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St. Augustine On Those Predestined To Life
MHFM: Today is the feast of St. Augustine, whose various battles against heretics and theological writings profoundly influenced the Church. St. Augustine is frequently cited by those who believe in ‘baptism of desire’ because in a few statements he expressed the view that an unbaptized catechumen could be saved. But he also opposed that idea, and his final position (during his anti-Pelagian period) was that there is no such thing as ‘baptism of desire’ and that all the elect must receive the Sacrament of Baptism. Even the liberal Karl Rahner admitted the following:
St. Augustine, Against Julian, Book 5, Chap. 4: “Of the number of the elect and predestined, even those who have led the very worst kind of life are led to repentance through the goodness of God… Not one of them perishes, regardless of his age at death; never be it said that a man predestined to life would be permitted to end his life without the sacrament of the Mediator [Baptism]. Because of these men, our Lord says: ‘This is the will of him who sent me, the Father, that I should lose nothing of what he has given me.’”
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