"If anyone says that the sacraments of the New Law are not necessary for salvation, but are superfluous, and that without them or without the desire of them, men obtain from God through faith alone the grace of justification, though all are not necessary for each one, let him be anathema."
Source: Council of Trent, Session VII (March 3, 1547), Decree on the Sacraments, Canon 4 on the Sacraments in General.
St. Cyprian, Church Father (3rd Century): The Epistles of Cyprian, Epistle LXXII: "Let men of this kind, who are aiders and favourers of heretics, know therefore, first, that those catechumens hold the sound faith and truth of the Church, and advance from the divine camp to do battle with the devil, with a full and sincere acknowledgment of God the Father, and of Christ, and of the Holy Ghost; then, that they certainly are not deprived of the sacrament of baptism who are baptized with the most glorious and greatest baptism of blood".
I am not going to list every single quote, but you can find them here :
https://baptismofdesire.org/
Here again as regards Canon IV, BODers
"read meanings into words which the words they read do not say, while failing to advert to what the words do say." Consider that St. Alphonsus' commentary of Council of Trent, Session VII, Canon IV explains it perfectly:
"The heretics say that no sacrament is necessary, inasmuch as they hold that man is justified by faith alone, and that the sacraments only serve to excite and nourish this faith, which (as they say) can be equally excited and nourished by preaching. But this is certainly false, and is condemned in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth canons: for as we know from the Scriptures, some of the sacraments are necessary (
necessitate Medii) as a means without which salvation is impossible. Thus Baptism is necessary for all, Penance for them who have fallen into sin after Baptism, and the Eucharist is necessary for all at least in desire" [spiritual communion].
We also have Session VI, Chapter IV where Trent teaches that Justification cannot be effected without the laver of regeneration. This right here tells us that no sacrament = no justification.
Trent goes on to say that justification also cannot be effected without the desire for the laver of regeneration.
Which is saying both the sacrament and the desire for the sacrament are necessary for justification. Even if someone disagrees with this, they must admit that nowhere does Trent say the desire alone is all that is needed to be saved. Heck, Trent does not even say that about the actual sacrament.
The BOD website is a travesty which exemplifies what I have said a few times already as regards reading meanings into words that the words do not say.
Topic: Interpretation of Vatican II (Read 974 times)