Will Many be Saved? - Matt Fradd : There are no objective exceptions to St. Thomas Aquinas' strict interpretation of EENS which Fradd would consider triumphalistic

 

 

The following are all hypothetical cases, possibilities which exist only in our mind, they are not objective cases of known non Catholics saved outside the Church. So there is really nothing in Vatican Council II to contradict the strict interpretation of EENS.Since LG 8, UR 3, GS 22 etc all refer to speculative and theoretical cases.They cannot be projected as exceptions to the Athanasius Creed.It says all need Catholic faith for salvation. 

POSSIBILITIES 

1.(Time 35:10) What does Vatican Council II say about people outside the Church being saved ? Well In Lumen Gentium 16 we do read...yes it is possible that those outside the fold will be saved.

2.(57:25) St. Thomas Aquinas refers to the baptism of desire for someone who has not received the baptism of water.

3.(57:47) Whereby God whose power is not tied to visible Sacraments sanctifies man inwardly.

4.(57:59) Hence St. Ambrose says of his friend the Emperor Valintinian that I lost him but he did not lose the grace he prayed for.

5.God is not bound Sacraments ( 1257).

6.(59:17) Those who have an implicit desire for the baptism of water can also be saved.

So without confusing possibilities as being real people, we avoid the common false premise and return to Catholic Tradition. There is no room for liberalism and the development of doctrine. 

-Lionel Andrades