Quote from Ladislaus
Ladislaus, I am reading your post. I have not read the whole thing yet.
I don't believe that any Catholic believes that. BoD happens with a person who has a sincere desire to become Catholic. Baptism is just the last step to make it official. What you just said above is like saying these Catholic priests think a Hindu can be saved without showing any desire for Catholicism and you know that is not what they meant.
No, Catholics actually do believe that. They regularly apply "implicit" BOD, or even saying following just the Natural Law suffices, to non-Catholics who do not know of the Faith or the Church. They say Hindus, Muslims, Jews, ect. can be saved while being Hindus, Muslims, etc...that they can be saved
in those false religions. Not saved
by them, but saved
by the Church..but not
in the Church. Quotes of Trad clerics saying things like this have been provided ad nauseam over the years...