I AFFIRM CHURCH TEACHINGS
When Vatican Council II is interpreted with the
Rational Premise the Council is an ally. We can affirm Tradition along with
Vatican Council II.
I affirm all the teachings of the Catholic Church but
I only interpret Church documents with the
rational premise. So there is no rupture with
the past Magisterium and Catholic Tradition.
LETTER OF THE HOLY OFFICE 1949
I affirm the first part of the Letter of the
Holy Office 1949 which is not contradicted by the second half for
me.Since the baptism of desire and invincible ignorance refer to hypothetical
and theoretical cases only in 2021. They could not have been
practical exceptions to Feenyite EENS in 1949. Pope Pius XII and the popes who
followed made an objective mistake.The present popes continue with the mistake
and expect all Catholics to follow them.So the interpretation of Vatican
Council II by the College of Cardinals is also irrational and non Magisterial.
CATECHISM OF POPE PIUS X
I affirm the Catechism of Pope Pius X ( 24 Q, 29 Q) on
other religions.It is not contradicted by that same Catechism mentioning those
who are saved in invincible ignorance. Similarly I affirm Ad Gentes 7 ( all
need faith and baptism for salvation) which is not contradicted by Lumen
Gentium 16 (invincible ignorance).LG 16 is always a hypothetical case.Only God
can know if someone is saved in invincible ignorance.LG 8, LG 14, LG 16 are
always hypothetical.So they do not contradict the past exclusivist ecclesiology
of the Church.
Similarly the Vatican Council II, Decree on Ecumenism,
Unitatis Redintigratio 3, is always hypothetical.So does not contradict the
past ecumenism of return or the dogma outside the Church there is no salvation.
ATHANASIUS CREED
Similarly I affirm the Athanasius Creed which says all need Catholic faith for salvation.I do not know of any practical exception in the present times.
DOGMA EENS
I affirm the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus and
I accept hypothetical cases of the baptism of desire, baptism of blood and
invincible ignorance. I do not have to reject them.Since they can only be
hypothetical, always.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
I affirm the Catechism of the Catholic Church (846
Outside the Church No Savation) with Ad Gentes 7 saying all need faith and
baptism. I do not know of any exception.There is no exception mentioned in the
phrase , ' all who are saved are saved through Jesus and the Church'.The
priority is membership in the Catholic Church, with 'faith and baptism' to
avoid Hell ( for salvation).We do not separate Jesus from His Mystical Body the
Catholic Church.The norm for salvation is faith and baptism.
Similarly I know that 'the Church knows of no means to
eternal beatitude other than the baptism of water'(CCC 1257) and that there are
no practical exceptions.Theoretically 'God is not limited to the Sacraments',
and practically all need the baptism of water and Catholic faith,always,
to avoid Hell.There are no practical exceptions for the norm for salvation.
NICENE CREED
In the Nicene Creed, we say 'one baptism for the forgiveness
of sins'. This refers to one baptism, the baptism of water, which is physically
visible. I cannot administer the baptism of desire and it is not known to us
human beings.So there is one baptism and not three or more known baptisms.There
are no known baptisms which exclude the baptism of water.There is no literal
baptism of desire, as says, Bishop Athanasius Schneider in the recent interview
with Dr. Taylor Marshall.
FOUR MARKS OF THE CHURCH
So the Four Marks of the Church( one, holy, Catholic
and Apostolic) must include affirming all Church documents with
the rational and not irrational premise.
APOSTLES CREED
In the Apostles Creed, we say "I believe in the
Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church".The Holy Spirit guides the Catholic
Church even today, to say that outside the Catholic Church there is no known
salvation.This would be interpreting the Apostles Creed with the rational
premise.Otherwise the Creed would be saying outside the Church there is known
salvation.
VATICAN COUNCIL II IS DOGMATIC
Vatican Council II is dogmatic and supports
traditional EENS, with LG 8, LG 16 etc not being practical exceptions in the
present times.
For Pope Paul VI, Vatican Council was pastoral and not
dogmatic, since he used the false premise to create a break with the dogma
EENS, the Syllabus of Errors etc.If he had interpreted the Council with a
rational premise then the Council would also be dogmatic in 1965.It would make
Fr. John Courtney Murray sj, Fr. Joseph Ratzinger, Fr. Yves Congar op and Fr.
Karl Rahner sj unable to theologicallysupport their liberalism.There would not
be a New Theology.
CHURCH IS ECCLESIOCENTRIC WITH TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, MISSION
Since the baptism of desire, baptism of blood and
invincible ignorance are always hypothetical, theoretical and speculative only,
they do not contradict the Church's traditional ecclesiocentrism.
These are the teachings and documents of the Catholic Church which I affirm. -Lionel Andrades
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