The Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith(CDF), Vatican made a mistake in the 1949 Letter of the Holy Office to the
Archbishop of Boston (LOHO) and this was repeated in their correspondence with
Brother Andre Marie micm.With the CDF confusing invisible cases of being saved
in invincible ignorance (CCC 847-848) as being visible exceptions for extra
ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS) according to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), the Council of Florence (1442) and the Athanasius
Creed, which say all need to be members of the Catholic Church for salvation.
The CDF Letter to the St. Benedict Center (dt.2016)
1 is posted on the website of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire,
USA.
In the correspondence of the CDF
Secretaries with Brother Andre Marie micm, the Prior of the St. Benedict Center
in New Hampshire, the CDF confused what is physically invisible as being
visible. This was the original mistake in the 1949 LOHO and then at Vatican
Council II (LG 16 etc).
Before 1949 when the baptism of desire (BOD) and being saved in invincible ignorance(I.I) were mentioned, by the popes and
saints, they were not seen as being physically visible cases. This is common
sense. They can only be theoretical and speculative. So BOD and I.I never were
exceptions for EENS according to, for example, the missionaries of the 16th
century.The 1949 LOHO fakes it. It is not Magisterial but political.
Since the popes did not correct the
mistake in the 1949 LOHO, interested lobbies, could call Vatican Council II, through Pope John XIII, to consolidate the error.
Now for the St. Benedict Center in New
Hampshire, other religions are not paths to salvation. This is the official
teaching of the Catholic Church with Vatican Council II interpreted rationally.
But this is not the position of the CDF and the Diocese of Manchester, which interpret Vatican Council II, irrationally, and create alleged exceptions for EENS.
The CDF and the diocese of Manchester are not in a position to dialogue with Brother Andre Marie micm, until they interpret Vatican Council II rationally and ethically. Otherwise there will also be two interpretations of the Nicene and Athanasius Creed.There will be two interpertations of the Catechism of the Council of Trent ( baptism of desire) and the Catechism of Pope Pius X ( invincible ignorance,29Q).
There will also be two interpretations of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (847-848-invincible ignorance).The CDF has made the irrational choice and expects the St. Benedict Center to follow them.
Since they interpret the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Vatican Council II rationally, a harsh Decree of Precepts and Prohibitions, was issued against them in 2019. It still has not been lifted.
The CDF will
have to reject the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) which would have exceptions
for them and Brother Andre Marie micm would accept this Council with no
exceptions of the BOD and I.I.Both groups are in the Catholic Church but are interpreting Vatcian Council II differently.
So there cannot be a dialogue between
the two groups interpreting Magisterial Documents (Creeds, Catechisms etc) in
two different ways.
Once the CDF clears their position on
this subject they could also begin to dialogue with the sedevacantists (CMRI,
MHY, MHFM etc) and invite them into the
Catholic Church, as Pope Francis invites the Protestants and Evangelicals.
The St. Benedict Center, NH is not a sedevacantist commuity. They accept Pope Francis. They also accept Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.They both can only be interpreted rationally.
They are not in schism over Vatican Council II. The Council is one of their
strong points, when it is interpreted rationally and is in harmony with
Tradition. - Lionel Andrades
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