The Balamand Declaration and the Joint Declaration on Justification with the Lutherans was based upon an irrational premise, inference and conclusion in the interpretation of Vatican Council II, by Cardinal Ratzinger.
If Vatican Council II was interpreted with the rational premise, inference and conclusion then the Lutherans and Orthodox Christians would be outside the Catholic Church and on the way to Hell. Since there would be nothing in the Council-text to contradict the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and exclusive salvation in the Catholic Church.
JOINT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE THEOLOGICAL DIALOGUE
BETWEEN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ORTHODOX CHURCH
ECCLESIOLOGICAL AND CANONICAL CONSEQUENCES
OF THE SACRAMENTAL NATURE OF THE CHURCH
ECCLESIAL COMMUNION, CONCILIARITY AND AUTHORITY
Ravenna, 13 October 2007
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/ch_orthodox_docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_20071013_documento-ravenna_en.html
JOINT DECLARATION
ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION
by the Lutheran World Federation
and the Catholic Church
Preamble
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