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ENCYCLICAL-GLANCE Nov-30-2007 (260 words) xxxi
'Spe Salvi' at a glance
By John Thavis
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here at a glance are the main points of Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical, "Spe Salvi" (on Christian hope), released Nov. 30:
-- Jesus Christ brought humanity the gift of a "trustworthy hope" in salvation and eternal life, a hope that is directly connected with faith.
-- In the contemporary world, however, religious faith has been replaced with faith in progress and technology, provoking a "crisis of Christian hope."
-- Ideologies like Marxism tried to do without religion and create a perfect society through political structures. Instead, this led to the "greatest forms of cruelty," proving that "a world which has to create its own justice is a world without hope."
-- Some have placed their hope in the mistaken belief that man could be redeemed through science -- but science can destroy the world unless it is guided by religious values.
-- Experience shows that anyone who does not know God "is ultimately without hope," the great hope that sustains life.
-- Christianity cannot limit its attention to the individual and his salvation; Christianity's transforming role includes the wider society.
-- Prayer is an effective "school of hope," as demonstrated by the saints through the centuries. Prayer should not isolate Christians, but make them more responsive to others.
-- Suffering cannot be eliminated in this world but can be transformed by Christian hope. The measure of humanity, for individuals and society, lies in compassion for the suffering.
-- The prospect of divine judgment also offers hope, because it promises God's grace and justice.
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