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Re: R&R -- why don't you get behind Father Chazal's sede-impoundism?
« Reply #520 on: June 01, 2023, 11:13:38 AM »
Sometimes I wonder if Sean doesn't create a controversy and take a wrong position on purpose, so that the truth can be explained in detail.  Kind of like creating a Q&A for the benefit of this forum.  But then, Sean never admits he's wrong nor does he acknowledge any valid points made by others, so his faulty positions must be real.  :confused:
Spot on 😂 so much great stuff came out to refute Sean's nonsense.

The big irony is he's sulking about people not answering his questions to his satisfaction but he refuses to answer my yes or no question.

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Re: R&R -- why don't you get behind Father Chazal's sede-impoundism?
« Reply #521 on: June 01, 2023, 11:47:28 AM »
I just thought of an interesting example to prove my point. Do you believe that an atheist can be in a state of grace?
The answer is a resounding "no," the atheist cannot be in the state of grace, baptized or unbaptized.  The reason is simple:  Since the church has defined in the Syllabus and elsewhere that man, by his natural unaided reason, can know of the existence of God, any man who denies what his reason tells him is true, cannot be saved.  This whole idea that we have "good-willed" atheists running around is one of the rotten fruits of Liberalism.  I have encountered a good number of atheists in the college classrooms, but how can any of them claim blissful ignorance?  Especially when we cover St. Thomas' five proofs of the existence of God which is based solely on natural reason. 


Re: R&R -- why don't you get behind Father Chazal's sede-impoundism?
« Reply #522 on: June 01, 2023, 12:47:40 PM »
A limbo if the justified who died in the state of grace?

Yes, that unheard of novelty sounds exactly like something he would invent.

But I do thank you for conceding the argument that those who die invincibly ignorant in the state of grace are saved.
I am probably not going to read the entire thread, nor am I particularly interested in giving my own position. I’m just trying to clarify things.

the question of whether someone who is baptized by water in Protestantism or Eastern Orthodoxy can be saved despite being invincibly ignorant  of the truth of Catholicism is a completely different question, then the question of whether pagans or members of can be saved through invincible, ignorance, and implicit baptism of desire, which is a different question then explicit baptism of desire for catechumens, which is a different question then whether there are practically speaking any invincibly, ignorant people left in the age of globalism and the Internet

of these, I find the last question to be the most useless because it is basically guesswork about fact claims. I guess if we do acknowledge that invincible, ignorance exists, we could then debate whether it is strictly limited to those who have never heard the claim, or if it could also be applied to those who sincerely and genuinely without fault of their own, are not convinced of the truth value of the claims 

I could be wrong, but I do not actually think Ladislaus is going to say that a baptized Eastern Orthodox who has simply never heard of Roman Catholicism, and so believes he is in the Catholic Church of the creed, is damned.  I guess, maybe he might say he was damned after he comes to some positive conclusion that’s contrary to Catholic epistemology, but if say, he died at 10 years old before he thought about theology beyond the basics of the creed, which he received, because the church gave it to him, I would assume Ladislaus would say that that 10 year old would go to heaven. But logically this is a separate question, then whether an invincibly ignorant. , I would assume Ladislaus would say that that 10 year old would go to heaven. But logically this is a separate question then, whether an invincibly ignorant pagan can be saved via invincible ignorance and implicit BOD without having faith in the holy trinity

I find the arguments about who is right tire son, because the premises of discussion aren’t even agreed on


Re: R&R -- why don't you get behind Father Chazal's sede-impoundism?
« Reply #523 on: June 01, 2023, 01:28:42 PM »
I am probably not going to read the entire thread, nor am I particularly interested in giving my own position. I’m just trying to clarify things.

the question of whether someone who is baptized by water in Protestantism or Eastern Orthodoxy can be saved despite being invincibly ignorant  of the truth of Catholicism is a completely different question, then the question of whether pagans or members of can be saved through invincible, ignorance, and implicit baptism of desire, which is a different question then explicit baptism of desire for catechumens, which is a different question then whether there are practically speaking any invincibly, ignorant people left in the age of globalism and the Internet

of these, I find the last question to be the most useless because it is basically guesswork about fact claims. I guess if we do acknowledge that invincible, ignorance exists, we could then debate whether it is strictly limited to those who have never heard the claim, or if it could also be applied to those who sincerely and genuinely without fault of their own, are not convinced of the truth value of the claims

I could be wrong, but I do not actually think Ladislaus is going to say that a baptized Eastern Orthodox who has simply never heard of Roman Catholicism, and so believes he is in the Catholic Church of the creed, is damned.  I guess, maybe he might say he was damned after he comes to some positive conclusion that’s contrary to Catholic epistemology, but if say, he died at 10 years old before he thought about theology beyond the basics of the creed, which he received, because the church gave it to him, I would assume Ladislaus would say that that 10 year old would go to heaven. But logically this is a separate question, then whether an invincibly ignorant. , I would assume Ladislaus would say that that 10 year old would go to heaven. But logically this is a separate question then, whether an invincibly ignorant pagan can be saved via invincible ignorance and implicit BOD without having faith in the holy trinity

I find the arguments about who is right tire son, because the premises of discussion aren’t even agreed on
Great. I don't wanna hear the visibility objection to sedevacantism ever again from anyone who believes anything remotely like this. Anonymous Christians all around.

Re: R&R -- why don't you get behind Father Chazal's sede-impoundism?
« Reply #524 on: June 01, 2023, 01:32:40 PM »
The answer is a resounding "no," the atheist cannot be in the state of grace, baptized or unbaptized.  The reason is simple:  Since the church has defined in the Syllabus and elsewhere that man, by his natural unaided reason, can know of the existence of God, any man who denies what his reason tells him is true, cannot be saved.  This whole idea that we have "good-willed" atheists running around is one of the rotten fruits of Liberalism.  I have encountered a good number of atheists in the college classrooms, but how can any of them claim blissful ignorance?  Especially when we cover St. Thomas' five proofs of the existence of God which is based solely on natural reason.
I won't go in why I think it's relevant anyway but I was referring to the question about whether certain mysteries must be believed by a necessity of means.

Sean refuses to answer, presumably because he knows his options are to concede the whole debate or to get showered with quotes that demolish his claim.

This niche theological dispute is just a humongous diversion from the dogma of the necessity of the Catholic faith.