God “gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish” (Jn 3:16), and yet, “God wants all to be saved” (1 Tim 2:4). Clearly Jesus came to redeem all people, but what about those who do not believe in Jesus because they have never heard of...

According to I Thessalonians 5:9: “God has not destined us for wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jesus, by his death and resurrection, is the redeemer of humankind (the title of Blessed John Paul II’s first encyclical) – whether the person accepts it or not, or...

Predestination is primarily a Calvinist concept. It takes a Scripture passage or two (see Romans 8:29-30 and Ephesians 3-14) and weaves a theology of predestination around it. Catholics prefer to see Paul’s use of the term ‘predestination’ to refer to God’s foreknowledge of what a person will chose to do....