on their act of faith nor on their state of faith. For the time being faith with all that it implies has passed out of their direct consciousness. They may even be in a condition of coma, not being able to reflect on spiritual things at all; or they may be in a state of trial (in statu tentationis), when they believe themselves to be without faith because they have lost the sense, or feeling, of faith (sensus fidei). In all such cases saving faith truly exists, though the believer is not conscious