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Baptism of Desire: Its Origin and Abandonment in the Thought of Saint Augustine

by Brian Kelly April 28, 2011

Perish the thought that a person predestined to eternal life could be allowed to end this life without the sacrament of the mediator. (Saint Augustine) This article will focus on the question of explicit baptism of desire — as it was understood by most western doctors of the Church from the time of Saint Augustine (+430) until Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (+1787), the last … More →

Posted in Articles, Outside the Church there is no Salvation, Theology | Tagged Abbot Jerome Theisen, Baptism, baptism of blood, Baptism of desire, Book of Sentences, Catechumen, Council of Trent, De Ecclesiasticis Dogmatibus, Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, Father Bernard Otten, Father Francois Laisney, Father Jean Marc Rulleau, Father Joseph Pfeiffer, Father Karl Rahner, Father William A. Jurgens, Fritz Hoffmann, Hugh of St. Victor, Justification, Peter Abelard, Peter Lombard, Pope Innocent II, Pope Innocent III, Pope Saint Stephen, Saint Ambrose, Saint Anselm, Saint Augustine, Saint Bernard, Saint Cyprian, Saint Cyril, Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Gregory Nazianzen, Valentinian II | 22 Comments

Orestes Brownson on Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus

by Orestes Brownson April 25, 2005

(From Brownson’s Quarterly Review for April, 1874) Editor’s Introduction: Orestes A. Brownson (1803-1876) will always be remembered as one of the most prolific American converts to the Catholic Church. Brownson had already achieved notoriety as an essayist and lecturer when his incessant quest for truth led him beyond the shifting sands of Protestantism, Transcendentalism and Socialism to the Catholic Faith, the rock of truth and … More →

Posted in Articles, Catholic America, Outside the Church there is no Salvation, Theology | Tagged Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, heresy, Infants, Infidelity, Invincible ignorance, Orestes Brownson, Pius IX, Protestantism | Leave a comment

Speaking of How to Pray

by Br. Thomas Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M. April 25, 2005

This article consists of a few loose ends: (1) a book review, (2) a letter to an editor, and (3) another book review. All are closely related in subject matter.

Posted in Articles, Book Reviews, Catechesis and Fundamentals, Mass and the Liturgy, Outside the Church there is no Salvation, Theology | Tagged Anonymous Christian, Apophatic, Baptism of desire, Bertrand de Margerie, Bishop Fitzpatrick, Cataphatic, Dante Alighieri, David G. Kennedy, Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, Father Leonard Feeney, Father William Most, Ignotus, Interior Castle, Jerome P. Theisen, Karl Rahner, Lollards, Orestes Brownson, Pelagianism, Pius IX, Raymond Brown, Saint Justin Martyr, Saint Pius X, Saint Teresa of Avila, Urs von Balthasar, Vermont Catholic, Walter Hilton | Leave a comment

Doctrinal Summary: ‘Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus’

by Br. Thomas Mary Sennott, M.I.C.M. March 16, 2005

Editor’s Introduction: This “Doctrinal Summary” is an appendix to a work to be published at a future date: Father Feeney’s Doctrinal Case. The work is intended as a supplement to the larger volume by Brother Thomas Mary, They Fought the Good Fight.

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Father Feeney and Catholic Doctrine

by Brian Kelly January 31, 2005

[This article was published in February, 1987 as a Res Fidei monograph. The Verbum in question (#24) is no longer available online. However, the offending article can be read here .]