No knowledge of God

[ninecats]

what has happened or will happen to all those who have had no knowledge at all of God. People in the past who live good lives, but just have no concept of a God.

 

[MT1926]

Luke 12:48 Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.

From a good article on the subject…

We don’t know what God will do for those outside the Church, so it’s best not to presume to judge. We can only hope and pray that God will have mercy on them. That’s why I said that the Catholic Church’s position on this matter is not contradictory. On the one hand, we know that the usual and expected means of salvation is being united with Christ (cf. Rom. 6:1–5), but we also know from the Bible that “the Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love” (Ps. 103:8). We hope that those who, through no fault of their own, never know the gospel in a conscious way may be united to Christ in a way known only to God. We believe that God is sovereign and loving. He will judge people according to their knowledge. If they live in a way that accords with their best knowledge of God, we trust that he will be merciful to them.

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/can-non-christians-be-saved

Here’s another…

Who Can Be Saved? | Catholic Answers Magazine

I would look up St. Josephine Bakhita she is a perfect example of this. Even before she knew God she would say…

She bore her suffering valiantly though she did not know Christ or the redemptive nature of suffering. She also had a certain awe for the world and its creator. “Seeing the sun, the moon and the stars, I said to myself: ‘Who could be the Master of these beautiful things?’ And I felt a great desire to see Him, to know Him and to pay Him homage.”

This is from this article…

St. Josephine Bakhita

Even though she had no knowledge of God she knew in her heart that there was a Master of all things.

Hope these help,

God Bless

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

We commend them to the mercy of God, who loves them more than we do

 

[Genesis315]

Faith is necessary for salvation:

From the Catechism:

161 Believing in Jesus Christ and in the One who sent him for our salvation is necessary for obtaining that salvation.42 "Since “without faith it is impossible to please [God]” and to attain to the fellowship of his sons, therefore without faith no one has ever attained justification, nor will anyone obtain eternal life ‘But he who endures to the end.’"43

And we must of course first believe God exists before we can put our faith in Him:

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.[a]

However, for someone living a truly good life with an upright conscience, God will lead them to that necessary faith (even in ways known only to Himself or if only at the 11th hour, as we see in the parable of the workers in the vinyard.)

Here’s how Pope Francis put it:

Lumen Fidei 35:

Because faith is a way, it also has to do with the lives of those men and women who, though not believers, nonetheless desire to believe and continue to seek. To the extent that they are sincerely open to love and set out with whatever light they can find, they are already, even without knowing it, on the path leading to faith…Any-one who sets off on the path of doing good to others is already drawing near to God, is already sustained by his help, for it is characteristic of the divine light to brighten our eyes whenever we walk towards the fullness of love.

 

[Lee1]

As is often said, God knows their hearts, is loving and merciful and desires to save as many souls as possible. Therefore in God we must trust.

 

[Dan_Defender]

Natural law is written in every heart. If they live good moral lives, their faith is intuitive.