question archive Baptism of Desire While the Church has always taught that baptism is necessary for salvation, that doesn't mean that only those who have been formally baptized can be saved
Baptism of Desire While the Church has always taught that baptism is necessary for salvation, that doesn't mean that only those who have been formally baptized can be saved
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- Baptism of Desire
While the Church has always taught that baptism is necessary for salvation, that doesn't mean that only those who have been formally baptized can be saved. From very early on, the Church recognized that there are two other types of baptism besides the baptism of water.
The baptism of desire applies both to those who, while wishing to be baptized, die before receiving the sacrament and "Those who, through no fault of their own, do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, but who nevertheless seek God with a sincere heart, and, moved by grace, try in their actions to do His will as they know it through the dictates of conscience" (Constitution on the Church, Second Vatican Council).
