Can Catholics Believe in the Essence and Energy Distinction?

An atheist does not have a conscious belief in god, he's not going to have explicit theological faith. Matthew olson says, would you elaborate on how an atheist could be saved? Well, he wouldn't have the theological virtue of faith in an explicit form. So you recognize god as the source of truth, and you're willing to accept what he says on that basis. And so i think it's going to depend on how precisely you're understanding the essence energy distinction.