Next month when Pope Benedict speaks on baptism he is expected to repeat this rejection of Catholic doctrine.
The pope will indicate it is expected, that all Jewish babies who die in the present time without the baptism of water will go to heaven with Jesus. The pope has already said that Jews do not have to convert into the Church for salvation in the present times. (Light of the World, p.105, Cardinal Bertone’s Communiqué to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, L’Osservatore Romano April 10, 2008).
Mons Raffaello Martinelli the bishop of Frascati, Italy has issued a new apologetic pamphlet in Italian which indicates babies are saved in general without the baptism of water and with Original Sin on their souls.(1) As a reference he has cited the International Theological Commission paper 'The Hope of Salvation for Infants who die without being baptized' (2007).(2) It indicates that we know people on earth and in Heaven saved in invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire. So there are explicitly known exceptions in the present times, of persons in Original Sin who are going to Heaven.So if this is the case with adults, it is assumed, why not babies too ?
Mons. Raffaello Martinelli, who worked at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith alongwith Cardinal Ratzinger, says that in the present times we affirm the hope of the salvation of infants who have not received the baptism of water. The hope is based he said on the universal salvific will of God, the universality of the unique mediation of Jesus, the primacy of divine grace and the love of Jesus for children.
This is totally false. It is non Catholic theology. Next month when Pope Benedict speaks on baptism he is expected to repeat this rejection of Catholic doctrine.
The pamphlet says babies who are not baptized are saved and also says everyone needs the baptism of water and the Church knows of no means to eternal beatitude other than the baptism of water.Is this confusing? It’s confusing because of the Richard Cushing Error which has been accepted perhaps unknowingly.
The ITC paper confirms that the pope believes that those who are saved in invincible ignorance and the baptism of desire are known on earth and so they are explicit exceptions to the centuries old interpretation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus. (3) Since there are no known exceptions to the dogma and the literal interpretation of Fr. Leonard Feeney, it is assumed that babies and adults can go to heaven in general or in a few cases, without the baptism of water.
The dogma says everyone needs the baptism of water for salvation, while Richard Cushing said NO, some people on earth do not need the baptism of water for salvation as if he knew who they were.So the pamphlet says everyone needs baptism but some do not.
Richard Cushing the former Archbishop of Boston’s error is also there in the interpretation of Vatican Council II according to Fr. Hans Kung.Ad Gentes 7 says everyone needs Catholic Faith and the baptism of water for salvation but it is assumed there are known exceptions in Lumen Gentium 16 (invincible ignorance and good conscience). So Vatican Council II also contradicts itself, if we assume we know who is saved in invincible ignorance.
To justify the Richard Cushing Error a theology is presented on baptism which is not Catholic.
1.The theology says ‘The hope is based on the universal salvific will of God’. Dominus Iesus 20 says salvation is open for all, in potential, however to receive it all need to enter the Church. The Church is needed. (Ad Gentes 7, Cantate Domino Council of Florence 1441, extra ecclesiam nulla salus).
2.’The universality of the unique mediation of Jesus’. The unique mediation of Jesus does not exclude the necessity of formal entry into the Church for all;everyone having to enter the Church for salvation, with no known exceptions (Ad Gentes 7, Vatican Council II, dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus)
3.’The primacy of divine grace.’The primacy of divine grace cannot be used to deny the existence of Hell, mortal sin and Original Sin. The defined dogma and Vatican Council II indicate that most people are oriented to Hell at the time of death.
4.‘The love of Jesus for children.’This sentimental theology excludes Jesus’ love also for adults and the dogma of Hell. Jesus loves all yet Catholic adults can go to Hell who are in mortal sin.
The place where unbaptized children go after death may not be Hell with fire but, according to Vatican Council II, the dogma on salvation and Tradition, it is not Heaven.
On June 11, 2012 the Holy Father will present a talk on baptism which is expected to be approved, and not opposed, by the Co-chairman of the Bilateral Commission of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See, Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, who has spoken before the Catholic Synod of Bishops.
The pope will indicate it is expected, that all Jewish babies who die in the present time without the baptism of water will go to heaven with Jesus. The pope has already said that Jews do not have to convert into the Church for salvation in the present times. (Light of the World, p.105, Cardinal Bertone’s Communiqué to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, L’Osservatore Romano April 10, 2008).One may want to believe that all babies and most adults, if not all, are going to Heaven but the Church does not teach this in magisterial documents.
So why go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News when they all don’t have to convert according to new doctrine based on the Richard Cushing Error and even babies no more need the baptism of water in general for salvation ?- Lionel Andrades
1.
PERCHE' BATTEZZO IL MIO BAMBINO?
http://www.sancarlo.pcn.net/argomenti_nuovo/pagina12.html
Note there is also an English translation but it is different in content and makes no reference to the International Theological Commission as does the Italian version.
2.
International Theological Commission (ITC) makes an objective, factual error in two of its published documents. Could they also be wrong about Limbo?
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/03/international-theological-commission_2687.html#links
Cardinal Luis Ladaria S.J Secretary Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith does away with the defined dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus, Limbo and Original Sin in the International Theological Commission position papers: CDF expects the Society of St. Pius X to accept all this
http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/03/cardinal-luis-ladaria-sj-secretary.html#links
3.
HOLY FATHER MAKES AN OBJECTIVE ERROR IN WRITING
DID THE POPE REALLY DENY THE FAITH ON THE NEED FOR JEWS TO CONVERT? http://eucharistandmission.blogspot.it/2012/04/did-pope-really-deny-faith-on-need-for.html
HOLY FATHER ASSUMES THOSE SAVED IN INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE ARE KNOWN TO US: CONTRADICTS VATICAN COUNCIL I AND II
INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION ASSUMES ‘SEEDS OF THE WORD’ (VATICAN COUNCIL II) IN OTHER RELIGIONS ARE KNOWN TO US AND THIS IS AN EXPLICIT EXCEPTION TO THE DOGMA EXTRA ECCLESIAM NULLA SALUS
VATICAN'S INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGICAL COMMISSION MAKES AN ERROR IN ITS POSITION PAPER CHRISTIANITY AND THE WORLD RELIGIONS
Posts
