Extra ecclesiam nulla salus est w oficjalnej nauce Kościoła katolickiego

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the principle „no salvation outside the Church”, history of interpretation, salvation, the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church, other religions

Abstrakt

The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) was the first ecumenical council in the history of the Catholic Church, which offered a positive way of looking at other religions as such, as reflected essentially in Nostra Aetate: Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. The radicalness of this change is demonstrated by the fact that the declaration is the only document of Vatican II, in which there are no references to the earlier teaching of the Church. Previously, the Magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church considered other religions as obstacles to salvation, which was related to a rigorist interpretation of the ancient axiom extra ecclesiam nulla salus est (no salvation outside the Church). In this regard, the post-conciliar Magisterium of the Church builds its teaching on the foundations of the doctrine of Vatican II. We can see a considerable evolution of the teaching: noticeably, it proceeds not just in one, but in many different – even very different – directions.

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2020-12-01