CCLXIV. Corollary LX

COROLLARY LX.

For knowing and estimating the amplitude of that redemption of which Christ was the cause, the fourth among those propositions which Alexander VIII condemned in the year 1690 contributes not a little—

—and which is read as formulated in these words: “He delivered himself for us as an oblation to God, not for the elect alone, but for all and only the faithful.” Do you see the amplitude of redemption extended? Do you see it amplified not to the elect alone, but to all and only the faithful? And nevertheless, this very thing is proscribed and, having been proscribed, is condemned. But why indeed? Because Alexander did not fail to know what we have proved by infinite testimonies¹: 1) that the economy of redemption is overturned unless redemption is judged altogether universal; 2) that Christian tradition is attacked if limits are fixed for redemption; and 3) that the Catholic interpretation of the Scriptures is corrupted unless the oracles which pertain to the compass of redemption are employed universally and generally.