In
Catholic theological circles historically there has been the question
of whether or not hell has any occupants. Much of this can be traced
to the proposal of the “Anonymous Christian”, the controversial notion
introduced by the Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner that declares
that people who have never heard the Christian Gospel might be saved
through Christ. Non-Christians could have "in [their] basic
orientation and fundamental decision," Rahner wrote, "accepted the
salvific grace of God, through Christ, although [they] may never have heard of
the Christian revelation. I find all of this difficult to square with a close reading of Sacred Scripture, of which Monsignor Charles Pope offers only one example. Read and live each day God has given you as though it were your last....
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