Reviewing some correspondences with members of the sacred hierarchy recently, I came across multiple references to the dogma, extra ecclesiam nulla salus, which referred to it, not as a dogma or a doctrine, but as a “principle.” Does that word … Continue reading
Category: Outside the Church there is no Salvation (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus)
Bishop Strickland’s August 22 Pastoral Letter, a Gift to the Church in Advance of the Synod on Synodality
Two days ago, the website of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, posted a pastoral letter from the pen of the Most Reverend Joseph E. Strickland, the Ordinary of that Diocese. Written on the heels of a recent apostolic visitation whose … Continue reading
Lack of Clarity and ‘the Greatest Generation’
The YouTube conference embedded below by Father Chad Ripperger is very much worth your careful attention. Father goes a long way in explaining the reasons for what might be called “emotional thinking,” i.e., the kind of low-quality thought that many … Continue reading
Wrestling with the Fate of the Unbaptized
“One man’s trespass led to condemnation for all men” (Rom. 5:18). With these somber words, St. Paul expressed one of the truths that govern human history. On account of what St. John Henry Newman called the “aboriginal catastrophe”—namely, the Fall … Continue reading
A ‘Carmelite Defense’ of Father Feeney’s Crusade
The purpose of this article is not to show that Carmelite saints believed in the dogma outside the Church there is no salvation in the same sense that Father Leonard Feeney believed it. That would be too easy, and this … Continue reading
Inglorious Ending to the Israel-Vatican ‘Galatians Affair’
The current event that I wrote about in my latest Ad Rem, Pope Francis and the Senseless Galatians, has, it appears, reached its rather anti-climactic climax followed by an inglorious denouement. Unless either side chooses to provoke something, which appears … Continue reading
Timothy Flanders Interviews Brother André Marie on ‘the Feeney Controversy’
T. S. Flanders, of The Meaning of Catholic, interviewed me about the controversy surrounding Father Leonard Feeney and the dogma, Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. You can follow Timothy Flanders and The Meaning of Catholic on Twitter. The YouTube video is … Continue reading
Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: An Interview with Brother André Marie
In the YouTube video below, I am interviewed by a wonderful priest on the dogma, extra ecclesiam nulla salus, Father Feeney, and, to a lesser degree, the history of Saint Benedict Center. At the heart of the interview, are the … Continue reading
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò Affirms the Necessity of the Church for Salvation
At Lifesite, Maike Hickson introduces and presents an English translation of the most recent statement of His Grace, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. Her article is entitled, “Abp Viganò on the ‘roots of deviation’ of Vatican II and how Francis was … Continue reading
Will Our Sacramental Deprivation Make us Rethink the Necessity of the Church and Her Sacraments?
Lifesite News reported on an initiative of some prominent lay Catholics who are seeking to restore the sacramental and liturgical life of the faithful, which has been suspended due to the COVID-19 phenomenon. The initiative consists of a petition in … Continue reading