1. The gift of salvation cannot be limited to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church.

2. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.

3. Above all, the state of grace is absolutely necessary at the moment of death; without it, salvation and supernatural happiness — the beatific vision of God — are impossible.

4. An act of love is sufficient for the adult to obtain sanctifying grace and to supply the lack of baptism. The absence of Baptism can be supplied by martyrdom, which is called Baptism of Blood, or by an act of perfect love of God, or of contrition, along with the desire, at least implicit, of Baptism, and this is called Baptism of Desire.

5. In order to take effect, saving grace requires acceptance, cooperation, a “yes” to the divine gift. This acceptance is, at least implicitly, oriented to Christ and the Church.

6. Belonging to the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, however implicitly and indeed mysteriously, is an essential condition for salvation.

7. It is a mysterious relationship; it is mysterious for those who receive the grace, because they do not know the Church and sometimes even outwardly reject her.