For nearly 20 years the Holy Office (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) and the Archbishop of Boston did not lift the excommunication of Fr. Leonard Feeney when the baptism of desire was never an exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.
Archbishop Muller, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Vatican( CDF ) now says there will be no doctrinal talks with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) who reject the explicit baptism of desire interpretation of Vatican Council II, which comes from the error at Boston.
The SSPX could be excommunicated for being faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, just like the innocent priest from Boston.
We recognize being saved with implicit desire and in invincible ignorance but they are not exceptions to the dogma on salvation which Pope Pius XII called an ‘infallible teaching’.
The Archbishop of Boston said there were exceptions to the defined dogma. This was heresy. He was supported by the Jesuits. Fr. Leonard Feeney’s priestly faculties were suspended. Catholics were not to visit the St. Benedict Center. He was dismissed by the Jesuits. The Vatican (CDF/Holy Office) followed with an excommunication.
The excommunication was not lifted for 19 years (1953-1972).
Now we know that the baptism of desire was irrelevant to the dogma. The Letter of the Holy Office 1949 does not directly state that the baptism of desire and invincible ignorance are explicit exceptions to the dogma. One has to imply it. The Letter supports Fr. Leonard Feeney when it mentions ‘the dogma’. The text of the dogma does not cite any exceptions like the baptism of desire etc.
An injustice was done to Fr. Leonard Feeney and the Catholic community at St. Benedict Center.
-Lionel Andrades
Oct.6,2012
First Saturday.
POPE JOHN XXIII, POPE PAUL VI AND POPE JOHN PAUL II NEVER IDENTIFIED THE VISIBLE DEAD SAVED MISUNDERSTANDING WHICH CAME FROM THE FR.LEONARD FEENEY ERA
ARCHBISHOP GERHARD MULLER ASSUMES THAT THE DEAD WHO ARE SAVED ARE VISIBLE ON EARTH AND SO EVERY ONE DOES NOT NEED TO ENTER THE CHURCH:NCR interview
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