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 DECEMBER 7, 2021

Catholics must know that the Church teaches today in Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, when interpreted rationally, that in Heaven there are only Catholics

 

When I say that in Heaven there are only Catholics I am citing Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church interpreted rationally. I am not depending on pre-1930 Church Documents.So this is the present teaching of the Catholic Church according to Magisterial Documents interpreted rationally and not just a personal opinion.

Ad Gentes 7 says all need faith and baptism for salvation while LG  16 (invincible ignorance) and LG 14 ( the baptism of desire) are not exceptions for AG 7 for me, since they refer to hypothetical and invisible cases in 1965-2021. Ad Gentes 7 is also mentioned in the Catechism of the Catholic Church 846 under the title Outside the Church there is No Salvation. The Catechism of the Catholic Church 1257 ( The Necessity of Baptism) also states that the Church knows of no means to eternal beatitude other than the baptism of water. If there are exceptions because 'God is not limited to the Sacraments' ( CCC 1257) then these cases, could only be known to God and so on earth they would not be practical exceptions for us human beings.

So all those who are in Heaven are there with 

Catholic faith and the baptism of water. 

If there are people saved in  invincible ignorance, in Heaven, they would be Catholic. God would have sent a preacher to baptize them as explained St. Thomas Aquinas,who held the strict interpretation of outside the Church there is no salvation. Or, God would have sent them back to earth to be baptized with water as was the experience of St. Francis Xavier and other saints.But the norm for salvation is 'faith and baptism'(AG 7) and not the baptism of desire and invincible ignorance, or Lumen Gentium 8, Unitatitis Redintigratio 3, Gaudium et Specs 22 etc. Vatican Council II ( rational ) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church ( rational) for me is not a rupture with the Athanasius Creed, the Syllabus of Errors with no known exceptions, and extra ecclesiam nulla salus with no known exceptions.

For me in the Catechism of Pope Pius X, 29 Q (invincible ignorance) does not contradict 24Q and 17 Q ( outside the Church there is no salvation).-Lionel Andrades

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