1.(Time 35:10) What does Vatican Council II say about people outside the Church being saved ? Well In Lumen Gentium 16 we do read...yes it is possible that those outside the fold will be saved.
2.(57:25) St. Thomas Aquinas refers to the baptism of desire for someone who has not received the baptism of water.
3.(57:47) Whereby God whose power is not tied to visible Sacraments sanctifies man inwardly.
4.(57:59) Hence St. Ambrose says of his friend the Emperor Valintinian that I lost him but he did not lose the grace he prayed for.
5.God is not bound Sacraments ( Catechism of the Catholic Church 1257).
6.(59:17) Those who have an implicit desire for the baptism of water can also be saved.
So without confusing possibilities as being real people, we avoid the common false premise and return to Catholic Tradition. There is no room for liberalism and the development of doctrine.
Ralph Martin, Scott Hahn, Matt Fradd and the other liberals do not cite St. Thomas Aquinas affirming the strict interpretation of EENS while they cite theoretical possibilities as practical exceptions to Aquinas.-Lionel Andrades
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