I have just received the following e-mail from his Excellency Bishop Richard Williamson however he does not directly answer the two questions.
He has said that the 1.' The Church holds the doctrine of Baptism of Desire.' This is true and it is not being denied.However the Church does not say that the baptism of desire is explicit for us instead of implicit. We accept an implicit baptism of desire along with the literal interpretation of extra ecclesiam nulla salus.
Then he states:'2. What we know or do not know is not the same as what exists or does not exist.' This is a hypothetical, abstract statement and not a response to the question.
-Lionel Andrades
-Lionel Andrades
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Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:55 AM
To: admin@dinoscopus.org
Subject: Re: FW: Two questions for His Excellency Bishop Richard Williamson from Mr.Lionel Andrades in Rome Sept.1,2012
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Dear Mr Andrades,
1 The Church holds the doctrine of Baptism of Dsire.
2 What we know or do not know is not the same as what exists or does not exist.
God bless, +Richard Williamson.
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From: Lionel Andrades [mailto:lionelandrades10@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 3:24 PM
To: editorial@dinoscopus.org
Subject: Two questions for His Excellency Bishop Richard Williamson from Mr.Lionel Andrades in Rome Sept.1,2012
To the Most Rev.Bishop Richard Williamson,
Dear Bishop Williamson,
I have been asking many religious the following two questions and I hope you would also kindly answer them.
1) Do we personally know the dead saved in invincible ignorance, a good conscience (LG 16) etc ?
2) Since we do not know any of these cases, there are no known exceptions to the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus ?
In Christ
Lionel Andrades
Catholic Layman in Rome
E-mail : lionelandrades10@gmail.com
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