I’ve read Fr. Freeney’s book. I read it as a catechumen. It was very helpful to me in understanding why he was incorrect.
“You just declared a heresy (There *is* salvation outside the Church)and you don’t even know it. With every word that you type you pronounce your ignorance of the faith.”
I’m aware of the disagreement. I believe I stand on the side of the Pope and the Church in that she teaches salvation may be obtained outside of the Church as God is sovereign. He does not need the Church, anymore than he needs anything at all. He chose to found His Church. There is a difference between need and want. He wants all of us to come to him freely, but he does not need us in any way.
First off it's Fr. Feeney. Secondly, he's written many books. Thirdly, I have not quoted Fr. Feeney ONCE! He is a nobody in this discussion. The liberals and enemies (the enemies of those who believe in the traditional 1900 year old strict interpretation of EENS), use Fr. Feeney as a diversion, so that they don't have to address all the real inconsistencies in their fallible theories. The Fr. Feeney diversion, is a type of ad-hominem attack. AND by the way for the tenth time the followers of Fr. Feeney like the author of this thread, are in union with Rome. Rome does not consider them in error or heretics.