Leonard Feeney

Father Leonard Feeney (b. Lynn, Massachusetts 1897-02-18 - d. Ayer, Massachusetts 1978-01-30 )cite web |url=http://www.catholicism.org/latter-athanasius.html |title=A Latter-Day Athanasius: Father Leonard Feeney |accessdate=2008-06-22 |first=John |last=Neumann |publisher=Crusade of Saint Benedict Center, Richmond |xx= |xx= |xx= ] was a U.S. Jesuit priest who defended the strict interpretation of the Roman Catholic doctrine, "extra Ecclesiam nulla salus" ("outside The Church there is no salvation"), arguing that baptism of blood and baptism of desire are unavailing and that all non-Catholics therefore will not be saved. He fought against what he perceived to be the liberalization of Catholic doctrine.

Feeney was excommunicated in 1953 during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, for refusing to submit to ecclesiastical authority. He set up a community called the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.] ] He was reconciled to the Church in 1972, but due to advanced age and ill health and was not required to retract nor recant his interpretation of "extra Ecclesiam nulla salus", which is inscribed on his tombstone.

ee also

*Feeneyism, a pejorative name for Feeney's theology
*Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the community he founded

References

External links

* [http://www.catholicism.org/ Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, New Hampshire]
** [http://www.catholicism.org/father-feeney.html The Founder of Our Congregation and Our Crusade]
* [http://www.abbey.org St Benedict Abbey in Still River, Massachusetts]
* [http://www.saintbenedict.com Saint Benedict Center in Still River, Massachusetts]