Spe salvi

by Pope Benedict XVI

Publisher:

Libreria Editrice Vaticana

, 2007

Overview

Pope Benedict XVI promulgated Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope) in 2007. The encyclical is a exploration of the theological virtue of hope and its relationship to redemption. The pontiff explains that the hope offered by Christ is not that of political liberation or economic abundance, but is rather of an encounter with the living God that surpasses all socio-political considerations. The letter is divided into eight sections: "Faith is Hope," "The Concept of Faith-Based Hope in the New Testament and the Early Church," "Eternal Life—What Is It?," "Is Christian Hope Individualistic?," "The Transformation of Christian Faith-Hope in the Modern Age," "The True Shape of Christian Hope," "'Settings' for Learning and Practicing Hope," and "Mary, Star of Hope."

Contents

Top Highlights

“If technical progress is not matched by corresponding progress in man’s ethical formation, in man’s inner growth (cf. Eph 3:16; 2 Cor 4:16), then it is not progress at all, but a threat for man and for the world.” (source)

“It is not science that redeems man: man is redeemed by love” (source)

“ultimately we want only one thing—’the blessed life’, the life which is simply life, simply ‘happiness’” (source)

“Now, this ‘redemption’, the restoration of the lost ‘Paradise’ is no longer expected from faith, but from the newly discovered link between science and praxis.” (source)

“‘I am definitively loved and whatever happens to me—I am awaited by this Love. And so my life is good” (source)

Product Details

• Title: Spe salvi
• Author: Pope Benedict XVI
• Series: The Papal Encyclicals of Benedict XVI in English
• Publisher: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
• Print Publication Date: 2007
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Hope › Religious aspects--Christianity; Catholic Church › Doctrines
• Resource ID: LLS:SPESALVI
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:55:15Z

About Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI was the 265th pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. A native of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship.