The natives who lived after Christ in the Americas before the Europeans came, and thus did not have the Catholic faith, were not saved. They could not be saved outside the Church. - Peter Dimond

• TheRomanRite 
  Wait, wait, wait..... If there is no salvation outside the Church, what about the Natives in the Americas that lived before the Europeans came?
  
  
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    vaticancatholic Mod TheRomanRite • 

    
    

    You say 'if'. Well, there's no 'if' about it. It's a dogma that must be accepted. It's part of Christ's revelation. The natives who lived after Christ in the Americas before the Europeans came, and thus did not have the Catholic faith, were not saved. They could not be saved outside the Church. They were left in ignorance for bad will. That's covered in our salvation book. One must accept, and truly believe, the dogma EENS without exception. Here are some quotes relevant to your question.
    Fr. Francisco de Vitoria, O.P., a famous 16th century Dominican theologian, summed up the traditional teaching of the Catholic Church on this topic very well. Here is how he put it:
    “When we postulate invincible ignorance on the subject of baptism or of the Christian faith, it does not follow that a person can be saved without baptism or the Christian faith. For the aborigines to whom no preaching of the faith or Christian religion has come will be damned for mortal sins or for idolatry, but not for the sin of unbelief. As St. Thomas says, however, if they do what in them lies [in their power], accompanied by a good life according to the law of nature, it is consistent with God’s providence that he will illuminate them regarding the name of Christ.” (citation in our salvation book)
    St. Augustine (426): “Consequently both those who have not heard the gospel and those who, having heard it, and having been changed for the better, did not receive perseverance… none of these are separated from that lump which is known to be damned, as all are going… into condemnation.” (citation in our salvation book)
    2 Corinthians 4:3:“And if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost, in whom the god of this world [Satan] hath blinded the minds of unbelievers, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine unto them.”
    Pope Eugene IV, Council of Florence, “Cantate Domino,” 1441, ex cathedra: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes and preaches that all those who are outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans but also Jews or heretics and schismatics, cannot share in eternal life and will go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless they are joined to the Church before the end of their lives; that the unity of this ecclesiastical body is of such importance that only for those who abide in it do the Church’s sacraments contribute to salvation and do fasts, almsgiving and other works of piety and practices of the Christian militia produce eternal rewards; and that nobody can be saved, no matter how much he has given away in alms and even if he has shed blood in the name of Christ, unless he has persevered in the bo
    som and unity of the Catholic Church.”
    
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    Outside the Catholic Church There is Absolutely No Salvation

    
    

    By Bro. Peter Dimond, O.S.B.
     https://www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com/catholicchurch/outside-the-church-there-is-no-salvation/?utm_source=WPc&utm_medium=EENS-grey&utm_campaign=WP#.XKtKbtbEU5k