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Pope Pelagius II ( 578-590 ): " Consider the fact that whoever has not been in the peace and unity of the Church cannot have the Lord … Although given over to flames and fires, they burn, or, thrown to wild beasts, they lay down their lives, there will not be ( for them ) that crown of faith but the punishment of faithlessness … Such a one can be slain, he cannot be crowned … slain outside the Church, he cannot attain the rewards of the Church " ( Denzinger, 469 ).
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