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# Will Many Be Saved?: What Vatican ll Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Scriptural and Sourceful
  

*by L***S on Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2012*

This book displays great resource as well as assent to the teaching of Scripture. Many since Vatican II have assumed that everyone (maybe minus persons like Hitler and Judas) will go to heaven--if someone died, now they are happy in heaven. Dr. Ralph Martin addresses this "false compassion" and compares it to what Scripture says: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." (Matt. 13:7 RSV). Also he mentions Lumen Gentium, 16 which clearly does not say that "all" will go to heaven but that there are requirements for salvation. God does not force anyone into heaven.Furthermore, Martin addresses Karl Rahner's and Hans Urs von Balthasar's theology which express it is likely that all will be saved. Though he realizes these are great theologians and have great works adding to the world of theology, in this particular area of thought they have drifted from Scripture and Catholic teaching. "Will Many Be Saved?..." is an excellent and well thought out book for the topic of salvation.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Something important
  

*by P***D on Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2018*

My bishop was talking about this book the day that Pope Francis was elected. Martin looks at paragraph 16 of LumenGentium, Vatican II's document on the Church, an eloquent passage that talks about the possibility of salvation fornon Catholics, including Christians, Jews, Muslims, and even those who don't know God. But the last part, describedas paragraph 16c, talks about how often those outside the Church are not innocent and have sinned and turned againstGod as described in chapters one, two and three of Romans. In order to be saved, they must not only observe the naturallaw but respond to the grace that God offers even though they don't know it's Christ. Otherwise we wouldfall into the heresy of Pelagianism. The third part of paragraph 16 has been neglected terribly.Since Vatican II, it has been assumed that almost everybody, if not everybody is saved, whether inside or outsidethe Church. This has taken away the sense of the Church's mission. Pope Paul VI in Evangelii Nuntiandi and PopeJohn Paul II in Redemptoris Missio made evangelization a priority for the Church, but this was still in the postVatican II climate where most Catholics assume that everybody is saved so there is little motivation to convertthe unbaptized. Two of the key thinkers since Vatican II have been Karl Rahner, with the theory of anonymousChristians, and Hans Urs von Balthasar, with his book Dare We Hope That  All Men Be Saved? While Balthasaravoided stating explicitly that everyone is saved, his work leans far in that direction, at times with sarcasm.He uses texts like "I will draw all men to myself" but neglects others like the sheep and the goats. Balthasarcritiques Rahner for neglecting the centrality of the cross but is even more vulnerable to the charge ofuniversalism.Martin comes to a bold conclusion that much of Vatican II has neglected the importance of hell and it hasimpeded the Church's mission. So one might expect the book to be traditionalist or "right wing" but he'sworking from within a Vatican II framework, specifically paragraph 16 of the constitution on the Church.He uses Lutheran exegetes like Kasemann, as well as mainstream historical critical Jesuits like Fitzmyerand Brendan Byrne in his analysis of the first three chapters of Romans. Martin looks at a broad spectrumof postconciliar Catholic theology to develop his thesis, including Richard McBrien and Francis Sullivan.Two Dominicans I knew from the Angelicum in Rome are the Polish Wojciech Giertych, whom Martinconsulted, and the Swiss Charles Morerod, whom he cites frequently. Archbishop Allen Vigneron wasthe president of the seminary in Detroit before he went to Oakland and then went back to Detroit asarchbishop. He brought a lot of impressive conservative scholars, including Martin, Janet Smith whowas recently cited by Archbishop Vigano, and Ed Peters who helped with the Latin translations. Many arelaypeople but also the priests. There's also a Fr. Francis Martin, with the same last name, who is frequentlycited in this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Best and only book refuting the universalism fad today!
  

*by J***Y on Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2019*

Great refutation of the universalism fad floating around in the Catholic sphere as of late. Ralph Martin has proven to be a very reliable and orthodox writer. He do ew a an excellent job in conveying the Catholic theology of salvation and why universalism ("all will be saved") is just not tenable for Catholics to hold too. Very good book.

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