Will many be saved?
Subtitle: what Vatican II actually teaches and its implications for the new evangelization
By: Ralph Martin
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780802868879
Subjects: Doctrines; Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965); Salvation; Catholic Church
Description: "The question of whether and how people who have not had the chance to hear the gospel can be saved goes back to the beginnings of Christian reflection. It has also become a much-debated topic in current theology. In Will Many Be Saved? Ralph Martin focuses primarily on the history of debate and the development of responses to this question within the Roman Catholic Church, but much of Martin's discussion is also relevant to the wider debate happening in many churches around the world. In particular, Martin analyzes the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, the document from the Second Vatican Council that directly relates to this question. Contrary to popular opinion, Martin argues that according to this text, the conditions under which people who have not heard the gospel can be saved are very often, in fact, not fulfilled, with strong implications for evangelization." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Vatican II and the priority of evangelization; title: Lumen gentium 16: initial observations; title: Lumen gentium 16: the doctrinal development; title: Scriptural foundations of lumen gentium 16; title: Rahner and anonymous Christians; title: Balthasar: dare we hope that all be saved; title: Pastoral strategy of Vatican II: time for an adjustment; title: Lumen gentium 16; title: Relatio on lg 16; title: Balthasar's criticism of Rahner.