Friday, September 6, 2013

SSPX irrational

VaticanoII un dibattito apertoThere is no Catholic magisterial document which says there is an exceptional way of salvation.
There is no magisterial text which states there are exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus and the traditional interpretation of Fr.Leonard Feeney.
There is no magisterial document which states that those saved in invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire are known to us in the present times.
We cannot name any such case.
Yet the publications of the Society of St.Pius X (SSPX) District Italy state:
1.There is an exceptional way of salvation outside the visible limits of the Church ,
2.There is known salvation outside the visible limits of the Church mentioned in Vatican Council II.
-Lionel Andrades
 
From these declarations which pertain to doctrine, certain conclusions follow which regard discipline and conduct, and which cannot be unknown to those who vigorously defend the necessity by which all are bound' of belonging to the true Church and of submitting to the authority of the Roman Pontiff and of the Bishops "whom the Holy Ghost has placed . . . to rule the Church" (Acts 20:28).

Lionel: The issue is discipline and conduct.

Hence, one cannot understand how the St. Benedict Center can consistently claim to be a Catholic school and wish to be accounted such, and yet not conform to the prescriptions of canons 1381 and 1382 of the Code of Canon Law, and continue to exist as a source of discord and rebellion against ecclesiastical authority and as a source of the disturbance of many consciences.

Lionel: The issue is dicipline and conduct.

Furthermore, it is beyond understanding how a member of a religious Institute, namely Father Feeney, presents himself as a "Defender of the Faith," and at the same time does not hesitate to attack the catechetical instruction proposed by lawful authorities, and has not even feared to incur grave sanctions threatened by the sacred canons because of his serious violations of his duties as a religious, a priest, and an ordinary member of the Church.

Lionel: The issue is discipline and conduct.

Finally, it is in no wise to be tolerated that certain Catholics shall claim for themselves the right to publish a periodical, for the purpose of spreading theological doctrines, without the permission of competent Church authority, called the "" which is prescribed by the sacred canons.

Lionel: The issue is discipline and conduct.

Therefore, let them who in grave peril are ranged against the Church seriously bear in mind that after "Rome has spoken" they cannot be excused even by reasons of good faith. Certainly, their bond and duty of obedience toward the Church is much graver than that of those who as yet are related to the Church "only by an unconscious desire." Let them realize that they are children of the Church, lovingly nourished by her with the milk of doctrine and the sacraments, and hence, having heard the clear voice of their Mother, they cannot be excused from culpable ignorance, and therefore to them apply without any restriction that principle: submission to the Catholic Church and to the Sovereign Pontiff is required as necessary for salvation.

Lionel: The issue is discipline and conduct.

If the issue was heresy then the cardinal who issued this Letter would be in heresy for alleging that there are known exceptions to the dogma on salvation, as if he knew some of them personally.
-Letter of the Holy Office 1949

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