We are back to the old Church in the Catholic Church

 

Every Catholic is obliged to accept the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS)  which was defined by two Church Councils, the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) and the Council of Florence(1442).These Councils are not contradicted by hypothetical cases of the baptism of desire, baptism of blood and invincible ignorance. So Vatican Council II (LG 8, LG 14, LG 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc) does not have any practical exception for EENS.

This was known to Fr. Leonard Feeney and the St. Benedict Center of his time. So he said that there are no visible cases of the baptism of desire. He meant that they do not exist in our reality. They cannot be seen. They are invisible cases of people on earth.

So when Vatican Council II (LG 8, 14, 16 etc) does not contradict the dogma EENS there cannot be a New Evangelization, New Ecumenism, New Ecclesiology etc.

We are back to the old evangelization, traditional mission based upon exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church. We return to the old 'ecumenism of return' to the Catholic Church. We are back to the old theology which says outside the Church there is no salvation, there is no known salvation. So we are back to the old Church in the Catholic Church.Rome has come back to the Faith. - Lionel Andrades