SUBSISTITThis file contains following documents:James O'Connell: The salvation of non-catholics, The Downside Review 72, N° 229 (July 1954) 256-63Alexis Bugnolo: On the History and Significance of "Subsistit in" in the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen GentiumPeter Knauer: Universalkirche, Einzelkirchen und Gesamtkirche, Orientierung 65 (2001) 3-6Frank Mobbs: L'unique véritable Église selon Vatican II (Homiletic and Pastoral Review, juillet 1985)Paul-Laurent Carle: Principes ecclésiologiques de l'oecuménisme à Vatican II, Divinitas 23 (1979) here: 174-9Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Responses to some questions regarding certain aspects of the doctrineon the Church (29.6.2007)Joseph Ratzinger: "Luther et l'unité des Eglises", Communio 9/2 (1984) 98-115, ici 1131. James O'Connell: The salvation of non-catholics, The Downside Review 72, N° 229 (July 1954) 256-63In considering the salvation of non-Catholics one must start from 2 established truths. The first is that they can besaved; and this means that they can obtain sanctifying grace.1 The second is - to keep to the essential phrase forthe moment extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. Right from the start we can draw some conclusions from these truths. Ifnon-Catholics can be saved, they must have some connexion with Christ; only through Christ can a man be saved.But it follows that if a man is connected in some way with Christ, he is also connected with the Church. Christcannot be envisaged without the Church: Christ and the Church are so much one as to form together the WholeChrist.The general truths that have been stated in the first 2 paragraphs can be developed along the following lines. Westart by showing that all mankind is the mystical body of Christ; after that we shall see that those men who arebaptized believers and who adhere to the Vicar of Christ form a closer mystical union with Christ than doesmankind in general; this means that the Church is the mystical body of Christ in the strict sense. But because of...