In the previous blogpost I analysed Feeneyism 1 as reported in a limited way on Wikipedia.Using that analysis we can see Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) was a Cushingite when he issued the Notification on Fr.Jacques Dupuis S.j(2001).There was one passage (6) which is Feeneyite.In general the document was not direct and clear in affirming exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.
NOTIFICATION ON FR.JACQUES DUPUIS S.J (2001)
IV. On the orientation of all human beings to the Church
6. It must be firmly believed that the Church is sign and
instrument of salvation for all people. It is contrary to the Catholic faith to consider the different religions of the world as ways of salvation complementary to the Church.
7. According to Catholic doctrine, the followers of other
religions are oriented to the Church and are all called to become part of her.- CDF Notification on Fr.Jacques Dupuis S.J (2001) Cardinal Ratzinger could not directly say that every one needs to be a formal member of the Church, with 'faith and baptism' because of the Cushingite confusion in Gaudium et Specs 22, Vatican Council II.
All this holds true not only for Christians, but for all men
of good will in whose hearts grace works in an unseen way. For, since Christ died for all men, and since the ultimate vocation of man is in fact one, and divine, we ought to believe that the Holy Spirit in a manner known only to God offers to every man the possibility of being associated with this paschal mystery. - Gaudium et Specs 22, Vatican Council II.
We must note that 'all men of good
will in whose hearts grace works in an unseen way' refer to hypothetical cases. For Cardinal Ratzinger however this was an explicit case.So he wrote in the Notification on Fr.Dupuis.
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http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_
doc_20010124_dupuis_en.html
doc_20010124_dupuis_en.html
So Cardinal Ratzinger states ' the
salvific action of the Holy Spirit extends
beyond the one universal salvific
economy of the Incarnate Word' in other
words he knows of some case saved
outside the Church, saved by the Holy
Spirit so he mentions it here and he
does not say all need to be formal
members of the Church for salvation ,
with no exceptions. His position is irrational.Hypothetical cases prevent
him from directly saying all need to
be formal members of the Catholic
Church to avoid Hell, and there are
no exceptions.
salvific action of the Holy Spirit extends
beyond the one universal salvific
economy of the Incarnate Word' in other
words he knows of some case saved
outside the Church, saved by the Holy
Spirit so he mentions it here and he
does not say all need to be formal
members of the Church for salvation ,
with no exceptions. His position is irrational.Hypothetical cases prevent
him from directly saying all need to
be formal members of the Catholic
Church to avoid Hell, and there are
no exceptions.
So to accomodate the Cushing theology
he states there is 'one universal salvific
economy of the Incarnate Word' . He
does not state all need to enter the
Church formally for salvation.He is
trying to accomodate the possibility of
a non Catholic being saved with the
baptism of desire and in invincible
ignorance etc and thinks this is the
theological solution.
he states there is 'one universal salvific
economy of the Incarnate Word' . He
does not state all need to enter the
Church formally for salvation.He is
trying to accomodate the possibility of
a non Catholic being saved with the
baptism of desire and in invincible
ignorance etc and thinks this is the
theological solution.
FR.PETER C.PHAN
Similarly the USCCB Doctrinal Committee
Notification on Fr.Peter C.Phan was
Cushingite. It did not say membership
in the Church is necessary for salvation
with no exceptions. Instead it mentions
the exceptions ( invincible ignorance etc).
Notification on Fr.Peter C.Phan was
Cushingite. It did not say membership
in the Church is necessary for salvation
with no exceptions. Instead it mentions
the exceptions ( invincible ignorance etc).
So neither was the Notification on Fr.
Dupuis or Fr. Phan Feeneyite.
Dupuis or Fr. Phan Feeneyite.
Cardinal Wuerl as the head of the USCCB
Doctrinal Commitee was following the
pattern set by Pope Paul VI.Fr.Leonard
Feeney was asked to recite the Creed
before the excommunication was lifted
and he chose the Athanasius Creed.It
begins and ends with a Feeneyite
passage.It does not mention any
exceptions, in as much as John 3:5 and
Mark 16: 16 do not mention any
exceptions.He refused to compromise
with the new ecclesiology.
Doctrinal Commitee was following the
pattern set by Pope Paul VI.Fr.Leonard
Feeney was asked to recite the Creed
before the excommunication was lifted
and he chose the Athanasius Creed.It
begins and ends with a Feeneyite
passage.It does not mention any
exceptions, in as much as John 3:5 and
Mark 16: 16 do not mention any
exceptions.He refused to compromise
with the new ecclesiology.
With Cushingism Pope Paul VI however
was using a new ecclesiology with the
Novus Ordo Mass.He ended the general
practice of the Traditional Latin Mass
and the old ecclesiology associated
with 'the Mass of the centuries'.
was using a new ecclesiology with the
Novus Ordo Mass.He ended the general
practice of the Traditional Latin Mass
and the old ecclesiology associated
with 'the Mass of the centuries'.
Fr.Leonard Feeney offered the Traditional
Latin Mass with the concepts of the old
ecclesiology based on Feeneyite extra
ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS) while the
rest of the Church was now accepting
Cushingism, a major new theology.
Latin Mass with the concepts of the old
ecclesiology based on Feeneyite extra
ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS) while the
rest of the Church was now accepting
Cushingism, a major new theology.
Fr.Leonard Feeney remained a Catholic
in good standing with the Church since
he could accept all magisterial
documents including Vatican Council II,
intepreted with Feeneyism.He would
have had to accept the first part of the
Letter of the Holy Office 1949, which
supported him, and correct the second
part.The first part is Feeneyite and the
second part is Cushingite.
in good standing with the Church since
he could accept all magisterial
documents including Vatican Council II,
intepreted with Feeneyism.He would
have had to accept the first part of the
Letter of the Holy Office 1949, which
supported him, and correct the second
part.The first part is Feeneyite and the
second part is Cushingite.
He could accept all magisterial
documents knowing all hypothetical
references to salvation are hypothetical
and not explicit.
documents knowing all hypothetical
references to salvation are hypothetical
and not explicit.
Today all religious communities, all lay
Catholics, can accept magisterial
documents intepreted with Feeneyism
and they would be in good standing with
the Church. In the sense no one can say
that they are rejecting any Church
document.
Remember it was an error in Vatican
Council II when Lumen Gentium 14 mentions
those 'who know' and who need to enter
the Church to avoid Hell.2 It was saying
as if in general or particular, we humans
know of invincible ignorance cases, who
will be saved without the baptism of
water in the Catholic Church. Yet this
is not an obstacle to affirming the
traditional teaching on exclusive
salvation in the Church.Since we simply
clear the confusion by noting that this
is a reference to a hypothetical case
and we do not, and cannot know, who
knows or does not know and will be
saved.So this passage is irrelevant to
the strict interpretation of the dogma
EENS.It is not an exception.
Council II when Lumen Gentium 14 mentions
those 'who know' and who need to enter
the Church to avoid Hell.2 It was saying
as if in general or particular, we humans
know of invincible ignorance cases, who
will be saved without the baptism of
water in the Catholic Church. Yet this
is not an obstacle to affirming the
traditional teaching on exclusive
salvation in the Church.Since we simply
clear the confusion by noting that this
is a reference to a hypothetical case
and we do not, and cannot know, who
knows or does not know and will be
saved.So this passage is irrelevant to
the strict interpretation of the dogma
EENS.It is not an exception.
So we can affirm Lumen Gentium 14 and
the rest of Vatican Council II using the
Feeneyite reasoning i.e there are no
explicit exceptions to the dogma EENS,
there are no known cases of non Catholics
saved outside the Church, there is no physically
visible case of someone saved in Heaven
with the baptism of desire, blood or in
invincible, with or without the baptism
of water.
the rest of Vatican Council II using the
Feeneyite reasoning i.e there are no
explicit exceptions to the dogma EENS,
there are no known cases of non Catholics
saved outside the Church, there is no physically
visible case of someone saved in Heaven
with the baptism of desire, blood or in
invincible, with or without the baptism
of water.
This is all rational and traditional and
can be adopted by any religious community
or lay Catholic. It is magisterial.It is
affirming Vatican Council II and the
Catechism of the Catholic Church
(1995) with Feeneyism and rejecting
a Cushingite interpretation of these
Church-documents.
If there is any religious community in
Rome willing to interpret all magisterial
documents with Feeneyism, please let
me know.I would like to be part of your
community in some way. I am single
with no family attachments.
Rome willing to interpret all magisterial
documents with Feeneyism, please let
me know.I would like to be part of your
community in some way. I am single
with no family attachments.
-Lionel Andrades
1.
Feeneyism according to Wikipedia : with
comments
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2016/02/feeneyism-according-to-wikipedia-with.html
2.
Feeneyism according to Wikipedia : with
comments
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2016/02/feeneyism-according-to-wikipedia-with.html
2.
SUPERFLOUS PASSAGES IN LG 14 : THE ERROR
IN VATICAN COUNCIL II
IN VATICAN COUNCIL II
14. This Sacred Council wishes to turn its attention firstly
to the Catholic faithful. Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture
and Tradition, it teaches that the Church, now sojourning
on earth as an exile, is necessary for salvation. Christ,
present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the
one Mediator and the unique way of salvation. In explicit
terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and
baptism and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the
Church, for through baptism as through a door men
enter the Church. Whosoever, therefore, knowing
that the Catholic Church was made necessary
by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it,
could not be saved....
to the Catholic faithful. Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture
and Tradition, it teaches that the Church, now sojourning
on earth as an exile, is necessary for salvation. Christ,
present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the
one Mediator and the unique way of salvation. In explicit
terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and
baptism and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the
Church, for through baptism as through a door men
enter the Church. Whosoever, therefore, knowing
that the Catholic Church was made necessary
by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it,
could not be saved....
Catechumens who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
seek with explicit intention to be incorporated
into the Church are by that very intention joined
with her. With love and solicitude Mother Church
already embraces them as her own.
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seek with explicit intention to be incorporated
into the Church are by that very intention joined
with her. With love and solicitude Mother Church
already embraces them as her own.
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