Bishop Bernard Fellay of the SSPX
blatantly denies Catholic dogma by teaching that Hindus can be saved
By Bro. Peter Dimond,
O.S.B.
-5/05/06-
We’ve
repeatedly documented that almost all traditionalist priests deny the dogma Outside
the Church There is No Salvation. We’ve
also documented that among those dogma deniers, the priests of the SSPX are
prominent. We’ve also pointed out that
almost all of these dogma deniers sometimes make statements which seem to
indicate that they hold the dogma; when, in fact, they don’t. All of this was on display in Bishop Bernard Fellay’s recent Conference in Denver, Colorado. His speech was printed in the recent issue of
The Angelus. Notice that near the beginning of his
Conference, Fellay made statements which absolutely
seemed to indicate that he holds strictly to the necessity of the Catholic
Faith and Jesus Christ for salvation.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, Conference in
Denver, Co., Feb. 18, 2006: “So
Faith is necessary. The Church is necessary. If we want to be saved, there is no other
way except for the Church which Jesus has founded. Between God and creation, there is an
infinite gap. On the side of man, since
Original Sin, there is no way to cross this infinite abyss except by the bridge
imposed and created by God in His only-begotten Son made flesh, Our Lord Jesus
Christ. There is no other way to go to heaven except Our Lord Jesus Christ
and Our Lord Jesus Christ wanted to associate with this work of Redemption the
souls who would be united with Him, in Him, through Baptism, and which
constitute the Mystical Body of Christ, the Catholic Church. What a
tremendous mystery. This is why the
Church is as necessary as Jesus; because it is the same reality.” (The Angelus, “A Talk
Heard Round the World,” April, 2006, p. 5.)
Very
shortly after making these statements, however, Fellay
proceeded to deny the dogma and reveal that he doesn’t believe anything he just
said.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, Conference in
Denver, Co., Feb. 18, 2006: “We know
that there are two other baptisms, that of desire and that of blood. These produce an invisible but real link with
Christ but do not produce all of the effects which are received in the baptism
of water… And the Church has always
taught that you have people who will be in heaven, who are in the state of
grace, who have been saved without knowing the Catholic Church. We know this.
And yet, how is it possible if you cannot be saved outside the
Church? It is absolutely true that they
will be saved through the Catholic Church because they will be united to
Christ, to the Mystical Body of Christ, which is the Catholic Church. It will, however, remain invisible, because
this visible link is impossible for them.
Consider a Hindu in Tibet who
has no knowledge of the Catholic Church.
He lives according to his conscience and to the laws which God has put
into his heart. He can be in the state
of grace, and if he dies in this state of grace, he will go to heaven.” (The Angelus, “A Talk Heard Round the World,” April, 2006, p. 5.)
These
words are found on the very same page of The
Angelus as the words in the first quote above. This is disgusting and bold heresy, and
proves that Fellay doesn’t believe anything he said
above. First, notice that he says “We
know that there are two other baptisms.”
Excuse me, but we know that there is ONLY ONE BAPTISM OF WATER. Catholics confess one baptism. If you don’t confess only one baptism, you
are not a Catholic.
Pope Clement V, Council of Vienne,
1311-1312, ex cathedra:
“Besides, one baptism which regenerates all who are
baptized in Christ must be faithfully confessed by all just as
‘one God and one faith’ [Eph. 4:5], which celebrated in water in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit we believe to be commonly the perfect remedy for
salvation for adults as for children.” (Denz. 482)
Second, Fellay says a
Hindu – that is, an idolater who worships many false gods and doesn’t believe
in Jesus Christ – can be in the state of grace and be saved. This is a total rejection of infallible
Catholic dogma. This proves again that
Bishop Bernard Fellay is not a member of the Catholic
Church. He rejects the solemn teaching that all who die in non-Catholic religions and
without the essential mysteries of the Catholic Faith will be lost. He has changed the dogma that no one can be
saved outside the Catholic Church or without the Catholic Faith (the truth that
all individuals who die as non-Catholics will be lost, all the Hindus, Muslims,
Jews, etc.) to the heretical idea
that no one can be saved except through the Catholic Church (meaning
that all individuals who are saved, even if they are not Catholic and part of a
false religion or even worshipping false gods, are saved in their religions but
through the Catholic Church). This is evil heresy which is contradicted by ex cathedra Papal teaching. The fact that he holds that Hindus, etc. can
be saved in their false religions reveals that he has no Faith. (By the way, notice that he also teaches the
condemned heresy of an invisible Church by teaching that non-Catholic Hindus
are invisibly united to the Church.) The
fact that he is guiding a large body of those who consider themselves
traditional Catholics in our day is a frightening signal of exactly where we
are in history and the Great Apostasy.
We hear all the time from people who deny that their
“traditionalist” priest denies the salvation dogma. “No, my priest doesn’t believe that,” they
say about SSPX priests, CMRI priests, SSPV priests, etc. We try to tell them “yes, your priest does
believe that.” This Heresy of the Week
shows us again how priests who deny the salvation dogma will make statements
(often in the same speech) which make it seem as if they believe in it.
Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari
Vos (# 13), Aug. 15, 1832: “With the admonition of the apostle, that
‘there is one God, one faith, one baptism’ (Eph. 4:5), may those fear who
contrive the notion that the safe harbor of salvation is open to persons of any
religion whatever. They should consider
the testimony of Christ Himself that ‘those who are not with Christ are against
Him,’ (Lk. 11:23) and that they disperse
unhappily who do not gather with Him. Therefore, ‘without a doubt, they will perish
forever, unless they hold the Catholic faith whole and inviolate (Athanasian Creed).”
Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence,
The Athanasian Creed, Sess. 8, Nov. 22, 1439, ex cathedra:
“Whoever wishes
to be saved, needs above all to hold the Catholic faith; unless each one
preserves this whole and inviolate, he will without a doubt perish in eternity.”
(Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils, Vol. 1, pp. 550-553; Denzinger 39-40.)
Pope Gregory XVI, Summo Iugiter Studio
(# 2), May 27, 1832:
“Finally some of these
misguided people attempt to persuade themselves and others that men are not
saved only in the Catholic religion, but that
even heretics may attain eternal life.”
Pope Pius IV, Council
of Trent, Iniunctum nobis,
Nov. 13, 1565, ex cathedra: “This true Catholic faith,
outside of which no one can be saved… I now profess and truly hold…” (Denz. 1000)
Pope Eugene IV, Council
of Florence, “Cantate Domino,” 1441, ex
cathedra:
“The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that all
those who are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans but also
Jews or heretics and schismatics, cannot share in
eternal life and will go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the
devil and his angels, unless they are joined to the Church before the end of
their lives;
that the unity of this ecclesiastical body is of such importance that only for
those who abide in it do the Church’s sacraments contribute to salvation and do
fasts, almsgiving and other works of piety and practices of the Christian
militia produce eternal rewards; and that nobody can be saved, no matter how
much he has given away in alms and even if he has shed blood in the name of
Christ, unless he has persevered in the bosom and unity of the Catholic
Church.”
Bishop Fellay is
preaching a new gospel directly contrary to Sacred Scripture. He is preaching that idolaters (Hindus) can
actually be saved.
1 Corinthians 6:9-
“Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers,
nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers,
nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.”
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