Salvation Outside the Church Tracing the History of the Catholic Response
Sullivan, Francis A.
Salvation Outside the Church Tracing the History of the Catholic Response Francis A. Sullivan - U.S.A Paulist Press 1992 - 224tr. Paperback 23 cm
Is it really a dogma of Catholic faith that there is no salvation outside the church? Can the optimism of Vatican II about the universal possibility of salvation be defended as an example of homogeneous development of doctrine? Or would it be more honest to say that the Catholic Church has recognized that its previous teaching was mistaken? The author is convinced that the only way to answer such questions is by a thorough study of the history of Christian thought about the salvation of those ""outside the church"" Rev. Sullivan makes this historical study a lively reading experience while drawing conclusions that will impact ecumenical thinking for years to come.
0809133040
Salvation outside the church
Catholic Church Doctrines
234 / S949-F82
Salvation Outside the Church Tracing the History of the Catholic Response Francis A. Sullivan - U.S.A Paulist Press 1992 - 224tr. Paperback 23 cm
Is it really a dogma of Catholic faith that there is no salvation outside the church? Can the optimism of Vatican II about the universal possibility of salvation be defended as an example of homogeneous development of doctrine? Or would it be more honest to say that the Catholic Church has recognized that its previous teaching was mistaken? The author is convinced that the only way to answer such questions is by a thorough study of the history of Christian thought about the salvation of those ""outside the church"" Rev. Sullivan makes this historical study a lively reading experience while drawing conclusions that will impact ecumenical thinking for years to come.
0809133040
Salvation outside the church
Catholic Church Doctrines
234 / S949-F82