Outside The Church There Is No Salvation And Refuting Baptism Of Desire

The most comprehensive book, facts, arguments and articles on the Catholic Church’s dogmatic teaching Outside the Church There is No Salvation and the baptism of desire controversy.

By Bro. Peter Dimond

This is the most comprehensive book that has been written on this dogma. This book answers all of the major objections on the baptism and salvation issue. It contains the most important papal pronouncements on this issue, a whole history of the “baptism of desire” controversy, many detailed sections covering all angles of the “invincible ignorance” objection, a section responding to every objection you’ve probably heard of on this topic and many that you haven’t. This is the first and only book to have covered all of the dogmatic definitions on this topic about salvation from the ecumenical councils (including the little-known ones from the Council of Vienne and the Fifth Lateran Council – see section 1). Look through the Table of Contents if you are looking for a particular issue or objection. But we strongly recommend that people obtain this book from us for only $4.00 so that they can have all the quotations in book form.

Pope Gregory XVI, Summo Iugiter Studio, May 27, 1832, on no salvation outside the Church: “You know how zealously Our predecessors taught that article of faith which these dare to deny, namely the necessity of the Catholic faith and of unity for salvation… Omitting other appropriate passages which are almost numberless in the writings of the Fathers, We shall praise St. Gregory the Great who expressly testifies that THIS IS INDEED THE TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. He says: ‘The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in her and asserts that all who are outside of her will not be saved.’ Official acts of the Church proclaim the same dogma. Thus, in the decree on faith which Innocent III published with the synod of Lateran IV, these things are written: ‘There is one universal Church of all the faithful outside of which no one is saved.’ Finally the same dogma is also expressly mentioned in the profession of faith proposed by the Apostolic See, not only that which all Latin churches use, but also that which… other Eastern Catholics use. We did not mention these selected testimonies because We thought you were ignorant of that article of faith and in need of Our instruction. Far be it from Us to have such an absurd and insulting suspicion about you. But We are so concerned about this serious and well known dogma, which has been attacked with such remarkable audacity, that We could not restrain Our pen from reinforcing this truth with many testimonies.” Pope Eugene IV, The Council of Florence, “Exultate Deo,” Nov. 22, 1439:“Holy baptism, which is the gateway to the spiritual life, holds the first place among all the sacraments; through it we are made members of Christ and of the body of the Church. And since death entered the universe through the first man, ‘unless we are born again of water and the Spirit, we cannot,’ as the Truth says, ‘enter into the kingdom of heaven’ [John 3:5]. The matter of this sacrament is real and natural water.”

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Outside the Catholic Church There is Absolutely No Salvation

Listing of Sections (CLICK ON ANY SECTION BELOW TO GO DIRECTLY TO IT) Introduction 1. The Chair of St. Peter on Outside the Church There is No Salvation – page 8 2. The Keys of St. Peter and his Unfailing Faith – page 9

• The Chair of St. Peter Speaks the Truth that Christ Himself Delivered – page 12

3. Believe Dogma as it was once declared – page 13

4. Other Popes on Outside the Church There is No Salvation – page 15

5. The Sacrament of Baptism is the only Way into the Church – page 18

6. The One Church of the Faithful – page 19

7. Subjection to the Church/Roman Pontiff – page 23

8. The Sacrament of Baptism is Necessary for Salvation – page 24

9. Water is Necessary for Baptism and John 3:5 is literal – page 25

10. Infants Cannot Be Saved Without Baptism – page 28

11. Those who Die in Original Sin or Mortal Sin Descend into Hell – page 30

12. There is only One Baptism, Not Three – page 31

13. The Athanasian Creed – page 33 – and There is No Salvation for members of Islam, Judaism or other heretical or schismatic non-Catholic sects – page 36

• Specific Catholic Teaching against Judaism – page 37 • Specific Catholic Teaching against Islam – page 38 • Specific Catholic Teaching against Protestant and schismatic sects – page 39-41 • Concerning those validly baptized as infants by members of non-Catholic sects – 41

14. Baptism of Desire and Baptism of Blood – Erroneous traditions of Man – page 42

• The Fathers are unanimous from the beginning on Water Baptism– page 43

• Not all of the Fathers always remained consistent with their own affirmation and the universal Tradition on the absolute necessity of Water Baptism– page 49

• The theory of baptism of blood – a tradition of man– page 51 • Two of the earliest statements on baptism of blood– page 55

• Unbaptized Saints? – the Acts of Martyrs – page 57 • The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste – page 58 • St. Emerentiana – pages 60-61

• St. Alban and his converted guard– page 62

• Summarizing the Facts on Baptism of Blood– page 63 • Miraculous Baptisms– page 64

• The Theory of Baptism of Desire – a tradition of man– page 68 • St. Augustine– page 69 • St. Ambrose– page 72 • St. Gregory Nazianz –page 76 ◦ St. Gregory Nazianz and the Roman Breviary – page 77

• St. John Chrysostom– page 77 • Liturgical Tradition and Apostolic Burial Tradition– page 79 • Pope St. Siricius– page 80 • The Middle Ages– page 81 • St. Bernard– page 82 • St. Thomas Aquinas – page 85 • The Dogmatic Council of Vienne (1311-1312) – page 87 • St. Thomas Aquinas rejected “Invincible Ignorance” – page 88

15. Pope St. Leo the Great Ends the Debate – page 89

• Pope Leo the Great infallibly declares that the water of baptism is inseparable from the spirit of justification

16. Major Objections:

– Sess. 6, Chap. 4 of the Council of Trent– page 95

– The Dogma, Pope Pius IX and Invincible Ignorance– page 105

• What about Pope Pius IX? – page 107 • Singulari Quadam (an allocution to the Cardinals) – page 107 • Quanto Conficiamur Moerore– page 110 • Invincible Ignorance becomes a destructive heresy, obliterating the necessity of the Catholic Faith all over the world– page 114

1. St. Paul (p. 115), Fr. Francisco de Vitoria (p. 115), St. Augustine and St. Prosper (p. 116) against Invincible Ignorance

• Other Popes and Saints against Invincible Ignorance– page 117

1. Pope Benedict XIV, Pope St. Pius X, Pope Paul III, Pope Gregory the Great, Fr. De Smet, Pope Pelagius I, etc. against Invincible Ignorance

• Sacred Scripture against Invincible Ignorance, and evidence of the Immediate Dissemination of the Gospel throughout the whole world– page 121

1. St. Justin Martyr, Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul’s epistles, St. Irenaeus, St. Clement, Tertullian, etc. on the immediate dissemination of the Gospel 2. Acts 2:47: the Lord added daily to the Church such as should be saved (p. 125) 3. Early evidence in China and North and South America

• Salvation for the “Invincibly Ignorant” reduced to its absurd principle – page 128

• Jesus Christ against Invincible Ignorance– page 129

– The “Private Interpretation” Objection– page 131

17. Some Other Objections – page 134

• The Catechism of the Council of Trent– page 134

• Sess. 7, Can. 4 on the Sacraments– Actually refutes baptism of desire as can be seen when it is compared with similar dogmatic canons – page 139

• Pope Innocent II– page 144

• Pope Innocent III– page 146

• St. Alphonsus Liguori– page 148

• Trent’s Teaching on the Necessity of Penance vs. its Teaching on the Necessity of Baptism– page 155

• The Argument From Silence– page 158

• The 1917 Code– page 159

• The Argument that Baptism is impossible for some to receive– page 163

• The Errors of Michael Du Bay– page 163

• How can baptism of desire be contrary to dogma when… – page 167

• Cornelius the Centurion– page 169

• The Good Thief and the Holy Innocents– page 170

• The “You Can’t Judge” Heresy– page 171

• The “Objective-Subjective” Heresy– page 172

• The “Within but not a Member” objection of Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton – page 174

• Bayside, Medjugorje and Other False Apparitions– page 176

• The Brown Scapular– page 178

18. The Soul of the Church Heresy – page 179

19. Baptism of Desire vs. the Universal and Constant Teaching of Theologians – page 182

• Tuas Libenter and the so-called common consent of theologians– page 182 • The very theologians they bring forward disprove their position– page 188 • Theologians are unanimous that only the water baptized are part of the Church– page 190 • Theologians unanimously define the Catholic Church as a union of Sacraments– page 193 • Universal Tradition on Baptism affirmed even by modern heretical catechisms– page 198 • The Baltimore Catechism – page 198-199 • The Catechism attributed to Pope St. Pius X– page 200

20. Exultate Deo Also Ends the Debate – page 202 21. The New Testament is Clear that the Sacrament of Baptism is Indispensable for Salvation– page 205

• The Great Commission: Matthew 28 and Mark 16– page 205 • Romans 5 and 6– page 206 • 1 Corinthians 12:13– page 207 • Galatians 3 – Faith is Baptism– page 208 • Titus 3:5 – Baptism Saves Us– page 210 • Ephesians 4:5– page 211 • Acts 2 and the First Papal Sermon– page 212 • Acts 16 – The jailer and his entire house are baptized immediately – page 213 • 1 Peter 3:20-21 – Water Baptism and the Ark– page 213

22. Other Scriptural Considerations – page 215

• The Baptism of God– page 215John 3:5 vs. John 6:54– page 216

23. All True Justice and the Causes of Justification – page 216

•All true justice meets up with the sacraments– page 216 •The instrumental and the efficient causes of Justification– page 217 •Catholics must believe and profess that the Sacramental System as a whole is necessary for salvation (de fide) – page 219

25. St. Isaac Jogues and St. Francis Xavier Against Invincible Ignorance and on the Necessity of Baptism – page 220

26. The Case of Father Feeney – page 232

27. Protocol 122/49 (Suprema haec sacra)– page 235

28. Heresy Before Vatican II – page 245

29. Mystici Corporis – page 250

30. Pope Pius XII, Father Feeney and the Dogma – page 254

31. The Verdict is in: Boston Leads the Way in a Massive Priestly Scandal that Rocks the Nation– page 261

32. The Heretics Testify– page 268

33. A Note to Those Who Believe in Baptism of Desire – page 273

34. The Degenerate Result of Heresy against this Dogma– page 276

35. Recent Attacks – page 281

• The Errors of the Current St. Benedict Center– page 281 •The Society of St. Pius X– page 287 (Against the Heresies – p. 287; Open Letter to Confused Catholics – p. 289; Time Bombs of the Second Vatican Council –page 290; Bishop Fellay says Hindus can be saved – page 290; Baptism of Desire – p. 291; Is Feeneyism Catholic? – p. 295) • The Society of St. Pius V– page 304 •The CMRI and other priests– page 309

36. Conclusion – page 314 Appendix– • The Form of Baptism – page 317 • The Profession of Faith for converts to the Catholic Faith – page 318 • The Apostles’ Creed – page 320 Endnotes– page 320