Pope St. Gregory the Great says: Persist in the true faith and ground your life on the rock of the Church, lest your many tears and good works avail you nothing, separated from the true faith. Works, however good they may seem, are nothing if separated from the solidarity of the faith. St. Nilus says: Wherefore, let us be fruitful, not in paganism, not in Judaism, not in any evil heresy, but in the House of the God; for ungodly men bring forth fruits in vain outside the Church. St. Fulgentius says: Assuredly, such people possess a certain kind of goodness; but, because it is not the product of faith in God nor love of God, it is not able to help them St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori says: To have merit, each act must not only be a natural work, but also a supernatural work; and this cannot be said of the infidel who, because he is without the faith, cannot perform supernatural good works. St. John Chrysostom says: Well should the pagan weep and lament who, not knowing God, goes straight to punishment when he dies! St. John Bosco says: If you die as an unbeliever, you will be damned and lost forever. Pope St. Gregory the Great says: We can no more pray for a deceased infidel than we can for the devil, since they are condemned to the same eternal and irrevocable damnation. Pope St. Pius X says: Those who die as infidels are damned. Who are infidels? Infidels are those who have not been baptized, and do not believe in Jesus Christ, because they either believe in and worship false gods as idolaters do, or though admitting one true God, they do not believe in the Messiah, neither as already come in the Person of Jesus Christ, nor as to come; for instance, Mohammedans and the like. St. Benedict Joseph Labre says: Is unbelief a mortal sin? Listen to Our Lord: If you do not believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins! (St. John 8:24)
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