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 God creates  all  men  to  be  saved,  and  if  they  are  lost, they are,  God  permitting,  lost  through  their  own fault. Christ died  for  all  without  exception. Therefore, I say,  there  is  not  a  single  condition  of  life  in which  a  man,  if  he  wishes,  cannot  save  his  soul,  It is  possible  for  the  Indian,  Chinaman,  negro;  for  the infidel, the  heretic,  and  the  Protestant. Therefore, you say,  outside  the  Catholic  Church  there  is  salvation. No, for  if  these  poor  creatures  who  know  not, or are  mistaken  about,  God  and  His  true  Church,  so live  as  to  deserve  heaven,  they  are  really  members  of the  Catholic  Church. Again, let  me  explain. The Catholic Church  is  a  society,  and,  hence,  is  a  moral person. Now every  person  has  a  visible  body  and  an invisible  soul,  and  so,  too,  has  the  Church. Her body is made  up  of  the  Pope,  her  head;  the  bishops  and priests, the  tongue  and  hands  with  which  she preaches and  ministers;  and  the  great  throng  that profess Catholicity,  partake  of  her  sacraments  and are governed  by  her  ministers,  are  her  other  members. Now, these  members  are  of  two  kinds— either live members  or  dead  members. Strictly speaking, live members  are  Catholics  who  practise  their  religion, and  are  in  a  state  of  grace. They belong  to the  Church's  body,  and  are  vivified  by  her  soul,  and  if they  live  and  die  such,  they  will  be  saved. Dead members are  bad  Catholics,  paralyzed  by  sin,  hanging on  limply  to  the  body  of  the  Church,  but  not  receiving the  vivifying  influence  of  its  soul — and  if  they live so  and  die  so,  they  will  surely  be  lost. Others there are,  who  belong  only  to  the  invisible  soul  of  the