"While we may never definitively know if Bobby Fischer [chess legend] officially became Catholic, he, at the very least, fit the bill for a baptism of desire. While God binds Himself to His sacraments, He is not bound by the sacraments, and He can confer salvation — by means understood by the Divine Mind alone — on those who, by no fault of their own, die without formal incorporation into the Church."
"The illustrious St. Thomas Aquinas himself tells us that 'when a man wishes to be baptized but by some ill chance he is forestalled by death before receiving baptism, [he] can obtain salvation without being actually baptized, on account of his desire.'"
"On Jan. 17, 2008, Fischer's mortal sojourn came to a halcyon end — in what was perhaps a godwink, he was 64 years old when he died, a year for every square on the chessboard."
Quotes from David Gordon • ChurchMilitant.com • July 23, 2021
"The illustrious St. Thomas Aquinas himself tells us that 'when a man wishes to be baptized but by some ill chance he is forestalled by death before receiving baptism, [he] can obtain salvation without being actually baptized, on account of his desire.'"
"On Jan. 17, 2008, Fischer's mortal sojourn came to a halcyon end — in what was perhaps a godwink, he was 64 years old when he died, a year for every square on the chessboard."
Quotes from David Gordon • ChurchMilitant.com • July 23, 2021
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