Gregorian University interprets the Letter of the Holy Office,Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church with the irrational column

The Department of the Theology of Religions at the Pontifical  Gregorian University Rome has invited students to study  as an ordinary student working towards an academic degree or a guest student taking selected courses.The students will be taught  to interpret Magisterial documents of the Catholic Church using the irrational right hand side ( red) column.

VATICAN COUNCIL II

All salvation referred to in Vatican Council II i.e saved in invincible ignorance (LG 16), good and holy things in other religions or ' a ray of the Truth' (NA 2) etc are either:

LEFT HAND COLUMN................................. RIGHT HAND COLUMN

implicit                                                         or explicit for us.

hypothetical                                                or known in reality.

invisible                                                       or visible in the flesh.

dejure ( in principle)                                   or defacto ( in fact ).

subjective                                                    or objective.

Lionel:
At the Gregorian University they intepret LG 16, NA 2 etc as being exceptions to extra ecclesiam nulla salus.They use the right hand column. Since there is 'known' salvation outside the Church all non Catholics do not have to convert is their opinion.This is the basis of their  theology of religions.It is the reason given by Cardinal Luiz Ladaria S.J, former professor at the Gregorian University and President of the International Theological Commission(ITC).He suggests that since Pope Pius XII corrected Fr.Leonard Feeney's exclusive ecclesiology there could be a theology of religions.He says this  on the ITC website. It was approved by Pope Benedict XVI.

LETTER OF THE HOLY OFFICE
From the Headquarters of the Holy Office, Aug. 8, 1949.
Now, among the commandments of Christ, that one holds not the least place by which we are commanded to be incorporated by baptism into the Mystical Body of Christ, which is the Church, and to remain united to Christ and to His Vicar, through whom He Himself in a visible manner governs the Church on earth.
Therefore, no one will be saved who, knowing the Church to have been divinely established by Christ, nevertheless refuses to submit to the Church or withholds obedience from the Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Christ on earth.
Not only did the Savior command that all nations should enter the Church, but He also decreed the Church to be a means of salvation without which no one can enter the kingdom of eternal glory.
Lionel:
'who knowing'
This phrase can be interpreted  with the Left Hand Column or the Right Hand Column.
According to the Right Hand Column 'who knows' or who is in invincible ignorance' are explicit, known in reality, visible in the flesh for us in 2014 and so they are relevant to extra ecclesiam nulla salus.It is an exception to the dogma.
According to the Left Hand Column ' who knows' or who is in invincible ignorance refer to implicit, invisible, hypothetical cases for us and so 'who knows' is known only to God and unknown to us in personal cases. It is not relevant or an exception to extra ecclesiam nulla salus.
At the Gregorian University they interpret this phrase with the right hand column which is irrational. The result is a break with Tradition.
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In His infinite mercy God has willed that the effects, necessary for one to be saved, of those helps to salvation which are directed toward man's final end, not by intrinsic necessity, but only by divine institution, can also be obtained in certain circumstances when those helps are used only in desire and longing. This we see clearly stated in the Sacred Council of Trent, both in reference to the sacrament of regeneration and in reference to the sacrament of penance (, nn. 797, 807).
Lionel:
can also be obtained in certain circumstances when those helps are used only in desire and longing
This can be interpreted according to either column. At the Gregorian University they choose the irrational column. 'Only in desire and longing'  is considered visible for us. Otherwise how could it be an exception to the interpretation of Fr.Leonard Feeney ?-
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The same in its own degree must be asserted of the Church, in as far as she is the general help to salvation. Therefore, that one may obtain eternal salvation, it is not always required that he be incorporated into the Church actually as a member, but it is necessary that at least he be united to her by desire and longing.

Lionel:

Again the right hand column is chosen.

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However, this desire need not always be explicit, as it is in catechumens; but when a person is involved in invincible ignorance God accepts also an implicit desire, so called because it is included in that good disposition of soul whereby a person wishes his will to be conformed to the will of God.

Lionel:

when a person is involved in invincible ignorance God accepts also an implicit desire.

It is implied that these cases are objective for us and so are an exception to the traditional interpretation of the dogma.

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 These things are clearly taught in that dogmatic letter which was issued by the Sovereign Pontiff, Pope Pius XII, on June 29, 1943, (AAS, Vol. 35, an. 1943, p. 193 ff.). For in this letter the Sovereign Pontiff clearly distinguishes between those who are actually incorporated into the Church as members, and those who are united to the Church only by desire.

Lionel:

the Sovereign Pontiff clearly distinguishes between those who are actually incorporated into the Church as members, and those who are united to the Church only by desire.
In other words they are visible and known to us. It is inferred that we can judge who is saved or going to be saved as such.

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With these wise words he reproves both those who exclude from eternal salvation all united to the Church only by implicit desire, and those who falsely assert that men can be saved equally well in every religion (cf. Pope Pius IX, Allocution, , in < Denzinger>, n. 1641 ff.; also Pope Pius IX in the encyclical letter, < Quanto conficiamur moerore>, in , n. 1677).

Lionel:
who exclude from eternal salvation all united to the Church only by implicit desire,...
This is interpreted with the right hand column at the Gregorian Pontifical University Rome.
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From what has been said it is evident that those things which are proposed in the periodical , fascicle 3, as the genuine teaching of the Catholic Church are far from being such and are very harmful both to those within the Church and those without.
Lionel:
In other words Fr.Leonard Feeeny and the St. Benedict Center should have said that the baptism of desire is visible to them in particular cases. So they were wrong fior not choosing the right hand column.
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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,...
Lionel:
Which interprets the baptism of desire etc using the right hand column.
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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 imprimatur would only be granted to those who use the rught hand column in the interpretation of Church documents.

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Fr.Bryan Lobo S.J, Director of the syncretistic Department of the Theology of Religions,Gregorian University, Rome

CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

1257 The Lord himself affirms that Baptism is necessary for salvation. He also commands his disciples to proclaim the Gospel to all nations and to baptize them. Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament. The Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude; this is why she takes care not to neglect the mission she has received from the Lord to see that all who can be baptized are "reborn of water and the Spirit." God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments.

Lionel:

who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament.

Those who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament and who will be saved are objective and visible for the Department of the Theology of Religions.So they are exceptions to the interpretation  of Fr.Leonard Feeney.

Lionel:

but he himself is not bound by his sacraments.

In other words we know of exceptions to the interpretation of  Fr.Leonard Feeney. At the Gregorian University they know of some such case. The know the name and surname of someone who was saved without the baptism of water this year.

This irrational inference was used in the Letter of the Holy Office 1949. TIt was accepted in Vatican Council II and it was repeated by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.In 1965 the excommunication of Fr.Leonard Feeney was still maintained by Cardinal Ruchard Cushing who was active at Vatican Council II.

The dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus tells us that God has chosen to bind salvation to the Sacraments of the Catholic Church.Here we are told that God is not limited to the Sacraments as if they know of some case who is an exception.

There is no Church document before 1949 which states that God is not limited to the Sacraments. The baptism of desire etc is mentioned but without the irrational inference.

It is with this irrationality that the Department of the Theology of Religions and the Missiology Department  at the Gregorian University invite students  to study and receive an academic degree.-Lionel Andrades