And for what? To have good relations with the diocese?
He wrote “I affirm the following propositions”.
The principle “Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus must be interpreted according to the official doctrine of the Church.
All Salvation comes from Christ through the Church, which is the Body of Christ, the Sacrament of Salvation (cf. CCC 846).
Lionel:
No. It is not a sell out. It depends upon how you interpret the Catechism of the Catholic Church(CCC 846.
"Outside the Church there is no salvation"
846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:
"Outside the Church there is no salvation"
846 How are we to understand this affirmation, often repeated by the Church Fathers? Re-formulated positively, it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body:
Even
with this re-formulation the Catechism of the Catholic Church N.846
does not contradict the strict interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus (EENS) held by the St.Benedict Center.
We personally cannot know of any exception to EENS. We personally cannot judge if someone will be saved in invincible ignorance outside the Church. This would only be known to God if it happens. This is mentioned by Brother Andre Marie MICM in his Letter on Doctrine.
So
even though all salvation comes from Christ through the Church which is
his Body all need faith and baptism for salvation(Ad Gentes 7, Vatican
Council II). All.
We personally cannot know of any exception to EENS. We personally cannot judge if someone will be saved in invincible ignorance outside the Church. This would only be known to God if it happens. This is mentioned by Brother Andre Marie MICM in his Letter on Doctrine.
So
the following passage in CCC 846 and also Lumen Gentium 14 in blue is not an
exception to the strict interpretation of EENS. It is irrelevant to the
dogma EENS as it was interpreted for example, by the Magisterium of the
16th century.
Hence they
could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as
necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to
remain in it.
Here is the passage from Vatican Council II( AG 7) which is cited in CCC 846.
- Basing itself on Scripture and Tradition, the Council teaches that the Church, a pilgrim now on earth, is necessary for salvation: the one Christ is the mediator and the way of salvation; he is present to us in his body which is the Church. He himself explicitly asserted the necessity of faith and Baptism, and thereby affirmed at the same time the necessity of the Church which men enter through Baptism as through a door. Hence they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it.
- -Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II
For the St.Benedict Center the passages in red refer to hypothetical cases, theoretical possibilities known only to God. So they are not objective. Nor are they practical exceptions to EENS. It is Feeneyite.
For
the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Bishop Peter
Libasci, Bishop of Manchester, USA, and his Curia, the passages in red, refer to known and visible non Catholics, seen in the flesh by us human beings. So they become practical exceptions to EENS.
The conclusion of both groups is different since their premise is different.
The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Saint Benedict Center are rational and have a hermeneutic of continuity with EENS, the past exclusivist ecclesiology of the Catholic Church and an ecumenism of return.
The
CDF and the Diocese of Manchester are irrational and have created a
hermeneutic of rupture with the past( EENS, Syllabus of Errors etc).
The
Saint Benedict Center is orthodox while the CDF and Bishop Peter
Libasci and his curia are heretical and offer Holy Mass in this
sacrilegrous condition.
So the Catechism of the Catholic Church (n.846) affirms the strict and traditional interpretation of EENS
defined by three Church Councils in the Extraordinary Magisterium.
-Lionel Andrades
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