In Hope We Were Saved

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Encyclical Letter SPE SALVI of Benedict XVI ISBN 9966-08-294-8; 64 pages; publication 2007 Read more

"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 these 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, 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? 
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