Declaration Dominus Iesus by Libreria Editrice Vaticana

Author:Libreria Editrice Vaticana [Vaticana, Libreria Editrice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB
Published: 2012-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

Various theological questions are closely connected to the unicity of the economy of salvation, which is centered on the incarnation. First of all, the universal mediation of Jesus, to which the Declaration Dominus Iesus dedicates an entire chapter. But on the other hand, it is only if we affirm this single economy that we can consider all people as called to one and the same salvation. Different paths, in this case, could only lead to different destinations, because there is an intimate connection between the mediator of salvation and salvation itself. In the New Testament, this is contemplated as participation in the life of Jesus, and concretely in the life of his glorified humanity (among many other texts, see Lk 23:43; Jn 14:1-3, 17:24-26; Rom 8:17, 29; 1 Cor 15:45-49; Eph 1:3-14, 2, 6; Phil 1:23; Col 3:1-4). Only because Christ died and rose for us, and through the action of his Spirit, can we arrive at full conformation to him. And at the same time, it is only with the mediation of Jesus Christ that we can come to the Father. Neither the New Testament nor the Tradition of the Church knows any other way.

We can finish our reflections with the same words that end Chapter 2 of the Declaration Dominus Iesus: “In conclusion, the action of the Spirit is not outside or parallel to the action of Christ. There is only one salvific economy of the One and Triune God, realized in the mystery of the incarnation, death, and resurrection of the Son of God, actualized with the cooperation of the Holy Spirit, and extended in its salvific value to all humanity and to the entire universe” (Dominus Iesus, no. 12, par. 6).

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1 Interreligious dialogue cannot replace the proclamation of the good news to all peoples; nonetheless it has been encouraged by the recent Magisterium of the Church, because it is part of its mission of evangelization. See John Paul II, Redemptoris Missio, nos. 4; 11; 55-57.

2 It is clear that the declaration cannot enter into the concrete description of each of the many opinions that are implicitly taken into consideration. So this paragraph, like the one after it, summarizes and groups together positions that differ in their individual details. Nor can we undertake this description. For extensive information on the recent debate on these topics, see A. Amato, “L’assolutezza salvifica del Cristianesimo: prospettive sistematiche,” in Seminarium vol. 38 (1998), 771-809; G. Iammarrone, “La dottrina del primato assoluto e della signoria universale di Gesù Cristo nel dibattito attuale sul valore salvifico delle religioni,” in I. Sanna (ed.), Gesù Cristo speranza del mondo. Miscellanea in onore di Marcello Bordoni, Rome, 2000, 339-408.

3 We will leave aside the question of the relationship between the Church and the salvation of non-Christians, because this is dealt with in detail in Chapter 4 of the declaration. It must also be noted that some of the authors who distinguish the salvific action of the eternal Word from that of the Incarnate Word do not

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