The Balamand Declaration and the Joint Declaration with Lutherans on Justification were initiated with Vatican Council II interpreted with the false premise. So it was assumed that there were known exceptions to the traditional teaching on exclusive salvation . Extra ecclesiam nulla salus, the Syllabus of Errors of Pope Pius IX and the Athanasius Creed were considered obsolete by Cardinal Ratzinger /Pope Benedict

 The Balamand Declaration and the Joint Declaration with Lutherans on Justification  were initiated with Vatican Council II interpreted with the false premise. So it was assumed that there were known exceptions  to the traditional teaching on exclusive salvation . Extra ecclesiam nulla salus, the Syllabus of Errors of Pope Pius IX and the Athanasius Creed were considered obsolete by Cardinal Ratzinger /Pope Benedict. -Lionel Andrades