Sedevacantists have a right to enter the Catholic Church they are objecting to the interpretation of Vatican Council II with the Cushing-Jesuit Factual Error. Once this error is acknowledged and discarded Vatican Council II affirms the sedevacantist position on non Catholic religions and Christian communities and churches.
The sedevacantists CMRI,MHFM are endorsing Tradition prior to Vatican Council II, since they assume Lumen Gentium 16( being saved in invincible ignorance) etc are cases known to us in 2014. For the Catholic dioceses, they are exceptions.On Wikipedia too, LG 16 is said to be an exception to extra ecclesiam nulla salus and no cardinal or bishop objects.
Even the International Theological Commission, Vatican in two theological papers, 'Christianity and the World Religions' and 'The Hope of Salvation for Infants who die without being baptised' wrongly implies that the baptism of desire and being saved in invincible ignorance are known exceptions to the literal and traditional interpretation of the dogma on exclusive salvation. ITC also assumes that this is the interpretation of Pope Pius XII.
The sedevacantists are critical of this irrational interpretation of the Council, which results in a new and non traditional doctrine.
The MHFM , for example, is even critical of the SSPX, for suggesting that there are exceptions to the dogma on exclusive salvation. They also contradict the Catechism of Pope Pius X (27 Q) with the same teaching.
There could be a reconciliation with the sedevacantists, if the websites in England and the USA, would acknowledge:-
1.They affirm Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II which says all need faith and baptism for salvation.
2. Vatican Council II (LG 16, LG 8 etc) refer to possibilities of salvation but these possibilities are not exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus and Tradition.Since it is impossible for us to know any 'exception' on earth. They are known only to God.
3.The ordinary means of salvation is Catholic Faith and the baptism of water and not, being saved in invincible ignorance(LG 16), seeds of the Word(AG 11), good and holy things in other religions(NA 2), imperfect communion with the Church(UR 3) etc.
The official websites of the Catholic dioceses today assume there are known exceptions to the defined dogma on salvation. This is heresy.
With a factual error they are also re- interpreting the Nicene Creed ( "I believe in (not) one baptism (the baptism of water) for the forgiveness of sin, (but three known baptisms, water, blood and desire).
They are also shelving the Athanasius Creed which says outside the Church there is no salvation since they assume outside the church there is salvation with LG 16, LG 8 etc.
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre was protesting against this version of Vatican Council II (with the Cushing-Jesuit Factual Error) and he was excommunicated.Fr.Leonard Feeney was saying that there is no visible for us baptism of desire and being saved in invincible ignorance and he was excommunicated.He was fortunate to have the excommunication lifted before he died, unlike Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.
There are so many Catholics who will die as sedevacantists since the Vatican and cardinals and archbishops in the dioceses have not acknowledged a factual error being used in the interpretation of Vatican Council II.
The Americans Peter and Michael Dimond have emphasized the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus in their sedevacantism. Often I have to tell people that I accept Vatican Council II with no known exceptions being mentioned in the Council to Tradition. So I am not a sedevacantist.
If the Vatican could acknowledge that a rational interpretation of Vatican Council II means there are no exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, this would be an opening for the sedevacantists and the beginning of a reconciliation.
-Lionel Andrades
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