You used the fact that he was not required to recant anything as evidence that he was not a heretic.
I pointed out that, since he was excommunicated for something other than heresy, there was no reason for a recantation of anything as a condition of the lifting of the excommunication.
Your response indicates that you read my question very carelessly.
First, you insisted that, since he was never excommunicated for heresy, he wasn’t a heretic. Then, you insisted that, since he was never required to recant anything, he was not a heretic. I asked, since he was not excommunicated for anything he taught, why would he be required to recant anything he had taught when the excommunication was lifted? Of course, there would be no reason for the Church to demand such a recantation.
And it remains true that the excommunication and the lifting of same have absolutely nothing to do with the real question: Was Feeney’s interpretation of “Extra ecclesiam...” heretical?
BTW: Anyone who thinks Feeney was not a heretic is a Feeneyite. There’s no way around it. If you think Luther was not a heretic, then you are a Lutheran. Etc.
The basic point is: You have repeatedly insisted that the excommunication and the lifting of the excommunication provide some kind of evidence one way or the other about whether Feeneyism is or is not a heresy.
They provide no such evidence. They were both administrative acts, motivated by all kinds of factors, having nothing whatever to do with the truth or falsity of Feeneyism.
Feeneyism is a heresy because it contradicts the teaching of the Catholic Church that only those who KNOW that the Catholic Church is the source of salvation and REFUSE to join, cannot be saved.
According to you he lived and died a heretic while still a Priest in good standing with the RCC.
Incidentally, the Saint Benedict Center is still going strong. Still teaching "No Salvation Outside The Catholic Church" as the Benedictine Order has taught since it's inception.
Father Leonard Feeney And the History of Saint Benedict Center
In 1972 all the apparent censures were lifted from Father Feeney, without his having to retract any of his teachings. Had he been, as some say, “condemned for his doctrine” he would have been required to repudiate his error. The reason for this is clearly stated by Pope Innocent I who taught that “Communion once broken off cannot be renewed until the persons concerned give proof that the reasons for which communion was broken off are no longer operative.”
Father Feeney’s legacy lives on. In the turbulent years following Vatican II, The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary retained their steadfast adherence to the traditions of the faith, in particular the Tridentine Latin Mass and the dogma “no salvation outside the Church.” Under Mary’s protection, the congregation was preserved from the devastation that has plagued the post-conciliar era.
Father Feeney "Heretic" (According to Arthur McGowan)
Oh yes! I am well aware this is a Feeney Apologist site. :-)