When it is said that Lumen Gentium 16 ( invincible ignorance) is an exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) and Catholic Tradition, this is a conclusion. The premise is that there are physically visible cases of non Catholics saved in invincible ignorance.Otherwise there could not be exceptions. But this is a false premise

 When it is said that Lumen Gentium 16 ( invincible ignorance) is an exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS) and Catholic Tradition, this is a conclusion. The  premise is that there are physically visible cases of non Catholics saved in invincible ignorance.Other wise there could not be exceptions. But this is a false premise.

So my premise and conclusion is different from others. Since LG 16 refers to invisible and hypothetical cases only for me. So LG 16 is not an exception to Feeneyite EENS. It is the same with LG 8, LG 14, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc. My conclusion is that they are not exceptions to Tradition and so there is no hermeneutic of rupture with Vatican Council II. -Lionel Andrades