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Placuit Deo: New Vatican Document Addresses How We View Salvation

Stephanie Foleyby Stephanie Foley

Last week, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church entitled Placuit Deo. The letter was written “to demonstrate certain aspects of Christian salvation that can be difficult to understand today because of recent cultural changes.”

The document specifically addresses two heresies that have become more widespread in modern times. The first is neo-Gnosticism, a model of salvation that is merely interior, closed off to the created world. And the other is neo-Pelagianism, in which the individual, seeing himself as self-reliant, presumes to save oneself.

Msgr. Stuart Swetland, host of Go Ask Your Father™ stopped by A Closer Look™ to discuss Placuit Deo why the letter is important, and how we can better understand Christian salvation through the teachings of the Catholic Church.

 

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Stephanie Foley

Stephanie Foley

Stephanie Foley serves as a Digital Media Producer at Relevant Radio®. She is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she studied journalism, and she has worked in Catholic radio for 12 years. Stephanie is a wife, a mother of three boys, and in her free time she enjoys reading, running, and really good coffee. You can find more of Stephanie’s writing at relevantradio.com and on the free Relevant Radio mobile app.