Domes from Rome and theology from Boston

It was the first month for me at the Pontifical Maria Mater Ecclesia seminary in Rome and a Legionary of Christ priest took us seminarians to see some of the  churches and pilgrimage sights in Rome. He  made a passing comment on  the domes of the churches in Rome.This  architecture spread  throughout Europe from Rome.

Similarly- I say to myself, the concept of the baptism of desire being an exception to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, as inferred  in the Letter of the Holy Office, has spread  throughout the Catholic Church. It is there in many Church documents including Vatican Council II.The error is the basis for   theology in the Catholic Church.We do not know of a single case of the baptism of desire and being saved in invincible ignorance and the Letter of the Holy Office basis a theology on this irrationality. This  objective error originated in the 1940's during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII.Now it is common for Catholics to say that the baptism of desire is an explicit exception to all needing the baptism of water for salvation. In other words these cases are known and visible for them to be exceptions. How can the baptism of desire be an exception to the interpretation of Fr.Leonard Feeney ? How can it even be relevant?

 

 

 

 

 

 

The domes spread from Rome to the rest of Europe and the- dead- are- visible- and- are  exceptions- to -extra ecclesiam nulla salus theory , has spread from Boston to the whole Church.-Lionel Andrades

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