In the Catechism of the Catholic Church Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger calls the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, which was defined by three Church Councils, an 'aphorism'. So 'bold' was he, with his liberalism

 In the Catechism of the Catholic Church Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger calls the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, which was defined by three Church Councils, an 'aphorism'(CCC 846). So 'bold' was he, with his liberalism. -Lionel Andrades