realize-that-lcwr.html#links







Sr.Janet Mock doesn't realize that the LCWR sisters are confused on Vatican Council II and the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

Sister Janet Mock, executive director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) acknowledges that a few sisters have moved so far outside church tradition that it's difficult to recognize them as Catholic. But the Leadership Conference of Women Religious she said didn't encourage that.

"Somebody, and we don't know who, is behind all of this questioning of our organization," she said. "If we could just sit down with whoever has a question, I think it would be easier. This comes close to maligning the organization, painting everybody in it with the same brush." (1)

 
I have been sending her these blog posts hoping she will tell me what they believe is the Church's doctrinal teachings on this subject i.e the issue of exclusive salvation being there in only the Catholic Church and there are no known cases in 2012 of non Catholics saved in invincible ignorance, the baptism of desire, a good  conscience (LG 16) and 'seeds of the word'(Vatican Council II)

As part of 'the church tradition' which she accepts, does she accept Ad Gentes 7,Vatican Council II which states all need Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation ( to avoid Hell) ?.-Lionel Andrades
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1.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/nuns-leader-seeks-dialogue-with-vatican-to-plead-case-639727/
 









If the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 said that the baptism of desire was an exception to the dogma they made a mistake: So why cannot the Leadership Conference of Women Religious hold the literal interpretation of extra ecclesiam nulla salus along with implicit baptism of desire ?

FOR FIVE YEARS CARDINAL LEVADA HAS BEEN ALLOWING DISSENTING SISTERS TO RECEIVE THE EUCHARIST

LCWR SISTERS CONFUSED ON VATICAN COUNCIL II AND THE DOGMA EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS

Reality check: The LCWR, CDF and the Doctrinal Assessment by Bishop Leonard Blair: Do they have the right to receive the Eucharist ?

CARDINAL LEVADA SAYS LCWR SISTERS CAN AVAIL OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE- WHAT ABOUT THE EUCHARIST?

LCWR Sisters and the Secretary of the CDF need to affirm the literal interpretation of the dogma in accord with Vatican Council II (AG 7) along with implicit baptism of desire and invincible ignorance

When the LCWR invites Curran, Hubbard and Schneiders they are saying the Catholic Church is not the one true Church (UR 3) and every one does not need faith and baptism for salvation (AG 7)



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