From Summa Theologiae III, q. 64, a. 7
“God did not bind His power to the ministers of the Church so as to be unable to give angels power to administer the sacraments. And since good angels are messengers of truth; if any sacramental rite were performed by good angels, it should be considered valid, because it ought to be evident that this is being done by the will of God.”
De Veritate q. 14, a. 11, ad 1:
“Granted that everyone is bound to believe something explicitly, no untenable conclusion follows even if someone is brought up in the forest or among wild beasts. For it pertains to divine providence to furnish everyone with what is necessary for salvation, provided that on his part there is no hindrance.
Thus, if someone so brought up followed the direction of natural reason in seeking good and avoiding evil, we must most certainly hold that God would either reveal to him through internal inspiration what had to be believed, or would send some preacher of the faith to him as he sent Peter to Cornelius.”
"Baptism of desire" is a semantic confusion. Every single person who could be the subject of "baptism of desire" or a so-called "implicit faith" will simply 1)Get a revelation from God internally. 2)Get the true baptism from an angel.
This so-called "debate" is worthless.
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