If the Society of St. Pius X(SSPX) does not continue to interpret Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a rupture with extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) then they too would be labelled non Catholic by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith(CDF) and the secular forces.
Presently the SSPX interprets the baptism of desire(BOD), baptism of blood(BOB) and invincible ignorance(I.I) as a rupture with EENS and this is satisfactory for the Left.
However they do not accept Vatican Council II as a rupture with EENS and so here negotiations continue.
The St.Benedict Center, traditionalists who are presently non Catholic for the Vatican, accept BOD, BOB and I.I as speculative possibilities( followed by the baptism of water).However with BOD,BOB and I.I as theoretical possibilities known only to God, with or without the baptism of water, they still are not exceptions to EENS.This is clear on the SBC Doctrinal Statement posted on their website, Catholicism.org.
They also refer to LG 8, LG 14, LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc in Vatican Council II as being known only to God in the present times, in personal cases.This too is indicated on their website. So Vatican Council II is not a rupture with EENS.
For the SSPX, LG 8 etc and BOD, BOB and I.I contradict an ecumenism of return, the past ecclesiology and the Syllabus of Errors. The SSPX though, sees EENS as having exceptions(BOD,BOB and I.I) and it is not the same as the St. Benedict Center's interpretation of EENS, with BOD, BOB and I.I not being exceptions.
The St. Benedict Center according to their Doctrinal Statement do not have to reject Vatican Council II or the Catechism of the Catholic Church and yet they can affirm exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church based on Vatican Council II(AG 7).
According to Vatican Council II(AG 7) there are only Catholics in Heaven and they are there with faith and baptism. All need faith and baptism for salvation.While the bishop, Chancellor and Episcopal Vicar in the Diocese of Manchester agree that they do not know of any objective exceptions to EENS or Ad Gentes 7, in the present times(2019).
So if the second round of doctrinal talks with the SSPX fail on Vatican Council II they could legally be called non Catholic.They would be labelled a sect etc.
However if they accept Vatican Council II as a rupture with EENS it would be heresy and their Holy Mass would be a sacrilege but they would be legally recognised by the Left, as being Catholic.
Cardinal Burke's statements on other religions at the last Voice of the Family Conference in Rome would place him on the Left's Wanted List for those Catholics who are to be declared non Catholics.
-Lionel Andrades
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