I cannot agree that it has always been taught. I can see where the Sacrament has always been taught - if not with the actual Baptism with Water of Our Lord Himself, then by His command before he Ascended into heaven. But BOD, unlike the Sacrament, has no Scriptural basis - quite the opposite actually.
It is not for you to decide if it was always taught, you are a laymen, the teaching is actually in the canons of trent aswell.
Can. 4. If anyone shall say that the sacraments of the New Law are not necessary for salvation, but are superfluous, and that although all are not necessary for every individual, without them
or without the desire for them through faith alone men obtain from God the grace of justification; let him be anathema (On the Sacraments in General, Dz. 847, emphasis added).
That is from the Extraordinary Magisterium, as for the Ordinary Magisterium I can personally can trace it back from the Catechism of Trent which was taught to all Priests from Trent to V2, before Trent, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, and more. The Earliest I can trace it back to is the year 392 where Saint Ambrose, he writes:
"But I hear that you mourn, because he did not receive the sacrament of baptism ... Does he not have the grace that he desired; does he not have what he asked for? Certainly what he asked for, he received. And hence it says ‘But the just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest’’ [Wis. 4:7] (PL 16, 1374).
This is in relation to the Emperor Valentinian II who had asked St. Ambrose to Baptise him and was murdered before St. Ambrose got there.
Or lets read St. Robert Bellermine:
"Perfect conversion and penitence is rightly called baptism of desire, and in necessity at least, it supplies for the baptism of water. It is to be noted that any conversion whatsoever cannot be called baptism of desire; but only perfect conversion, which includes true contrition and charity, and at the same time a desire or vowed intention of baptism" (De Sacramento Baptismi, Liber I cap. VI).
Some notables who taught it either contradicted it in their other teachings as was the case with St. Alphonsus and St. Thomas - or retracted the teaching all together as was the case with St. Augustine.
I note you cited no sources, either way, It was taught by Popes, Theologians and has always been taught by the Church, it is a Dogma. To deny it is to be a heretic.
At any rate, one cannot rely exclusively on the catechisms for the simple reason that they are constantly being revised, updated and changed. Even the Catechism of St. Pius V (I think that's the one) discloses in it's opening pages that catechisms are certainly not infallible and are subject to error.
The Cathechism of Trent is not Constantly being revised it was and is THE Catechism since Trent. BTW the Catechism of Trent IS the Catechism of St. Pius V.
IMO, saying BOD is dogma because many have taught it is pretty much the same as saying the NO is fine because the magisterium promulgated it. IOW, that is not sound reasoning when BOD contradicts defined Dogma which states the Sacrament is necessary.
This statement is false on so many levels, it is outright lie. the Novus Ordo is a novelty, BOD is a dogma of the Church taught for all time, error cannot be taught for all time. I quoted the Canon and it states Desire can substitute if neccesary.
Do not listen to Feeney, do not listen to the Dimonds, they will lead you to a deep pit of fire.
For more Reading,
http://www.sspx.org/miscellaneous/feeneyism/three_baptisms.htmhttp://www.sspx.org/miscellaneous/feeneyism/three_errors_of_feeneyites.htm