Catholic Christology without the necessity of the Catholic Church

 Daniel P. Huang, SJ (possibly Father, a priest) in a key note address on ' Christology'  for the East Asian Pastoral Institute,Philippines (Fr. Arthur Leger, S.J. - Director) ›which has been posted on line presents Christ without the necessity of formal membership in the Catholic Church and  criticizes Fr.Leonard Feeney ,as if ,there are known exceptions to Fr.Leonard Feeney's literal interpretation of the dogma on exclusive salvation being there in  only the Catholic Church.

 

He cites Fr. Jacques Dupuis and other liberal theologians some corrected by the Magisterium. He also refers to Fr.Francis Sullivan's controversial book and to  Fr. Bernard Lonergan on other religions. 

 

First, Christ against the religions. Among many authors, this position has been popularly referred to as "exclusivism."12 This position considers all religions to be unmitigated darkness, sheer, sinful idolatry, incapable of saving anyone who belongs them. Salvation is from Christ alone, and Christ can only be encountered, known, worshiped, and followed, to the individual’s salvation, in the Church. This was the position of the famous (or infamous) Fr. Leonard Feeney, who, in the 1940s, accused the Catholic Archbishop of Boston, and later the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, of heresy, because they taught that non-Catholics could be saved. Ironically, it was Fr. Feeney who was excommunicated by Pius XII- Fr. Daniel P. Huang, SJ (1)

  

Christology is one of the theological courses offered at Catholic universities including the Pontifical universities in Rome, in which they reject the necessity of all to accept Christ within the Catholic Church as  visible members; with Catholic Faith and the baptism of water (AG 7).

 

They interpret the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 as saying 'the dogma' the 'infallible statement' is contradicted by known cases of the baptism of desire and being saved in invincible ignorance, even though no one can name any such case, who is supposed to be an exception to the literal interpretation of Fr.Leonard Feeney.

So with this irrationality citing the case of Fr.Leonard Feeney who was excommunicated for disobedience and not heresy, according to the Letter, liberals , contradict Vatican Council II (AG 7) and the Catechism of the Catholic  Church (846 Outside the Church No Salvation).This was the 'tactic' used by many Jesuits.They have used an irrationality to break with Tradition.

-Lionel Andrades

  

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http://eapi.admu.edu.ph/content/christ-one-savior-world-reflections-our-emerging-christological-question