Yes, even Xavier cited a source which stated that those who despise the Sacrament cannot receive BoD. But many if not most BoDers would not exclude even these from the possibility of receiving BoD.
But what about those who simply don't have faith in it?
I'm asking for a BoDer to explain the metaphysical operation of a Sacrament through space and time to act on someone who's not even aware of its existence and doesn't believe in it.
It's very much akin to Rahner's "αnσnymσus Christian" theory.
Yes indeed. We are all imbued with the supernatural existential, that uncreated grace that apparently draws us closer to God.
Everything needed for man to attain Heaven has been fulfilled through the Incarnation. For Rahner, the Passion, Death and Resurrection become nothing more than an aferthought.
What Rahner was trying to take the IDEA of a saviour, one who significant for salvation, and marry it with the concrete person who is Jesus Christ as revealed through Holy Writ and Tradition. He failed. Rahner's Christ is not THE CHRIST, when you get down to the dirty nitty gritty details.
We are all saved, whether we want to be or not, because God has irresistably willed it to be. There is no saying NO to God's grace in Rahner's thought.
I call this "damned to salvation."
Topic: Baptism of Desire Advocates: Is faith in the Sacrament required for BoD? (Read 9010 times)