With the Decree they cannot coerce the SBC to interpret Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, dishonestly. Instead it is Bishop Libasci and the Vatican cardinals, bishops and Pope Francis, who must affirm Feeneyite EENS i.e. EENS according to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) which did not mention any exceptions.

 

The Decree of Precepts and Prohibitions still weighs upon the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the St. Benedict Center, Richmond, New Hampshire, USA. It has been placed upon them by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican and the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire, USA.

The St.Benedict Center could contact about four or five heads of secular organizations in New Hampshire, and get simple statements from them saying that they believe; they hold, that:  LG 8, 14, 15, 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc in Vatican Council II always refer to only hypothetical cases for us human beings. We humans cannot physically see anyone saved as such on earth or in Heaven. If someone is saved as such it would only be known to God. So they do not exist in our visible reality.

• Does LG 8, 14, 15, 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc refer to physically invisible cases in your reality ?
• Everyone who is asked will agree. Their answer will be Yes.

Then they need to contact a few Superiors of religious organizations in New Hampshire including that of the CMRI. Again they will respond with YES.

Some may think , “Yes, of course,  this is common sense”.

Then the SBC should inform Bishop Peter Libasci, the bishop of Manchester in New Hampshire, about the response. Ask him, his Chancellor and Judicial Vicar, the same question.

Then clarify this issue with the Apostolic Signatura, the Supreme Tribunal at the Vatican. Personally ask the judges the same question.They too will have to answer in the affirmative.

Then ask the secular judges, who are Catholic, in New Hampshire, the same question and ask them to contact Bishop Peter Libasci. The Decree of Precepts and Prohibitions is a legal document which places restrictions on the St. Benedict Center, since the SBC affirms Feeneyite extra ecclesiam nulla salus(EENS). EENS is in harmony with Vatican Council II interpreted rationally (LG 8, 14, 16 etc are invisible only) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church also interpreted rationally (CCC 847-848 refer to invisible cases always and so they do not contradict Feeneyite EENS).

So the theological and philosophical position of the Bishop of Manchester and Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican, is untenable. With the Decree they cannot coerce the SBC to interpret Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, dishonestly. Instead it is Bishop Libasci and the Vatican cardinals, bishops and Pope Francis, who must affirm Feeneyite EENS i.e. EENS according to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) which did not mention any exceptions.

The Judiciary in New Hampshire must ask Bishop Libasci , to clarify that he  is normal like everyone else and cannot physically see non Catholics saved outside the Catholic Church in the present times (1965-2023).

If the bishop does not affirm Feeneyite EENS, it means he is projecting invisible cases of LG 8, 14, 15, 16, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc, in Vatican Council II, as being exceptions. There is ‘a development of doctrine’ with the irrational premise (invisible people are visible) and irrational inference (Vatican Council II has exceptions for traditional EENS) and false conclusion (Vatican Council II has the hermeneutic of rupture with Tradition).

Instead they bishop must choose the rational premise (invisible cases are invisible, LG 16 refers to an invisible case), rational inference (there are no practical exceptions in Vatican Council II for traditional EENS) and rational and traditional conclusion (Vatican Council II has the hermeneutic of continuity with Tradition).

- Lionel Andrades