Monday, April 22, 2013

DID ARCHBISHOP MARCEL LEFEBVRE AND CARDINAL WALTER KASPAR USE THE SAME WRONG PREMISE IN INTERPRETING VATICAN COUNCIL II ?

'It is rather pleasant to hear an arch-enemy of Tradition take our side to stigmatize the undercurrent which produced the studied ambiguities and errors which are pregnant in the very texts of the Council', says the Society of St.Pius X(SSPX) website.
The SSPX still does not  realize that theology has gone wrong in the Catholic Church because of the use of an irrational premise.On this error  is based the theology of Pope Francis and  Cardinal Kaspar in the interpreting of Vatican Council II. They are using the false premise of being able to see the dead who are now saved in Heaven. Then they use this irrational theory to reject Tradition.They suggest there are known exceptions in 2013 to the dogma on salvation and the Syllabus of Errors.This is the staple interpretation of Vatican Council II sustained by the non Catholic media.
 
The pope and Cardinal Kaspar may not be aware of the false and irrational premise they are using but then neither is the SSPX and perhaps neither was this known to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
 
So when the SSPX (USA) says Cardinal Kaspar has the same position on this issue as them they do not realize that Cardinal Kaspar's interpretation of Vatican Council II, his entire new theology, is based upon an irrationality. There is no rational basis for this theology.
 
For instance Vatican Council II says all non Catholics need to convert into the Catholic Church with 'faith and baptism'for salvation(Ad Gentes 7).It does not mention any exceptions since these cases when existing are invisible to us, they are known only to God.So the Council is traditional.It is saying all Hindus, Buddhists etc need Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation and all members of Protestant communities and Orthodox Christians need Catholic Faith.So Vatican Council II is in agreement with the dogma on salvation and the Syllabus of Errors on this issue.
 
For Cardinal Kaspar Vatican Council II is a break with Tradition since there are known exceptions saved in invincible ignorance and a good conscience(LG 16), elements of sanctification(LG 8), imperfect communion witht the Church(UR), being 'good and holy'non Catholics (NA), seeds of the word etc. These cases are visible for him. So they are known exceptions.This is irrational. We cannot see the dead who are saved and who are now in Heaven. We cannot name those saved in invincible ignorance in 2013.
 
If we personally do not know these cases how can they be exceptions. Something must exist, it must be known for it to be an exception.
 
So there is only one rational interpretation of Vatican Council II and it is the traditional one.There is no ambiguity in Vatican Council II since Cardinal Kaspar's interpretation has no rational basis.
 
The SSPX (USA) instead of pointing out this error are supporting Cardinal Kaspar.-Lionel Andrades
 
 
from the SSPX website:
 
This affirmation needs to be placed in parallel with the letter Archbishop Lefebvre sent to Cardinal Ottaviani on December 20, 1966, just one year after the closing of the Council.

that, [almost universally], when the Council innovated, it shook the certitude of the truths taught by the authentic Magisterium of the Church as belonging definitively to the treasure of Tradition... Whether it be the transmission of the bishops’ jurisdiction, the two sources of Revelation, the inspiration of Scripture, the necessity of grace for justification, the necessity of Catholic baptism, the life of grace among heretics, schismatics and pagans, the ends of marriage, religious liberty, the last things, etc.: on all these fundamental points, the traditional doctrine was clear and unanimously taught in Catholic universities. Now, numerous Conciliar documents on these truths henceforth allow doubts.

It is rather pleasant to hear an arch-enemy of Tradition take our side to stigmatize the undercurrent which produced the studied ambiguities and errors which are pregnant in the very texts of the Council.-SSPX ,USA website
 
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