Baptism of Desire: Avoiding the Red Herrings on a Nearby Thread

[Parmandur]

Ok, I really don't know which side to take, but I just wanted to ask: was St. Alphonsus Liguori a heretic for advocating Baptism of Desire, even in the case of implicit desire?

By logical implication, yes.  As were St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, St. Pius V, Bl. Pius IX and St. Pius X.  If BoD is an error, the entire Church has been in abject heresy, forever.  It is ludicrous.