Monday, November 14, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 199 - Part II.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) For all those who have received the Gospel and have heard
that Christ is “the way, and the truth, and the life” (Jn 14:6), Baptism is the
only way to God and salvation. At the same time, however, it is true that
Christ died for all mankind. Therefore all men who have had no opportunity to
learn about Christ and the faith but seek God sincerely and live according to their
conscience also find salvation (the so-called Baptism of desire).
A deepening through CCC
(CCC
1259) For catechumens who die before their
Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for
their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they were not able to
receive through the sacrament.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) God has made salvation
dependent on the sacraments. Therefore the Church must tirelessly offer them to
mankind. To give up her missionary work would be a betrayal of God’s
commission. God himself, however, is not dependent on his sacraments. In places
where the Church does not exist or has had no success—whether by her own fault
or for other reasons—God himself paves another way to salvation for the people.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC
1260) "Since
Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same
destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the
possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal
mystery" (GS 22 § 5; cf. LG 16; AG 7). Every man who is ignorant of the
Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of
God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be
supposed that such persons would have desired
Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity.
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