ST.AUGUSTINE AND THE SAINTS DO NOT CLAIM THAT THE BAPTISM OF DESIRE CASES ARE KNOWN TO US, ARE VISIBLE TO US

Anonymous

Baptism of Desire: Its Origin and Abandonment in the Thought of Saint Augustine

by Brian Kelly April 28, 2011

http://catholicism.org/baptism-of-desire-its-origin-and-abandonment-in-the-thought-of-saint-augustine.html

Lionel:

Thank you for the link. I have read this report before.

I appreciate the theology and the research.

Of course we take it for granted that the baptism of desire in individual cases is known only to God.

St.Augustine and the other saints quoted do not claim that these cases are known to us.Those who are saved are not visible to us.

Since these cases are unknown to us they do not contradict the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

The baptism of desire is irrelevant to the literal interpretation of the dogma on salvation.-Lionel Andrades


Cardinal Richard Cushing contributed to the illusion of the baptism of desire being an exception to the ordinary means of salvation chosen by God
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/10/cardinal-richard-cushing-contributed-to.html#links