184. Who is being regenerated? A man cannot be regenerated before he has been instructed in the truths of faith and in the goods of charity, nos. 677, 679, 711, 8635, 8638-8640, 10729. Those who are only in truths, and not in good, cannot be regenerated, nos. 6567, 8725. No one is being regenerated unless he is possessed of charity, no. 989. Only those can be regenerated who have conscience, nos. 2689, 5470. Every one is regenerated according to his faculty of receiving the good of love to the Lord, and of charity towards the neighbour, through the truths of faith from the doctrine of the Church, which is drawn out of the Word, nos. 2967, 2975. Who else can be regenerated, and who cannot, no. 2689. Those who live a life of faith and charity, and are not being regenerated in the world, are regenerated in the other life, nos. 989, 2490.