Has the Church stated any advantages or reasoning or prompting to re-formulating positively the Catholic Church's salvation doctrine?
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The Church in [Catechism of the Catholic Church: **"Outside the Church there is no salvation"**](http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P29.HTM) , 846, has re-formulated positively "Outside the Church there is no salvation", often repeated by the Church Fathers to mean **that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is his Body**.
Looking at St. Vincent of Lerins' description for what is truly and properly 'Catholic', in [The "Vincentian Canon", AD 434](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/434lerins-canon.asp) (3) **"Now in the Catholic Church itself we take the greatest care to hold that which has been believed everywhere, always and by all."**, it would appear that the Church would be very hesitant and reluctant to re-formulate any of its doctrines especially when it **was often repeated by the Church Fathers**.
The question is what has the Church stated as the advantages or reasoning or prompting to the re-formulation?
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Jul 11, 2014, 08:15 PM
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