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+ JMJ What is the official position of the Church on the sacraments that normally require jurisdiction to be valid (ie Matrimony and Penance). Up to today - nothing. As of today - not what most people think ... "A final consideration concerns those faithful who for various reasons choose to attend churches officiated by priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X. This Jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one. From various quarters, several Brother Bishops have told me of their good faith and sacramental practice, combined however with an uneasy situation from the pastoral standpoint . I trust that in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion with the priests and superiors of the Fraternity. In the meantime, motivated by the need to respond to the good of these faithful, through my own disposition, I establish that those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconcilia...

+ JMJ Are the Dogmas of the Catholic Church important? Apparently not. At least not if it is a 'stumbling block' (read: Archbishop Bugnini) between our separated brethren (read: schismatic & orthodox). But I'm getting ahead of myself ...

+ JMJ While I've commented (as well as argued about) this point here and here , I believe the best point Mr. Jackson made is not what is written in the documents of Vatican II concerning the 'Same God' debate, but what is not written. P^3 Prayer Penance Patience Courtesy of The Remnant

As noted earlier, I am preparing a talk on the EENS dogma and as part of my research found the compendium copied below. It is useful to understand Baptism because it is linked with the baptism of desire and although not exactly applied equally to both the baptized non-Catholics and unbaptized provides some basis for understanding the EENS dogma.

I am preparing to give a talk on the dogma of the necessity of the Church for salvation. One point that I was researching was the background for the following condemned thesis from the Syllabus of Errors : 17. Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ. -- Encyclical "Quanto conficiamur," Aug. 10, 1863, etc.

Further information about the Church and its membership. A key topic today since there is a tendency to think that everyone is Catholic and ergo saved.

Membership of the Church In the Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, there is an excellent review of the Church Teaching providing more insight as to who is 'inside' and 'outside' the membership of the Church.  source