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Comments by Dr. Ralph Martin on Fr. Robert Barrons Review of Will Many Be Saved?
Quite a few people have asked for my comments on Fr. Barrons column on my book, Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization. I have shared these comments directly with Fr. Barron and we have agreed to discuss these issues more fully in the future. I am honored that Fr. Barron would pay attention to my book and appreciate the positive comments he made but I would like to offer a few reflections in response as well.
My main purpose in writing the book was to draw attention to the actual teaching of Lumen Gentium 16, both as to the possibility of being saved without hearing the Gospel with its precise requirements as contained in both the text of LG 16 and its footnote 2, and its estimation that very often these conditions arent fulfilled and therefore, for the sake of people in this situation of salvation, the Gospel must urgently be preached. I included the Rahner and Balthasar chapters because their impact has been such as to make it hard for people to give a hearing to the actual teaching of the Council.
Continued- Renewal Ministries » Blog Archive » Comments by Dr. Ralph Martin on Fr. Robert Barron’s Review of Will Many Be Saved?
Quite a few people have asked for my comments on Fr. Barrons column on my book, Will Many Be Saved? What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization. I have shared these comments directly with Fr. Barron and we have agreed to discuss these issues more fully in the future. I am honored that Fr. Barron would pay attention to my book and appreciate the positive comments he made but I would like to offer a few reflections in response as well.
My main purpose in writing the book was to draw attention to the actual teaching of Lumen Gentium 16, both as to the possibility of being saved without hearing the Gospel with its precise requirements as contained in both the text of LG 16 and its footnote 2, and its estimation that very often these conditions arent fulfilled and therefore, for the sake of people in this situation of salvation, the Gospel must urgently be preached. I included the Rahner and Balthasar chapters because their impact has been such as to make it hard for people to give a hearing to the actual teaching of the Council.
Continued- Renewal Ministries » Blog Archive » Comments by Dr. Ralph Martin on Fr. Robert Barron’s Review of Will Many Be Saved?
