The Letter of the Holy Office 1949(LOHO) which uses an irrational premise and inference to create a rupture with the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS) is referenced in Vatican Council II, Lumen Gentium 16. It is (19) Cfr. Epist. S.S.C.S. Officii ad Archiep. Boston.: Denz. 3869-72 says Warren Goddard who writes on EENS.
The Letter has an objective mistake and violates Aristotles Principle of Non Contradiction and so could not be magisterial. The Holy Spirit cannot make a factual mistake.
The mysterious Letter which has many irregularities,pointed out by the communities Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the St. Benedict Centers, assumed invisible cases of the baptism of desire(BOD), baptism of blood(BOB) and being saved in invincible ignorance(I.I) were visible exceptions to the traditional interpretation of the dogma EENS, defined by three Church Councils.
So the Letter heretically concludes that to obtain salvation it is not always necessary to be a member of the Catholic Church for salvation.-Lionel Andrades
Vatican II Documents Austin Flannery OP
Lumen Gentium 16:“Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them (58) through the dictates of conscience.(59)”.
Note 58. The Council is careful to add that men unacquainted with the biblical revelation, and even those who have not arrived at explicit faith in God, may by the grace of Christ attain salvation if they sincerely follow the lights God gives them. In a footnote the council makes reference to the important 1949 letter of the Holy Office to Archbishop (now Cardinal) Cushing of Boston, which lucidly explained how according Catholic doctrine it can be possible for non-Catholics to attain salvation through the grace of God.
Note 59. Cf. letter of the Holy Office to the Archbishop of Boston: Denz. 3869-72.
Vatican II Documents Vatican
Lumen Gentium 16:
“Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience.(19*)”.
Note 19*. Cfr. Epist. S.S.C.S. Officii ad Archiep. Boston.: Denz. 3869-72.
Vatican II Documents Austin Flannery OP
Lumen Gentium 16:“Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them (58) through the dictates of conscience.(59)”.
Note 58. The Council is careful to add that men unacquainted with the biblical revelation, and even those who have not arrived at explicit faith in God, may by the grace of Christ attain salvation if they sincerely follow the lights God gives them. In a footnote the council makes reference to the important 1949 letter of the Holy Office to Archbishop (now Cardinal) Cushing of Boston, which lucidly explained how according Catholic doctrine it can be possible for non-Catholics to attain salvation through the grace of God.
Note 59. Cf. letter of the Holy Office to the Archbishop of Boston: Denz. 3869-72.
Vatican II Documents Vatican
Lumen Gentium 16:
“Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience.(19*)”.
Note 19*. Cfr. Epist. S.S.C.S. Officii ad Archiep. Boston.: Denz. 3869-72.
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