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 from a kind of conscience, in another life receive faith and acknowledge the Lord more easily than they who are within the church and have not lived in such charity; also that Christians are in a false principle in supposing that they alone have heaven, because they have the book of the Word written on paper but not in their hearts; and that they know the Lord, and yet do not believe Him Divine as to his Human, yea, acknowledge Him only as a common man as to his other essence which they call the human nature; and on this account when they are left to themselves and their knowledges, do not even adore Him; and therefore they are the people who are out of the Lord, for whom there is no salvation."—A. C. n. 4190.

"All the good of charity even among the Gentiles, is seed from the Lord; for although they have not the good of faith as those within the Church (where the Word is) may have, yet they are nevertheless capable of receiving it. Such Gentiles as have lived in charity in the world, as they are wont to do, embrace and receive the true faith or the faith of charity, much more readily than Christians, when they are instructed therein by angels in another life."—Ibid. n. 932. See also n. 1032, 9256; A. E. n. 1180; D. P. 330.

It is as true of Pagan as of Christian nations, that they have more truth than they are careful to obey. In every nation upon earth men's beliefs are better than their practice. The religious code of Pagans as well as of Christians is far better than the general character of the people. He who walks according to the light vouchsafed him, does all that the Lord requires of him. No one can be held accountable for disobeying truth of which he is ignorant, especially if his ignorance be no fault of his. Therefore a wrong which a man does