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Valor:? BENEDICT XVI ENCYCLICAL LETTER SPE SALVI November 30, 2007

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ENCYCLICAL LETTER SPE SALVI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL 9999 ON CHRISTIAN HOPE 1 Introduction 2 Faith is Hope 4 The concept of faith-based hope in the New Testament and the early Church 10 Eternal life – what is it? 13 Is Christian hope individualistic? 16 The transformation of Christian faith-hope in the modern age 24 The true shape of Christian hope 31 “Settings” for learning and practising hope 32 I. Prayer as a school of hope 35 II. Action and suffering as settings for learning hope 41 III. Judgement as a setting for learning and practising hope 49 Mary, Star of Hope