--- title: "Spe Salvi — Benedict XVI" description: "Spe Salvi — Encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI (2007). A A A PDF generation in progress..... 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AR - BE - DE - EN - ES - FR - HU - IT - LA - NL - PL - PT - RU - VI - ZH ENCYCLICAL LETTER SPE SALVI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS… Sample ## Take a look inside A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - BE - DE - EN - ES - FR - HU - IT - LA - NL - PL - PT - RU - VI - ZH ENCYCLICAL LETTER SPE SALVI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL ON CHRISTIAN HOPE Introduction 1. “SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in hope we were saved, says Saint Paul to the Romans, and likewise to us (Rom 8:24). According to the Christian faith, “redemption”—salvation—is not simply a given. Redemption is offered to us in the sense that we have been given hope, trustworthy hope, by virtue of which we can face our present: the present, even if it is arduous, can be lived and accepted if it leads towards a goal, if we can be sure of this goal, and if this goal is great enough to justify the effort of the journey. Now the question immediately arises: what sort of hope could ever justify the statement that, on the basis of that hope and simply because it exists, we are redeemed? And what sort of certainty is involved here? Faith is Hope 2. Before turning our attention to these timely questions, we must listen a little more closely to the Bible's testimony on hope. “Hope”, in fact, is a key word in Biblical faith—so much so that in several passages the words “faith” and “hope” seem interchangeable. Thus the Letter to the Hebrews closely links the “fullness of faith” (10:22) to “the confession of our hope without wavering” (10:23). Likewise, when the First Letter of Peter exhorts Christians to be always ready to give an answer concerning the logos—the meaning and the reason—of their hope (cf. 3:15), “hope” is equivalent to… [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fbenedict-xvi%2Fworks%2Fspe-salvi) The sample continues in the full work. [ #encyclical ](/search?query=encyclical) [ #catholic ](/search?query=catholic) [ #theology ](/search?query=theology) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fbenedict-xvi%2Fworks%2Fspe-salvi) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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