Because of Jesus' divinity, all humans can be saved, says pope

Published: 2007-10-10

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Because God became human in Jesus Christ, all humans can be saved, Pope Benedict XVI said. "Christ is our savior precisely because he is true God and true man," he said Oct. 10 at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. Continuing a series of audience talks about early church theologians, Pope Benedict focused his remarks on St. Hilary of Poitiers, a fourth-century doctor of the church and strong defender of the church teaching that Christ was both fully human and fully divine. St. Hilary taught that Christ, who came from perfection, "is perfection," the pope said. "Assuming a human nature, the Son of God united every human being to himself." Pope Benedict said, "Because of this, the path toward Christ is open to everyone."

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