Thursday, September 19, 2013

Archdiocese of Detroit and Canon Law

The Archdiocese of Detroit and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) according to Wikipedia placed a ban on Michael Voris for his views on other faiths(1). Recently they allowed a meeting of dissenters in the Archdiocese of Detroit (2) and no press release was issued.
 
Otherwise the  Archdiocese of Detroit supports the USCCB in officially stating that invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire are known exceptions to Vatican Council II (LG 14, AG 7 'all need faith and baptism for salvation') and the defined dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus.This is Cushingism. It assumes that there are known exceptions to the Catholic Church's traditional teaching on faith issues.So the baptism of desire a possibility, is assumed to be an exception to the dogma.(Notification,on Fr.Peter C.Phan,USCCB Doctrinal Committee). (3)
 
It is the Archdiocese of Detroit and the USCCB saying there are known exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus,to Ad Gentes 7 and Lumen Gentium 14, which state all need to enter the Church for salvation.This is an important doctrinal issue that Michael Voris needs to address.
 
Since if there are no known exceptions then the USCCB was wrong in the Fr.Peter C. Phan Notification.The text specifically mentions invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire as if they are known exceptions..(The USCCB has pulled down the text of the Notification from the internet)It also means Vatican Council II does not contradict the dogma on outside the church there is no salvation.it also does not contradict  the Syllabus of Errors on the issue of non Catholic and non Christian religions.
Bishop Grumbleton and Sister Nancy Farley and all who hold an office in the Catholic Church, according to Canon Law must accept all the teachings of the Catholic Church.In this case they need  to accept Vatican Council II (AG 7,LG 14) and the dogma on salvation.Archbishop Allen Vigneron, the Archbishop of Detroit must also affirm Vatican Council II (LG 14,AG 7) which is in agreement with extra ecclesiam nulla salus and does not mention any exceptions.Invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire are not exceptions unless one is using Cushingism instead of Feeneyism in the interpretation.
 
Also, how do they interpret the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII ? With Cushingism or Feeneyism ? Do they assume that the Letter supported Archbishop Cushing or Fr.Leonard Feeney on doctrine ? Was Fr.Leonard Feeney excommunciated for heresy or for disobedience (discipline)? Did the Letter of the Holy Office 1949 make a factual mistake for them ? Do they assume that the baptism of desire is an explicit exception to the dogma on salvation or it is a possibility only, known to God and unknown to us?
 
It may be mentioned that the Society of St.Pius X (SSPX) has not been granted canonical status yet, since they will not affirm Vatican Council II (according to Cushingism).If the Archdiocese is not willing to affirm in public the literal interpretation of the dogma (because of irrational Cushingism) then they should not expect the SSPX to affirm Vatican Council II in public,according to Cushingism.
 
So canonically can Bishop Grumbleton and the LCWR be opposed in the Archdiocese of Detroit?
 
LG 14 and AG 7 are in agreement with the dogma on salvation and the the SSPX and Michael Voris' position on other religions and Christian communities and churches.Doctrinally Vatican Council II (with Feeneyism) supports Michael Voris and ChurchMilitant TV.
 
Michael Voris needs to talk in terms of Feeneyism and Cushingism, rationality and irrationality, the deposit of the faith and heresy.
 
Similarly when Michael Voris is critical of the New Evangelistaion he must also mention that the understanding of Mons.R.Fisichella is the same as the Archdiocese of Detroit. They assume that there are known exceptions to Catholic faith-teachings.
 
The Archdiocese of Detroit, the USCCB and the Mons. Fisichella also contradict the Catechism of the Catholic Church (846). When CCC 846 states all need to enter the Church 'as through a door'(AG 7) it does not contradict CCC 846 also saying that all who are saved are saved through Jesus and the Church. Yes all who are saved are saved through Jesus and the Church and all in 2013 need to enter the Church 'as through a door' and with 'faith and baptism' to go to Heaven and avoid Hell ( for salvation).
No one in the Archdiocese of Detroit or the USCCB can know any exception to LG 14 ,AG 7 or CCC 846.
The question that Michael Voris put to Fr.Jonathan Morris of the Archdiocese of New York should also be formally asked of the Archdiocese of Detroit and the USCCB.-Lionel Andrades

1.
Using a press release issued by the Archdiocese of Detroit, the Diocese of Scranton issued this statement in response to a planned speaking engagement of Voris in that diocese:
"The Diocese of Scranton has determined that Mr. Voris will not be allowed to speak in a Diocesan or parish facility. After these engagements were scheduled, the Diocese became aware of concerns about this individual’s views regarding other religious groups. In videos posted on the Internet, Mr. Voris makes comments that certainly can be interpreted as being insensitive to people of other faiths. The Catholic Church teaches us to respect all people, regardless of their faith tradition."
"Although the Diocese shares Mr. Voris’ support of efforts to protect human life, his extreme positions on other faiths are not appropriate and therefore the Diocese cannot host him."[]
-Wikipedia, Michael Voris

In April 2011 Voris (who had intended to give a talk entitled "Living Catholicism Radically"[9]) was banned from speaking at Marywood University and any facilities owned by the diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania.[1] This action was taken after complaints were made about Voris's statement about other religions.[1] In a letter to the talk's organizers (Paul and Kristen Ciaccia), the diocese declared that "it had been informed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and Mr. Voris's home Archdiocese of Detroit that Voris had caused "a number of controversies" and "that his programs are not endorsed by his home archdiocese".[9] The diocese held that some of his statements "certainly can be interpreted as being insensitive to people of other faiths".[2] Voris ascribed this decision to "political correctness. Anything somebody takes offense at, whether it's true or not, seems to be out of bounds."[1] The speech was moved to the Best Western Genetti Hotel and Conference Center in Wilkes-Barre, and the talk's organizers invited local Bishop Joseph Bambera to attend "to evaluate Mr. Voris's knowledge of the faith, free from opinions formed by others."[9] The bishop did not take up the offer. The Ciaccias said the ban "belies deeper inconsistencies in diocesan policy."[9] Voris spoke about the events in a video segment, noting the diocese allowed Sara Bendoraitis, the director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Ally Resource Center at American University, to speak at the University of Scranton the previous spring-
-Wikipedia, Michael Voris

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January 12, 2012
Questions for the Canon Lawyers :Can Archbishop Allen Vigneron and Bishop Kevin Rhoades be considered Catholic if they refuse to affirm in public the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus ?
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/01/questions-for-canon-lawyers-can.html#links
It's a Free Country.. : A Catholic who rejects a defined dogma like outside the church no salvation is automatically excomunicated. He has no right to use the word 'Catholic'.
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/01/its-free-country.html
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