There are so many comments on the carefully crafted statement of the Vatican critiquing Scalfari but there are no reports on Catholic media, on the carefully cultivated statement of Cardinal Vince Nicols denying the Biblical reference to 'fire and brimstone' in Hell. He also did not say that non Catholics and non Christians in general are going to Hell. This has been Catholic teaching over the centuries and it is supported by Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Instead he suggested that there are known exceptions to the Church's traditional salvation and moral teachings.For him there are known cases of people committing suicide who will experience God's mercy and so will not go to Hell.
The liberal English cardinal rejects the traditional teaching on most people going to Hell which is there in Vatican Council II.It says all need faith and baptism for salvation(AG 7).Vatican Council II is telling the cardinal, who would prefer to look the other way, that most people on earth go to Hell since they die without 'faith and baptism' in the Catholic Church.
The cardinal also ignored the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1257) telling him that all non Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists etc are in Hell. Since 'the Church knows of no means to eternal beatitude other than the baptism of water'.Non Catholics in general die without the baptism of water and with Original Sin on their soul. They are in Hell.
Yet this teaching of Vatican Council II and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, on millions of non Catholics being in Hell is ignored by Catholic media and Catholic religious.
Since they are confused by hypothetical cases, invisible people, which the Magisterium assumes, are non hypothetical. They wrongly infer that these unknown people are known examples of salvation outside the Church.Invisible people would be visible exceptions to Feeneyite EENS.
So according to the present Magisterium, LG 16, LG 8, GS 22 etc would be exceptions to Ad Gentes 7 and the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1257.This is the false reasoning of Cardinal Nicols too. LG 16, LG 8 would also be exceptions to the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, for him.
So there are no comments on Cardinal Nicols confusing and vague statement on Hell.He contradicts himself. Then he also denies the traditional interpretation on exclusive salvation in the Church.He also ignores Vatican Council and the Catechisms of Trent and Pius X supporting Feeneyite EENS, which dogmatically tell us most people are oriented to Hell, since they die without faith and baptism in the Catholic Church.The message is that they are in Hell.This is why the missionaries went to other countries.
If Cardinal Nicols supported the old ecclesiology of the Church that would be the end of any theological opening for the new ecumenism. The new ecumenism, theologically, depends upon Catholics accepting that there is known salvation outside the Church. However common sense tells us that there can be no known salvation outside the Church for us humans.
If he supported the past ecclesiology of the Church then he would have to say that most people are in Hell and it is important that there be mission, so that non Catholics convert into the Catholic Church.This would be the end of the New Evangelisation which is also based on there being known salvation outside the Church.
Invisible cases of the baptism of desire, baptism of blood and being saved in invincible ignorance have to be visible cases in the present times for the cardinal and his bishops.This is very important for him.Otherwise he would have to admit that all the non Catholics, with no exception, who participate in his inter religious meetings are Hell-bound at the time of death and this would be Catholic teaching before and after Vatican Council II.-Lionel Andrades
Invisible cases of the baptism of desire, baptism of blood and being saved in invincible ignorance have to be visible cases in the present times for the cardinal and his bishops.This is very important for him.Otherwise he would have to admit that all the non Catholics, with no exception, who participate in his inter religious meetings are Hell-bound at the time of death and this would be Catholic teaching before and after Vatican Council II.-Lionel Andrades
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