Thursday, September 10, 2015

The heresy of the Catholic Doors website


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Frequently Asked Questions
regarding
THE HERESY OF FEENEYISM.



Q. 1. Can you tell me, what is the "Feeneyism" heresy? I never heard of it before.

A. 1. The heresy of "Feeneyism" is the strick interpretation of the Doctrice "Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus," which means that "outside the catholic Church, there is no salvation." It is a rejection of the Church teaching that those who die for the sake of the faith without having been baptised, are considered baptised by their death for and with Christ. This Baptism of blood, like the desire for Baptism, brings about the fruits of Baptism without being a sacrament.

"Feeneyism" originated with Fr. Leonard Feeney (1897–1978) who was a Jesuit priest and the founder of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

In 1949, the Jesuit Order dismissed Fr. Feeney because of his disobedience. On February 4, 1953, being unmoved by repeated warnings, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith excommunicated him "on account of grave disobedience to the Church Authority. In 1972, Fr. Feeney was reconciled to the Catholic Church.
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Q. 1. Can you tell me, what is the "Feeneyism" heresy? I never heard of it before.
Lionel:
There is no Feeneyism heresy. Feeneyism is the official teaching of the Catholic Church.Vatican Council II (AG 7, LG 14) is Feeneyite when it says all need 'faith and baptism' for salvation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (1257) is Feeneyite when it states the Church knows of no means to eternal beatitude other than the baptism of water. The Nicene Creed is Feeneyite when we pray 'I believe in one baptism for the forgiveness of sin'.The Athanasius Creed is Feeneyite when it states there is no salvation outside the Church. The three defined dogmas on extra ecclesiam nulla salus are also Feeneyite.They affirm the 'rigorist interpretation' of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and do not mention any exceptions.

A. 1. The heresy of "Feeneyism" is the strick interpretation of the Doctrice "Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus," which means that "outside the catholic Church, there is no salvation."
Lionel:
This was the official teaching of the Catholic Church for centuries.Popes and saints have affirmed it.
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 It is a rejection of the Church teaching that those who die for the sake of the faith without having been baptised, are considered baptised by their death for and with Christ. This Baptism of blood, like the desire for Baptism, brings about the fruits of Baptism without being a sacrament.
Lionel:
The rigorist interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus is not a rejection of the baptism of desire or baptism of blood. Since these are invisible cases, they are known only to God. So they are not explicit exceptions to the dogma which says all need to be a formal member of the Catholic Church. A Catholic can affirm implicit for us baptism of desire and blood and also the traditional, centuries old interpretation of extra ecclesiam nulla salus. Implicit cases, which are hypothetical and abstract for us cannot be relevant or exceptions to the Feeneyite version of the dogma.
The Letter of the Holy Office 1949 assumed they were exceptions and so made an objective mistake. It is a fact of life that we cannot see or know cases of baptism of desire etc which exclude the baptism of water. So no one in Church history knew of a case of someone who is in Heaven saved outside the Church, i.e without Catholic Faith and the baptism of water.


"Feeneyism" originated with Fr. Leonard Feeney (1897–1978) who was a Jesuit priest and the founder of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Lionel:
Feeneyism originated with Jesus Christ and is expressed in the Bible ( John 3:5, Mk.16:16).
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In 1949, the Jesuit Order dismissed Fr. Feeney because of his disobedience. 
Lionel:
The Jesuits like the Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Richard Cushing were rejecting the strict interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. For them the baptism of desire and blood referred to explicit cases in 1949. So they assumed these explicit cases were exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus. For them these speculative, known only to God cases were objective exceptions to the interpretation of Fr. Leonard Feeney. This was irrational and an innovation.This was heresy.It was supported by the Holy Office(CDF) in 1949.
The Catholic Doors website is repeating the same error.
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On February 4, 1953, being unmoved by repeated warnings, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith excommunicated him "on account of grave disobedience to the Church Authority.
Lionel:
The heresy of the baptism of desire and baptism of blood being objective exceptions to traditional extra ecclesiam nulla salus was made official.
The Church accepted these cases which were speculative as being objective.
So in Vatican Council II the baptism of desire  and baptism of blood are mentioned with orthodox passages which support the dogma extra ecclesiam nullas salus. This was a mistake,They should not have been placed in Vatican Council II (AG 7, LG 14). Since they are not objective cases are so are irrelevant to the traditional teaching on salvation.
Until today cardinals and bishops interpret Lumen Gentium 16 (LG 16) as being an explicit exception to extra ecclesiam nulla salus, when there are no such cases known to us in real life.
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 In 1972, Fr. Feeney was reconciled to the Catholic Church.
Lionel:
He was always reconciled to the Church since he never said anything new.He affirmed the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and rightly did not consider baptism of desire and blood as being relevant or exceptions to the dogma.
The Church 'reconciled' him by asking him to only recite the Creed and not to recant his teachings on the dogma. He recited the Athanasius Creed which says outside the Church there is no salvation.
-Lionel Andrades





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