A Syllabus of Errors on Vatican Council II

Michael Voris said

About two years ago – a very well respected bishop .. Athanasius Schneider of

Kazakhstan was addressing a large group of bishops and cardinals in Rome.

He suggested that the time has come for a Syllabus of Errors to be published by the Holy

Father clearing up the misinterpretations of the documents of the Second Vatican Council

which have become so rampant.

Thos errors include a false ecumenism, indifferentism regarding world religions...

 

A Syllabus of Errors on Vatican Council II must clarify:-

 

1. Those who know about Jesus and the Church and those who do not know; who have not had the Gospel preached to them, are known only to God (AG 7,LG 14). We cannot judge these cases.

2. Those who are saved in invincible ignorance and a good conscience  (LG 16) are known only to God.So Lumen Gentium 16 does not contradict Ad Gentes 7 which says all need Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation.

3. Those saved with 'elements of sanctification' (LG 8), 'imperfect communion with the Church' (UR 3), 'seeds of the Word' (AG 11) etc are not known to us in 2013.

4. Since there are no known exceptions in 2013 , Vatican Council II does not contradict the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus nor the Catechism of the Catholic Church 846 (Outside the Church No Salvation).The Catechism 846 and the dogma on exclusive salvation tell us that all need to enter the Church visibly, all need to convert.One can convert with visible Catholic faith and visible baptism of water.

The baptism of desire and blood (martrydom) are possibilities but not exceptions to AG 7 and the dogma since they are not visible to us for them to be exceptions.

 

So we can accept the baptism of desire etc in principle and also affirm the literal interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. It would not contradict the Principle of Non Contradiction.

-Lionel Andrades