Spe Salvi

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Spe Salvi is an encyclical letter by Pope Benedict XVI that reflects on the Christian understanding of hope in the modern world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf encyclical letter
papal encyclical
author Pope Benedict XVI
belongsToSeries social teaching of the Catholic Church
biblicalInspiration Romans 8:24
documentType doctrinal letter
social encyclical
focus Christian understanding of hope in the modern world
intendedAudience all people of good will
bishops
clergy
lay faithful
issuedFrom Vatican City
language Latin
magisterialStatus ordinary papal magisterium
mentionsFigure Francis Bacon
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Immanuel Kant
Karl Marx
Maximilian Kolbe
Augustine of Hippo
surface form: Saint Augustine

Saint Josephine Bakhita
Saint Paul
officialPublisher Vatican Publishing House
surface form: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
openingWords Spe salvi facti sumus
papacyOfAuthor Pope Benedict XVI
surface form: Benedict XVI
pontificateNumberForAuthor second encyclical of Benedict XVI
predecessorDocument Deus Caritas Est
promulgatedBy Pope Benedict XVI
promulgationDate 2007-11-30
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
subject Christian hope
eschatology
faith and reason
judgment and justice
modernity
prayer
salvation
suffering
successorDocument Caritas in veritate
surface form: Caritas in Veritate
theme Christian response to suffering
critique of secular notions of progress
final judgment as hope for justice
hope as linked to faith in Christ
relationship between personal and communal salvation
role of prayer in sustaining hope
theological virtue of hope
titleLanguage Latin
titleMeaningInEnglish Saved in Hope
year 2007

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