Charles, you make a an excellent point. Many in this Forum claim to be "Traditional Catholics" while at the same time rejecting a strict understanding of EENS and also rejecting the necessity of Water Baptism as the only means to become a member within God's Church.
So it makes one wonder,... since these so called self proclaimed "Traditional Catholics" agree with the Novus Ordo Modernism(ie- Baptism of Desire), then what exactly makes them think they are "Traditional Catholics"?
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I agree with your understanding of EENS, but I just popped back in here and posted on a whim after seeing Mathew's poem.
I see the other thread now ... obviously you've been busy there lol.
My question wasn't to find fault in a stance by a forum member. I'm just trying to figure out why a strict interpretation of EENS, sans loopholes, is incorrect. And isn't the interpretation of EENS itself the basis to reject false ecuмenism ?
Doesn't all our ammo against false ecuмenism find EENS at face value as the source ? Feeney style, sans the loopholes and claims of ignorance ?
That's what I'm getting at, but if it's a distorted view, I'm all ears.