If it is said that I must not affirm the teaching
outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation or not exhibit it on my
clothing, I would say that this teaching is there in Vatican Council II (Ad
Gentes 7) and I am in Rome. Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II says all need faith
and baptism for salvation and my Parish Priest Fr. Paolo Boumis affirms it. He
proclaims Vatican Council II (AG 7, LG 14) and also the Catechism of the
Catholic Church (845,846). CCC 846 says outside the Church there is no salvation.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church also says God the Father wants all people to be united in the Church;
the Catholic Church is compared to the only Ark of Noah that saves in the
Flood(845).
Also, all the religious sisters, like the Missionaries
of Charity of Mother Teresa, who teach young people and adults the Catholic
Faith, affirm Ad Gentes 7 and Lumen Gentium 14. Lumen Gentium 14 is cited in the Catechism
of the Catholic Church (846), under the title Outside the Church there is no
salvation.
So if I am wrong in saying outside the Church there is
no salvation then so is my Parish Priest. He accepts Vatican Council II ( AG 7,
LG 14) and knows that LG 8, UR 3, NA 2, GS 22 etc refer to only hypothetical
and invisible cases in 2024.This is the rational interpretation of Vatican
Council II. This would be the rational interpretation of the Auxiliary bishops
of Rome including the Vicar General Cardinal Angelo Donatis. They all accept
Vatican Council II which I interpret rationally and honestly.
Further, there is no announcement from the Vatican
saying that Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church should
not be followed in Italy.
All Catholics must accept Vatican Council II. It has
no exceptions for the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus (outside the Church no
salvation), the Athanasius Creed, the Syllabus of Errors of Pope Pius IX and
the Catechisms of Trent and Pius X. The dogma EENS was defined by three Church
Councils and it does not mention any exceptions.
The Catholic Church is missionary. Vatican Council II
is missionary. It supports the past exclusivist ecclesiology of the Church,
that of the Middle Ages, the Church Fathers and the Apostles. -Lionel Andrades
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